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	Mommy's Little Girl 3.91 avg rating — 1,869 ratings — published 2009 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Written in Blood 3.79 avg rating — 1,444 ratings — published 2005 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bitter Remains: A Custody Battle, A Gruesome Crime, and the Mother Who Paid the Ultimate Price 3.72 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Water: An Astonishing True Story of Abduction, Murder, and the Nice Guy Next Door 3.85 avg rating — 793 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through the Window: The Terrifying True Story of Cross-Country Killer Tommy Lynn Sells 3.89 avg rating — 667 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone Forever 3.99 avg rating — 637 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pastor's Wife 3.68 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleep My Darlings: The True Story of a Mother Who Killed Her Children in Cold Blood 3.48 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Be Mine 3.76 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Cover of the Night: A True Story of Sex, Greed and Murder 3.62 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hey, y'all, let's get this straight. Virginia is a southern state. I've run across people from Texas, Alabama, Georgia and even South Carolina who have referred to my state as being "Yankee." I don't know if this arise because some people don't understand that West Virginia and Virginia aren't the same state or if it stems from a lack of geographical knowledge or if those people missed an i Read more of this blog post »

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Tamed and Untamed: Close Encounters of the Animal Kind

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