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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Before terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. An innocent, hopeful girl... When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread--an evil that will threaten her children, two charming boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within...
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Following a difficult childhood, Kim has built a successful life for herself. But the guilt she harbors over a tragic mistake she made years ago colors all of her success. When she meets Rick, she thinks she has found everything she needs in her life-including a way to pay for her sins every time he hits her. A new neighbor, Joshua, knows more about Rick than Kim realilzes, but he has demons of his own to battle. And Debbie, a new friend who has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hunter House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"Resource for victims of abuse and their caregivers, significantly updated with guidance on everything from indicators of an abusive relationship to domestic violence legislation, as well as information on date rape drugs, cyber-stalking, effectiveness of batterer intervention programs, and more"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
In this book, domestic violence expert Lundy Bancroft uses his perspective as a therapist for abusive and controlling men to help women, their children, and other family members who have been touched by abuse understand why abusers behave the way they do and what can be done about it. Bancroft teaches women how to survive and improve an abusive relationship; how to determine how dangerous an abuser is and when it is impossible to rectify a situation;...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut. "The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent." Tǎ Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of Inland In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has...
Author
Publisher
[Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board]
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Domestic Violence Offender Management Board to develop standards for the assessment, evaluation, treatment and behavioral monitoring of adult domestic violence offenders. A copy of the Standards For Treatment With Court Ordered Domestic Violence Offenders. State statute prohibits the Department of Corrections, the Judicial Department, the Division of Criminal Justice of the Department of Public Safety, or the Department of Human Services from employing...
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Language
English
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Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, the enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in The New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the...
Author
Series
Safe Haven novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Return to Safe Haven, where a new beginning with your first love is only a heartbeat away... Yasmin Tanner has devoted her life to making other people's dreams come true. But between running Safe Haven's women's center and caring for her brother, the long days -- and lonely nights -- are catching up with her... until Officer Liam O'Dwyer knocks on her door. She had good reasons for breaking Liam's heart all those years ago, but that hasn't made sharing...
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Language
English
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Description
In her 20s, Ivy Peterman escaped an abusive marriage with little more than her kids and the clothes on her back. Quaint New Bern, Connecticut seemed an ideal place to make a fresh start. With a part-time job at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop, and budding friendships, Ivy feels hopeful. But when a popular television show is taped at the quilt shop, Ivy's unwitting appearance alerts her ex to her whereabouts. Suddenly, Ivy is facing the fight of her life...
18) Chasing the wind
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When Amalise and a six-year old Cambodian refugee each catch a glimpse of Bingham Murdock's plane in the 1977 New Orleans sky, none of the three could know that their paths are destined to cross.
19) Journey
Author
Language
English
Description
When Washington newswoman Maddy joins a commission on violence against women, she recognizes that her husband's behavior is harmful and leaves him. Will she ever dare to love again?
20) Julie
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Has beautiful Julie Benton married a murderer, an insanely jealous man who killed her first husband in hopes of marrying her? When Julie learns the answer is yes, she escapes him in a desperate attempt to forge a new life, taking a job as a stewardess. But her husband has no intention of letting Julie go, ever.