Nina is actually a tough Queens cop, an avenger on a mission. Her latest investigation involves Artemis, one of the city's battered women's shelters. A number of men connected to the women living there are ending up dead. Why...
Abused women
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Author:Elias, MichaelSummary: -
Author:Martin, CharlesSummary:Modern cowboy Tyler Steele must raise his son, Brodie, save his ranch, and rebuild his life after his wife leaves him for being emotionally distant and ultimately learns that being a man means confronting your true weaknesses.
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Author:Overton, HollieSummary:Perfectly poised to exploit the criminal justice system she knows so well, single mom Kristy Tucker sets out to permanently rid herself of Lance, the abusive monster she's become shackled to.
- Author:Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, CheluchiSummary:
Winner of the Best International Fiction Book Award, Sharjah International Book Fair 2019 The lives of two Nigerian women divided by class and social inequality intersect when they're kidnapped, held captive, and forced to await their...
- Author:Eldridge, ToriSummary:
After her sister is raped and murdered, Lily Wong dedicates her life and ninja skills to the protection of women. She has to hide her true self from her Hong Kong tiger mom, who is already disappointed at her less-than-feminine ways,...
- Author:Ringland, HollySummary:
After her family suffers a tragedy, nine-year-old Alice Hart is forced to leave her idyllic seaside home. She is taken in by her grandmother, June, a flower farmer who raises Alice on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to...
- Author:Joshi, AlkaSummary:
"Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon
Vivid and compelling in its portrait of one woman’s struggle for fulfillment in a society pivoting between the traditional and the modern, The Henna...
- Author:Joshi, AlkaSummary:
Escaping from an arranged and abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone from her 1950s rural village to the vibrant pink city of Jaipur. There she becomes the henna artist, and confidante, most in demand to the...
- Author:DeRiviere, LindaSummary:
The Healing Journey offers a startling analysis of intimate partner abuse and its negative effects on women’s earnings, education and vocational training as well as in the labour market itself. Victims of abuse often suffer from chronic...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
A brand-new novel from the #1 bestselling author of VIRGIN RIVER. Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed. Celebrity cooking show host Marni...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
A brand-new novel from the #1 bestselling author of VIRGIN RIVER. Four women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed. Celebrity cooking show host Marni...
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Author:Hosmer, DawnSummary:Ruby Dunkin is in an abusive marriage. Her best efforts aren't enough to shield her two children from an abusive father whose cruelty knows no bounds. Their volatile situation ends in tragedy when Ruby's eldest son, Billy, is...
- Author:Weenie, KendraSummary:
This book will resonate with those who have lived with violence and educate many who don't understand how difficult it can be to leave an abusive partner. Clearly written and interspersed with messages of hope and tips for self-care,...
- Author:Wane, BJSummary:
Nan Meyers returns to her beloved hometown of Willow Springs a broken woman, ten months after leaving for what was supposed to be a short vacation with her brother. Dan Shylock greets the news of his friend and favorite submissive'...
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Author:Wagamese, RichardSummary:The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medicine Walk, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge and then redemption on a farm run by an Indigenous man with wounds of...
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Author:Gray, Shelley ShepardSummary:Lukas and Darla had been close friends until her father caused the fire that killed five Amish men, including himself and the mill owner, Lukas's father. Now Lukas is responsible for the mill and his three siblings. But when he...
- Author:Carr, RobynSummary:
Marine veteran John "Preacher" Middleton intimidates just about everyone who walks into his bar. But when an abused young mother comes in, seeking protection from her ex-husband, Preacher promises to become her guardian--and maybe...
- Author:Goodhand, MargoSummary:
In the supposedly enlightened 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few, if any, options to escape their abusers. Yet in 1973, with no statistics, no money and little public support,...
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Author:Lalonde, Julie S.Summary:For over a decade Julie Lalonde kept a secret. As an award-winning advocate for women's rights, she criss-crossed the country, denouncing violence against women and giving hundreds of media interviews along the way. Her work made...
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Author:Browne, Christene A.Summary:Born in the Caribbean, Philomena Jones is abandoned by her mother and left to the mercy of her grandmother, who, after raising eight children and grandchildren, is not capable of dedicating herself to another child. Love-starved,...
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