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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.

Excerpt of Secrets by Brenda Joyce

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The Bragg Saga #7
Avon
March 2011
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Featuring: Regina Shelton; Slade Delanza
406 pages
ISBN: 038077139X
EAN: 9780380771394
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
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Romance Historical

Also by Brenda Joyce:

A Sword Upon The Rose, July 2014
Paperback / e-Book
A Rose In The Storm, June 2013
Paperback / e-Book
Surrender, December 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Persuasion, August 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Seduction, February 2012
Paperback / e-Book
Captive, April 2011
Paperback (reprint)
Secrets, March 2011
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Deadly Vows, March 2011
Mass Market Paperback / e-Book
Deadly Kisses, February 2011
Paperback
Deadly Illusions, January 2011
Paperback (reprint)
The Promise, October 2010
Paperback
An Impossible Attraction, March 2010
Mass Market Paperback
The Masquerade, February 2010
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Dark Lover, August 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Dark Victory, March 2009
Mass Market Paperback
The Prize, January 2009
Mass Market Paperback
Dark Embrace, September 2008
Paperback
A Dangerous Love, April 2008
Paperback
The Game, March 2008
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
The Fires of Paradise, January 2008
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Violet Fire, January 2008
Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Firestorm, January 2008
Paperback (reprint)
Dark Rival, October 2007
Mass Market Paperback
The Perfect Bride, August 2007
Mass Market Paperback
Dark Seduction, May 2007
Paperback
A Lady At Last, December 2006
Paperback
The Stolen Bride, October 2006
Paperback
Scandalous Love, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Beyond Scandal, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
After Innocence, August 2006
Paperback (reprint)
Deadly Kisses, February 2006
Paperback
The Masquerade, September 2005
Paperback
Double Take, April 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Deadly Illusions, February 2005
Paperback
The Prize, October 2004
Paperback
The Finer Things, January 2004
Paperback
Deadly Promise, November 2003
Paperback
Deadly Caress, April 2003
Paperback
Deadly Affairs, April 2002
Paperback
Deadly Pleasure, March 2002
Paperback
Deadly Love, January 2001
Paperback
Five Golden Rings, October 2000
Paperback
Scandalous Weddings, December 1998
Mass Market Paperback
Outlaw Love, September 1997
Paperback
Captive, May 1996
Paperback
Beyond Scandal, October 1995
Paperback
After Innocence, October 1994
Paperback

Excerpt of Secrets by Brenda Joyce

Beneath her soft palms she felt the strength of his arms
and the power of his body and the tension that ran like a
hot live wire through him. The atmosphere around them was
charged with possibility.

"Elizabeth." His tone was unbearably intimate. His rough
hands settled on her back and slid up to her shoulders. A
wave of sensation the like of which Regina had never
before experienced washed over her. Their glances came
together.

It was there, the dark hunger she had seen before. It's
power and starkness both frightened and compelled her.
With a soft whimper she gripped him more tightly, knowing
she should not, knowing she was ready to surrender
completely.

He knew it as well. She saw it in the blaze of his eyes.
Regina clung to him, waiting for him to take her...

Excerpt from Secrets by Brenda Joyce
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