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Domestic Violence Offender Management Board to develop standards for the assessment, evaluation, treatment and behavioral monitoring of adult domestic violence offenders. A copy of the Standards For Treatment With Court Ordered Domestic Violence Offenders. State statute prohibits the Department of Corrections, the Judicial Department, the Division of Criminal Justice of the Department of Public Safety, or the Department of Human Services from employing...
5) Journey
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When Washington newswoman Maddy joins a commission on violence against women, she recognizes that her husband's behavior is harmful and leaves him. Will she ever dare to love again?
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Before terror flowered in the attic there was a young girl. An innocent, hopeful girl... When young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall, she thinks her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a stain of jealous obsession begins to spread--an evil that will threaten her children, two charming boys and one very special, beautiful girl. For within...
7) Safe haven
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"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
8) Weyward
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"2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she begins to suspect that her great aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. 1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder...
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In her 20s, Ivy Peterman escaped an abusive marriage with little more than her kids and the clothes on her back. Quaint New Bern, Connecticut seemed an ideal place to make a fresh start. With a part-time job at the Cobbled Court Quilt Shop, and budding friendships, Ivy feels hopeful. But when a popular television show is taped at the quilt shop, Ivy's unwitting appearance alerts her ex to her whereabouts. Suddenly, Ivy is facing the fight of her life...
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The breathtaking tale of a woman on the run who gets the chance for a whole new life.... If her abusive husband hadn't tried to kill her and her beloved dog Lucie, Helen Ward might never have left her million-dollar home and run far away. Now Helen's changed her identity and moved across the country, hopeful that she can be safe, happy, maybe even loved. And when she meets college professor Sam Tolliver, she begins to believe fairytales do come true....
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, the enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in The New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the...
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In this book, domestic violence expert Lundy Bancroft uses his perspective as a therapist for abusive and controlling men to help women, their children, and other family members who have been touched by abuse understand why abusers behave the way they do and what can be done about it. Bancroft teaches women how to survive and improve an abusive relationship; how to determine how dangerous an abuser is and when it is impossible to rectify a situation;...
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Following a difficult childhood, Kim has built a successful life for herself. But the guilt she harbors over a tragic mistake she made years ago colors all of her success. When she meets Rick, she thinks she has found everything she needs in her life-including a way to pay for her sins every time he hits her. A new neighbor, Joshua, knows more about Rick than Kim realilzes, but he has demons of his own to battle. And Debbie, a new friend who has...
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"Return to Safe Haven, where a new beginning with your first love is only a heartbeat away... Yasmin Tanner has devoted her life to making other people's dreams come true. But between running Safe Haven's women's center and caring for her brother, the long days -- and lonely nights -- are catching up with her... until Officer Liam O'Dwyer knocks on her door. She had good reasons for breaking Liam's heart all those years ago, but that hasn't made sharing...
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Sunny, carefree days splashing in the ocean— it's the life Anna George has always wanted for her five-year-old twins. And now that they've made it to Safe Haven, South Carolina, she won't let anyone stand in her way. Not the abusive ex she's just escaped and not the rugged contractor who caught her setting up house in the shuttered beachfront cabins he's refurbishing. When he offers Anna and her daughters a place to stay in exchange for her help...
16) Cracker Jackson
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After attempting to save his ex-babysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics.
17) The snow angel
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Rachel Price has just one happy memory from her childhood: the moment her father took her hands while playing outside on a cold, snowy day and called her his angel. Rachelś daughter is the only light in what has become a dark life. But then, an unexpected phone call from an old friend changes everything.
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"A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut. "The Bandit Queens heralds a prodigious and sophisticated literary talent." Tǎ Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of Inland In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has...
19) Nothing to lose
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A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.