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Als im Mercy-West Haven Hospital in Connecticut ein Neugeborenes nach einem Routineeingriff stirbt, scheint schnell klar zu sein, wer daran schuld ist: Ruth Jefferson, die dunkelhäutige Säuglingsschwester, der untersagt war, das Baby anzufassen. Und nicht nur Turk Bauer, der rassistische Vater des Kindes, hält Ruth für verantwortlich... Es folgt ein nervenaufreibendes Verfahren in dem Ruth zum Glück auf die Hilfe der engagierten Pflichtverteidigerin Kennedy McQuarrie zählen kann.

The Center for women's reproductive health offers a last chance at hope - but nobody ends up there by choice. Its very existence is controversial, and to the demonstrators who barricade the building every day, the service it offers is no different from legalised murder. Now life and death decisions are being made horrifyingly real: a lone protester with a gun has taken the staff, patients and visitors hostage.

In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people - even those she loves and trusts most - don’t want that to happen.

Als ihre Ehe mit Max zerbricht, findet Zoe Trost in der Musik. Durch ihre Arbeit als Musiktherapeutin lernt sie Vanessa kennen...

Zwei Herzen zwischen Magie und Realität... "Hilf mir!" Delilah kann es kaum fassen, als sie diese Nachricht in ihrem Lieblingsbuch findet. Oliver, der umwerfend gut aussehende Held der Geschichte, hat diese Worte extra für sie in den Felsen geritzt. Zuerst hält sie sich für verrückt, doch schnell stellen Delilah und Oliver fest, dass sie über die Grenzen der Buchseiten hinweg miteinander sprechen können. Und damit nicht genug: Oliver vertraut Delilah an, dass er raus möchte aus seiner Buchwelt: Das echte Leben interessiert ihn! Und sowieso findet er Delilah süß und würde sie zu gerne küssen... Und Delilah? Die hat sich schon längst in Oliver verguckt und ist begeistert von der Idee, ihn aus seiner Geschichte herauszuholen.

Die dreizehnjährige Jenna ist eine Einzelgängerin. Sie lebt bei ihrer Großmutter seit ihre Mutter Alice vor zehn Jahre verschwunden ist. In einem Elefantenreservat kam es damals zu einem folgenschweren Vorfall, bei dem Elefantenforscherin Alice bewusstlos aufgefunden wurde. In ihrer Verzweiflung wendet sich Jenna an die Wahrsagerin Serenity und macht einen Privatdetektiv ausfindig.

Jodi Picoult über Schuld und Vergebung, Reue und Gnade. Sage Singer ist eine Einzelgängerin. Einziger Kontakt außerhalb ihrer Arbeit als Bäckerin ist eine Trauergruppe, die sie besucht, um den Unfalltod ihrer Mutter zu verarbeiten. Dort lernt sie den 90-jährigen Josef Weber kennen, einen allseits beliebten und engagierten Mann. Die beiden freuden sich an und Josef offenbart Sage, dass er einem Tötungskommando der SS angehörte und nicht mehr leben will.

An intricate tale of love, haunting memories, and renewal, Second Glance begins in current-day Vermont, where an old man puts a piece of land up for sale and unintentionally raises protest from the local Abenaki Indian tribe, who insist it's a burial ground. When odd, supernatural events plague the town of Comtosook, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince the residents that there's nothing spiritual about the property.

Delia Hopkins has led a charmed life. Raised in rural New Hampshire by her widowed father, Andrew, she now has a young daughter, a handsome fiancé, and her own search-and-rescue bloodhound, which she uses to find missing persons. But as Delia plans her wedding, she is plagued by flashbacks of a life she can't recall. And then a policeman knocks on her door, revealing a secret that changes the world as she knows it.

Fourteen-year-old Trixie Stone is in love for the first time. She's also the light of her father Daniel's life - a straight-A student; a pretty, popular freshman in high school; a girl who's always seen her father as a hero. That is until her world is turned upside down with a single act of violence. Suddenly everything Trixie has believed about her family - and herself - seems to be a lie. Could the boyfriend who once made Trixie wild with happiness have been the one to end her childhood forever?

One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat, though, something happens that changes everything for him.

Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens - until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the teenage daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes - or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show - destroying the closest of friendships and families.

The discovery of a dead infant in an Amish barn shakes Lancaster County to its core. But the police investigation leads to a more shocking disclosure: Circumstantial evidence suggests that 18-year-old Katie Fisher, an unmarried Amish woman believed to be the newborn's mother, took the child's life. When Ellie Hathaway, a disillusioned big-city attorney, comes to Paradise, Pennsylvania, to defend Katie, two cultures collide - and for the first time in her high-profile career, Ellie faces a system of justice very different from her own.

Jacob Hunt is a teen with Asperger's syndrome. He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. But he has a special focus on one subject - forensic analysis. A police scanner in his room clues him in to crime scenes, and he's always showing up and telling the cops what to do. And he's usually right. But when Jacob's small hometown is rocked by a terrible murder, law enforcement comes to him. Jacob's behaviors are hallmark Asperger's, but they look a lot like guilt to the local police.

Written with astonishing clarity and evocative detail, convincing in its depiction of emotional pain, love, and vulnerability, 

Harvesting the Heart recalls the writing of Alice Hoffman and Sue Miller. Paige has only a few vivid memories of her mother, who left when she was five. Now, having left her father behind in Chicago for dreams of art school and marriage to an ambitious young doctor, she finds herself with a child of her own.

Refusing to believe that she would be abandoned as a young child, Jenna searches for her mother regularly online and pores over the pages of Alice's old journals. A scientist who studied grief among elephants, Alice wrote mostly of her research among the animals she loved, yet Jenna hopes the entries will provide a clue to her mother’s whereabouts. Desperate to find the truth, Jenna enlists two unlikely allies in her quest.

Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of "luckier" parents, and, maybe worst of all, the what-ifs.

Today is Ruth's first day of third grade at Dalton. The prestigious institution on New York's Upper East Side couldn't be more different from her old school in Harlem. Despite being the smartest girl in her grade, Ruth suspects that her classmates and teachers see only her dark skin. She also notices that Christina, the daughter of her mother's employer, treats Ruth very differently when they're hanging out with the popular girls rather than playing together. Ruth must navigate between two worlds.

Once, Hope Payne was a mermaid, performing at the local theme park and captivating audiences young and old. Today, she's married to a pragmatic marine biologist who has filled the pool in their backyard with flounder for a special study. Before he begins, the fish vanish - echoing a loss Hope alone can understand. She senses there's something underwater, something alive and hungry for more, but is she in too deep to ever resurface?

Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than 20 years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene?