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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
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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.

SEA CHANGE

Sea Change, June 2012
by Karen White

Penguin
Featuring: Ava Whalen; Matthew Frazier
ISBN: 0451236769
EAN: 9780451236760
Kindle: B0073XV3DA
Hardcover / e-Book
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"An emotional journey filled with passion and trust."

Fresh Fiction Review

SEA CHANGE
Karen White

Reviewed by Jennifer Vido
Posted June 21, 2012

Women's Fiction

As a child, Ava Whalen never felt like she fit in. The only daughter in a family of five kids, she spent her early years trying to earn her mother's approval. So when she meets the handsome psychologist Matthew Frazier and falls madly in love, it comes as no surprise the two quickly marry. When Ava makes the choice to move to St. Simons Island, the home of Matthew's ancestral roots, it puts an emotional strain on her already fragile relationship with her family forging a rift between the ones she loves.

Despite her mother's objections, Ava is looking forward to her new life. Right from the start, her fear of water makes island living a challenge. Yet with the help of her attentive husband, she feels certain she can put her anxieties to rest. As the couple settles into married life, some disturbing news about Matthew's past puts their relationship in jeopardy. When accusations of foul play surface, Ava begins to question the true identity of the man she loves.

As Ava learns more about Matthew's family, she begins to feel a connection with his past. While doing some research for the island's historical society, Ava discovers a bittersweet love affair between Matthew's ancestors, Pamela and Geoffrey Frazier. A simple assignment to uncover the past soon becomes an obsession for Ava to find her future. With the hope for a second chance, Ava must decide if she is willing to open her heart in order to find a place she can truly call home.

SEA CHANGE is the riveting new release from the New York Times bestselling author Karen White. As a master storyteller, White is able to combine the past with the present into one spellbinding novel. Part mystery and part love story, she capitalizes on her strengths by using rich characters and poetic prose in a picturesque landscape filled with unforeseen adventure. Just as the sea changes with the eternal turn of the tides, White captures the splendor of relationships evolving over time.

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SUMMARY

For Ava Whalen, a new marriage and a move to St. Simons Island means a new beginning. But what she doesn’t realize is that her marriage will take her on an unexpected journey into the deep recesses of her past that will transform her forever… For as long as she can remember, Ava Whalen has struggled with a sense of not belonging, and now, at thirty-four, she still feels stymied by her family. Then she meets child psychologist Matthew Frazier, and thinks her days of loneliness are behind her. After a whirlwind romance, they impulsively elope, and Ava moves to Matthew’s ancestral home on St. Simons Island off the coast of Georgia. But after the initial excitement, Ava is surprised to discover that true happiness continues to elude her. There is much she doesn’t know about Matthew, including the mysterious circumstances surrounding his first wife’s death. And her new home seems to hold as many mysteries and secrets as her new husband. Feeling adrift, Ava throws herself into uncovering Matthew’s family history and that of the island, not realizing that she has a connection of her own to this placeβ€”or that her obsession with the past could very well destroy her future.

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