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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.

In the Blink of a Pie by Catherine Bruns

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Also by Catherine Bruns:

Sifting Through Secrets, July 2026
e-Book
Holidays & Homicides, December 2025
e-Book
Death Whisk, September 2025
e-Book
Death of the Hula Girl, June 2025
e-Book
Planes, Candy Canes, and Hearses, December 2024
e-Book
In the Blink of a Pie, November 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Syrup to No Good, November 2023
Hardcover
Bake, Batter, and Roll, October 2023
e-Book
A Doomful of Sugar, November 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Seasoned with Murder, September 2022
e-Book
The Enemy You Gnocchi, November 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Knee Deep in Dough, May 2021
e-Book
Jeopardy in High Heels, October 2020
e-Book
It Cannoli Be Murder, August 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Icing on the Casket, May 2020
e-Book
Ginger Snapped to Death, November 2019
e-Book
Penne Dreadful, August 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Penne Dreadful, August 2019
e-Book
Priced to Kill, April 2016
e-Book
Baked to Death, January 2016
e-Book
Killer Transaction, November 2015
e-Book
Tastes Like Murder, September 2015
e-Book

IN THE BLINK OF A PIE
By: Catherine Bruns

Maple Syrup Mysteries #3
Poisoned Pen Press
November 2024
On Sale: October 22, 2024
Featuring: Leila Khoury
300 pages
ISBN: 1728253993
EAN: 9781728253992
Kindle: B0CVNRG12M
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns is back with the third installment in the "delightfully sweet" Maple Syrup Mysteries, transporting readers back to the cozy town of Sugar Ridge, Vermont, where things are bound to go from sweet, to sour.

Sometimes, there's no one you can crust...

It's Thanksgiving in Sugar Ridge, Vermont, and Leila Khoury, manager of Sappy Endings Farm, is ready to usher in the holiday season by hosting a pie-baking contest. The day is meticulously planned, from the judging panel to the maple lattes, and Leila can't wait for the entire town to enjoy some sweet treats.

But when a neighbor drops dead from sampling a poisoned pumpkin pie, it's not just Leila's perfect day that's in jeopardy—her livelihood is now at stake. And after yet another near-fatal incident, she realizes an even more terrifying truth: the killer wasn't targeting her neighbor, but someone even closer to home! 

Can Leila figure out who's behind the murder, before the dough hits the fan?

Includes delicious holiday pie recipes!