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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 Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman

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Also by Abbi Waxman:

Deadly Does It, July 2026
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One Death at a Time, April 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Christa Comes Out of Her Shell, April 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Adult Assembly Required, May 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
I Was Told It Would Get Easier, June 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, July 2019
Trade Size / e-Book
Other People's Houses, April 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
The Garden of Small Beginnings, May 2017
Trade Size / e-Book

THE GARDEN OF SMALL BEGINNINGS
By: Abbi Waxman

Berkley
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
368 pages
ISBN: 0399583580
EAN: 9780399583582
Kindle: B01M0OE3AH
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Women's Fiction

In the spirit of A Man Called Ove and Good Griefβ€”a poignant, funny, and utterly believable novel about life and loss.

Give grief a chance . . .

Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three yearsβ€”ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts later, she’s just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to work, and watch TV like a pro. The only problem is she’s becoming overwhelmed with being underwhelmed.

At least her textbook illustrating job has some perksβ€”like actually being called upon to draw whale genitalia. Oh, and there’s that vegetable-gardening class her boss signed her up for. Apparently, being the chosen illustrator for a series of boutique vegetable guides means getting your hands dirty, literally. Wallowing around in compost on a Saturday morning can’t be much worse than wallowing around in pajamas and self-pity.

After recruiting her kids and insanely supportive sister to join her, Lilian shows up at the Los Angeles botanical garden feeling out of her element. But what she’ll soon discoverβ€”with the help of a patient instructor and a quirky group of gardenersβ€”is that into every life a little sun must shine, whether you want it to or not…