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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 Wishing Tide by Barbara Davis

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Also by Barbara Davis:

Every Precious and Fragile Thing, February 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Echo of Old Books, April 2023
Trade Size / e-Book / audiobook
The Keeper of Happy Endings, October 2021
Trade Size / e-Book / audiobook
The Last of the Moon Girls, August 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
When Never Comes, May 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Love, Alice, December 2016
Paperback
Summer at Hideaway Key, August 2015
Paperback / e-Book
The Wishing Tide, September 2014
Paperback / e-Book
The Secrets She Carried, October 2013
Paperback / e-Book

THE WISHING TIDE
By: Barbara Davis

NAL
September 2014
On Sale: September 2, 2014
416 pages
ISBN: 0451418786
EAN: 9780451418784
Kindle: B00IOE3NP8
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Women's Fiction

Five years ago, Lane Kramer moved to Starry Point, North Carolina, certain the quaint island village was the place to start anew. Now the owner of a charming seaside inn, she’s set aside her dreams of being a novelist and of finding love again. When English professor Michael Forrester appears on Lane’s doorstep in the middle of a storm, he claims he’s only seeking a quiet place to write his book. Yet he seems eerily familiar with the island, leaving Lane wondering if he is quite what he appears.

Meanwhile, Mary Quinn has become a common sight, appearing each morning on the dunes behind the inn, to stare wistfully out to sea. Lane is surprised to find a friendship developing with the older woman, who possesses a unique brand of wisdom, despite her tenuous grip on reality.

As Lane slowly unravels Mary’s story and a fragile relationship between Lane and Michael blooms, Lane realizes the three share a common bond. But when a decades-old secret suddenly casts its shadow over them, Lane must choose between protecting her heart and fighting for the lifeβ€”and the loveβ€”she wants.