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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.

Under the Wave at Waimea by Paul Theroux

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Also by Paul Theroux:

The Vanishing Point, February 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
The Bad Angel Brothers, February 2024
Paperback (reprint)
The Bad Angel Brothers, September 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
Under the Wave at Waimea, May 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
Mr. Bones, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
The Lower River, June 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
The Tao of Travel, May 2011
Hardcover
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, August 2008
Hardcover
The Elephanta Suite, October 2007
Hardcover
The Comedians, February 2005
Paperback

UNDER THE WAVE AT WAIMEA
By: Paul Theroux

Mariner Books
May 2022
On Sale: May 10, 2022
Featuring: Joe
416 pages
ISBN: 0358697387
EAN: 9780358697381
Kindle: B08B3JKDLX
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Historical

Now in his sixties, big-wave surfer Joe Sharkey has passed his prime and is losing his “stoke.” The younger surfers around the breaks on the north shore of Oahu still idolize the Shark, but his sponsors are looking elsewhere. One night, while driving home from a bar after one too many, Joe accidentally kills a stranger near Waimea, a tragedy that sends his life out of control. As the repercussions of the accident spiral ever wider, Joe's devoted girlfriend, Olive, throws herself into uncovering the dead man’s identity and helping Joe find vitality and refuge in the waves again.