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Old 05-26-2012, 01:27 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by koland View Post
Any good romantic suspense (heavy on suspense) anyone recommends?
I can't vouch for this series yet, but I did like the premise and sample enough to buy the most recent volume as a pre-order to try with the extra discount during a recent 30% off coupon sale. It's bound to tilted more towards suspenseful because it follows the same sleuth around rather than playing musical couples: Kate Bart Mysteries by Rosemary Goodwin

But it's under the $5.50 max, so you may prefer to maximize your freebie-acquisition and I can definitely vouch for the two following series which we've gotten the 1st of free recently, which have the 2nd volume priced at $5.50:

Secret McQueen series by Canadian Sierra Dean. I really liked this urban fantasy w/paranormal romance elements quite a lot; enough that I've bought the entire series via the discount coupons direct from Samhain over the past couple of months and have read them all and have the newest upcoming volume on my wishlist.

It's a fairly fun, not too serious action/adventure thing which openly acknowledges that the main character (a part-werewolf bounty hunter for the vampires) is kind of Mary Sue-ish and absurdly "special" to begin with and increasingly over-powered/gets to a ridiculous status within a very short time.

Some relationship drama as she ends up accumulating a bunch of mates/other prospective interested boyfriends, but neither it nor the sex scenes dominate the plot, and the relationships are very much a work-in-progress and they argue over very real respect and boundaries/comfort zone issues and not just contrived nonsense so that they can kiss and make up a lot.

The action/suspense w/minor whodunnit adventures are also quite decent and play out fairy well, IMHO. They're very self-referential, so you do need to read the series in order, including the tie-in novellas (don't need to read the #0.5 prequel Secret Guide to Dating Monsters until after the 2nd, IIRC, but do need to read it before #2.5 Secret Santa and the 3rd book), which contain important developments which are picked up in the main series plots.

Another good prospect if you'd be willing to do historical romantic suspense is Lynne Connolly's Richard and Rose series set in 1700s England, with the couple having whodunnit-solving adventures for the entire series. I read this earlier this month and like it enough that I'm willing to go pick up more in the series when Samhain has another discount coupon offer.

Somewhat more overtly shippy than the Secret McQueen series, and the prospective couple had this decided tendency not to be able to keep their hands off each other despite what should have been a number of factors that would inhibit public displays of affection in people who weren't incipient co-dependent sex addicts, but still plenty of time devoting to solving the whodunnit.

As for me, I need to go through the wishlist/category listings to decide if I want to pick up for free something I'd probably buy-to-try on sale anyway, or use it on indulging my curiosity on something much more marginal but still of interest.

Many thanks to the OP for sharing!
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