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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.

Heat Wave by Jill Marie Landis

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Also by Jill Marie Landis:

Paradise, Passion, Murder: 10 Tales of Mystery from Hawaii, February 2016
e-Book
Hawaii Five Uh-Oh!, January 2016
Trade Size / e-Book
The Orchid Hunter, October 2014
e-Book (reprint)
Too Hot Four Hula, July 2014
Trade Size / e-Book
Two to Mango, June 2014
Trade Size / e-Book
Glass Beach, May 2014
e-Book (reprint)
Three to Get Lei'd, June 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Day Dreamer, October 2012
e-Book (reprint)
Mai Tai One On, July 2011
Paperback / e-Book
Heart of Stone, February 2010
Paperback
The Accidental Lawman, June 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Homecoming, July 2008
Paperback
Destination: Marriage, June 2008
Paperback (reprint)
Heartbreak Hotel, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Magnolia Creek, July 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Heartbreak Hotel, April 2005
Hardcover
Heat Wave, April 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Heat Wave, May 2004
Hardcover
Lover's Lane, April 2003
Hardcover (reprint)
Slow Heat, September 2001
Paperback
Just Once, July 2001
Paperback (reprint)
Summer Moon, June 2001
Paperback (reprint)
The Orchid Hunter, March 2000
Paperback
Blue Moon, June 1999
Paperback
Glass Beach, May 1998
Paperback
Day Dreamer, May 1996
Paperback
Sweet Hearts, February 1993
Paperback
Sunflower, June 1988
Paperback

HEAT WAVE
By: Jill Marie Landis


Random House
April 2005
Featuring: Kat Vargas; Ty Chandler
384 pages
ISBN: 0345453255
Paperback (reprint)
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Mystery Woman Sleuth

Private investigator Kat Vargas once cared about someone so much it hurt. Once she lived a dream life with her first love and fiance--until betrayal followed by shattering tragedy ended it all. Kat has sworn never to get too close to anyone again. But now the peace and quiet of Twilight Cove is driving the straight-talking, no- nonsense P.I. crazy. Then a prospective new client shows up at the door. Moved by his stubbornness and sincerity, Kat takes his case, breaking a promise to relax, recoup, and rethink her solitary life.

Ty Chandler is desperate to locate the child he fathered nineteen years ago--a child he never knew existed until now. Although he's no stranger to heartache, he is irresistibly drawn to the exotic, vibrantly alluring P.I. Their search not only leads them to Ty's troubled, strong- willed daughter, but into each others' arms. Though Kat courageously works to help Ty reunite his family, she's terrified of confronting a painful secret of her own--one that will cost her the love of the only man capable of tearing down the walls she's built around her heart.

From the tranquil beaches of the central California coast to the fast and furious streets of L.A., Heat Wave is a passionate and heartfelt story of families divided and brought back together, the magic of hope for new beginnings, and the overwhelming power love has to heal even the mostbattered hearts.

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