Free and bargain romance ebooks + Discussion March 2014

[danicca]

[QUOTE=apesmom;2793463
Tomorrow night when the new releases go live I'll be grabbing 10 new titles. This is a big month for new releases![/QUOTE]
When do new releases become available on kobo? I never figured it out, and time zones didn't help. Is there a difference between publishers for same book?

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by danicca

When do new releases become available on kobo? I never figured it out, and time zones didn't help. Is there a difference between publishers for same book?

Kobo is sometimes slow putting up new releases. I've found that generally published books come up first [and the more expensive the more usual it is they show up the same day as everyone else]. Indy publishers, it's hit or miss. I've waited days, weeks, months for a book to show up at Kobo, it just depends. If it's not up first thing in the morning, I'd check back at Kobo after 5 or 6pm EST that same day and sometimes it's there. Gee, this cold is messing with my head, does that make any sense? I hope so!

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

Kobo is sometimes slow putting up new releases. I've found that generally published books come up first [and the more expensive the more usual it is they show up the same day as everyone else]. Indy publishers, it's hit or miss. I've waited days, weeks, months for a book to show up at Kobo, it just depends. If it's not up first thing in the morning, I'd check back at Kobo after 5 or 6pm EST that same day and sometimes it's there. Gee, this cold is messing with my head, does that make any sense? I hope so!

Kobo has gotten much, much better than in the early days. And if a book shows as available as a pre-order, those change to buy links right at midnight. Not sure if it's one time for all areas or if they calculate that based on your local time zone. I'm Eastern time and I've noticed it happens right on time for me.

A few times with Escape titles there was no date on the pre-order and it still showed as a pre-order a week after the title was supposed to be for sale. I emailed the publisher and they contacted Kobo about it and got it fixed. But if there is a date with the pre-order (i.e. Available on: 3/25/2014) I'm pretty sure the process is automated.

I have one book I want to buy on Tuesday which is a Samhain title. All the other Samahian titles for that day show as pre-orders except the one I want. Hoping it will still be available on Tuesday, but we'll see.

[apesmom]

Originally Posted by library addict

Kobo has gotten much, much better than in the early days. And if a book shows as available as a pre-order, those change to buy links right at midnight. Not sure if it's one time for all areas or if they calculate that based on your local time zone. I'm Eastern time and I've noticed it happens right on time for me.

12 p.m. EST
edit - oops, sorry it's 12 p.m. EST. I was thinking in C.S.T.

[Terisa de morgan]

6AM GMT+1

[library addict]

Originally Posted by apesmom

11 p.m. EST

Oh cool. The one time I checked at 11:30 they weren't for sale yet, but this was back in the days before pre-orders.

Looking forward to everyone's buy report next week.

[danicca]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

6AM GMT+1

Out of curiosity, are books on amazon.es available at midnight of local time zone?

[Terisa de morgan]

I don't know *blushing*, I shop at Amazon.com, cheaper and more books. And... I'm up at 6AM but not at 00:00

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by Jane A

Kobo's Daily Deal is C.S. Harris' What Angels Fear at $1.99. It is the first in the Sebastian St. Cyr series.

I really like this series, but warning to romance readers, it's not a romance...not exactly.

Spoiler:

For example, the main character is in love with one woman when the series begins, but that relationship doesn't work out. (I'm avoiding further spoilers by saying more - but I know some romance readers who would find that problematic, if they though this was a standard romance series).

[Jane A]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

I really like this series, but warning to romance readers, it's not a romance...not exactly.

Spoiler:

For example, the main character is in love with one woman when the series begins, but that relationship doesn't work out. (I'm avoiding further spoilers by saying more - but I know some romance readers who would find that problematic, if they though this was a standard romance series).

Thanks for that! I guess I should have mentioned that it's a mystery with romantic elements. I haven't read it yet, but I have read enough spoilers that I think I'll be fine with the direction the series takes. Others mileage may vary!

[apesmom]

Freebie

Secrets on the Sand (Barefoot Bay Billionaires #1) by Roxanne St. Claire
Kindle | Kobo

This contemporary romance is the first in a new trilogy set Roxanne St. Claire's popular "Barefoot Bay" featuring wealthy business partners who visit the sun-drenched island and the unlikely heroines who steal their hearts.

Zeke Nicholas has turned his mathematical genius skills into a mountain of money. But Zeke sits on that mountain all alone, longing for the one thing money cannot buy: a lifelong partner and true love. Zeke grew up near Barefoot Bay and is staying at the resort for a week while he’s in town for a family event. Enter Mandy Mitchell...the maid. Except, Mandy is much more than that to Zeke—she was the object of his every teenage dream back in the days when she was known as “Mandy the Magnificent” and he had the unflattering high school nickname of “Ezekiel the Geekiel.”

Zeke is no longer a geek—he’s gorgeous. And Mandy doesn’t feel so magnificent since her marriage fell apart and left her up to her eyeballs in debt and despair. The minute they meet again, Mandy knows he’s exactly the kind of trouble she should avoid...but Zeke does have one thing Mandy needs to gain the independence she craves. Will he give it to her? One look at Mandy, and Zeke turns his relentless ability to get what he wants into a full-on seduction and he’s ready to give her anything. But can Mandy face down the secrets of her past to find a fairy-tale future with Zeke?

[Blossom]

Free @ Amazon

Escape Out of Darkness by Anne Stuart
(Maggie Bennett 01)
Dell 1987

She is doing this 40 days of 40 years celebration so I would bookmark her Amazon's author page. Some are free some are on sale. The special changes daily.

[Venus]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Free @ Amazon

Escape Out of Darkness by Anne Stuart
(Maggie Bennett 01)
Dell 1987

She is doing this 40 days of 40 years celebration so I would bookmark her Amazon's author page. Some are free some are on sale. The special changes daily.

She is an auto buy for me.

[Venus]

Free

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AW2KV28/

[Blossom]

Free @ Amazon

Nice Girl to Love: Three-Book Collection by Violet Duke

1 Resisting the Bad Boy
2 Falling for the Good Guy
3 Choosing the Right Man
Finding the Right Girl (the follow-up Nice GUY spin-off) is also on sale for just $0.99 this week only

BOOK #1: THE ONE SHE NEVER THOUGHT SHE COULD KEEP...

Abby Bartlett is the quintessential nice girl. Between teaching, volunteering, completing her PhD, and helping her best friend raise his daughter, Abby never gets the chance to be anything but nice. That is, until the all-wrong-for-her man she's only ever known from afar starts daring her to simply take that chance for herself. His sage advice? Try something wild and fast. Preferably him.

An unbridled, hotshot attorney with a not-so-little black book, Connor Sullivan has earned himself quite the bad boy reputation. But in his defense, he's a very conscientious one. He knows far too well that sometimes in life, love isn't enough...or worse, not even a factor at all. To avoid that misery--and repel the drama--Connor has a firm 'nothing over a month' rule. Who knew a nice girl would be the one to make him want to break all his rules?

BOOK #2: THE ONE SHE NEVER HOPED SHE COULD HAVE...

Abby is well aware that everyone thinks she's in love with her best friend Brian. He is, after all, the type of man a nice girl should be with--the polar opposite of the bad boy--the kind of guy who didn't let his wife's decade-long illness stop him from showering her with a lifetime of love every second until her dying day. But everyone's wrong; she couldn't possibly be in love with him. Because she's never once allowed herself that option.

It's taken a while but Brian Sullivan has finally come to terms with surviving the woman he spent half his life loving, a third of it losing. Truth is though, he wouldn't have 'survived' any of it really had it not been for Abby--sweet, incredible Abby--the woman he's never once had to picture his life without, never realized he couldn't truly live without. Until now. Now that he's finally able to love her the way she deserves, the way he knows she wants to be loved...by his brother. Who's giving him exactly one chance to speak now or forever hold his peace.

BOOK #3: A DECISION SHE NEVER DREAMED SHE'D HAVE TO MAKE...
In this third and final book of the NYT & USA Today bestselling trilogy, Abby must decide once and for all between the two brothers -- between the bad boy wanting to start a life with her and the good guy fighting for the life they've already built.