Amazon has some great romance daily deals today, including books by Maisey Yates and the much-loved Act Like It!
Christmas in America
Christmas in America by Holly Bush, Joanna Shupe, Piper Huguley, and Donna Thorland is 99c! This is a holiday anthology set in historical America. Some of the stories didn’t feel finished, which is a common problem with novellas or anthologies. However, many say this anthology is pretty damn amazing and it has a 4.2-star rating on Goodreads.
The celebration of Christmas is a magical time for love. A new anthology filled with America’s rich history and Christmas traditions from four of your favorite historical romance authors.
“Christmas at Mount Holly” by Donna Thorland
The Jerseys, December 23rd, 1776 – The American Revolution is on the brink of total collapse. The Rebels have lost New York, the Continental Army has endured a disastrous retreat through New Jersey, and Washington is about to lose what remains when enlistments expire on New Year’s Eve. The cause needs a miracle, but Christmas is a time for wonders: as Angela Ferrers—the woman known to history as the Widow of Mount Holly—will discover when she sets a honey trap for Hessian Colonel Count Carl Emil Urich von Donop, only to find herself ensnared in mutual attraction.
“Miracle on Ladies’ Mile” by Joanna Shupe
New York, 1895 – After losing his beloved wife, department store owner Alexander Armstrong seems incapable of anything other than work, despite his ache to be a better father to his daughter. When the pair encounters Grace, a charming shop girl designing the store’s Christmas window displays, he struggles to accept that perhaps miracles do happen in the most unlikely of places…
“The Cowboy’s Christmas” by Piper Huguley
Smithson, Oklahoma Territory, 1893 – Postponing her missionary trip to Africa, apprentice teacher Serena Newcomb must travel west to face the unrequited love of her past — rebel cowboy Baxter Smithson. Banished from his Georgia home for the crime of falling in love with the wrong woman, Baxter is surprised that his Christmas gift is a grown-up Serena, ready to confront him for ignoring his duty and to show him that the true meaning of Christmas is love.
“Into the Evermore” by Holly Bush (67 pages)
Virginia, 1842 – Eleanor McManus, upright daughter of a minister, is rescued from kidnappers somewhere in the deep forest wilderness by a rough and tumble fur trader, Beauregard Gentry. With his help, Eleanor makes her way back to her intended groom who declares her soiled, and she finds herself alone, pressured to make life decisions without benefit of family or others she can trust. Beauregard and Eleanor agree to begin a life together, build their legacy together, and their growing devotion to each other is witnessed one cold, crisp Christmas morning.
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The Best Man by Kristan Higgins is 99c! Higgins’ books are contemporary romance comedy, and much loved by many readers. This one came out in March 2013 and is the first in her Blue Heron series. There’s a big of cringe comedy in the backstory of the heroine, according to the reviews, but it has a 3.9 average, and many readers loved the funny parts, and the friends-to-lovers storyline.
Sometimes the best man is the one you least expect…
Faith Holland left her hometown after being jilted at the altar. Now a little older and wiser, she’s ready to return to the Blue Heron Winery, her family’s vineyard, to confront the ghosts of her past, and maybe enjoy a glass of red. After all, there’s some great scenery there….
Like Levi Cooper, the local police chief – and best friend of her former fiancé. There’s a lot about Levi that Faith never noticed, and it’s not just those deep green eyes. The only catch is she’s having a hard time forgetting that he helped ruin her wedding all those years ago. If she can find a minute amidst all her family drama to stop and smell the rosé, she just might find a reason to stay at Blue Heron, and finish that walk down the aisle.
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Lady in Disguise by Wendy Vella is 99c at Amazon! The heroine is posing as a highwayman and runs into the dude who broke her heart. Awkward. Some readers love the characterization of the hero and heroine, while others felt the plot and romance were a bit over the top. This is the first book in the Langley Sisters series and has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
Desperate and penniless, Miss Olivia Langley is out of options. To ensure her family’s survival she and her sister decide to take a drastic step – they don masks and take to the road as highwaymen. Disaster strikes when, inside the first carriage they rob, they find the one man Olivia had hoped never to see again. Five years ago Lord William Ryder had broken Livvy’s heart. Now he has returned and she has a bad feeling that if anyone can succeed at unmasking her deepest secrets, it will be him.
Will knew his return would be greeted with both joy and resentment, but after five years of hard living he was ready to come home and take his place in society. He had never forgotten Olivia no matter how hard he’d tried, and whilst he hadn’t imagined she would welcome him with open arms, the hostility and anger she displays are at odds with the woman he once knew. It is not long before he realizes she’s living a dangerous lie, and now that he’s back, Will is determined to keep her safe and finally claim her for his own.
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke is $2.99! This is historical fiction with fantasy and was made into a mini series. I’m really curious about the mini series, if anyone has ever watched it. Readers liked the detail and dialogue, but some found the ending a bit lacking.
Part of The Bloomsbury Phantastic series – three books tracing the tradition of fantasy from Edgar Allan Poe to Neil Gaiman and Susanna Clarke. Susanna Clarke’s novel is an epic tale of nineteenth-century England and the two magicians who emerge to change its history.
In the year 1806, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars, most people believe magic to have long since disappeared from England — until the reclusive Mr Norrell reveals his powers and becomes a celebrity overnight. Another practising magician emerges: the young and daring Jonathan Strange. He becomes Norrell’s pupil and the two join forces in the war against France. But Strange is increasingly drawn to the wildest, most perilous forms of magic and soon he risks sacrificing not only his partnership with Norrell, but everything else he holds dear.
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Lotta cowboys and Greeks in those Kindle Daily Deals.
One of them is Bane by Brenda Jackson. SEAL/rancher. Second chance. With a chemist. Yeah, I didn’t need to hear any more than that combo. Take my dollar.
Eve Silver’s gothic Dark Desires is free if you’re in a handsome, brooding, and possibly-a-serial-killer mood.
My husband could not get through Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell, but I adore it. It’s a very dense, slow read, but I personally liked all the detail, the world building, the alternate history, and the very dry, sneaky sense of humour. I’ve read it multiple times. I think the ending is… appropriate, more or less?
The mini-series of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is one of my very favorite things EVER. So stunning and perfect.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell was on BBC America and was mesmerizing! Totally worthy of your time. Jonathan Strange is intuitively powerful and Mr Norrell has acquired his skills through study and practice. Their competition attracts the attention of dark forces. The images of the fey world are gorgeously creepy. The details and mythology are pretty thick, so I will appreciate a written guide to the images in my head. Enjoy and Happy Soltice Celebration of your choice!
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is a fabulous book and the miniseries did not, IMO, do it justice.
I keep thinking there just has to be a sequel because of the way it ended. But I’ve been waiting YEARS.
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My housemate recently in fact just introduced me to the adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and so far I’m enjoying it immensely. I’m also finally reading the book at the same time, and am appreciating how well the miniseries adapted the text. I’m about halfway through each at this point. 🙂
Many commented in the watcha readin’ post that comfort reads are popular right now. That made me think about my own comfort authors, and Kristan Higgans is it for me. I love the way she writes dialogue, and the way she writes family relationships. I wish there was more point of view from her male characters but whenever I’m feeling despondent about the state of the world or my little slice of it, I pick up a Higgans book. If you don’t have The Best Man, you should buy it…her books are usually 5-7 bucks.
I remember when Jonathan Strange and Mr Morrell was first released. I put it on hold and was way down on the list and was shocked when I got my email to pick up the book. When I arrived at the MidManhattan branch there was a table full of them, and I asked the librarian about them.. she said they flew out but they were returned rapidlly. The display was there for months.
I could not get past the second chapter.
The Blue Heron series by Kristan Higgans is a very enjoyable read.
@Vic , I am sorry that you couldn’t get past the second chapter. I adored it and have read it three times but I’ll be the very first to admit that it is not a story that would ever have universal appeal.
Click click click – 4 more books added to the TBR list! Picked up the Higgins (will be my first!), plus Yates, Parker & Jackson from the Daily Deals!
Thanks @Ren Benton for the info about the Bane book – I never would have expected a science heroine from that cover, but I am all over that plot!
This Higgins book is the one with some pretty gross transphobia. Also, massive amounts of slut-shaming. Apart from these issues, it’s standard fare for Higgins, but the transphobic punchline is disturbing, to say the least.
Playing With Fire by Kate Meader is free on Amazon for our Australian and NZ friends.
I loved Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell the book, but I couldn’t get past the first episode of the TV adaptation. The slow pacing, gray color scheme, and lack of female characters with agency were just too depressing.