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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.

Dead Before Dying by Kerry Schafer

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Also by Kerry Schafer:

Dead Before Dying, October 2019
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Wakeworld, February 2014
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Between, February 2013
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DEAD BEFORE DYING
By: Kerry Schafer

Dead Before Dying #1
UNKNOWN
October 2019
On Sale: October 31, 2019
Featuring: Maureen Keslyn
236 pages
ISBN: 0986120227
EAN: 9780986120220
Kindle: B07ZTQRSJQ
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In the wake of a career‑ending injury, veteran paranormal investigator Maureen Keslyn accepts an assignment at Shadow Valley Manor, an upscale retirement home with an unusual problem—its residents are dying at an alarming rate—and not from natural causes.

Armed with experience, attitude, and a stubborn refusal to die quietly, Maureen sets out to unravel a sinister mystery and put a stop to the carnage. There’s no shortage of suspects. It could be the undertaker’s Goth daughter, who has an unusual affinity for the dead. Or the facility cook whose knife skills extend far beyond the kitchen. Or the geriatric, wheelchair bound vampire occupying the suite across the hall. Even the local sheriff is harboring dangerous secrets.

When Maureen begins to suspect the involvement of a nefarious and secretive paranormal organization, she is forced to admit she needs help. Together with a ragtag team she doesn’t fully trust, she’ll either bring the killer to justice—or die trying.

A wickedly witty paranormal mystery filled with suspense, supernatural chills, and a heroine who takes no prisoners—dead or otherwise.

Dead Before Dying

Dead Before Dying
DEAD BEFORE DYING
#1.0 β€’ October 2019