FREE/BARGAIN — Romance & Discussion

[Fbone]

Connections in Death (In Death, Book 48) by J. D. Robb is $2.99

https://smile.amazon.com/Connections...ZIY6C51&sr=1-1

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by Fbone

Connections in Death (In Death, Book 48) by J. D. Robb is $2.99

https://smile.amazon.com/Connections...ZIY6C51&sr=1-1

Thanks! Looks like In Death #44-48 are all on sale for $2.99. Same price on Kobo when I checked.

[library addict]

My dog died on Monday, so it's been a really rough week for me.

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Vanishing (Fogg Lake #1) by Jayne Ann Krentz (A-/5 star)
• Losing Patients by Virginia Taylor (C/2 stars)
• Encrypted (Forgotten Ages #1) by Lindsay Buroker (A-/5 stars)
• Enigma (Forgotten Ages #1.5) by Lindsay Buroker (B/4 stars)

Purchased:

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by library addict

My dog died on Monday, so it's been a really rough week for me.

I am so sorry. I lost both of mine this summer. I am still grieving. Sending you virtual hugs.
S

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by library addict

My dog died on Monday, so it's been a really rough week for me.

Sorry, I don't know what else to say. Hugs!

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by silverraven

I am so sorry. I lost both of mine this summer. I am still grieving. Sending you virtual hugs.
S

Sorry, too! Both of them.. Hugs!

[copyrite]

Sorry to hear library addict and silverraven. Those furbabies love us so unconditionally!

[cfrizz]

My condolences.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by silverraven

I lost both of mine this summer. I am still grieving. Sending you virtual hugs.
S

Virtual hugs back. I am sorry for your loss.


And thanks everyone.

It's the first time since around 1982 that I haven't had a pet. Over the years I've usually had more than one, but after my last cat died in 2010 it was just the dog (as he was a puppy at the time).

He had a great appreciation for books as he ate a library book once

[Hemmi]

We lost Hemmi back in August. That was the first time in my life we didn't have a pet. It was a strange two weeks before we brought another cat home. I didn't realize how much I was in the habit of looking for my pet. Still came home from work every day and looked for the cat.

So sorry for your loss Library.

[tch65721]

Originally Posted by sufue

Ilona Andrews is (are?) doing a serialization of their upcoming novella (short book?), Sweep with Me, prior to its publication on Jan 14. It's also available for pre-order at $3.99 or £2.99 if you prefer to just read straight through.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/Sweep-Me-Innk...dp/B082TVGFPW/
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/sweep-with-me
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sweep-Me-In...dp/B082TVGFPW/

So far they have posted through Chapter 2, Part 2.

Innkeepers is my favorite series of theirs, so this is a nice little Christmas treat!

You can find the posts here: https://ilona-andrews.com/category/i...sweep-with-me/

How is the team Ilona Andrews classified as romance? I read the first couple of books in the Innkeeper series thinking they were fantasy and didn't find them especially romantic. Does the series evolve into a romance series or are their other series romances? Can someone help me understand this?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by tch65721

How is the team Ilona Andrews classified as romance? I read the first couple of books in the Innkeeper series thinking they were fantasy and didn't find them especially romantic. Does the series evolve into a romance series or are their other series romances? Can someone help me understand this?

My wife has read most of the Ilona Andrews books and she classifies them as romance while I have read most of them and classify them as fantasy. The Hidden Legacy series—to me—was definitely fantasy with semi-scientific magic while my wife feels that since Nevada and Connor found their HEA (it only took 3 books and a novella ), this makes it romance. Much the same with Kate Daniels and Curran in their series.

The main difference between these books and the standard romances—again, to me—is that the romance is not the only thread and at times not even the major thread, in the story tapestry.

Then there is the In Death series where the HEA seems to have lasted through 50+ books and shorts.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by tch65721

How is the team Ilona Andrews classified as romance? I read the first couple of books in the Innkeeper series thinking they were fantasy and didn't find them especially romantic. Does the series evolve into a romance series or are their other series romances? Can someone help me understand this?

I would classify the Andrews' Hidden Legacy series and the Edge series as straddling the line between PNR and UF. Both have good romance elements but also have plenty of world building, etc. To me, the Kate Daniels series is strictly UF, while the Innkeeper series is pretty much straight SF/Fantasy.

The reason I posted about the Innkeeper series here is that many of the people who read this forum are PNR/UF fans and the Andrews' books are very popular.

Anyway, the novella is now up for sale on Amazon and the free posts will probably come down within the next day or two if they haven't already.

[worktolive]

To all who've recently lost their beloved pets, sending my condolences. I'm unfortunately without animal companionship due to severe allergies, but I well remember how wonderful it was to have them when I was younger.

[worktolive]

Three free series starters from Sourcebooks:

The second and third in each series are $1.99 and $2.99 respectively.

How to Handle a Cowboy by Joanne Kennedy

Spoiler:

It's going to take all of his rodeo skills to wrangle this big-city gal's heart

Desperate to find an outlet for the passion he used to put into competing, he takes on the challenge of teaching his roping skills to five troubled ten-year-olds in a last-chance home for foster kids, and finds it's their feisty supervisor who takes the most energy to wrangle.

When social worker Sierra Dunn seeks an activity for the rebellious kids at Phoenix House, she soon learns she's not in Denver anymore. Sierra is eager to get back home to her inner-city work, and the plan doesn't include forming an attachment in Wyoming-especially not to a ruggedly handsome and surprisingly gentle local rodeo hero.

May the Best Man Win by Mira Lynn Kelly

Spoiler:

For their friends, Emily and Jase will let their mutual resentment simmer just beneath the surface...right alongside their mutual attraction.

Jase Foster can't believe his bad luck. He's been paired with the she-devil herself for his best friend's wedding: Emily Klein of the miles-long legs and killer smile. She may be sin in a bridesmaid dress, but there's no way he's falling for her again.

They can barely stand each other, but given how many of their friends are getting married, they'll just have to play nice—at least when they're in company. Once they're alone, more than just gloves come off as Jase and Emily discover their chemistry is combustible, and there may be something to this enemies to lovers thing after all.

Her Perfect Mate by Paige Tyler

Spoiler:

He's a High-Octane Special Ops Pro
When Special Forces Captain Landon Donovan is pulled from an op in Afghanistan, he is surprised to discover he's been hand-picked for a special assignment with the Department of Covert Operations (DCO), a secret division he's never heard of. Terrorists are kidnapping biologists and he and his partner have to stop them. But his new partner is a beautiful, sexy woman who looks like she couldn't hurt a fly-never mind take down a terrorist.

She's Not Your Average Covert Operative
Ivy Halliwell is no kitten. She's a feline shifter, and more dangerous than she looks. She's worked with a string of hotheaded military guys who've underestimated her special skills in the past. But when she's partnered with special agent Donovan, a man sexy enough to make any girl purr, things begin to heat up...