Deena's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 28 May 2024 19:08:04 -0700 60 Deena's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Always There 17343004

This novel, Always There, will stay with you long after you read the last word, making you question what you've always believed or wanted to believe. The novel takes you where no other work of literature has ventured before, leaving you with a sense of hope, comfort, and peace for the future.


In this fresh, poignant novel, Always There, Shelby Lynn LeeMaster grapples with her recent “orphaned� life and how to let down her guard to fully experience true love, allowing it in to her heart without fear. The mother, Betheny LeeMaster, struggles with dying before she could teach and guide her children into adulthood. The daughter cannot break from her own fears, while the mother cannot forgive herself for leaving her children too soon. The different narrators, the mother in Heaven and the daughter on Earth, tell their stories in alternating chapters. Can the two women reconcile their fears and remorse before it’s too late, and Shelby loses the one man she’s destined to be with?]]> 250 Carol Ann Albright-Eastman Deena 5 4.40 2013 Always There
author: Carol Ann Albright-Eastman
name: Deena
average rating: 4.40
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rating: 5
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]]> #TripleX 24560996
Two women spin a tale of comedy and new beginnings after they wake up and find themselves in a jail cell over 3000 miles away from home. Rehashing their adventure in front of a less-than-sympathetic judge, they give a laugh-out-loud and extremely detailed story of a road trip that finds them in a ton of trouble.

Battling age, weight, and their own personal demons, not only do they discover the open road and a life they misplaced somewhere in their 20s, they also find themselves. From breakups and stealing cars to blurry memories of something that might have happened in New Mexico, these two women will take you on a real journey, full of fun and, well, situations that people only write about and never really do�.or do they?]]> 326 Christine Zolendz Deena 5 #Twinkies
#PoleDancing
#PlungerHumping
#Thor
#GrandTheftAuto
#Cellfies ]]> 4.15 2015 #TripleX
author: Christine Zolendz
name: Deena
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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#Cupcakes
#Twinkies
#PoleDancing
#PlungerHumping
#Thor
#GrandTheftAuto
#Cellfies
]]> <![CDATA[Lilith (Lucifer's Legion Motorcycle Club #1)]]> 23383782 I’m every woman’s worst nightmare.
A taker of lives.
A trainer of slaves.
You can call me Lucifer.

Luc “Lucifer� Bontrager is a nomad in Lucifer’s Legion Motorcycle Club. Traveling chapter to chapter, he brings in big money kidnapping women, training them and selling them as sex slaves. He’s heartless, brutal and all business.

And then he meets his match.

Lilith. Every man’s worst nightmare. A taker of lives. A sociopath on the run.

Inked up with satanic symbols and verses, she’s fearless and completely insane. Luc can’t train her, he sure as hell can’t sell her, and—for the first time in his life—he can’t bring himself to put a bullet in the bitch’s head either.

She’s his worst regret.

Her words and cold, calculating eyes haunt him. She’s the devil on his shoulder, reminding him of all his sins. He should’ve killed her when he had the chance, because when the unthinkable happens and Luc falls for the young, innocent girl he’s training, Lilith seeks her revenge, targeting the only girl he’s ever wanted to keep as his own.]]> 74 Kelli Maine 0990935302 Deena 5 to-read 3.38 2014 Lilith (Lucifer's Legion Motorcycle Club #1)
author: Kelli Maine
name: Deena
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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What a crazy-ass read, and I emphasize CRAZY. I enjoyed the DARKNESS and DEVIANCE of this book. What does that say about me? It says that I'm one crazy mother-effer…something I've known forever Pick up this book and get to know Lucifer and Lilith…two CRAZIER mother effers!
]]> Reckless (Renegades, #1) 18240407
Jax Chamberlin gave up the superficial life of acting for the thrill of running his own stunt company years ago. But a recent betrayal proves he’s still too close to the limelight to find a woman who doesn’t plan to use him as a stepping-stone to success. When the charming and mysterious Lexi offers him a totally anonymous hook-up during an out of town trip, Jax accepts. Only Lexi is more sextacular than charming, and Jax wants more.

But Lexi’s got a major hang-up over his renegade lifestyle, and Jax isn’t willing to change his ways. Especially not when he discovers who she really is. Because if she finds out his connections could catapult her to the top of her career, he’s afraid the fantasy woman he’s falling for might just end up like all the other gold-diggers. And this time, it’s not just his bad-boy reputation at risk, but his heart, too.

All books in the Renegades series may be read as stand alone books.

The Renegades series includes:
RECKLESS
REBEL
RICOCHET
RUMOR
RELENTLESS
RENDEZVOUS
RIPTIDE
RAPTURE]]> 280 Skye Jordan 0985870117 Deena 5 to-read 4.01 2013 Reckless (Renegades, #1)
author: Skye Jordan
name: Deena
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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I love Skye Jordan and every damn thing she writes!
]]> SCHOOLED 4.0 21844889 The “SMUT-TACULAR� Teachers� Edition
Four Books in One
“How far will you go for an A?�


The horrifying shock of witnessing her husband banging his skank-whore secretary spurred this ever-wholesome and rule-following teacher to seek some new lessons of her own. A young teacher learns about sexuality, pleasure, and satisfaction from rather unlikely and forbidden teachers, her former students, now recent college graduates. Not only does she get SCHOOLED by the beautifully-built, all-American football player who struggled to pass her class, but she also learns a few tricks from the innocent, well-read, and thoroughly sexy bookworm. Both men teach her that not all curricula worth learning comes from a book. But when it’s time to make THE FINAL LESSON PLAN, the newly-sexualized teacher must take the curriculum further into the bedroom and even closer to her heart in order to decide which scholar will graduate “cum lade.�

But while the teacher is working on her lessons, her friend is making some heat of her own in CHAR GRILLED JASPER, burning up the pages with sexy secrets and sizzling sensuality. Meanwhile, a “girls only� class is experimenting in the sciences with a focus on chemistry, physics, and of course anatomy in ALL GIRLS� SCHOOL.


This book is for mature, open-minded people. All others: one-click something else, because this book is graphically erotic and not for the faint of heart.]]> 500 Deena Bright 1502832232 Deena 5
I have to say; I'm happy with it. When you can read your own book and actually giggle and tear up, then it's a pretty good book. I re-read the original SCHOOLED and THE FINAL LESSON in the early spring and was disappointed in myself for the errors and lacking "wow factor." I think I've pretty much rectified those issues. I think if you loved the first book, then you're going to LA-LA-LOVE this 4-book series.

I will admit; I'm going to miss my SCHOOLED gang. It's strange how you can become friends with your own characters. (That might be a little psycho, but hey, I never claimed SANITY.) I hope that you'll one-click SCHOOLED 4.0 and get lost for a while in their crazy, raunchy, sex-filled world. I know I did. If you like it, please leave a review and recommend it to a friend or 80. If you hated it, then well, you should…eh, forget it, I won't go there! :-)

Keep in touch--with yourself and others ;-)

Keep reading!
Keep laughing!

]]> 3.99 2014 SCHOOLED 4.0
author: Deena Bright
name: Deena
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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Well students, it's done!

I have to say; I'm happy with it. When you can read your own book and actually giggle and tear up, then it's a pretty good book. I re-read the original SCHOOLED and THE FINAL LESSON in the early spring and was disappointed in myself for the errors and lacking "wow factor." I think I've pretty much rectified those issues. I think if you loved the first book, then you're going to LA-LA-LOVE this 4-book series.

I will admit; I'm going to miss my SCHOOLED gang. It's strange how you can become friends with your own characters. (That might be a little psycho, but hey, I never claimed SANITY.) I hope that you'll one-click SCHOOLED 4.0 and get lost for a while in their crazy, raunchy, sex-filled world. I know I did. If you like it, please leave a review and recommend it to a friend or 80. If you hated it, then well, you should…eh, forget it, I won't go there! :-)

Keep in touch--with yourself and others ;-)

Keep reading!
Keep laughing!


]]> The Wingman Chronicles 16042880 is a dirty ride of uncouth adventures involving weddings, proms,
threesomes, soccer moms, models, strippers, balconies, bedrooms,
backseats and bathroom stalls. No details are spared in this humorous,
erotic, autobiographical novel depicting all of his hedonistic
debauchery. Full of jaw-dropping moments, gut-busting laughs and
multiple orgasms, "The Wingman Chronicles" will make you laugh and
orgasm at the same time.]]> 199 James Holeva Deena 5 3.97 2012 The Wingman Chronicles
author: James Holeva
name: Deena
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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Alright, this book makes me swoon a bit. A sexual and funny man...sign me up! I thought men like that were just as fictional as the books I read.... :-) Pick this book up. You'll love the fun, laugh your butt off, read.
]]> We Are Water 17349023 In middle age, Annie Oh—wife, mother, and outsider artist—has shaken her family to its core. After twenty-seven years of marriage and three children, Annie has fallen in love with Viveca, the wealthy, cultured, confident Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

Annie and Viveca plan to wed in the Oh family's hometown of Three Rivers, Connecticut, where gay marriage has recently been legalized. But the impending wedding provokes some very mixed reactions and opens a Pandora's box of toxic secrets—dark and painful truths that have festered below the surface of the Ohs' lives.

We Are Water is an intricate and layered portrait of marriage, family, and the inexorable need for understanding and connection, told in the alternating voices of the Ohs—nonconformist Annie; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest Oh. Set in New England and New York during the first years of the Obama presidency, it is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art.

With humor and breathtaking compassion, Wally Lamb brilliantly captures the essence of human experience in vivid and unforgettable characters struggling to find hope and redemption in the aftermath of trauma and loss. We Are Water is vintage Wally Lamb—a compulsively readable, generous, and uplifting masterpiece that digs deep into the complexities of the human heart to explore the ways in which we search for love and meaning in our lives.]]> 561 Wally Lamb 0061941026 Deena 0 to-read 3.79 2013 We Are Water
author: Wally Lamb
name: Deena
average rating: 3.79
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]]> We Are Water 17331318 In middle age, Annie Oh—wife, mother, and outsider artist—has shaken her family to its core. After twenty-seven years of marriage and three children, Annie has fallen in love with Viveca, the wealthy, cultured, confident Manhattan art dealer who orchestrated her professional success.

Annie and Viveca plan to wed in the Oh family's hometown of Three Rivers, Connecticut, where gay marriage has recently been legalized. But the impending wedding provokes some very mixed reactions and opens a Pandora's box of toxic secrets—dark and painful truths that have festered below the surface of the Ohs' lives.

We Are Water is an intricate and layered portrait of marriage, family, and the inexorable need for understanding and connection, told in the alternating voices of the Ohs—nonconformist Annie; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest Oh. Set in New England and New York during the first years of the Obama presidency, it is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art.

With humor and breathtaking compassion, Wally Lamb brilliantly captures the essence of human experience in vivid and unforgettable characters struggling to find hope and redemption in the aftermath of trauma and loss. We Are Water is vintage Wally Lamb—a compulsively readable, generous, and uplifting masterpiece that digs deep into the complexities of the human heart to explore the ways in which we search for love and meaning in our lives.]]> 550 Wally Lamb 0062199021 Deena 0 to-read 3.79 2013 We Are Water
author: Wally Lamb
name: Deena
average rating: 3.79
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]]> Mrs. Maddox (Beautiful, #1.5) 18244684 15 Jamie McGuire Deena 0 to-read 4.00 2013 Mrs. Maddox (Beautiful, #1.5)
author: Jamie McGuire
name: Deena
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Thief (Love Me with Lies, #3) 16090981 Note to Self

Love is patient; love is kind.
Love doesn't boast or brag.
There's no arrogance in love;
it's never rude, crude, or indecent-it's not self absorbed.
Love isn't easily upset.
Love doesn't tally wrongs.
Love trusts, hopes, and endures no matter what.
Love will never become obsolete.
I'll fight for her.

Thief

Caleb Drake never got over his first love. Not when he got married. Not when she got married. When life suddenly comes full circle Caleb must decide how far he is willing to go to get the aloof and alluring Olivia Kaspen back. But for every action in life there is a consequence, and soon Caleb finds out that sometimes love comes at an unbearably high price.]]> 273 Tarryn Fisher Deena 0 to-read 4.35 2013 Thief (Love Me with Lies, #3)
author: Tarryn Fisher
name: Deena
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Tangled (Tangled, #1) 16073738
He’ll tell you he has the flu.

But we all know that’s not really true.

Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful and ambitious. She refuses to let anything - or anyone - derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.

Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he be able untangle his feelings of lust and tenderness, frustration and fulfillment? Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life?

Can Drew Evans win at love?

Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing he never wanted in life, is the only thing he can’t live without.]]> 254 Emma Chase 1623420156 Deena 5 4.27 2013 Tangled (Tangled, #1)
author: Emma Chase
name: Deena
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/07/01
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Emma Chase rocked my world with DREW EVANS. I wouldn't have minded being one of his "notches." He was so charmingly detestably lovable. If that doesn't make sense to you, then you obviously did not read TANGLED and you're an idiot. So, go read it!
]]> Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2) 17340050 In the follow-up to Colleen Hoover’s #1 New York Times bestseller Hopeless, the charming and irresistible Dean Holder tells the passionate story that has melted thousands of hearts.

In Hopeless, Sky left no secret unearthed, no feeling unshared, and no memory forgotten, but Holder’s past remained a mystery.

Still haunted by the little girl he let walk away, Holder has spent his entire life searching for her in an attempt to finally rid himself of the crushing guilt he has felt for years. But he could not have anticipated that the moment they reconnect, even greater remorse would overwhelm him�

Sometimes in life, if we wish to move forward, we must first dig deep into our past and make amends. In Losing Hope, bestselling author Colleen Hoover reveals what was going on inside Holder’s head during all those hopeless moments—and whether he can gain the peace he desperately needs.]]> 321 Colleen Hoover Deena 0 to-read 4.11 2013 Losing Hope (Hopeless, #2)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Deena
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Fall From Grace (Mad World, #1)]]> 15768536
But, it doesn't matter to me because I've spent my existence looking for the love of my life, my angel. And, there is nothing that Shane Maxton can do to change that.

A paranormal romance.]]> 234 Christine Zolendz Deena 5
Loved the book.
Loved the characters.
Love the author, looking forward to SAVING GRACE.

]]> 4.00 2012 Fall From Grace (Mad World, #1)
author: Christine Zolendz
name: Deena
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2012
rating: 5
read at: 2013/06/22
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I feel VERY uncomfortable leaving reviews. I feel like it's now a "conflict of interest." I only leave them now if I love love loved the book, loved the characters, and want to commend the author. So, there it is.

Loved the book.
Loved the characters.
Love the author, looking forward to SAVING GRACE.


]]> <![CDATA[Room for You (Cranberry Inn, #1)]]> 18069353
But when hockey star Brody Murphy washes up on the front steps of the Cranberry Inn during a raging storm, he awakens a hunger in Kacie that she’s long forgotten…and he opens her eyes to a life she never thought was possible. With so much more to lose this time around, can Kacie trust her heart to make the right decision?

***Room for You is the sweet, tantalizing first novel in bestselling author Beth Ehemann’s heartwarming Cranberry Inn series.]]> 359 Beth Ehemann Deena 0 to-read 4.10 2013 Room for You (Cranberry Inn, #1)
author: Beth Ehemann
name: Deena
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2)]]> 15745950 How much is too much to love? Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

Finally, the highly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Beautiful Disaster.

Can you love someone too much?

Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.

In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast women, underground gambling, and violence. But just when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy brings him to his knees.

Every story has two sides. In Beautiful Disaster, Abby had her say. Now it’s time to see the story through Travis’s eyes.]]> 448 Jamie McGuire 1476712980 Deena 5
What I DID like: the whole book! It was so good. Travis Maddox is a sublime creature. I loved him. I REALLY loved all the parts that I didn't already know about--the parts with his brothers and dad were perfect. Travis was an enduring and loving character. I liked him; I liked his story, probably more than Abby's original story. McGuire is a captivating writer; her work just draws you in and captures you for the long haul. These are great books. ]]> 4.16 2013 Walking Disaster (Beautiful, #2)
author: Jamie McGuire
name: Deena
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2013/06/16
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I'm going to start this review with what I did NOT like about this book. I didn't like that it was the same story I'd just read. It was however the first time that I'd ever read one of these POV books. I think maybe if I'd waited a few months between them, then I'd like this whole different POV idea. I mean, I literally closed BEAUTIFUL DISASTER and opened WALKING DISASTER the very next second. I just kept thinking "I remember what's next....and next...and next."

What I DID like: the whole book! It was so good. Travis Maddox is a sublime creature. I loved him. I REALLY loved all the parts that I didn't already know about--the parts with his brothers and dad were perfect. Travis was an enduring and loving character. I liked him; I liked his story, probably more than Abby's original story. McGuire is a captivating writer; her work just draws you in and captures you for the long haul. These are great books.
]]> <![CDATA[Scars and Songs (Mad World, #3)]]> 17376157
Disclaimer #1: This is the story of Mad World Books 1 & 2, Fall From Grace and Saving Grace, written through the point of view of Shane Maxton. IT IS THE SAME Love STORY of Grace and Shane. It’s just Shane’s turn to tell it to you, it’s everything you’ve read before and a whole lot more.
Disclaimer #2: This story contains rock and roll, angels doing naughty things, violence, cursing, drinking alcohol, substance abuse, sexual situations, and irritating scenes that will make you want to hurl your eReader or book out the window. It’s not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.]]> 461 Christine Zolendz Deena 0 to-read 4.27 2013 Scars and Songs (Mad World, #3)
author: Christine Zolendz
name: Deena
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Final Lesson Plan (Schooled 2)]]> 17917420 SMUTLESS
Schooled Two

“They’re baaack!�

The raunchy, witty gang from Schooled is back again, but this time what they lack in full-out graphic erotica, they more than make up for in humor, sarcasm, sexual innuendo, and believe it or not, emotional angst.

Now that Janelle Garrity’s reputation has been slandered all over her hometown, and the locals are referring to her as “Professor Pedophile,� she has a lot of cleansing of her good name to tend to. But that won’t stop her from still getting down and dirty with her sexy boy toys, Briggs Alexander and Leo Cling. Both men taught her about that four-letter word, lust. But, can they further her education and teach her even more about that other four letter word, love? Briggs and Leo both possess secrets that Janelle never saw coming. Will those secrets be too much for her, causing this teacher to dismiss class early? Or does Janelle Garrity, teacher extraordinaire, have that special ability to turn all situations into a “teachable moment� for everyone involved?

Inquiring and dirty minds want to know; will Janelle hold on to that hunky football star, taking him all the way to the end zone? Or will Janelle choose the romance-reading intellectual as her other half? The Final Lesson Plan will give you all the answers, and you won’t even have to cheat.]]> 260 A. Nan O'Miss Deena 5
THIS BOOK RELEASES ON 6~7~13 Amazon willing! Still waiting for it to show up! ]]> 3.94 2013 The Final Lesson Plan (Schooled 2)
author: A. Nan O'Miss
name: Deena
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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Admittedly, I was bummed about taking the sexy, steamy, HOT sex out of this book. But, I needed to protect myself and my family. However, I had more fun writing this one than the first one. There is so much more story in The Final Lesson Plan than there was in Schooled, simply because there aren't pages and pages of raw, raunchy sex scenes. I think if readers can get over the lack of sex, then they will really enjoy the finale of Janelle, Briggs, and Leo's love triangle--at least I hope so. I'm proud of it and quite happy with it. I'm excited to share it with the rest of the world.

THIS BOOK RELEASES ON 6~7~13 Amazon willing! Still waiting for it to show up!
]]> <![CDATA[Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)]]> 11505797
Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby needs—and wants—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.]]> 432 Jamie McGuire Deena 5 4.02 2011 Beautiful Disaster (Beautiful, #1)
author: Jamie McGuire
name: Deena
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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I don't write a lot of reviews; I find it to be a conflict of interest. But, I really liked BD. Every time I thought that it was going to go one way, it went a different way. As an avid reader, I'm not typically surprised. I was surprised many times throughout this book. Thank you Jamie McGuire. It was a great Vegas read. How appropriate to be reading it while in Vegas, eh???
]]> <![CDATA[Picking up the Pieces (Cloverleaf #1)]]> 17789234
Running from Emmy was the only way Lucas Allen knew he could protect her from the demons he carried with him. After spending one perfect night together, Luke took off, certain he couldn’t possibly give Emmy everything she deserved. Eight long years later, he’s returned to Cloverleaf to try and make up for his mistakes. He can only hope it isn’t too late.

Loving Luke has always been easy. It’s forgiving him that seems impossible. Now it’s up to Emmy to decide whether to give him a second chance, or let him go for good.]]> 339 Jessica Prince Deena 0 to-read 4.00 2013 Picking up the Pieces (Cloverleaf #1)
author: Jessica Prince
name: Deena
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Give Me Something (Give Me Something, #1)]]> 16488227
Keep that in mind as I tell you my story of how I took it one step further. My story of lies, deceit, manipulation and love. Yeah, love. Believe me, it fits. Especially, when you factor in Nick and Tucker � one had my heart and the other one wanted it all for himself. Which one? Well, I can't tell you that. It would defeat the purpose of the story. If I'm going to fill you in about me, Lila Garrison, and my life as a con artist you're going to need to know all the facts, including the ones about the two guys who made me want to give up the life of fancy clothes, expensive jewelry, fast cars and easy money. Because sometimes, one person can give you something that's more valuable than all of that.

If you're still interested, stick around. Just remember, I'm pretty good at convincing people to do what I want, so if by the end of this whole thing you feel worked over, don't say I didn't warn you.

COVER REVEAL FEBRUARY 7th!]]> 389 Elizabeth Lee Deena 5
Hey Elizabeth, I'm proud of you hot chick! Keep writing and I'll keep swooning...

XOXOX
(See the allusion there...)

Deena B...]]> 3.80 2013 Give Me Something (Give Me Something, #1)
author: Elizabeth Lee
name: Deena
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2013
rating: 5
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Now, everyone knows that I love a smexy LOVE TRIANGLE, but what about a smexy SQUARE????? That's what this book is offering up. I don't want to reveal too much (or anything at all for that matter). I'm all for the guessing game, and "a-guessing you will do!" You'll be cheering for the characters, but which ones, I'll never tell! (I sounded like Gossip Girl, right there!) Anyway, do yourself a sexy little favor and grab this book up, it'll really "give you something" to enjoy. (Did you catch that play on words there?)

Hey Elizabeth, I'm proud of you hot chick! Keep writing and I'll keep swooning...

XOXOX
(See the allusion there...)

Deena B...
]]> <![CDATA[Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)]]> 13496084 Hardships and heartache brought them together� now it will tear them apart.

Layken and Will have proved their love can get them through anything; until someone from Will’s past re-emerges, leaving Layken questioning the very foundation on which their relationship was built. Will is forced to face the ultimate challenge…how to prove his love for a girl who refuses to stop â€carving pumpkins.’]]> 230 Colleen Hoover Deena 0 to-read 4.30 2012 Point of Retreat (Slammed, #2)
author: Colleen Hoover
name: Deena
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> Hopeless (Hopeless, #1) 15717943
That’s what seventeen-year-old Sky realizes after she meets Dean Holder. A guy with a reputation that rivals her own and an uncanny ability to invoke feelings in her she’s never had before. He terrifies her and captivates her all in the span of just one encounter, and something about the way he makes her feel sparks buried memories from a past that she wishes could just stay buried.

Sky struggles to keep him at a distance knowing he’s nothing but trouble, but Holder insists on learning everything about her. After finally caving to his unwavering pursuit, Sky soon finds that Holder isn’t at all who he’s been claiming to be. When the secrets he’s been keeping are finally revealed, every single facet of Sky’s life will change forever.]]> 410 Colleen Hoover 1301949825 Deena 5 4.26 2012 Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Proposal (The Proposition, #2)]]> 16117804
But fate intervenes when premature labor forces Emma on strict bed rest for two weeks. Aidan steps forward with a shocking proposal. To prove his love and commitment for her and their unborn son, he will take a leave of absence from work to care for her around the clock. Vowing to guard her heart, Emma reluctantly agrees.

While she is touched by Aidan’s attentiveness and tender loving care, Emma is thrown for a loop by the amorous attentions of ER doctor, Alpesh “Pesh� Nadeen. Pesh is everything Emma could ever want—successful, stable, and ready to settle down and be a husband and father. Pesh wants nothing more than to win Emma’s heart, but she is not sure she’s able to give it.

Her heart may still belong to the very man who broke it—the one who is so desperately trying to win her back.]]> 322 Katie Ashley Deena 0 to-read 4.03 2013 The Proposal (The Proposition, #2)
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]]> Nets and Lies 16067645
Jordan Solano's power lies in her beauty and sex appeal. Never afraid of breaking the rules, she engages in a scandalous flirtation with the school's married basketball coach. But the flirtation quickly turns into accusation, and Coach T's job and reputation are placed in jeopardy after Jordan charges him with rape. Jordan's own reputation has the school administration unwilling to believe her. That is, until she makes a startling claim - she's not the only victim.

Suddenly, all eyes are on Melanie, and it isn't for her amazing free-throws. A man's job, a girl's reputation, and her boyfriend's entire world now rest in Melanie's hands. She has to decide: keep her secrets and protect her future, or put an end to the lies...and lose everything.

*This book is New Adult and contains mature subject matter. TRIGGERS for rape survivors and sexual abuse victims***]]> 235 Katie Ashley Deena 0 to-read 3.95 2013 Nets and Lies
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]]> <![CDATA[The Submission of Alistair Ingram (Dolls & Doms, #1)]]> 17205525 Kelli Maine 1301897280 Deena 0 to-read 3.79 2013 The Submission of Alistair Ingram (Dolls & Doms, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)]]> 129117
Part Nancy Drew, part Dirty Harry, Izzy walks an indistinguishable line between Spellman family member and Spellman employee. Duties include: completing assignments from the bosses, aka Mom and Dad (preferably without scrutiny); appeasing her chronically perfect lawyer brother (often under duress); setting an example for her fourteen-year-old sister, Rae (who's become addicted to "recreational surveillance"); and tracking down her uncle (who randomly disappears on benders dubbed "Lost Weekends").

But when Izzy's parents hire Rae to follow her (for the purpose of ascertaining the identity of Izzy's new boyfriend), Izzy snaps and decides that the only way she will ever be normal is if she gets out of the family business. But there's a hitch: she must take one last job before they'll let her go -- a fifteen-year-old, ice-cold missing person case. She accepts, only to experience a disappearance far closer to home, which becomes the most important case of her life.]]> 6 Lisa Lutz 0743571355 Deena 5 3.88 2007 The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> All over You (Devoured, #0.5) 16161536
Lucas Wolfe is used to getting what he wants—from everyone but one person, that is—so when he meets the wardrobe assistant hired to work his band’s newest video, he’s got to have her. From the moment Sienna first obediently whispers “Yes, Mr. Wolfe�, he knows she’s perfect for him.

Three days.

And he’ll have her stripped down and bound to his bed.

Set two years before the events of DEVOURED, ALL OVER YOU is the story of Sienna and Lucas’s first encounter.]]> 57 Emily Snow 1301213640 Deena 0 to-read 4.06 2012 All over You (Devoured, #0.5)
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> A Beautifully Imperfect Life 17189147
A year later, Melody is anxious to move forward with her life. Time has healed the external damage, and Melody is given the clear to return home. But she will soon find crossing the state line from California to Oregon could be one of the most dangerous moves of her life.


Now, Melody must find the courage within herself to stand against the monster Brent has become.]]> Alexandra Woods Deena 0 to-read 5.00 2013 A Beautifully Imperfect Life
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average rating: 5.00
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]]> The Fault in Our Stars 11870085
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love.]]> 313 John Green Deena 5 4.13 2012 The Fault in Our Stars
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]]> <![CDATA[Taking Chances (Taking Chances, #1)]]> 15739018 Her first year away is turning out to be nearly perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything.

Eighteen-year-old Harper has grown up under the thumb of her career marine father. Ready to live life her own way and to experience things she's only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father's unit, she's on her way to college at San Diego State University.

Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family, and emotions. She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with both her new boyfriend, Brandon, and her roommate's brother, Chase. Despite their dangerous looks and histories, both men adore Harper and would do anything for her, including taking a step back if it would mean she'd be happy.]]> 466 Molly McAdams Deena 0 to-read 3.85 2012 Taking Chances (Taking Chances, #1)
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]]> Juilliard or Else 16240560
Abigail McCall has been accepted into Juilliard for Ballet. Being nineteen, she’s ready to move out of her tight shell at her parent’s house and in with her new roommates. Abigail finds herself distracted with things she never saw herself doing.

'Hey, I’m Tucker.
That’s all it took. His own name rolling off his tongue.'

With no job and coming from a broken home with a mother who doesn’t care what happens to him, could you blame Tucker for being so secretive? The dark and mysterious Tucker has his sights set on the prim and proper ballerina. So he knows he has to change his self destructive ways in order to keep Abigail in his life. Which means, betraying his closest friends.

Obstacles are thrown at them.
They don’t approve of the ballerina and the poor boy.

The world won’t let Abigail and Tucker be together. What do they have to sacrifice to stay together...

Can the good come out in the bad? Or does someone always end up hurt and alone?

Tucker has nothing, but Abigail has everything to lose...

New Adult Novel. Contains adult situations, sexuality, some violence, and is suited for ages 18 and up.

Coming May 13th 2013]]> Nichele Reese Deena 0 to-read 3.62 2013 Juilliard or Else
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]]> <![CDATA[Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)]]> 4268157
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for―her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.

In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.]]> 368 Simone Elkeles 0802798233 Deena 5 4.05 2008 Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> <![CDATA[Dirty Red (Love Me with Lies, #2)]]> 15832316 Dear Opportunist,

You thought you could take him from me, but you lost. Now, that he's mine I'll do anything to keep him. Do you doubt me? I have everything that was supposed to be yours. In case you were wondering; he doesn't ever think about you anymore. I won't let him go....ever.

Dirty Red

Leah Smith finally has everything she has ever wanted. Except she doesn't. Her marriage feels more like a loan than a lifelong commitment, and the image she has worked so hard to build is fraying before her eyes. With a new role and a past full of secrets, Leah must decide how far she is willing to go to keep what she has stolen.]]> 265 Tarryn Fisher Deena 0 to-read 4.19 2012 Dirty Red (Love Me with Lies, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[No Take Backs: A Taken Novella (Give & Take, #1.5)]]> 16076177 HIS PAST MAY DESTROY THEIR FUTURE

The man Rachael DeSalvo loves more than anything is suffering in silence. The grand opening of Turtle Tear Resort should be a time of celebration for Merrick Rocha. But he's suddenly intent on selling off the business he built from the ground up-and Rachael's hell-bent on finding out why. Only one man can give her the answers she seeks, but meeting with him would be the ultimate betrayal to Merrick. Merrick once asked Rachael to trust him against all odds . . . can he do the same?

14,000 words]]> 100 Kelli Maine 1455598984 Deena 5 to-read 4.51 2012 No Take Backs: A Taken Novella (Give & Take, #1.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Beautiful Lie (Playing with Fire, #1)]]> 16085614
She settled for the safer choice, but her heart knew the truth.

They love, they crave, they lie.

Garrett McCarthy, Annabelle Parker, and Milo Roberts were as close as friends could get. They shared in each other's joy during graduations, promotions, and engagements. They consoled one another through heartache and loss.

When one of the friend's life is tragically cut short, it's up to the two left behind to pick up the pieces and find out the truth - no matter the cost. As they slowly start to uncover the nature of his deception, and the very powerful people behind it, they begin to question everyone and everything, even themselves.

Everyone has secrets - some do it for love while others do it for power. Those secrets can change perceptions, alter reality and sometimes destroy lives.

What do you do when you find out your whole life has been a lie?]]> 388 T.E. Sivec 1481258885 Deena 0 to-read 4.06 2013 A Beautiful Lie (Playing with Fire, #1)
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]]> Speak 439288
In Laurie Halse Anderson's powerful novel, an utterly believable heroine with a bitterly ironic voice delivers a blow to the hypocritical world of high school. She speaks for many a disenfranchised teenager while demonstrating the importance of speaking up for oneself.]]> 202 Laurie Halse Anderson 014131088X Deena 3 4.01 1999 Speak
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]]> Matched (Matched, #1) 7735333
Cassia has always trusted their choices. It’s hardly any price to pay for a long life, the perfect job, the ideal mate. So when her best friend appears on the Matching screen, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is the one…until she sees another face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. Now Cassia is faced with impossible choices: between Xander and Ky, between the only life she’s known and a path no one else has ever dared follow—between perfection and passion.

Matched is a story for right now and storytelling with the resonance of a classic.]]> 369 Ally Condie 0525423648 Deena 3 3.62 2010 Matched (Matched, #1)
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average rating: 3.62
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]]> Of Mice and Men 890 “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.�

They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. But George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own.

While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck's work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing Of Mice and Men, creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal: a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual's existence meaningful.

A unique perspective on life's hardships, this story has achieved the status of timeless classic due to its remarkable success as a novel, a Broadway play, and three acclaimed films.]]> 107 John Steinbeck 0142000671 Deena 4 3.88 1937 Of Mice and Men
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]]> The Pelican Brief 32499 400 John Grisham 0385339704 Deena 4 4.06 1992 The Pelican Brief
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]]> Romeo and Juliet 18135 Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers� final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.]]> 281 William Shakespeare 0743477111 Deena 2 3.74 1597 Romeo and Juliet
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]]> Tidal 16101959
When she accepts the lead in a beach drama, Willow finds herself in Hawaii. And in Hawaii, she finds Cooper, the gorgeous surfer hired to train her for her new role. With the bluest eyes she’s ever seen and the sexiest Australian accent she’s ever heard, Cooper’s different from the men she’s used to. He doesn’t want to use her. And he refuses to let her fail. But when an old friend re-enters Willow’s life—a friend whose toxicity she’s been drawn to time and time before and whose presence brings about the painful memories she's tried so hard to suppress—Willow will have to choose between the girl she was and the person she’s becoming. The lifestyle that helps her forget the pain and the guy she’s falling hard for.]]> 255 Emily Snow 1480256765 Deena 0 to-read 3.98 2012 Tidal
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]]> <![CDATA[The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1)]]> 16081272
Determined not to dwell on the negative and push forward, Camryn is set to move in with her best friend and plans to start a new job. But after an unexpected night at the hottest club in downtown North Carolina, she makes the ultimate decision to leave the only life she’s ever known, far behind.

With a purse, a cell phone and a small bag with a few necessities, Camryn, with absolutely no direction or purpose boards a Greyhound bus alone and sets out to find herself. What she finds is a guy named Andrew Parrish, someone not so very different from her and who harbors his own dark secrets. But Camryn swore never to let down her walls again. And she vowed never to fall in love.

But with Andrew, Camryn finds herself doing a lot of things she never thought she’d do. He shows her what it’s really like to live out-of-the-box and to give in to her deepest, darkest desires. On their sporadic road-trip he becomes the center of her exciting and daring new life, pulling love and lust and emotion out of her in ways she never imagined possible. But will Andrew’s dark secret push them inseparably together, or tear them completely apart?

Due to sexual content and language, this book is recommended for 17+ � Adult Contemporary Women’s � New Adult Fiction ]]> 426 J.A. Redmerski 1480095532 Deena 5 4.23 2012 The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)]]> 11096647 Flat-Out Love is a warm and witty novel of family love and dysfunction, deep heartache and raw vulnerability, with a bit of mystery and one whopping, knock-you-to-your-knees romance.

It's not what you know—or when you see—that matters. It's about a journey.

Something is seriously off in the Watkins home. And Julie Seagle, college freshman, small-town Ohio transplant, and the newest resident of this Boston house, is determined to get to the bottom of it. When Julie's off-campus housing falls through, her mother's old college roommate, Erin Watkins, invites her to move in. The parents, Erin and Roger, are welcoming, but emotionally distant and academically driven to eccentric extremes. The middle child, Matt, is an MIT tech geek with a sweet side... and the social skills of a spool of USB cable. The youngest, Celeste, is a frighteningly bright but freakishly fastidious 13-year-old who hauls around a life-sized cardboard cutout of her oldest brother almost everywhere she goes.

And there's that oldest brother, Finn: funny, gorgeous, smart, sensitive, almost emotionally available. Geographically? Definitely unavailable. That's because Finn is traveling the world and surfacing only for random Facebook chats, e-mails, and status updates. Before long, through late-night exchanges of disembodied text, he begins to stir something tender and silly and maybe even a little bit sexy in Julie's suddenly lonesome soul.

To Julie, the emotionally scrambled members of the Watkins family add up to something that ... well... doesn't quite add up. Not until she forces a buried secret to the surface, eliciting a dramatic confrontation that threatens to tear the fragile Watkins family apart, does she get her answer.

Flat-Out Love comes complete with emails, Facebook status updates, and instant messages.]]> 389 Jessica Park Deena 5 4.00 2011 Flat-Out Love (Flat-Out Love, #1)
author: Jessica Park
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[Breathe into Me (Breathe into Me, #1)]]> 16222687
Wanting nothing more than to walk into a room without everyone knowing the horrific details of an event that changed her life six years ago, she vows to concentrate on school and make something of herself.

But then she meets Kane Riley - the local bad boy. Kane's reputation is far from perfect, but is there more to him than what everyone else sees?

Kelsey soon learns that you can’t run from your past, no matter how hard you try. When her nightmares find her once again, Kelsey must find the courage to face the demons that have been haunting her and save the people she loves most.]]> 298 Amanda Stone Deena 0 to-read 3.85 2013 Breathe into Me (Breathe into Me, #1)
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]]> The Sea of Tranquility 15818969 I live in a world without magic or miracles. A place where there are no clairvoyants or shapeshifters, no angels or superhuman boys to save you. A place where people die and music disintegrates and things suck. I am pressed so hard against the earth by the weight of reality that some days I wonder how I am still able to lift my feet to walk.

Former piano prodigy Nastya Kashnikov wants two things: to get through high school without anyone learning about her past and to make the boy who took everything from her—her identity, her spirit, her will to live—pay.

Josh Bennett’s story is no secret: every person he loves has been taken from his life until, at seventeen years old, there is no one left. Now all he wants is be left alone and people allow it because when your name is synonymous with death, everyone tends to give you your space.

Everyone except Nastya, the mysterious new girl at school who starts showing up and won’t go away until she’s insinuated herself into every aspect of his life. But the more he gets to know her, the more of an enigma she becomes. As their relationship intensifies and the unanswered questions begin to pile up, he starts to wonder if he will ever learn the secrets she’s been hiding—or if he even wants to.

The Sea of Tranquility is a rich, intense, and brilliantly imagined story about a lonely boy, an emotionally fragile girl, and the miracle of second chances.]]> 380 Katja Millay Deena 5 Remarkable!
Thank you Millay for this book.]]> 4.52 2012 The Sea of Tranquility
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average rating: 4.52
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I can't stop crying. Nothing left to really say....
Remarkable!
Thank you Millay for this book.
]]> Wallbanger (Cocktail, #1) 15858248
In a delicious mix of silly and steamy, Alice Clayton dishes out a hot and hilarious tale of exasperation at first sight...]]> 384 Alice Clayton 1623420024 Deena 0 to-read 3.98 2012 Wallbanger (Cocktail, #1)
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]]> Given (Give & Take, #3) 15998923 280 Kelli Maine 1455599034 Deena 0 to-read 3.87 2014 Given (Give & Take, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Take Me Back (Give & Take, #2.5)]]> 16076179 DESIRE THAT CAN'T BE DENIED

Rachael DeSalvo is haunted by the past. She's come home to her beloved Turtle Tear Island, where she looks forward to happy days and bliss-filled nights in the arms of Merrick Rocha. But when she finds a trunk full of old photo albums and handwritten notes, Rachael soon realizes that the island has not given up all its secrets . . .

For long before Rachael and Merrick made Turtle Tear Resort their home, this historic island was a haven for sensual, forbidden affairs. As Rachael and Merrick work to restore the grand hotel to its former glory, they will be caught in the perfect maelstrom of conflict and desire.]]> 97 Kelli Maine 1455599018 Deena 0 to-read 3.81 2013 Take Me Back (Give & Take, #2.5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Futures and Frosting (Chocolate Lovers, #2)]]> 15769463 Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN 1478314605

Carter, Claire and Gavin have formed the perfect little family. Their friends are getting married and everyone is growing up, maturing and ready to face the future. Or are they?

From bachelorette party hell, porn addictions, dinner roll baseball and botched wedding proposals to finding out everyone's extended family is chock full of crazy, Carter and Claire begin to question the strength of the ties that bind them. Unfortunately, these ties have nothing to do with fuzzy handcuffs and everything to do with the mounting differences between them.

Will their friends make a mess of things with their inappropriate comments and need to know everything, or will they convince the couple that happily-ever-after sometimes really can start with beer pong?]]> 224 Tara Sivec 1478314605 Deena 0 to-read 4.33 2012 Futures and Frosting (Chocolate Lovers, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Seduction and Snacks (Chocolate Lovers, #1)]]> 15704001 ASIN B008AZTUU8

Claire is a twenty-something, single mom that grudgingly helps her best friend sell sex toys while she attempts to make enough money to start her own business to give her foul-mouthed, but extremely loveable (when he's asleep) toddler a better life.

When Carter, the one-night-stand from her past that changed her life forever, shows up in her hometown bar without any recollection of her besides her unique chocolate scent, Claire will make it a point that he remembers her this time.

With Carter's undisguised shock at suddenly finding out he has a four-year-old son and Claire's panic that her stretch marks and slim to none bedroom experience will send the man of her dreams heading for the hills, the pair will do whatever they can to get their happily ever after.

Warning: contains explicit sex, profanity and enough sarcasm to choke a horse.]]> 286 Tara Sivec Deena 4 LAUGHED!
Recommended it to friends.]]> 4.19 2012 Seduction and Snacks (Chocolate Lovers, #1)
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LOVED!
LAUGHED!
Recommended it to friends.
]]> <![CDATA[Troubles and Treats (Chocolate Lovers, #3)]]> 16107588 Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition - ISBN13 9781301954193

Drew and Jenny have spent years being the envy of their friends with their out of control sex lives - well, not really. Mostly it makes their friends want to throw up in their mouths a little.

With two little kids and two busy lives, for the first time, Drew and Jenny aren't on the same page in the bedroom. Drew will stop at nothing to get his previously amorous wife back in the sack, and Jenny will do anything for a full night of sleep.

Carter and Claire, and Jim and Liz are their usual (un)helpful selves and are full of advice for the discontented duo, wanting nothing more than to help restore order to the usually happy couple's lives.

In the third and final installment of the Chocolate Lovers Series, will Drew and Jenny find the spark that's been missing in their marriage, or will the trouble they're having cause a stickier situation than the time Jenny poured honey all over Drew and he fused himself to a tree?]]> 230 Tara Sivec 1301954195 Deena 0 to-read 4.18 2012 Troubles and Treats (Chocolate Lovers, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Summer Rush (Because of Hope #1)]]> 16109182
Hope Taylor is a smart Southern girl with a good head on her shoulders and a positive outlook on life. Even though things are simple and predictable, Hope is happy and content.

Her boyfriend is tall, handsome and hardworking. Trent is everything a girl could want in a man and life is going according to plan, until she meets Joey Puccino.

Although Joey is arrogant and gets under her skin, Hope is still drawn to him and her body craves him like a bad drug. Even though she knows it is wrong, the attraction Hope feels is undeniable.

Will Hope choose her simple, yet comfortable life with Trent? Or will she give in to the desire and pull she feels for Joey?]]> 183 Ashley Wilcox Deena 0 to-read 3.61 2013 Summer Rush (Because of Hope #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)]]> 32542 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780385338608

Before The Firm and The Pelican Brief made him a superstar, John Grisham wrote this riveting story of retribution and justice. In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence, as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town, Clanton, Mississippi.

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. That is, until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes matters into his hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life, and then his own.]]> 738 John Grisham Deena 5 4.11 1989 A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)]]> 12283261 And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.
A romantic and charming story, this companion novel to Off the Page will make every reader believe in the fantastical power of fairy tales.]]> 385 Jodi Picoult 1451635753 Deena 3 3.58 2012 Between the Lines (Between the Lines, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)]]> 37470 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780743227445

Two sisters competing for the greatest prize: The love of a king

When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realises just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the king's interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. Then Mary knows that she must defy her family and her king and take fate into her own hands.

A rich and compelling novel of love, sex, ambition, and intrigue, The Other Boleyn Girl introduces a woman of extraordinary determination and desire who lived at the heart of the most exciting and glamourous court in Europe and survived by following her heart.]]> 661 Philippa Gregory Deena 3 4.08 2001 The Other Boleyn Girl (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #9)
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]]> Circle of Three 695584 464 Patricia Gaffney 0743468260 Deena 3 3.48 2000 Circle of Three
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]]> The Saving Graces 130916
For ten years, Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel have shared a deep affection that has helped them deal with the ebb and flow of expectations and disappointments common to us all. Calling themselves the Saving Graces, the quartet is united by understanding, honesty, and acceptance -- a connection that has grown stronger as the years go by...

Though these sisters of the heart and soul have seen it all, talked through it all, Emma, Rudy, Lee, and Isabel will not be prepared for a crisis of astounding proportions that will put their love and courage to the ultimate test.]]> 416 Patricia Gaffney 0060598328 Deena 4 3.80 1999 The Saving Graces
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average rating: 3.80
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rating: 4
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]]> Ordinary People 160251 (back cover)]]> 263 Judith Guest Deena 4 3.92 1976 Ordinary People
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]]> All But My Life 163363 All But My Life is the unforgettable story of Gerda Weissmann Klein's six-year ordeal as a victim of Nazi cruelty. From her comfortable home in Bielitz (present-day Bielsko) in Poland to her miraculous survival and her liberation by American troops—including the man who was to become her husband—in Volary, Czechoslovakia, in 1945, Gerda takes the reader on a terrifying journey.

Gerda's serene and idyllic childhood is shattered when Nazis march into Poland on September 3, 1939. Although the Weissmanns were permitted to live for a while in the basement of their home, they were eventually separated and sent to German labor camps. Over the next few years Gerda experienced the slow, inexorable stripping away of "all but her life." By the end of the war she had lost her parents, brother, home, possessions, and community; even the dear friends she made in the labor camps, with whom she had shared so many hardships, were dead.

Despite her horrifying experiences, Klein conveys great strength of spirit and faith in humanity. In the darkness of the camps, Gerda and her young friends manage to create a community of friendship and love. Although stripped of the essence of life, they were able to survive the barbarity of their captors. Gerda's beautifully written story gives an invaluable message to everyone. It introduces them to last century's terrible history of devastation and prejudice, yet offers them hope that the effects of hatred can be overcome.]]> 261 Gerda Weissmann Klein Deena 5 4.31 1959 All But My Life
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak Deena 4 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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]]> Shattered 16050318
Jesse Vaughn was never good at letting people in. He’d learned a long time ago that it’s easier that way because people leave, or, unfortunately, die. The one person he wanted to let in doesn’t want him anymore. The only problem is he can’t stop thinking about her. Jesse returns to the childhood home he left behind with one goal in mind� to convince her that they should be together.

When Jesse finds Alyssa she’s not the same girl he left behind. She’s wild, reckless and hell-bent on not giving Jesse a second chance. Lucky for Jesse, his stubborn streak has always been a mile-wide and he’s not about to give up on her.

When your life has been shattered can you really pick up all the pieces and move on?]]> 270 Elizabeth Lee Deena 5 3.88 2012 Shattered
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I loved Shattered. I would define it as the PERFECT book. Nice work Ms. Lee. I hope to have stacks of your future books decorating my at-home library....in HARD BOUND COVERS!
]]> Almost 13480670 At a freshman party she doesn't remember, Jess Jordan was almost raped. Almost. Very nearly. Not quite.

Three years later, Jess has managed to make everyone believe she's better. Over it. Because she is. Almost. Very nearly. Not quite.

Unfortunately, until Jess proves she's back to normal activities, her parents won't discuss college. So, she lands a summer internship and strikes a deal with hockey jock, Gray He gets $8,000. She gets a fake boyfriend and a social life.

Jess has no idea Gray signed on for reasons other than money. She also never expects to fall in love. But Gray’s amazingly hot, holds her hand all the time, and makes her forget that he’s simply doing his job. It’s like having a real boyfriend. Almost. Very nearly. Not quite.

Gray Porter is hiding secrets of his own. About Jess Jordan. About why he’s driven to protect her, why he won't cash her checks, or deny her anything she asks.

]]> 367 Anne Eliot 1937815005 Deena 0 to-read 3.79 2012 Almost
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wild Ones (The Wild Ones, #1)]]> 15761241
Passion as hot as midnight in the South and love as wild as the horses they tame.

Camille “Cami� Hines is the darling daughter of the South’s champion thoroughbred breeder, Jack Hines. She has a pedigree that rivals some of her father’s best horses. Other than feeling a little suffocated at times, Cami thought she was pretty happy with her boyfriend, her life and her future.

But that was before she met Patrick Henley.

“Trick� blurs the lines between what Cami wants and what is expected of her. He’s considered the “help,� which is forbidden fruit as far as her father is concerned, not to mention that Trick would be fired if he ever laid a hand on her. And Trick needs his job. Desperately. His family depends on him.

The heart wants what the heart wants, though, and Trick and Cami are drawn to each other despite the obstacles. At least the ones they know of.

When Trick stumbles upon a note from his father, it triggers a series of revelations that could ruin what he and Cami have worked so hard to overcome. It turns out there’s more to Trick’s presence at the ranch than either of them knew, secrets that could tear them apart.]]> 330 M. Leighton Deena 0 to-read 3.95 2012 The Wild Ones (The Wild Ones, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Walked In (Love Walked In, #1)]]> 115076
When Martin Grace enters the hip Philadelphia coffee shop Cornelia Brown manages, her life changes forever. But little does she know that her newfound love is only the harbinger of greater changes to come. Meanwhile, across town, Clare Hobbs—eleven years old and abandoned by her erratic mother—goes looking for her lost father. She crosses paths with Cornelia while meeting with him at the café, and the two women form an improbable friendship that carries them through the unpredictable currents of love and life.]]> 307 Marisa de los Santos 0452287898 Deena 5 3.71 2005 Love Walked In (Love Walked In, #1)
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I loved this book! It made me feel so smart! Cried a lot :-)
]]> Little Earthquakes 80536 557 Jennifer Weiner 1416528636 Deena 4 3.79 2004 Little Earthquakes
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]]> I Know This Much Is True 227711
One of the most acclaimed novels of our time, Wally Lamb's I Know This Much Is True is a story of alienation and connection, devastation and renewal, at once joyous, heartbreaking, poignant, mystical, and powerfully, profoundly human.]]> 897 Wally Lamb 0060987561 Deena 5 4.21 1998 I Know This Much Is True
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]]> Beach Music 16729
A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife’s suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family’s past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam, Beach Music sings with life’s pain and glory. It is a novel of lyric intensity and searing truth, another masterpiece among Pat Conroy’s legendary and beloved novels.]]> 800 Pat Conroy 0553381539 Deena 5 Hate Capers Middleton!
Love the brothers!
Love Jordan! ]]> 4.17 1995 Beach Music
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My favorite book of ALL TIME!
Hate Capers Middleton!
Love the brothers!
Love Jordan!
]]> <![CDATA[No Take Backs (Give & Take, #1.5)]]> 15805770 HIS PAST MAY DESTROY THEIR FUTURE

The man Rachael DeSalvo loves more than anything is suffering in silence. The grand opening of Turtle Tear Resort should be a time of celebration for Merrick Rocha. But he's suddenly intent on selling off the business he built from the ground up-and Rachael's hell-bent on finding out why. Only one man can give her the answers she seeks, but meeting with him would be the ultimate betrayal to Merrick. Merrick once asked Rachael to trust him against all odds . . . can he do the same?

14,000 words]]> 50 Kelli Maine Deena 5 4.01 2012 No Take Backs (Give & Take, #1.5)
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I want to be Beck's construction project and have him "pound" away at me.
]]> Schooled 16086424
Go through the journey Janelle Garrity-Flowers faces after discovering her husband’s infidelity. Growing up, she followed the rules, but now, she wants to defy the norms and play by her own rules. Janelle explores her own sexuality, searching for pleasure beyond her wildest dreams. However, despite this callow teacher’s “lesson plan� of forgoing the rules and not letting emotion get involved, the teacher must decide between the athlete, the scholar, and the career she loves. But what or who does she love and want more?

Adult language
Adult content
Explicit sex scenes]]> 270 Deena Bright Deena 5 3.60 2012 Schooled
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]]> Uses for Boys 11958608
Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most of the time, chasing the next marriage, bringing home the next stepfather. Anna is left on her own - until she discovers that she can make boys her family. From Desmond to Joey, Todd to Sam, Anna learns that if you give boys what they want, you can get what you need. But the price is high - the other kids make fun of her; the girls call her a slut. Anna's new friend, Toy, seems to have found a way around the loneliness, but Toy has her own secrets that even Anna can't know.

Then comes Sam. When Anna actually meets a boy who is more than just useful, whose family eats dinner together, laughs, and tells stories, the truth about love becomes clear. And she finally learns how it feels to have something to lose - and something to offer. Real, shocking, uplifting, and stunningly lyrical, Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt is a story of breaking down and growing up.]]> 240 Erica Lorraine Scheidt 1250007119 Deena 0 to-read 3.31 2013 Uses for Boys
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]]> <![CDATA[Music of the Heart (Runaway Train, #1)]]> 16062210
Jake Slater never imagined the angel who fell into his bed would resist his charms by promptly kneeing him in the balls. Of course, the fact she seems like a prissy choir girl makes her anything but his type. So he is more than surprised when after betting Abby she wouldn’t last a week on their tour bus, she is more than willing to prove him wrong. But as Jake’s personal life begins to implode around him, he finds an unlikely ally in Abby. He’s never met a woman he can talk to, joke with, or most importantly make music with.

As the week starts comes to a close, neither Abby nor Jake is ready to let go. Can a sweetheart Country songstress and a bad boy of Rock N Roll actually have a future together?]]> 369 Katie Ashley 1301786454 Deena 0 to-read 4.00 2013 Music of the Heart (Runaway Train, #1)
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]]> Devoured (Devoured, #1) 15981894
When millionaire rock star Lucas Wolfe finds the outspoken redhead glaring at him from across a courtroom, he’s both infuriated and intrigued. He still can't get the night Sienna almost spent with him out of his mind, and the chemistry between them is as undeniable as it was two years ago. He craves Sienna more than ever. And just like everything Lucas hungers for, he’s determined to have her.

Now, Lucas will do whatever it takes to lure Sienna into his bed, even if that means making a deal with her: ten days with him, playing by his rules, and he’ll hand over the deed to her grandmother’s home. Though she agrees to the arrangement, Sienna is conflicted. Because of her duty to her family. Because of promises she’s made to herself and a past that still haunts her. And as Lucas’s game of seduction continues, and Sienna is introduced to his dark, erotic world and even darker background, she realizes that at any moment, she could be devoured.

*This novel contains adult situations and content* ]]> 202 Emily Snow 1300160306 Deena 0 to-read 3.93 2012 Devoured (Devoured, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Rock My Bed (Black Falcon, #2)]]> 16087670
When she returns to New York, she tries to get the passion she felt in Riff’s arms out of her head by dating Isaac, a successful representative at Center Stage Marketing. Just when she thinks she’s forgotten Riff, she’s forced to see him again when her best friend, Lanie, ropes her into being a bridesmaid for her upcoming wedding to Black Falcon front man, Noel.

Sparks fly instantly between Aubrey and Riff when they’re forced to reunite, and suddenly she finds herself caught between the man that’s good for her and the one who completely rocks her in every way.


**New Adult Romance--Book 2 in the Black Falcon series. This book can be read without reading book one.**]]> 331 Michelle A. Valentine Deena 0 to-read 4.22 2013 Rock My Bed (Black Falcon, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)]]> 6 734 J.K. Rowling 0439139597 Deena 0 4.56 2000 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Backstage Pass (Sinners on Tour, #1)]]> 8379374
For him, life is all music and no play...

When Brian Sinclair, lead songwriter and guitarist of the hottest metal band on the scene, loses his creative spark, it will take nights of downright sinful passion to release his pent-up genius...

She's the one to call the tune...

When sexy psychologist Myrna Evans goes on tour with the Sinners, every boy in the band tries to seduce her. But Brian is the only one she wants to get her hands on...

Then the two lovers' wildly shocking behavior sparks the whole band to new heights of glory... and sin...]]> 344 Olivia Cunning 1402244428 Deena 5 4.00 2010 Backstage Pass (Sinners on Tour, #1)
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I want to party with the Sinners and I want the Sinners to party with me--in EVERY way they know how. Olivia Cunning's "boys" are worth every penny and every word of description. YUMMY!!!!
]]> Taken (Give & Take, #1) 15753426 ABDUCTION

He steals her away to a deserted island, to the one place she's dreamed of being - the one place she can't go. He's used to buying whatever he wants, but he can't buy her.

SEDUCTION

How can she resist the magnetism of his body, the longing ache deep inside her? She wants him to take her - on her terms.

DESPERATION

Every attempt he makes to love her only hurts her. How can they go on like this? This is the story of how she was...

TAKEN ]]> 166 Kelli Maine Deena 5 3.55 2012 Taken (Give & Take, #1)
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What a story! What a fantastic way to tell a story, such a different Vantage Point. Very steamy, very sexy, very forbidden. Loved it. Love me some BECK!
]]> <![CDATA[Rock Hard (Sinners on Tour, #2)]]> 9442157 An ultimatum can break your heart...

Every night lead singer, Sed Lionheart whips thousands of women into a frenzy with his voice alone. But the stage is the only place Sed feels any passion since he lost Jessica...

If you’re not willing to break all the rules...

It shattered her heart, but law student Jessica broke off her engagement to Sed, determined to be successful on her own terms. But no other man can ever hold a candle to Sed...

Then a chance meeting and tortuously close quarters lead to uncontrollable flares of passion and rediscovery of their unique penchant for public encounters. Now, in addition to the risk of mutual heartbreak every time they get together, they’re in danger of truly scandalous public exposure...]]> 392 Olivia Cunning 1402245793 Deena 5 4.08 2011 Rock Hard (Sinners on Tour, #2)
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I don't know how she did, but she could twist a character completely around. I hated Sed in Book #1, now in Book #2, he is my delicious favorite!
]]> <![CDATA[Intimate Enemies (Covert Affairs, #1)]]> 13594726
Six months after the mysterious yacht explosion that killed Cassie Christo’s mother and stepbrother, authorities still have no answers to the cause. Searching for closure, Cassie returns to her childhood home on the Pacific Coast of Baja, Mexico, where she launches her own investigation into the accident. She never expected to find an adversary in the man who had once touched her heart with kindness in her darkest moment.

Rio’s been fantasizing about reconnecting with Cassie for months. But not here and sure as hell not now. As an undercover agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he’s working the biggest sting operation in all of northern Mexico, and he definitely doesn’t have time for the wild attraction he feels for Cassie.

Not only is his cover on the line, so is his heart. Because as the end of a yearlong operation draws closer, Rio knows if he tells Cassie the truth about who and what he is, it won’t only jeopardize his mission, it may result in him losing her forever. And if he doesn’t, his lies and deception could get them both killed.

Note: Also appears in the 2013 anthology Dark Nights Dangerous Men]]> 201 Joan Swan Deena 5 LOVED IT. MUST READ!!! 3.87 2012 Intimate Enemies (Covert Affairs, #1)
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LOVED IT. MUST READ!!!
]]> Fever (Phoenix Rising, #1) 12003546
A man with a life sentence has nothing to lose. At least Teague doesn't, until his escape plan develops a fatal flaw: Alyssa. On the run from both the law and deadly undercover operatives, he can only give her lies, but every heated kiss tells him the fire between them could be just as devastating as the flames that changed him forever...]]> 342 Joan Swan 0758266383 Deena 5 3.78 2012 Fever (Phoenix Rising, #1)
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Loved FEVER! I love Joan Swan. Her books are steamy and sexy. I wanted to love all over that forbidden criminal.
]]> The Joy Luck Club 7763 Alternate cover editions of ISBN 9780143038092 can be found here.

Four mothers, four daughters, four families, whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's telling the stories. In 1949, four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, meet weekly to play mahjong and tell stories of what they left behind in China. United in loss and new hope for their daughters' futures, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Their daughters, who have never heard these stories, think their mothers' advice is irrelevant to their modern American lives � until their own inner crises reveal how much they've unknowingly inherited of their mothers' pasts.

With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.]]> 288 Amy Tan Deena 1 3.96 1989 The Joy Luck Club
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]]> Water for Elephants 43641
Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.]]> 368 Sara Gruen 1565125606 Deena 2 4.11 2006 Water for Elephants
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]]> Thirteen Reasons Why 1217100 You can’t stop the future.
You can’t rewind the past.
The only way to learn the secret . . . is to press play.

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a strange package with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker–his classmate and crush–who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out why.

Clay spends the night crisscrossing his town with Hannah as his guide. He becomes a firsthand witness to Hannah’s pain, and as he follows Hannah’s recorded words throughout his town, what he discovers changes his life forever.]]> 288 Jay Asher 1595141715 Deena 4 4.00 2007 Thirteen Reasons Why
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]]> <![CDATA[Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)]]> 960
A devastating new weapon of destruction.
When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol -- seared into the chest of a murdered physicist -- he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati...the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy -- the Catholic Church.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the Vatican's holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.
Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair...a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation.

An explosive international thriller, Angels & Demons careens from enlightening epiphanies to dark truths as the battle between science and religion turns to war.]]> 736 Dan Brown 1416524797 Deena 5 3.95 2000 Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
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]]> Bared to You (Crossfire, #1) 13451045 "Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness."
""
He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I'd never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily
Gideon "knew." He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each others most private wounds and desires.
The bonds of his love transformed me, even as I prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart "]]> 360 Sylvia Day Deena 4 4.17 2012 Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)]]> 10818853 Ěý
Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

This book is intended for mature audiences.]]> 356 E.L. James 1612130291 Deena 3 3.68 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1)
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]]> The Kite Runner 77203 371 Khaled Hosseini 159463193X Deena 2 4.34 2003 The Kite Runner
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]]> <![CDATA[Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel, #2)]]> 42155 Something Borrowed comes story of betrayal, redemption, and forgiveness
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Darcy Rhone has always been able to rely on a few things: Her beauty and charm.ĚýHer fiance, Dex. Her lifelong best friend, Rachel.ĚýShe never needed anything else.ĚýOr so she thinks until Dex calls off their dream wedding and she uncovers the ultimate betrayal. Blaming everyone but herself, Darcy flees to London and attempts to re-create her glamorous life on a new continent. But to her dismay, she discovers that her tried-and-true tricks no longer apply—and that her luck has finally expired. It is only then that she can begin her journey toward redemption, forgiveness, and true love.]]> 338 Emily Giffin 0312323867 Deena 2 3.94 2005 Something Blue (Darcy & Rachel, #2)
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]]> My Sister’s Keeper 10917 New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness.

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13 she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate—a life and a role that she has never challenged ... until now. Like most teenagers, Anna is beginning to question who she truly is. But unlike most teenagers, she has always been defined in terms of her sister—and so Anna makes a decision that for most would be unthinkable, a decision that will tear her family apart and have perhaps fatal consequences for the sister she loves.

My Sister's Keeper examines what it means to be a good parent, a good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do whatever it takes to save a child's life, even if that means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth trying to discover who you really are if that quest makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own heart or let others lead you? Once again, in My Sister's Keeper, Jodi Picoult tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity.]]> 423 Jodi Picoult 0743454537 Deena 3 4.10 2004 My Sister’s Keeper
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]]> <![CDATA[Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)]]> 1472878 New York Times bestselling author of On Mystic Lake comes a powerful novelĚýof love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . .

In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the “coolest girl in the world� moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer’s end they’ve become TullyandKate. Inseparable.

So begins Kristin Hannah’s magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives.

From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness.Ěý

Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn’t know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she’ll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she’ll envy her famous best friend. . . .

For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they’ve survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test.

Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone’s Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it’s the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It’s about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you’ll never forget . . . one you’ll want to pass on to your best friend.]]> 479 Kristin Hannah 0312364083 Deena 4 4.16 2008 Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
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]]> Goodnight Nobody 14756
For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermommies on the playground routinely snub her. Her days are spent carpooling and enduring endless games of Candy Land, and at night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety.

When a fellow mother is murdered, Kate finds that the unsolved mystery is the most exciting thing to happen in Upchurch, Connecticut, since her neighbors broke ground for a guesthouse and cracked their septic tank. Even though the local police chief warns her that crime-fighting's a job best left to the professionals, Kate launches an unofficial investigation -- from 8:45 to 11:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school.

As Kate is drawn deeper into the murdered woman's past, she begins to uncover the secrets and lies behind Upchurch's picket-fence facade -- and considers the choices and compromises all modern women make as they navigate between marriage and independence, small towns and big cities, being a mother and having a life of one's own.]]> 387 Jennifer Weiner 0743470125 Deena 3 3.65 2005 Goodnight Nobody
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)]]> 452306
But Tibby says they’re great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they’re fabulous. Lena decides that they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them.

Nobody knows why, but the pants fit everyone perfectly. Even Carmen (who never thinks she looks good in anything) thinks she looks good in the pants. Over a few bags of cheese puffs, they decide to form a sisterhood and take the vow of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . . . the next morning, they say good-bye.

And then the journey of the pants � and the most memorable summer of their lives � begins.]]> 294 Ann Brashares 0385729332 Deena 5 3.85 2001 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1)
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]]> Chasing Harry Winston 426775 The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing returns with the story of three best friends who vow to change their entire lives...and change them fast. Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer - whose fees are paid by Emmy. With her plans for the perfect white wedding in the trash, Emmy is now ordering takeout for one. Her friends insist an around-the-world sex-fueled adventure will solve all her problems - could they be right?

Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy. And to top it all off, she has just purchased her dream apartment. Only when Leigh begins to edit the enfant terrible of the literary world, the brilliant and brooding Jesse Chapman, does she start to notice some cracks in her perfect life...

Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and - as her mother keeps reminding her - she won't have her pick of the men forever. Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering...does Mother know best?

These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future...but despite all they've earned - first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large - they're not quite sure they like what they see...

One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Adriana and Emmy make a pact: within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off.]]> 288 Lauren Weisberger 0743290119 Deena 4 3.38 2008 Chasing Harry Winston
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]]> Gap Creek 77398
But Julie and Hank's new life in the valley, in the last years of the nineteenth century, is more complicated than the couple ever imagined. Sometimes it's hard to tell what to fear most—the fires and floods or the flesh-and-blood grifters, drunks, and busybodies who insinuate themselves into their new life. To survive, they must find out whether love can keep chaos and madness at bay. Their struggles with nature, with work, with the changing century, and with the disappointments and triumphs of their union make Gap Creek a timeless story of a marriage.

A native of the North Carolina mountains, Robert Morgan was raised on land settled by his Welsh ancestors. An accomplished novelist and poet, he has won the James B. Hanes Poetry Prize, the North Carolina Award in Literature, and the Jacaranda Review Fiction Prize. His short stories have appeared in Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and New Stories from the South, and his novel The Truest Pleasure was a finalist for the Southern Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.]]> 336 Robert Morgan 0743203631 Deena 1 3.75 1999 Gap Creek
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]]> <![CDATA[The Deep End of the Ocean (Cappadora Family, #1)]]> 5161 The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother's worst nightmare—the disappearance of a child—as it explores a family's struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds. Filled with compassion, humor, and brilliant observations about the texture of real life, here is a story of rare power, one that will touch readers' hearts and make them celebrate the emotions that make us all one.]]> 434 Jacquelyn Mitchard 0140286276 Deena 4 3.88 1996 The Deep End of the Ocean (Cappadora Family, #1)
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> Black and Blue 5157
Now she is starting over in a city far from home, far from Bobby. And in this place she uses a name that isn't hers, and cradles her son in her arms, and tries to forget. For the woman who now calls herself Beth, every day is a chance to heal, to put together the pieces of her shattered self. And every day she waits for Bobby to catch up to her. Because Bobby always said he would never let her go. And despite the flawlessness of her escape, Fran Benedetto is certain of one thing: It is only a matter of time...]]> 288 Anna Quindlen 0385333137 Deena 4 3.90 1998 Black and Blue
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]]> Tara Road 5196
Drawn into lifestyles vastly differing from their own, at first each resents the news of how well the other is getting on. Ria seems to have become quite a hostess, entertaining half the neighborhood, which at first irritates the reserved and withdrawn Marilyn, a woman who has always guarded her privacy. Marilyn seems to have become bosom friends with Ria's children, as well as with Colm, a handsome restaurateur, whom Ria has begun to miss terribly. At the end of the summer, the women at last meet face-to-face. Having learned a great deal, about themselves and about each other, they find that they have become, firmly and forever, good friends.

A moving story rendered with the deft touch of a master artisan, "Tara Road" is Maeve Binchy at her very best � utterly beautiful, hauntingly unforgettable, entirely original, and wholly enjoyable.]]> 648 Maeve Binchy 0440235596 Deena 4 3.93 1998 Tara Road
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]]> <![CDATA[The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope, #1)]]> 42172
Robert is a successful attorney who has everything in life-and nothing at all. Focused on professional achievement and material rewards, Robert is on the brink of losing his marriage. He has lost sight of his wife, Kate, their two daughters, and ultimately himself. Eight year old Nathan has a beloved mother, Maggie, whom he is losing to cancer. But Nathan and his family are building a simple yet full life, and struggling to hold onto every moment they have together. A chance meeting on Christmas Eve brings Robert and Nathan together-he is shopping for a family he hardly knows and Nathan is shopping for a mother he is soon to lose. In this one encounter, their lives are forever altered as Robert learns an important lesson: sometimes the smallest things can make all the difference. The Christmas Shoes is a universal story of the deeper meaning of serendipity, a tale of our shared humanity, and of how a power greater than ourselves can shape, and even save, our lives.]]> 132 Donna VanLiere 0312289510 Deena 4 4.24 2001 The Christmas Shoes (Christmas Hope, #1)
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]]> The Rescue 3462
BookPage calls Nicholas Sparks, "a modern master of fateful love stories," and his phenomenal bestsellers- The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, and A Walk to Remember- have made him one of America's most beloved storytellers. Here, in his newest work, Sparks tells a story about making the greatest commitment of all...loving someone forever.

The Rescue

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks - risks no one else in the department would ever take - to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: He can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over, as soon as the relationship starts to become truly intimate.

Then, one day, a raging, record-breaking storm hits his small Southern town. Denise Holton, a young single mother, is driving through it when her car skids off the road. With her is her four-year-old son, Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Unconscious and bleeding, she-but not Kyle-will be found by Taylor McAden. And when she wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone.

During the search for Kyle, the connection, the lifeline, between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. That it will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love. That it will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. That it will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love.

In The Rescue Nicholas Sparks weaves his inimitable spell, immersing us in the passions and the surprising complexities of modern relationships-and in doing so, teaching us something about our own.]]> 339 Nicholas Sparks 0446696129 Deena 3 4.11 2000 The Rescue
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]]> Sam's Letters to Jennifer 80568 263 James Patterson 0446613347 Deena 3 4.17 1991 Sam's Letters to Jennifer
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wedding (The Notebook, #2)]]> 3466
Did You Know?

The Wedding is a follow-up to The Notebook?

The Wedding was inspired by a few unnamed couples that Nicholas knows well?

The novel is set in the North Carolina town in which Nicholas now lives?]]> 276 Nicholas Sparks 0446615862 Deena 3 3.99 2003 The Wedding (The Notebook, #2)
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