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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.

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Haunted Hula-ween
by Sally J. Smith
"A Tropical Concert, Bogus Tickets, and Murder in Aloha Lagoon"
Posted October 7, 2026

In HAUNTED HULA-WEEN by Sally J. Smith, it’s October 29th, and the concert of the year is taking place in Read more...


Welcome to the Kokoro Cat Clinic
by Syou Ishida
"RX: A Cat a Day Keeps the Doctor Away"
Posted September 29, 2026

The Nakagyo Kokoro Clinic for the Soul sits on the fifth floor of a nondescript building wedged between two tall structures in a back alley in Kyoto, Japan. Patients visit this famous psychiatric clinic for help with their mental health. In Read more...


What They Did
by Rio Youers
"A Dark Gritty Thriller That Grabs You By the Throat"
Posted September 21, 2026

WHAT THEY DID by Rio Youers is a dark, gritty thriller that grabs you by the throat and never lets go. Set in the drug world in Read more...


I Am the Monster Under the Bed
by Emily Zinnikas
"An Impressive Horror Debut That Will Make You Keep the Lights On"
Posted September 20, 2026

Seven teenagers went into the woods one night in Rapture, Maine. Only one teenager walked out. Fifteen years later, the Rapture Slayings Mystery remains unsolved. Did the survivor, Willa Renfri Greene, get away with murder? Or is there something more nefarious buried deep in the Maine woods in Read more...


Eat, Drink, and Get Buried
by Cleo Coyle
"A Freshly Brewed Mystery with Plenty of Punch"
Posted September 19, 2026

EAT, DRINK, AND GET BURIED is the latest Coffeehouse Mystery by Cleo Coyle, and it is like sitting down Read more...


Kiss Slay Replay
by Rachel Harrison
"A Time-Loop Nightmare Where Every Replay Brings a New Threat"
Posted September 8, 2026

KISS SLAY REPLAY by Rachel Harrison is a time-loop nightmare as Willa Sullivan relives a blood- soaked wedding reception over and over. As the monsters change in each scenario, Willa refines her strategy to survive and Read more...


The Dog Park Murders
by Angela Barker
"Who Knew the Dog Park Could Be This Deadly?"
Posted August 31, 2026

Welcome to Labrador Falls. Stop by What The Fluff pet groomers, where the always-positive Juliette Macintyre grooms your dogs into beautiful creations. Next, stop at Brewed Awakening for coffee, a pastry, and a curt greeting from the grumpy owner, Joel Cunningham. Two people couldn’t be more Read more...


The Secrets We Hide
by Karin Slaughter
"A Small Town Murder with Plenty of Questions"
Posted August 25, 2026

Welcome to North Falls, a small town where your family name holds a lot of weight and your secrets can get you killed. When a mother and daughter are shot in their home, Sheriff Emmy Clifton knows the answers to the crime lie somewhere in the town’s Read more...


The Talking Bone
by Rene Denfeld
"Atmospheric, Harrowing, and Impossible to Put Down"
Posted August 7, 2026

THE TALKING BONE by Rene Denfeld is an exceptional literary thriller that immerses readers in the world of investigator Ruby Spencer, an exonerator of the death row innocent and a relentless searcher of missing women. 

Ruby’s latest case involves Mitchell Brown, a Georgia man convicted Read more...


The Lightning Girl
by Sam Ripley
"An Atmospheric Thriller That Doesn't Quite Land the Ending"
Posted August 4, 2026

In THE LIGHTNING GIRL by Sam Ripley, Sarah’s best friend Genevieve always believed she had powers after being struck by lightning. She could perform rituals, curse others, and never die. One night when Sarah and Gen quarreled on the cliffs, she fell into the turbulent sea. Her Read more...


Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt
by Ben Reeves
"A Beautifully Crafted, Thought-Provoking Novel about Life, Death, and Loss"
Posted August 3, 2026

EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT by Ben Reeves is a different type of story, one that walks you through the last moments of life for those whose time has come to an end on earth. It is engrossing, thoughtful, and inspiring, as the characters face grief, mortality, and Read more...


Pretty Dead Things
by Kelsey Cox
"There's Nothing More Dangerous than a Texas Beauty Pageant"
Posted July 30, 2026

Nothing is more dangerous than a Texas beauty pageant. The Lone Star Princess Pageant is sure to feature the best and brightest young women from Anhalt, including Hannah, Sarah Lynn, and Olivia, but it also stirs up past guilt and tragic memories in their mothers, Cat, Melanie, and Kennedy Read more...


You Had Me at Bigfoot
by
"Bigfoot, Buried Treasure, and a Solid New Mystery Series Debut"
Posted July 11, 2026

Daphne Drew’s after-college plans at the True-Crime Podcast network didn’t quite pan out, so she is thankful when her great-aunt Hannah offers her a job as an investigative reporter for her new publishing venture, Understated Elegance. Her first assignment is traveling with Read more...


Scandalize My Name
by Fiona Sinclair
"A Timeless Mystery of Greed, Blackmail & Murder"
Posted June 24, 2026

SCANDALIZE MY NAME by Fiona Sinclair, first published in the 1960s, and now being released as part of the British Library Crime Classics series, is an exceptional murder mystery of shifting viewpoints, serious motives, and calculating suspects that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

The Read more...


The Forty-Year Grudge
by Liza Tully
"Grudges Turn Fatal Forty-Years Later in the Second Merritt & Blunt Mystery"
Posted June 12, 2026

As the sorority sisters and their plus ones convene to reconnect, socialize, and partake in outdoor activities, old rivalries surface, and the anger of past betrayals is reignited. This is an accomplished group, with varied careers and life experiences, including a popular novelist, a therapist, a science teacher, and Read more...


Summer's Never Over
by Darby Bozeman
"An Impressive Debut set at a Summer Camp, Where Secrets Lie Deep, and a Killer Stalks the Woods"
Posted June 5, 2026

Summer camp at Dread’s Cove is full of fun, outdoor activities, crushes, bonding, and murder. When Greer returns to her family-owned camp five years after a fellow counselor burned to death in a suspicious fire, she faces a new threat and unearths the secrets that lay Read more...


Ode To The Bones
by Carolyn Haines
"A Sassy Southern Private Investigator Tackles Her Next Case Involving a Missing Farmer"
Posted May 27, 2026

A feisty Southern Private Investigator returns to her childhood home in Leflore County, Mississippi, to reconnect with her past. But the landscape doesn’t bring her the comfort she desires, and while passing the Tallahatchie Bridge, she sees a woman in a long white dress who vanishes in Read more...


Forlorn Harbor
by Jim Doran
"A Wild & Dark YA Horror Story Where a Vintage Movie Serial Terrifies a Group of Teens"
Posted May 22, 2026

When seven teenagers enter an old abandoned movie theater to steal, they are each plunged into a nightmare episode of FORLORN HARBOR, where their greatest fears are realized. Can they make it through their own episode unscathed? Or will they be scarred forever?

Affable Theresa, hunky Liam Read more...


The Anniversary
by Alex Finlay
"An Addictive Thriller Filled with Memorable Characters and a Villain You’ll Never See Coming"
Posted May 10, 2026

Beautiful, popular college-bound Jules Delaney and struggling outcast Quinn Riley meet in eleventh-grade study hall and form an unlikely friendship. When their lives are tragically altered on May 1, 1992, they drift apart until their lives intersect years later when a child is found and a serial Read more...


The Ten Teacups
by Carter Dickson
"Enjoy the Intellectual Gamesmanship in This British Crime Classic Locked-Room Mystery"
Posted April 29, 2026

THE TEN TEACUPS, part of the British Library Crime Classics series, was first published in 1937 and revisits the Golden Age Detective era, where an impossible crime occurs, and two men must put together the clues and solve this case.

Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Humphrey Masters does Read more...


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7 comments posted.

Re: Mystery Rider (2:29pm October 9, 2015):

My tough and rugged husband who once hated cats, rescued a
kitten from a worksite, and now my husband fusses over her
and she never leaves his side.

Re: Rescuing the Texan's Heart (2:25pm February 23, 2015):

Love the cover on this book and I enjoy reading about small
towns with lots of charm. Sounds great.

Re: Dead Man Walker (2:22pm February 23, 2015):

I've really enjoyed this series and the Savannah setting.
I'll add this to my TBR

Re: As Gouda as Dead (7:19pm February 7, 2015):

My fave event was a vacation to Maui. Rainbows, sunshine,
and so much beauty everywhere.
The I Love Dogs Jewelry - what a great way to help abused
and orphaned animals.

Re: Meow If It's Murder (9:08am January 15, 2015):

I'm a cat lover and this mystery sounds like a fun read. Love the cover as well.

Re: Billionaire Blend (12:38pm August 25, 2014):

I read the coffee house mysteries for awhile and really enjoyed them. I've missed the last few and have to get back in the swing. I love mysteries with entrepreneurs and Clare's coffee shop is so unique.

Re: Dark Legacy (8:55pm November 18, 2009):

Anna,
I've read your SuperRomances, but not this title yet. It looks great. I'm always interested in a good paranormal.