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Love, Danger, Homecomings & Heart β€” Your June Reading Escape Starts Here

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One disastrous night. One devastating man. One diabolical proposition.


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He’s stubborn. She’s tougher. His kid? Already picked the bride.


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A small-town second chance wrapped in danger, desire, and Sharon Sala heart.


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She came home to save the ranch… and found the cowboy she never forgot.


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From reality TV heartbreak to real-life reinvention.


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A missing twin. A deadly cartel. One K-9 team caught in the crossfire.


What Doesn't Kill You by Virginia DeBerry

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Also by Virginia DeBerry:

Far from the Tree, July 2022
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Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, May 2022
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Uptown, March 2010
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What Doesn't Kill You, January 2009
Hardcover
Gotta Keep On Tryin', November 2008
Paperback
Trying' to Sleep in the Bed You Made, January 2008
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Exposures, June 2005
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Better Than I Know Myself, May 2005
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Also by Donna Grant (2):

What Doesn't Kill You, January 2009
Hardcover
Gotta Keep On Tryin', November 2008
Paperback

WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU
By: Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant (2)


Touchstone
January 2009
On Sale: January 6, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 1416564209
EAN: 9781416564201
Hardcover
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Multicultural African-American | Women's Fiction Contemporary

"I really thought I had a handle on life -- then it broke off."

Opinionated, straight-talking, and witty, Tee is a fly forty-something. Divorced since her daughter, Amber, was young, Tee has been "handling her business," supporting herself after her would-be songwriter husband took off for L.A., and she's done all right. Organized, responsible, hardworking, and loyal, Tee went from being the first employee of a start-up purveyor of organic lotions to the right hand of the president of what became a major player in the home and personal fragrance market.

But then everything changes. First, she's outplaced from her longtime job and doesn't tell anyone. Then she gives her daughter the wedding of her dreams and, after overindulging in champagne, Tee wakes up in bed with the younger best man.

For the first time in twenty-five years, Tee doesn't know who she is or what she's going to do every day. Deep in denial, she continues to live her life as if nothing has changed. After a series of financial mistakes, miscalculations, and missteps compound her already shaky situation, she's soon teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. That's when Tee decides that it's time for her to wake up and face reality.

Beyond "making money," Tee never really decided what she wanted to do with her life. Then she just stopped thinking about it and invested her hopes in someone else's dream. Now it's her chance to invest in herself. Can she step out on faith to follow her own dream?

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