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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.

A Family For The Rugged Rancher by Donna Alward

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Also by Donna Alward:

The Cowboy's Valentine, February 2026
e-Book (reprint)
The Heir's Cinderella Bride, September 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Rescued, May 2022
e-Book
Danger Next Door, December 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Danger Next Door, December 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Danger Next Door, December 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Mistletoe Kiss with the Millionaire, November 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Scandal and the Runaway Bride, October 2020
e-Book
The Crown Prince?s Bride, January 2018
e-Book
Deck the Halls, October 2017
e-Book
The Playboy Prince and the Nanny, August 2017
e-Book
Somebody's Baby, April 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Someone to Love, March 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Somebody Like You, February 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
It Must Be Christmas, October 2016
Paperback / e-Book
The Cowboy's Convenient Bride, January 2016
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Cowboy's Christmas Family, November 2015
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Christmas at Evergreen Inn, October 2015
e-Book
Not My 1st Rodeo, July 2015
e-Book
Nothing Like a Cowboy, July 2015
e-Book
The Cowboy's Homecoming, May 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Summer on Lover's Island, May 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Cowboy's Valentine, February 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Cowboy's Christmas Gift, November 2014
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Treasure on Lilac Lane, November 2014
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Christmas at Seashell Cottage, October 2014
e-Book
Almost a Family, September 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Texan's Baby, June 2014
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Rodeo Rebel, June 2014
e-Book
The House on Blackberry Hill, May 2014
Paperback / e-Book
The Girl Most Likely, April 2014
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Her Rancher Rescuer, February 2014
Paperback / e-Book
A Cadence Creek Christmas, November 2013
Paperback / e-Book
A Cowboy to Come Home To, July 2013
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Beneath the Badge, May 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Little Cowgirl On His Doorstep, March 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Sleigh Ride with the Rancher, November 2012
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Into The Fire, November 2012
e-Book
In the Line of Duty, September 2012
e-Book
The Rebel Rancher, June 2012
Paperback / e-Book
The Last Real Cowboy, May 2012
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
How A Cowboy Stole Her Heart, October 2011
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Off The Clock, October 2011
e-Book
A Family For The Rugged Rancher, July 2011
Paperback
Honeymoon With The Rancher, May 2011
Paperback
Proud Rancher, Precious Bundle, February 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Breathe, November 2010
e-Book
Her Lone Cowboy, March 2010
e-Book
One Dance With The Cowboy, January 2010
Mass Market Paperback
Montana, Mistletoe, Marriage, November 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Hired: The Italian's Bride, June 2009
Mass Market Paperback
The Rancher's Runaway Princess, January 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Falling For Mr. Dark & Dangerous, August 2008
Mass Market Paperback
The Soldier's Homecoming, March 2008
Paperback
Marriage At Circle M, September 2007
Mass Market Paperback
Hired by the Cowboy, May 2007
Paperback
The Girl Most Likely, September 2006
e-Book

Also by Soraya Lane:

The Paris Daughter, September 2024
e-Book
My One True Cowboy, April 2020
Mass Market Paperback
Once Upon a Cowboy Christmas, November 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
The Girls of Pearl Harbor, September 2019
Trade Size / e-Book
All Night with the Cowboy, June 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Cowboy Stole My Heart, January 2018
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
I Knew You Were Trouble, July 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Cowboy Take Me Away, January 2016
Paperback / e-Book
The Devil Wears Spurs, July 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Patchwork Family In The Outback, September 2013
Paperback
The Soldier's Sweetheart, January 2013
Paperback / e-Book
A Family For The Rugged Rancher, July 2011
Paperback
Soldier on Her Doorstep, July 2011
Mass Market Paperback

A FAMILY FOR THE RUGGED RANCHER
By: Donna Alward, Soraya Lane

Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
July 2011
On Sale: July 5, 2011
192 pages
ISBN: 0263888878
EAN: 9780263888874
Paperback
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Instant family – just add Daddy!

Gruff rancher Luke Evans’s new live-in housekeeper comes with an unexpected addition…a small son! Emily may be a pretty single mum – and even Luke has to grudgingly admit little Sam’s quite cute – but a family is not on this die-hard bachelor’s wish list!

Luke’s plan? To spend as much time away from the house as possible. But, slowly charmed by Emily’s sunny smile and Sam’s infectious giggle, Luke begins to wonder if there might be room on his ranch – and in his heart – for a family after all…