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"When Tanya Selvaratnam met Eric Schneiderman, they fell quickly and effortlessly in love-fueling each other's growing political ambition. But their power dynamic soon took a dark turn, as Schneiderman criticized Selvaratnam and began to try to control her, even telling her that he would have to kill her if they broke up. Sex turned frighteningly violent. At a friend's urging, she opened up to a domestic violence expert, who confirmed what Selvaratnam,...

"Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate...

While home on Christmas break, a seventeen-year-old Senate page takes her dog out for a walk and never returns. Though authorities think Katie might have been kidnapped or run away, those theories shatter when Katie's blog is uncovered. They reveal a girl troubled by a mysterious relationship with an older man, possible a U.S. Senator. As three women known as the Triple Threat race against time to find Katie alive, their increasing emotional involvement...

Natasha Doroshenko, a Ukrainian mail-order bride who has been convicted of the attempted murder of her Danish fiance, escapes custody on her way to an interrogation in Copenhagen's police headquarters. That night, the frozen, tortured body of the fiance is found in a car, and the manhunt for Natasha escalates. The police aren't the only ones on her trail; Natasha's past has finally caught up to her and she is being pursued by the Danish Secret Service,...

Sandi Simons grew up in a small country town and, like many young girls, developed a passion for horses. However, her childhood was far from easy. At a very young age, she was placed in a situation in which her innocence was destroyed and her life affected forever. Then she watched her parents’ marriage fall apart and her mother suffer debilitating depression. She moved out of home hoping to improve her situation. However, Sandi soon found herself...

Wide open sky, rolling green hills ... Gillian Tucker could get used to life in the country -- one far from the violence she left behind in San Francisco. Warily accepting an invitation to the Montana ranch that belongs to her grandfather, a man she's never met, Gillian hopes this is the haven she seeks. A sexy, overbearing cowboy who shines a light on her well-hidden dreams is not at all part of her plans. Blake Bowden's reckless past is far behind...

"Her only chance at freedom waits across the horizon Upon uncovering her tyrannical father's malevolent plot to commit her to an asylum, Beth Rutledge fabricates a plan of her own. She will rescue her mother, who had already been sent to the asylum, and escape together on a wagon train heading west. Posing as sisters, Beth and her mother travel with the pioneers in hopes of making it to Idaho before the others start asking too many questions. Wagon-train...

With her signature mix of the grim and the delightful, award-winning author T. Kingfisher takes the old bones of fantasy and fairytale and makes them into something entirely new in this enchanting adventure. After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra--the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter--has finally realized that no one is coming to their rescue. No one, except for Marra herself. Seeking help from a...

Directed by Federico Fellini, the story of a fragile girl who falls in love with a brutal circus performer she was sold to by her mother.