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Fireproof by Alex Kendrick, Stephen Kendrick
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsINSIDE BURNING BUILDINGS, Captain Caleb Holt lives by the firefighter's adage: NEVER LEAVE YOUR PARTNER. Yet at home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules.Growing up, his wife Catherine always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter . . . just like her father.Now, after seven years of marriage, she wonders when she stopped being "good enough... -
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Blood Pact: Pre order the brand new gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPre-order the BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson!To survive, they’ll need to stick together…After the defeat of the rival Gordon and Thompson families, the Blood Brothers' reputations as feared lieutenants of the McVay clan are firmly established. The Gallowburn has become an untouchable stronghold in their capable hands...Categorized as:
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![What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada]()
What Do You Do With a Chance? by Kobi Yamada
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe award–winning creators of The New York Times best sellers What Do You Do With an Idea? and What Do You Do With a Problem? return with a captivating story about a child who isn't sure what to make of a chance encounter and then discovers that when you have courage, take chances, and say yes to new experiences, amazing things can happen...Categorized as:
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![Matching Configurations by Kyle Keyes]()
Matching Configurations by Kyle Keyes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMatching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that features everyday Olan Chapman as a hero vigilante who defends the weak and helpless victims of today's society. Like the first two editions of Quantum Roots, Matching Configurations is based on a growing belief that creation forms from recycled energy, and people evolve from recycled quarks... -
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![After the Fire by Will Hill]()
After the Fire by Will Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe things I've seen are burned into me, like scars that refuse to fade.Before, she lived inside the fence. Before, she was never allowed to leave the property, never allowed to talk to Outsiders, never allowed to speak her mind. Because Father John controlled everything—and Father John liked rules. Disobeying Father John came with terrible consequences...Categorized as:
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![The Woman at 72 Derry Lane by Carmel Harrington]()
The Woman at 72 Derry Lane by Carmel Harrington
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTake the warmth and wit of Maeve Binchy and the secrets and twists of a Liane Moriarty and you get the utterly original and compelling voice of Carmel Harrington, a voice that has captured the hearts of readers around the world. Set on a beautiful leafy street in Dublin, the novel explores the unlikely friendship between two neighbours... -
![The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran]()
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsKahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Published in 1923, it has been translated into more than twenty languages, and the American editions alone have sold more than nine million copies.The Prophet is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and, above all, inspirational... -
![The Ultimate Religion by Gillian Dance]()
The Ultimate Religion by Gillian Dance
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMegan grew up in care and suffered all kinds of abuse, then struggled in adulthood to build a normal lifeHampered by her differences and lack of identity, Megan was lured into the embrace of a fundamentalist Christian group... -
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Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe’s investigating a cold case no one else could—by going places no one else would dare.In spite of a harrowing past still haunting her, Gwen Proctor is trying to move forward. Until a new assignment gives her purpose: the cold-case disappearance of a young man in Tennessee. Three years missing, no clues. Just Ruth Landry, a tortured mother in limbo... -
![The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice]()
The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn Amazon Charts bestseller.The Amazon Charts bestselling author of Last Day delivers a haunting thriller about how far one wife is willing to go to expose the truth—and the lengths someone will go to stop her.After artist Claire Beaudry Chase is attacked and left for dead in her home on the Connecticut coast, she doesn’t know who she can trust... -
![A Summer of Good-Byes (Blue Triangle Press Book 2) by Fred Misurella]()
A Summer of Good-Byes (Blue Triangle Press Book 2) by Fred Misurella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPASSION IN PROVENCE: Ben and Lee Alto follow Van Gogh’s 19th century path to Provence, hoping to find inspiration for their own lives and give their son, Misha, some insight into a world completely different from their own. They find art, of course, and a world of beautiful landscapes, warm temperatures, and, yes, wonderful food... -
![Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William T. Vollmann]()
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, William T. Vollmann
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLouis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of society explodes from nearly every page of this novel. Filled with slang and obscenities and written in raw, colloquial language, Journey to the End of the Night is a literary symphony of violence, cruelty and obscene nihilism...Categorized as:
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![The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith]()
The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.What was once simple, is now complex...Categorized as:
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![The Truth of the Matter by Andrew Klavan]()
The Truth of the Matter by Andrew Klavan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Never give in." Ever since he woke up in a terrorist torture chamber--with a year of his life erased from his mind--Charlie West has been on the run. He has one desperate hope of getting his life back: track down the mysterious agent named Waterman. But in fact, reaching Waterman--and recovering the secrets lost in his own memory--will only increase his danger...Categorized as:
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![His Redemption by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell]()
His Redemption by Anne-Marie Meyer, Lucy McConnell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSurvival is key.I returned to civilian life, thinking that I would be fine.But the truth is…I’m not.Not when I see Sadie, my best friend’s widow, struggling.Not when my last promise to Adam was to take care of her—no matter the cost.When she unknowingly moves into my garage apartment—she enters my world.I didn’t understand how hard it would be to be near her... -
![Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James]()
Tilly's Tuscan Teashop: A gorgeously uplifting summer read by Daisy James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Tilly's Tuscan Teashop, the first book in a brand new series from the author of the Hummingbird Hotel and the Cornish Confetti Agency series.When photographer Natalie Nicholson’s beach hut studio – and everything she’s spent the last two years working on – is destroyed in a fire, she doesn’t think things can get any worse...Categorized as:
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![Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo, Kathleen McInerney]()
Down a Dark Road by Linda Castillo, Kathleen McInerney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis program is read by series narrator Kathleen McInerney. In this electrifying new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series, a convicted murderer is on the run and Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must catch him before he strikes again."Murder in Amish country has a certain added frisson, and Castillos the master of the genre. People magazine[An] incisive and affecting series . . -
![Med rett til å drepe by Daniel Silva]()
Med rett til å drepe by Daniel Silva
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMunich: The writer Benjamin Stern entered his flat to see a man standing there, leafing through his research, and said, "Who the hell are you?" In response, the man shot him. As Stern lay dying, the gunman murmured a few words in Latin, then he gathered the writer's papers and left...Categorized as:
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![No One to Trust by Lynette Eason]()
No One to Trust by Lynette Eason
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSummer Abernathy wakes up one morning to find her husband missing, three men in her home intent on finding him, and the life she's been living based on a lie... -
![The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan]()
The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSometimes you have to go home to find out who you really are.Charlie West went to bed one night an ordinary high-school student. He woke up a hunted man. Terrorists are trying to kill him. The police want to arrest him for the stabbing death of his best friend. He doesn t know whose side he s on or who he can trust... -
![Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman]()
Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis is the second book in the Peaceful Warrior Saga. Neither a sequel nor prequel, this adventure takes place within the context of the original book, shedding new light on the path he was to travel, and would one day teach. After a period of training with the man he calls Socrates, Dan Millman is sent away by his old mentor to apply what he has learned to everyday life...Categorized as:
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![A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz]()
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn irreverent comic adventure, spanning three continents, about a father and son against each other and against the world.For most of his life, Jasper Dean couldn’t decide whether to pity, hate, love, or murder his certifiably paranoid father, Martin, a man who overanalyzed anything and everything and imparted his self-garnered wisdom to his only son... -
![The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter]()
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Linton in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you won’t see comingA mysterious kidnappingOn a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot...Categorized as:
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![The Favored Wife by Amy Pennza]()
The Favored Wife by Amy Pennza
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs it possible to escape polygamy? Find true love? Well-behaved women don't ask these questions. Not in my world. My name is Elizabeth Hyde. Actually, no. It’s Grant. In the real world, I’m Elizabeth Grant.My husband’s name is Hyde, and he has three other wives. No one can know that. Obviously.In the strict religious community I was born into, women have clearly defined roles...Categorized as:
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![Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh]()
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsBrace yourself, America, for Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting—the novel and the film that became the cult sensations of Britain. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched Irvine Welsh's spectacular career—an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives. It accomplished for its own time and place what Hubert Selby, Jr...Categorized as:
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![Devils Within by S.F. Henson]()
Devils Within by S.F. Henson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsKilling isn’t supposed to be easy. But it is. It’s the after that’s hard to deal with.Nate was eight the first time he stabbed someone; he was eleven when he earned his red laces—a prize for spilling blood for “the cause...Categorized as:
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![Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner]()
Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the tradition of Jack London, Seth Kantner presents an Alaska far removed from majestic clichés of exotic travelogues and picture postcards. Kantner’s vivid and poetic prose lets readers experience Cutuk Hawcly’s life on the Alaskan plains through the character’s own words — feeling the pliers pinch of cold and hunkering in an igloo in blinding blizzards... -
![Marathon by Brian Freeman, Joe Barrett]()
Marathon by Brian Freeman, Joe Barrett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn a rainy June morning, tens of thousands of people crowd into Duluth for the city’s biggest annual event: the Duluth Marathon. Exhausted runners push to reach the finish line and spectators line the streets to cheer them on. Then, in a terrifying echo of the Boston bombing, there is an explosion along the race course, leaving many people dead and injured...Categorized as:
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![Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman]()
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan Millman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsTold with drama and insight, this novel begins when Dan, a world champion gymnast, meets his powerful 96-year-old mentor Socrates, an all-night gas station attendant. Guided by this wise old mentor, Dan learns new ways to see the world and live life to its fullest...Categorized as:
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![Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen]()
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt's a cold, hard, cruel fact that my mother loved heroin more than she loved me. Holly is in her fifth foster home in two years and she's had enough. She's run away before and always been caught quickly. But she's older and wiser now--she's twelve--and this time she gets away clean. Through tough and tender and angry and funny journal entries, Holly spills out her story... -
![The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf]()
The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter 25 years in exile, Adam travels from France to his homeland in the Middle East to bid farewell to his dying childhood friend.One night, a phone rings in Paris. Adam learns that Mourad, once his closest friend, is dying. He quickly throws some clothes in a suitcase and takes the first flight out, to the homeland he fled twenty-five years ago... -
![If I Run by Terri Blackstock]()
If I Run by Terri Blackstock
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCasey Cox has blood on the bottom of her shoes, in her car, on her clothes. But there's no point in trying to defend herself. She just has to run. Casey didn't kill her friend Brent. She discovered his body, but she'd never try to hurt him. He's the only person she's ever trusted enough to tell the truth about what happened to her father . . -
![Run Away by Harlan Coben]()
Run Away by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsYOUR DAUGHTER IS MISSING.YOU'LL RISK ANYTHING TO FIND HER.And then you see her, frightened and clearly in trouble.You approach her, beg her to come home.SHE RUNS.You follow her into a dark, dangerous world where no-one is safe and murder is commonplace.NOW IT'S YOUR LIFE ON THE LINE.. -
![A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory]()
A Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA Day with a Perfect...Categorized as:
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![Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan]()
Man Tiger by Eka Kurniawan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being... -
![When She Returned by Lucinda Berry]()
When She Returned by Lucinda Berry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOne woman’s reappearance throws her family into turmoil, exposing dark secrets and the hidden, often devastating truth of family relationships. Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult... -
![No Second Chance by Harlan Coben]()
No Second Chance by Harlan Coben
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShot twice by an unseen assailant, Dr. Marc Seidman lies in a hospital bed. His wife has been killed. His six-month-old daughter has vanished. But just when his world seems forever shattered, the ransom note arrives: We are watching. If you contact the authorities, you will never see your daughter again. There will be no second chance... -
![The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent]()
The Stillwater Girls by Minka Kent
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTwo sisters raised in fear are about to find out why in a chilling novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Thinnest Air.Ignorant of civilization and cautioned against its evils, nineteen-year-old Wren and her two sisters, Sage and Evie, were raised in off-the-grid isolation in a primitive cabin in upstate New York... -
![A Heart So White by Javier Marías]()
A Heart So White by Javier Marías
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here.Javier Marías's A Heart So White chronicles with unnerving insistence the relentless power of the past. Juan knows little of the interior life of his father Ranz; but when Juan marries, he begins to consider the past anew, and begins to ponder what he doesn't really want to know... -
![Girl Underwater by Claire Kells]()
Girl Underwater by Claire Kells
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn adventurous debut novel that cross cuts between a competitive college swimmer’s harrowing days in the Rocky Mountains after a major airline disaster and her recovery supported by the two men who love her—only one of whom knows what really happened in the wilderness. Nineteen-year-old Avery Delacorte loves the water... -
![Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen]()
Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Aubree Stewart receives a mysterious phone call on her way to work, she doesn t know what to think when the caller mentions a dead body. At first she assumes it s some kind of prank. But the call isn t a practical joke, and Aubree soon finds herself swept up in a world of danger, intrigue, and murder... -
![Rape Girl by Alina Klein]()
Rape Girl by Alina Klein
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsValerie always wanted to be the smart girl. The pretty girl. The popular girl.But not the rape girl.That’s who she is now. Rape Girl. Because everyone seems to think they know the truth about what happened with Adam that day, and they don’t think Valerie’s telling it.Before, she had a best friend, a crush, and a close-knit family... -
![Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child]()
Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsPendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult.William Smithback Jr., a prominent New York Times reporter, was killed in a brutal attack in his Upper West Side apartment. His wife, Nora Kelly, an archeologist at the Museum of Natural History, was injured as well...Categorized as:
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![Ishmael by Daniel Quinn]()
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsWinner of the 1992 Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, "Ishmael" is a unique and captivating novel that has earned a large and passionate following among readers and critics worldwide... -
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![The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes]()
The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a novel about a lost girl and her horse, the enduring strength of friendship, and how even the smallest choices can change everythingWhen Sarah's grandfather gives her a beautiful horse named Boo--hoping that one day she'll follow in his footsteps to join an elite French riding school, away from their gritty London...Categorized as:
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![Obitelj s gornjeg kata by Lisa Jewell]()
Obitelj s gornjeg kata by Lisa Jewell
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who I am...Categorized as:
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![The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes]()
The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA hard-hitting and hopeful story about the dangers of blind faith—and the power of having faith in yourself The Kevinian cult has taken everything from seventeen-year-old Minnow: twelve years of her life, her family, her ability to trust. And when she rebelled, they took away her hands, too... -
![Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance]()
Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe little girl was only five, much too young to die -- a lost treasure who should have been cherished, not murdered.She could have been J.P. Beaumont's kid, and the determined Seattle homicide detective won't rest until her killer pays dearly. But the hunt is leading Beaumont into a murky world of religious fanaticism, and toward a beautiful, perilous obsession all his own... -
![The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin]()
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis National Book Award Finalist is a thought-provoking exploration of emotional abuse, self-reliance and the nature of evil. A heart-wrenching portrait of family crisis, this is perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak and Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why. For Matt and his sisters, life with their cruel, physically abusive mother is a day-to-day struggle for survival... -
![After We Were Stolen by Brooke Beyfuss]()
After We Were Stolen by Brooke Beyfuss
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn emotionally wrought debut novel perfect for book clubs about a girl who escapes from a cult after a deadly fire destroys her family’s compound, only to be haunted by That Night as she tries to build a new life for herself.A fire. Her escape. And the realization her entire life has been a lie...Categorized as:
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