FREE/BARGAIN - Romance + Discussion - 2015

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$.99 Alabama Summer and Sweet Addiction series books by J. Daniels

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Many recent price drops from various publishers. Too many to link to all the sites so check your favorite retailers. All prices are $1.99

Hachette

• Second Chance Summer (Cedar Ridge #1) by Jill Shalvis
• He's So Fine (Lucky Harbor #11) by Jill Shalvis
• And Then He Kissed Me (White Pine #2) by Kim Amos
• A Taste of Sugar (Sugar Georgia #3) by Marina Adair
• One More Shot (Hometown Players #1) by Victoria Denault

Simon & Schuster

• Hunt Her Down (Bullet Catchers #7) by Roxanne St. Claire
• Tempted by Your Touch (Brides of the Bloodstone #1) by Jen Holling
• The Highlander's Stolen Bride (Pleasure Seekers #3) by Melanie George
• Raziel (Fallen #1) by Kristina Douglas
• Lord of Shadows (Heirs of Kilronan #2) by Alix Rickloff
• Ride a Dark Horse (Miller/Sheppard #2) by Laura Moore

Avon

• Love in the time of Scandal (Scandals #3) by Caroline Linden
• All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue (Debutante Files #2) by Sophie Jordan
• Hard to Let Go (Hard Ink #4) by Laura Kaye
• The Highlander Takes a Bride (Highlander #3) by Lynsay Sands
• Her Lucky Cowboy (Montana Men #3) by Jennifer Ryan

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FREE @ Amazon US:

The Countess - Claire Delacroix (Deborah Cooke)

-Originally published by Dell in 2000
-Scottish/Medieval Historical Romance

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Happy Thanksgiving to all US residents today! Wishing you lots of turkey and stuffing and plenty of things to be thankful for.

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Dreamspinner Press and its various imprints have several freebies for today plus 35% off everything else.

The freebies are good only for today, so download them quick! The 35% discount is good through the 30th, however.

At Dreamspinner:
Late Bloomer by Bru Baker (M/M contemporary/holiday)

Spoiler:

If not for his family and his Christmas tree farm, David Rochester would be a recluse. And Erik Shriver wouldn’t know a quiet moment if it smacked him in the face. But now David’s farm has brought them together. When Erik’s flurry of bad jokes and frenetic energy sets David off kilter, his family notices and begins conspiring. They push David and a very willing Erik together again and again until David stops denying his attraction. But an almost-hermit and a soon-to-be-former club boy each bring baggage into a relationship. They’ll have to take things slowly to find the middle ground between David's taciturn silence and Eric's boundless chatter.

Despite the Odds by Chris T. Kat (M/M contemporary)

Spoiler:

Never judge a book by its cover.

Michael Campbell can’t hold a job for more than a few days. He’s lucky his foreman is giving him another chance with the solar panel project at an elementary school in Atlantic City. When he spies a man walking strangely in front of the school, Michael laughs, assuming he’s drunk or high. Little does he realize that Joshua Stone, a teaching assistant, has cerebral palsy, and he’s having a bad muscle control day. Taking a tumble right in front of the handsome construction worker is just his luck.

When Michael learns the truth, he feels bad for his cruel behavior. He offers to give Joshua—and his tricycle, the Racing Rhonda—a lift. Joshua accepts the help, and suddenly there’s a gorgeous man breezing into his life, turning his world upside down. But Michael has more issues than his inability to hold down a job, and neither man is sure if they’ll be able to overcome their fears in order to be together.

Spaghetti Western by EM Lynley (M/M Western)

Spoiler:

A Novel in the Delectable Series

Cordon Bleu-trained chef Riley Emerson arrives in Aspen, Colorado for a summer at the best restaurant in town, only to discover his jerk of a boyfriend has dumped him, leaving his heart and his plans in tatters. Doubting himself and longing for a change of pace, he takes a low-paying position at the Rocking Z guest ranch, though he expects nature up close and personal won’t hold a candle to his exciting Paris lifestyle.

When born-and-bred cattle rancher Colby Zane spots a newcomer being pawed at by a passel of horny cowboys at Aspen’s Club Rawhide, he rushes in, throws the guy over his shoulder, and rescues him. Sober, Riley Emerson is sweet and sexy, but not interested in more than a one-night stand. Still, Colby’s over the moon when Riley later arrives as the new cook on his family’s ranch.

But all’s not well at the Rocking Z. Unsurmountable financial problems force them to seek a cash infusion from outside investor Fitz Wellington. Fitz is hot for Colby, and he won’t sign on the dotted line without some very personal incentives. The future of the ranch is at stake, and Colby’s just that desperate, but saving the Z might mean losing Riley.

Plus the Italian translation of Mio by Mary Calmes, if there's any Italian readers out there.

From Harmony Ink, Dreamspinner's YA imprint: a F/F scifi dystopian and a M/M fantasy, which I actually posted about yesterday before I found these other ones.

And from DSP Publications:
The Bastard's Pearl by Connie Bailey (M/M fantasy)

Spoiler:

When Sheyn, a headstrong young aristocrat, disobeys his parents and travels to the far east, he passes through Kandaar, an isolated country of strange customs. He is abducted, transformed by a mysterious ritual, and sold to a barbarian king as a pleasure slave. When the king is killed by Kashyan the Bastard, dispossessed prince of Clan Savaan, Sheyn becomes Kashyan’s possession.

The Bastard expects Sheyn—now called Pearl—to behave as an obedient pleasure slave, but compliance is not in Sheyn’s nature. Nor does Sheyn's ordeal stop at being held captive by people he considers savages. The Red Temple covets Sheyn as a living gateway to the demon realm and plans to use him to summon the God of Death.

Kashyan loathes Sheyn, and Sheyn despises Kashyan, but when the Red Temple kidnaps Sheyn, honor compels Kashyan to rescue his slave, and he starts a war in the process. If they hope to stop the Red Monks from bringing hell to earth, Sheyn will have to accept Kashyan is more than an uncivilized brute, and Kashyan will have to admit there’s more to his Pearl than a pretty, arrogant exterior.

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The Wild One by Danelle Harmon is FREE today. Avon 1997. GR 3.87

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Steel Magnolia Press has 18 titles FREE for the next few days.

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My Funny Valentine by Rhonda Nelson is FREE on Amazon today. Kennsington 2000. GR 3.70

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Black Friday Sale! 40% off the entire site. BLFR2015 is the code.

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Some Kristen Ashley $1.99
Right now; Ride Steady, Fire Inside, Mystery Man, Motorcycle Man, The Gamble, Breathe, Sommersgate House


NA, Free, Heart's Revenge - Cole Jaimes

Spoiler:

** please note, this book was previously titled 'Heart Breaker'. Please check you haven't already read the book before downloading.

Aidan

Surf.

Fuck.

Get high.

Sounds like the perfect day to Aidan Callahan. As second-born son to Chicago’s most influential business owner, Aidan’s life has always been about responsibility. Tradition. Toeing the goddamn line. Just do as you’re told, Aidan. Don’t make waves.

Well, screw that. Riding waves is way more fun than making them.

Hawaii is paradise on earth. Smoking hot women. Tiny bikinis. As far as Aidan’s concerned, wild horses couldn’t drag him kicking and screaming back to the windy city. Or at least that’s what he thought.

When his brother crashes his Mercedes, killing himself on impact, Aidan finds himself next in line to the Callahan fortune and all the ties that come with it.

And this time there’s no getting out of it.

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MM, couple of $.99 from N.R. Walker, Red Dirt Heart and Cronin's Key
Highly recommend Red Dirt Heart, the whole series was 4-5 stars IMO, and I haven't read Cronin's Key yet, it's PN.

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Today's freebies from Dreamspinner Press and imprints! These are only available until midnight EST, which is a few short hours away.

Unspeakable Words by Sarah Madison (M/M mystery/paranormal)

Spoiler:

Special Agent John Flynn is everything Jerry Parker is not: dangerously handsome, coolly charismatic, and respected by his peers. Special Agent Parker is dedicated and meticulous, but his abrasive personality has given him a reputation for being difficult. When new information on a cold case appears, Parker is assigned to work with Flynn, and the sparks fly as their investigative styles clash. Contact with a strange artifact changes everything when it bestows unusual and unpredictable powers on Flynn... and the two men must learn to trust each other before a killer strikes again.

The British Devil by Greg Hogben (M/M contemporary)

Spoiler:

British national Greg Stephens knew there would be challenges in his new relationship with handsome American Navy officer Danny Taylor: long distance; Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; the Defense of Marriage Act; US immigration….

But he didn’t anticipate his greatest obstacle: Danny’s born-again Christian mother, Vivien. A secretary in a small-town Southern Baptist church in Texas, she bristles at Greg’s secular beliefs. Through passive-aggressive manipulation, subtle deceit, or outright battle, Vivien resolves to banish Greg and return Danny to the fold, come hell or high water. Greg’s hold on Danny’s heart is pitted against Vivien’s crusade for Danny’s soul.

All the while, Greg devotes himself to keeping Danny happy while negotiating the cultural differences of his life in America. Danny’s new career as a lawyer takes them from his native Texas to New York. But with Vivien testing Greg’s stiff upper lip at every turn, something has to give.

Guarding January by Sean Michael (M/M contemporary/erotica)

Spoiler:

Lord January is at the top of the charts, only comes out at night, and is usually covered in blood. Say what you will, but the man knows how to put on a great show. But when the Vampire King is let out of rehab, the last thing he expects is someone forcing him to eat real food, hang out in the sun, and generally be a human being.

Rye Sommers, the best bodyguard in the business, has been hired to babysit a rock star whose biggest threat surprisingly isn't all the hard drugs, desperate groupies, and crazy fans—it's Lord January himself. But the closer Rye gets, the more LJ turns into sweet, gentle, caring Jeff Smart. He may still be the super-skinny, pierced and inked genius Lord January, but he is slowly shaking his death wish as he sheds the loneliness and exhaustion his stage persona saddled him with.

But as Rye falls in love with the real Jeff, he finds himself in over his head. He knows he can keep Lord January away from the drugs and the groupies, but saving Jeff might force Jeff to choose between his career as Lord January and his very life.

Plus Aufs Spiel gesetzt by Amy Lane for those who can read German.

Loveblood by M.J. O'shea (M/M YA paranormal)

Spoiler:

High school is hard enough for normal kids. Try being a werewolf too.

Jonah has all the worries every other high school junior has—tests, parties, girlfriends, parents. The last thing he needs is the pressure of being the pack’s next head alpha wolf, the leader of a group of teenage shifters. Jonah keeps it together, barely, until one day someone moves into the guest house on his family’s property. Jonah starts to feel things for the new boy. Things he shouldn’t feel. Things he can’t let himself feel.

Nobody likes to be the new kid. Especially not in an old, established werewolf pack.

Max is glad to be somewhere new. He is. He and his mom had to get away from his abusive dad before his dad killed one of them. But it was scary to move to a new school, with a new pack and new rules. At least until he met Jonah. Max knew right away they were meant to be together. It felt like fate. His mom sees it, the other wolves see it. Seems like the only one Max has to convince that they were born to be mates is Jonah.

High Heels and Lipstick by Jo Ramsey (F/F and/or bisexual YA contemporary)

Spoiler:

Chastaine Rollo follows her own rules, even starting rumors about herself before others have the chance. Others’ opinions don’t matter. Her life is fun, and she likes being a rebel, until now. When she comes forward as a date-rape victim, pinning a popular former student as her attacker, the entire school turns against her.

Two months ago, Chastaine admitted to her friend Guillermo that Jim Frankel date-raped her, and Guillermo coaxed her to report it. When word spread about what had happened to Chastaine, a freshman girl, Maryellen, reported that she had also been raped by Jim. Since then Chastaine and Maryellen have endured nasty messages, cyberbullying, and threats in school.

Chastaine has lost many of her so-called friends and now leans on Guillermo, his boyfriend Evan Granger, and Evan’s cousin, Holly McCormack, for support. Especially Holly.

When Jim pleads guilty to the charges against him, Chastaine’s happiness is short-lived when she realizes the truth won’t change the way her peers view her. Unable to take the news and the way people are treating her, Maryellen attempts suicide, and Chastaine blames herself for not being more supportive. However, Chastaine needs support too, and Holly is one of the only people she can now trust, but Chastaine isn’t sure whether her attraction to Holly is only because of that or if it’s something more.

And I'm not sure if this one is an actual romance, but it seems to have romantic elements, anyway:
Third Eye by Rick R. Reed (M/M mystery/paranormal)

Spoiler:

Who knew that a summer thunderstorm and his lost little boy would conspire to change single dad Cayce D’Amico’s life in an instant? With Luke missing, Cayce ventures into the woods near their house to find his son, only to have lightning strike a tree near him, sending a branch down on his head. When he awakens the next day in the hospital, he discovers he has been blessed or cursed—he isn't sure which—with psychic ability. Along with unfathomable glimpses into the lives of those around him, he’s getting visions of a missing teenage girl.

When a second girl disappears soon after the first, Cayce realizes his visions are leading him to their grisly fates. Cayce wants to help, but no one believes him. The police are suspicious. The press wants to exploit him. And the girls' parents have mixed feelings about the young man with the "third eye."

Cayce turns to local reporter Dave Newton and, while searching for clues to the string of disappearances and possible murders, a spark ignites between the two. Little do they know that nearby, another couple—dark and murderous—are plotting more crimes and wondering how to silence the man who knows too much about them.

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This sounds interesting and different. It's labeled 'Dieselpunk" which I guess is similar to Steampunk, but it's also a romance.

Free: Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy

Spoiler:

She never asked for the undying loyalty of a necromancer.

1913. Austria-Hungary. Ardis knows better than to save a man on the battlefield. Even if he manages to be a charming bastard while bleeding out in the snow. She hasn't survived this long as a mercenary without some common sense.

When she rescues Wendel, it isn't because he's devilishly handsome, but because he's a necromancer. His touch can revive the dead, and Ardis worries he will return from the grave to hunt her down. Besides, a necromancer can be useful in this world on the brink of war.

A gentleman of questionable morals, Wendel drops to one knee and pledges his undying loyalty to Ardis. She resists falling for him, no matter how hot the tension smolders between them. Especially when she discovers Wendel's scars run much deeper than his skin, and it might be too late to truly save him from himself.

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Free, The Traveling Man - Jane Harvey-Berrick

Spoiler:

Not suitable for under 18
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I was ordinary. Nice.

He was extraordinary. And he wasn’t always nice.

Moody and difficult, brilliant and beautiful, Kes scared me and he protected me. He could be incredibly hurtful and incredibly thoughtful. He wasn’t perfect, but he was perfect for me. He challenged me, he took me out of my safe little box and showed me the world could be magnificent. He was everything I wasn’t."

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Aimee Anderson is ten when the traveling carnival first comes to her nice little town. She doesn’t expect her world to change so completely. But meeting Kestrel Donohue puts her life on a different path.

Even though she only sees him for the two weeks of the year when he passes through her home town, his friendship is the most important of her life. As a child’s friendship grows to adult love, the choices become harder, and both Kes and Aimee realize that two weeks a year will never be enough...

$1.99 Sweet - Tammara Webber [book 3 Contours of the Heart]

Spoiler:

He’s the love of her life, but he doesn’t know it.
She’s his one moment of sacrifice in a lifetime of survival.
He was damaged and wild, but resilient.
She’s always been obedient; now she’s restless.

Home for the summer between college and med school, Pearl Torres Frank knows two things: Boyce Wynn is the embodiment of everything she should run from, and everything she wants to run to. Rebellious and loud. Unconcerned with society’s opinion of him. Passionate. Strong. Dangerous.

And one more trait he hides from everyone but her:
Sweet.

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