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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.

Bait & Switch by Darlene Gardner

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Also by Darlene Gardner:

Wish Upon A Christmas Star, December 2012
Paperback / e-Book
The Truth About Tara, October 2012
Paperback / e-Book
The Christmas Gift, November 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Twice the Chance, June 2011
Paperback
That Runaway Summer, October 2010
Mass Market Paperback
An Honorable Man, May 2010
Mass Market Paperback
The Secret Sin, August 2009
Mass Market Paperback
The Stranger's Sin, May 2009
Mass Market Paperback
The Hero's Sin, February 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Anything For Her Children, May 2008
Paperback
The Other Woman's Son, July 2007
Mass Market Paperback
A Time To Come Home, January 2007
Paperback
Dashing Through the Mall, November 2006
Paperback
A Time to Forgive, July 2006
Paperback
Million To One, December 2005
Paperback
To The Max, April 2005
Mass Market Paperback
Winter Heat: Xmas/New Year, December 2004
Mass Market Paperback
Snoops In The City, July 2004
Mass Market Paperback
Cole For Christmas, December 2003
Mass Market Paperback
Once Smitten & Twice Shy, June 2003
Mass Market Paperback
One Hot Chance, May 2003
Mass Market Paperback
Clash Of Hearts, April 2003
Hardcover
Bait & Switch, October 2002
Mass Market Paperback
Anything You Can Do...! / Anchor That Man!, June 2002
Paperback
The Misconception, May 2002
Mass Market Paperback
Born For Each Other, February 2002
Hardcover
Naughty Or Nerdy?/The Husband Hotel, January 2002
Paperback
Two Across, Two Down / The Cupid Caper, May 2001
Paperback
She's Got Mail! / Forget Me? Not, November 2000
Paperback

BAIT & SWITCH
By: Darlene Gardner

Love Spell
October 2002
On Sale: October 1, 2002
368 pages
ISBN: 0505525216
EAN: 9780505525215
Mass Market Paperback
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Romance Contemporary

To catch a criminal and save his sibling's skin, Mitch agreed to switch places with his identical twin. As a cop, he felt comfortable with the undercover assignment. After all, he was trained to handle any number of hair-raising situations. But nothing could have prepared him for the gorgeous knockout on his doorstep. She quite literally bowled him overβ€”and it wasn't just her drop-dead good looks that had him in a tailspin. The blond bombshell was spitting mad, and Mitch's course of action was clear: He would have to win back his brother's girlfriend. Wooing the funny, smart, and caring Peyton was no hardship. It was keeping his hands to himself and ignoring all the steamy fantasies she evoked that was pure torture. And it didn't take a crack detective to realize Mitch had set a baited trap, but it was his heart that had been ensnared. Which left only one question: Had Peyton fallen for him or his mirror image?