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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.

Colonel Brandon's Diary by Amanda Grange

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Also by Amanda Grange:

Wickham's Diary, April 2011
Hardcover
A Darcy Christmas, November 2010
Paperback
The Mammoth Book of Regency Romance, August 2010
Trade Size
Mr. Darcy Vampyre, August 2009
Trade Size
Colonel Brandon's Diary, July 2009
Paperback
Edmund Bertram's Diary, August 2008
Trade Size
Captain Wentworth's Diary, May 2008
Paperback
Harstairs House, December 2007
Trade Size (reprint)
Lord Deverill's Secret, November 2007
Trade Size (reprint)
Mr. Knightley's Diary, October 2007
Trade Size (reprint)
Mr. Darcy's Diary, April 2007
Paperback

COLONEL BRANDON'S DIARY
By: Amanda Grange


A vibrant retelling of Sense and Sensibility, Grange?s sweeping epic breathes new life into another of Austen?s best-loved novels.

Berkley
July 2009
On Sale: July 7, 2009
Featuring: James Brandon; Marianne Dashwood
304 pages
ISBN: 0425227790
EAN: 9780425227794
Paperback
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Romance Historical

"Colonel Brandon's Diary" continues Amanda Grange's popular series of Jane Austen retellings.

At the age of eighteen, James Brandon's life is set fair. He is in love with his father's ward, Eliza, and he is looking forward to a lifetime of happiness with her. But his world is shattered when Eliza is forced to marry his brother and James joins the army in despair. Whilst he is in the East Indies, Eliza is badly treated and she seeks consolation outside her marriage, leading to divorce and destitution.

Returning to England, Brandon finds her in a debtors' prison. He rescues her from her terrible position, but she is dying of consumption and he can do nothing but watch and wait. Heartbroken at her death, he takes some consolation from her illegitimate daughter, whom he raises as his ward. But at the age of fifteen, the young Eliza goes missing.

Oppressed by the thought of what could have happened to her, he is surprised to find himself falling in love with Marianne Dashwood. But Marianne is falling in love with Willoughby...