FREE/BARGAIN — Romance & Discussion

[Terisa de morgan]

Thank you for the info.

[copyrite]

Originally Posted by library addict

Weekly Report:

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• A Kowalski Secret (The Kowalskis #12) by Shannon Stacey (B-/3 stars)
  

I gave it a B+ because I'm a sucker for the secrit baby trope, and that was a bit of a spin on it.

The book definitely isn't meant to be a stand alone - way too many Kowalskis in the book!

[sufue]

Marked In Flesh is the fourth book in Anne Bishop's Novel of the Others series. It's on sale right now in the UK for £1.49 at Kindle UK and £2.99 at Kobo UK (but £1.97 if you have Kobo UK VIP).

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Z8VTQBK
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/marked-in-flesh

Spoiler:

In the fourth novel in Anne Bishop’s New York Times bestselling series, the Others will need to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and their community...

Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the fragile yet powerful human blood prophets who were being exploited by their own kind, the dynamic between humans and Others has changed. Some, such as Simon Wolfgard, wolf shifter and leader of the Lakeside Courtyard, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn see the closer companionship as beneficial.

But not everyone is convinced. A group of radical humans is seeking to usurp land through a series of violent attacks on the Others. What they don’t realize is that there are older and more dangerous forces than shifters and vampires protecting the land—and those forces are willing to do whatever is necessary to safeguard what is theirs...

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by sufue

Marked In Flesh is the fourth book in Anne Bishop's Novel of the Others series. It's on sale right now in the UK for £1.49 at Kindle UK and £2.99 at Kobo UK (but £1.97 if you have Kobo UK VIP).

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00Z8VTQBK
Kobo UK: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/marked-in-flesh

Also Amazon CA
This was an excellent series, very unique and well done!

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

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Only rereads.


Purchased:

[sufue]

Just Come Over is the twelfth in the Escape to New Zealand series by Rosalind James. I'm not super into modern-day romances, but this is one of a few series I really like. It's free right now at Kindle US and UK, for what I think is the first time.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JH4DD3S
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JH4DD3S

Spoiler:

Rhys Fletcher is not in love with his sister-in-law.

That would be a very, very bad idea, and he doesn’t entertain bad ideas. He also doesn’t lie to himself. Both of those things can’t be true, so he’ll do what he’s done since the long-ago night when his brother, Dylan, turned up in an Auckland bar after a brutal rugby match between their two teams, and introduced his new girlfriend—a dark-eyed, impossibly short, much-too-young girl named Zora. He’ll lie.

Now, his brother’s gone, and Rhys is back in New Zealand and settling into his new job as the head coach of the Auckland Blues. Surely, being there for Dylan’s widow and their son is the right thing to do. He can control himself. He’s had forty years of practice. Until he gets a call from his lawyer, and flies to the States to find that handsome, charming, endlessly irresponsible Dylan has left yet another loose end for his big brother to sort out.

This one is six years old. And her birth certificate says she belongs to Rhys.

Note: This stand-alone novel, like New Zealand, contains some steam. If that's not your cuppa, maybe visit another country ... er, book.

[Blue2u]

AM US $1.99 Karen Marie Moning - The House at Watch Hill

Amazon Canada


5 star read for me!

Blurb:


#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and seductive new series in which a young woman moves to Divinity, Louisiana, to inherit a large fortune and a Gothic mansion full of mysteries and ominous secrets...

Zo Grey is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she receives a surprising call from an attorney in Divinity, Louisiana, with the news she has been left an inheritance by a distant relative, the terms of which he will only discuss in person. Destitute and alone, with nothing left to lose, Zo heads to Divinity and discovers she is the sole beneficiary of a huge fortune and a monstrosity of a house that sits ominously at the peak of Watch Hill—but she must live in it, alone, for three years before the house, or the money, is hers.

Met with this irresistible opportunity to finally build a future for herself, Zo puts aside her misgivings about the foreboding Gothic mansion and the strange circumstances, and moves in, where she is quickly met by a red-eyed Stygian owl and an impossibly sexy Scottish groundskeeper.

Her new home is full of countless secrets and mystifying riddles, with doors that go nowhere, others that are impossible to open, and a turret into which there is no visible means of ingress. And the townspeople are odd…

What Zo doesn’t yet know is that her own roots lie in this very house and that in order to discover her true identity and awaken her dormant powers, she will have to face off against sinister forces she doesn’t quite comprehend—or risk being consumed by them.

“This book has everything! A witchy, sexy read that made me sleep with the lights on…Karen Marie Moning at her best!”

-Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author

[library addict]

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• Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (C+/3 stars)

Finally started my annual complete Psy/Changeling series reread. Finished Slave to Sensation and am halfway through Visions of Heat.

Purchased:
none

[Terisa de morgan]

@library addict, eagerly waiting the next Psy/Changeling book (not so much the Guild book).

[sufue]

I've read many of Tricia O'Malley's books and liked all that I read. Right now, the first book in her Mystic Cove series is free and the first book in her Isle of Destiny series is $0.99/£0.99 at Kindle US/UK. I liked both of these - the Mystic Cove one somewhat more than the Isle of Destiny one, but both worth reading IMO.

Wild Irish Heart, Mystic Cove, #1
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NJ0Q0SY
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NJ0Q0SY

Stone Song, Isle of Destiny, #1
Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GJ5LXW8
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GJ5LXW8

[Blue2u]

You, with a View - Jessica Joyce $1.99 - AM CA

AMUS
5 stars from me!

Blurb: A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!
One of Amazon's Best Romances of July

Two high school enemies must reunite for a road trip inspired by their grandparents’ broken engagement in this electric debut romance.

Noelle Shepard is unemployed, living with her parents, and grieving the loss of her beloved grandmother when she discovers decades-old photos of Gram and a smitten man, tucked alongside a love letter. She creates a TikTok to search for the mystery man, which goes viral, and she’s shocked when his grandson responds—a man who happens to be her high school nemesis, Theo Spencer.

Noelle refuses to let Theo’s annoying accomplishments in adulthood—or his sexy smirk—stand in the way of meeting his grandfather and unlocking the secrets he knew about her gram as a young woman. When she learns that their plans to elope were thwarted, Noelle decides to take the honeymoon road trip they planned but never got to carry out. There’s a catch, though: Paul, Theo's grandfather, asks to come with her, and he insists that Theo join them.

It’ll be a miracle if they make it through the trip without Noelle throwing Theo out of the moving car—or the bed they end up sharing. As the miles tick by, the tension simmers hotter between them...until she discovers that Theo’s hiding a secret that could cause their tenuous relationship to end before it can restart.

Goodreads stats: 4.08 avg rating — 60,675 ratings — published 2023

[sufue]

Another Tricia O'Malley freebie....

Wild Scottish Rose is the fourth in O'Malley's Enchanted Highlands series, and it's free right now at Kindle US and UK.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C94T9HX5
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C94T9HX5

Spoiler:

Is a rose without its thorns any less beautiful?

Shona Scott would much rather putter in her garden than deal with brides that get hysterical over floral arrangements. Fed up, she quits the wedding business and renovates a small cottage on her property for holiday rentals. Without the weddings crowding her calendar, Shona will finally get some time to explore a newfound talent. An unexplainable one, at that.

Owen Williams lands in Scotland for a family wedding, only to prolong his trip after his best friend has a terrifying accident on the waters of Loch Mirren. A documentary filmmaker, Owen’s quest for the truth drives him to Loren Brae, determined to uncover the secrets of what lies in the loch. When Owen books Shona’s cottage, he’s thrust into an unexpected attraction for the beautiful gardener who is determined to keep him at arm’s length.

As Shona’s magic unfolds, she must do everything in her power to hide the secrets of Loren Brae from Owen, even if it means ignoring her own heart.

Can love bloom if the seed is planted with doubt?

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

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• Darik’s Quest (Sectors New Allies #19.5) by Veronica Scott (C+/3 stars)

Also up to Blaze of Memory in my complete Psy/Changeling series reread.

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[library addict]

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• The Bride Wore Blue Jeans (The Alaskans #6) by Marie Ferrarella (B-/3 stars)

Also up to Whisper of Sin in my complete Psy/Changeling series reread.

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[library addict]

Weekly Report:

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• Archangel’s Ascension (Guild Hunter #17) by Nalini Singh (B+/4 stars)

Also up to Kiss of Snow in my complete Psy/Changeling series reread.

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