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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.

The Trouble with Mary by Millie Criswell

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Also by Millie Criswell:

Asking for Trouble, April 2006
Paperback
No Strings Attached, July 2005
Paperback
Body Language, November 2004
Paperback
Mad About Mia, December 2003
Paperback
What to Do About Annie, July 2001
Paperback
The Pregnant Ms. Potter, February 2001
Paperback
The Trouble with Mary, January 2001
Paperback
Marrying Man, April 2000
Paperback
True Love, June 1999
Paperback

THE TROUBLE WITH MARY
By: Millie Criswell

Ivy
January 2001
336 pages
ISBN: 0804119503
Paperback
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Romance Contemporary

THE TROUBLE WITH MARY IS...

She's unemployed. Her huge Italian family is driving her crazy. Her love life is nonexistent. In fact, she needs a life! So Mary decides to open a restaurant in Baltimore's Little Italy. And despite her mother's assurances that she will fail, the place is a big success--until the local paper delivers a scathing review of her pizza, pasta, and chocolate cannolis.

Food critic Dan Gallagher hates Italian food--and his column shows it. Now Mary would like nothing more than to serve Dan on a steaming platter. Problem is, Mary is the most delectable woman Dan has ever met. And Dan is the most exasperating man Mary has ever encountered. And the trouble with chemistry is, neither one can resist it...