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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.

AFTER THE STARS BURN OUT
By: James D Simser

Author Self-Published
February 2026
On Sale: January 28, 2026
370 pages
ISBN: 1988491088
EAN: 9781988491080
Kindle: B0G2KDWYYT
e-Book
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Literature and Fiction

When survival becomes a habit, can forgiveness become a choice?

After years of addiction, exploitation, and nights she can’t remember, Latifa wakes up to find herself out of chances. Then a man named Anthony offers something no one else ever has—rules instead of rescue, patience instead of punishment.
Through bruised mornings, church basements, and diner shifts that smell of coffee and bleach, Latifa learns what sobriety truly costs: not perfection, but persistence.

But as she begins to rebuild a fragile peace, the ghosts of her past refuse to stay buried. When a familiar voice pulls someone she loves back into danger, Latifa must decide whether saving another life will cost her own.

Raw, redemptive, and quietly defiant.