Friday Bargains: National Buy A Book Day

J C Daniels’s awesome urban fantasy Blade Song is discounted to 2.00 at Omnilit and Smashwords ( for Smashwords use this code: XX47Z) in celebration of National Buy a book day.  This offer is today ONLY!

Shiloh Walker has a free  Grimm short story, that was originally published in an anthology a couple of years ago.

I am not that into audiobooks, but I know some people like them.  Right now, Audible has several sales. One of them is the Win Win sale, were the books cost just 4.95.

Subterrean Press has discounted several of their e-books to 2.99

Carina Press offers three 1.99 reads right now, one of them is Yours Exclusively by Shannon Stacey ( recommended.)

Relentless Pursuit by Adrienne Giordano is just 2.99 at Carina Press. 

New e-readers from Kobo

The last week, it feels like everyone is talking about Amazon’s press event later today.  But Kobo was sneaky and sent out a press release this morning, revealing 2 new e-readers and one new tablet. 

 Kobo Arc:
I am not really interested in a tablet, but the Tapestry function sounds interesting.

7″, Android, 199 dollar

 
Kobo Glo:
Just like BN, this model is frontlit.  But what I like is that according to Kobo you will be  able to adjust the light.

6″, glowlight, 129 dollar

 Kobo Mini:

 It is interesting that Sony dumped their 5″ model 2010, but Kobo is launching one, aimed for kids.

5″, 80 dollar and just 134 g.

You can read more about the new e-readers at Kobo’s blog.
( Photo source: Kobo’s blog)

Anticipated September Releases

September 4th will be a busy day for me. 3 authors on my autobuy list has releases then.

Riveted by Meljean Brook

The New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel returns to the Iron Seas with a riveting new adventure of steamy romance.

A century after a devastating volcanic eruption forced Iceland’s inhabitants to abandon its shores, the island has become enshrouded in legend. But the truth behind the legends is mechanical, not magical—and the mystery of the island a matter of life and death for a community of women who once spilled noble blood to secure their freedom.
Five years ago, Annika unwittingly endangered that secret, but her sister Källa took the blame and was exiled. Now Annika serves on an airship, searching for her sister and longing to return home. But that home is threatened when scientific expedition leader David Kentewess comes aboard, looking to expose Annika’s secrets. Then disaster strikes, leaving David and Annika stranded on a glacier and pursued by a madman, with their very survival depending on keeping the heat rising between them—and generating lots of steam…

tangle of needEnter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly beautiful world of archangels and immortal power, as a pact is sealed between two souls bound by blood, stirred by desire, and driven by vengeance…

With wings of midnight and an affinity for shadows, Jason courts darkness. But now, with the Archangel Neha’s consort lying murdered in the jewel-studded palace that was his prison and her rage threatening cataclysmic devastation, Jason steps into the light, knowing he must unearth the murderer before it is too late.

Earning Neha’s trust comes at a price—Jason must tie himself to her bloodline through the Princess Mahiya, a woman with secrets so dangerous, she trusts no one. Least of all an enemy spymaster.

With only their relentless hunt for a violent, intelligent killer to unite them, Jason and Mahiya embark on a quest that leads to a centuries-old nightmare… and to the dark storm of an unexpected passion that threatens to drench them both in blood.

ImpulseSera Sinclaire is a New Orleans rarity: a submissive coyote trapped in a town overrun by dominant shapeshifters. Worse, she lacks the willpower to deny the alphas-in-shining-armor who need her soothing presence, even when their protectiveness threatens to crush her hard-won self-reliance.
The only shifter she doesn’t want to push away is Julio Mendoza, a wolf so dominant he’s earned a place on the Southeast council.
Julio doesn’t have the luxury of indulging in the vacation his psychic shrink insists he needs. He can’t turn his back on responsibilities he’s beginning to wish he’d never shouldered. When an obsessive ex endangers Sera, though, instinct drives him to get her out of town. Watching her come to life outside the city makes him feel like he’s finally done something right, and her touch ignites desire he doesn’t want to ignore.
But soon, lighthearted flirting becomes a dangerous game of seduction, where every day spent falling into each other is another day avoiding the truth. Sera’s ex isn’t the only one who’d disapprove of their relationship. There are wolves who would kill to get Sera out of Julio’s life—starting with his own blood kin.
Warning: Contains endless summer road trips, family drama, redneck werewolves, sexual power games and a taboo love affair between a submissive coyote who’s among the last of her kind and a dominant wolf who loves his heroine’s ass. Literally. 





Urban Fantasy Challenge: Monster in my closet by RL Naquin

The Particulars: Urban Fantasy, Carina Press, available as e-book
The Source: Net Galley
The Grade: B
The Blurb:

I stopped believing in monsters long ago. But I knew I wasn’t imagining things when I found one in my kitchen baking muffins. I’d seen him before: lurking in my closet, scaring the crap out of my five-year-old self. Turns out that was a misunderstanding, and now Maurice needs a place to stay. How could I say no?
After all, I’ve always been a magnet for the emotionally needy, and not just in my work as a wedding planner. Being able to sense the feelings of others can be a major pain. Don’t get me wrong, I like helping people–and non-people. But this ability has turned me into a gourmet feast for an incubus, a demon that feeds off emotional energy. Now, brides are dropping dead all over town, and my home has become a safe house for the supernatural. I must learn to focus my powers and defeat the demon before he snacks on another innocent woman and comes looking for the main course…

The Review:

I rarely request ARCs through NetGalley, but I decided to make an exception for this book. And I am glad I did.
This book has everything I want in an Urban Fantasy. Familiar fantasy races, but with enough twists for them to feel brand new. And then there are the Closet monsters. I loved Maurice, with his fretting and cooking. What’s more, all the twists and the reasons for them made a lot of sense. 
This was the first time I read about a wedding planner, but it was intresting to get an insight in how much job it is. I loved following Julie’s struggle to adapt to the changes in her life. From the closet monster in her kitchen, to the fact that she has a gift. But it wasn’t just that. I loved the snarkiness and the quiet humor that Julie had, and how much she cared about her clients, even though some of them annoyed her.
The plot was intriguing, and filled with plot twists that took me by surprise, yet made sense when they happened. I loved how the stakes gradually increased through the book. From the first time Julie and Sebastian met, until the last confrontation.  I also liked that Julie didn’t expect anyone else to solve this. She faced down Sebastian several times. When it comes to the romance between Riley and Julie, it was cute and I am curious how it will affect the two of them in the upcoming books.
What I didn’t like was that even though a lot of the plot twists took me by surprise, I had a hunch about who the final victim was for a long time. But that is the only thing that mars the book, at least for me.
But I definitely plan to buy the next book in the series, since I liked this one a lot.