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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.

The Shark House by Sara Ackerman

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Also by Sara Ackerman:

The Shark House, January 2026
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
The Guest in Room 120, October 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
The Maui Effect, November 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Uncharted Flight of Olivia West, February 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
The Last Plane to Honolulu, August 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
Radar Girls, August 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
Red Sky Over Hawaii, June 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
The Lieutenant's Nurse, March 2019
Trade Size / e-Book
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers, February 2018
Trade Size / e-Book

THE SHARK HOUSE
By: Sara Ackerman

Narrator: Jennifer Robideau

A Novel

Harper Muse
January 2026
On Sale: January 13, 2026
384 pages
ISBN: 1400347971
EAN: 9781400347971
Kindle: B0F1FJ4MLP
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Romance | Action | Women's Fiction Friendship

A BookBub "Best Books Coming This Winter”

A haunting mystery beneath the ocean’s surface. One woman’s reckoning with the past. Long-buried secrets waiting to rise.

Hawai’i, 1998. When a string of rare shark attacks unsettles the once-peaceful Kohala coast, marine biologist Minnow Gray is called in to investigate. Known for her uncanny connection to sharks, she is the island’s best hope for uncovering why the attacks are happening—a mystery that has both the local community and the tourism industry on edge—and for determining whether the same great white still haunts the coastline.

Witness to an unspeakable tragedy involving a white shark and her own father, Minnow has carried a darkness with her ever since. She knows, deep inside, that unlocking the memories of that long-ago morning is the only way to truly heal. And as she searches for answers, the past and present collide, revealing shocking and unexpected truths that cut deep as the sea itself.

The longer she's in Hawai'i, the more she comes to see that her journey here might be as much about finding herself as finding the shark.

An atmospheric exploration of the intricate/fragile dance between humans and sharks, set against a backdrop of stunning Hawaiian landscapes and deep-sea danger, The Shark House is a tale of resilience, redemption, and the raw power of the natural world—and of the courage to face what lies within.

Dive in, if you dare.