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Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But when he meets Morgan Lee, his world is turned upside-down, making him wonder if the responsibilities he has shouldered need dictate his life forever. The daughter of affluent Chicago...
4) Spencerville
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A government agent returns to his hometown and employs his hard-earned skills to rescue the woman he loves from her sadistic husband.
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Book after New York Times bestselling book, Fern Michaels is proving that she's one of today's premiere women's fiction writers. Cherished for her emotionally powerful tales of family, friendship and love, Michaels has also been lauded for her complex, appealing characters and for skillfully interweaving threads of suspense and intrigue into her stories. What You Wish for delivers just what her legion of fans wants -- and is sure to entice new readers...
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A nurse escapes her abusive husband, a New York policeman, taking their son with her to Florida. She assumes a new identity and even finds romance, but there is a price, the 10-year-old boy misses his father and she lives in constant fear the father will find them, which he does. The novel analyzes why abused women wait so long to make their break.
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2023.
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On Prospect Hill, you can get nearly anything you want from the Fae--if you know how to ask and if you can pay the price. There is no magic on Prospect Hill--or anywhere else, for that matter. But just on the other side of the veil is the world of the Fae, and all their magic. Generations ago, the first farmers on Prospect Hill learned to bargain small trades to make their lives a little easier--a bit of glass to find something lost, a cup of milk...
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[Trevor family saga] volume 1
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Covenant
Pub. Date
c1997.
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English
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Jennalyn must turn to her former love Colin Trevor for help to escape her abusive husband.
10) Ju dou
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MagicPlay Entertainment
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c2005.
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中文(繁體)
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In 1920s China, a young woman is forced into marriage and is then abused by her elderly husband. Her suffering attracts the sympathy of her husband's younger, kinder nephew, and the two begin a secret affair that could lead to tragic consequences.
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University of Utah School of Medicine
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c2000.
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English
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"Domestic violence doesn't just happen "out there" somewhere. It happens in our town, in our neighborhood, on our street. It happens to women we see at the supermarket, the movie theater, the ballet, and the PTA board meeting. It happens to our friends and our co-workers. It happens to our mothers, our sisters, our daughters, and ourselves. This book tells the stories of twelve women. Each was a victim of domestic violence. Each escaped from her abuser....
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"A mysterious plague that causes random bouts of violence is sweeping the nation. Now three generations of women must navigate their chilling new reality in this moving exploration of identity, cycles of abuse, and hope. Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife: married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of two daughters, keeper of an immaculate home. But Chelsea's husband has turned their house into a prison; he has been abusing...
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Covenant Communications
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[2002]
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English
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Appearances can be deceiving On the surface, theirs is the perfect marriage. James Dalton is a handsome, successful attorney, while Isabelle is the beautiful, organized wife. Yet, she grows more fearful of her husband every day, and knows she must leave him. But how can she escape from the domineering, violent man who has systematically robbed her of her past, her identity, and her self worth? While James is away on an unexpected business trip, Isabelle...
16) A tear of love
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Bonneville
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c2005.
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English
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Jacob Seely Jacobson stares out the window at his beautiful daughter, Casey, limping painfully to her car. The car accident that had killedand was caused byher abusive husband had severely injured Caseys right leg. Because she had been driving, a possible indictment for negligent homicide hangs over her head. And Jacob, a widower at forty-nine, is wrestling with his own demons. Though weak, Casey wants to help her friend Tiffany,...
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Covenant Communications, Inc
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[2018]
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English
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Detective Royce Fleming has dealt with the worst of the worst in his small Utah town. But even after years of dealing with criminals, he's shaken when a battered young woman enters his office. The victim of ruthless domestic abuse, Ellerie Pearson finally has the courage to share her painful secret history with the kind officer. For Royce, this information is just another piece in the puzzle he's working to solve--because unbeknownst to Ellerie, her...
19) Martha
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Fassbinder collection volume 2
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Fantoma
Pub. Date
[2006]
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Deutsch
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When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.
20) Star bright
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Wheeler Publishing
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2009.
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English
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After faking her own death to escape her abusive husband, Rainie Hall, armed with a new identity, starts work on a horse ranch in Crystal Falls, Oregon, where she finds a safe haven in the arms of her boss, Parker Harrigan.
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