RECOMMENDED: A Lot Like Love by Julie James is .99c at Amazon and Google:Play. I'm not sure if the other fairies will catch on, but I hope they do. This book is terrific. If you like funny and smart contemporary romance, this book will make you very happy. It was a DABWAHA nominee and made it to the final four, too.
If you're familiar with James' characters, this is the one with Jordan, the twin sister of the “Twitter Terrorist,” who makes a deal to help the FBI get access to a party in exchange for her brother's early release from prison. This is a wonderful gift to yourself this weekend – I hope you'll grab a copy!
The FBI wants her cooperation…
As the daughter of a billionaire and the owner of the city's top wine store, Jordan Rhodes is invited to the most exclusive parties in Chicago. But there's only one party the FBI wants to crash: the charity fundraiser of a famous restaurateur, who also happens to launder money for the mob. In exchange for her brother's release from prison, Jordan is going to be there—with a date supplied by the Bureau.
Agent McCall just wants her…
As the top undercover agent in Chicago, Nick McCall has one rule: never get personal. This “date” with Jordan Rhodes is merely an assignment—one they're both determined to pull off even if they can't be together for five minutes before the sarcasm and sparks begin to fly. But when Nick's investigation is compromised, he and Jordan have no choice but to pretend they're a couple, and what starts out as a simple assignment begins to feel a lot like something more.
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Deeper by Robin York is .99c. York is a pseudonym for Ruthie Knox, and this is a New Adult contemporary about a young woman whose ex posts explicit pictures of her online and ruins her reputation at college. This is the first book in a series, and has a 4+ star average on GR. There's a lot of erotic tension and even more emotion in the story, per the reviews, but if you've been thinking of trying a New Adult novel, this might be a good option for you.
When Caroline Piasecki’s ex-boyfriend posts their sex pictures on the Internet, it destroys her reputation as a nice college girl. Suddenly her once-promising future doesn’t look so bright. Caroline tries to make the pictures disappear, hoping time will bury her shame. Then a guy she barely knows rises to her defense and punches her ex to the ground.
West Leavitt is the last person Caroline needs in her life. Everyone knows he’s shady. Still, Caroline is drawn to his confidence and swagger—even after promising her dad she’ll keep her distance. On late, sleepless nights, Caroline starts wandering into the bakery where West works.
They hang out, they talk, they listen. Though Caroline and West tell each other they’re “just friends,” their feelings intensify until it becomes impossible to pretend. The more complicated her relationship with West gets, the harder Caroline has to struggle to discover what she wants for herself—and the easier it becomes to find the courage she needs to fight back against the people who would judge her.
When all seems lost, sometimes the only place to go is deeper.
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RECOMMENDED: The Rosie Project is $1.99 at Amazon, but I don't think the price matching fairies are going to match this one, as it's been matched before.
I adored this book, and in my A review I talked about how it made me laugh and sigh and was just so completely enjoyable. I have recommended this book to so many people, many of whome really loved it. This would be a great gift for someone who has a long trip ahead of them this weekend.
MEET DON TILLMAN, a brilliant yet socially challenged professor of genetics, who’s decided it’s time he found a wife. And so, in the orderly, evidence-based manner with which Don approaches all things, he designs the Wife Project to find his perfect partner: a sixteen-page, scientifically valid survey to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the late arrivers.
Rosie Jarman is all these things. She also is strangely beguiling, fiery, and intelligent. And while Don quickly disqualifies her as a candidate for the Wife Project, as a DNA expert Don is particularly suited to help Rosie on her own quest: identifying her biological father. When an unlikely relationship develops as they collaborate on the Father Project, Don is forced to confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie—and the realization that, despite your best scientific efforts, you don’t find love, it finds you.
Arrestingly endearing and entirely unconventional, Graeme Simsion’s distinctive debut will resonate with anyone who has ever tenaciously gone after life or love in the face of great challenges. The Rosie Project is a rare find: a book that restores our optimism in the power of human connection.
A Lot Like Love is one of my favorites. I own it in MMPB, but I think I gotta have it on my Kindle.
Good deal….thanks for the heads up!
I have a strict policy about not buying books I’ve already read, and yet, look what just popped up on my Kindle menu. Only Julie James can make me break my rules.
Just finished ‘Deeper’, and seriously loved it. I think it’s the first time I’ve seen the ‘revenge pornography’ theme explored in a romance novel – what happens when your body and your sexuality become fodder for the worst recesses of the internet? How do you go on dating and having relationships afterwards when all anonymity is gone?
I purchased Deeper and I’m really enjoying it so far!
Kenyon’s The Dark-Hunters (The Collection Thus Far) is on sale again for $19.99 at Amazon US and Google, still $147.xx at B&N.