Author: Blair Hurley
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393651606
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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A spellbinding confession of what it means to abandon one life for another, The Devoted asks what it takes, and what you’ll sacrifice, to find enlightenment. Nicole Hennessy’s life revolves around her Zen practice at the Boston Zendo, seeking solace in the tenets of Buddhism to the chagrin of her Irish Catholic family. After a decade of grueling spiritual practice under her Master’s tutelage, living on a shoestring budget as a shop clerk, Nicole has become dangerously entangled with her mentor. As Nicole confronts her past—a drug-fueled year spent fleeing her family’s loaded silences and guilt-laden "Our Fathers"—and reinvents herself in New York City, her Master’s intoxicating voice pursues her, an electrifying whisper on the other end of the phone. Somehow, he knows everything. In deft, soaring prose that bristles with psychological and erotic tension, Blair Hurley crafts a thrilling exploration of Nicole’s ecstatic quest for spirituality.

Author: Hilary Duff
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857071548
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Clea is back and is still searching for the answers about her missing father and her connection with the elusive and dangerous Sage. But will her discoveries put her in even greater danger?

Author: Jennifer Mathieu
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1596439122
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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From Jennifer Mathieu, the author of The Truth About Alice comes a novel about the courage to believe and what it means to be truly devoted. Rachel Walker is devoted to God. She prays every day, attends Calvary Christian Church with her family, helps care for her five younger siblings, dresses modestly, and prepares herself to be a wife and mother who serves the Lord with joy. But Rachel is curious about the world her family has turned away from, and increasingly finds that neither the church nor her homeschool education has the answers she craves. Rachel has always found solace in her beliefs, but now she can't shake the feeling that her devotion might destroy her soul.

Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0008291365
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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One boy with the power to save the world. One man with the will to destroy it. The chilling, unputdownable new standalone thriller from Dean Koontz, the master of suspense. ‘The master of our darkest dreams’ The Times

Author: Rebecca Ascher-Walsh
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426212631
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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Unlikely Friendships meets Marley and Me. This heartwarming gift book from National Geographic presents a collection of inspiring dog stories and touching photos—dogs who comfort veterans, dogs who learn to surf, dogs who detect cancer, and dogs who save the day: Each one is devoted. These 38 uplifting dog stories showcase the most amazing dog rescues, accomplishments, and abilities that fascinate us and touch our hearts.

Author: Alice Borchardt
Publisher: Signet Book
ISBN: 9780451403964
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Featuring a special Introduction by her sister, New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, Alice Borchardt's lushly detailed backdrop of tenth century France sets the stage for Devoted. A remarkable tale of passion, adventure, and mysticism, this unforgettable debut novel is commercial fiction at its best.

Author: Edwin Yip
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479705659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 223

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Erwin is one of many orphans living in the Land of Garmando, a self sustainable and fortified complex with military might and significant political relevance. Unlike the rest of the commoners in Elemation, the dream to become devoted to a high ranking noble is no mere fantasy. Does he have what it takes to protect, serve and obey his master for all eternity? This is complicated and preceded by the death of his brother.

Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410493040
Category : Amish
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Ruthie Stoltzfus longs to leave the Amish. Newcomer Patrick Kelly longs to join them. Are they both running from the life God wants them to live? Or will they find it together?

Author: J. D. Robb
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698161475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

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In this crime thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Lieutenant Eve Dallas tracks a pair of Bonnie and Clyde copycats whose heated passion for each other is fueled by cold brutality. When Eve Dallas examines a fresh body in a seedy alleyway in downtown Manhattan, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart—initials inside reading “E” and “D”... In Arkansas, Ella-Loo and her recently released ex-con boyfriend, Darryl, don’t ever intend to part again. So they hit the road, but then things get a little messy and they wind up killing someone—an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again. As they cross state lines on their way to New York to find the life they think they deserve, they leave a trail of evil behind them. But now they’ve landed in the jurisdiction of Lt. Dallas and her team at the New York Police and Security Department. And, with her husband Roarke at her side, Eve has every intention of hunting them down and giving them what they truly deserve...

Author: A. M. Myers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781544936178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 482

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You think you know pain? You don't. I've lived in it for years, pulled so far down into the darkness that it's all I see. There was no telling where I ended and the darkness began. It swallowed me up whole and spit out a man that I didn't recognize. I can promise you, you've never felt pain like that. It was eternal night and there was no chance that I would ever make it out alive. Then there was her - Alison James. She's a spark of brilliant light in the bleak nothingness, a tiny beacon of hope in my endless torment and I can't do anything but cling to her, hoping for just another second of relief. I'll do whatever it takes to keep her but some things are out of my hands.My past is coming back to haunt us and at the very least, it will tear us apart. But if worse comes to worst, she'll be just as dead as my soul.Can I force myself to let her go if it will save her? Or will I sacrifice her life for my own selfishness?