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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.

Hate Crime by William Bernhardt

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Also by William Bernhardt:

Nemesis, January 2009
Hardcover
Capitol Conspiracy, January 2008
Hardcover
Capitol Threat, January 2008
Mass Market Paperback
Strip Search, September 2007
Hardcover
Capitol Threat, March 2007
Hardcover
Dark Eye: A Novel of Suspense, January 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Capitol Murder, January 2006
Hardcover
Primary Justice, December 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Blind Justice, December 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Hate Crime, January 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Death Row, February 2004
Paperback (reprint)
Criminal Intent, July 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Final Round, March 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Natural Suspect, July 2002
Paperback (reprint)
Murder One, November 2001
Paperback (reprint)
Silent Justice, February 2001
Paperback (reprint)

HATE CRIME
By: William Bernhardt

Ben Kincaid Series #13
Random House
January 2005
Featuring: Ben Kincaid; Christina McCall
432 pages
ISBN: 0345451481
Paperback (reprint)
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Suspense | Thriller

"In Tulsa, Ben Kincaid has built a national reputation as a stalwart defense attorney who will fight tirelessly for his clients. In Evanston, Illinois, Johnny Christensen has built a national reputation as a sadistic bigot who beat and stabbed a gay man and left him to die. When Johnny's mother comes to Ben and begs him to defend her son, he has one secret reason for saying no." "But while Ben turns down the case, his younger beautiful partner, Christina McCall, does not. Traveling to Chicago and facing an explosion of controversy and deadly violence surrounding the trial, Christina steps into a case that is already nearly lost. Her client's only defense is his claim that he left his victim bludgeoned but alive. To prove that someone else committed the actual murder, Christina needs a little bit of evidence - and a good motive to go with it." When unforeseen circumstances force Ben Kincaid to enter the trial, the defense attorney sees only one way to prove Johnny's innocence. But Ben's plan means luring a killer out of the woodwork - even though he may kill again.

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