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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 Nine-Month Plan by Wendy Markham

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Also by Wendy Markham:

The Best Gift, December 2013
e-Book (reprint)
If Only in My Dreams, November 2013
e-Book (reprint)
The Best Gift, November 2009
Paperback / e-Book
Slightly Suburban, July 2008
Trade Size
That's Amore, July 2008
Mass Market Paperback
If Only In My Dreams, November 2007
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Love, Suburban Style, July 2007
Paperback
Slightly Married, June 2007
Paperback
If Only in My Dreams, December 2006
Paperback
Slightly Engaged, February 2006
Trade Size
Bride Needs Groom, October 2005
Paperback
Hello, It's Me, March 2005
Paperback
Mike, Mike and Me, January 2005
Trade Size
Slightly Single, November 2004
Paperback (reprint)
Never on a Sundae, October 2004
Trade Size
Once Upon a Blind Date, March 2004
Paperback
Slightly Settled, February 2004
Trade Size
The Nine-Month Plan, August 2003
Paperback

THE NINE-MONTH PLAN
By: Wendy Markham

Warner Forever
August 2003
Featuring: Nina Chickalini; Joe Materi
416 pages
ISBN: 0446611751
Paperback
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Romance Contemporary

Nina Chickalini has a plan: Get out of Queens. But something keeps stopping her. Maybe it's the four siblings she raised almost single-handedly. Or the family pizzeria she's running so Pop can take it easy. Or maybe it's her best friend, Joe Materi, who's just made an incredible request: Have his baby! Nina doesn't need another reason to feel tied down, but how can she refuse the man who's always been there for her? Getting in the family way turns out to be easy, and suddenly she's seeing Joe in a whole new light-his muscular arms cradling a baby, his sexy voice crooning a lullaby...

With the entire neighborhood meddling to get them to tie the knot-and Joe looking like he wants them to tie the knot-Nina might have to stop dreaming of grand adventures and settle for something even better: love.