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I also just got two weeks ago Dragon Bound through Audible which everyone is saying is so good! It also won a RITA so it will be the next paranormal I read..uh listen to. Quote:
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Hope not too many spoilers for those who haven't read it yet.
From the blurb I expected a romantic comedy. But after a zany, mad-cap beginning, the book abruptly shifts to high drama. Plus, I had a hard time warming up to the hero who seemed to think his family was a burden and was very condescending to the heroine. I get why having the heroine stranded in the small town was necessary for the plot, the way in which it’s handled was cumbrous to me. The second half does improve with the introduction of a secondary romance. Maybe it comes from having lived in England, but I thought the author spent too much time comparing Australian words/phases to American. Sadly, much of the humor missed the mark for me. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I'd been in a different mood. But I remember it took me over a week to finish as I kept getting fed up with the characters and setting it aside. While I didn't like it, I didn't hate it and I would try the author again. |
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07-30-2012, 10:48 PM | #154 |
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I'm finding I love these DRM-free models. I'm so glad that this thread introduced me to DANL and Carina Press.
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I try to support all these places. Samhain was the pioneer well actually Ellora Cave was but they are mainly Erotic Romance although their newer Blush line is suppose to be normal romance. EC is also DRM free when bought from the publisher's site. |
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07-30-2012, 11:19 PM | #156 |
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Wait, EC sells direct? I knew Samhain does, I buy from them a lot, but now I'm going to have to go check out EC s well. Thanks for the tip! You get karma
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My first ebook was an Ellora Cave title. |
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Regarding Boomerang Bride, I read it and really liked it. The hero was a bit of an arse, but the heroine was pitch perfect in my opinion. Two of my closest girlfriends are Aussie and I could totally see them doing exactly as the heroine did if they found themselves in a similar situation. Also, I found the humor with the Aussie vs. US phrases to be very funny and not at all too much. I liked it enough to go looking for the author's backlist and I don't do that very frequently.
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Whenever possible I get the drm free version from DANL, EC, Samhain and Smashwords. I do not consider drm my friend.
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Regarding Ellora's Cave - their books are considerably cheaper when you buy them directly from their website. My only quibble is that you can't send them directly to your Kindle or other e-reader; you have to download and add them to your e-reader that way.
They also have something like 90 pages of "Values from the Vault," which are almost all either 99 cents or 1.99. Their website is jasminejade.com. |
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And, I should add, you can download the titles, which are all DRM-free, as many times as you want and in as many formats as you want. :-)
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I totally agree about DRM-free. I hope more and more publishers catch on to the idea that there are people who will happily pay for a book that allows customers to read it in their own way. (I am one of them) They seem to have enough of the style of 'Romance Novels' that I prefer. So this is cool. |
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Oh speaking of Ellora's Cave they have a copy of Skye's Trail for free right now. And Let Them Eat Cake.
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