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Hold Your Breath
RECOMMENDED: Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle is 99c at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This is the first book in the romantic suspense Search and Rescue series. The other books are also available for 99c each! Elyse gave the book a B grade:
While the suspense and action were intense, I found the romance to be a little tame. Part of it was that we never get inside Callum’s head. The book is mostly 3rd person POV from Louise’s perspective. When you have a hero as taciturn and withdrawn as Callum, keeping his thoughts a mystery weakens the romance. Like the heroine, we have to guess at his feelings and desires, which reduces some of the sexual tension.
While Hold Your Breath isn’t perfect, it’s still a fast, funny read and a promising start to a new series.
In the remote Rocky Mountains, lives depend on the Search & Rescue brotherhood. But in a place this far off the map, trust is hard to come by and secrets can be murder…
As the captain of Field County’s ice rescue dive team, Callum Cook is driven to perfection. But when he meets new diver Louise “Lou” Sparks, all that hard-won order is obliterated in an instant. Lou is a hurricane. A walking disaster. And with her, he’s never felt more alive…even if keeping her safe may just kill him.
Lou’s new to the Rockies, intent on escaping her controlling ex, and she’s determined to make it on her own terms…no matter how tempting Callum may be. But when a routine training exercise unearths a body, Lou and Callum find themselves thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse with a killer who will stop at nothing to silence Lou-and prove that not even her new Search and Rescue family can keep her safe forever.
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To Kiss a Thief
To Kiss a Thief by Susanna Craig is $1.99! This was featured in August 2016 Hide You Wallet post. Redheadedgirl said, “Second chance, arranged marriage, secrets and lies, basically full of catnips. All the catnips.” But reviews on Goodreads that the hero is a bit undeserving of the heroine. The next book in the series is on sale for 99c as well!
Can a marriage made for money blossom into something more?
Sarah Sutliffe, Lady Fairfax, dreams of love—until she overhears her new husband proclaim his heart will never be hers. Devastated, she offers no defense when a sapphire necklace disappears during a ball and she is accused of its theft. Instead, she runs away from the scandal…and the heartbreak.
St. John, Viscount Fairfax, has sworn never to love again. How could a mousy merchant’s daughter tempt him to break that vow? Three years after Sarah vanished, St. John uncovers her hiding place. Now, he’s out to prove she’s a thief before she steals his heart.
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Dark Light of Day
Dark Light of Day by Jill Archer is $2.99! This is the first book in the Noon Onyx fantasy series. Readers loved the world-building with a land ruled by demons, but some found that all the info-dumping slowed down the pace. Have you read this book?
Armageddon is over. The demons won. And yet somehow…the world has continued. Survivors worship patron demons under a draconian system of tributes and rules. These laws keep the demons from warring among themselves, the world from slipping back into chaos.
Noon Onyx grew up on the banks of the river Lethe, daughter of a prominent politician, and a descendant of Lucifer’s warlords. Noon has a secret—she was born with waning magic, the dark, destructive, fiery power that is used to control demons and maintain the delicate peace among them. But a woman with waning magic is unheard of and some will consider her an abomination.
Noon is summoned to attend St. Lucifer’s, a school of demon law. She must decide whether to declare her powers there…or attempt to continue hiding them, knowing the price for doing so may be death. And once she meets the forbiddingly powerful Ari Carmine—who suspects Noon is harboring magic as deadly as his own—Noon realizes there may be more at stake than just her life.
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Jess Haines Bundle
The Jess Haines Bundle is $2.99! This collection contains books one through four of the H&W Investigations series. That’s four full-length urban fantasy novels! This is a series that (according to Goodreads ratings) seems to get progressively better and features a detective heroine who works with supernatural creatures.
They are the Others–the vampires, mages, and werewolves once thought to exist only in our imaginations. Now they’re stepping out of the shadows, and nothing in our world will ever be the same again…
Hunted By The Others
In A Town Like This, Being A P.I. Can Be Murder
Shiarra Waynest’s detective work was dangerous enough when her client base was strictly mortal. But ailing finances have forced her to accept a lucrative case that could save her firm–if it doesn’t kill her first. Shiarra has signed on to work for a high-level mage to recover an ancient artifact owned by one of New York’s most powerful vampires.
As soon as Shiarra meets sexy, mesmerizing vamp Alec Royce, she knows her assignment is even more complicated than she thought. With a clandestine anti-Other group trying to recruit her, and magi being eliminated, Shiarra needs back-up and enlists her ex-boyfriend–a werewolf whose non-furry form is disarmingly appealing–and a nerdy mage with surprising talents. But it may not be enough. In a city where the undead roam, magic rules, and even the Others aren’t always what they seem, Shiarra has just become the secret weapon in a battle between good and evil–whether she likes it or not…
Taken By The Others
Once, New York P.I. Shiarra Waynest’s most pressing problem was keeping her agency afloat. Now she’s dealing with two dangerous, seductive vampires who have been enemies for centuries. The only thing Max Carlyle and Alec Royce agree on is that they both want Shia–for very different reasons.
Max is determined to destroy Shia for killing his progeny, while Royce’s interest is a lot more personal. That’s not sitting well with Shia’s werewolf boyfriend, Chaz. As the feud between Max and Royce gets ever more deadly, a powerful vampire-hunting faction is urging Shia to join their side. Shia has always believed vamps were the bad guys, but she’s discovering unexpected shades of grey that are about to redefine her friends, her loyalties–and even her desires…
Decieved By The Others
Shiarra’s relationship with sexy werewolf Chaz may be somewhat unconventional. Still, after a few bumps, Shia is finally ready to get serious. That means meeting family–or in this case, bringing Chaz’s entire werewolf pack along for a rollicking full-moon weekend in the Catskills.
Soon after they arrive, threatening notes appear, warning Chaz to go home. Then their cabin is ransacked. Shia starts digging to find out whether it’s the work of upstart teenaged werewolves or something more sinister. Yet as rumors about her vampire connections arouse the pack’s hostility, Shia has to contend with other dangers. Not just from an adversary about to make his fatal intentions known, but from a threat that’s even closer than she knows…
Stalking The Others
Once, she was one of the good guys–or as close as a New York P.I. can get. Then Shiarra Waynest was drawn into the world of the Others. Every faction has its own loyalties and agenda. And Shia’s recent betrayal by her ex-boyfriend means that she may be on the verge of becoming a rogue werewolf at the next full moon…
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I would like to recommend A Day Without Women general strike going on.
Part of our plan is to buy nothing, especially not from big box or major chain stores like Amazon or Barnes and Noble, and I enjoy both Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
Whether buy something or not is your choice certainly. Since I don’t know everyone on the site, if you are having a bad day or it’s your birthday or for any other reason, maybe you need or want an E-book.
I will not be buying anything as part of A Day Without Women.
As an alternative to the above, I would suggest that today would actually be a really good day to buy books authored by women and especially women of color. And yes, big box stores like Amazon and B&N have their issues but if it’s your preferred (or only) vendor, go for it – especially if you’re supporting women and women of color authors. If you can find an independent bookstore owned by a woman, even better!
For what its worth, there is a seller on Amazon named Valucrafts that is owned by women. “A women owned family business” is what they claim. I give them my business. They sell mainly craft, art and office supplies if anyone is interested. They have a 100% positive rating too 🙂
The first “alternative to the above” is not actually part of the strike.
]The point of the strike to buy nothing, especially from major retailers like Barnes and Noble and Amazon for one day (today). It is to use the power of our wallets to create an effect. The point is to spend as little as possible.
This site almost always supports women authors and even often supports women of color authors.
The strike is voluntary and no one should have to participate if they don’t want to.
A good point was made by both of the other posters that supporting local and small businesses that are owned by women is a great to participate today!
I just spent a bunch of time looking at the cover for Hold Your Breath. I get that it’s a mountain rescue team, so mountains. I get that he’s a rescue diver. So why is he standing in the water with his wetsuit half off and holding a gun?
@Quidnunc: He’s going to shoot hypothermia.