Free and bargain romance ebooks + Discussion October 2013

[Blue2u]

Originally Posted by NixLapi

I didn't buy anything again!

I read Play with Me and Rock with Me by Kristen Proby - both pretty standard contemporary indie romances, but don't read them back to back!

Nix, you're doing so well! Question, why not read the KP back to back? They are high up on my TBR list so just curious.


Even with the last of the Kobo sale, I stayed under budget! I'm very proud of myself.

Book Buys this week: 10 books, $15
Claimed [Club Sin] – Stacey Kennedy
Driven – K. Bromberg
Dazzled – Jane Harvey-Berrick
Finding You – S.K. Hartley
Seize Me – Crystal Spears
Wish I May [New Hope 2] – Lexi Ryan
Sarah Mine – Riann Colton
The Bridge - Rebecca Rogers Maher
Saving Dallas – Kim Jones
Tattered Love – Lola Stark

Books Read this week and my rating:
Price of a Kiss – Linda Kage = 4
Worth the Fight – Vi Keeland = 4
Faster We Burn – Chelsea M. Cameron = 4
The Education of Sebastian – Jane Harvey-Berrick = 3.5
The Education of Caroline – Jane Harvey-Berrick = 4
Torn – K.A. Robinson = 2
Undeniable – Madeline Sheehan = 4
I love it when most of the books I read in a week are totally worth it!

[apesmom]

Only 2 books for me this week for a total of $6.99

Read
The Last Hour of Gann - R. Lee Smith - 5
Wild Highland Magic - Kendra Leigh Castle - 3

[apesmom]

There's a free full-length Harlequin Kiss for pre-order (10-15) on Kindle.
Edit: also free on Kobo

The Girl Least Likely to Marry by Amy Andrews

Talk nerdy to me

Samuel Tucker is absolutely the last person scientist Cassie Barclay would ever date. Yes, he's gorgeous, but he's also far too cocky for his own good and thinks that Pi is a tasty afternoon treat. So when he asks her to dance at her friend Reese's non-wedding she's wondering why on earth she says yes!

Tuck is used to people assuming he's all brawn and no brain, and amuses himself by winding Cassie up. But when he finally takes her to bed, suddenly it's Tuck who can show Cassie a thing or two! Can he convince her that love and sex have nothing to do with logic and everything to do with chemistry?

[dreams]

Free at amazon (may be repeats for some):

Lori Copeland - Christmas Vows $5.00 Extra [Inspirational] Print Length: 144 pages

Barbara Bretton - Somewhere in Time
(The Crosse Harbor Time Travel Trilogy 01) [Time Travel] DRM no

Courtney Milan - The Governess Affair [Historical Romance]
(Brothers Sinister prequel novella) DRM no

Annette Blair - Sea Scoundrel (Knave of Hearts 01) [Historical Romance]


indie perma free, I think

H.P. Mallory - Fire Burn And Cauldron Bubble
(Jolie Wilkins) [Paranormal Romance]

H.P. Mallory - To Kill A Warlock (adult series)
(Dulcie O'Neil)[Urban Fantasy Paranormal Romance]

Has anyone read any of these?

[ScalyFreak]

I've read The Governess Affair. Three times.

[Tattncat]

Hi, all......

First I have a question re these subscription sights; SCRIBD, Crimson. How do they work? If you subscribe, Are you allowed to download the books to your PC/Lap Top. If so, can you keep the books you download? Or do they disappear if you drop your subscription?

This weeks purchases:
1).Kobo - BBW Romance Boxed Set (10 bks) - $1.59
2) Kobo - Rock Star Romance Boxed Set (12 bks) - .52
3) BN - Pull - Rachel Van Dyken - 1.06
4).BN - Shatter - Rachel Van Dyken - 1.06

Read:
The Wager - Rachel Van Dyken - 5.0 (Awesome series!)
Wild Heat - Bella Andre - 5.0
Tear - Rachel Van Dyken - 5.0 (Great series, I am hooked on these New Adult Romances)
Pull - Rachel Van Dyken - 5.0
Shatter - Rachel Van Dyken 5.0 ( Can't wait forEbook #4 Fall to come out.)

Current read - Possession by J. R. Ward.

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by chilady1

God I would love to participate in this but my Dad's 80th Birthday is tomorrow and I will be knee deep in relatives coming to celebrate his milestone birthday. Good Luck Loosheesh and if there is ever another sign-up please post!

Originally Posted by auntykatkat

I agree! Please post.

Auntykatkat

I hope you and your father have a great day.

It's done twice a year, and the next one is in April 2014. I'll be sure to remind you guys then

Originally Posted by apesmom

I just finished it after starting the sample last Sunday night. Whew! It is veeeery long, according to Mantano page numbering it is 1060 pages long (an average romance book is usually around 260ish so this is equal to 4 books). It was $6.50 well spent (or 4 x $1.62 if you're having trouble justifying $6.50 ).

As long as it is, I never grew bored with it, in fact if it kept going I'd still be happily reading. I give it one of my rarely awarded 5 stars.

Omigosh, it is humongous, but so good! With the help of yesterday's readathon and some reading today, I'm now at the 60% mark. It is the only book I bought in the past week and totally worth what I paid for it.

For the past week I read:

Detained by Ainslie Paton - 3.5 stars
A Woman's Worth by Chicki Brown - 3.5 stars
What Happened at Midnight by Courtney Milan - 3.5 stars (Good but, for some reason, I wasn't really feeling it)

[dreams]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

I've read The Governess Affair. Three times.

Thanks! I will put that in my TBR folder.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Tattncat

Hi, all......

First I have a question re these subscription sights; SCRIBD, Crimson. How do they work? If you subscribe, Are you allowed to download the books to your PC/Lap Top. If so, can you keep the books you download? Or do they disappear if you drop your subscription?

Crimson Romance is DRM Free and you download either epub/mobi or both and they are yours to keep forever. Just makes sure you backup them up because you can't redownload them if you are not a member. You can download all titles they have. No limits.

SCRIBD works through either your browser or app on your Tablet/Phone. Think of it as streaming for books. You need internet access and there is no download. There is nothing to keep. This service works best with a good tablet.

[worktolive]

Originally Posted by apesmom

There's a free full-length Harlequin Kiss for pre-order (10-15) on Kindle.
Edit: also free on Kobo

The Girl Least Likely to Marry by Amy Andrews

I love geeky heroines and I had this on my wish list.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

Free on ARe:

Nor Iron Bars a Cage, by Kaje Harper



ePub, Adobe Acrobat and Mobipocket. DRM-free

For what it's worth, this is as much a fantasy story as a (m/m) romance, and a good fantasy too.

[Joykins]

Originally Posted by pisceschick

I haven't read her paranormals, but I did read her "Noble" light-hearted Regency series and cracked up through it! Very excited to see there's a fourth book upcoming, when I looked it up just now.

I find her hit or miss but when she hits it she is really really on.

[gabby98]

Well as some of you may know, I'm a newb to the Romance Genre, but i thought this looked interesting and figured I'd share.

She Belongs To Me [K] by Carmen DeSousa $0.00

A passionate romantic-suspense of love, betrayal, and obsession, She Belongs to Me will have you falling in love and wondering if you can trust anyone right up to the last page.

After secrets and a mysterious background leave a wife's life hanging by a thread, a husband must look for answers in the only place he knows--the past.

When wealthy construction company owner and Charlotte detective, Jordan Monroe, meets Jaynee for the first time he is awestruck and determines to make her his wife. Jaynee, however, has a history she cannot easily overcome and is fearful to submit to love. Jordan succeeds in making her his wife, but five years into their marriage, he realizes she is keeping secrets. Before he can decipher her duplicity, he discovers her unconscious in their home from a gunshot wound only hours after giving her an ultimatum concerning their relationship.


With Jaynee's life hanging in the balance, the mystery of her past drives Jordan to investigate. But what appears to be an attempted suicide turns out to be something far darker. Is someone from her past stalking her? Or worse, is someone close to Jordan trying to kill them both? As Jordan edges closer to the truth, it may be deadlier than he could ever have imagined.

[NixLapi]

Originally Posted by Blue2u

Nix, you're doing so well! Question, why not read the KP back to back? They are high up on my TBR list so just curious.

Books Read this week and my rating:
Worth the Fight – Vi Keeland = 4

The only reason I'm doing so well is that we bought a new house, so I'm spending my monthly budget on house stuff instead!

I love the With Me in Seattle series, but I found the females to be quite similar (even down to a specific phrase they all often use). but I read 3 & 4 back to back and so really noticed a lot of similarities in scenarios and certain (non-family) character traits. They just didn't feel different enough reading them so close together.

And wow you read a lot! I'm totally moving Worth the Fight up the TBR!

[laurla]

I was much better this week! Only 15 for a total of 23.35

Purchased:

• Hot Pursuit - Harris, Lynn Raye
• Burn - Banks, Maya
• Rush - Banks, Maya
• Neanderthal Seeks Human - Reid, Penny
• Beguiled Again - Burroughs, Patricia
• Claimed - Kennedy, Stacey
• Tempt Me, Cowboy - Crane, Meghan
• Marry Me, Cowboy - Darcy, Lilian
• Seducing Mr. Right - Robert, Katee
• Wicked Games - Beck, Samanthe
• Protecting What's Theirs - Bailey, Tessa
• Sisters in Love - Foster, Melissa
• Sisters in Bloom - Foster, Melissa
• Liberty Begins - James, Leigh

Read:

• Call Me Wild - Kaye, Robin -- 4*
• Hot as Sin - Andre, Bella -- 4*
• In the Thrill of the Night - Hern, Candice -- 4.5*
• Just One of Those Flings - Hern, Candice -- 4.5*
• Lady Be Bad - Hern, Candice -- 4.5*
• Lucky Charm - Astor, Marie -- 2.5*
• Mr. Perfect - Howard, Linda -- 4*
• Never Too Hot - Andre, Bella -- 4.5*

Another good reading week - I'm on a roll