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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 Pursuit of Civility by Jen Turano

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A Match in the Making, March 2023
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To Disguise the Truth, January 2022
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To Steal a Heart, November 2020
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Storing Up Trouble, May 2020
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Flights of Fancy, January 2019
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All for Love, May 2018
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Out of the Ordinary, November 2017
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Behind the Scenes, April 2017
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Playing the Part, March 2016
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In Good Company, July 2015
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After A Fashion, March 2015
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A Match Of Wits, July 2014
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A Talent For Trouble, October 2013
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A Most Peculiar Circumstance, June 2013
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IN PURSUIT OF CIVILITY
By: Jen Turano

Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies #2
Bethany House Publishers
April 2026
On Sale: April 21, 2026
ISBN: 0764243861
EAN: 9780764243868
Kindle: B0FDB4F2L8
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Trade Paperback (May 2025)

Romance Historical

LESSON TWO: Become headmistress and expect to find yourself partnering with an attractive inventor to search for treasure.

Annaliese Merriweather has been appointed the temporary headmistress of the Merriweather Academy for Young Ladies while her sister is on her honeymoon, but she doesn't feel cut out for the role. Especially after she loses two of her most troublesome students during an outing to a county fair and has to recruit the help of Seth McCormick, an eccentric inventor, to retrieve them.

Soon after, one of those mischievous students disappears again, intent on pursuing a pirate map. Together, Annaliese and Seth set out to find her, accompanied by a menagerie of Annaliese's rescued animal companions. As they stumble from one chaotic situation to the next, sparks fly between Annaliese and Seth. Somehow, they'll need to outwit dangerous individuals also intent on seeking the treasure and bring everyone back in one piece--all while deciphering what their hearts desire.

With witty characters and humorous banter, Jen Turano takes readers on a lively tale of hijinks, humor, treasure hunting, and forced proximity in her latest historical rom-com set in Chicago at a finishing school during the Gilded Age.