Circe by Madeline Miller is $4.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and it’s being price matched. I know $4.99 is a little higher for books we feature on sale, but everyone and their mom has been loving Circe lately. I want to say that half of my book group has read it by now. Have you read it? Does it live up to the hype?
In Love and War by Carla Kelly is $2.51 at Amazon and $3.99 elsewhere. This is a collection of historical short romances featuring characters from the Regency – none of whom are titled. Included in this anthology are four stories that were previously published: The Light Within, A Hasty Marriage, Something New and The Background Man. The heroines include a Quaker widow and the widow of a Navy captain – and that’s only two! This anthology has a 3.8-star average and many happy reviews from readers who loved each of the stories.
Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much by Anne Wilson Schaef is $1.99 digitally. Originally published in 1990, this is a book of meditations for, well, many of us. It has a 3.9-star average and is ordered chronologically, with a new meditation for each day. I particularly liked this review from Janice: “Speaks to me, reminds me to slow down and reminds me I can (should) make other choices.”
The Dragon's Bride by Jo Beverley is $2.99 right now. This is a historical romance that's an intersection of two of Beverley's series (Three Heroes and The Company of Rogues). Readers are very divided on this book – some loved it and some couldn't finish it at all. I like the first line of this review from Elis M: Con Somerford, Earl of Wyvern, is the heir to a long line of wacko, pervy nut … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historicals from Jo Beverley, Sherry Thomas, Carla Kelly, and Karen Robards
Last week I reviewed The Wedding Journey by Carla Kelly – which I loved reading – after highlighting a few of Kelly's books that have been digitally re-published at $2.99. Susan, a guest reviewer, reviewed My Loving Vigil Keeping last year, also. Susan is a reader who followed Kelly as she started writing inspirational romances. After the discussion in the sale post and in my review for The Wedding Journey, Susan contacted me with a suggestion: Most (if … Continue reading Classic Romance - Which One First? Carla Kelly Edition
I don't remember who recommended this book to me, but I vaguely remember the suggestion coming with advisement that this is one of Carla Kelly's best Regencies. I have no idea if that's true, as it's the first I've read, but holy smoking hotcakes, this book was exactly what I needed. I started reading this the evening of the Boston Marathon bombing, after I turned off the news and the internet to try to stop … Continue reading The Wedding Journey by Carla Kelly
After the horrible news from Boston yesterday, I needed comfort reading like whoa. Historicals for me are often top at my list of fuzzy comfort reads, and I was happy to find a few of Carla Kelly's traditional Regencies at $2.99. I hope you have all the comforts today. Summer Campaign is $2.99 digitally, and has some stellar reviews behind it, including this one from Joyce Yee: “Jack Beresford and Onyx Hamilton are both … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical Regencies from Carla Kelly, and a UK Daily Deal
Susan contacted me about her love of Carla Kelly books, and told me that she loves Kelly's writing so much that she followed the author into writing Mormon inspirationals, even though inspirationals are not Susan's most favoritest type of romance. I thought her review was very thoughtful and interesting, and wanted to share it with you. I think many people (myself included) are wary of inspirationals for fear of Too Much Preaching to the Reader, … Continue reading Guest Bitch Review: My Loving Vigil Keeping by Carla Kelly
Lily looked at the vastness of the plains, full of cattle, and then up at the sky without a cloud in sight. “What’s going to happen, Mr. Sinclair?” she asked. “What do you know?” Fresh off the train from New York City, Lily Carteret arrives in picturesque Wyoming only to discover that her wayward father has lost his cattle ranch to a lowly cowboy in a card game! Determined not to let her father’s folly … Continue reading Softly Falling
Whatcha Reading for September is here! Are you ready? We are! Susan: No Good Men by Thea McAlistair! The protagonist is a pulp writer moonlighting as the mayor’s bodyguard to get by, which is a great job until the mayor gets shot. Now he’s being blackmailed by a reporter, flirted with by the “grieving” widow, and flirting with mob assassins while trying to find out whodunnit. It’s pulpy noir with a queer protagonist, which is … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? September 2019, Part One
Our latest Rec League is all about Wales! Thanks to Mary for emailing us this request: So, I was having a conversation with a (non-romance reading) friend about the different tropes associated with Scotland, which eventually led to me realizing that while I can think of significant examples of romance novels in Scotland, England, and Ireland (even Northern Ireland!); I could not think of a single example of one set in Wales or with a … Continue reading The Rec League: Wales
