Free and bargain romance ebooks + Discussion June 2014

[BelleZora]

Heart Raider (Heartthrob #1) by Sophia Knightly is free today.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CRQUCSK

Stranded together during a rampaging hurricane, hot passion explodes between a reclusive billionaire and a headstrong reporter seeking his exclusive story...a story that could get her killed.

Hunted by someone desperate to silence her...

Daredevil TV reporter Veronique "Ronnie" Whitcomb is charismatic, fun-loving, and loyal to a fault. Especially to the man she fell in love with fifteen years ago. He's now a self-made billionaire, and at the center of a public scandal so hot and juicy, Ronnie must get an exclusive interview...an interview that will vindicate him and expose the real criminal behind the scintillating headlines. Her life is in jeopardy, but her love for Nick might cause the real danger.

He'll risk his life - and his heart - to keep her alive...

Financial whiz, Nick Cameron rose from an underprivileged life to become one of America's youngest corporate billionaires. Now he's laying low on a barrier island, far away from the raging media storm that nearly destroyed him. When little Ronnie Whitcomb shows up on his doorstep, all grown up and heart-stoppingly beautiful, he tries to deny his feelings for her, but a hurricane strands them on the island together. Keeping Ronnie at arm's length becomes impossible.

[Britomart]

Two regency trads by Anne Barbour are available at bargain price from Kobo. Both were originally published with Signet. I read both a few years ago and liked them a lot.

A Dangerous Charade

By day Alison Fox was the proper companion of wealthy Lady Edith Brent. By night, however, the vicars daughter became Lissa Reynard, who frequented Londons gambling houses—and won considerable fortunes from the titled ton. Very few knew of this double identity—until Lady Ediths nephew, the Earl of Marchford, decided to investigate. Then Alison had even more secrets to keep…

A Pressing Engagement

Jared Talent, Earl of Burnleigh, had his own reasons for wishing lovely Diana St. Aubin to pose as his fiancée. And Diana was forced to agree, as the handsome Earl had the power to send her to prison for a crime of which she was not guilty. Difficult as it was to tolerate the pretense, Diana knew that the earl always got what he wanted.

[Britomart]

Make Mine a Marine (3-in-1 collection) by Julie Miller avaibable for $0.99 at Smashwords and at Amazon US DE. The three novels are:

Immortal Heart (orig. Love Spell, 1997).

BJ Kincaid was woman of contrasts. She was a computer wiz who sought comfort from teddy bears and her poodle, a child genius who'd never known adult love, a loner who secretly yearned for acceptance. Then a security leak threatened her job at LadyTech-and unexplained blackouts threatened her sanity-until the very mysterious Brodie Maxwell came to investigate.

With each new encounter, BJ discovered a man who matched her, paradox for paradox. Beneath his scarred exterior and his brusque, distant manner lay a warm and tender lover, and behind his unwillingness to open up was a man who longed for intimate contact. Most baffling of all, Brodie seemed a crusader, yet he claimed that the woman who loved him was fated to meet an evil end.

Doomed by an ancient curse or blessed by timeless love, BJ knew this was the man for her, and she vowed nothing would stop her from freeing his...Immortal Heart

Shadow of the Hawk (orig. Love Spell, 1999).

A DANGEROUS FIELD TRIP
Sarah McCormick had one last shot at adventure. Resigned to the life of a spinster, the prim schoolteacher planned to lead five teenage girls to the shadowy isle of Tenebrosa. There, in a tropical paradise, they would study an ancient people and perhaps learn something about themselves. But a mountain of a man upset her plans--a handsome Indian who claimed she and her students would be in peril. And when the virile ex-Marine swore to protect them, Sarah wondered whit s in jeopardy--her body or her heart

LESSON IN LOVE
Hawk had to admit that he longed to be enlightened by the brainy beauty. He'd seen the shy schoolmarm cut a man to ribbons with her sharp tongue, and he was haunted by visions of schooling her lush, surprisingly soft lips in passion. He'd touched her only as a protector, but in those moments he'd discovered how delicate and decidedly feminine her long, lithe body was. Now, threatened by an evil as old as Tenebrosa itself, Hawk knew that her kiss could stave off the shadows and their love could light the way to paradise.

Always Faithful (orig. Love Spell, 2000).

True Love

When Jonathan Ramsey disappears in a covert operation on the dark isle of Tenebrosa, nothing can keep him away from his family--not even death. But the guardian angel who gives the marine his life back blunders: Jonathan Ramsey is born again as someone else.

Can See the Soul

Emma never questions that she will again see her beloved husband. But the man who comes to her has a different face and an unknown name. Suddenly, Emma knows this wonderful stranger is the man she's waited for. But to rediscover the man who won her heart so long before, Emma has to learn that true love never dies--and that the greatest hearts are always faithful.

[NixLapi]

$1.99 sale on Friends without Benefits (Knitting in the City #2) by Penny Reid

Amazon and Kobo (couponable)

Friends Without Benefits can be read as a standalone, is a full length 120k word novel, and is book #2 in the Knitting in the City Series.
There are three things you need to know about Elizabeth Finney: 1) She suffers from severe sarcastic syndrome, especially when she's unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her like Nico Manganiello, and 3) She knows how to knit.

Elizabeth Finney is almost always right about everything: the musical merits of boy bands are undervalued by society, “benefits” with human Ken dolls are better without friendship, and the sun has set on her once-in-a-lifetime chance for true love. But when Elizabeth’s plans for benefits without friendship are disarmed by the irritatingly charismatic and chauvinistic Nico Manganiello- her former nemesis- she finds herself struggling to maintain the electric fence around her heart while avoiding electrocution or, worse, falling in love.

Quite enjoying this series! If you pick it up I recommend reading this one before #1.5.

[Blue2u]

Both $1.00; I rated both of these a 4
Amazon: Stripped From You. Strip Me Bare by Marissa Carmel

Kobo: Stripped From You. Strip Me Bare by Marissa Carmel




Sunday reporting, I did really well again this week buying only 7 books for $7.50. Which brings my monthly total to 26books for $30.50. I'm pretty pleased at the low amount of books overall, and under half my usual budget. I'm so proud of myself.

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• On the Surface (In the Zone #1) by Kate Willoughby (C+/3 stars)
• Assumed Identity (The Precinct #21) by Julie Miller (C+/3 stars)
• Task Force Bride (The Precinct #22) by Julie Miller (B-/3 stars)
• A Business Engagement (Duchess Diaries #1) by Merline Lovelace (B/4 stars)
• The Diplomat's Pregnant Bride by (Duchess Diaries #2) by Merline Lovelace (C/2 stars)
• Real Men Don’t Break Hearts (Real Men #1) by Coleen Kwan (A-/5 stars)
• Real Men Don’t Quit (Real Men #2) by Coleen Kwan (B-/3 stars)
• White-Hot Holiday (Real Men #2.5) by Coleen Kwan (C+/3 stars)

I'm using the original cover of LOTS. The Lynn Raye Harris books were purchased as HOT Volume I box set.

[apesmom]

Freebies from Entangled

Falling for Her Fiance (Accidentally in Love #1) by Cindi Madsen [Bliss]
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Danielle and Wes have been best friends since college, so when Wes needs a date for his sister’s wedding and Dani needs a partner for her company’s retreat, they devise the perfect plan: a fake engagement to get through both events unscathed. Adrenaline-junkie Wes can prove to both his ex and his family that he’s well and truly moved on, and serious-minded Dani can prove to her boss that she’s worthy of the promotion he seems to only want to give to a family-oriented employee. But amid the fake swoons, fake kisses, and forced proximity, neither expects the very real feelings that develop. There’s nothing more dangerous than falling for your best friend…but what if the landing is worth the fall?

Erin's Gift by Nancy Fraser [Scandalous novella]
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Prohibition Era, Chicago

Caught in a raid at an illegal speakeasy, good girl Erin O'Mara loses everything: her job, her home, and her reputation. Handsome and so out of her league attorney Seth Harrison, her best friend's brother, rescues her not once, but twice. He bails her out of jail and offers her a job as nanny for his son.

Seth has no intention of falling in love after the death of his wife. But despite his better judgment, he can't help being drawn to Erin's innocence. This Christmas, letting go of the past and embracing the future may be the greatest present of all.

Previously publishing in A Very Scandalous Christmas Anthology

Letters at Christmas by Amber Lin [Scandalous novella]
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London, 1815 Three London Seasons. Three Christmases come and gone. Jilted Sidony Harbeck is done waiting for the inconstant Captain Hale Martin to return. Despite their whispered adolescent promises, he never wrote her a single letter. Now the scoundrel has returned, professing his love and a thoughtless bet to woo her, but she only wants him to suffer. After three years at sea, Hale finally has the means to marry his best friend's sister and the love of his life. But he only has three days to convince her of his devotion because he stupidly proposes a wager - he'll convince Sidony to marry him by Christmas or he'll leave her alone forever. When Hale sets out to seduce her, the stakes are raised by a passion so intense that Sidony must risk her heart no matter the odds. Previously published in A Very Scandalous Holiday Anthology

[apesmom]

On sale from Simon & Schuster for $1.99

Shiver by Karen Robards
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When she swore off love, he was the last man she imagined would steal her heart.

If driving a piece-of-crap tow truck through the seediest part of town with a Smith & Wesson beside her means putting a roof over her son’s head, then Samantha Jones is going to be the best damn repo woman on the books. The streetwalkers, the drug pushers, the bands of looking-for-trouble punks haunting the mean streets at midnight don’t intimidate her. These are her people. The guy she finds bound and bloodied in the trunk of her latest conquest, a flashy new BMW, is a different breed entirely.

Daniel Panterro was certain he was going to die. Instead, by a stroke of luck, he was beaten to within an inch of his life and left for dead. But if he’s having a bad day, Sam’s day is about to get way worse. Danny knows he hasn’t seen the last of the vicious drug runners who kidnapped him from protective custody. His only recourse is to take his pretty savior hostage and force her to help him. There’s no going back for Sam and her four-yearold son, Tyler. They’re in way too deep.

With ruthless killers stalking their trail, Sam’s only choice is to trust this handsome, menacing stranger. But as she relinquishes control, Sam feels an unmistakable desire. Could she be tempted by Danny, who seems intent on protecting her and Tyler from even his own darkest secrets? And what is the price of falling in love with a man who operates on the edge of danger—her heart, her life . . . or both?

Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
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Five women are missing from the sleepy mountain town of Cleary, North Carolina, and a blue ribbon has been left near where each woman was last seen. Lilly Martin has returned to Cleary to close the sale of her cabin. But when her car skids and strikes a stranger, Ben Tierney, as he emerges from the woods, they've no choice but to wait out a brutal blizzard in the cabin. And as the hours of their confinement mount, Lilly wonders if the greater threat to her safety isn't the storm, but the stranger beside her...

The Lion's Lady (Crown Spies #1) by Julie Garwood
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Christina Bennett had taken London society by storm. The ravishing beauty guarded the secret of her mysterious past until the night Lyon, Marquis of Lyonwood, stole a searching, sensuous kiss. An arrogant nobleman with a pirate’s passions, he tasted the wild fire smoldering beneath Christina’s cool charm and swore to posess her...

But the fiesty and defiant Christina would not be so easily conquered. Mistress of her heart and of her fortune, she resisted Lyon’s sensuous caresses. She dared not surrender to his love...for then, she must also forsake her precious secret...and her promised destiny!

[apesmom]

On sale from Macmillan for $2.99

Why Dukes Say I Do (Wicked Widows #1) by Manda Collins
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TRUE LOVE IS OFTEN FOUND
With her whirlwind social life in London, Lady Isabella Wharton has little interest in the customs of the country. But when her godmother asks her to pay a visit to her bachelor grandson in Yorkshire, Isabella can't refuse. It behooves her to please the old dowager, since she harbors one of Isabella's most scandalous secrets. So off she goes to see the newly-titled--and notoriously rustic--Duke of Ormond...

WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
Trevor Carey doesn't care about what goes on behind ballroom doors. He is content with the simple life--and isn't ashamed to admit it to a society flirt like Lady Isabella. But the country air brings out a different side of Isabella--one full of longing and passion. Can her sophistication be hiding a desire for love? When a blackmailer from the city arrives to threaten Isabella, Trevor will shield her from harm--even travel to London. Can the duke tackle the ton on Isabella's behalf ...and manage to keep her all to himself?

The Devil Wears Kilts (Scandalous Highlanders #1) by Suzanne Enoch
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The Price of Passion…

On a mission to rescue his runaway sister from the lure of flowery compliments and a useless lot of satin-clad scalawags disguised by their snooty titles, Ranulf MacLawry, Marquis of Glengask, has roared into British society like a storm across the Scottish Highlands. But he’s about to find out that satin has its appeal, especially when it covers the curves of Miss Lady Charlotte Hanover—whose tongue is as sharp as her skin is soft...

…is Pure Pleasure

Lady Charlotte Hanover has had her fill of hot-headed men, having lost her fiancé in an utterly unnecessary duel. When did brawn ever triumph over brains? And yet there is something solid and appealing about the brash Highlander who’s as dangerous in the ballroom as in battle. Sometimes bigger really is better… in The Devil Wears Kilts.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by apesmom

On sale from Simon & Schuster for $1.99


The Lion's Lady (Crown Spies #1) by Julie Garwood
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I just downloaded it from Scribd. I'm always looking for a good historical.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by library addict

Weekly Report:

Read:

• On the Surface (In the Zone #1) by Kate Willoughby (B-/3 stars)
• Assumed Identity (The Precinct #21) by Julie Miller (C+/3 stars)
• Task Force Bride (The Precinct #22) by Julie Miller (B-/3 stars)
• A Business Engagement (Duchess Diaries #1) by Merline Lovelace (B/4 stars)
• The Diplomat's Pregnant Bride by (Duchess Diaries #2) by Merline Lovelace (C/2 stars)
• Real Men Don’t Break Hearts (Real Men #1) by Coleen Kwan (A-/5 stars)
• Real Men Don’t Quit (Real Men #2) by Coleen Kwan (B-/3 stars)
• White-Hot Holiday (Real Men #2.5) by Coleen Kwan (C+/3 stars)

I'm using the original cover of LOTS. The Lynn Raye Harris books were purchased as HOT Volume I box set.

You're a reading machine! you go girl! I read one book. Only one.

I read Dead until Dark by Charlaine Harris as I watch the first season of True Blood on Amazon Prime. It's the first Sookie Stackhouse book. I really liked it (5 stars) not sure if I will continue the series now or later. True Blood probably not though I like who plays Sookie the second season seems to move away from the books.

I bought one book this week but these are books I bought since the move. Not many but with Scribd most of the books I want are on there. I realize that could change at anytime but right now I can't justify the chance.

I forgot to mention the audibles I bought since the move 7 Audibles. Audible had a bogo sale with some good romance selection and I had $10 credit so I bought the Magic series by Catherine Coulter, the first two of Susannah Sandlin's vampire series, two Stephanie plums, (21, and plum lovin) and Barbara Longley's Far from perfect.

[apesmom]

A bunch of fantasy on sale for $0.99 from Carina Press

• Cards & Caravans (Gaslight Chronicles #5) by Cindy Spencer Pape
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• Rogue's Pawn (Covenant of Thorns #1) by Jeffe Kennedy
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• Trancehack (Magic Born #1) by Sonya Clark
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• The Adorned by John Tristan
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• Valor of the Healer (Rebels of Adalonia #1) by Angela Highland
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• Journey of Awakening (Triune Stones #1) by Shawna Thomas
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• Never Deal with Dragons (DRACIM #1) by Lorenda Christensen
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Also on sale for $0.99, but without any romance is Drynn by Steve Vera and Undead Chaos by Joshua Roots

[chilady1]

Thanks for all the good books apesmom!

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by apesmom

On sale from Simon & Schuster for $1.99

Shiver by Karen Robards
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Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
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Are Karen Robards and Sandra Brown generally more weighted toward romance or toward suspense?

[Terisa de morgan]

It depends on the book, catlady, a lot v