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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.

Touching Darkness by Scott Westerfeld

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Also by Scott Westerfeld:

The Mortons, August 2026
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Impostors, September 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Zeroes, October 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Afterworlds, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Behemoth, October 2010
Hardcover
Leviathan, October 2009
Hardcover
Love Is Hell, December 2008
Trade Size
Bogus To Bubbly, November 2008
Paperback
The Killing Of Worlds, October 2008
Paperback
Extras, October 2007
Hardcover
The Last Days, September 2006
Paperback
Peeps, September 2006
Paperback
Specials, May 2006
Hardcover
Blue Noon, March 2006
Paperback
Touching Darkness, March 2006
Paperback
Pretties, November 2005
Paperback
Uglies, February 2005
Paperback
So Yesterday, September 2004
Paperback
The Risen Empire, August 2004
Mass Market Paperback
The Secret Hour, March 2004
Paperback
Evolution's Darling, April 2000
Paperback
Polymorph, December 1997
Paperback

TOUCHING DARKNESS
By: Scott Westerfeld

Midnighters #2
EOS
March 2006
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Featuring: Jessica Day
336 pages
ISBN: 0060519568
EAN: 9780060519568
Paperback
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Young Adult Paranormal

Bixby, Oklahoma, is full of secrets.
some come out at midnight.
some should stay hidden.

As the Midnighters search for the truth about the secret hour, they uncover terrifying mysteries woven into the very fabric of Bixby's history, and a conspiracy that touches the world of daylight.

This time Jessica Day is not the only Midnighter in mortal danger, and if the group can't find a way to come together, they could lose one of their own . . . forever.

Midnighters

The Secret Hour
THE SECRET HOUR
#1.0 β€’ March 2004
Touching Darkness
TOUCHING DARKNESS
#2.0 β€’ March 2006
Blue Noon
BLUE NOON
#3.0 β€’ March 2006