FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2015

[library addict]

Originally Posted by nkd431

I went back through my kindle and had several harlequin purchases in the last month. Forwarded them to HMR and they gave me double points!!!

Did run up against daily point limit though! Daily limit seems to be 10,000!

Good to know. And yay!

Getting double points ends 1/26/2015.

[ATDrake]

Free from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Best Man by L. A. Witt, an m/m contemporary romance, apparently 1st in the Wilde series, which the blurb notes was previously published (probably at one of the digital houses, I didn't bother to check). Witt is a Samhain, MLR Press, and Carina author, IIRC.

Jon Beatty thought he’d found the best man for him until Craig walked out. To add insult to injury, Craig's got a new lover—a woman—and wants Jon to be a different kind of best man…at his wedding.

Reasoning that the only way to get over one man is to get under another, Jon heads out to Wilde’s, the night club on Capitol Hill famous for its hot clientele and hotter bartenders. Jon just wants to get drunk and get laid, and bartender Liam Sable is more than willing to help with both.

Their one night stand turns into a rebound fling, but as Jon moves on with Liam, Craig starts having second thoughts about the break-up. His tiresome antics are the least of Jon and Liam’s worries, though. The least annoying, and the least dangerous…

ETA: Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Fair Game by Doreen Owens Malek, an f/m contemporary romantic suspense originally out from Popular Library in 1989. Confusingly, Amazon has filed this with a mystery novel of the same name with a different author (and has even put Malek's name as a co-author on that one, and included the editorial reviews for Krich's book under Malek's listing).

She was both an important attorney and Senator Joseph Fair's daughter - a porcelain and gold beauty who worked among Washington's political elite. And when Ashley Fair joined her father's hectic Presidential campaign, her life took her to the very pinnacles of fame and power. Then she met Timothy Martin, the intriguing and darkly handsome police lieutenant assigned to protect her father. To Tim, Ashley was strictly off-limits, a woman from a world impossibly separated from his own by a chasm of class and money -- until the differences in their backgrounds dissolved in desire and their closeness drew them into the depths of an intoxicating passion. But in the shadows, danger was waiting for Ashley, sweeping her toward tragedy and the dark places of the heart where love becomes a torment..or the fulfillment of all dreams.

[ScalyFreak]

Two free boookes from Samhain, both DRM-free and both available as PDF, ePub, and .mobi formats. Blurbs behind the spoiler tags.

A Case of Spirits, by KJ Charles.

Spoiler:

None so blind…

A Charm of Magpies, Book 2.5

As torrential rains wash away the stench of a London heat wave, another kind of wave is sweeping through the city streets. A rash of ghost sightings, followed quickly by madness—and horrifying, eye-melting blindness.

The outbreak hits close to home when Lord Crane’s manservant, Merrick, becomes the newest victim. Desperate to find the cause of the malady, Crane and his magician lover, Stephen Day, are in a race against time—to put an end to the magical assault and put to rest the painful memories resurrected by ghosts of the past.

Product Warnings
Magical horror, strong language, and strange brews disguised as strong drink.

Wicked Weekend by Karen Erickson

Spoiler:

What happens in Vegas…could be a fantasy come true.

Vegas Nights, Book 0.5

Between nursing school and starting their careers, Reagan, Andrea and Natalie have had no time for dating. After saving up for a special vacation, they’re on their way to Vegas for a long-awaited weekend of fun, sun, gambling and partying.

When their luggage goes missing, an impromptu shopping trip leads them to James, who makes them an unusual offer—to be part of the female scenery at his boss’s upcoming party. Not just any scenery, but women who are pretty in a real way, not the nipped, tucked and dyed Hollywood version.

Accept a “private party” invitation from a complete stranger? These ladies weren’t born yesterday. Yet before “no thanks” crosses their lips, Reagan discovers who James’s boss really is: Declan Carter, an actor she’s crushed on for, well, forever. Now she’s determined to be the eye candy who catches Declan’s eye. No matter what it takes.

Product Warnings
Epic shopping trip results in meeting hot men. It is recommended that all credit cards be placed out of reach before reading.

[worktolive]

Price drop to $0.99 on a NA from Random House featuring a brainy heroine - my favorite. Since this looks like a publisher special, the price is most likely dropped everywhere (link below is to Amazon).

Third Degree by Julie Cross

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by worktolive

Price drop to $0.99 on a NA from Random House featuring a brainy heroine - my favorite. Since this looks like a publisher special, the price is most likely dropped everywhere (link below is to Amazon).

Third Degree by Julie Cross

Is Flirt a new publisher line? I am so out of the loop these days.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Is Flirt a new publisher line? I am so out of the loop these days.

They are ebook only, just like Loveswept. Random House owns both of them. It seems like all of the major publishers have started up new romance lines. I guess they finally figured out that romance sells.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by worktolive

They are ebook only, just like Loveswept. Random House owns both of them. It seems like all of the major publishers have started up new romance lines. I guess they finally figured out that romance sells.

What other lines are new I have missed out on?

Ah Flirt is New Adult. Got it.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Duke's Covert Mission (Carradignes #4) by Julie Miller (C+/3 stars)
• Unfixable (Line of Duty #6) by Tessa Bailey (C/2 stars)
• Unforgettable by Samantha Hunter (B/4 stars)
• The Elevator Kiss by Amina Thula (C+/3 stars)
• Taken by the South Wind (The WindKeepers #2) by Anna Hackett (B/4 stars)
• Tempting the West Wind (The WindKeepers #3) by Anna Hackett (B-/3 stars)
• Defying the North Wind (The WindKeepers #4) by Anna Hackett (C/2 stars)
• Claiming the East Wind (The WindKeepers #5) by Anna Hackett (C+/3 stars)
• Riskier Business (Crossing the Line #0.5) by Tessa Bailey (B-/3 stars)

Purchased:
Just picked up some freebies this week, so no pic since I don't list those on my buy report.

[KyBunnies]

Does anyone have Windows 8.1?

Maybe Blossom can help me. Got my mom a laptop. it is Windows 8.1 It had McAfee installed as a 30 day trial. I removed it via the control panel installed MBAM and downloaded and tried to install MS Security Essentials. When I started to run the program I had a box pop up to tell me something about MS Security Essentials was part of Windows Defender.

My question is do I need to buy and install an anti-virus or is the computer covered. I do not want to be worrying about viruses on her laptop.

Thanks

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

I removed it via the control panel installed MBAM and downloaded and tried to install MS Security Essentials. When I started to run the program I had a box pop up to tell me something about MS Security Essentials was part of Windows Defender.

My question is do I need to buy and install an anti-virus or is the computer covered. I do not want to be worrying about viruses on her laptop.

What exactly did the message say? Before Win 8 Windows Defender was purely a firewall.... MS SE is an anti-virus and those two are not the same.

If they both came bundled with Windows 8.1, great. If not, the sooner you find out, the better. Avira, Avast, AVG, are good free AV alternatives.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by KyBunnies

Does anyone have Windows 8.1?

Maybe Blossom can help me. Got my mom a laptop. it is Windows 8.1 It had McAfee installed as a 30 day trial. I removed it via the control panel installed MBAM and downloaded and tried to install MS Security Essentials. When I started to run the program I had a box pop up to tell me something about MS Security Essentials was part of Windows Defender.

My question is do I need to buy and install an anti-virus or is the computer covered. I do not want to be worrying about viruses on her laptop.

Thanks

I use Avira Free for my AV and Comodo Free for Firewall.

[KyBunnies]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

What exactly did the message say? Before Win 8 Windows Defender was purely a firewall.... MS SE is an anti-virus and those two are not the same.

If they both came bundled with Windows 8.1, great. If not, the sooner you find out, the better. Avira, Avast, AVG, are good free AV alternatives.

It was something to the effect that MS Security Essentials was part of Windows Defender. I do not know the exact wording but I will try again and write down the message.

[Terisa de morgan]

My weekly summary (slow week, but my TBR hasn't increased ):

* Purchased:



* Read:

[Blossom]

I haven't read a book since I put that last book up. I blame real life. Hubby has been home all month. I need to relax to read and I can't do that when he is always here so I have been binging on Gilmore Girls a show we both love.

I didn't buy anything as I am broke. I had Amazon take my gift balance and put it on Echo so it's all paid for. Things are so up in the air I didn't want to remember to keep money on my card for it and with the way Amazon changes delivery dates it was safer that way. I had to call to get it changed over the order was locked.

Was washing dishes tonight when I heard a gunshot out in the parking lot then return fire. Minutes later the police showed up. Domestic dispute. I heard the woman tell the officer if her guy came back what she was going to do with the guy. I told hubby it's so easy to forget the neighborhood you live in and then something nuts like this happens.

I just want a nice quiet environment that is boring as boring can be so I can relax and catch up on reading. It's never quiet here and I blame that on my lack of reading.

[rgeorg]

I have been using win 8.1 for 1 year now. Do NOT install any other anti-virus. Windows Defender, which includes a very good anti-virus + auto-updates itself regularly, is all that ou need. It does NOT play well with other anti-virus apps. So, if you were to install AVG (as I did at first) all sorts of odd problems arise and basically nothing works.

I did some research (a year ago) and basically the consensus is that it is best to just use Windows Defender. You have to un-install all other antivirus apps. I also installed a free malware scanning app. There are probably some antivirus programs that work at this point with win 8.1. But I have not had any problems. (t-t-t)