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Drowning instinct

Ilsa J. Bick

2012346 pagesabout 5–8 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012Carolrhoda Lab · 346 pages · ENGISBN 9780761377528
  • 2012Lerner Publishing Group · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781283416184
  • 2012Lerner Publishing Group · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780761387268
  • 2013Lerner Publishing Group · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781467709125
  • 2013Lerner Publishing Group · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781467731928
  • 2013Quercus · 368 pages · ENGISBN 9781780870434
  • 2014Lerner Publishing Group · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9781467768016
  • 2013Brilliance AudioISBN 9781469285771

There are stories where the girl gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.) Jenna Lord's first sixteen years were not exactly a fairy tale. Her father is a controlling psycho and her mother is a drunk. She used to count on her older brother--until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire. There are stories where the monster gets the girl, and everyone cries for his innocent victim. (This is not one of those stories either.) Mitch Anderson is many things: A dedicated teacher and coach. A caring husband. A man with a certain...magnetism. And there are stories where it's hard to be sure who's a prince and who's a monster, who is a victim and who should live happily ever after. (These are the most interesting stories of all.) Drowning Instinct is a novel of pain, deception, desperation, and love against the odds--and the rules.

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