FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2016

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Funny, that is about how mostly I felt also. The first 3 are what I inhaled in like one after the other. I still loved #4, but the writing was on the wall and the 5th, although still good as it completed the series was a bit of a mess. I think I said at that point I was glad it was over. Would have been better to have maybe total 4 books and do 4-5 in one and less of the hot mess stuff.

I read the buys point of views books after I finished the series and they read quite nicely. Added some different view point to it and I do not ever like or read the same books from other viewpoint. But since it includes different stuff from the initial books, it worked for me. Probably because of being 1st person.

I am also one of those that hates, totally hates triangles. I still don't read them or like them, this was the only series and it worked for me somehow.

Of course I started her other 2 series with other pubishers and it does seem to be a "thing" with this writer. At least one of the other series. The Ivy one I don't know yet.

I like love triangles but this was just a huge train wreck. I don't want to say the author seem to get lazy in book four and five but it just seemed like her heart wasn't in it. I wonder if she had intended a different outcome in the triangle but went with popular opinion to please fans or publisher which caused the problems in the last two books.

Another thing that really bother me was the heroine's character development. One second she was finally standing on her two feet the next she was whiny and seem to fall back in the damsel in distress mode.

[owlrigh]

Dreamspinner is having another sale at the moment - $1.00 books.

http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/sto....php?cPath=930
Aiden's Luck by Con Riley (read this one, quite liked it)
A Devil's Own Luck by Rowan McAllister
Juicy Bits [an anthology]
The Luckiest by M.J. O'Shea & Piper Vaughn (read this one, quite readable)
Lucky by Ana Bosch
Lucky Man by Garrett Leigh
Moonlight Becomes You by M.J. O'Shea & Piper Vaughn
Moonstruck by M.J. O'Shea and Piper Vaughn
Thank My Lucky Scars by Tia Fielding
Where Wishes Go by S.A. McAuley

Samhain Publishing has a few free reads happening, one of which is:

A Case of Spirits, by K J Charles - a good short story based in her magical historical world.

[library addict]

If you sign up for the Kit Rocha newsletter, you can download 9 free books from their website (epub, mobi, or pdf):

http://kitrocha.com/sexy-dangerous-free/

The books are:
Beyond Shame by Kit Rocha
Play With Me by Alisha Rai
Delicate Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
Captured Innocence by Kennedy Layne
Dare to Surrender by Carly Phillips
So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Tank by M. Malone
Ivan by Roxie Rivera
Throttle Me by Chelle Bliss

[library addict]

There are two 500 point activities at Harlequin My Rewards today.

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by library addict

If you sign up for the Kit Rocha newsletter, you can download 9 free books from their website (epub, mobi, or pdf):

http://kitrocha.com/sexy-dangerous-free/

I had some of these already (and I really enjoyed reading them!), but not by far all of them. Thank you for posting this!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

There are two 500 point activities at Harlequin My Rewards today.

Thanks! It gave me enough for another book code.

[mrscoach]

I need some help. My poor little Sansa Clip broke last night. It still works, but the volume button broke and will only turn down. This thing was a trooper. It was the original clip, not the plus or zip. I want a new one, but the costs are crazy for what I want.

Does anyone have a suggestion? I see the only ones SanDisk has out now are the sport and jam. I mostly play music while working out, but also self help and the occasional audio book.

I'm going to miss my little clip.

[ScalyFreak]

You may want to try the audiobook forum? Just a thought, you'll get more answers there, and quicker.

[kg3]

FREE @ Amazon (These have not been free previously), thru March 29:

1) Contemporary Collection - Volume Two - Jennifer Blake

Amazon US---Amazon UK---Amazon Canada

Includes these 3 books (Contemporary Romance):

-Love and Smoke - Fawcett/Ballantine, 1989
-Joy and Anger - Fawcett/Ballantine, 1991
-Holding The Tigress (aka Tigress) - Fawcett/Ballantine, 1996

2) No Ordinary Lovers Box Set - Jennifer Blake

Amazon US---Amazon UK---Amazon Canada

Includes these 3 Novellas (Paranormal Romance):

-Besieged Heart (in Secrets Of The Heart Anthology) - Penguin/Topaz, 1994
-Dream Lover (in A Dream Come True Anthology) - Penguin/Topaz, 1994
-The Warlock's Daughter (in the Stardust Anthology) - Avon, 1994

3) Golden Fancy - Jennifer Blake

Amazon US---Amazon UK---Amazon Canada

-Orig. published: Fawcett/Ballantine, 1980
-Historical Romance, Western

4) Others (all but one were previously FREE) and 0.99 Sale: Amazon US

[orangekiwi]

Cross posted from the FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy thread since it was a 4 ½ Stars TOP PICK --RT Magazine

Trace of Magic by Diana Pharaoh Francis (The Diamond City Magic Novels Book #1) is currently $1.99 in the US

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/trace-of-magic
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4NSPRG

Even the most powerful tracers can't track you if the magical trace you leave behind is too old. But I can track almost anything, even dead trace. That makes me a unicorn, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Loch Ness Monster all rolled into one. In a word, I am unique. A very special snowflake. And if anyone ever finds out, I'll be dead or a slave to one of the Tyet criminal factions.

Riley Hollis has quietly traced kidnapped children and quietly tipped the cops to their whereabouts one too many times. Now she's on the radar of Detective Clay Price, a cop in the pocket of a powerful magic Tyet faction. When he blackmails her into doing a dangerous trace for him, Riley will have to break every rule that keeps her safe. Or become a Tyet pawn in a deadly, magical war.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by orangekiwi

Cross posted from the FREE/BARGAIN - Science Fiction, Fantasy thread since it was a 4 ½ Stars TOP PICK --RT Magazine

Trace of Magic by Diana Pharaoh Francis (The Diamond City Magic Novels Book #1) is currently $1.99 in the US

https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/trace-of-magic
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00M4NSPRG

I loved this book. It's definitely UF, not PNR and is action packed and fairly dark. There's a romance, kind of, but it's not the focus of the story and it's not resolved at the end of the book. I haven't read the second book yet, and the third is being released in a few weeks.

[Hemmi]

35% off at eHarlequin today with coupon code EASTER16. Offer valid today and tomorrow.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:
No new-to-me books. Hope to finish Branded by Fire in my complete Psy/Changeling series reread today then start Blaze of Memory, which is one of my favorites.

Purchased:

[Blossom]

Checking in:

I had a very good reading week after such a long dry spell of no reading.

Tiffany Snow:

No Turning Back (Kathleen Turner Series #1) --- 5 stars
Turn to Me (Kathleen Turner Series #2) --- 5 stars
Turning Point (Kathleen Turner Series #3) --- 5 stars
Out of Turn (Kathleen Turner Series #4) --- 3 stars
Point of No Return (Kathleen Turner Series #5) --- 2.5 stars

I Love this series even if the last two books was flat. It took me a few days though after the let down to realize the first three books were enough. The ending still sucked but I will forever remember Kade Dennon and Blane Kirk. I guess all love triangles can't end like Kellan and Keira did.

I did listen to them as I read. Angela Dawe is awesome as always in her narration.

Black Ice by Anne Stuart --- 3 stars barely.
This was sooooo cheesy after all the good reviews I read about it I was really disappointed. The heroine to me is the most stupidest heroine to ever grace the pages of Romance. This was like a badly written 80s historical novel but set in modern times. It just didn't work for me and was totally unbelievable. So many holes in the plot and the characters were very 2D.

Maybe if I read it 10 years ago I would have liked it better or it would have been set in historical times it may have worked better for me.

[worktolive]

On sale for $0.99 from Loveswept:

Worth The Fall by Claudia Connor

Spoiler:

Prepare to be swept away by a talented debut author with a passionate, powerful story to tell.

They meet on a beach. . . . Abby Davis isn’t wearing a skimpy bikini or sipping umbrella drinks, not when she’s busy chasing around four little ones. And Matt McKinney isn’t looking for fun—he’s a Navy SEAL, a grown man with a long list of missions . . . and fallen brothers.

They only have a week. . . . Abby has brought her children to this beach to start over, to give them the enjoyable memories they deserve. Matt’s been sidelined by a combat injury, and haunted by the best friend he lost and the promise he made: to remain a SEAL—focused and dedicated. This leaves no time for what he’s always wanted: a family.

But a week is all it takes. . . . Matt opens her heart while Abby soothes his soul. And though they plan to say good-bye when the week is over, something magical happens on that beach, something neither can forget. Something utterly, completely worth falling for.

I really enjoyed this. It's not often that you have a romance heroine who is not only pregnant, but also has 4 kids under the age of 6. This book has a rating of 4.26 on Goodreads, which is pretty rare for the first book of any series.