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1) Trapped
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This is a special interactive eBook edition with exclusive extra content. Trapped is perfect for fans of Jessie Keane and Martina Cole. As teenagers, Maggie Donaldson and Johnny Taylor fell hard and fast in love. But they didn?t know they were from rival gangland families in London?s criminal underworld. Going public with their relationship would have brought them more trouble than they could handle, so for years they concealed the truth. But their...
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Silent Witness volume 2
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Harper Element
Pub. Date
2017
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?I?m so sorry, Casey,? my link worker John said, sounding weary. ?I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.?It?s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on remand in prison. Despite claiming she attacked him in...
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Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2013
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A classic heartwarming tale for the holidays from New York Times bestselling author Susan MalleryThe cheer in Fool's Gold, California, is bringing out the humbug in dancer Evie Stryker. An injury has forced her to return home to her estranged family. So she won't add to the awkward scenario by falling for the charms of her brother's best friend, no matter how tempting he is. When she's recruited to stage the winter festival, she vows to do as promised,...
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Pub. Date
2011
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This is a dramatic and engaging story of a young boy with an alcoholic mother. Lonely, bullied and desperate for a life of happiness and security he tells everyone he meets his dad's a policeman. Fast-paced and compelling, this short story from Cathy Glass follows the experiences of a Ryan, a small and lonely 12-year-old boy who struggles to fit in. In an attempt to make friends, and discourage the school bullies from picking on him, Ryan tells his...
5) China room
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Pub. Date
2021
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Mehar, a young bride in rural Punjab in 1929, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man...
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Family Feud volume 1
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Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2012
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The Second World War has brought with it many changes to the lives of the Searles family. With her father's body barely cold, and only a gold-digging mother-in-law to advise her, young Emily, in love with an RAF navigator on the eve of the Battle of Britain, is in danger of making rash decisions that don't bode well for her future happiness...
7) Skin
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2022
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Unabridged ed.
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London, 1985. Joe, father to 11-year-old Matty, has disappeared and nobody will explain where he's gone, or why. In the long, hot summer that follows, Matty's hunt for Joe leads to the ponds at Hampstead Heath. Beneath the water, there is a new kind of freedom. Above the water, a welcoming community of men offer refuge from an increasingly rocky home life. Fourteen years later, a new revelation sees Matty set off alone in a campervan, driving westwards...
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Bloomsbury Publishing
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'The one to watch' Sunday Times When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with the best of intentions, resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's desire to help. When a surprising connection emerges between the two women, it sends them on a crash course that will upend...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged ed.
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Furious Thing roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard ... Lexi?s angry. And it?s getting worse. If only she could stop losing her temper and behave herself, her step-father would accept her, her mum would love her like she used to and her step-brother would declare his crushing desire to spend the rest of his life with her. She wants these things so badly...
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
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Unabridged ed.
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In a small country town during one long, hot summer, the Bloom family begins to unravel. Marital secrets, new and long-hidden, surface - with devastating effect. Martha is straining against the confines of her life, lost in regret for what might have been, when an old flame shows up. In turn, her husband, Mike, becomes frustrated with his increasingly distant wife. While teenagers Tilly and Ben are about to step out into the world, nine-year-old Ada...
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