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  Pushing the Limits: Book 1

  Pushing the Limits

  by Katie McGarry

  So wrong for each other...and yet so right. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather... (more)
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  Stork: Book 1

  Stork

  by Wendy Delsol

  Oh baby! A hip heroine discovers that she has the ability to decide who gets pregnant in this witty YA blend of romance and the supernatural. Sixteen-year-old Katla has just moved from Los Angeles to the sticks of Minnesota. As if it weren’t enough that her trendy fashion sense draws stares, she learns to her horror that she’s a member of an ancient order of women who decide to whom certain babies will be born.... (more)
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  Mary Russell: Book 8

  Locked Rooms

  A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

  by Laurie R. King

  Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King’s highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling mystery series. And this time the first couple of detection pair up to unlock the buried memory of a shocking crime with the power to kill again–lost somewhere in Russell’s own past. After departing Bombay by ship, Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are en route to the bustling modern... (more)
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  All Around the Town

  by Mary Higgins Clark

  A student obsessed with her English professor is accused of his murder, but can not remember how her fingerprints could possibly have been found at the scene of the crime. 500,000 first printing. Major ad/promo. Lit Guild Main. Tour.
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  Jane Lawless: Book 2

  Vital Lies

  by Ellen Hart

  In the second charming Jane Lawless mystery, the winter solstice nears and Jane, a Minneapolis restaurateur, is invited to spend the week at Fothergill Inn, a Victorian house-turned B&B. Jane's old friend Leigh has spent years renovating the house and reopening it as an inn and restaurant. The inn has become so successful that people drive the fifty miles from Minneapolis just for dinner. But when Jane and... (more)
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  Trauma and Recovery

  The Aftermath of Violence—from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

  by Judith Lewis Herman

  When Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery was first published five years ago, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman's now classic volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new introduction, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic of trauma and recovery... (more)
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  Safe Passage to Healing: A Guide for Survivors of Ritual Abuse

  by Chrystine Oksana

  ...One of the most pioneering and valuable contributions to the field. Dr. David K. Sakheim, co-editor of Out of Darkness: Understanding Satanism and Ritual Abuse If you know or suspect that you are a survivor of ritual abuse, you are not alone. This book is an inspiring, comprehensive guide showing that healing is possible. In a clear and gentle voice, Oksana helps demystify ritual abuse cults, and... (more)
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  Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found

  by Lenore Terr

  A widely consulted and quoted authority on trauma takes up the controversial topic of repressed memories, presenting seven riveting cases of people whose lives changed forever when they reclaimed forgotten memories.
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  Too Scared to Cry: Psychic Trauma in Childhood

  by Lenore Terr

  A groundbreaking book that explains how childhood trauma affects all of us. "A spellbinding and profoundly moving book."--Judith Wallerstein
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  Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse

  by Jennifer J. Freyd

  This book lays bare the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but, if the abuse occurred at the hands of a parent or caregiver, is often necessary for survival. Freyd's book will give embattled professionals, beleaguered abuse survivors, and the confused public a new, clear understanding of the lifelong... (more)
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  Dancing With Daddy: A Childhood Lost and a Life Regained

  by Betsy Petersen

  At age 45, Petersen, a journalist with a devoted husband and two young sons, underwent therapy to understand why she felt "invaded" by the little boys that she loved. Under the counselor's guidance, she recovered memories of her father's sexual abuse, finding in her eruptive rages and dreams recollections of the ugly secret--and its effects--long hidden behind her father's public reputation as a respected surgeon... (more)
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  Spirit Alive: A Woman's Healing from Cult Ritual Abuse

  by Jadelinn

  A clear and moving record of one woman's healing from cult and ritual abuse, Spirit Alive shares the process of healing through understanding and integration , demystifies the meaning of classical Multiple Personality Disorder and counteracts mainstream sensationalizing of cult and ritual abuse. Releasing the pain and fear licked inside for years and learning to trust her ability to heal, Jedelinn remembers,... (more)
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  Scars

  by Cheryl Rainfield

  Kendra, fifteen, hasn't felt safe since she began to recall devastating memories of childhood sexual abuse, especially because she still can't remember the most important detail-- the abuser's identity. Frightened, Kendra believes someone is always watching and following her, leaving menacing messages only she understands. If she lets her guard down even for a minute, it could cost Kendra her life. To relieve the... (more)
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  Miss Marple Mysteries: Book 13

  Sleeping Murder

  by Agatha Christie

  Gwenda and Giles Reed, a newly married young couple believe that they have found the perfect house in the little seaside town of Dillmouth. But after moving in Gwenda quickly starts experiencing uncanny flashes of awareness. Events come to a head during a performance of the Duchess of Malfi when she suddenly experiences a chilling vision of a young woman who had been strangled. But is it truly a vision or a... (more)