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  • Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Marred: Kyle and Violet by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle Hicks started with nothing. Now he's a self-made man. And as luck would have it, his latest project as a real estate developer lands him in Cliffside Bay with his very best friends, The Dogs. At the end of his grueling work days, Kyle's got just enough time left for his buddies and not much else...
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    drama  family  sad  adult  anthologies  contemporary  epic  female-mc
  • 房思琪的初戀樂園 by Lin Yi-Han, 林奕含

    房思琪的初戀樂園 by Lin Yi-Han, 林奕含

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
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  • Glass by Ellen Hopkins

    Glass by Ellen Hopkins

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  sad  abuse  angst  audiobook
  • One Among Us by Paige Dearth

    One Among Us by Paige Dearth

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A kidnapped girl is forced into human sex trafficking Eleven- year-old Maggie Clarke is abducted from her loving family and thrust into the indescribably horrific and largely unknown underworld of human sex trafficking. In captivity, Maggie's life turns into a nightmare most children couldn't imagine...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  true-crime  abuse  book  child-abuse
  • Lato, gdy mama miała zielone oczy by Tatiana Țîbuleac

    Lato, gdy mama miała zielone oczy by Tatiana Țîbuleac

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Aleksy, kipiący gniewem nastolatek, po ukończeniu szkoły zamierza pojechać z kolegami do Amsterdamu, zamiast tego jednak udaje się z matką na wieś do Francji. Mają spędzić razem lato. Ich trudna relacja powoli się odmienia, aż w końcu – na krótko – przechodzi w autentyczną bliskość...
  • Missed: Rafael and Lisa by Tess Thompson

    Missed: Rafael and Lisa by Tess Thompson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Return to the beloved beach town of Cliffside Bay, where USA Today bestseller Tess Thompson spins another emotional, intriguing tale about overcoming adversity and finding strength in love in this standalone story about Lisa and Rafael. After years of struggling as a starving actor, Lisa Perry's dreams are finally coming true...
  • Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt

    Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey, Tom Kitt

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "A brave and breathtaking musical...
  • Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

    Trick of the Night by Joy Ellis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn’t guarantee a quiet life.A deserted building. A face in the window. A face that shouldn’t be there.Photography student Toby Unsworth has found the location for the perfect night-time shoot. A cobbled street in the old part of Fenfleet...
  • Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya

    Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “Hai, Satya! Hai, Cakra!” Sang Bapak melambaikan tangan. “Ini Bapak. Iya, benar kok, ini Bapak. Bapak cuma pindah ke tempat lain. Gak sakit. Alhamdulillah, berkat doa Satya dan Cakra. … Mungkin Bapak tidak dapat duduk dan bermain di samping kalian. Tapi, Bapak tetap ingin kalian tumbuh dengan Bapak di samping kalian. Ingin tetap dapat bercerita kepada kalian...
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    drama  family  realistic  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Blood Brothers: A gritty, unforgettable gangland thriller from bestseller Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Blood Brothers: A gritty, unforgettable gangland thriller from bestseller Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When you’re running the streets, loyalty is everything…Gangs rule the streets of the rough Gallowburn Estate in Glasgow, but the deepest rivalry of all is between Jamie Gray and his friends, known as the Blood Brothers, and their enemies, the Lawsons...
  • My Mouth Is A Volcano by Julia Cook

    My Mouth Is A Volcano by Julia Cook

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Teaching children how to manage their thoughts and words without interrupting.Louis always interrupts! All of his thoughts are very important to him, and when he has something to say, his words rumble and grumble in his tummy, they wiggle and jiggle on his tongue and then they push on his teeth, right before he ERUPTS (or interrupts)...
  • Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses by Carole Matthews

    Paper Hearts & Summer Kisses by Carole Matthews

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    'I'm a Carole Matthews addict!' Mary BerryA heart-warming and poignant novel of romance, family and second chances, Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses is Sunday Times bestselling Carole Matthews at her outstanding best. Perfect for fans of Jill Mansell and Milly Johnson...
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    drama  family  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • No Child of Mine by Susan Lewis

    No Child of Mine by Susan Lewis

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From internationally bestselling British author Susan Lewis comes an unflinching, thoroughly suspenseful novel—perfect for readers of Jodi Picoult—about the darkest secrets a family can hide.   Alex Lake’s life is centered on helping people. Her job as a social worker in a British seaside town is more than a career: It’s the very essence of who she is...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  abuse  adult  book  contemporary
  • Today I Feel Silly  Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis

    Today I Feel Silly Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, authors of I’m Gonna Like Me and Where Do Balloons Go?, Today I Feel Silly helps children understand and appreciate their shifting moods...
  • Secrets Mothers Keep by Anya Mora

    Secrets Mothers Keep by Anya Mora

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On Friday night in the clay fields of Bethel Creek, seventeen-year-old Daniel Reyes is found brutally attacked and left for dead. 
On Saturday morning, Cora Maxwell finds her teenage son’s clothes covered in blood.
A small town torn apart by a horrific hate crime. 
An investigative reporter hell bent on finding the truth. 
A mother’s worst nightmare...
  • Deserve To Die by Miranda Rijks

    Deserve To Die by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dom and Stacey have the perfect life. Until they meet Tamara. Brilliant, beautiful, she hides a horrifying secret. One that may destroy them all.Happily married with two wonderful children, Dom and Stacey are living the dream. He runs a successful design agency, she is finding fame as an author of children’s books.Everything is perfect...
  • Once Upon a Lie by Lisa Ballantyne

    Once Upon a Lie by Lisa Ballantyne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No. 1 bestselling author of The Guilty One is back with a gripping and emotional new moral thriller about a woman, a child, the gulf that stands between them, and about how far people will go to keep a secret...Magpie is an independent, unconventional and troubled woman with secrets. Returning home late one night she finds a young girl covered in bruises who claims to have run away from home...
    Categorized as:
    family  crime  psychological  fiction  audiobook  book  adult
  • The Guilty Girl by Ruth Harrow

    The Guilty Girl by Ruth Harrow

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Chloe is serving a life sentence. In her own home.Ever since the horrific day her mother died, Chloe's life has been anything but normal - more like a carefully constructed prison. Her father hasn’t let her go to school, have friends or leave the house alone.As she grows up, Chloe begins to question the motives behind her dad's obsessive control...
    Categorized as:
    crime  family  drama  mystery  fiction  psychological  kidnapping  dark
  • The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell

    The Perfect Mother by Caroline Mitchell

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She thought they wanted her baby. But they won’t stop there. Roz is young, penniless and pregnant. All she wants is to be the perfect mother to her child, but the more she thinks about her own chaotic upbringing, the more certain she is that the best life for her baby is as far away as possible from her hometown in Ireland...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks

    The Arrangement by Miranda Rijks

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    How well do you know your daughter?Grace is living through every mother’s worst nightmare. Her student daughter Abi went away on a dream vacation to South Africa - and was murdered...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  book  fiction  grief  psychological
  • The Ex-Wife by Jess Ryder

    The Ex-Wife by Jess Ryder

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    You’ve got everything she wants …Newly married Natasha has the perfect house, a loving husband and a beautiful little girl called Emily. She’d have it all if it wasn’t for Jen, her husband’s ex-wife who just won’t leave them alone …Then Natasha returns home one day to find her husband and Emily gone without trace...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse

    The Art of Hiding by Amanda Prowse

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What would you do if you learned that the life you lived was a lie? Nina McCarrick lives the perfect life, until her husband, Finn, is killed in a car accident and everything Nina thought she could rely on unravels.Alone, bereft and faced with a mountain of debt, Nina quickly loses her life of luxury and she begins to question whether she ever really knew the man she married...
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    drama  family  realistic  sad  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks

    A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Miles Ryan's life seemed to end the day his wife was killed in a hit-and-run accident two years ago. Missy had been his first love, and Miles fervently believes she will be his last. As a deputy in the North Carolina town of New Bern, Miles Ryan not only grieves for Missy, but also longs to bring the unknown driver to justice. Then Miles meets Sarah Andrews...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  sad  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Boarding House by Sharon Sala

    The Boarding House by Sharon Sala

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ellie Wayne doesn't just live. She survives.Ellie Wayne has grown up in frightening circumstances, damaged by a sexually abusive father and mentally fragile mother. Scarred and still threatened by a father she hates and fears, Ellie believes her future holds nothing more than danger, shame and secrets . . . until the unspeakable happens, and Ellie is forced to choose...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  sad  abuse  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt

    We Own the Sky by Luke Allnutt

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “We looked down at the cliff jutting into the sea, a rubber boat full of kids going under the arch, and then you started running and jumping through the grass, dodging the rabbit holes, shouting at the top of your voice, so I started chasing you, trying to catch you, and we were laughing so hard as we ran and ran, kicking up rainbow showers in the leaves...
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    drama  family  realistic  sad  adult  audiobook  book  children
  • The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire

    The Halo Effect by Anne D. LeClaire

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this tour de force, a father, shaken by tragedy, tries to avenge his daughter’s murder—and restore his family’s shattered life. It was supposed to be a typical October evening for renowned portrait artist Will Light...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    What I Lost by Alexandra Ballard

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A searing yet ultimately uplifting young adult novel about a teenage girl's recovery from anorexia.Sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has honed a dangerous skill: starving herself. Even when her parents send her to a treatment center, she can't stop. Then she begins receiving packages from someone she doesn't know...
  • Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood

    Keeping Lucy by T. Greenwood

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the author of Rust & Stardust comes this heartbreaking story, inspired by true events, of how far one mother must go to protect her daughter. Dover, Massachusetts, 1969. Ginny Richardson's heart was torn open when her baby girl, Lucy, born with Down Syndrome, was taken from her...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  disability
  • The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland

    The Perfect Family by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    ‘Mummy, she’s gone…’ Gemma Ballantine is getting ready for work one morning when her eldest child comes running down the stairs, saying the words every mother dreads. The front door is open. And her six-year-old daughter has disappeared. Frantic with fear, Gemma starts a nail-biting search for her little girl...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  female-mc  fiction
  • The Ones We Choose by Julie Clark

    The Ones We Choose by Julie Clark

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lisa Genova meets 23andMe in this exploration of the genetic and emotional ties that bind, as debut author Julie Clark delivers a compelling read about a young boy desperate to find his place in this world, a mother coming to terms with her own past, and the healing power of forgiveness...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Little Whispers by K.L. Slater

    Little Whispers by K.L. Slater

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You shared a secret with the wrong person.Janey Markham is thrilled to be moving with her family to Buckingham Crescent, the smartest address in a desirable suburban town.Worried she’ll be excluded by the glossy local mothers, Janey is thrilled when she meets Tanya, the kind of woman she has always looked up to...
  • Faultlines by Barbara Taylor Sissel

    Faultlines by Barbara Taylor Sissel

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s the phone call every parent dreads: in the middle of the night, Sandy Cline learns that her twenty-year-old son, Jordan, has been in a car accident. Her nephew, Travis, was also in the car, along with Travis’s girlfriend. All three are alive—but barely. The car was smashed against a tree along a remote and winding road, beautiful but deadly, in their rural Texas Hill Country town...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Daughter by Lucy Dawson

    The Daughter by Lucy Dawson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    You lost your daughter. You will never forgive yourself. And now someone's determined to make you pay… Seventeen years ago, something happened to Jess’s daughter Beth. The memory of it still makes her blood run cold. Jess has tried everything to make peace with that day, and the part she played in what happened. It was only a brief moment of desire… but she’ll pay for it with a lifetime of guilt...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  mystery
  • I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry

    I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    IT STARTED WITH A KISS... AND ENDED WITH MURDER. The darkly addictive new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Looked Away, Blood Sisters and My Husband's Wife. --------------------------------------------------------In Poppy Page's mind, there are two types of women in this world: those who are faithful to their husbands, and those who are not...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • The Inheritance by Samantha Hayes

    The Inheritance by Samantha Hayes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I had safely buried the past – protecting my family from the secrets I’ve been keeping. But now my lies are exposed in my husband’s will, and one of us will pay for them with their life…My darling husband, Ray , is gone. My three beautiful daughters and I have come to Scotland to walk the trails we once enjoyed together, hold each other, and cry over our loss...
  • Sophie Last Seen by Marlene Adelstein

    Sophie Last Seen by Marlene Adelstein

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six years ago, ten-year-old Sophie Albright disappeared from a shopping mall. Her mother, Jesse, is left in a self-destructive limbo, haunted by memories of her intense and difficult child, who was obsessed with birds...
  • Remember Me by Amy McLellan

    Remember Me by Amy McLellan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How do you find a killer when you can't recognise a face?Last night my sister was murdered. The police think I killed her.I was there. I watched the knife go in. I saw the man who did it.He's someone I know. But he won't be caught.Because he knows I have prosopagnosia - I can't recognise faces.But if I don't find him, I'll be found guilty of murder...
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    crime  family  mystery  fiction  psychological  thriller  book  adult
  • Working Fire by Emily Bleeker

    Working Fire by Emily Bleeker

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of When I’m Gone comes a compelling novel of a bond between sisters, tested by tragedy…Ellie Brown thought she’d finally escaped her stifling hometown of Broadlands, Illinois; med school was supposed to be her ticket out...
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    crime  drama  family  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • The Lies I Told Him by Vanessa Garbin

    The Lies I Told Him by Vanessa Garbin

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    One night, Daphne’s teenage son Gabriel returns early from a house party, completely distraught. He refuses to let his mother know what’s wrong and becomes very reclusive.But Daphne’s son is not her only concern. Far from it. Her husband is acting oddly. And she is getting messages from an ex-partner she’d very much rather forget...
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    realistic  family  psychological  fiction  thriller  book  adult
  • That Day You Left by Dorothy Koomson

    That Day You Left by Dorothy Koomson

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A powerful, thought-provoking emotional thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Dorothy Koomson. Previously published as THE FLAVOURS OF LOVE.Would you protect your husband's killer?It's been 18 months since that day when Saffron's husband, Joel, was murdered. Everyone in her life believes she is coping well. And no one suspects the mother-of-two knows who killed Joel...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • The Wife by Shalini Boland

    The Wife by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Zoe fainted on her wedding day, and she never knew why. She’s always felt sure something bad happened. Ten years later, she’s going to find out what…It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life. Zoe was sitting in her hotel room, in her perfect white dress, looking forward to the moment when she would make kind, handsome Toby her husband.Then, there was a blank...
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    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  death
  • One of Us Is Lying by Shalini Boland

    One of Us Is Lying by Shalini Boland

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Tia never harmed anyone. So why does someone want to destroy her?Tia is walking home with her children, along the lakeside of their quiet, safe town, when she realises something is wrong with her five-year-old daughter, Rosie. She seems troubled, not at all her usual happy self.But when Tia finally coaxes Rosie to open up, she wishes she hadn’t...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  death  fiction
  • Three Sisters by O.J. Mullen, Owen Mullen

    Three Sisters by O.J. Mullen, Owen Mullen

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    One chance meeting. A night that changes everything.The Kennedy sisters, Molly, Alex and Sam, have a Christmas tradition – a night out, just the three of them, sisters together.Lewis Stone can’t face the work Christmas party, but as he’s one of the bosses, he has to put in an appearance. He leaves as soon as he can politely get away, ready for the holidays to begin...
  • The Secrets Mothers Keep by Jacquie Underdown

    The Secrets Mothers Keep by Jacquie Underdown

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the enchanting landscapes of Tasmania, "The Secrets Mothers Keep" unravels a captivating tale of three generations bound by a shared purpose—to restore the family manor into a charming bed and breakfast. But beneath the surface lies a lifetime of concealed truths that threaten to tear them apart...
  • 幸福對決 by Joo Youngha, 周榮河

    幸福對決 by Joo Youngha, 周榮河

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • The Sound of Us by Sarah Willis

    The Sound of Us by Sarah Willis

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alice Marlowe accepts her life the way it is. She's single, in her late forties. She lives with a cat named Sampson, and has imaginary conversations with her dead twin brother. As a sign-language interpreter for the deaf, she is used to standing between people, facilitating their conversations with each other...
  • It Could Be Anyone by Jaime Lynn Hendricks

    It Could Be Anyone by Jaime Lynn Hendricks

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Murder motives abound when the groom dies at a destination wedding in this new novel by the author of Finding TessaTo anyone on their flight out of New York, they appear to be five best friends excited for a destination wedding in Miami. No one would guess that each of them has a reason to want the groom dead...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  adult  book  fiction  murder  psychological
  • Finding Grace by K.L. Slater, Lucy Price-Lewis

    Finding Grace by K.L. Slater, Lucy Price-Lewis

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    This morning, my daughter sat right here, munching her breakfast, too excited to finish it. Now, she is missing. The day after her ninth birthday, Lucie and Blake Sullivan agree, for the very first time, to let their daughter, Grace, make the four-minute walk back home alone from a friend's house just down the street. They joke with friends about hiding behind bushes to ensure she is safe...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  family  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran

    Her Deadly Secret by Chris Curran

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A FAMILY BUILT ON LIES…A dark and twisty psychological thriller, in which a young girl is abducted and her family is confronted with a horror from deep in their past. Perfect for fans of BA Paris and Sue Fortin.A young girl has been taken. Abducted, never to be seen again.Joe and Hannah, her traumatized parents, are consumed by grief...
  • When I Was You by Minka Kent

    When I Was You by Minka Kent

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A stolen identity leads a woman down a dark and desperate path in a gripping novel of psychological suspense by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.After barely surviving a brutal attack, Brienne Dougray rarely leaves her house. Suffering from debilitating headaches and memory loss, she can rely only on her compassionate new tenant, Dr...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  realistic  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
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