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2) Razor sharp
Author
Series
Sisterhood volume 14
Language
English
Description
A powerful attorney with a cut-throat reputation, Lizzie has just taken on a high-profile new case. Only when the deal is made does Lizzie realize she'll be defending Lily Flowers, the infamous Madam of a high-class bordello. Her clients included some of the most influential men in the country, and Lily is on the run, sure she'll rot in jail while her arrogant customers get off scot-free.
3) Sold
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Series
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, enjoys her life until the Himalayan monsoons wash away her family's crops and she is sold to a brothel in India by her stepfather. She remembers her mother's wisdom, "Simply to endure is to triumph," until the day comes that she can reclaim her life.
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Delacorte Press
Language
English
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The year is 1757. On a clear morning in mid-June, Lord John Grey emerges from London's Beefsteak Club, his mind in turmoil. A nobleman and a high-ranking officer in His Majesty's army, Grey has just witnessed something shocking. But his efforts to avoid a scandal that might destroy his family are interrupted by something still more urgent: The Crown appoints him to investigate the brutal murder of a comrade-in-arms who may have been a traitor. Obliged...
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English
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Angélique Latham has grown up at magnificent Belgrave Castle under the loving tutelage of her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her aristocratic French mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally turn her out, denying her very existence. Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty, and an envelope of money her father pressed upon her. To survive, she will need all her resources--and one bold stroke of fortune. Unable...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In Sunderland, England, a city quarantined by the cholera epidemic of 1831, a defiant, fifteen-year-old beauty in an elegant blue dress sells her body to feed her only love: a fragile baby boy. When the surgeon Henry Chiver offers Gustine a different kind of work, she hopes to finally change her terrible circumstances. But Chiver was recently implicated in the famous case of Burke and Hare, who murdered beggars and sold their corpses for medical research....
Author
Series
Fallen ladies volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Language
English
Description
"He's a reclusive earl with a painful secret that's kept him from knowing a lover's touch. She's a sheltered debutante tired of living by society's rules. But when she's forced from the ballroom to the brothel, Lily discovers the dark thrill of falling from grace--and into the arms of a man who could destroy her as easily as he saved her"--Amazon.com.
10) Judgment calls
Author
Series
Samantha Kincaid novels volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Language
English
11) Shetani's sister
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Publisher
Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Language
English
Description
"In hard-hitting, street-smart prose, Shetani's sister relates the deadly duel between two complex men: LAPD vice cop Sergeant Russell Rucker, determined to clean up prostitution and police corruption while battling his own alcoholic demons; and Shetani (Swalihi for "Satan"), a master pimp who controls his stable of whores with calculated doses of violence and heroin. With the breakneck narrative pacing and storytelling genius that made Iceberg Slim...
12) The last witness
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Series
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English
Description
Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne must locate the lone living witness to a sex trade ring connected to the Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob.
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Series
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English
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"The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasn't exactly beautiful, but she'd tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead. Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone doesn't know her name. Whoever she is, she didn't deserve to die. Jesse starts digging, only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a bitter turf war between two ruthless pimps. And more blood will spill before it's over"--
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Series
Good luck girls volume 1
Publisher
Tor Teen
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls--they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a "welcome house" as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta's most vicious and powerful...
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Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Only Hap and Leonard would catch a cold case with hot cars, hot women, and ugly skinheads. The story starts simply enough when Hap, a former 60s activist and self-proclaimed white trash rebel, and Leonard, a tough black, gay Vietnam vet and Republican with an addiction to Dr. Pepper, are working a freelance surveillance job in East Texas. The uneventful stakeout is coming to an end when the pair witness a man abusing his dog. Leonard takes matters...
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Series
Publisher
Seix Barral
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
Description
"Antes de convertirse en Rita Hayworth, Margarita Carmen Cansino pasa sus primeros años de carrera en Tijuana. Sus inicios como bailarina estuvieron ligados a los degradantes encuentros que su padre la obligaba a tener con distintos hombres. 'Todos los padres lo hacen, Maggie,' decía. A Rita sólo le queda el consuelo de poder compartir sus sentimientos con su hermano Verny, en estos momentos tan tortuosos de su vida. En la misma época, las parisinas...
18) La duquesa
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Publisher
Plaza & Janés
Edition
Primera edición.
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Español
Description
"Ang?lique Latham no es realmente duquesa, aunque tras perder a su madre cuando era muy peque?a, se ha criado en el majestuoso castillo de Belgrave junto a su padre, el duque de Westerfield, que siempre la quiso con locura. Pero ahora su padre ha muerto, y sus hermanastros han decidido desheredarla. Est? sola en el mundo. A sus dieciocho a?os, Ang?lique es lista y muy hermosa, pero tiene mala suerte, pues, aunque consigue colocarse como ni?era de...
19) I kick and I fly
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"On the outskirts of the red-light area in Bihar, India, Heera is living on borrowed time until the day her father decides to sell her into the sex trade to repay his loans. It is, as she's been told, the fate of all women in Girls Bazaar to end up there. But what if she can learn to fight back against 'fate'? When a local hostel owner presents her with the opportunity to practice kung fu, Heera begins to learn that her body isn't an object to be...
20) Evening star
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Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
When Alex Saxton wins virgin Giana Van Cleve in the famous Roman Flower Auction, he never expects to lose his heart.
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