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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 Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard

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Second Nature: A Love Story, September 2011
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Because I Love Her, April 2009
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Still Summer, September 2007
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Cage of Stars, May 2006
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The Breakdown Lane, April 2006
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The Breakdown Lane, April 2005
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The Deep End of the Ocean, October 1999
Trade Size (reprint)

THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN
By: Jacquelyn Mitchard

A #1 New York Times bestseller, Mitchard's suspenseful and moving novel is now available in trade paperback

Penguin
October 1999
448 pages
ISBN: 0140286276
Trade Size (reprint)
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Contemporary

Few first novels receive the kind of attention and acclaim showered on this powerful story--a nationwide bestseller, a critical success, and the first title chosen for Oprah's Book Club. Both highly suspenseful and deeply moving, The Deep End of the Ocean imagines every mother's worst nightmare--the disappearance of a child--as it explores a family's struggle to endure, even against extraordinary odds. Filled with compassion, humor, and brilliant observations about the texture of real life, here is a story of rare power, one that will touch readers' hearts and make them celebrate the emotions that make us all one.

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Inside Edition - October 28, 2005