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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.

Death Whisk 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
e-Book
Penne Dreadful, August 2019
Mass Market Paperback / 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

DEATH WHISK
By: Catherine Bruns

Cookies & Chance Mysteries #15
Gemma Halliday Publishing
September 2025
On Sale: September 16, 2025
Featuring: Sally Muccio; Guido Sorrentino
Kindle: B0FDNKKHJ2
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary

From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next dangerously delicious Cookies & Chance mystery!

Full time baker and part time sleuth, Sally Muccio, is looking forward to an impromptu getaway at Bella Vita, a charming local inn recently renovated by an old friend of her father’s. Sal’s been asked to provide treats for Bella Vita's open house and, in addition to the extra dough she’ll earn, her entire family is invited to spend the night at the bed and breakfast for free.

But after a winter storm knocks out the power and Sal stumbles across owner Guido Sorrentino’s lifeless body, the night becomes something directly out of a horror movie. Sal fully intends to leave the investigation to the police...that is, until her father’s life becomes endangered as well! Who wanted Guido dead and what does her father have to do with it? Was Guido a member of organized crime? And why was he acting like he had a death wish? With a crowd of angry and bitter relatives busy celebrating his death instead of mourning, it quickly becomes apparent that there are too many suspects to count. It's up to Sal to find a killer before she’s treated to a taste of death herself!

Recipes Included!

Cookies & Chance Mysteries

Tastes Like Murder
TASTES LIKE MURDER
#1.0 β€’ September 2015
Ginger Snapped to Death
GINGER SNAPPED TO DEATH
#8.0 β€’ November 2019
Icing on the Casket
ICING ON THE CASKET
#9.0 β€’ May 2020
Knee Deep in Dough
KNEE DEEP IN DOUGH
#10.0 β€’ May 2021
Planes, Candy Canes, and Hearses
PLANES, CANDY CANES, AND HEARSES
#14.5 β€’ December 2024
Death Whisk
DEATH WHISK
#15.0 β€’ September 2025
Sifting Through Secrets
SIFTING THROUGH SECRETS
#16.0 β€’ July 2026