Pieces of Us (Hardcover)

Pieces of Us (Hardcover)
Author: A. L. Jackson
Publisher: A.L. Jackson Books, Incorporated
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781946420718

Maxon Chambers has a way of stealing all the attention. All my affection, and all my dreams. What I needed to remember was he'd stolen my good judgment and my virginity, too. When he broke up with me, I ran across the country and swore I'd never return to Broadshire Rim. But here I am, thirteen years later. Maxon is all grown up. Sexier than sin and more tempting than ever. A detective on the Charleston force, he lives on the outside of safety, devoted to protecting the people of his city. But with the way he's looking at me now? I'm pretty sure what needs protecting is my heart. Can we mend the pieces of us? Or will he leave my heart shattered forever . . .

Pieces of Us

Pieces of Us
Author: Hannah Downing
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2011-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1936305690

Charlotte Barnes believed her life was perfect until a betrayal forced her from everything she knew and loved. Devastated and trying to put the past behind her, Charlotte sought a new life in a new town. Now, five years later, her fiancé has convinced her it's time to return home and face her past. But will the truth she learns and the people she reconnects with destroy her carefully crafted happiness? Hannah Downing has created an emotional roller coaster about lost love and the way one indiscretion can change the course of your life. Charlotte questions every decision she's ever made, but she may discover that when you lose everything, you can truly find yourself.

Pieces of Us

Pieces of Us
Author: Margie Gelbwasser
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Brothers and sisters
ISBN: 9780738721644

Four teenagers from two families--sisters Katie and Julie and brothers Alex and Kyle--meet every summer at a lakeside community in upstate New York, where they escape their everyday lives and hide disturbing secrets.

The Infinite Pieces of Us

The Infinite Pieces of Us
Author: Rebekah Crane
Publisher: Skyscape
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781503903968

From the author of The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland comes a hilarious and heartbreaking novel about coming apart, getting it together--and moving on. It's just a two-hour drive... Pondering math problems is Esther Ainsworth's obsession. If only life's puzzles required logic. Her stepfather's solution? Avoidance. He's exiled the family to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to erase a big secret from Esther's past. So much for the truth. Now for the consequences: an empty swimming pool, a water-sucking cactus outside her window, a goldfish rescued from a church festival, and Esther's thirst for something real. Step one: forget about her first love. Step two: make allies. Esther finds them in Jesús from the local coffee bar; a girl named Color who finds beauty in an abandoned video store; Beth, the church choir outcast; and Moss, a boy with alluring possibilities. Step three: confess her secret to those she hopes she can trust. Esther's new friends do more than just listen. They're taking Esther one step further. Together, they hit the road to face Esther's past head-on. It's a journey that will lead her to embrace her own truth--in all its glory, pain, and awesomeness.

Pieces of Us (Pieces Duet: Book 2 of 2)

Pieces of Us (Pieces Duet: Book 2 of 2)
Author: Pamela Ann
Publisher: Pamela Ann Author
Total Pages: 262
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

There’s a time in life where you need to be selfish. A time where you need to make a sacrifice. A point in life where you find yourself at a crossroads. Knowing that whichever path you choose, someone will end up hurting. I’m stuck with this predicament. Am I selfish enough not to care? Or am I selfless enough to sacrifice my own happiness? Hurting the only man that had me—body and soul.

A Little Piece of Ground

A Little Piece of Ground
Author: Elizabeth Laird
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1608465837

A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States.

Only Pieces

Only Pieces
Author: Edd Tello
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2022-06-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1978596022

Edgar wants nothing more than to live his life out loud. But telling the truth about his sexuality isn’t so easy in his traditional Mexican-American family, and his Amá has made it clear she won’t accept who he is. Things get even harder when Edgar’s macho father returns home after months away, and the house erupts into fighting and simmering tension. Edgar worries what would happen if he told his father the truth about who he is, and feels he’ll never fit in anywhere. Then Edgar runs into Alex, a popular football player at school. With Alex, Edgar feels happy and free, believing he might finally pick up all the broken pieces of his heart. But falling in love is more complicated than Edgar can ever imagine--and coming out might destroy the only life he’s ever known.

34 Pieces of You

34 Pieces of You
Author: Carmen Rodrigues
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013-06-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442439076

After Ellie dies of a drug overdose, her brother, her best friend, and her best friend's sister face painful secrets of their own when they try to uncover the truth about Ellie's death.

Shadows of Shattered Souls

Shadows of Shattered Souls
Author: Kerry Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre:
ISBN:

After being held captive for over eight years by a brutal, vicious monster, Olivia Byrd escaped, only to find everything she once knew, gone.Scarred, but not broken she fought to overcome the horror of her ordeal, and find the life that had been stolen from her for so long. But with the shadows of her past still chasing her she faces a long and terrifying journey to find the happiness and peace she longs for.This time though, she is not alone. With help, she has found the embrace of a welcoming home, an adoring family, and the four guys who surround her with the love and safety she so desperately needs.Together Olivia and the men she has fallen for have begun to heal and have found strength in each other.Darkness still lingers though. With the guy's pasts still haunting them, Olivia's memories resurfacing and threatening to shake her world once again, and The Shadow close by in search of his next victim, can they all hold on to what they have built or will it be what finally breaks them all?

Pieces of Her

Pieces of Her
Author: Karin Slaughter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062430297

Now on Netflix! Starring Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote! Mother. Hero. Liar. Killer. How can you tell when all you have is... PIECES OF HER What if the person you thought you knew best turns out to be someone you never knew at all . . . ? Andrea knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of Belle Isle; she knows she’s never wanted anything more than to live a quiet life as a pillar of the community; she knows she’s never kept a secret in her life. Because we all know our mothers, don’t we? But all that changes when a trip to the mall explodes into violence and Andrea suddenly sees a completely different side to Laura. Because it turns out that before Laura was Laura, she was someone completely different. For nearly thirty years she’s been hiding from her previous identity, lying low in the hope that no one would ever find her. But now she’s been exposed, and nothing will ever be the same again. The police want answers and Laura’s innocence is on the line, but she won’t speak to anyone, including her own daughter. Andrea is on a desperate journey following the breadcrumb trail of her mother’s past. And if she can’t uncover the secrets hidden there, there may be no future for either one of them. . . .