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When enemies from his time in prison put a bounty on his head and target his family, Nate McClusky takes his eleven-year-old daughter Polly from in front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant threat of capture, or death. Enemies from his time in prison put a bounty on Nate McClusky's head and target his family. They've already murdered his ex-wife, so Nate takes his eleven-year-old daughter Polly from in front of her school,...

Emma by Jane Austen invites readers into the enchanting world of Highbury, where the vivacious and well-meaning Emma Woodhouse reigns as a matchmaker extraordinaire. Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century England, this novel unfolds as a nuanced exploration of love, society, and the complexities of human relationships. At the heart of the story is Emma, a heroine whose intelligence, wit, and sometimes misguided enthusiasm lead her into the...

Someone inside your house wants you dead, but no one believes you... Joanne knows how lucky she is. Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house... Life couldn't be better. Until Richard's twenty-year-old daughter Chloe turns up. Chloe hasn't spoken to her father since the day he married Joanne two years ago. But Chloe wants to make peace. She'll even move in for a few weeks to help Joanne with...

James' controversial novel probes the mind of an American heiress as she becomes aware of the affair between her husband and her father's young wife.

Twelve-year-old Coyote and her father rush to Poplin Springs, Washington, in their old school bus to save a memory box buried in a park that will soon be demolished.

When Kelly Warren claims her father's suicide was really murder, Detective Cole Taylor becomes embroiled in an investigation that reveals a startling secret.

Unable to believe their father died while climbing Mount Denali, twelve-year-old Lily and her older sister, Sophie, climb the mountain in order to rescue him.

As the daughter of the most powerful trader in the Narrows, the sea is the only home Fable has ever known. Four years ago she watched her mother drown during a storm-- and the next day her father abandoned her on a legendary island filled with thieves and little food. To survive she kept to herself, learned to trust no one and relied on the unique skills her mother taught her. Fable enlists the help of a young trader named West to get her off the...

Whisked away to America when her father is falsely accused of slave trading, Catherine Newbury disguises her identity and becomes a sought-after seamstress in Philadelphia, where she catches the eye of an architect who met her before she went into hiding.

In Thunder Point to recuperate from a gunshot wound, FBI agent Laine Carrington finds herself falling for Eric Gentry, a reformed criminal who is in town to get to know the daughter he never knew he had.