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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 Good, the Bad, and the Sexy by Emily Carmichael

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Also by Emily Carmichael:

More Lipstick Chronicles, March 2006
Paperback (reprint)
A New Leash on Life, December 2005
Paperback
The Cat's Meow, October 2004
Paperback
How to Lasso a Cowboy, May 2004
Paperback
More Lipstick Chronicles, May 2004
Paperback
Gone to the Dogs, December 2003
Paperback
Becoming Georgia, July 2003
Paperback
The Good, the Bad, and the Sexy, May 2002
Paperback
Diamond in the Ruff, October 2001
Paperback
Jezebel's Sister, March 2001
Paperback
Opposites Attract, June 2000
Paperback
A Message From Cupid, February 1998
Paperback

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE SEXY
By: Emily Carmichael

Bantam
May 2002
Featuring: Rachel Marsh; Jackson Stone
368 pages
ISBN: 0553582844
Paperback
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Romance Contemporary

Rachel Marsh doesn’t have time to think about the pampered lives of Hollywood stars. She’s too busy running her family’s Lazy M Ranch in Arizona. But even Rachel has heard of Jackson Stone, the green-eyed movie megahunk known for his sexual prowess both on- and offscreen. Jackson is the last person Rachel would expect to show up looking for work as a cowboy. But that’s exactly what happens . . . and now Rachel has her hands full keeping her mind on the Lazy M--and off Jackson!

After a nasty tabloid scandal, Jackson has decided it would be best to spend a little time out of the public eye. When he stumbles across the Lazy M Ranch, he hatches a brilliant plan: to convince its pretty owner to let him go undercover as a cowboy until things blow over. Jackson sees nothing wrong with spending a little time incognito-- especially with a woman like Rachel, who looks as good roping cattle as she does by the light of an intimate campfire. Now, far from inquiring eyes, these two slightly cynical lovers are going to discover just how good they are at being bad . . . and the outcome may be more than downright sexy. It may be true love.

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