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HAUNTED HULA-WEEN
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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.

Penne Dreadful by Catherine Bruns

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Holidays & Homicides, December 2025
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Death Whisk, September 2025
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Death of the Hula Girl, June 2025
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Planes, Candy Canes, and Hearses, December 2024
e-Book
In the Blink of a Pie, November 2024
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Syrup to No Good, November 2023
Hardcover
Bake, Batter, and Roll, October 2023
e-Book
A Doomful of Sugar, November 2022
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Seasoned with Murder, September 2022
e-Book
The Enemy You Gnocchi, November 2021
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Knee Deep in Dough, May 2021
e-Book
Jeopardy in High Heels, October 2020
e-Book
It Cannoli Be Murder, August 2020
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Icing on the Casket, May 2020
e-Book
Ginger Snapped to Death, November 2019
e-Book
Penne Dreadful, August 2019
e-Book
Penne Dreadful, August 2019
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Priced to Kill, April 2016
e-Book
Baked to Death, January 2016
e-Book
Killer Transaction, November 2015
e-Book
Tastes Like Murder, September 2015
e-Book

PENNE DREADFUL
By: Catherine Bruns

Italian Chef #1
Sourcebooks Landmark
August 2019
On Sale: July 30, 2019
416 pages
ISBN: 1492684252
EAN: 9781492684251
Kindle: B07NVT2Z56
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Mystery Cozy | Mystery Culinary

Tessa can't bake heads or tails of her husband's murder in this first book in the Italian Cooks cozy mystery series!

Local chef Tessa Esposito is struggling to get back on her feet following her husband's fatal accident. And when the police knock on Tessa's door, things just get worse. They've discovered Dylan's death wasn't an accident after all, and they need Tessa to start filling in the blanks. Who would want her beloved husband dead, and why?

With the investigation running cold, Tessa decides it's time to save her sanity by reconnecting with her first loveβ€”cooking. And maybe the best way back into the kitchen is to infiltrate Dylan's favorite local pizza parlor, which also happens to be the last place he was seen before he died. But the anchovies aren't the only thing that stink inside the small family business, and with suspects around every corner, Tessa finds that her husband's many secrets might land her in hot water.

Italian Chef

Penne Dreadful
PENNE DREADFUL
#1.0 β€’ August 2019