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The Rescue

Nicholas Sparks · 446 pages

One of America's bestselling authors returns with a tale about the greatest commitment of all: loving someone forever. When a near-fatal car crash brings Taylor McAden together with Denise Holden, a new resident of Edenton, North Carolina, he must look into his past to see if it's not too late to take a chance on the future.

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Echo Burning

Lee Child · 420 pages

Ex-military cop Jack Reacher returns in this latest in the award-winning series critics call "spectacular" (The Seattle Times), "relentless" (Denver Post), and "perfect" (The New York Times Book Review). Reacher is hitching through the heat of West Texas and getting desperate for a ride. The last thing he's worried about is exactly who picks him up. She's called Carmen. She's a good-looking

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Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King · 307 pages

Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years. ([sourc

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Broken Beautiful Hearts

Kami Garcia · 407 pages

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Losing Hope

Colleen Hoover · 380 pages

"In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared and no memory forgotten, but Holder's past remains a mystery. He is haunted by the little girl he let walk away from him and he has spent his entire life searching for her. He had hoped that he would finally gain closure and be able to rid himself of his guilt the moment they were reconnected. But he could not have anticipated that th

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Killman Creek

Rachel Caine · 349 pages

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The McCullagh Inn in Maine

Jen McLaughlin, James Patterson · 140 pages

Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with a gun and fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew, until she runs into her old flame, Jeremy Holland. As he helps to fix her inn, her heart heals and they rediscover what they once loved about each other. But as the two play house, it starts to seem too good to last.

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I'll Never Let You Go

Mary Burton · 378 pages

"When a woman is found dead with the same number of stab wounds that veterinarian Leah Carson's ex-husband gave her, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent Alex Morgan suspects that Leah's ex is still alive and targeting her,"--NoveList.

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Carolina Moon

Nora Roberts · 438 pages

Tory Bodeen grew up in South Carolina, in a small run-down house, where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt--and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope, who lived in the big house just a short skip away and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child. After young Hope's brutal murder, unsolved to this

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The Last Flight

Julie Clark · 320 pages

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The Dogs

Allan Stratton · 272 pages

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Still Waters

Ash Parsons · 311 pages

"High-schooler Jason, who lives with a drunk, abusive father at home, hopes to earn enough money to escape with his younger sister, Janie, by being tough at school, but the stakes grow ever more dangerous and soon even his fists and ability to think on his feet are not enough to keep his head above water."--

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Behind Closed Doors

B.A. Paris · 352 pages

**The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie?** Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or h

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Scowler

Daniel Kraus

In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac escapes from prison and returns to the farm where his nineteen-year-old son, Ry, must summon three childhood toys--Mr. Furrington, Jesus Christ, and Scowler--to protect himself, his eleven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their mother.

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Broken

Kelly Elliott · 281 pages

"Layton Morris and his brother Mike grew up not knowing what it would be like to live in a normal home. With no running water or electricity in their home, no parents around to protect them, they quickly learned how to survive and depend only on each other. When a tragic accident takes Mike away from Layton, and the only other person that he ever let into his heart walked away from him, leaving hi

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Hush Little Baby

Suzanne Redfearn · 357 pages

"If I stay, he will kill me. If I leave, he'll destroy Addie and Drew." Jillian Kane appears to have it all--a successful career, a gorgeous home, a loving husband, and two wonderful children. The reality behind closed doors is something else entirely. For nine years, she has hid the bruises and the truth of her abusive marriage in order to protect Addie and Drew, knowing, if she left, Gordon woul

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Het Meisje in de Trein

Paula Hawkins · 360 pages

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Terrified

Kevin O'Brien · 550 pages

Megan Keeler died years ago--or so everyone believes. In fact, she disappeared to escape from her sadistic husband, Glenn. When dismembered body parts were found near their home, Glenn was convicted of his wife's murder. And Megan, terrified for her unborn child's safety, never came forward with the truth...Since then, Megan has built a new life in Seattle for herself and her son, Josh. She's neve

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Reason to Breathe

Rebecca Donovan

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Never Let You Go

Chevy Stevens · 406 pages

"The author of Still Missing targets her readership with a novel that hits all the notes they come to expect from her--and ratchets up the stakes even more. Lindsey Nash has left an abusive relationship and her ex-husband was sent to jail. She has started over with a new life, her own business, and a teenage daughter who needs her more than ever. When her husband is finally released, Lindsey belie

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Palindrome

Stuart Woods · 344 pages

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The Housemaid / The Housemaid's Secret

Freida McFadden · 340 pages

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Sunset and Sawdust

Joe R. Lansdale · 321 pages

A gripping crime thriller set in Texas at the start of the 1930s oil boom. When Pete Jones, the local constable, is shot dead, his widow, Sunset, finds herself in his job, investigating a series of brutal murders. Most of the townsfolk object to her wearing Pete's gun and badge, some because this is the 1930s and they think a woman's place is in the home, others because it was Sunset who blew off

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