[sufue]

Well, I didn't pay $4.99 for it when it came out, and now I'm happy because the fourth title in Lucy Parker's London Celebrities series, The Austen Playbook, has just dropped to $1.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

This price drop is possibly in anticipation of the fifth title in the series, Headliners, which has a release date of January 20, 2020, in the UK, at least - not showing up yet in the US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Austen-Playbo...dp/B07J3F86R2/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-austen-playbook-1

Spoiler:

“[The Austen Playbook] is the apotheosis of why the romance genre exists.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Theater fans will devour this lovely contemporary romance.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Grade: A, for Absolutely Delightful and Adorable and Also I read it twice in a row.” —Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

In which experienced West End actress Freddy Carlton takes on an Austen-inspired play, a scandal at a country estate, an enthusiastic search for a passion outside of acting…and the (some people might say icy*) heart of London’s most feared theater critic.

*if those people were being nice

Freddy Carlton knows she should be focusing on her lines for The Austen Playbook, a live-action TV event where viewers choose the outcome of each scene, but her concentration’s been blown. The palatial estate housing the endeavor is now run by the rude (brilliant) critic who’s consistently slammed her performances of late. James “Griff” Ford-Griffin has a penchant for sarcasm, a majestic nose and all the sensitivity of a sledgehammer.

She can’t take her eyes off him.

Griff can hardly focus with a contagious joy fairy flitting about near him, especially when Freddy looks at him like that. His only concern right now should be on shutting down his younger brother’s well-intentioned (disastrous) schemes—or at the very least on the production (not this one) that might save his family home from the banks.

Instead all he can think of is soft skin and vibrant curls.

As he’s reluctantly dragged into her quest to rediscover her passion for the stage and Freddy is drawn into his research on a legendary theater star, the adage about appearances being deceiving proves abundantly true. It’s the unlikely start of something enormous…but a single revelation about the past could derail it all.

Originally Posted by sufue

I'm assuming this is part of marketing for the fourth title in the series, The Austen Playbook, which is coming out in April. I can't wait, and might even pay full price ($4.99) for it, which is almost unheard of for me.