FREE/BARGAIN — Romance & Discussion

[sufue]

The first two books in J.R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood series are on sale for £0.99 each at Kindle UK.

Dark Lover, #1
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LX0DKO

Lover Eternal, #2
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LX0DB8

[library addict]

For Jayne Ann Krentz fans we're getting another Jayne Castle Harmony book, People in Glass Houses. It is being published in May 2024, so taking her usual Amanda Quick slot for the year.

Not sure if there will be an AQ Burning Cove in 2024 or not. If we do it will probably be published in September/October.

It could be she plans to alternate AQ/JC titles going forward. She's talked about slowing down her writing schedule so she and her husband can travel. The original plan was to retire her Jayne Castle futuristics, but then Covid happened.

I'd prefer she alternate the AQ/JC titles rather than stop writing one all together. YMMV.

[sufue]

Magic Triumphs is the last book in the original Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. It's on sale for £0.99 in the UK right now. It usually goes on sale there for £1.99, so grab this now if you want it…and don't already have it ...

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074S38GG1

Spoiler:

Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.

Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate's doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows her time is up.

Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try.

For her child.

For Atlanta.

For the world.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Player (Men Out of Uniform #1) by Rhonda Nelson (D-/1 star)
• Wings Once Cursed and Bound (Mythwoven #1) by Piper J Drake (C+/3 stars)
• A Texas Christmas Wish (Wildflower Hill #1) by Alissa Callen (B+/4 stars)

Purchased:
No ebooks

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by library addict

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Player (Men Out of Uniform #1) by Rhonda Nelson (D-/1 star)
• Wings Once Cursed and Bound (Mythwoven #1) by Piper J Drake (C+/3 stars)
• A Texas Christmas Wish (Wildflower Hill #1) by Alissa Callen (B+/4 stars)

Purchased:
No ebooks

I like a lot "White lies".

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I like a lot "White lies".

I am rereading the early Arcane Society books in audio and my library and Hoopla don't have that one so I splurged.

[sufue]

Golden by Shannon Mayer is the first in a two-book (so far, at least) series that sounds pretty amusing. (Read the blurb...) It's on sale for $0.99/£0.99 at Kindle US/UK, and is also KU.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9ZV94W8
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B9ZV94W8

Spoiler:

The Little Mermaid meets Loki in this dark, twisted retelling that’s anything but a Fairy Tale. In this world, foes look like friends, the heroes are deliciously wicked, and you’ll never see the end coming.

Ten years ago, I ‘died’, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I should have known it wouldn't last.

Once my family thought I was dead I was finally free to live.

Until the day my brother walks into my tiny bookshop.

No one leaves the Grayling pack and gets away with it.

They drag me back, but not for the reason I believe.

My mother has made an enemy of a powerful witch and I am to take the punishment meant for her.

Death would have been kinder.

This curse? What I am now?

It's so much worse than I could have imagined.

She didn't just cut me off from my wolf, or even simply kill me. She made me a golden retriever and sent me to a shelter.

I'm ready to die in truth now, I'm hoping for it even.

And then my mate walks in...but how am I supposed to convince him I'm the strong partner he needs to help him stop the end of the world when I can’t stop wagging my freaking tail?

[library addict]

The Vanishing by Jayne on Krentz (Fogg Lake #1) on sale for $2.99

Spoiler:

From New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz comes a gripping new romantic suspense trilogy fraught with danger and enigma.

Decades ago in the small town of Fogg Lake, The Incident occurred: an explosion in the cave system that released unknown gases. The residents slept for two days. When they woke up they discovered that things had changed—they had changed. Some started having visions. Others heard ominous voices. And then, scientists from a mysterious government agency arrived. Determined not to become research subjects of strange experiments, the residents of Fogg Lake blamed their “hallucinations” on food poisoning, and the story worked. But now it has become apparent that the eerie effects of The Incident are showing up in the descendants of Fogg Lake.…

Catalina Lark and Olivia LeClair, best friends and co-owners of an investigation firm in Seattle, use what they call their “other sight” to help solve cases. When Olivia suddenly vanishes one night, Cat frantically begins the search for her friend. No one takes the disappearance seriously except Slater Arganbright, an agent from a shadowy organization known only as the Foundation, who shows up at her firm with a cryptic warning.

A ruthless killer is hunting the only witnesses to a murder that occurred in the Fogg Lake caves fifteen years ago—Catalina and Olivia. And someone intends to make both women vanish.

Kobo

Google Play

Apple Books

Amazon

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Just rereads and no purchases.

[sufue]

Family Treed: A Big Uneasy Short Story by Pauline Baird Jones is free right now at Kindle US and UK. I've read a couple of her other books, and enjoyed them although not ones to re-read and re-read. This looks like a nice way to try this series for free...

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FHBEAE4
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FHBEAE4

Spoiler:

“Family Treed” is a short story in the Big Uneasy series.

Nell’s not sure why the mob wants to have dinner with her. She is sure she wants a cop at her side.

Alex wouldn’t let Nell dine with the mob without him, despite much unease from his many siblings.

But as the dark and stormy night’s dinner progresses, Nell wonders if she’s putting Alex’s life in danger. Can they survive dinner with the killing cousins?

[library addict]

Originally Posted by library addict

Warrior Mage by Lindsay Buroker (Chains of Honor #1) is free for limited time.

This series is a spin-off/sequel to The Emporer's Edge series and Forgotten Ages series.

Spoiler:

His mother was one of the most powerful wizards in the Nurian Empire until she abandoned her people to become a notorious pirate. That choice doomed the family she left behind to a life of disgrace.

Yanko White Fox doesn’t remember his mother, but as the only gifted child in the family, he is expected to erase the mark she left on them all. With an affinity for earth magic and communicating with animals, he’s not the most natural candidate to become a warrior mage, but it’s the only sure route back into the Great Chief’s good graces. He has resigned himself to training for that destiny, whether it matches his passions or not.

Long before he’s ready for his first battle, insurrection comes to his distant corner of the empire. Rebels take over the salt mine his family manages and slay the only relative who ever supported Yanko. On the heels of the tragedy, a courier brings a message from the Great Chief’s son. Whether he is prepared or not, Yanko must undertake a quest, one that could save millions of lives… or fail utterly, leaving him dead, his family forgotten, and his people the victims of starvation and endless war.

Books 2 Read link for Kobo, Google Play, Apple, Amazon, etc.

This is free again.

[Blue2u]

Kobo 20% promo code: YGBW4J
Offer ends 08-31-2023
I won't be using it, hopefully someone here can!

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Clandestine Baby (Covert Cowboy Soldiers #6) by Nicole Helm (A/5 stars)
• Torrent (Rust & Relics #1) by Lindsay Buroker (B-/3 stars)
• Destiny Unchosen (Rust & Relics #1.5) by Lindsay Buroker (B/4 stars)
• Thorn Fall (Rust & Relics #2) by Lindsay Buroker (B/4 stars)

I've now read Lindsay Buroker's entire backlist including all the books under her penname.

Purchased:

[Aleron Ives]

Now that you've read them all, would you care to share your top three of her series?

[library addict]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Now that you've read them all, would you care to share your top three of her series?

Ooh, that's difficult as it really depends if you like urban fantasy, epic fantasy, or scifi.

But I will say...

• Dragon Gate (epic fantasy / book one is Kingdoms at War)
• Legacy of Magic (urban fantasy / book one is Hammered)
• Forgotten Ages (prequel to her Emporer's Edge series which is listed as steampunk / book one is Encrypted)

But I think if her writing works for you, most all of her series will as well.

I could have easily listed Agents of the Crown (the first one I read in audio without reading the epub first) or multiple others.

Forgotten Ages works as a stand-alone series if you don't want to also read The Emporer's Edge series and Chains of Honor series (but if you do, read this series first then The Emperor's Edge).

And I should clarify the Legacy of Magic series is a spin-off of her Death Before Dragons series, so I would recommend reading that series first.

I should also add that like Jayne Ann Krentz/Amanda Quick/Jayne Castle, she tends to have certain character types she likes and mix-and-matches a lot in whichever subgenre she's writing. So you can see some similarities in her different series. And she tends to write a lot of found families. This doesn't bother me as she gives her characters each their own personalities and quirks, but there are definitely patterns. Then again, I think most authors do this. I do consider her a comfort read author.