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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 Vanishing Thief by Kate Parker

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Also by Kate Parker:

The Royal Assassin, July 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Counterfeit Lady, August 2014
Paperback / e-Book
The Vanishing Thief, December 2013
Trade Size / e-Book

THE VANISHING THIEF
By: Kate Parker

The Victorian Bookshop Mystery #1
Berkley
December 2013
On Sale: December 3, 2013
Featuring: Georgia Fenchurch; Duke of Blackford
ISBN: 0425266605
EAN: 9780425266601
Kindle: B00BDQ39I0
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Mystery Woman Sleuth | Historical

Georgia Fenchurch appears to be an unassuming antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London, but the life she leads is as exciting as any adventure novel. For Georgia is a member of the Archivist Society, a secret association of private investigators led by the mysterious Sir Broderick.

When a frantic woman comes to Georgia claiming that her neighbor, Nicholas Drake, has been abducted by the notorious Duke of Blackford, Georgia and the Archivist Society agree to take the case. But Drake is no innocentβ€”he is a thief who has been blackmailing many of the leading members of London society. To find Drake and discover who is behind his abduction, Georgia and her beautiful assistant, Emma, will have to leave the cozy confines of their bookshop and infiltrate the inner circles of the upper crustβ€”with the help of the dashing but dubious Duke of Blackford himself.

But the missing thief and his abductor are not the only ones to elude Georgia Fenchurch. When she spies the man who killed her parents years ago, she vows to bring him to justice once and for all…at any cost.

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Victorian Bookshop

The Vanishing Thief
THE VANISHING THIEF
#1.0 β€’ December 2013
The Counterfeit Lady
THE COUNTERFEIT LADY
#2.0 β€’ August 2014
The Royal Assassin
THE ROYAL ASSASSIN
#3.0 β€’ July 2015