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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.

Thorn Queen by Richelle Mead

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Also by Richelle Mead:

Eternal Lover, March 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Succubus Revealed, September 2019
Mass Market Paperback
The Emerald Sea, July 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Midnight Jewel, July 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
The Glittering Court, April 2017
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
Succubus Shadows, September 2016
Paperback
Soundless, November 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
The Fiery Heart, November 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Gameboard Of The Gods, June 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Indigo Spell, February 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Succubus Revealed, September 2011
Paperback
Iron Crowned, March 2011
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Last Sacrifice, December 2010
Hardcover
Succubus Blues, August 2010
Paperback
Spirit Bound, May 2010
Hardcover
Succubus Shadows, April 2010
Paperback
Blood Promise, April 2010
Paperback (reprint)
Blood Promise, September 2009
Hardcover
Thorn Queen, August 2009
Paperback
Shadow Kiss, November 2008
Paperback
Succubus Dreams, October 2008
Trade Size
Storm Born, August 2008
Paperback
Eternal Lover, April 2008
Trade Size
Frostbite, April 2008
Paperback
Succubus On Top, January 2008
Trade Size
Vampire Academy, August 2007
Paperback
Succubus Blues, March 2007
Trade Size

THORN QUEEN
By: Richelle Mead

Dark Swan, #2
Zebra
August 2009
On Sale: August 1, 2009
Featuring: Eugenie Markham
384 pages
ISBN: 1420100971
EAN: 9781420100976
Paperback
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Fantasy

Eugenie Markham is a shaman for hire, paid to bind and banish creatures from the Otherworld. But after her last battle, she’s also become queen of the Thorn Land. It’s hardly an envious life, not with her kingdom in tatters, her love life in chaos, and Eugenie eager to avoid the prophecy about her firstborn destroying mankind. And now young girls are disappearing from the Otherworld, and no oneβ€”except Eugenieβ€”seems willing to find out why.

Eugenie has spilled plenty of fey blood in her time, but this enemy is shrewd, subtle, and nursing a very personal grudge. And the men in her life aren't making things any easier. Her boyfriend, Kiyo, is preoccupied with his pregnant ex, and sexy fey king Dorian always poses a dangerous distraction. With or without their help, Eugenie must venture deep into the Otherworld and trust in an unpredictable power she can barely control. Reluctant queen or not, Eugenie has sworn to do her dutyβ€”even if it means facing the darkestβ€”and deadliestβ€”side of her nature…