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The books of May are here—fresh, fierce, and full of feels.

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Wedding season includes searching for a missing bride�and a killer . . .


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Sometimes the path forward begins with a step back.


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One island. Three generations. A summer that changes everything.


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A snapshot made them legends. What it didn�t show could tear them apart.


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This life coach will give you a lift!


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A twisty, "addictive," mystery about jealousy and bad intentions


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Trapped by magic, haunted by muses�she must master the cards before they�re lost to darkness.


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Masquerades, secrets, and a forbidden romance stitched into every seam.


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A vanished manuscript. A murdered expert. A castle full of secrets�and one sharp-witted sleuth.


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Two warrior angels. First friends, now lovers. Their future? A WILD UNKNOWN.


Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux

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Also by Jude Deveraux:

Order of Swans, February 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
A Knight in Shining Armor, February 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
My Heart Will Find You, December 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
An Unfinished Murder, May 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
A Relative Murder, April 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
My Heart Will Find You, April 2023
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Meant to Be, February 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Thief of Fate, November 2022
Paperback / e-Book
A Relative Murder, April 2022
Hardcover / e-Book
An Impossible Promise, October 2021
Trade Size / e-Book
Chance of a Lifetime, May 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Meant to Be, March 2021
e-Book
Met Her Match, January 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Chance of a Lifetime, September 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
A Forgotten Murder, March 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
A Forgotten Murder, March 2020
Hardcover / e-Book
Met Her Match, September 2019
Trade Size / e-Book
Met Her Match, September 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
As You Wish, September 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
As You Wish, June 2019
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
A Justified Murder, March 2019
Hardcover / e-Book
A Willing Murder, March 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
A Willing Murder, September 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
As You Wish, March 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
The Girl From Summer Hill, May 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Ever After, July 2015
Hardcover / e-Book
Change Of Heart, November 2014
Paperback / e-Book
For All Time, July 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
True Love, July 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Moonlight Masquerade, February 2013
Paperback / e-Book
The Enchanted Land, October 2012
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Stranger In The Moonlight, August 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Moonlight In The Morning, January 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Heartwishes, September 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Scarlet Nights, June 2011
Mass Market Paperback
The Scent of Jasmine, January 2011
Mass Market Paperback
Lavender Morning, April 2009
Hardcover
Secrets, February 2009
Paperback
Return To Summerhouse, June 2008
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Secrets, May 2008
Hardcover
Someone to Love, July 2007
Hardcover
The Enchanted Land, February 2007
Paperback (reprint)
The Black Lyon, February 2007
Paperback (reprint)
First Impressions, July 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Carolina Isle, June 2006
Trade Size
A Season in the Highlands, February 2006
Hardcover
Twin of Ice / Twin of Fire, November 2005
Trade Size
Holly, October 2005
Trade Size (reprint)
A Holiday of Love, October 2005
Paperback (reprint)
First Impressions, October 2005
Hardcover
Always, November 2004
Paperback
Wild Orchids, June 2004
Paperback (reprint)
Forever and Always, August 2003
Paperback
The Mulberry Tree, April 2003
Paperback (reprint)
Legend, January 2003
Paperback (reprint)
A Knight in Shining Armor, December 2002
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Forever..., October 2002
Paperback
The Summerhouse, May 2002
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Simple Gifts, November 2001
Paperback (reprint)
Temptation, May 2001
Paperback (reprint)
High Tide, September 2000
Paperback (reprint)
Upon a Midnight Clear, November 1998
Mass Market Paperback
Holiday Of Love, November 1994
Mass Market Paperback

Wild Orchids
Jude Deveraux

Have you ever lost someone who meant more to you than your own soul?

Pocket Books
June 2004
Featuring: Ford Newcombe; Jackie Maxwell
454 pages
ISBN: 0743437136
Paperback (reprint)
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Romance Contemporary | Romance Paranormal

Ford Newcombe has. For years, he loved his wife, Pat, more than anyone — and anything — in the world. She came into his life when he was an inexperienced college student with big dreams of becoming a published author. Pat guided him down the path that eventually led to more success than he dreamed possible.

Since Pat's death, Ford has lived a life of solitude, barely able to put pen to paper. Rumors are flying that it was Pat who actually created the books the world so loved. If there's one thing that Ford needs it's inspiration, and it finally comes in the guise of Jackie Maxwell — a smart, sassy university researcher with just enough attitude to match Ford's sharp intellect.

But it's her intimate knowledge of the story of a young woman's friendship with the devil — and what the townspeople did to her — that persuades Ford to hire Jackie as his assistant and to move to Cole Creek, North Carolina. Although the inhabitants of Cole Creek deny it, they are still plagued by the consequences of this otherworldly tale of passion and death. As Ford and Jackie work to unravel the truth, they discover a connection between their lives and the past, a connection that not only helps them solve a long-ago crime but offers the promise of new love.

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