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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 980 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,868,837 ratings — published 2016
Hopeless (Hopeless, #1)
by (shelved 431 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.21 — 707,845 ratings — published 2012
Reason to Breathe (Breathing, #1)
by (shelved 358 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.20 — 96,276 ratings — published 2011
Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 347 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.06 — 647,139 ratings — published 1999
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 330 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,647,154 ratings — published 2022
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 323 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.14 — 468,892 ratings — published 1995
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
by (shelved 290 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,484,926 ratings — published 2015
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 287 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,996,647 ratings — published 2018
Eleanor & Park (Hardcover)
by (shelved 279 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,287,200 ratings — published 2012
The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #1)
by (shelved 272 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.16 — 117,742 ratings — published 2012
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 268 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,853 ratings — published 2014
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
by (shelved 265 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.93 — 75,654 ratings — published 2011
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1)
by (shelved 263 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.04 — 56,476 ratings — published 2014
Wait for You (Wait for You, #1)
by (shelved 256 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 171,696 ratings — published 2013
Bully (Fall Away, #1)
by (shelved 255 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.83 — 237,445 ratings — published 2013
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 247 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,086,027 ratings — published 1999
My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 247 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.09 — 455,421 ratings — published 2020
Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 246 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 850,998 ratings — published 2010
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 234 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.44 — 769,403 ratings — published 2018
Consequences: A Dark Wealth and Power Romance (Consequences, #1)
by (shelved 233 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.91 — 43,654 ratings — published 2011
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
by (shelved 219 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.97 — 44,438 ratings — published 2013
Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 218 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.18 — 277,175 ratings — published 2020
The Great Alone (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 205 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,384,998 ratings — published 2018
The Dark Light of Day (The Dark Light of Day, #1)
by (shelved 204 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.22 — 21,110 ratings — published 2013
The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window (The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window, #1)
by (shelved 204 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.84 — 78,508 ratings — published 2012
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 200 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,315 ratings — published 2014
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,508,718 ratings — published 2017
Long Shot (Hoops, #1)
by (shelved 182 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.16 — 85,120 ratings — published 2018
Barely Breathing (Breathing, #2)
by (shelved 181 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.30 — 72,046 ratings — published 2012
Easy (Contours of the Heart, #1)
by (shelved 180 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.07 — 229,933 ratings — published 2012
Big Little Lies (Big Little Lies, #1)
by (shelved 176 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,165,860 ratings — published 2014
Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #2)
by (shelved 173 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.26 — 56,651 ratings — published 2012
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,026,340 ratings — published 2015
Axel (Corps Security, #1)
by (shelved 171 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 39,689 ratings — published 2013
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 170 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,542,971 ratings — published 2005
Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen, #3)
by (shelved 169 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.41 — 28,333 ratings — published 2015
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 167 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,821,976 ratings — published 2018
Living Dead Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 165 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.77 — 34,525 ratings — published 2008
The Sea of Tranquility (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 164 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.28 — 89,305 ratings — published 2012
The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
by (shelved 162 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.26 — 4,050,948 ratings — published 2022
Heart Recaptured (Hades Hangmen, #2)
by (shelved 159 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 29,664 ratings — published 2014
Vicious (Sinners of Saint, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.92 — 173,671 ratings — published 2016
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.15 — 724,474 ratings — published 2014
The Redemption of Callie & Kayden (The Coincidence, #2)
by (shelved 158 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,928 ratings — published 2013
Behind Closed Doors (Hardcover)
by (shelved 156 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.96 — 809,674 ratings — published 2016
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
by (shelved 156 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.12 — 557,499 ratings — published 2012
Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers, #1)
by (shelved 154 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.07 — 32,911 ratings — published 2013
Raw (RAW Family, #1)
by (shelved 153 times as abuse)
avg rating 4.10 — 43,613 ratings — published 2014
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things (Hardcover)
by (shelved 151 times as abuse)
avg rating 3.96 — 221,165 ratings — published 2016
“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”
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“Usually adult males who are unable to make emotional connections with the women they choose to be intimate with are frozen in time, unable to allow themselves to love for fear that the loved one will abandon them. If the first woman they passionately loved, the mother, was not true to her bond of love, then how can they trust that their partner will be true to love. Often in their adult relationships these men act out again and again to test their partner's love. While the rejected adolescent boy imagines that he can no longer receive his mother's love because he is not worthy, as a grown man he may act out in ways that are unworthy and yet demand of the woman in his life that she offer him unconditional love. This testing does not heal the wound of the past, it merely reenacts it, for ultimately the woman will become weary of being tested and end the relationship, thus reenacting the abandonment. This drama confirms for many men that they cannot put their trust in love. They decide that it is better to put their faith in being powerful, in being dominant.”
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