Books like 'Cry Wolf'
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The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTwenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorce—the New York house, the friends, and her pride. Now back home at her late great-grandmother’s estate in Colorado, she finds herself face-to-face with Noah Harrison, the bestselling author of a million books where the cover is always people nearly kissing...Categorized as:
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![Somebody Else's Sky by Jessica Hawkins]()
Somebody Else's Sky by Jessica Hawkins
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIf I closed my eyes, I could still see them—all blonde sunshine, ocean-blue eyes, and long limbs. The glint of Lake’s gold bracelet. Pink cotton candy on Tiffany’s tongue. My scenery may have changed from heaven to hell, but some things never would: my struggle to do right by both sisters. To let Lake soar. To lift Tiffany up. The sacrifices I made for them, I made willingly... -
![A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks]()
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsA high school rebel and a minister's daughter find strength in each other in this star-crossed tale of "young but everlasting love" (Chicago Sun-Times).There was a time when the world was sweeter....when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats... -
![Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins]()
Lake + Manning by Jessica Hawkins
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe final book in the Something in the Way series, a love saga.Manning and I have what happily-ever-after is made of . . .A home he built us on the unshakeable foundation we fought for.A life of laughter carved out of heartache and betrayal.A love story to stand the test of time... -
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![The Tin Box by Kim Fielding]()
The Tin Box by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWilliam Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley’s Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty... -
![The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks]()
The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIra Levinson is in trouble. At ninety-one years old, in poor health and alone in the world, he finds himself stranded on an isolated embankment after a car crash. Suffering multiple injuries, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes and comes into focus beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago... -
![Capo: A Dark Mafia Romance by Nicolina Martin]()
Capo: A Dark Mafia Romance by Nicolina Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings’You’ll die if you talk.’The warning haunts her every waking hour. After a rough start, Chloe has finally found her place in life. She has financial stability, a place to call home, and friends she’d die for... -
![Say Yes by Kandi Steiner]()
Say Yes by Kandi Steiner
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo strangers.Two words.One unforgettable summer. When you’re an artist, everything has to be perfect.Or so I thought, until my professor told me my perfection was boring and unoriginal. Studying abroad in Florence has taught me one thing: I know nothing when it comes to what makes art truly beautiful... -
![Vlak u snijegu by Mato Lovrak]()
Vlak u snijegu by Mato Lovrak
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRoman Vlak u snijegu (prvotno naslovljen Djeca velikog sela) napisao je Mato Lovrak 1931. godine kao mlad učitelj, inspiriran stvarnim događajem. Roman je strukturiran u obliku pitke, djeci bliske proze koja se odlikuje jednostavnom, a dinamičnom fabulom, oblikovanom u stilu pustolovnog zapleta...Categorized as:
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![Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman]()
Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsA New York Times BestsellerA USA Today BestsellerA Los Angeles Times BestsellerA Vulture Book Club PickAn Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our TimeAndré Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliff-side mansion on the Italian Riviera... -
![The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren]()
The Front Runner by Patricia Nell Warren
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFirst published in 1974, The Front Runner raced to international acclaim - the first novel about gay love to become popular with mainstream. In 1975, coach Harlan Brown is hiding from his past at an obscure New York college, after he was fired from Penn State University on suspicion of being gay. A tough, lonely ex-Marine of 39, Harlan has never allowed himself to love another man... -
![If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson]()
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBoth Elisha (Ellie) and Jeremiah (Miah) attend Percy Academy, a private school where neither quite fits in. Ellie is wrestling with family demons, and Miah is one of the few African American students. The two of them find each other, and fall in love -- but they are hesitant to share their newfound happiness with their friends and families, who will not understand... -
![Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts]()
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsTalk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change... -
![Sweet Little Lies by Michele Grant]()
Sweet Little Lies by Michele Grant
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReprinted Edition "Grant entices, captivates, and mesmerizes." --RT Book Reviews Christina Brinsley is that girl. You know the one: a little bougie, a little opinionated, knows it all, has it all, and is a total perfectionist. But Christina's perfectly crafted world isn't really so perfect... -
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![A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith]()
A Place to Call Home by Deborah Smith
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwenty years ago, Claire Maloney was the willful, pampered, tomboyish daughter of the town's most respected family, but that didn't stop her from befriending Roan Sullivan, a fierce, motherless boy who lived in a rusted-out trailer amid junked cars. No one in Dunderry, Georgia--least of all Claire's family--could understand the bond between these two mavericks... -
![Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim]()
Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAt the age of eight Brian Lackey is found bleeding under the crawl space of his house, having endured something so traumatic that he cannot remember an entire five–hour period of time... -
![Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown]()
Breath of Scandal by Sandra Brown
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOn a rainy Southern night, Jade Sperry endured a young woman's worst nightmare at the hands of three local hell-raisers. Robbed of her youthful ideals and at the center of scandal and tragedy, Jade ran as far and as fast as she could. But she never forgot the sleepy "company town" where every man, woman, and child was dependent on one wealthy family... -
![The Pact by Jodi Picoult]()
The Pact by Jodi Picoult
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsFor eighteen years the Hartes and the Golds have lived next door to each other, sharing everything from Chinese food to chicken pox to carpool duty—they've grown so close it seems they have always been a part of each other's lives. Parents and children alike have been best friends, so it's no surprise that in high school Chris and Emily's friendship blossoms into something more... -
![The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks]()
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 88 ratingsA man with a faded, well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn't understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love, a story of miracles that will stay with you forever... -
![Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx]()
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAnnie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece. Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist, two ranch hands, come together when they're working as sheepherder and camp tender one summer on a range above the tree line... -
![Tin Man by Sarah Winman]()
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA novel celebrating love in all of its forms and the little moments that make up the life of an autoworker in a small working-class town.This is almost a love story. But it's not as simple as that... -
![Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes]()
Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsMeet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters – Dublin’s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She’s only agreed to her incarceration because she’s heard that rehab is wall-to-wall jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey – and it’s about time she had a holiday... -
![Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks]()
Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsShimmering with suspense and emotional intensity - takes readers on a hunt for the truth about a man and his memories, and about both the heartbreaking fragility and enormous strength of love.Nicholas Sparks is our very best chronicler of the human heart... -
![Remember When by Judith McNaught]()
Remember When by Judith McNaught
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJudith McNaught's last enchanting bestseller, Until You, was hailed as "brilliantly done and completely entertaining... ripe plot twists... a fine supporting cast" – Ocala Star-Banner.Now, with more than fourteen million books in print and seven New York Times bestsellers, Judith McNaught brings us her latest, most enthralling novel.. -
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![Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews]()
Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOlivia dreamed of a sun-filled love, a happy life. Then she entered Foxworth Hall...V.C. Andrews' thrilling new novel spins a tale of dreadful secrets and dark, forbidden passions--of the time before Flowers in the Attic began. Long before terror flowered in the attic, thin, spinsterish Olivia came to Virginia as Malcolm Foxworth's bride... -
![Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami]()
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 80 ratingsToru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable... -
![Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel]()
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen a beautiful young Frenchwoman and a brilliant American actor meet in wartime Paris, their love begins like a fairy tale but ends in tragedy. Suddenly orphaned, their three children are cruelly separated. Megan, the baby, adopted by a family of comfortable means, becomes a doctor in the rural Appalachia... -
![Remembrance by Danielle Steel]()
Remembrance by Danielle Steel
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHer beloved Italian homeland shattered in the wake of World War II, exquisite Serena, Principessa di San Tibaldo, has nothing left except her name, her ancestry... and her heart which she gives completely and forever to Major Brad Fullerton... -
![The Admiral's Bride by Suzanne Brockmann]()
The Admiral's Bride by Suzanne Brockmann
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann has thrilled audiences with her tall, dark and dangerous series. Experience them here, with two classic tales of heroes who face the most daring adventure of all—falling in love... -
![Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta]()
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor as long as Josephine Alibrandi can remember, it’s just been her, her mom, and her grandmother. Now it’s her final year at a wealthy Catholic high school. The nuns couldn’t be any stricter—but that doesn’t seem to stop all kinds of men from coming into her life... -
![Tully by Paullina Simons]()
Tully by Paullina Simons
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe astonishing debut novel from international number one bestselling author Paullina Simons, now beautifully repackaged Tully Makker is a tough young woman from the wrong side of the tracks and she is not always easy to like. But if Tully gives friendship and loyalty, she gives them for good, and she forms an enduring bond with Jennifer and Julie, school friends from very different backgrounds... -
![Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata]()
Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBeauty and Sadness (Japanese: 美しさと哀しみと Utsukushisa to kanashimi to) is a 1964 novel by Japanese Nobel Prize winning author Yasunari Kawabata... -
![Tim by Colleen McCullough]()
Tim by Colleen McCullough
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLibrarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0380711966 here.Mary Horton is content with her comfortable, solitary existence... until she meets Tim. A beautiful young man with the mind of a child - a gentle outcast in a cruel, unbending world - he illuminates the darkness of Mary's days with his boyish innocence... -
![A Lua de Joana by Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez]()
A Lua de Joana by Maria Teresa Maia Gonzalez
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA história fala de Joana, uma rapariga que ao ver a sua amiga morta por uma overdose, decide começar a escrever cartas a ela, para que desta forma a mantenha viva na sua memória, e para também tentar perceber o que levou a amiga a seguir tão trágico caminho e também de o conseguir aceitar... -
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![The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans]()
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsA forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path. In a few terrible seconds the life of a family is shattered. And a mother's quest beings - to save her maimed daughter and a horse driven mad by pain. It is an odyssey that will bring her to...THE HORSE WHISPERERHe is the stuff of legend... -
![One Day by David Nicholls]()
One Day by David Nicholls
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 44 ratings15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways... -
![Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews]()
Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe final, haunting novel, in the extraordinary story that has enthralled millions!The horror began with Flowers in the Attic, the terrifying tale of four innocent children locked away from the world by a cruel mother.The shocking fury continued with Petals on the Wind and If There be Thorns. Now V.C. Andrews has created the last dark chapter in the strange, chilling tale of passion and peril... -
![The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts]()
The Heart's Victory by Nora Roberts
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Foxy loves Lance" - it had been true when she was a teenager, but now...? No longer a gangly adolescent, Foxy was still attracted to Lance, but his involvement with auto racing scared her even while his slightest touch thrilled and tormented her... -
![Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie]()
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor Nina Askew, turning forty means freedom--from the ex-husband, freedom from their stuffy suburban home, freedom to focus on what she wants for a change. And what she wants is something her ex always vetoed--a puppy. A bouncy, adorable puppy. Instead she gets...Fred.Overweight, middle-aged, a bit smelly and obviously depressed, Fred is light-years from perky... -
![A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan]()
A Certain Smile by Françoise Sagan
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSagan's second novel tells the story of Dominique, a bored twenty-year-old law student at the Sorbonne in mid-1950's Paris, who embarks on a love affair with a middle-aged man... -
![Return to Monte Carlo by Cate C. Wells]()
Return to Monte Carlo by Cate C. Wells
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA runaway wife, a surprise baby, and a dark secret.MONTE CARLO, 1982 The odds of a man like Marco de Noli falling for a girl like me were a million to one. He’s old money, classic European jet set, a master of the universe. When we met, I was a shy girl from Oklahoma, pretty enough, but nowhere near his league.One year later, after he stands me up on our first anniversary, I have to face facts... -
![Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown]()
Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOffering a unique perspective and unusual insight into modern Japan and its wartime past, Audrey Hepburn's Neck is also a shrewd study of cross-cultural obsessions, and of erotic, romantic and familial love... -
![Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho]()
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 66 ratingsIn his latest international bestseller, the celebrated author of The Alchemist addresses the fundamental questions asked by millions: What am I doing here today? and Why do I go on living?Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for: youth and beauty, plenty of attractive boyfriends, a fulfilling job, and a loving family. Yet something is lacking in her life... -
![The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller]()
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for the fulfillment of a girlhood dream, THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY gives voice to the longings of men and women everywhere-and shows us what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again... -
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![Belinda by Anne Rampling, Anne Rice]()
Belinda by Anne Rampling, Anne Rice
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 35 ratings"Who was she?" That was the first thought that came into my mind when I saw her in the bookstore.Who was she really?She's Belinda. She's sixteen years old. She's the object of one man's ultimate fantasy. And she's one of the most "uniquely sensual and provocative" heroines to emerge from the "fearless" imagination of New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice... -
![Love Story by Erich Segal]()
Love Story by Erich Segal
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOliver Barrett IV, a wealthy jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law . . . Jenny Cavilleri, a sharp-tongued, working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe . . .Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny are kindred spirits from vastly different worlds... -
![Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute]()
Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Reasons to Be Pretty, Greg's tight-knit social circle is thrown into turmoil when his offhand remarks about a female coworker's pretty face and his own girlfriend Steph's lack thereof get back to Steph. But that's just the beginning. Greg's best buddy, Kent, and Kent's wife, Carly, also enter into the picture, and the emotional equation becomes exponentially more complicated... -
![And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard]()
And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard
Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner “A gentle, lyrical story of incomprehensible sorrow faced with quiet courage.”—ELIZABETH WEIN, New York Times bestselling author “Hubbard treats tragedy and new beginnings with a skilled, delicate hand.”—JOHN COREY WHALEY, author of Where Things Come Back, winner of the Michael L... -
![Som om ingenting by Katarina von Bredow]()
Som om ingenting by Katarina von Bredow
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPå skrivarkursen träffar nittonåriga Elin Paul. De finner en alldeles speciell samhörighet och Elin känner att det börjar utvecklas något mer mellan dem. Sakta går det upp för henne att hon är kär. Allvarligt kär. Men Paul är tjugofem år äldre än Elin. Och han är far till Tessan, Elins bästa kompis. Hon kämpar emot. Det får inte hända, det finns inte. Men det händer i alla fall... -
![Where or When by Anita Shreve]()
Where or When by Anita Shreve
Rated: 3.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCharles Callahan is reading the Sunday paper when an alluring and oddly familiar photo catches his eye: it is Sian Richards, his first love, a face he has not seen for more than three decades. He is entranced by her image, flooded by memories of their teenage summer together, and utterly conpelled to make contact with her again...
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