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Off Base
Off Base by Annabeth Albert is 99c! This is a contemporary m/m romance with forced proximity, as the two heroes seem to be roommates. One of them is also a virgin if that’s your catnip. Many readers found this to be a pretty satisfying read. However, some felt they wanted more depth and connection with the characters.
After trading the barracks for a fixer-upper rental, navy SEAL Zack Nelson wants peace, not a roommate—especially not Pike, who sees things about Zack he most wants to hide. Pike’s flirting puts virgin Zack on edge. And the questions Pike’s arrival would spark from Zack’s teammates about his own sexuality? Nope. Not going there. But Zack can’t refuse.
Pike Reynolds knows there won’t be a warm welcome in his new home. What can he say? He’s an acquired taste. But he needs this chance to get his life together. Also, teasing the uptight SEAL will be hella fun. Still, Pike has to tread carefully; he’s had his fill of tourists in the past, and he can’t risk his heart on another, not even one as hot, as built—and, okay, yeah, as adorable—as Zack.
Living with Pike crumbles Zack’s restraint and fuels his curiosity. He discovers how well they fit together in bed…in the shower…in the hallway… He needs Pike more than he could have imagined, yet he doesn’t know how to be the man Pike deserves.
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Sugar Daddy
Sugar Daddy by Sawyer Bennett is 99c! If the cover looks familiar, that’s because it was a former podcast sponsor. The book ends on a cliffhanger and I want to issue a trigger warning for rape. Readers loved the heroine and her need for revenge. However, the hero works for a man who runs a “sugar baby” organization. It’s honestly the thing that’s kept me from reading it yet. It has a 4.1-star rating on Goodreads.
Seduction has never been so sweet! The New York Timesbestselling author of the Cold Fury series—Alex, Garrett, Zack,and Ryker—returns with the first novel in a hot new trilogy.
Sela Halstead lost her innocence in a way that no sixteen-year-old should ever have to endure. She’s spent years trying to forget that night even while wondering about the identities of the monsters who brutalized her—until a telltale tattoo flashes across Sela’s TV screen. The incriminating ink belongs to Jonathon Townsend, the millionaire founder of The Sugar Bowl, a website that matches rich older men with impressionable young women. Obsessed with revenge, Sela infiltrates Townsend’s world, only to come face-to-face with a tantalizing complication: Beckett North, his charismatic business partner.
The tech mastermind behind The Sugar Bowl, Beck always gets what he wants, in business and in bed. And yet, for a man who’s done every dirty thing imaginable, there’s something about the naïve, fresh-faced Sela that sparks his hottest fantasies. Because with her, it’s not just about sex. Beck opens up to her in ways he never has with other girls. So why does he get the feeling that she’s hiding something? In a world of pleasure and power, the shocking truth could turn them against each other—or bind them forever.
Note: Sugar Daddy ends on a cliffhanger. Sela and Beck’s story continues in Sugar Rush and Sugar Free!
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An Improper Arrangement
An Improper Arrangement by Kasey Michaels is $1.99! This is the first book in The Little Season series and features a romance between an American heiress and her chaperone in London. Readers warn that the book starts slowly, but many loved the banter between the hero and heroine.
Experience the drama of the Little Season in the first of a new series by USA TODAY bestselling author Kasey Michaels, in which three dashing war heroes have finally met their matches…
Gabriel Sinclair has returned from battle as reluctant heir to a dukedom. As if his new responsibilities weren’t enough, Gabriel’s aunt enlists him to sponsor a young heiress through London’s Little Season. Yet Miss Thea Neville is hardly the tedious obligation he expected. She’s exotic and enchanting—and utterly unaware of the secret poised to destroy her family’s reputation.
After ten years in America, Thea is ready to do her duty and marry well. Deportment lessons, modistes, balls—the ton is a minefield she could scarcely navigate without Gabriel’s help. By rights, she should accept the first bachelor who offers for her. Instead, she’s succumbing to a dangerous attraction to her wickedly handsome chaperone—one that could unhinge her plans in the most delicious way.
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Knit One, Girl Two
Knit One, Girl Two by Shira Glassman is $1.99! This isn’t necessarily a sale, but it’s definitely something the Bitchery might be interested in. It’s a lesbian romance between two Jewish women and one’s a yarn dyer! Readers say it’s a cute and sweet romance, but mention it’s novella-length.
Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations–if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees Danielle Solomon’s paintings of Florida wildlife by chance at a neighborhood gallery, she finds her source of inspiration. Outspoken, passionate, and complicated, Danielle herself soon proves even more captivating than her artwork…
Fluffy Jewish f/f contemporary set in the author’s childhood home of South Florida.
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Ughhhhhh my life is so haaaaard. I’ve sworn to batten down the hatches on my book spending. But then Knit One Girl Two comes along and I want to read it so bad. Food is over-rated, yes? One can survive on the written word.
I enjoyed Off Base, and I’m really looking forward to the next book in the series. It’s actually an offshoot from her Gaymers series, so you get to visit with some of the characters from there (but it isn’t necessary to have read them).
I also enjoyed Off Base. They are roommates and the UST is pretty high. Besides forced proximity it’s also out4you – I thought that part was pretty well done (speaking as a bi woman, fwiw) although I got a little impatient with the angsting about to come out or not. There is some homophobia and bullying. And the depiction of Pike’s experience as a visiting professor was not the most ridiculous portrayal of higher ed that I’ve read, but it wasn’t the most accurate either.
I posted this on the previous deals post, but just in case people missed it, here it is again.
Playing to Win by Avery Cockburn is free on Amazon (it’s only available on Amazon). Ignore the goofy pen name. I really enjoyed this m/m na – it’s the 2nd in the series but it’s pretty stand alone. The Glasgow Lads is about a GLBTQ amateur football (soccer) team.
Playing to Win is between a working class footballer and a Scottish Lord, it’s set during the 2014 referendum on Scottish Independence and it’s an excellent antidote to all those Scottish Laird romances. There is an act of violence towards the end and there’s also a bit of a suspense plot that I thought was unnecessary, but I really enjoyed the rest of the story.
Nora Roberts: Convincing Alex (Stanislaskis) – 1.99
Nora Roberts: Heart of the Sea (Ardmore #3) – 1.99
Amanda Quick: The Paid Companion – 1.99
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I just finished Knit One, Girl Two and it was the perfect palate cleanser to my previous read. Short and sweet and relatable geekery.
Haven’t had much luck with novellas, but I can’t resist a sweet knitting romance! Knit One, Girl Two looks adorable.
@Amanda – any cancer in the knitting novella?
@cleo: I haven’t read it, so I can’t say for certain. However, none of the Goodreads reviews mention cancer or a terminal illness.
Off Base was my first book by Annabeth Albert and it made me a fan! Even better was the intro to one of the MCs for the second book.
All I knew of Albert (up to the moment I picked up this book) as an author was that she’s written a lot of trope-y books (that I’ve snapped up since they’re pretty cheap.)
And yet, it took Off Base for me to give Albert a try. #Gofigure