FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2015

[Britomart]

Free from Amazon US DE:

Wild Western Fire by Kathryn Hockett (aka Kathryn Kramer/Marcia Hockett; first published in 1994 with Zebra).

A fire-breathing locomotive carries Faith Tomkins far away from the security of her Minnesota home to the Oregon Territory. She is going to marry her fiancé, Henry, homestead and start a new life. Little does she knew that a fateful encounter with a handsome stranger will derail her girlish dreams and sent her on a collision course with sudden danger and unexpected desire.

Framed for a murder he didn’t commit, Jonas Winslow—gambler and wanderer—is a desperate man. He doesn’t realize that a chance meeting on a train will save his life when he seeks a haven of safety on Faith’s land. Together they will face a world of untold adventure and peril that will take them from the western wilderness to the bawdy dance halls and gambling dens of San Francisco.

Irresistibly bound together…the rugged gambler sworn to clear his name and the sensuous young woman who can’t resist him…they will risk their lives for a magnificent dream of love.

[sufue]

A Burning Touch by Patricia Ryan is a US Kindle countdown deal, at $0.99 for about 1 1/4 more days before going up to $2.99.

I've read and enjoyed her "Gilded Age" mystery series, so am looking forward to trying this one, which seems to lean more towards romance, so I posted it here.

link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005SJRAKG/

Spoiler:

Mansfield, New Jersey, is burning up building by building—each fire more devastating than the last—and it’s Detective Jamie Keegan’s job to bring the “Firefly,” as the arsonist has dubbed himself, to justice. He balks when his captain orders him to consult the beautiful and enigmatic India Cook, who claims to be a psychic, and who can’t bear to be touched. Convinced she’s a con artist, Jamie tries to deny the chemistry simmering between them as he and India work together to stop the Firefly before he can strike again. Original publication date: January 1996.

“Ever a master of characterization and sexual tension, Patricia Ryan creates a sizzling suspense about the thin line between passion and anguish sure to heat up our reading pleasure!” —RT Book Reviews

“A steamy, sizzling, and thoroughly entertaining novel that allows the audience to partake in the adventure romance of a lifetime. The pacing is swift and the unfolding storyline provides a fascinating glimpse into a world where psi comes together with arson to create a bonfire of passion. Way to go, Pat Ryan!” —Affaire de Coeur

“A tale so full of fiery emotions and blistering passion, not to mention the wonderful characters, I closed the last page with a huge smile on my lips.” —Rendezvous

“The most remarkable aspect of this novel is the author’s empathic treatment of India’s [psychic] condition. This situation creates some unique sexual tension, including the well-handled description of desire in a man’s mind. Women reading romances are occasionally treated to token narratives about passion and desire from a hero’s point of view. Author Patricia Ryan takes that point of view one step further, with fascinating results. Readers will not want to put this one down until they have reached the satisfying happy ending.” —Gothic Journal

About the Author:

Patricia Ryan is the USA Today bestselling author of more than two dozen romances and mysteries, including the #1 national bestseller Still Life With Murder. Her novels have garnered rave reviews and been published in over twenty countries. A RITA® winner (for Silken Threads) and four-time nominee, she is also the recipient of two Romantic Times Awards and a Mary Higgins Clark Award nomination for the second book of her historical mystery series featuring Boston governess Nell Sweeney, which she wrote under the name P.B. Ryan. Pat’s Evil Twin, Pamela Burford, is also a published romance novelist.

To find out more about Patricia Ryan’s award-winning romances and romantic suspense, including special projects, excerpts, and sneak previews, subscribe to her email newsletter by visiting patricia-ryan.com. Most issues features free and deeply discounted ebooks by Patricia and other bestselling romance and mystery authors.

[apesmom]

Couple of Samhain freebies.

Collateral Damage (Silent Warrior #1) by J.L. Saint (aka Jennifer St. Giles)
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Spoiler:

One thing makes Jack Hunter invaluable to his Delta Force Team. The same trait that makes him suck at relationships. Single-minded focus on his career—and honing his ability to never miss a kill.

After a terrorist missile devastates his team and leaves him with only partial memory of a FUBARed rescue mission, he retains only one clear picture no one believes: the last face in his gunsight belonged to a prestigious American businessman. The man’s wife has to know something, but the only way to get to her is go AWOL.

After her husband trades his family to tango with double-Ds, Lauren Collins decides her dogs are better judges of character. She’s unaware how far her soon-to-be-ex’s web of deceit reaches—until the only thing between her, her sons and a killer is a wounded Delta soldier who activates her sorely neglected X-chromosome like nobody’s business.

Their instant attraction is kryptonite to Jack’s injury-dulled edge. Thrust into a world of peril, political treachery and treason, Lauren has no choice but to trust Jack with her life. Even if she and her sons survive, she’s not sure her heart will…

Warning: Contains a warrior who doesn’t hesitate to lay his body on the line, more than one emotional love story to tug at your heart, and chaos at Chuck E. Cheese.

Midnight Secrets (Kildaren #1) by Jennifer St. Giles
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Cassiopeia’s dreams have never been her own. They are harbingers of death. Yet when she learns her gentle cousin, Mary, has disappeared from a remote castle on the Cornish Coast, the official story doesn’t fit with Cassie’s prophetic dream.
The mystery compels her to leave the safety and middle-class comfort of Oxford to take a job as a maid in the house of Killdaren. There she discovers more than the daily indignities the working class must endure. There’s a darkness surrounding Sean Killdaren, a man born with his hands at his twin’s throat. Whispers of the murderous Dragon Curse…and an aversion to daylight that adds vampire to spine-chilling rumors.

When Cassie encounters him in the shadowy corridors, his touch should make her tremble in fear. But that’s not what makes her knees shockingly weak. It’s the spell of desire he casts with his wicked green eyes…and the small acts of kindness that soften her heart.
The closer she comes to the truth, the greater the danger. Mary isn’t the only woman lost to the Killdaren brothers’ curse. And as a killer lurks ever closer, Cassie wonders whom she can trust…and if she will be the next victim.

This book has been previously published.

Warning: Contains a prim and proper advice columnist who finds herself in situations not covered by the rules of etiquette, and a deliciously dark hero who sees more than a maid in itchy wool…he sees the only star that lights his tortured life. Lace hankies strongly recommended.

[Blossom]

I made out like a bandit today. I got all these books for free. You can tell which ones are Zebras right? I'm going next week to see if I can find more. My favorite find was BY My Heart Betrayed by Olga Bicos I just love the cover. It was fun I had less than 5 minutes to pick up as many books I wanted. So I got through one bookshelf and just grab anything that had heaving bosoms on it.
My sister grab the rest I'm training her on what to look for. Fuchsia and cleavage! She got the HQs down already.

[mikaelalind]

I don't think anyone have posted this before. M.Malone are doing an promo for Multicultural romance right now, so she has listed a lot of free books and bargains written by her and her friends at her webpage. Even if there are some repeats it is nice to have them in one spot.

[apesmom]

On sale at Amazon

Miss Whittier Makes a List by Carla Kelly [Signet 1995] - $0.99

In the early 1800s, seventeen-year-old Hannah Whittier is traveling by ship down the coast from her Quaker home in Massachusetts to her brother’s house in Charleston, South Carolina. To while away the dull hours, Hannah composes a list of qualities she wants in a husband. Boredom will soon be the least of her worries. First the Molly Claridge is boarded by the British frigate, H.M.S. Dissuade, and forced to turn over any supposed Englishmen. Later the American vessel is blown out of the water by a French man o’war. After a long, harrowing day clinging to a grate and battered by the sun, Hannah is fished out of the water by the Dissuade and forced to sail toward England with the British crew and its imperious yet devilishly handsome captain, Sir Daniel Spark. Proper young Quakeress Hannah locks horns with salty Captain Spark, who expects her to carry her weight by helping their cook and keeping watch. The captain has none of the qualities on Hannah’s list, so why is she so drawn to him? Could it be that loyalty and valor are more important than mild manners and patience? Hannah learns that Captain Spark has fought valiantly in England’s naval battles against France, and she sympathizes with his weariness in the face of so much death and destruction. Captain Spark in turn values Hannah’s lively spirit and positive attitude. And, despite her tanned skin and cabin boy attire, Hannah presents quite a temptation to the captain who has been too long at sea. Now, if only they can make it to England in one piece ....

[library addict]

Chocolate Touch by Laura Florand on sale for $2.99 (normally $11.99)

Spoiler:

La Vie en Chocolat

Dominique Richard's reputation says it all--wild past, wilder flavors, black leather and smoldering heat. Jaime Corey is hardly the first woman to be drawn to all that dark, delicious danger. Sitting in Dom's opulent chocolaterie in Paris day after day, she lets his decadent creations restore her weary body and spirit, understanding that the man himself is entirely beyond her grasp.

Until he touches her. . .

Chocolate, Dominique understands--from the biting tang of lime-caramel to the most complex infusions of jasmine, lemon-thyme, and cayenne. But this shy, freckled American who sits alone in his salon, quietly sampling his exquisite confections as if she can't get enough of them--enough of him--is something else. She has secrets too, he can tell. Of course if she really knew him, she would run.

Yet once you have spotted your heart's true craving, simply looking is no longer enough. . .

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[Blue2u]

MC, $1.99 Rain Shadow Box Set - Tess Oliver

[dublincheri]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It was fun I had less than 5 minutes to pick up as many books I wanted. So I got through one bookshelf and just grab anything that had heaving bosoms on it.
My sister grab the rest I'm training her on what to look for. Fuchsia and cleavage! She got the HQs down already.

Thank you for that, I needed a good laugh today!!

Moving is so NOT fun, although the ship carrying our belongings should be in New York tomorrow so another milestone is in sight.

I read a previously downloaded freebie last night, Wendy Lindstrom's Shades of Honor, and today found the first four Grayson Brothers books in a bundle for 0.99! There's tonight's insomnia sorted.

[basschick]

free books? hey, that's super! and i used to own a couple of those

Originally Posted by Blossom

I made out like a bandit today. I got all these books for free. You can tell which ones are Zebras right? I'm going next week to see if I can find more. My favorite find was BY My Heart Betrayed by Olga Bicos I just love the cover. It was fun I had less than 5 minutes to pick up as many books I wanted. So I got through one bookshelf and just grab anything that had heaving bosoms on it.
My sister grab the rest I'm training her on what to look for. Fuchsia and cleavage! She got the HQs down already.

[Blue2u]

Happy Mother's Day, hope all of you Mom's have a nice, peaceful day.

[library addict]

Captured by a Rogue Lord by Katharine Ashe on sale $1.99 (from $7.99)

Spoiler:

Katharine Ashe is poised to become the next superstar of historical romance fiction, having already garnered enthusiastic praise from some of the genre's elite-including Lisa Kleypas, Kat Martin, and Sabrina Jeffries. With Captured by a Rogue Lord, Ashe again grandly flourishes the winning mix of danger and passion with outrageous action and amazing sensuality that made her previous novel, Swept Away by a Kiss, an unadulterated delight.

An unforgettable Regency romantic adventure, Captured by a Rogue Lord concerns the passionate exploits of a titled British lord and reluctant pirate endangered by his desire for an inquisitive beauty who's coming perilously close to uncovering his secret identity. If you like Johanna Lindsey you will love Katharine Ashe!

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Along Came a Duke by Elizabeth Boyle on sale $1.99 (from $5.99)

Spoiler:

"A young lady with a fortune is subject to all sorts of untoward attentions by the worst sort of vagrants."

A lesson Tabitha Timmons, a penniless spinster, has never needed to heed. That is, until she is left a vast fortune payable only upon her marriage to the very respectable Mr. Barkworth—a match that offers little chance of discovering exactly what her aunt means by "untoward attentions."

But the same can't be said when the Duke of Preston happens along Tabitha's path. He spies a rebellious streak in her that matches his own and he makes it his mission to save her from such a passionless match, interfering in her life at every turn. All too soon, Preston—whose very name spells ruin—has Tabitha caught between the good fortune that guarantees her security, and his kiss, which promises an entirely different kind of happily-ever-after.

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[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Bad Girl (The Precinct #27) by Julie Miller (B-/3 stars)
• Hope Burns (Hope #3) by Jaci Burton (B-/3 stars)
• Love After All (Hope #4) by Jaci Burton (B-/3 stars)
• Secret Hideaway (Texas Rangers #5) by Carla Neggers (B-/3 stars)

A pretty even, if unspectacular, reading week.

I also finished my complete Psy/Changeling series reread. I do love that series! Counting down the days until June 2nd.


Purchased:

[Terisa de morgan]

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Not in the mood this week for Thea Harrison, although I was looking forward to it, and waiting eagerly to June too.

[Blue2u]

Free: Geoducks Are for Lovers - Daisy Prescott

Spoiler:

Amazon Top 100 Best Seller
#1 Women's Humorous Fiction Best Seller

"... I think life is better when you have love. Not a friendly neighbor or old friends kind of love either, but a love that causes your heart to race and your toes to curl."

Maggie Marrion is just getting back on her feet after a horrible year, or two, or three. With their twentieth reunion approaching, she invites four of her closest friends from college for a mini-reunion at her beach cabin on Whidbey Island. What she doesn't expect is her best friends Selah and Quinn to play matchmaker. Will Maggie risk her heart and her quiet life for another chance at romance?

Gil Morrow, former grunge musician turned history professor, joins them as Selah's date for the weekend. With the support of old friends, a few wishing rocks, the world's largest burrowing clam, and a hot lumberjack thrown into the mix, Gil reminds Maggie she isn't too old to fall in love.

Reality Bites becomes The Big Chill when a group of Gen-X friends spend a summer weekend together sharing laughter, tears, life's ups and downs, old stories, second chances, and new beginnings in this humorous contemporary adult romance.

Geoducks Are for Lovers is the first novel in the Modern Love Stories series.