FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2014

[DHNightshadow]

Found this on Amazon, maybe someone is interested.

Anne Stuart:
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Kiss-Sca...058639&sr=1-19

Kindle Price: $1.22
Never Kiss a Rake (Scandal at the House of Russell Book 1

Bryony Russell and her two sisters are left destitute by the disgrace and unexpected death of their father, a wealthy shipping magnate. He left a cryptic note, and Bryony is determined to find the real villain and clear her father’s name. In disguise as a servant, Bryony infiltrates the home of her father’s business partner to find proof of his guilt…or innocence. It’s not just clues that Bryony finds, but temptation too…

Adrian Bruton, Earl of Kilmartyn, immediately suspects there is something not quite right about his new housekeeper. The brooding, irresistible rake plays along because he has his own guilty secrets, and his venal, scheming wife holds the key to them, trapping him in a hate-filled marriage. But against his will he’s fascinated by Bryony, seeing past the scars on her face to show her the beauty she never knew she had. Bryony must uncover the truth and attempt to preserve her father’s legacy, before things go too far and she falls in love with a man who might very well be her worst enemy.

[Blue2u]

Haven't seen AnemicOak post in awhile, hope he's okay! [Didn't he mention a trip awhile back?]

I was wondering if you guys wanted to do your top 10 favorite books of 2014? Not that I need any help adding to my wishlist.


Feel better soon Blossom!

[Terisa de morgan]

Happy belated birthday, mikaelalind! And a nice present.

Blossom, I hope you feel better soon. For me, fever is one of the worse symptoms! No breathing, throat pain, .. I can work and live, fever not at all, even a small one.

[Terisa de morgan]

A late weekly report (today is a bank holiday in Spain):

* Purchased:



* Read:

[apesmom]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

I was wondering if you guys wanted to do your top 10 favorite books of 2014? Not that I need any help adding to my wishlist.

Oh yes! Let's!

[library addict]

Originally Posted by apesmom

Oh yes! Let's!

Are we going by 2014 releases only?

Maybe we could do our Top 10 2014 releases with a mention of another Top 5 favorites we read for the first time in 2014 but were older books.

[apesmom]

These are my top ten books that I READ in 2014, I think only a few were published in 2014. I have such a huge TBR pile that it's unlikely that I'll actually read very many books in the year they were published.

I've read a total of 163 books so far in 2014. I did not give anything 5 stars this year but that's not unusual, I'm just a really hard grader. Interesting that my top 3 books are self-pubs!

4.5 stars

1. Transcendence by Shay Savage
2. Lady Luck (Colorado Mountain #3) by Kristen Ashley
3. Breathe (Colorado Mountain #4) by Kristen Ashley
4. MacRieve (IAD #14) by Kresley Cole
5. Ravishing the Heiress (Fitzhugh #2) by Sherry Thomas

4 stars

6. Iced (Fever #6) by Karen Marie Moning
7. Sweet Filthy Boy (Wild Seasons #1) by Christina Lauren
8. Heart of Obsidian (Psy-Changling #12) by Nalini Singh
9. Sweet Dreams (Colorado Mountain #2) by Kristen Ashley
10. Changing the Game (Play-by-Play #2) by Jaci Burton

[Britomart]

Free from Amazon US DE:

A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia Grant. The other books in this series are published with Bantam.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SIMPLE…

With one more errand to go—the purchase of a hunting falcon—Andrew Blackshear has Christmas completely under control. As his sister’s impending marriage signals the inevitable drifting-apart of the Blackshear family, it’s his last chance to give his siblings the sort of memorable, well-planned holiday their parents could never seem to provide.

He has no time to dawdle, no time for nonsense, and certainly no time to drive the falconer’s vexing, impulsive, lush-lipped, midnight-haired daughter to a house party before heading home. So why the devil did he agree to do just that?

IT COULDN’T BE MORE DELICIOUSLY MIXED-UP…

Lucy Sharp has been waiting all her too-quiet life for an adventure, and she means to make the most of this one. She’s going to enjoy the house party as no one has ever enjoyed a house party before, and in the meanwhile she’s going to enjoy every minute in the company of amusingly stern, formidably proper, outrageously handsome Mr. Blackshear. Let him disapprove of her all he likes—it’s not as though they’ll see each other again after today.

…or will they? When a carriage mishap and a snowstorm strand the pair miles short of their destination, threatening them with scandal and jeopardizing all their Christmas plans, they’ll have to work together to save the holiday from disaster. And along the way they just might learn that the best adventures are the ones you never would have thought to plan.

A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong is a long novella/short novel of about 62,000 words. It's a prequel to the already-available Blackshear Family series. The e-book includes an excerpt of about 5600 words from A Lady Awakened; the novella itself ends at about the 90% mark on your e-reader.

[Blue2u]

Like apesmom, I don't give 5 stars very often either. Out of 253 books read, these are mine sorted by genre:

PN
Opposition – Jennifer L. Armentrout - Lux series - [final] book 5
Transcendence – Shay Savage

NA
Deeper, Harder – Robin York - Caroline & West series – books 1 & 2
The Understatement of the Year – Sarina Bowen – book 3 [IMO the whole ‘Ivy’ series was 4+]
Entice - S.E. Hall - Evolve series – book 3
Ugly Love, Maybe Someday - Colleen Hoover [both stand alones]
More Than Him, More Than Forever – Jay McLean - More series - books 3 & 4
Thrive, Addicted After All - Krista & Becca Ritchie - Addicted series – books 2 & 3

MM
Try, Take – Ella Frank - Temptation Series - books 1 & 2

Contemporary
Me Before You – Jojo Moyes

Play, Lead - Kylie Scott - Stage Dive series – books 2 & 3




ETA: I second the Christina Lauren mention by apesmom, IMO a solid 4. After reading that I already bought and read #2 and also decided to continue with the Beautiful series as well after reading a few comments that others didn't care for the first in that series but loved the rest.

[booklover6]

I've been trying to give more stars lately. I just couldn't bring myself to give more than 4 for the last few Cherry Adair T-Flac books, though.

[library addict]

I've read 294 books as on the end of November (total includes about 50 rereads).

My top 10 books published in 2014 (in order by publish date):

1. Taken with You (Kowalaski Family #8) by Shannon Stacey [Apr 2014]
2. Playing It Close (London Legends #2) by Kat Latham [Apr 2014]
3. Ladder to the Red Star (Once Upon a Red World #2) by Jael Wye [Apr 2014]
4. Blind Faith (Sin Brothers #3) by Rebecca Zanetti [May 2014]
5. All I Have (Farmer's Market #1) by Nicole Helm [June 2014]
6. Then Came You (Animal Magnetism #5) by Jill Shalvis [July 2014]
7. Falling for Max (Kowalaski Family #9) by Shannon Stacey [Aug 2014]
8. Harbor Island (Sharpe & Donovan 4) by Carla Neggers [Sept 2014]
9. He's So Fine (Lucky Harbor #11) by Jill Shalvis [Oct 2014]
10. Blood Magick (Cousins O'Dwyer #3) by Nora Roberts [Nov 2014]

Favorite 2014 Novellas:

• Land's End by Barbara Dunlop [Jan 2014]
• Rock Courtship (Rock Kiss #2) by Nalini Singh [Sept 2014]
• Her Holiday Man by Shannon Stacey [Nov 2014]

Top 5 books read in 2014, but published earlier:

1. Shield's Lady (Lost Colony #3) by Anamda Glass [July 1989]
2. Cold Pursuit (Black Falls #1) by Carla Neggers [Nov 2008]
3. Real Men Don't Break Hearts (Real Men #1) by Coleen Kwan [Dec 2012]
4. Flight Risk (Antiques in Flight #1) by Nicole Helm [Aug 2013]
5. Sweet Revenge (Sin Brothers #2) by Rebecca Zanetti [Dec 2013]

ETA: series info. It seems like most of what I read nowadays is part of a series.

I do give 5 stars, but not overly so. Of the 1073 books I have rated in my main Calibre library, 153 are 5 stars. So that's 14.25%

[booklover6]

I've read 231 to date in 2014, including short stories.

5 star books (1 chosen from each month)

1. Pursued (Brides of the Kindred 6) by Evangeline Anderson
2. Bear Meets Girl (Pride 07) by Shelley Laurenston (Pride 8 & 9 also 5 stars)
3. Fashionably Dead by Robin Peterman
4. Night Broken (Mercy Thompson 8) by Patricia Briggs
5. Silo 49 (1-3) by Ann Christy
6. Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith 01) by Julia Quinnn (#2 & 3 also 5 stars)
7. Sixth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson 6) by Darynda Jones
8. First You Run (Bullet Catchers 5) by Roxanne St. Claire (#6 & 7 also 5 stars)
9. Acheron (Dark-Hunter 15) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (and 15 more in the series got 5 stars)
10. Forged by Desire (London Steampunk 4) by Bec McMaster
11. Vamps and the City (Love at Stake 2) by Kerrelyn Sparks (#3, 4 & 5 also 5 stars)
12. Whipppoorwill by Sharon Sala

A few of them might have been published in 2014. I am always playing catch up. I have completed quite a few series this year, which was and will continue to be my goal.

Abandoned a couple of series too.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

Are we going by 2014 releases only?

Maybe we could do our Top 10 2014 releases with a mention of another Top 5 favorites we read for the first time in 2014 but were older books.

They are usually published in any year just your top ten reads. Keep in mind we still got a month of reading left so the list may change by then. doesn't need to be 5 Stars either some of my favorite reads are not 5 Stars.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Happy belated birthday, mikaelalind! And a nice present.

Blossom, I hope you feel better soon. For me, fever is one of the worse symptoms! No breathing, throat pain, .. I can work and live, fever not at all, even a small one.

That is me too. Today I guess you can say after the fever left I've got stomach issues so I'm not sure what this virus is.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

That is me too. Today I guess you can say after the fever left I've got stomach issues so I'm not sure what this virus is.

Blossom, some coworkers have similar symptoms and it is a stomach virus, not flu.