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Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse seriesโ€”the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBOยฎ original series True Blood.


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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a new signature sexy suspense about a detective seeking justice for his murdered wife with the help of a psychotherapistโ€ฆwhile fighting an undeniable attraction to her.


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Open the book. Enter the nightmare. Escape is no longer guaranteed.


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Under Wyoming skies, love doesn't care about titles.


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Family secrets, lost love, and a mystery hidden beneath the sea.


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The bear is unleashed. The danger is real. The attraction is impossible to resist.

It Seemed Like a Good Idea by Lauren Blakely

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IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA
By: Lauren Blakely

Darling Springs #1
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March 2026
On Sale: March 3, 2026
432 pages
ISBN: 1464228833
EAN: 9781464228834
Kindle: B0DSV966RY
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Romance Comedy | Romance Small Town

Grumpy meets sunshine with a Hollywood twist in this charming and fun small town romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.

I really don't need a bodyguard—I run a small-town lavender farm, for bee's sake! But I'm getting one anyway since my identical twin sister just booked the movie role of a lifetime and it's being shot in my hometown. And guess who my new broody, tattooed protector is? None other than the guy I had a one-night stand with last month.

Correction: he's the guy with the wicked mouth and heated eyes who ran out on me before the bang without so much as goodbye. And of course he arrives in my tiny hometown where the film is shooting right in the nick of time to save me from the paparazzi at the market. The coffee shop. The dress shop too. I'm trying hard to stay mad after the third time the sexy jerk rescues me.

Maybe just one night would relieve all this tension? But one night turns into another, and then into sharing hearts and secrets that are best locked up. Especially since he's leaving and I'm staying, and there's no way we can be more than a summer romance that ends far too soon.

Darling Springs

It Seemed Like a Good Idea
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA
#1.0 โ€ข March 2026

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