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When I Was Joe

Keren David

When Ty witnesses a stabbing, his own life is in danger from the criminals he's named, and he and his mum have to go into police protection. Ty has a new name, a new look and a cool new image - life as Joe is good, especially when he gets talent spotted as a potential athletics star, special training from an attractive local celebrity and a lot of female attention. But his mum can't cope with her

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Dangerous Lies

Becca Fitzpatrick · 384 pages

After witnessing a murder, high school senior Stella Gordon is sent to Nebraska for her own safety where she chafes at her protection, but when she meets Chet Falconer it becomes harder for her to keep her guard up, and soon she has to deal with the real threat to her life as her enemies are actually closer than she thinks.

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Don't Look Behind You

Lois Duncan · 179 pages

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

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Shadowlands

Kate Brian · 328 pages

Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye. Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They

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Safe by the Marshal's Side

Shirlee McCoy · 215 pages

"For a year, U.S. marshal Hunter Davis has protected witness Annie Delacorte and her toddler daughter. But now, someone is determined to stop Annie from testifying against the men who killed her husband. To guard Annie, by-the-book Hunter will have to break a promise to himself: to not get emotionally involved. After all, he already cares more deeply than he ever imagined for the sweet family of t

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The Last Thing He Told Me

Laura Dave · 320 pages

**The "page-turning, exhilarating" (PopSugar) and "heartfelt thriller" (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears.** Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, w

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Next of Kin

Sharon Sala · 330 pages

Hiding out in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, Beth Venable, a witness to a major mob hit who even the FBI can't protect, dreams of a new life with Ryal Walker, the man she's always wanted, but must survive her old one first.

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Fake ID

Lamar Giles, L.R. Giles · 303 pages

"An African-American teen in the Witness Protection Program moves to a new town and finds himself trying to solve a murder mystery when his first friend is found dead"--Provided by the publisher. Nick Pearson is hiding in plain sight but needs to choose between solving Eli's murder with Eli's hot sister, Reya, and "staying low-key" like the Program said to do. The plot contains profanity, sexual

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The Naturals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 308 pages

Young Adult thriller book series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes about a classified FBI program that recruits teenagers with exceptional abilities to solve cold cases. The protagonist, Cassie Hobbes, joins other gifted teens, including a profiler and a statistician, in this program. The series combines suspenseful crime-solving with personal danger as the Naturals find themselves in a lethal game of cat a

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Sanctuary Lost

Lisa Phillips

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By Any Other Name

Laura Jarratt · 354 pages

Holly is fifteen years old, but she's only been "Holly" for a matter of months. Because of something that happened, she and her family have had to enter witness protection and have all assumed new identities. All, that is, except her sister Katie, who is autistic.

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Secrets in the Attic

V.C. Andrews · 384 pages

**Two friends as close as sisters. One killer secret that will tear their small town apart.** In the dust and shadows of the attic, they shared everything--fanciful stories, high school crushes, plans for the future, dreams to travel the world. For Karen, the attic is her escape from the reality of her stepfather's unwanted attention. Together in the eaves of a house with its own murderous hist

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Don't Tell

Karen Rose · 512 pages

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Beat the Reaper

Josh Bazell · 310 pages

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One Night More

Mandy Baxter · 343 pages

After witnessing the murder of a senator, reporter Harper Allen must be protected and is stunned when the man assigned to keep her safe is none other than a man with whom she had a hot one-night stand - who now pretends that he has never met her. Original.

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The Liar

Nora Roberts · 583 pages

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions. The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn't just dead. He never really existed. Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfo

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Justice

Karen Robards · 577 pages

Criminal attorney Jessica Ford is in the Secret Service's unofficial witness protection program. But winning a high-profile case is not exactly "keeping a low profile." Jess joins her firm's elite defense team, and in her new case, the prosecution's star witness makes revelations involving the son of a U.S. senator. Was the young mother intimidated? Why won't she return Jess's calls?

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In Seconds

Brenda Novak · 440 pages

"In the whole state of Montana, there's nowhere to hide. Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. She's been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the men who blame her for the death of one of their own. She's finally found the peace and stability she needs, for herself and her two children, in the small town of Pineview, Montana. But just when she thinks they're safe-- th

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Out of Control

Sarah Alderson · 311 pages

Hoping for a fresh start in New York City, 17-year-old Liva becomes the sole witness to a brutal murder and is taken into protective custody only to find herself on the run from a dangerous conspiracy.

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Jack's Run

Roland Smith · 246 pages

Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.

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What the River Knows

Isabel Ibañez · 404 pages

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American Blood

Ben Sanders · 339 pages

"After a botched undercover operation, ex-NYPD officer Marshall Grade is living in witness protection in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall's instructions are to keep a low profile: the mob wants him dead, and a contract killer known as the Dallas Man has been hired to track him down. Racked with guilt over wrongs committed during his undercover work, and seeking atonement, Marshall investigates the d

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Legendborn

Tracy Deonn · 512 pages

After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants to escape. A residential programme for bright high-schoolers seems like the perfect opportunity – until she witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus . . . A flying demon feeding on human energies.

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Julia Karr

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