Free and bargain romance ebooks + Discussion November 2013

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by library addict

Umm...good luck

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by library addict

Umm...good luck

It would help if I could block the Amazon site from my router but I work from the site daily so I can't do that

[NixLapi]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I am not buying any books until after the new year! No specials, no I have to have that, no I love that authors I need that new release, no nothing. No freebies, not daily deals nothing, nothing, nothing. self from Amazon, kobo, all book buying sites

Wonder how long I will last

But WHY?! I usually last a week, sometimes even all seven days of it!

And confession - I totally thought US Thanksgiving was THIS weekend and was bummed I'd be missing out on any deals as we're moving Saturday. At least we should definitely have internet hooked up again by next weekend! Now to decide if I should take advantage of Chapter's $20 off any Kobo coupon (annual eReader birthday replacement), or if there might be a better deal next weekend... decisions, decisions!

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by worktolive

I don't remember another one this month, but this must be the second Samhain freebie of the month.

Cost of Repairs by A.M. Arthur.

Now free from Samhain.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Read & finished a historical romance Saturday. Book was suppose to be set after the civil war (I think) and the author used duffel bag and casserole dish and beef noodle bake. Really don't think these are something that people would say during that time.

Please list the title so none of us actually read it!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I am not buying any books until after the new year! No specials, no I have to have that, no I love that authors I need that new release, no nothing. No freebies, not daily deals nothing, nothing, nothing. self from Amazon, kobo, all book buying sites

Wonder how long I will last

You do realize Christmas is the best time to buy books as there is always the biggest sales of the year during that time.

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Read & finished a historical romance Saturday. Book was suppose to be set after the civil war (I think) and the author used duffel bag and casserole dish and beef noodle bake. Really don't think these are something that people would say during that time.

I am sometimes surprised at the age of things I thought were relatively new and weren't, so I took at look at the Online Etymology Dictionary:

• duffle: 1670s, from Dutch duffel, from Duffel, town in Brabant where the cloth was originally sold. Duffel bag is American English, first recorded 1917 in a letter of e e cummings.
• casserole: 1706, "stew pan," from French casserole "sauce pan" (16c.), diminutive of Middle French casse "pan" (14c.), from Provençal cassa "melting pan," from Medieval Latin cattia "pan, vessel," possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos "cup for the wine bowl." Originally the pan, since c.1930 also of the dishes cooked in it, via cookery phrases such as en casserole, à la casserole.
• beef noodle bake: I didn't have any luck with this one

So it looks like while there were aspects of the phrases, it may not be the exact usage in the timeframe of your story.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I am sometimes surprised at the age of things I thought were relatively new and weren't, so I took at look at the Online Etymology Dictionary:

• duffle: 1670s, from Dutch duffel, from Duffel, town in Brabant where the cloth was originally sold. Duffel bag is American English, first recorded 1917 in a letter of e e cummings.
• casserole: 1706, "stew pan," from French casserole "sauce pan" (16c.), diminutive of Middle French casse "pan" (14c.), from Provençal cassa "melting pan," from Medieval Latin cattia "pan, vessel," possibly from Greek kyathion, diminutive of kyathos "cup for the wine bowl." Originally the pan, since c.1930 also of the dishes cooked in it, via cookery phrases such as en casserole, à la casserole.
• beef noodle bake: I didn't have any luck with this one

So it looks like while there were aspects of the phrases, it may not be the exact usage in the timeframe of your story.

Thanks for the history lesson. If only Indie authors did the same research!

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Please list the title so none of us actually read it!

Here Blossom: The Christmas Bride by Sylvia McDaniel

Author does not specify an exact time but it reads as a cross between contemporary romance and historical romance. I give it 1 star.

As for not buying any books I may last until Saturday

[KyBunnies]

I also do not get it the author was originally traditionally pub'ed by Zebra.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I also do not get it the author was originally traditionally pub'ed by Zebra.

That's what a team of editors are for to catch such mistakes. This seems to be a self published novel not one of her backlist though it is part of a series originally published by Zebra but the novella is a new not a backlist title.

[KyBunnies]

I can tell you I will not read any more by this author.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by NixLapi

Christmas romance sale...

$0.99 Sweet Inspiration (Klaus Brothers #1) by Penny Watson
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009FLUPZ0

The second book in the Klaus Brothers series is also on sale for $0.99

Sweet Magik

Both of them are cute, lighthearted Xmas stories - who knew the sons of Santa Claus could be so hot?

I follow Penny's blog (she's very funny), and here's the "advisory" she posted about these stories:

THE KLAUS BROTHERS SERIES contains scenes with elves, x-treme Christmas spirit, Santa Claus, the North Pole, sex-in-a-sleigh, magic, old-fashioned romance, and very sweet scenarios. It requires a willing suspension of disbelief, a love of beards, and is enhanced by the addition of a gingerbread latte.

[worktolive]

A couple of free books this AM:

Hiding Hollywood by Ainslie Paton

Alluring Turmoil by Skye Turner

And a couple of bargains:

Truly, Madly, Deeply A Carly Philips Collection - three books for $0.99

Kingdom Collection, books 1-3 by Marie Hall for $0.99. I have the first novella - Her Mad Hatter, which is currently free, but of course, I haven't read it. May have to bump that up on the TBR. These are "fractured fairytales", which is a PNR sub genre that I tend to really like if it's done well.

[KyBunnies]

Okay shoot me
I could not resist a medieval romance is on sale for 99 cents

Amazon

medieval is my favor to read