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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.

Close To Home (Love Inspired) by Carolyne Aarsen

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Also by Carolyne Aarsen:

Second-Chance Cowboy (Cowboys of Cedar Ridge), June 2017
Mass Market Paperback
Courting the Cowboy, January 2017
Paperback / e-Book
Trusting the Cowboy, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book
The Cowboy's Homecoming, May 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Bachelor Baker, August 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Baby Promise, January 2011
Paperback
Cattleman's Courtship, July 2010
Paperback
Close To Home (Love Inspired), November 2009
Mass Market Paperback
The Matchmaking Pact, October 2009
Mass Market Paperback
A Family For Luke, January 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Finally A Family, June 2008
Paperback
Yuletide Homecoming, November 2007
Paperback
A Bride at Last and a Mother at Heart, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Any Man of Mine, July 2006
Paperback

CLOSE TO HOME (LOVE INSPIRED)
By: Carolyne Aarsen

Steeple Hill
November 2009
On Sale: November 1, 2009
224 pages
ISBN: 0373875614
EAN: 9780373875610
Mass Market Paperback
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Jace Scholte used to be the town bad boy, a rebel who thought he had a cause. But when Jace fell for Dodie Westerveld, he changed and became a Christian. Instead of marrying him, though, Dodie ran away without a word, taking his heart with her. Now they're both back in town. But Dodie still won't talk about the past. When they're paired together on a fundraiser for a new crisis center, Jace is reminded of how much she meant to him. Helping Dodie trust himβ€”and herselfβ€”will take all the faith she once helped him find.