Bandy Dorner, home from Vietnam, awakes with his car mired in a canal, his home reduced to ashes, & his pregnant wife preparing to leave town with her lover. Within moments, a cop lies bleeding in the road. Nearly two decades later, Bandy is released from prison. His parents are gone, & on the family ranch, he faces a different reunion. ...

Jules is a gifted college student- but at a personal cost. She has acquaintances instead of friends & family she's ashamed of, including a father battling addiction. When she discovers she can earn much needed money by donating her eggs, she believes she has finally found a way to save her father. Annie married her high school sweetheart & became a mother. After years of staying at home & struggling to support her family on just her husband's salary, she thinks she's found a way to recover a sense of purpose & bring in some extra cash. India has changed everything about herself: her name, her face, her past. When she falls for a wealthy older man, Marcus, she decides a baby will ensure her happy-ever-after. But her attempts at pregnancy fail, & she must turn to Annie & Jules to help make her dream come true Then each of their plans is thrown into disarray when Marcus' daughter, intent on protecting her father, becomes convinced that his new wife is not what she seems. ...

Hilariously funny Louise Rennison's fabby sixth book of the confessions of crazy but lovable teenager Georgia Nicolson. Guaranteed to have the nation laughing their knickers off! " Come on, Jas, you do really want to know my plan, especially as it concerns you, my little hairy pally." "I'm not hairy." " Have it your own way, just don't go near any circuses." " Shut up. Go on then, tell me your plan." "OK, this is it: when I go to Hamburger-a-gogo l&...you come with me! Do you see? We will be like Thelma & Louise!" " We're not called Thelma & Louise." "I know that, I'm just saying we will be LIKE THEM!" " And we're not American. & neither of us can drive." " Oh dear God. Jas, your spaceship has arrived. Please get in." Laugh your knickers off at Georgia's tales from her trip to Hamburger-a-gogo land (the US) & her attempts to entice Masimo, the Italian stallion. Can Georgia become the composed sex-kitten she aspires to be...? ...

What happened to the girl you used to know?

Jess & Heather were once best friends
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Tim Johnson took his baby daughter out for a walk & she never made it home.

Johnson claims he was assaulted & the girl

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' Justinian took a wife: & the manner she was born & bred, & wedded to this man, tore up the Roman Empire by the very roots' Procopius Charming, charismatic, heroic ? Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. In Stella Duffy's breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again ? a fascinating, controversial & seductive woman. Some called her a saint. Others were not so kind... When her father is killed, the young Theodora is forced into near slavery to survive. But just as she learns to control her body as a dancer, & for the men who can afford her, so she is determined to shape a very different fate for herself. From the vibrant streets & erotic stage shows of sixth century Constantinople to the holy desert retreats of Alexandria, Theodora is an extraordinary imaginative achievement from one of our finest writers. ...

Theodore Boone is thirteen & wants nothing more than to swap homeroom for the courtroom; he lives for big trials.   Now the biggest

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When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone
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Theodore Boone is the thirteen year old who knows more about the law than most adult lawyers. He certainly never expected to be the victim of crime himself. But then his bike is vandalised, he's attacked while doing his homework &, worst of all, framed for a robbery. When stolen computer equipment turns up in Theo's school locker, the police start leaning on him hard. & he is the only suspect. What if he is found guilty? What about his dreams of becoming a lawyer? In a race against time, aided by his renegade uncle, Ike, Theo must find the real felon & reveal the true motivation behind the crimes of which he stands accused. ...

Theodore Boone is back in a new adventure, & the stakes are higher than ever. When his best friend, April, disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, no one, not even Theo Boone
- who knows April better than anyone
- has answers. As fear ripples through his small hometown & the police hit dead ends, it's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge & investigative skills to chase down the truth & save April. Filled with the page-turning suspense that made John Grisham a number one international bestseller & the undisputed master of the legal thriller, Theodore Boone's trials & triumphs will keep readers guessing until the very end.

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