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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.

Bell, Cook, and Candle by JoAnne Pence

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Also by JoAnne Pence:

The Da Vinci Cook, March 2007
Paperback
Red Hot Murder, January 2006
Paperback
Courting Disaster, November 2004
Paperback
Mistletoe and Mayhem, October 2004
Paperback
Two Cooks A-Killing, October 2003
Paperback
If Cooks Could Kill, January 2003
Paperback
Bell, Cook, and Candle, January 2002
Paperback
To Catch a Cook, November 2000
Paperback

BELL, COOK, AND CANDLE
By: JoAnne Pence

A Dash of Darkness

Angie Amalfi Mystery
Avon
January 2002
Featuring: Angie Amalfi; Paavo Smith
336 pages
ISBN: 0061030848
Paperback
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Mystery Woman Sleuth

For once Angie Amalfi's newest culinary venture, "Comical Cakes," seems to be a roaring success! There's nothing funny, however, about her homicide detective boyfriend Paavo Smith's latest case. Paavo's investigating a series of baffling murders that may be rooted in satanic ritual. And when Angie is called upon to deliver a humorous confection to the mysterious owner of a decadent after- hours goth club, the inquisitive gourmet baker suddenly finds herself up to her neck in the demonic business. it gets harder to focus on pastry alone when strange "accidents" and desecrations to her delectable, fresh-baked creations begin occurring with frightening regularity. And if Angie can't help Paavo track down a maniacal serial killer with an obsessively unhealthy interest in her, she might end up as devil's food of a different kind.

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