Much Ado About Jack
Much Ado About Jack by Christy English is $1.99! Normally, I’m not big into historical romance covers, but the model on this one looks vaguely like Julian Edelman – wide receiver for the New England Patriots and the best butt in the NFL (you’re welcome). Many reviewers mentioned that those reading this as a standalone may be taking a risk since past characters make a frequent appearance, while others felt this historical was well-researched, a topic that has had some recent debate here on the site.
How to Become London’s Most Notorious Widow:
1. Vow to NEVER remarry
2. Own a ship and become fabulously wealthy
3. Wear the latest risqué fashions in your signature color
4. Do NOT have a liaison at the Prince Regent’s palace with a naval captain whose broad shoulders and green eyes make you forget Rule #1
Angelique Beauchamp, the widowed Countess of Devonshire, has been twice burned by love, and she is certain that no man will ever touch her heart again. But that doesn’t mean she can’t indulge a little—and it would be hard to find a more perfect dalliance than one with the dashing Captain James Montgomery.
After a brief torrid affair, James tries to forget Angelique and his undeniable thirst for more. The luscious lady was quite clear that their liaison was temporary. But for the first time, the lure of the sea isn’t powerful enough to keep him away…
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The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian is 99c! This is a gay historical romance with class differences, which readers seemed to really love in terms of the pairing. However, other reader mention having some problems with the book’s pacing. It has a 4-star rating on Goodreads.
A scoundrel who lives in the shadows
Jack Turner grew up in the darkness of London’s slums, born into a life of crime and willing to do anything to keep his belly full and his siblings safe. Now he uses the tricks and schemes of the underworld to help those who need the kind of assistance only a scoundrel can provide. His distrust of the nobility runs deep and his services do not extend to the gorgeous high-born soldier who personifies everything Jack will never be.
A soldier untarnished by vice
After the chaos of war, Oliver Rivington craves the safe predictability of a gentleman’s life-one that doesn’t include sparring with a ne’er-do-well who flouts the law at every turn. But Jack tempts Oliver like no other man has before. Soon his yearning for the unapologetic criminal is only matched by Jack’s pleasure in watching his genteel polish crumble every time they’re together.
Two men only meant for each other
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All Chained Up by Sophie Jordan is $1.99! This is the first book in the Devil’s Rock series that features a hero in prison and a nurse heroine, so it definitely has a forbidden relationship element. Readers thought this was a great start to a new series and it had lots of chemistry between the hero and heroine. However, others felt the heroine was a bit of a wet blanket.
There are bad boys and then there are the men of Devil’s Rock . . .
Some men come with a built-in warning label. Knox Callaghan is one of them. Danger radiates from every lean, muscled inch of him, and his deep blue eyes seem to see right through to Briar Davis’s most secret fantasies. But there’s one major problem: Briar is a nurse volunteering at the local prison, and Knox is an inmate who should be off-limits in every way.
Knox feels it too—a shocking animal magnetism that drives him to risk his own life to protect Briar’s. Paroled at last, he tries to resist her. She’s too innocent, too sweet, and she has no idea what Knox is capable of. But a single touch can lead to a kiss—and a taste . . . until the only crime is denying what feels so right . . .
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The Southerner’s Handbook by the editors of Garden & Gun is $1.99! If you’ve never heard of Garden & Gun, I recommend you going to the nearest newsstand and buying a copy of the magazine immediately. It’s a beautiful publication geared toward the Southern audience. This looks to be part cookbook and part lifestyle guide. Readers thought this was a fun book, though readers not from the South said they probably would have enjoyed the book more if they were. Any Garden & Gun readers out there?
From the editors of Garden & Gun-the award-winning magazine known as “The Soul of the South”-comes a sublime and practical guidebook to the essentials of modern Southern living
The South has risen again: From the ubiquity of pickled ramps and Sazeracs on northern urban restaurant menus to the craze for bespoke leather goods, artisanal whisky, and regional literature, Americans have fallen under the charming spell of Southern culture. Now, the taste-making editors of Garden & Gun offer a compendium of essential Southern skills-drawn from tradition yet utterly modern-straight from leading experts and writers who embody the contemporary South. Beautifully designed and illustrated, this anthology-style manual includes more than 75 essays and instructional features on essential aspects of Southern life, including Food & Drink, Style, Entertaining, Home, Gardening, Sporting and The Outdoors, and Southern Tradition.
The Southerner’s Handbook contains such requisite information as:
• How to season grits, fry okra, and shuck an oyster
• How to drink bourbon, make moonshine, and mix the perfect Bloody Mary
• How to fly fish, shoot a dove, and bet on a horse
• How to set a sideboard, polish silver, and be a gracious host
• How to break in Western boots, fold a pocket square, and embrace seersucker
• How to write the Great Southern Novel, play a blues song, and tell a great story
As flavorful, authentic, and irresistible as the land and the people who inspire it, The Southerner’s Handbook is the ultimate guide to being a Southerner (no matter where you live).Add to Goodreads To-Read List →
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It’s not on sale anymore, but I wanted to mention I picked up Fortune Favors the Wicked by Theresa Romain recently on the site’s recommendation and I really liked it. It was kind of predictable, but I liked that the hero and heroine had such great, genuine warmth and affection between them, and the way they both immediately saw the true worth in one another beyond the arbitrary way society had decided they no longer had value (Charlotte for her past as a courtesan, Benedict for his blindness). I would say that the downside is the book is overall VERY gentle and mellow (the mystery is not much of one), but if you like non-Alpha heroes and want something where you can just relax with and enjoy, you know, because this year has been crap, definitely pick it up.
@Dora: So glad you liked it!
As a southern expat, I LOVE Garden & Gun. I cherish every issue. Pro-tip: I give a subscription as a gift to my yankee mother-in-law every year, and she loves it. Plus, she uses it as a gift guide for me, so it’s a win-win.
Here to agree with Dora! FFTW isn’t as exciting as most of the romances I read, but the characters were so incredibly lovely, genuinely decent people who were able to look at each other’s true selves. Which sounds corny, but really was just incredibly beautiful.
I kind of can’t get over the photo shop hackjob on The Soldier’s Scoundrel. The guy in front looks like he’s been Frankensteined out of three or four different men’s body parts.
Hey look, it’s snowing!!
On to one click Much Ado About Jack. Genetically predisposed to romances with sailors in them.
@LizM: Yeah, the front guy (who I assume is Jack) did turn out oddly, but the story is great. ^_^ I can’t wait for the next book, which features Jack’s bisexual brother Georgie as one of the heroes. 🙂
Happy owner/reader of The Southerner’s Handbook here and have been following Garden & Gun since I picked up the first issue at the hair salon. G&G has some of the best recipes we’ve ever made. I’m a long-transplanted Yankee and am still learning the intricacies. When I moved to Virginia years ago, one of my first friends in town made sure I had silver for entertaining and a good, kick-ass punch recipe.
Weird Photoshop happens when you try to give everyone perfectly waxed chests! GIVE US THE HAIRY-CHESTED MEN, ROMANCE PUBLISHERS. We want them (well, some of us do, anyway!).
*one clicks The Soldier’s Scoundrel*
I’ve been wanting to find more historical m/m romance, and this looks great. (And it’s just in time to read it over my break from school.)
@LizM, now that you’ve mentioned the photoshopped body, I can’t unsee it.
I read All Chained Up when it came out and I really enjoyed it. Sophie Jordan actually wrote one of my favorite books called Foreplay (I highly recommend that one as well, I found it to be a really fun read). I think she writes characters with great chemistry!
I read The Soldier’s Scoundrel and really loved it. It was exactly like all the heterosexual regency romances I love – funny, angsty, third person with both viewpoints, HEA, much attention to clothing and manners, great sexy times- it just so happened to be about two men instead of a man and a woman. It was perfectly what I’ve always hoped for. I hope she writes one with two women in future. I am looking forward to the Georgie book, he was so sassy!
It wasn’t a perfect book, but it was a perfect book for me.
Soldier’s Scoundrel hits all those historical romance good-book feelings for me. It’s awesome.
The cover model, however, has approximately 26 abs. Poor guy should get that looked at.
The Soldier’s Scoundrel was really terrific for me, too. Enough that I pre-ordered her next book, which is a big leap for me to take on a new-to-me author.
@qqemokitty sums up all the things that worked so well about it, so I won’t repeat – but I, too, hope to see many more like this from Cat Sebastian.
I just finished The Soldier’s Scoundrel and had to log on just to say how terrific this book is. My next stop is Amazon to see what else this author has done.
This is a really well written, insightful romance, about two men who care about (and for) each other. It does not gloss over the problems of being gay at a time when you could be hanged for physically expressing your love for another man. But it’s also totally not a downer. I loved both men, liked Jack’s family, and cannot wait for the next installation, which is about Jack’s con man brother Georgie.
Recommended!