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4) The wolf den
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A slave and prostitute in Pompeii's notorious Wolf Den brothel, Amara, once the beloved daughter of a doctor in Greece, is buoyed by the sisterhood she forges with the other women and dreams of a new beginning--if she can pay the high price for her freedom.
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"The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous. Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the Wolf Den, the city's most notorious brothel, but now her survival depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought. At night in the home he bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara's dreams are haunted by her past. She longs for her sisterhood of friends--the women she was forced to leave...
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Amara's journey has taken her far; from enslavement in Pompeii's Wolf Den brothel to her new life as a high-powered courtesan in Rome, but her story is not over yet. While Amara plays for power in Rome's imperial palace, those dearest to her remain in Pompeii. But it is 79 CE, and mighty Mount Vesuvius is about to make itself known...
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She's his best friend's little sister. He's the biggest player of them all. They shouldn't be together. But this summer's just too tempting. Sixteen-year-old Emilia Moretti's goal for the summer is simple: forget her brother's best friend-Nick Grawsky-ever existed. It should be easy: He's spending his summer in the Hamptons, adding girls in tiny bikinis to his list of broken hearts. Guarantee he won't be telling them they're like his little sisters....
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In a serial killer's small town where girls disappear, my heart's torn between a hopeless crush on my best friend's older brother and a chilling reality. Here, secrets cast desperate shadows, and trust could be deadly. Fear isn't just a reaction - it's a power. And the line between love and terror is razor-thin.
I'm seventeen, a cheerleader, and should be preparing for the biggest pageant of my life - my chance to leave this stifling Texas town where...
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See Me, See Me Not is a gripping romantic audiobook thriller where childhood crush turns into a poignant teenage love story, all the while grappling with the haunting legacy of a cult and the search for the long-lost Mellie. One-click the second standalone novel in the hit YA romantic suspense "Fear and Love in Gavert City" series and immerse yourself in a thrilling audiobook involving a mysterious cult, a missing person, and two teens grappling with...
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Dive into the gripping tale of "Trust Me, Trust Me Not," a standalone audiobook in the "Fear and Love in Gavert City" series. It's New Adult romantic suspense at its best - a poignant dance of resilience, trust, love, and the ghosts we carry with us. Join us on this roller-coaster ride through campus and heartbeats as cult survivor and firefighter try to trust one another, even as someone's watching them.
Leaping from a blazing building? Done. Ditching...
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Are you ready to fall in love with "Hallmark movie's steamier cousin"? If your heart flutters for grumpy but sweet and sexy book boyfriends and second chance steamy Christmas small-town rom-coms, this audiobook is for you.
Dear Diary,
Hi. It's me: #TheLeftoverBride. That hashtag sucks. Can we agree 'Tis the season for a do-over? All I want for Christmas is for my life to turn into a Hallmark movie-but sexier and steamier. Last year, my fiancé aka...
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Sometimes being first isn't what you expected. Sometimes, you get a second chance at love.
Seventeen-year-old ballerina Emilia Moretti is tired of always being second best. And she's going to prove to the world she deserves to be first. In her upcoming School of the Performing Arts showcase. In the eyes of her birth parents. And in the heart of the guy she loves. She spends hours rehearsing, hours dreaming about becoming number one, hours imagining...
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Des secrets, une petite ville du Texas, un tueur en série et une histoire d'amour...un livre qui vous tiendra en haleine.
Erin Hortz, cheerleader de dix-sept ans, devrait consacrer ses journées à se préparer pour le concours de miss qui pourrait bien changer sa vie en lui permettant de quitter sa petite ville du Texas. Mais maintenant que son père est soupçonné d'être un tueur en série, elle a du mal à garder la tête froide. Surtout quand...
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10 year old Aurore lives alone with her mother. She often escapes to dance in the marshes, roam the paths around the chemical tailing ponds, and spend days with her best friend Chris. Aurore's childhood comes to an abrupt end when she is involved in another child's disappearance.
19) Parenthesis
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Judith is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation which was deservedly awarded the Revelation...
20) While we wait
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"A boy and his grandmother wait and wait and wait. While they wait, they sit and knit, they stretch, they rock, they dance, they pace, they snack, they talk. But still, time passes s-l-o-w-l-y. And all the while, they “sit and knit and wait.” What are they waiting for? Spoiler alert! The family’s new baby! When mom and dad finally get home from the hospital there is joy and awe—and a special gift for baby, knitted with love. A gentle...