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October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romanceβ€”discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.


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Supernatural sparks fly
between a bookseller
& her hard-boiled ghost.


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If Her Highness thinks I’ll let another man claim her and my child, she’s lost her royal mind. Sophaya’s mine.


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She found a body. Then she started asking the wrong questions.


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He ghosted her ten years ago. Now she’s stuck with him for Christmas.


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She’s the lady everyone overlooks. He’s the prince who can’t look away.

The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

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Also by Kristy Woodson Harvey:

Falling for Peachtree Bluff, September 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Summer State of Mind, May 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Beach House Rules, June 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Summer of Songbirds, May 2025
Mass Market Paperback
A Happier Life, May 2025
Trade Paperback
A Happier Life, July 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
Her Last Summer on Sunset Lane, July 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
The Summer of Songbirds, April 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Summer of Songbirds, July 2023
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Wedding Veil, March 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Under the Southern Sky, February 2023
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff, November 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Feels Like Falling, June 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Wedding Veil, April 2022
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff, November 2021
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Under the Southern Sky, April 2021
Trade Size / e-Book / audiobook
The Secret to Southern Charm, June 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Feels Like Falling, May 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
The Southern Side of Paradise, May 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
The Secret to Southern Charm, April 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
Slightly South of Simple, May 2017
Paperback / e-Book
Lies and Other Acts of Love, April 2016
Paperback
Dear Carolina, May 2015
Paperback / e-Book

THE SECRET TO SOUTHERN CHARM
By: Kristy Woodson Harvey

Pocket Books
June 2020
On Sale: May 26, 2020
432 pages
ISBN: 1982137754
EAN: 9781982137755
Kindle: B075LPF23X
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
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Other Editions
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Women's Fiction Contemporary | Women's Fiction Southern

Set in the charming town of Peachtree Bluff, “a compelling, beautifully drawn tale of love, hope, and small-town secrets” (Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author) following a trio of sisters and their mother as they discover a truth that will change not only the way they see themselves but also how they fit together as a family.

Sloane’s world crumbles after receiving the news that her military husband is missing in action.

She can barely climb out of bed, much less summon the strength to be the parent her children deserve.

Her mother, Ansley, provides a much-needed respite as she puts her personal life on hold to help Sloane and her grandchildren wade through their new grief-stricken lives. But between caring for her own aging mother, her daughters, and her grandchildren, Ansley’s private worry is that secrets from her past will come to light.

But when Sloane’s sisters, Caroline and Emerson, remind Sloane that no matter what, she promised her husband she would carry on for their young sons, Sloane finds the support and courage she needs to chase her biggest dreams—and face her deepest fears. Taking a cue from her middle daughter, Ansley takes her own leap of faith and realizes that, after all this time, she might finally be able to have it all.

Lyrical, warm-hearted, and charming, “Kristy Woodson Harvey has delivered another masterpiece with the second book in her beautifully Southern, evocative Peachtree Bluff series” (Kristin Harmel, author of The Winemaker’s Wife).