Free and bargain romances in August 2013

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

1. What's "Amazon MYK" ?

Manage Your Kindle Page. It's the place where you log in to Amazon's site and see all your Archive, updates books and send books to your devices from there.

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Manage Your Kindle Page. It's the place where you log in to Amazon's site and see all your Archive, updates books and send books to your devices from there.

Ah, thanks, I seldom go to that page because I put all my purchases in Calibre immediately.

Grabbed 2 $.99 deals this afternoon. First is a 'rockstar' book and was on my wishlist, 2nd I took a chance, seemed to be on a few small blogs and sounds promising [female singer]
Promise Me This - Sarah Ashley Jones
blurb: Welcome to the South - where the tea is sweet and the accents are sweeter. This Southern way of life is all Charlie has ever known. It’s not until she loses the only person who pushed her to break free of the Southern Belle mold that she starts living the life she needs and not the life her parents forced on her.

Jhett has lived on the edge for as long as he could remember - constantly teetering back and forth between being a rock star and living a normal life. His rebellious and sometimes arrogant attitude is known to get him into trouble, especially with the girls who hang on his every move.

Charlie never thought that a trip to pack up her brother’s apartment would leave her feeling even more unsettled about the grainy details of her brother’s death. Her quest for information leads her straight to his old hangout and into arms of Jhett, who suspiciously knows more about her situation than he ever should.

Only a few questions remain - Can you trust someone based on their word alone? And if you make a promise, how far will you go to keep it?

I Breathe You - Lori L. Clark
blurb: When a tragic accident leaves Rhane Evans -- lead vocalist for the rock band Fate's Crazy -- permanently unable to speak above a whisper and kills the love of her life, she moves across the state to pick up the pieces. Shattered, Rhane struggles to understand what happened the night of the accident, an accident everyone blames her for, even though she wasn't driving the car.

Enter Ian Callahan. He's the one person who may have a more tumultuous past than Rhane. Though they try hard to deny the sizzling attraction between them, it proves nearly impossible. When Ian's troubled past threatens to tear them apart, they begin to believe happiness isn't in their cards.

Because Fate's Crazy that way...

**This is a New Adult novel intended for mature readers, 17+. There is minor violence, swearing, and sexual situations.**

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Oh I Pre-ordered. Yes I know it's $5 but I read every other one for free through Kindle Lending so I don't mind paying $5 for the last book.

Let's see waiting to be released First Ink, Weathering The Storm and there was one more book. My memory these days!

OMGosh, Wethering the Storm, YES [will buy immediately]
and add these 2 for me:
Aug 16 – Stripped – Jasinda Wilder [more curious than excited]
Aug 27 J. Armentrout, Lux 4 Origin [cannot wait and will probably buy immediately!]

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

OMGosh, Wethering the Storm, YES [will buy immediately]
and add these 2 for me:
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I'm not buying it. It will be my Loan from Kindle Prime for August! So I get to read it for free!

[koland]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Amazon's MYK page is broke for me. So I'm not buying anything till they fix it. It will only load like 1500 of my 5000+ Archive! I've contacted support and if anyone here has the same problem please do the same. I found some threads at the official forum that others are having a problem.

It's broken for everyone. You get a random number of books loaded and not even the latest ones.

I just make sure to only buy w/ the download option, so I have it backed up and don't have to use the MYK page to get it to my reader (I do believe they'll have it fixed, but it may be a few days... I've seen some reports of this for various of their IP addresses for several days and it seems the bad update rippled out to all their servers over the weekend).

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by koland

It's broken for everyone. You get a random number of books loaded and not even the latest ones.

I just make sure to only buy w/ the download option, so I have it backed up and don't have to use the MYK page to get it to my reader (I do believe they'll have it fixed, but it may be a few days... I've seen some reports of this for various of their IP addresses for several days and it seems the bad update rippled out to all their servers over the weekend).

Support got back to me finally an hour ago. She told me that the site is broke and she would do a personal followup as soon as she has an update from the tech support. So they are finally working on it. She was able to send me the book updates I needed which is how this started. I wanted to read Lisa Renee Jones Dark series but the copies I have are badly formatted and I couldn't update them to the latest because of the MYK being broke. By the time support got back with I already started a different book.

Sunday just isn't a good day for Kindle servers to break! I feel for the weekend staff. The lady I talk to was in India I think.

Edit: It's fixed now! At least for me! I suppose I would have never found the book I was reading if this hasn't happen so I will look at it that way.

Just started An Affair to Dismember by Elise Sax. It's a library book but I am liking it so far.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

2. Grr, since you first posted about Escaping Reality I moved it way up my TBR list, but there's so many ahead of it and then I get sidetracked, I swear sometimes I have ADD! I just have SO many GREAT books that I want to read them all NOW! [yes, this is a great first world problem to have] With my OCD at least I finished the 4 I had going at one time [which is totally not like me, again, add in the ADD.] *look, a squirrel*

Well my review is up at Goodreads if you want to take a peek. I didn't post any real spoilers so no worries there. I get so tired of everyone thinking a review has to follow a book report!

[worktolive]

Today's Kindle daily romance deal:

Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe, $0.99. I read this when it first came out and liked it enough to want to read more of hers. The heroine is very Aussie (that's a good thing ).

[koland]

Originally Posted by Blossom

Support got back to me finally an hour ago. She told me that the site is broke and she would do a personal followup as soon as she has an update from the tech support. So they are finally working on it. She was able to send me the book updates I needed which is how this started. I wanted to read Lisa Renee Jones Dark series but the copies I have are badly formatted and I couldn't update them to the latest because of the MYK being broke. By the time support got back with I already started a different book.

Sunday just isn't a good day for Kindle servers to break! I feel for the weekend staff. The lady I talk to was in India I think.

Edit: It's fixed now! At least for me! I suppose I would have never found the book I was reading if this hasn't happen so I will look at it that way.

Just started An Affair to Dismember by Elise Sax. It's a library book but I am liking it so far.

Mine is fixed, as well (both accounts). Which is good, as I got a clueless form letter as my reply, asking me to call them on the phone...

[koland]

Originally Posted by worktolive

Today's Kindle daily romance deal:

Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe, $0.99. I read this when it first came out and liked it enough to want to read more of hers. The heroine is very Aussie (that's a good thing ).

I have three Harlequin AU pre-orders up on my blog today (99 cents each), if you are interested.

[gabby98]

Originally Posted by Blossom

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Just started An Affair to Dismember by Elise Sax. It's a library book but I am liking it so far.

title intrigued me, so I may give it a go

[Jane A]

Originally Posted by worktolive

Today's Kindle daily romance deal:

Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe, $0.99. I read this when it first came out and liked it enough to want to read more of hers. The heroine is very Aussie (that's a good thing ).

And the whispersync for voice is only .99 when you purchase the book!

[Blue2u]

This one was on my wishlist, rated 4+ at a lot of book blogs and Goodreads.
$.99 Unbreakable by Rebecca Shea
blurb: *This book contains mature subject matter and is not intended for those under 17 years of age.*

Jessica Harper is the epitome of perfection. She’s a good daughter, makes excellent grades, and always strays on the safe side of life. The last thing she thought would ever happen was falling in love with her best friend’s brother. But sometimes fate just has a way of bringing two people together.

Wide receiver for the University of Arizona, Gabe Garcia, seems to have it all. When his feelings for Jessica come to surface, Gabe will give up everything to be with her.

But what happens when a tragedy abruptly changes the course of your life? For Jessica and Gabe, everything they thought they knew about each other will be questioned. Sometimes, there are scars in life that are cut too deep to completely heal.

Will their love prove to be unbreakable, or will it shatter and prove fate is just another lie?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by gabby98

title intrigued me, so I may give it a go

If you like Stephanie Plum type stories I think you will like this one. I was already giggling through the first two chapters. It's categorize a romance but I think it falls more under ChikLit and Cozy Mystery.

Book two came out I think yesterday.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by worktolive

Today's Kindle daily romance deal:

Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe, $0.99. I read this when it first came out and liked it enough to want to read more of hers. The heroine is very Aussie (that's a good thing ).

This book won a RITA Last year if you all remember. One of the first times a digital print won one. It was then a freebie later on through Carina Press. So check your library before buying.