We hosted a giveaway to celebrate the release of this set of enhanced ebooks, but in case you missed it, they're each .99 for a limited time! I know many of you bought them – what did you think?
Unveiled by Courtney Milan – enhanced edition – is 99c. This is the first book in Milan's Turner series. The enhanced ebook version features pictures and audio in addition to the text. It was also a RITA 2012 finalist for Best Historical Romance and a DABWAHA 2012 participant. Some readers expressed that they found the first half of the book on the slow side, but many agree it's completely worth pushing through those first few chapters. It has a 3.9-star rating on GR and guest reviewer, Milena, gave it a B- during the 2012 RITA Reader Challenge:
Unveiled was still wonderfully crafted, and managed to stay interesting all the way through, simply because the resolution – apart from the love story, obviously – could have gone either way. Also, the heroine develops a spine, slowly but certainly, which is very convincingly done and made me smile because it rang so true. There's quite a bit of angst in there, too, the legal complications kept me on the edge of my seat, and the love scenes were lovely
Ash Turner has waited a lifetime to seek revenge on the man who ruined his family – and now the time for justice has arrived. At Parford Manor, he intends to take his place as the rightful heir to the dukedom and settle an old score with the current duke once and for all. But instead he finds himself drawn to a tempting beauty who has the power to undo all his dreams of vengeance….
Lady Margaret knows she should despise the man who's stolen her fortune and her father's legacy – the man she's been ordered to spy on in the guise of a nurse. Yet the more she learns about the new duke, the less she can resist his smoldering appeal. Soon Margaret and Ash find themselves torn between old loyalties – and the tantalizing promise of passion…
Unclaimed by Courtney Milan is available in an enhanced ebook version for 99c! This is the second book in the Turner series and is a historical romance between a wealthy man and a courtesan. Talk about a scandal! Readers adored the hero, Mark, but found our heroine's constant need to display her independence rather off-putting. Any Turner series fans out there?
Her only hope for survival…
Handsome, wealthy and respected, Sir Mark Turner is the most sought-after bachelor in all of London and he's known far and wide for his irreproachable character. But behind his virtuous reputation lies a passionate nature he keeps carefully in check…until he meets the beautiful Jessica Farleigh, the woman he's waited for all his life.
Is to ruin the man she loves…
But Jessica is a courtesan, not the genteel lady Sir Mark believes. Desperate to be free of a life she despises, she seizes her chance when Mark's enemies make her an offer she can't refuse–seduce Mark and tarnish his good name, and a princely sum will be hers. Yet as she comes to know the man she's sworn to destroy, Jessica will be forced to choose between the future she needs and the love she knows is impossible.
Proof by Seduction by Courtney Milan is 99c! Several vendors are offering an enhanced ebook edition with pictures and audio. This is the first book in her Carhart series, another historical romance. Our heroine, Jenny, poses as a fradulent fortune teller and our hero is the brooding cousin to Jenny's most favorite customer. If that's not a recipe for an enemies-to-lovers plot, I don't know what is! Proof by Seduction also has a 3.8-star rating on GR.
She was his last chance for a future of happiness…
A gifted fortune-teller from a humble background, Jenny can make even the most sophisticated skeptic believe her predictions simply by batting her smoky eyelashes. Until she meets her match in Gareth Carhart, the Marquess of Blakely, a sworn bachelor and scientist.
He just didn't know it yet…
Broodingly handsome, Gareth is scandalized to discover his cousin has fallen under the spell of “Madame Esmerelda,” and vows to prove Jenny a fraud. But his unexpected attraction to the fiery enchantress defies logic. Jenny disrupts every facet of Gareth's calculated plan–until he can't decide whether to seduce her or ruin her. Now, as they engage in a passionate battle of wills, two lonely souls must choose between everything they “know.”..and the boundless possibilities of love.
Trial by Desire by Courtney Milan is 99c! This is the second book in Milan's Carhart series and, as with the rest of the deals, this book is on sale in an enhanced ebook edition. Remember Ned Carhart, Jenny's favorite customer in Proof by Seduction? Well now he gets his own book! After leaving his wife three years ago, Ned returns to his marriage, making this a historical romance with a second chance romance plot. Catnip, anyone? Readers loved the transformation of Ned from the previous book, while others had difficulty believing the romance.
SHE CANNOT FORGET THE FIRE HE IGNITED …
In the three years since her husband left her, Lady Kate Carhart has managed to forge a fulfilling life for herself. But when Ned Carhart unexpectedly returns, she finds her tranquility uprooted — and her deepest secrets threatened. Though she has no intention of falling for Ned's charms, Kate can no longer deny the desire that still burns in her heart.
OR THE PROMISE OF HIS LOVE …
Ned is determined to regain his wife's trust by using unbridled seduction. But just as Kate surrenders to Ned's passion, her carefully guarded past threatens to destroy her. Now Kate must place her faith in the only man she's ever loved, and the only one who has ever betrayed her…
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YAY!!!!! *happy dance* WOOT WOOT!
My favorite Courtney Milan is Unraveled. Why isn’t that part of the deal?
@Carriedaven: If I’m not mistaken, the sale is supposed to be the first four books she’s written. Though I could be imagining that.
Squee! They’re on offer on Amazon UK too at only £0.72 a pop.
@Carriedaven, it’s just the books written while she was with Harlequin—Unraveled was the first book she self-published.
She also has a short story, This Wicked Gift, available in an enhanced version for $0.99. It was never available on it’s own before—only as part of a Harlequin holiday anthology.
IMHO, there ain’t no Turner like Smite Turner.
How many of her covers have a brunette in a blue dress with about a mile of skirt? I actually thought this another review of The Suffragette Scandal when I skimmed the blog proper.
Just a note for those of you who use Kindle PaperWhite, there’s no audio feature so the enhanced version directs you to a website. My conspiracy theory is that this is encouraged by Kindle to sell you a Kindle Fire.
The harlequin answer makes sense but I do love me some Smite Turner.
I’m late to the enhanced-book party. What happens when you get one with an old-skool basic kindle? Can I still read the text?