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Without Merit

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Without Merit

By: Colleen Hoover
Narrated by: Candace Thaxton
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From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Regretting You, It Starts with Us, and It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth.

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

Poignant and powerful, Without Merit explores the layers of lies that tie a family together and the power of love and truth. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Family Family & Relationships Fiction Goodreads Choice Award Literature & Fiction Psychological Romance Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Suspense Feel-Good
About the Creator - Colleen Hoover

About the Creator

Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author of more than 23 novels, including It Ends with Us, All Your Perfects, Ugly Love, and Verity. In 2015, Colleen and her family founded a nonprofit called The Bookworm Box, a bookstore and monthly book subscription service that has donated over $1,000,000 to various charities to date. Colleen lives in Texas with her husband and their three boys. For more information, please visit ColleenHoover.com.
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CoHo, as she’s affectionately called by her huge fan base, is a self-proclaimed "professional make-believer" who combines compelling and relatable characters with complex themes such as heartbreak, social issues, and family drama in titles spanning the romance, YA, and thriller genres. Whether you're new to her work or a certified CoHort, this handy guide to Colleen Hoover's series and novels has everything you need to find your next listen.

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Compelling Family Dynamics • Emotional Depth • Stellar Performance • Well-developed Characters • Thought-provoking Themes

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Absolutely well written, i could not put it down. i am a total fan!!! really good, its a coming of age story, it felt relatable

Soooooo gooooooood!!! Ms.Hoover never disappoints

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I’m beginning to wonder if Colleen Hoover has sold her soul to the devil in order to make her one of the most incredible writers of our time. I’m so in love with this book. The storyline covers so many important subjects for teens and adults. It covers the struggle of most all family’s in the world. Listening to this book just made it come to life even more. Such an important read for everyone who thinks their family is “strange”, or teens suffering from depression, suicidal thoughts, kids of divorce, worrying about their sexuality and the list goes on and on. Probably should be on every high school mandatory reading list and every Book Club, no matter what your age is (I’m 54.) I can’t praise this book or its writer enough. Just listen to it. You’ll be glad you did.

Without Merit is beyond amazing

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Kind of boring, no very boring. I usually love Colleen Hoover’s book’s but this one I will not recommend

The dog

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This book like Colleen's other books, is taking you to a new places, new people and I love it

I love Colleen Hoover

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I have been patiently waiting for this book and Colleen Hoover did not disappoint at all. Her writing is so deep and has you stopping and thinking about everything. Just love all her stories!! Can’t wait for the next book. 😊

OMG such a Great book!!!

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