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[apesmom]

There's also a free prequel to the one above.

Just Folking Around (Good Folk #0.5) by Penny Reid

Spoiler:

Raquel Ezra loves to fish. With so many fish in the sea, she’s never had a problem baiting the hook or reeling them in. Raquel is a good actress, she can be anyone’s fantasy for a single night as long as they agree to be hers. Which is why she doesn’t think twice about spending an evening in nowhere Tennessee with a smokin’ hot, well-mannered, and intriguing sheriff’s deputy by the name of Jackson James.

Except, when the time comes, Raquel discovers that reality might just be better than any fantasy, and maybe she’s not ready to release this catch.

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[sufue]

If you didn't go for this at $4.49, it's now $2.99 in the US. And it's also on sale at Kobo this time. The links below are still good for Kindle US, and here's the Kobo US link: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/tear-down-the-throne

Originally Posted by sufue

A sale price of $4.49 isn't great, but Tear Down the Throne, by Jennifer Estep, is very front-list - it only came out earlier this month, on May 3. So, not a great price, but not too bad either. And Throne, which is the second in Estep's spin-off Gargoyle Queen series, is one of the few books I might pay that price for, since I've read and quite liked her original Crown of Shards books, and also the first Gargoyle Queen title.

The sale price is only at Kindle US, not matched at Kobo US, at least as of now. It's part of the Kindle US "Science Fiction and Fantasy eBooks starting from $0.99" sale good through June 5. (Hmmm...maybe I should cross-post...) Although, as always, I wouldn't wait too long if you want it, since I never quite trust sale prices to last as long as they are supposed to.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BNKSYCX
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09BNKSYCX

[apesmom]

Freebie! From my list of KU authors to try.

Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend (Fangs and Feathers #1)

Spoiler:

My name's Lyra Ridley, and I run headlong into supernatural danger for a living.

Of course, that's not how I sold the job to my adoptive vampire dad. Or what I put on my dating profile for that matter. And I do have a wet-your-pants-level terrifying dragon partner rushing headlong into danger with me. But she, like my unusual magic, is frequently more hazard than help.

Despite all that, I love my job protecting the streets of post-magic-revolution Las Vegas—where humans and supernaturals live side-by-side, or are at least having a stab at it. So when I get suspended and some jackass takes my city hostage? Yeah, there's going to be hell to pay.

Even if it means I have to team up with a mysterious supernatural I know nothing about—except that he has pointy ears, a rod up his backside, questionable priorities, and could kill me with his eyes closed.

My dragon partner likes him even less than I do. Then again, she doesn't like anyone, including me most of the time. But I'm pretty sure she won't barbecue either one of us.

Still, you'd better wish me luck.


Warning: This urban fantasy series contains danger, mayhem, humor, and heart, with characters you'll fall for—including a vampire with an unbeating heart of gold, a book-hoarding dragon who eats criminals for breakfast, a mysterious supernatural who's as hot as the desert he slunk out of, and a human heroine who'll fight to save them all.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Stranded in a Small Town Christmas (Holiday HEA #1) by Shannon Stacey (B-/3 stars)
• Style (The OTP Series #1) by Chelsea M Cameron (C+/3 stars)
• His Until Midnight (Texas Cattleman's Club: Bachelor Auction #4) by Reese Ryan (C/2 stars)
• First Time for Everything by Aimee Carson (B/4 stars)
• Colton by Marriage (The Coltons of Montana #1) by Marie Ferrarella (B/4 stars)
• The Librarian’s Secret Scandal (The Coltons of Montana #3) by Jennifer Morey (D+/2 stars)
• Colton’s Christmas Baby (The Coltons of Montana #6) by Karen Whiddon (D+/2 stars)

Purchased:

[apesmom]

This week . . .

Hell's Library by A.J. Hackwith

#3 - The God of Lost Words - 3.5
Listened, narration very good. Last in the series, has a definative end.

Boston Fire by Shannon Stacey

#1 - Heat Exchange - 3.5
Listened, narration OK. Miss that Kowalski feel.

Inferno Rising by Abigail Owen

#1 - The Rogue King - 4
Listened, female narrator is good, male narrator is NOT. Book #1 available on KU, I it might have also been free at some point.

BDB by J.R. Ward

#0.5 - Darius - 3
Listened. Novella not currently available in print. Skippable except for one short scene with John Matthew.

Purchased: none

[sufue]

A Christmas themed book (as you can guess from the title) from Susan Mallery, Home Sweet Christmas is on sale at Kindle UK right now for £1.99.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09TXC1X5P
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09TXC1X5P

Spoiler:

It's the most wonderful time of the year… to fall in love

Coming home for Christmas

Returning to her home town of Wishing Tree is definitely temporary for Camryn. She can’t wait to leave and get back to her ‘real life’. Until she meets Jake. Suddenly Camryn starts to see the town, and it’s Christmas traditions, differently. She thought she’d put her future on hold…but maybe her real life was here all along, waiting for her to come home.

New in town, River is charmed by Wishing Tree’s Christmas traditions and warm-hearted people, especially Dylan Tucker whose snow melting kisses bring her to the brink of love. But Dylan has a secret and River can’t risk falling for him until she uncovers it, even if that means losing him forever.

Both women find themselves faced with difficult decisions. But if they are prepared to risk their hearts, they might find they are about to have a Christmas to remember…

The new festive romance from the international bestselling author of The Christmas Wedding Guest

Readers LOVE Susan Mallery’s Wishing Tree

‘The setting of Wishing Tree was great, so festive and Christmassy. I loved all the traditions, and the B&B.’

‘Two love stories in one set in the town of Wishing Tree. Two sisters find love during the holidays while enjoying the quirkiness of a great small town. Belle and Burt( fur babies) steal many a scene!’

‘Grab a blanket and a hot chocolate and snuggle down for the most delightful Christmas romantic comedy. So uplifting and loads of feel good moments it’s like having a hug in a book. I loved this book.’

‘Such a beautiful, heart warming romance…A truly lovely festive read.’

‘A lovely heart warming story perfect for a cosy autumn/ winter night in. Susan Mallery is quickly becoming a go to author for me.’

‘This truly heart-warming tale has everything you want from a Christmas story! Love, friendship and more!’

‘Just the perfect read at Christmas.’

[salty-horse]

Slippery Creatures (The Will Darling Adventures Book 1) by KJ Charles is FREE everywhere for a limited time.
The author's description:
Book 1 of 1920s pulp romance m/m trilogy (no HEA till book 3) with soldier turned bookseller and dubious aristocrat. Flappers, conspiracies, cocktails and crime.

Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle’s chaotic second-hand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors start making threats. First a criminal gang, then the War Office, both telling Will to give them the information they want, or else.

Will has no idea what that information is, and nobody to turn to, until Kim Secretan—charming, cultured, oddly attractive—steps in to offer help. As Kim and Will try to find answers and outrun trouble, mutual desire grows along with the danger.

And then Will discovers the truth about Kim. His identity, his past, his real intentions. Enraged and betrayed, Will never wants to see him again.

But Will possesses knowledge that could cost thousands of lives. Enemies are closing in on him from all sides—and Kim is the only man who can help.

[sufue]

The third book in Shannon Mayer's Honey and Ice series, A Crown of Petals and Ice, is on sale at Kindle UK for £0.99. The first one was on sale a while back, as part of a "sci-fi and fantasy" sale, but I haven't yet noticed the second one on sale. Still, all three are KU, so if you have that, you're good to go. Otherwise, here, at least is the third one.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09831Q6P7
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09831Q6P7

Spoiler:

Queen of the fae courts. Faced with an impossible battle. Destined to never be with the Unseelie I love.

The magical tea has worn off. My eyes are wide open. And it’s with horror that I realize the fate of two realms rests on my shoulders after my mother’s ultimate sacrifice to trap Rubezahl in Underhill.

Terrified humans clamoring for answers, whispered rumors from both Seelie and Unseelie, and a stepmother who seeks the throne for surprising reasons are the least of my troubles.

Rubezahl has returned far sooner than I thought possible. I’m not ready. I can’t win this. And not only that…
He has something crucial if we are to win. He’s taken something I cannot live without.

The place of the final battle has been decided, and two armies will meet. Yet forces beyond my understanding must be satisfied first--old magics rise and demand their dues.

There is no option but to race and decipher the puzzle to save the man I love, the friends more important to me than my own life, and humans and fae alike.

Two realms.
Only I can save them.
We’re screwed.

[sufue]

Storm Cursed is now £2.99 in the UK...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010PIFNNA
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B010PIFNNA

Originally Posted by sufue

Storm Cursed is the eleventh in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. It has dropped to $2.99 at Kindle and Kobo US.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DMYTL6L
Kindle US/Smile: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07DMYTL6L
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/storm-cursed

[sufue]

And Blood Bound is also £2.99 in the UK.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00486U21Y
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00486U21Y

Originally Posted by worktolive

The second book in the Mercy Thompson UF series is on sale for $1.99. This series is fantastic and I highly recommend it.

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Spoiler:

“Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson” (Publishers Weekly) has leapt to the forefront of today’s urban fantasy heroes, thanks to bestselling author Patricia Briggs. Now, Mercy finds herself in the middle of a bloodbath—with only one way out...

Mercy has friends in low places—and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary—and neither is the demon inside of him.

When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don’t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back—including the two werewolves circling around her heart.

[sufue]

Mary Stewart's Touch Not the Cat is £0.99 in the UK, as part of the "Countdown to Christmas" deal.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004WJRUF8
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004WJRUF8

Spoiler:

Ashley Court: the tumbledown ancestral home of the Ashley family, all blessed with 'the gift' of being able to speak to each other without words. When Bryony Ashley's father dies under mysterious circumstances, his final words a cryptic warning to her, Bryony returns from abroad to uncover Ashley Court's secrets. What did her father's message mean? What lies at the centre of the overgrown maze in the gardens? And who is trying to prevent Bryony from discovering the truth?

Tell Bryony. The cat, it's in the cat on the pavement. The map. The letter. In the brook. Tell Bryony. My little Bryony to be careful. Danger.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• A Valentine for Christmas (Valentine Vineyards #1) by Reese Ryan (B+/4 stars)
• You Can Hide (Laurel Snow #2) by Rebecca Zanetti (B+/4 stars)
• The Choice (Dragon Heart Legacy #3) by Nora Roberts (B-/3 stars)

Purchased:
none

[danicca]

European? edition of Sweetwater and the Witch from Jayne Castle is 0.99 euros.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by danicca

European? edition of Sweetwater and the Witch from Jayne Castle is 0.99 euros.

Thank you

[apesmom]

Freebie!

Falling Hard (Crimson Point Protectors #1) by Kaylea Cross

Spoiler:

Danger is closing in.

Kerrigan Whitaker has spent the past two years reinventing herself into the strong, independent woman she’s always wanted to be, and running her first ultra marathon is the chance to prove to herself and everyone else how far she’s come. Her failed marriage made her wary of relationships, so she’s not ready to get involved with anyone else. Not even the man she secretly fantasizes about—who also happens to be her brother’s best friend. But when people she works closely with are murdered, she goes to the only place she feels safe—Crimson Point, and the man who tempts her like no other.

And the killer is closer than they realize.

Air National Guard Pararescueman Travis Masterson loves his career and has dedicated his life to saving and protecting others. There’s only one thing missing. Kerrigan—but she’s determined to keep walls up between them. He understands why she’s gun shy, but he can’t let her go. Not when every instinct is screaming that she’s it for him. After a shocking attack leaves her in the crosshairs of a cold-blooded killer, Travis is the only one who can save her. With her life in his hands, he’ll risk it all to stop the killer and protect the woman he can’t live without.

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