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Fresh Fiction for August Is Here

Cowboys, castles, and shiftersβ€”this month has it all.

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Hotter than a Tuscan summer.


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Some promises cost you the one you love.


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Only she can pull him back from the darkness.


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One golden retriever knows this is love.


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Trust is the fiercest transformation of all.


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From Himalayan stargazing to the London Blitzβ€”one love endures.

Always Orchid by Carol Van Den Hende

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Also by Carol Van Den Hende:

Always Orchid, September 2023
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Orchid Blooming, September 2022
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Goodbye, Orchid, October 2020
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ALWAYS ORCHID
By: Carol Van Den Hende

A Novel

Goodbye Orchid #3
Azine Press
September 2023
On Sale: October 24, 2023
Featuring: Phoenix Walker
346 pages
ISBN: 1958223042
EAN: 9781958223048
Kindle: B0C3S8Y195
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Multicultural African-American | Romance

Shortlisted for the 2023 Hawthorne Prize for Fiction

He almost let her go. Her past could tear them apart. But a love like theirs is worth fighting for...

Phoenix Walker will never be the same. Nine months after a heroic act leaves him forever changed, he refuses to hurt Orchid Paige ever again.

Orchid is ready to forgive. Convincing her guy she still loves him, no matter his injuries, she works to rebuild their intimacy. But their move to her family's ancestral country unveils China's superstitions against people with disabilities. Worse, their friend's life has been upended by those prejudices.

Will Phoenix and Orchid find a way to beat the odds and turn discrimination into acceptance?

Always Orchid is the riveting third book in the Goodbye, Orchid contemporary fiction series, and can be read as a standalone. If you like relatable characters, surprising twists, and stories that pull on your emotions, then you'll love award-winning author Carol Van Den Hende's journey to unconditional acceptance.

Goodbye Orchid

Goodbye, Orchid
GOODBYE, ORCHID
#1.0 β€’ October 2020
Orchid Blooming
ORCHID BLOOMING
#2.0 β€’ September 2022
Always Orchid
ALWAYS ORCHID
#3.0 β€’ September 2023

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