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But the unexpected death of her father forced her to examine her relationship with herself and those she loved

a reclusive billionaire/women’s rights advocate

Friendly Fire Style:Paperback and — best of allBy: Patrick Gale Sophie, an orphan in love with learning, is sure she will thrive in Tatham's, an esteemed boarding school, having survived years of institutional living. But she soon finds herself lost among its cliques and rituals. Befriending two teenage boys, she experiences the first ache of futile love, then a brilliant teacher's inappropriate attention to one of the trio threatens to destroy them all. Sophie swiftly realizes that there are