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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.

Beauty and The Best by Judi Fennell

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Also by Judi Fennell:

Beefcake & Retakes, April 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
What A Woman, March 2015
Paperback / e-Book
What A Woman Gets, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book
What A Woman Needs, June 2014
Paperback / e-Book
What A Woman Wants, March 2014
Paperback / e-Book
Beefcake & Mistakes, October 2012
e-Book
Beefcake and Cupcakes, September 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Beefcakes and Cupcakes, August 2012
e-Book
Magic Gone Wild, August 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Making Waves, May 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Beauty and The Best, April 2012
e-Book
Genie Knows Best, November 2011
Paperback / e-Book
I Dream of Genies, January 2011
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Catch Of A Lifetime, February 2010
Mass Market Paperback
Wild Blue Under, November 2009
Mass Market Paperback
In Over Her Head, June 2009
Paperback

BEAUTY AND THE BEST
By: Judi Fennell

A picture is worth a thousand kisses

Once-Upon-A-Time Romance #1
Author Self-Published
April 2012
On Sale: April 6, 2012
Featuring: Jolie Gardener; Todd Best; Jonathan Griff
286 pages
ISBN: 1475162383
EAN: 9781475162387
Kindle: B007S5PV4A
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Romance Contemporary

Can she cook up a recipe for love?

Jolie Gardener, personal chef by day, aspiring romance writer by night, likes to talk and does it a lot. She has to because if she stops, all the pain, disillusionment, and abandonment of her AWOL mother, question-mark father, and foster-care childhood will rise up like a chocolate soufflΓ© on steroids, sweeping away the fragile infrastructure of her life.But she's fine. Really. She is.

Or so she thinks.

Todd Best isn't fine. He knows it. And doesn't care.

After his wife diedβ€”the woman who believed in him when he was a struggling artistβ€”he put painting aside, moved from their home, and lost himself in the minutiae of daily life.

Alone. Private. The way he likes it.

The last thing he needs is some chatty cook seeping into the perfectly bland canvas of his life.

Or so he thinks.

So when Jonathan, a guardian-angel-in-training, turns himself into a kitten to help these two lonely souls find a happily ever after together, it ought to be a piece of cake.

Or so he thinks…

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