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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.

Clock and Dagger by Julianne Holmes

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Also by Julianne Holmes:

Chime and Punishment, August 2017
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Clock and Dagger, August 2016
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Just Killing Time, October 2015
Paperback / e-Book

CLOCK AND DAGGER
By: Julianne Holmes

Clock Shop Mystery
Berkley Prime Crime
August 2016
On Sale: August 2, 2016
Featuring: Ruth Clagan
304 pages
ISBN: 0425275531
EAN: 9780425275535
Kindle: B01839Q4HM
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery Cozy

Expert clockmaker Ruth Clagan has another murder on her hands in the second Clock Shop Mystery from the author of Just Killing Time. Ruth has three days to pull off four events—including the grand reopening of Cog & Sprocket, the clock shop she inherited from her grandfather—so she doesn’t have time for Beckett Green’s nonsense. The competitive owner of a new bookstore, Green seems determined to put other businesses out of business by also carrying their specialty items. He’s trying to steal Ruth’s new watchmaker, Mark Pine, not to mention block her plans to renovate the town clock tower. Ruth is already all wound up when she’s alarmed to discover Mark’s dead body. As the denizens of Orchard each chime in as to who they think the murderer is, Ruth needs to watch her back as she investigates on her own. Despite the danger, Ruth won’t stop until the killer is behind bars and serving time...

Clock Shop

Just Killing Time
JUST KILLING TIME
#1.0 β€’ October 2015
Clock and Dagger
CLOCK AND DAGGER
#2.0 β€’ August 2016
Chime and Punishment
CHIME AND PUNISHMENT
#3.0 β€’ August 2017