Free/Bargain Romances in June 2013

[apesmom]

Compared to the last 2 weeks I did pretty good! All I can say is the Kobo codes made me do it. If we don't count the convert to digital purchases and those I bought because the codes were too good to pass up then I only really bought 1 book this week. Yeah, that's what I'm going to go with - 1 book for me this week.

• Carina Press price drops + left over good Kobo contest codes
  • Denman, Amie - Her Lucky Catch
  • Longley, Barbara - Heart of the Druid Laird
  • Miller, Maureen A. - Endless Night
  • Niles, Abby - Defying Convention
  • Schield, Cat - His Secret Temptation
  
  
• Crazy Kobo 75 & 80% codes over 3 accounts
  • Banks, Maya - Rush
  • Kleypas, Lisa - Dream Lake
  • McKenna, Shannon - One Wrong Move
  • Moning, Karen Marie - 7 book Highlander bundle (replaces paper)
  • Moning, Karen Marie - 5 book Fever bundle (replaces paper)
  • Vincent, Rachel - Oath Bound
  
  
• Cole, Kresley - A Hunger Like No Other (replaces paper)
• James, Eloisa - Once Upon a Tower

[apesmom]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

Well, I won't yell at you for Susanna Kearsley because I've yet to read her ... but I now own five of her books

I've read 3 of the 4 I purchased. So far The Rose Garden is my favorite followed by Mariana.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

I used to do that all the time; I had links to catalog suggestion forms for all my libraries but I lost them when I deleted some of my bookmarks in error (and they weren't backed up ). With the new library format I never bothered to figure it out but I really should.

Only, I got off my duff and found the Contact page for the Brooklyn library and I suggested How to Kill a Rock Star for their catalog; they're normally very open to recommendations so I'll wait and see before I contact any of the other libraries. Meanwhile, I'll go look for their contact pages and save them.

Originally Posted by apesmom

If we don't count the convert to digital purchases and those I bought because the codes were too good to pass up then I only really bought 1 book this week. Yeah, that's what I'm going to go with - 1 book for me this week.

"I only really bought 1 book this week." - I'm applauding the sheer genius of this statement

Originally Posted by apesmom

I've read 3 of the 4 I purchased. So far The Rose Garden is my favorite followed by Mariana.

Here's what I own; please suggest a reading order (best to good) based on what you've read:

Mariana
The Rose Garden
The Shadowy Horses
The Winter Sea
The Firebird

[auntykatkat]

Well, I was trying to be good this week. I will list my purchases.

Charmed (Crimson Romance) by Inés Saint 0.99
The Viscount in Her Bedroom by Gayle Callen free code from ARe
Forbidden by Elizabeth Lowell (Audible)
Silver Master by Jayne Castle (Audible)
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood (Audible)
Any Duchess Will Do By Tessa Dare 4.74
Surrender to the Earl by Gayle Callen 6.64

I have a few more wants by am willing to wait for my gift certificates. I am wondering where you all are with Nailini Singh's books. I will re-listen to Tangle in Need tomorrow. I am finishing Legend of the Four Soldiers by Elizabeth Hoyt. I am listening to the end of the fourth book. I love them.

[NixLapi]

Love Love by Beth Michele is on sale $0.99 (new adult)
http://www.amazon.com/Love-ebook/dp/B00COUM3F4

[apesmom]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

Here's what I own; please suggest a reading order (best to good) based on what you've read:

Mariana
The Rose Garden
The Shadowy Horses
The Winter Sea
The Firebird

This is how I liked them:
The Rose Garden
Mariana - I read this one several years ago and parts of it still stick in my mind.
The Winter Sea

Haven't read The Shadowy Horses yet
Haven't purchased The Firebird . . . yet

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by apesmom

Compared to the last 2 weeks I did pretty good! All I can say is the Kobo codes made me do it. If we don't count the convert to digital purchases and those I bought because the codes were too good to pass up then I only really bought 1 book this week. Yeah, that's what I'm going to go with - 1 book for me this week.

OMG, best justification ever!

[NixLapi]

I almost did good this week... and then those Kobo codes arrived - at least they were really good deals!

Sins & Needles by Karina Hale
Undeclared by Jen Frederick
Kaleb by Nicole Edwards
Love Love by Beth Michele

So by apesmom's math I *really* only bought 4 books!

With Kobo codes:
Misplaced Princess & Misplaced Cowboy by Mari Carr & Lexxie Couper
From this Moment On by Debbi Rawlins
When the Cameras Stop Rolling by Connie Cox
Secrets & Saris by Shoma Narayanan
plus a couple more not-romance

I'm excited about the two Misplaced books - they were discovered via a "what is the title" threads and sounded too good to pass up. Online friends, mistaken sibling identity, and sexy cowboys!

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by apesmom

This is how I liked them:
The Rose Garden
Mariana - I read this one several years ago and parts of it still stick in my mind.
The Winter Sea

Haven't read The Shadowy Horses yet
Haven't purchased The Firebird . . . yet

Thanks! I'll try them in this order.

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by NixLapi

I almost did good this week... and then those Kobo codes arrived - at least they were really good deals!

Sins & Needles by Karina Hale
Undeclared by Jen Frederick
Kaleb by Nicole Edwards
Love Love by Beth Michele

So by apesmom's math I *really* only bought 4 books!

With Kobo codes:
Misplaced Princess & Misplaced Cowboy by Mari Carr & Lexxie Couper
From this Moment On by Debbi Rawlins
When the Cameras Stop Rolling by Connie Cox
Secrets & Saris by Shoma Narayanan
plus a couple more not-romance

I'm excited about the two Misplaced books - they were discovered via a "what is the title" threads and sounded too good to pass up. Online friends, mistaken sibling identity, and sexy cowboys!

Oh, so it's going to be like that now is it, explain away all our purchases!


Apesmom, thanks for the recommendation on reading order of Susanna Kearsley too.

[FizzyWater]

For those who say they send an email to their libraries to request books to be added to their Overdrive ebook selection:

I *think* this is something the libraries can choose to use or not. But if you haven't already done so, you might want to check your "Advanced Search" page.

At the very bottom of the page, you might see an option "Show me" with 3 check-boxes:

• My library's collection
• Only titles with copies available
• Additional titles to recommend

If you have these options, check the "Additional titles..." box. If Overdrive has a book available and it's not in your library, instead of a "borrow" or "place a hold" button, you'll see a "recommend" button.

I've used it a few times, and it even asks if you'd like to receive an email when the book you recommend is purchased or if you'd like to be put immediately on the holds list for that book.

I have access to 5 Overdrive libraries, and 3 out of those 5 have this option available. So I suspect libraries choose whether to use this functionality, rather than it being standard.

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by apesmom

This is how I liked them:
The Rose Garden
Mariana - I read this one several years ago and parts of it still stick in my mind.
The Winter Sea

Haven't read The Shadowy Horses yet
Haven't purchased The Firebird . . . yet

Wow....the only one I've read so far is "The Winter Sea" and I really liked it, even thought it made me cry like a baby at one point. If that's the one you liked least, I really ought to grab those other ones off my TBR pile.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by FizzyWater

For those who say they send an email to their libraries to request books to be added to their Overdrive ebook selection:

I *think* this is something the libraries can choose to use or not. But if you haven't already done so, you might want to check your "Advanced Search" page.

At the very bottom of the page, you might see an option "Show me" with 3 check-boxes:

• My library's collection
• Only titles with copies available
• Additional titles to recommend

If you have these options, check the "Additional titles..." box. If Overdrive has a book available and it's not in your library, instead of a "borrow" or "place a hold" button, you'll see a "recommend" button.

I've used it a few times, and it even asks if you'd like to receive an email when the book you recommend is purchased or if you'd like to be put immediately on the holds list for that book.

I have access to 5 Overdrive libraries, and 3 out of those 5 have this option available. So I suspect libraries choose whether to use this functionality, rather than it being standard.

Great tip, but it seems to be available only for libraries using the older layout.

[laurla]

Originally Posted by apesmom

Compared to the last 2 weeks I did pretty good! All I can say is the Kobo codes made me do it. If we don't count the convert to digital purchases and those I bought because the codes were too good to pass up then I only really bought 1 book this week. Yeah, that's what I'm going to go with - 1 book for me this week.

Let's see, if I revise apesmom's math to also exclude freebies, I only "purchased", um, 11 books for $20.94 And 7 of those were the Pennyroyal Green series, so really I only purchased 4 books This series doesn't count either because it was just too good to pass up... right? Yep, THAT's what I'm going with!! 4 books

BTW, I somehow still acquired around 25 books... not quite sure how that happened..... oh yeah, kobo codes and freebies

Here are the one's I'm most excited about:

Pennyroyal Green series (1-7) - Julie Anne Long
The Ruby Brooch - Katherine Lowry Logan (Time Travel)
Taking Shots: The Assassins Series - Toni Aleo (Sports teams/hockey)
Driven - K. Bromberg (Racing)
Random Acts of Crazy - Julia Kent (this might be too NA-y for me, we'll see)
Billionaire Bachelors - Lucas, Alex, Mark - Melody Anne (who doesn't love a billionaire? or three?)

[FizzyWater]

Originally Posted by Loosheesh

Great tip, but it seems to be available only for libraries using the older layout.

Nope.

All my libraries are on the new and unimproved "Next Generation" layout.