Free and bargain romance ebooks in September 2013

[Britomart]

Free from Amazon:

Once Upon a Diamond US DE by Teresa McCarthy (former Signet Regency author).

A Regency Historical Romance containing suspense and humor, by an award winning author! Called "a riveting page-turner" by a Bookseller of the Year (Romance Writers of America), this sweet regency historical romance includes a feisty American heroine who meets her match in a handsome Regency lord! (Teens and up)
Tender, humorous, captivating...A delightful, heartwarming story of love...
Throw together a stolen diamond sought by the Crown, a handsome earl dispatched on a secret mission, a beautiful American pressured to marry, and a French spy bent on revenge, into the middle of Regency England, and the resulting chaos is found in this Regency Historical Romance.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by mikaelalind

Am I the only one using the Kobo coupon to clear out my wishlist? So far this week I have bought 10 books ( a mix of paranormal romance, romantic suspense and Science Fiction).

I would be, except I had to pay for my oral surgery last week and on Friday found out that my furnace needs to be replaced so I'm using the coupon, but not with as much zeal as I would have.

[KyBunnies]

Genre - Amish Romance
Publisher - David C. Cook (March 1, 2012)
Page count - 368

Free at the following

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FQODWI
Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007FQODWI
Book Shout - http://www.bookshout.com/store/books...it67anc3a0hyqg


Can a splintered Amish family reconcile?

More than anything else, thirty-something Holly Fisher longs for family. Growing up in Seattle without a dad or grandparents, she wonders what it would be like to have a heritage, a place of belonging. Holly is furious when her mother, Esther, reveals a long-kept secret: Holly’s grandmother and uncles are still alive and begging Esther to return. And Holly is shocked when she learns that the family she’s never known lives on a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, farm—as part of an Amish community her mother once abandoned.
Guilt-ridden Esther, terrified to see her mother and siblings, begs Holly to accompany her on a visit to Esther’s mother before she dies. But can their journey to a conflicting world heal their emotional wounds and finally bring them home?
Set in the heart of contemporary Lancaster County, Leaving Lancaster explores the power of forgiveness, family reconciliation, and love where least expected.

[KyBunnies]

Free at

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C1OPQQG
Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C1OPQQG

Genre - Historical Romance
Publisher - Leisure Books; Seventh edition (September 1, 2003)
Print - 352 pages

Felicity Kendall forced her passionate nature into hinding after a handsome rogue seduced her then sailed away with the profits from her father's shipping company. Afterwards, she embraced the strictness of her mother's faith, molding herself into a rigid spinster before her time. After ruining herself so thoroughly, she can never marry. Her only hope is to escape the strict mores of Boston's Puritan population so she could be of use in her father's enterprises in the Caribbean.

On Barbados, she discovers her father has added a new partner to his venture. Lord Christian Andrews might charm her father, but Felicity sees the scoundrel behind his handsome exterior. She won't allow him to send her away, despite the fact a notorious pirate has targeted her father's ships and murdered his other business partner. Felicity feels it her duty to sneak aboard Lord Christian's ship before he sails away with her father's fortune. What she discovers is a man capable of unleashing her denied lust, though their shared passion might destroy them both.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by mikaelalind

Am I the only one using the Kobo coupon to clear out my wishlist? So far this week I have bought 10 books ( a mix of paranormal romance, romantic suspense and Science Fiction).

Nope. I used it a lot last week. My wishlist is pretty much cleared out of stuff. There are still plenty of books on it but most are backlist titles which have not been released. I do have some that are available to buy. Of those a few I can wait until we get a bigger than 50% coupon and the rest are not a priority. Or so I keep telling myself along with "Self, have over 500 new/want to reread books already." Sadly myself doesn't seem to want to listen

[cfrizz]

Originally Posted by koland

Can cause overweight issues also (and auto-immune thyroid).

With one symptom you should be tested. with multiple ones...

Combine that with foods causing you issues, at all, and you should definitely be tested.

Totally agree, it's always better to test to POSITIVELY rule out something then for some damn doctor to THINK you don't have something because you're whatever....! Insist or get a doctor who has YOUR best interests in mind.

[JNCalif]

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Totally agree, it's always better to test to POSITIVELY rule out something then for some damn doctor to THINK you don't have something because you're whatever....! Insist or get a doctor who has YOUR best interests in mind.

Agreed. I have autoimmune thyroiditis (often referred to as Hashimoto's). I sort of knew something was screwy when I was eating lettuce with vinegar at meals and still gaining weight

Autoimmune disorders are incredibly common and often genetic - once I started doing family research on these types of disorders, I realized they are on both sides of my family - on my father's side, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, on my mother's autoimmune thyroiditis and rheumatoid arthritis. Once you have one autoimmune disorder, you're statistically far more likely to develop another.

If your doctor did an ANA (anti-nuclear antibodies) test, that would be a good starting point.

Just my 2 cents.

[KyBunnies]

Genre - Historical Religious Fiction
Print Length: 387 pages
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (January 1, 2008)

Free at

Amazon US - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B5J4TVQ
Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B5J4TVQ

Lose Yourself in the History, Opulence, and Elegance of the Thousand Islands

Cousins Amanda, Sophie, and Fanny Broadmoor are as close as sisters, but when their grandfather dies, the terms of his will just might destroy their bond. Seventeen-year-old Fanny has never put much stock in the conventions of society. In fact, she has given her heart to Michael, the family boat-keeper. But when she receives a surprising inheritance, she discovers just how oppressive society can be... and that she may be trusting the wrong people.

Dare she follow her heart and risk going against her family? What if she loses everything she's ever known? It all comes down to one choice: What does Fanny Broadmoor want her legacy to be?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

Nope. I used it a lot last week. My wishlist is pretty much cleared out of stuff. There are still plenty of books on it but most are backlist titles which have not been released. I do have some that are available to buy. Of those a few I can wait until we get a bigger than 50% coupon and the rest are not a priority. Or so I keep telling myself along with "Self, have over 500 new/want to reread books already." Sadly myself doesn't seem to want to listen

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Totally agree, it's always better to test to POSITIVELY rule out something then for some damn doctor to THINK you don't have something because you're whatever....! Insist or get a doctor who has YOUR best interests in mind.

You have to understand I go to a Medical Clinic that has Nurse Practitioners. I seldom get to see a real doctor who they work under. I have tried to find a real doctor to go to for several years but none are accepting new patients right now. Now the last nurse practitioner I saw was so nice and caring. I would like to see her all the time.

Just yesterday I got a call from them telling them my culture is back and to just finish taking the Macrobid. I was like you do realize I was in on September the 4th right? This is September 18th. I finished my 10 day supply awhile ago. The nurse looked at the date and was like oh that's right. I told her about the kidney stone I passed and she didn't seem to care about it.

Sometimes living in a small town sucks.

[Ararose]

Originally Posted by JNCalif

Agreed. I have autoimmune thyroiditis (often referred to as Hashimoto's). I sort of knew something was screwy when I was eating lettuce with vinegar at meals and still gaining weight

Autoimmune disorders are incredibly common and often genetic - once I started doing family research on these types of disorders, I realized they are on both sides of my family - on my father's side, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, on my mother's autoimmune thyroiditis and rheumatoid arthritis. Once you have one autoimmune disorder, you're statistically far more likely to develop another.

If your doctor did an ANA (anti-nuclear antibodies) test, that would be a good starting point.

Just my 2 cents.

I also have autoimmune/Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and before I was diagnosed I had to INSIST on being tested. And it needs to be the test for the antibodies. My thyroid hormone function tests that my general doctor would have done always came back fine, but my thyroid was blowing itself out meeting those normal levels and I developed a goiter in my early 20s.

You have to insist sometimes with doctors. I'm not saying have a lot of unnecessary tests done or go off the deep end with research, but doctors only see you for a few minutes and may only have a brief description of your symptoms. They don't experience the symptoms 24/7 like you do. So yeah, sometimes you just have to insist on somethings.

[Blossom]

Free @ Amazon

There was alot of slush in the slush pile today. I get excited when I see alot of slush but unfortunately it was pretty much all slush. Still I picked out a few freebies that I myself grabbed.

Love's Odyssey by Jane Toombs
Originally Published as Cry for Paradise by Diana Stuart
Simon & Schuster, 1981

No spoiler just Original Blurb because the new one sucks.

Spoiler:

ROMELL INVITED DANGER, DESIRE, AND UNDYING LOVE...

Beautiful, impetuous Romell Wellsley left her Virginia home at her father's death to join her uncle in London. But when the King's soldiers murdered him as a traitor, and turned their brutal desires on Romell, she fled hew new home with the help of dark and dashing Adrien Montgomery.

Fugitives of the throne, caught in the sweep of newly kindled passion, Romell and Adrien set sail for the safety of Holland.

But Romell's fate seemed bent on carrying her away from her new-found love...to the demanding arms of a Dutch mutineer...to the exotic plantations of Java and betrothal to a wealthy scoundrel...to the terrifying rituals of an Aborigine tribe...

The only weapons keeping Romell alive were her beauty, her courage, her impossible love for Adrien...knowing she would once again feel his burning kisses...knowing they would once again...

Gateway to Heaven by Beth Kery
(Rockstar Alert!) Berekly Sensations Author


Adella's Enemy by Jacqui Nelson
(Historical Western)
RWA Golden Heart winner and 3x finalist.

Indies:

Damaged But Not Broken (New Adult Rockers) by Hearts Collective
Note: This was on my buy list because I saw on Maryse's Blog yesterday and I almost bought it but now I have it for free. I can't say if it's good or not or why this group of authors are being so secret!

Because of Lucy by Lisa Swallow (New Adult)

Highlander's Hope by Collette Cameron

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Free @ Amazon

There was alot of slush in the slush pile today. I get excited when I see alot of slush but unfortunately it was pretty much all slush. Still I picked out a few freebies that I myself grabbed.

Gateway to Heaven by Beth Kery
(Rockstar Alert!) Berekly Sensations Author

Already had it, but thank you for noting 'rockstar'

Damaged But Not Broken (New Adult Rockers) by Hearts Collective
Note: This was on my buy list because I saw on Maryse's Blog yesterday and I almost bought it but now I have it for free. I can't say if it's good or not or why this group of authors are being so secret!

Because of Lucy by

Oooh, thank you for bringing this to our attention, you have me intrigued now, and always, always love a rockstar freebie! No idea when I'll get to it of course, unless someone here reads and recommends!

[JNCalif]

Originally Posted by Ararose

I also have autoimmune/Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and before I was diagnosed I had to INSIST on being tested. And it needs to be the test for the antibodies. My thyroid hormone function tests that my general doctor would have done always came back fine, but my thyroid was blowing itself out meeting those normal levels and I developed a goiter in my early 20s.

You have to insist sometimes with doctors. I'm not saying have a lot of unnecessary tests done or go off the deep end with research, but doctors only see you for a few minutes and may only have a brief description of your symptoms. They don't experience the symptoms 24/7 like you do. So yeah, sometimes you just have to insist on somethings.

Agreed! I had to insist on it as well. And you're right, the thyroid antibody test is key, because it *is* possible to have a borderline ANA and a really screwed-up thyroid.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by JNCalif

Agreed! I had to insist on it as well. And you're right, the thyroid antibody test is key, because it *is* possible to have a borderline ANA and a really screwed-up thyroid.

I think my hubby should get tested for this. He has shown symptoms of thyroid problems. Of course he wont though.

[Blossom]

Kobo Coupon Series Suggestion

Need something to spend your coupon on?

I just found out that Laura Parker has her Rose series in ebook format!

Rose Trilogy ($4.99 Reg Price)
1. Rose of the Mists (1985)
2. A Rose in Splendor (1986)
3. The Secret Rose (1987)

These are historical romances. I would say unless revised the term bodice ripper applies here. I plan to get them as soon as my internet stops cutting in and out. I hope she releases more of her backlist!