FREE/BARGAIN — Romance & Discussion

[sufue]

Per her e-mail, Sarina Bowen's Shenanigans is on sale for this coming weekend (only) for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK. And it's discountable at Kobo...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09155Y1FL
Kobo US: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/shenanigans-9
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09155Y1FL

Spoiler:

What I meant to do in Vegas: Let my hair down for once and celebrate winning a medal at my first women’s hockey all-stars competition.

What I actually did: Got senior prom drunk and woke up married to Brooklyn’s star winger, the great Neil Drake.

He’s the heir to a billion dollars, and I barely survived my childhood. Our friendship is based strictly only on hockey, takeout food and smack talk.

And now holy matrimony. Although we both know it can’t last, especially once his evil family gets wind of our Vegas shenanigans…

Contains: Meddling teammates, meddling parents, ugly jewelry and a pretend-kiss that nearly sets the world on fire.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Prince’s Royal Wedding Demand by Lorraine Hall (C+/3 stars)
• Capture the Sun (Starlight's Shadow #3) by Jessie Mihalik (B/4 stars)
• Orion (Star Guardians #1) by Ruby Lionsdrake (C+/3 stars)
• Treyjon (Star Guardians #2) by Ruby Lionsdrake (B/4 stars)
• Sagitta (Star Guardians #3) by Ruby Lionsdrake (A/5 stars)
• Mikolos (Star Guardians #3.5) by Ruby Lionsdrake (B/4 stars)
• Hierax (Star Guardians #4) by Ruby Lionsdrake (B/4 stars)
• Zakota (Star Guardians #5) by Ruby Lionsdrake (B/4 stars)

Purchased:
none

[sufue]

Finding Tomorrow is the first in Denise Grover Swank's Bluebird Bay series, and it's free right now at Kindle US and UK...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TVRCLJ8
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07TVRCLJ8

Spoiler:

Meet the Sullivan sisters of Bluebird Bay in this heart-warming USA Today bestseller!

Celia Burrows thought she had it all—a handsome husband, two successful children, and a gorgeous beach house on the Northern coast of Maine. But her perfect life cracks apart when her husband of thirty years informs her that he’s leaving. In a note. And since problems come in threes, her adult children reveal they’ve both been struggling with issues of their own.

Before the separation, Celia was the main caretaker for her elderly father, but as her sisters step up to help in the wake of her troubles, neither of them takes to the role. Being tethered in Bluebird Bay is a nightmare for Anna, the youngest, whose passion for travel photography has taken her around the world. And Stephanie has struggled ever since her husband died in a freak boating accident a couple of years ago.

As Celia begins to come to terms with her own shocking loss, she’s surprised to feel a giddy sense of freedom. For thirty years, she’s buried her own dreams in support of her husband’s vision. But that was the past. It’s time to pick herself up, dust herself off, and create a better, more fulfilling tomorrow. Now, if only she can convince the people she loves to do the same...

Get caught up in the most heart-warming beach read of the summer! This book can be read as part of a series or as a stand-alone.

[sufue]

Smoke Bitten is on sale at Kindle UK right now for £2.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07W1NYPZG

Originally Posted by apesmom

A couple good ones in today's daily deals, both are the most recent in their series.

Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) by Patricia Briggs - $1.99

Spoiler:

I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman.
My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them.

Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill—until she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.

Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. But if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction. It can make you do anything—even kill the person you love the most. Now it is here, in the Tri-Cities. In my territory.

It won't, can't, remain.

Not if I have anything to say about it.

Kindle | Kobo | Google

{edited other book}

[sufue]

The first TWO books in Shannon Mayer's Forty Proof series are free right now at Kindle US and UK, possibly in honor of the newest one, which is due out this Friday. I've seen the first one go free before, but not the second one. And the series is all KU, so you don't have to break the bank if you like the first two, and want to read the rest, and already have KU...

Midlife Bounty Hunter, #1
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084VT2NYC
Kinde UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084VT2NYC

Midlife Fairy Hunter, #2
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084TRBSW5
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084TRBSW5

[sufue]

And now the rest of Mayer's Forty Proof series, except for the last one, which came out today, is on Kindle Countdown for $0.99/£0.99 in the US/UK. The series is KU, but if you don't have KU, or just want your own copies, here you go. The Countdown has 3 days and change left in both the US and UK. Oh yeah, and the first two are still free.

Here are links to the series webpages...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084ZDX4VH...kindle_edition
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084ZDX4...kindle_edition

[sufue]

Magic Tides is $0.99 right now, as part of today's Kindle US Daily Deal. It hasn't been matched, at least as of now, at Kobo US...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BPN6QR9H

Originally Posted by sufue

Magic Tides, which is the first in the Kate Daniels spin-off Wilmington Years series, is £0.99 right now at Kindle UK, probably for only a few more hours...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BPN6QR9H



I had an ARC of this and really loved it - you can see my review on my blog if you wish - the URL is in my signature, and then just use the search box...

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Ariston (Star Guardians #6) by Ruby Lionsdrake (A-/5 stars)
• His Outback Cowgirl (Wildflower Ranch #4) by Alissa Callen (B+/4 stars)

Mostly rereads for me this week.

Purchased:
none

[sufue]

Two other Ilona Andrews books are also £0.99 each at Kindle UK right now, probably as part of the monthly sale, but no promises...

Sweep of the Heart - #5 and most recent in the Innkeepers series
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BG92Z2G2

Blood Heir, #1 in the Julie/Kate Daniels spin-off series
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D2215RG

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Hold Me, Cowboy (Wildflower Ranch #5) by Alissa Callen (B/4 stars)
• A Twist of Fate (Heartbreaker Bay #8.5) by Jill Shalvis (D-/1 star)
• Light Kisses by Jenny Schwartz (B-/3 stars)
• Nario (Sectors New Allies #16) by Veronica Scott (B-/3 stars)

Purchased:

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Liar’s Crown (Dominions #1) by Abigail Owen (B/4 stars)
• The Stolen Throne (Dominions #2) by Abigail Owen (B+/4 stars)
• Cursed (Legacy of Magic #8) by Lindsay Buroker (A/5 stars)

Purchased:

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Resonance Surge (Psy/Changeling Trinity #7) by Nalini Singh (B/4 stars)

Purchased:

[booklover6]

Feel like I'm striking out all week....when do you decide to abandon a book you paid for? When Audible had the last sale I accidentally bought a book for $4.88. I've listened to about 30% and it's just not very good. I've already "DNF'd" 3 books this week (none romance, 2 audio). It's just not my lucky week. I guess, since I paid for it (as opposed to library or subscription) I'll try to forge through. I feel this author, SJ Sanders, is not for me.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by booklover6

Feel like I'm striking out all week....when do you decide to abandon a book you paid for?

If an author I usually enjoy I may set the book aside for when I am in a more condusive mood to read it.

But if I have tried several times or the book is just boring me, I just skip to the end and consider myself done.

That may not be as easy with an audio book. I have been known to speed up the narration a lot to get through an audio book.I don't own many audio books, usually get them from the library. But listening really fast to me is the equivilent of skimming even tough you hear all of the words.

I used to think I had to be a have-to-finish-if-I-paid-for-it type. But nowadays I just look at the huge pile of books in my virtual TBR and say whatever, done with this one.

During my last Calibre purge I actually deleted a whole chunk of books and some complete series I'd purchased but hadn't yet read. It was hard at first, but once done felt so much lighter. And I don't miss those books at all. My TBR was weighing me down. Now it is still too big, but at least the books left in it are ones I do potentially honestly want to read. And when I try one and it's not...see above.

[Terisa de morgan]

I guess I'm a "Abandon-if you-don't-like" woman now, paid or not. And I don't mind rereading, if I'm in the mood, even if there are a lot of books in my TBR. I'm happier like this.