Flowers from the Storm
RECOMMENDED: Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale is $1.99! This is one of those romances that is frequently talked about and in a previous Whatcha Reading, several of the Smart Bitches talked about the level of feels this book gives them. Have you read it? And, if so, do you have fond memories of it?
The Duke of Jervaulx was brilliant – and dangerous. Considered dissolute, reckless, and extravagant, he was transparently referred to as the “D of J” in scandal sheets. But sometimes the most womanizing rakehell can be irresistible, and even his most causal attentions fascinated the sheltered Maddy Timms.
Then one fateful day she receives the shocking news – the duke is lost to the world. And Maddy knows it is her destiny to help him and her only chance to find the true man behind the wicked facade.
But she never dreamed her gentle, healing touch would alter his life and her own so completely – and bind them together in need, desire…and love.
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Feel the Burn by G.A. Aiken is $1.99! This is the eighth book in the Dragon Kin series and features a one-eyed dragon king and a barbarian heroine. Many readers loved the hero and have been waiting for his book for ages, while others said it took a while to warm up to the heroine. Any Dragon Kin fans in the Bitchery?
War makes strange bedfellows.
I, Gaius Domitus, one-eyed rebel dragon king of the Provinces, know that better than most, since I have to fight off half my ungrateful family on a regular basis to keep law and order here in my lands. But I never expected to have to consort with a barbarian human woman.
Kachka is beautiful, if you like them fierce—and of course I do. But she keeps complaining about how spoiled and decadent I am, and how a feared Daughter of the Steppes has no time for foolish dragons. I think she likes my eye patch, though. It is quite dashing. With death always at our tails, we take our passion like we take our allies. As they say, love the barbarian you’re with…
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An American in Scotland by Karen Ranney is $1.99! This is the third book in the MacIain Scottish historical romance series. Elyse loves Ranney’s Scottish historicals and picked it for February 2016’s Hide Your Wallet post. However, some readers wanted more romance from the book. It has a 3.7-star rating on Goodreads.
New York Times bestselling author Karen Ranney returns with the third heart-stirring novel in her latest series, a tale of deceit, desperate measures, and delirious desire
Rose MacIain is a beautiful woman with a secret. Desperate and at her wits’ end, she crafts a fake identity for herself, one that Duncan MacIain will be unable to resist. But she doesn’t realize that posing as the widow of the handsome Scotsman’s cousin is more dangerous than she knew. And when a simmering attraction rises up between them, she begins to regret the whole charade.
Duncan is determined to resist the tempting Rose, no matter how much he admires her arresting beauty and headstrong spirit. When he agrees to accompany her on her quest, their desire for each other only burns hotter. The journey tests his resolve as their close quarters fuel the fire that crackles between them.
When the truth comes to light, these two stubborn people must put away their pride and along the way discover that their dreams of love are all they need.
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Boomerang by Noelle August is $1.99! This is a new adult romance that begins with a one-night stand. The morning after, the hero and heroine share a taxi to work…only to find out that they’re both interns at the same company. Some readers mentioned that the romance drags around the middle, but others applauded how different it was from the typical NA romances they’ve read.
The first book in a sensational New Adult trilogy from Noelle August
Welcome to Boomerang.com, the dating site for the millennial gen with its no-fuss, no-commitments matchups, and where work is steamier than any random hook-up
Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They’re sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret.
Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well . . . one thing led to another, which led to them waking up the next morning—together. Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post hookup taxi . . . to the same place: Boomerang headquarters.
What began as a powerful connection between them is treated to a cold shower courtesy of two major complications. First, Boomerang has a strict policy against co-worker dating. And second, they’re now competitors for only one job at the end of summer.
As their internships come to an end, will they manage to keep their eyes on the future and their hands off each other, or will the pull of attraction put them right back where they started?
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Did someone say “dragons”?
Books! Sweet, historical romance by Nerys Leigh, No One’s Bride, is 99 cents, Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh is free, You Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down by Alice Walker is 2.99. 🙂
Looks like several Kinsales are currently between $3-$4 at Amazon.
I have read “Flowers from the Storm,” thought it was utterly unique, and have ordered it on the sale. Belongs in every romance reader’s library, IMO.
Laura Kinsale’s Flowers from the Storm should ABSOLUTELY be experienced through Nicholas Boulton’s audiobook performance. He gets the frustration of not being able to communicate after a traumatic brain injury perfectly.
Plus, that voice.
I’ve loved everything by GA Aiken/Shelly Laurenston for ages, but I’ve noticed that the narrative POV in her more recent books jumps around a LOT in very short increments, and that does bother me a bit. Has any one else noticed this tendency?
Flower from the Storm urgh. I’m not sure what I thought about it. On one hand, it was so incredibly well written and engrossing. On the other, I just couldn’t deal with the heroine’s religious hang-ups. They made for a very real barrier to their relationship but I just couldn’t respect a person who wouldn’t save the person that they love from actual torture because they were of a different religion.
After seeing rec after rec after rec, I found a copy of FFTS for a dollar in the HPB clearance bin and thought “Can’t go wrong for a buck.” And, of course the Bitchery was right. Steal of a lifetime firmly ensconced on the keeper shelf.
“Flowers from the Storm” was the first romance I read, after deciding to try romances, googling something like, “best romance novels” and finding a post right here! Shortly after I started reading it, my family went through a rough time and that book got me through. I absolutely love it.
I second tallwithglasses’ rec . Nicholas Boulton is superb in his narration of FFTS!
I actually really admired how Kinsale wrote a religious person in “Flowers from the Storm” and had her grapple with very sincere issues of belief. In general I think it’s a great, great book.
Kinsale Sale! Excuse me while I go shopping!
If you’re an audible member flowers from the storm is on sale in audio for less than five dollars.
Yes! I grabbed the audiobook. I’ve always wanted to listen to it – I am normally not an audio person, but this narrator is GREAT. He really nails the internal voice of highly overprivileged male aristocrats. It’s pretty magical.
Man, I haaaaated Flowers from the Storm. I feel like I am the only person in Romancelandia who feels this way, but that book was a wall banger for me. I’ve really liked other Kinsales, but that was not my cuppa.