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Author
Series
Bruno Johnson volume 1
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Bruno Johnson, an ex-con and former street cop, finds himself stepping outside the law once again in an effort to help abused children, a task that earns him the ire of his former partner.
Author
Series
(Karen S.).South Shores volume 4
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Volunteering with a support group for children affected by domestic violence, forensic psychologist Claire Britten, aided by partner Nick Markwood, investigates a suspicious death at a wildlife sanctuary, only to be confronted by an attack that is too close to home.
Author
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
District Attorney Nina Frost and her husband, Caleb, face a nightmare when they discover that their young son Nathaniel has been molested, a trauma that has left him mute, terrified, and unable to reveal the identity of his attacker.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey's younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive....
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people, especially children. She cares about them passionately and does everything in her power to rescue them from those who mean them harm. When the case of three-years-old Ottilie Wade comes to her attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the child the way she should... --Publisher
Author
Publisher
Bell Bridge Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
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. She can claim her life or continue to hide in the shadows. One amazing man might be the miracle worker who can help Ellie see...
9) Tell me
Author
Series
Pierce Reed/Nikki Gillette volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The most hated woman in Savannah, Georgia, is about to be set free. Twenty years ago, Blondell O'Henry was convicted of murdering her eldest daughter and wounding her two other children. The prosecution argued that beautiful, selfish Blondell wanted to be rid of them to be with her lover. Now Blondell's son, Niall, has recanted his testimony and demolished the case in the process. Reporter Nikki Gillette is determined to get the true story, and not...
Author
Series
When the wind blows volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Two women try to unravel an astonishing murder plot with the help of an amazing eleven year old girl.
11) Out of the rain
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Umbrella volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
After escaping the trauma of the Umbrella Lady's home, thirteen-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is determined to find the father who abandoned her all those years ago. But when she finds him in a nearby town, Saffron is shocked to discover that he has married a woman he clearly had been involved with before her mother's death. Worse, her father insists Saffron pretend to be his niece so he can continue to con his new wife's family. Desperate for her...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
During a hunting trip, cattle rancher Aiden Delacorte is suddenly attuned to the animals around him, feeling their pain and fear as if it were his own. This newfound sensitivity has its price: he can no longer sleepwalk through life, holding everyone at arm's length. Aiden falls in love with Gwen, a single mother whose young son Milo is sullen and broken from his experiences with an abusive father, and has turned to acting out in violent and rebellious...
13) No good asking
Author
Publisher
ECW
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ellie and Eric Nyland have moved their two sons back to Eric's childhood farmhouse, hoping for a fresh start. But there's no denying it, their family is falling apart, each one of them isolated by private sorrows, stresses, and missed signals. With every passing day, Ellie's hopes are buried deeper in the harsh winter snows. When Eric finds Hannah Finch, the girl across the road, wandering alone in the bitter cold, his rusty police instincts kick...
14) The visionist
Author
Publisher
Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
15-year-old Polly Kimball sets fire to the family farm, killing her abusive father. She and her young brother find shelter in a Massachusetts Shaker community called The City of Hope. It is the Era of Manifestations, when young girls in Shaker enclaves all across the Northeast are experiencing extraordinary mystical visions, earning them the honorific of "Visionist" and bringing renown to their settlements. The City of Hope has not yet been blessed...
15) The replacements
Author
Series
Bruno Johnson volume 2
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Bruno Johnson, ex-detective with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and an ex-convict, is hiding out from the FBI in Costa Rica, tending bar to support eight children he illegally rescued from abusive homes. Partway through a normal day, Barbara Wicks, a former colleague and the chief of police for Montclair, California, walks into his bar. Bruno is shocked to the core. Is she there to arrest him and take him back to California? Turns out she's...
Author
Series
Christopher's diary volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen year old Kristin Masterwood is thrilled when her father's construction company is hired to inspect the Foxworth property for a prospective buyer. The once grand Southern mansion still sparks legends and half truths about the four innocent Dollanganger children, even all these decades later. Foxworth holds a special fascination for Kristin, who was too young when her mother died to learn much about her distant blood tie to the notorious family....
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Left on the train platform of some strange village, eight-year-old Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope as the hour grows late and the station sets to close. She clings to her suitcase like a life raft. When a peculiar old woman carrying a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but eventually does agree...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When Ruby King's mother is found murdered in their home in Chicago's South Side, the police dismiss it as another act of violence in a black neighborhood. But for Ruby, it's a devastating loss that leaves her on her own with her violent father. While she receives many condolences, her best friend, Layla, is the only one who understands how this puts Ruby in jeopardy. Their closeness is tested when Layla's father, the pastor of their church, demands...
Author
Series
(Virginia C.).Dollanganger volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive ... They were a perfect family, golden and carefree - until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother's vast mansion, their loving mother assures...
Author
Series
Indian Lake volume 1
Publisher
Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
You won't find a more hardcore eighties slasher fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And you won't find a place less supportive of girls who wear torn T-shirts and too much eyeliner than Proofrock, nestled eight thousand feet up the mountain in Idaho, situated in Pleasant Valley right alongside Indian Lake, home to both Camp Blood -- site of a massacre fifty years ago --and, as of this summer, Terra Nova, a second-home celebrity Camelot being...
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