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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.

Death of a Bad Apple by Penny Pike

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Also by Penny Pike:

Death of a Bad Apple, January 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Death of a Chocolate Cheater, June 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Death Of A Crabby Cook, August 2014
Paperback / e-Book

DEATH OF A BAD APPLE
By: Penny Pike

Food Festival Mystery #3
Signet Obsidian
January 2016
On Sale: January 5, 2016
Featuring: Darcy Burnett; Aunt Abby
ISBN: 0451467833
EAN: 9780451467836
Kindle: B00W2ZKJNO
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary | Mystery Amateur Sleuth

The latest deliciously appealing mystery from the author of DEATH OF A CHOCOLATE CHEATER...

Anxious to take a break from bustling San Francisco, Darcy and her Aunt Abby pack up the food truck and head for the apple festival at Apple Valley, California. Aunt Abby is sure her almond apple tarts will be a hit and Darcy wants to collect more recipes for her food truck cookbook.

But when a fellow guest at the Enchanted Apple Inn is pared-downβ€”and the Inn’s owner ends up the prime suspectβ€”Darcy must peel away the layers of the mystery. Because an apple a day certainly isn’t keeping the killer away...

Food Festival Mystery

Death Of A Crabby Cook
DEATH OF A CRABBY COOK
#1.0 β€’ August 2014
Death of a Chocolate Cheater
DEATH OF A CHOCOLATE CHEATER
#2.0 β€’ June 2015
Death of a Bad Apple
DEATH OF A BAD APPLE
#3.0 β€’ January 2016