The Trouble with Magic by Patricia Rice is 1.99 right now. If you haven’t read her Malcolm and Ives novels yet, this a great price. ( Each book stands alone.) Google Play is having a sale this weekend, and a lot of bestsellers are steeply discounted. Amazon is price matching some of them. Amazon is offering 30 % off on paper books with this coupon_BOOKDEAL ( tip: Buy a book that’s in Kindle Matchbook, so that you can gift a…
Midnight ink is 0.99 right now, and contains stories from 9 authors I think. I’ll admit it. I’m often wary of multiauthor bundles, but since all the stories are interlinked, I decided to buy it. TheDuchess warby Courtney Milan has been on my wishlist for awhile, and it is just 0.99 right now, and the sale ends TODAY. So grab it while you can. For the Honor of the Hunt by Lazette Gifford This is a short story collection, with 3…
Like many readers, I have a long, and ever growing wishlist. I am getting better on putting books on my wishlist, instead of buying them directly. This week this pays off. Big time. I really liked Dance in the Moonlight by Raeanne Thayne, and I have had her books on my wishlist ever since. This week, I discovered to my delight that Harlequin have discounted most of her Cold Creek novels to 1.99. I promise to not blow my entire…
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, ForeverYours, available as e-book The Source: Arc from Netgalley The blurb: There’s nothing in the world Army Sergeant Vic Carponti loves more than his wife and his country. Smart-mouthed and easy tempered, he takes everything as a joke . . . except his promise to come home to his wife, Nicole, for Christmas. As he prepares to leave for his latest deployment into Iraq, Vic will do everything he can to shield his beautiful, supportive…
The particulars: Contemporary Romance, AOS Publishing, available as e-book The Source: Purchased at Kobo The Grade: B The Blurb: After eleven years of marriage, Léa Laurier knew her husband. Knew how he could take on responsibility for a world-famous restaurant, a wife, and her two teenage siblings at nineteen years old and never falter, never tire. Knew his drive and his ambition, that took him to the stars. Knew how briliant his gray eyes looked when they met hers for…
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Book View Cafe, available as e-book and in print The Source: e-ARC from the Author The Grade: B+ The Blurb: OrderJeff shook off Cecilia and her high school crush seventeen years ago, and he’s made an orderly, boring, safe, successful life for himself as an accountant. Just the way he wants things.ChaosCecilia’s taste for driven, orderly men has left her divorced with three kids and two half-incomes. But nobody’s looking over her shoulder, criticizing her for…
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Selfpublished, available as e-book The Source: Kobo The Grade: B- The Blurb: Sometimes the best offense is a good rebound…Adam McCarthy has had a really bad week. In addition to nearly losing his three brothers in a tragic boating accident, his now ex-girlfriend has double-crossed him right out of the successful computer company he founded in New York City. What he needs is a few days at home on Gansett Island to make sure his beloved…
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Forever Yours, available as e-book. The Source: Galley from Netgalley The Grade: C The Blurb: Lanie Heron isn’t looking for love—no surprise, considering her last serious relationship nearly got her killed. So when Lanie propositions Hop Kincaid, all she wants is one wild night with the hot-as-hell biker who patrols with the Chaos Motorcycle Club… For Hop, Lanie has always been untouchable. She’s too polished and too classy for his tastes. But when she gives Hop…
The Particulars: Contemporary Romance, Harlequin, available as e-book and in print The Source: purchased at Kobo The Grade: C+ The blurb: One day, Callie Vanetta receives devastating news She needs a liver transplant. But her doctors warn that, in her case, the chances of finding a compatible donor aren’t good. Determined to spend whatever time she has left on her own terms, she keeps the diagnosis to herself and moves out to her late grandparents’ farm. She’s always wanted to…
All Lani Diane Rich novels that I have read are good, but these two are my favorites. Maybe because they were the first Lani Diane Rich novels that I read. Love on the rocks, with a twist. Flynn Daly’s a screwup. She knows it, but worse, her property tycoon dad knows it, and that’s why he sends her off to Scheintown, NY—aka, the dead center of nowhere—to manage the beautiful countryside inn the family has just inherited while he figures…