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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.

A Time to Bloom by Lauraine Snelling

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Also by Lauraine Snelling:

Fair Are the Meadows, October 2026
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
At Morning's Light, December 2025
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Land of Dreams, April 2025
Paperback / e-Book
Land of Dreams, April 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
A Season of Harvest, February 2024
Paperback / e-Book
The Florence Legacy, September 2022
Paperback / e-Book
A Time to Bloom, June 2022
Paperback / e-Book
The Seeds of Change, June 2021
Paperback / e-Book
A Blessing to Cherish, August 2020
Paperback / e-Book
A Song of Joy, August 2019
Paperback
Half Finished, April 2019
Paperback / e-Book
A Season of Grace, November 2018
Paperback / e-Book
A Breath of Hope, April 2018
Paperback / e-Book
The Promise of Dawn, August 2017
Paperback / e-Book
From This Day Forward, October 2016
Trade Size / e-Book
The Second Half, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Streams Of Mercy, October 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Someday Home, July 2015
Paperback / e-Book
A Harvest of Hope, March 2015
Paperback / e-Book
To Everything a Season, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book
An Untamed Heart, October 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Wake The Dawn, September 2013
Trade Size / e-Book
A Place To Belong, April 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Whispers In The Wind, August 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Reunion, July 2012
Paperback / e-Book
A Heart For Home, March 2011
Trade Size
No Distance Too Far, April 2010
Trade Size
Measure Of Mercy, October 2009
Paperback
One Perfect Day, November 2008
Paperback
Yuletide Treasure, November 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Rebecca's Reward, October 2008
Trade Size
A Touch of Grace, March 2008
Paperback
Breaking Free, August 2007
Trade Size
Once Upon a Christmas, November 2006
Paperback (reprint)

A TIME TO BLOOM
By: Lauraine Snelling

Leah's Garden #2
Bethany House Publishers
June 2022
On Sale: June 7, 2022
ISBN: 0764235729
EAN: 9780764235726
Kindle: B09LWSD1R2
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Inspirational Romance | Inspirational Historical

Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is stacked against them?

Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in their booming town offers hope, not only to support her sisters financially, but also to better her students' lives. Not all of the town sees it that way, though, with the rebuilding of the schoolhouse continually neglected and her brightest student's father demanding he work the farm instead of attend class.

When their brother Anders arrives with his war-wounded and heartbroken friend RJ, Anders sees the strength of the sisters' idea to start a boardinghouse and decides to invest in it. Del finds RJ barely polite and wants nothing to do with him. But despite Del and her sisters' best-laid plans, the future--and RJ--might surprise them all.