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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.

Her Sweetheart Brand by Paula Altenburg

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Also by Paula Altenburg:

Hot, Hard and Impossible Cowboys, August 2024
e-Book
Branded by Firelight, February 2018
e-Book
Her Spy at Dawn, May 2017
e-Book
His Spy at Night, September 2016
e-Book
Her Spy to Hold, June 2016
e-Book
Her Spy to Have, March 2016
e-Book
Her Spy to Have, March 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Pale Moon Walking, October 2015
e-Book
Her Sweetheart Brand, September 2015
e-Book
Her Secret, His Surprise, July 2014
e-Book
Demon Creed, June 2014
Paperback / e-Book
The Demon Lord, May 2014
e-Book
Black Widow Demon, December 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Desire by Design, May 2013
e-Book
The Demon's Daughter, April 2013
Trade Size / e-Book

HER SWEETHEART BRAND
By: Paula Altenburg

Whoever claimed it?s better to have loved and lost has never met Jess Palmer.

Sweetheart Brand #1
Tule Publishing
September 2015
On Sale: September 1, 2015
Featuring: Jessica Palmer; Damon Brand
161 pages
Kindle: B014JZEREQ
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Contemporary

Whoever claimed it’s better to have loved and lost has never met Jess Palmer.

Small business owner and metalworks artist Damon Brand finally has his future in sight when his past rattles into town in a broken down car stuffed with designer clothes and sky high heels. The last time he saw Jess, he declared his undying love. In return, she stranded him by the side of the road, taking his boots, pants and the tattered remnants of his heart.

So much for the bright lights of LA. Failed actress Jessica Palmer arrives back in Cherry Lake, Montana homeless, destitute, and desperate. She’s hoping her grandfather will let her have her inheritance early so she can make a fresh startβ€”anywhere but Cherry Lake. No deal. She has to stay for six months and get a job to prove she’s matured. Not easy in a town where she flamed all her bridges in order to flee a wild child reputation and her high school sweetheart.

With every door that’s slammed shut in her face, Jess grows more determined than ever to prove she’s changed, even if it means she must turn to her first love, Damon, for a job at his gas station. Surely 10 years is enough time for him to forgive and forget…

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