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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.

Leo by Lisa Carlisle

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Also by Lisa Carlisle:

Protected by the Gargoyle, May 2023
e-Book
Leo, November 2022
e-Book
White Mountain Shifters, January 2021
e-Book
Darkness Rising, July 2015
e-Book
Seduction: One Fortune at a Time, September 2014
e-Book

LEO
By: Lisa Carlisle

A Beauty and the Beast-inspired Navy SEAL Romance

Author Self-Published
November 2022
On Sale: November 18, 2022
197 pages
Kindle: B0B59YXMNN
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Romance Military

A Beauty and the Beast-inspired Navy SEAL holiday romance!

Leo: I hide in my Vermont cottage so nobody can see me.

I've seen the stares. I read their contemplation in their inquisitive expressions-how did I get those scars?

I refuse to spend the holidays with my parents as I'll bring everyone down. Worried about me, they send a caretaker. That's not going to happen. I'll turn her away at my front door.

When Rosanna arrives, she's not the matron I expect. She's young, pretty and curvy. And she comes with food to prepare dinner.

Hmm, it's been a long time since I had a home-cooked meal. Maybe I can tolerate her here for just one night.

 

Rosanna: I'll do anything to avoid spending another Christmas with my stepfamily and this temporary job gives me an excuse.

When I arrive at the remote stone cottage in the woods, I'm stopped by a man with a scarred face and deep scowl. Leo turns me away. He didn't agree to this arrangement.

I don't have a backup plan. What am I going to do?

Fortunately, the groceries I brought to prepare dinner buy me some time. Leo agrees to let me cook for him (how generous) and to stay for one night.

Only we're hit with more snow than expected, and I'm stuck there if I don't want to freeze to death.

Leo will let me stay on one condition-never enter his studio.

If you like grumpy / sunshine, wounded heroes, dark secrets, and lost souls finding each other in romance, you'll love escaping into Leo and Rosanna’s story!