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Prudence
Prudence by Gail Carriger is $2.99! This is part of 3 pages of Kindle Daily Deals, which also includes books like Bossypants and Misty Copeland’s memoir. This book is the first book in her Custard Protocol series and Carrie gave it a B-:
The best and worst thing I could say about this series is that it’s very much like Carriger’s other series. It’s the worst thing in that there’s not a lot new in here except that it seems to be a series that gets us out of alternate universe England and into the rest of Empire. It’s the best thing because honestly Carriger’s world and style are just pure yummy candy. If you give me a five pound bag of M&M’s, it’s not like I’m going to get to the bottom and say, “Gosh darn it, this is still M&M’s!”
ON BEHALF OF QUEEN, COUNTRY…AND THE PERFECT POT OF TEA.
When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is given an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female would under similar circumstances — names it the Spotted Custard and floats to India in pursuit of the perfect cup of tea. But India has more than just tea on offer. Rue stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier’s wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis and an embarrassing lack of bloomers, what else is a young lady of good breeding to do but turn metanatural and find out everyone’s secrets, even thousand-year-old fuzzy ones?
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The Duke and the Domina
The Duke and the Domina by Jenn LeBlanc is 99c at Amazon! It’s possible this deal is on its way out, so snag it while you can. It’s also filled with lots of catnip: time travel, a Dominatrix heroine, a marriage of convenience, and for those playing Ripped Bodice Bingo, it has a broke hero! This is the third book in the Lords of Time series, and I think it can be read as a standalone, but someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
He’s poor. She’s rich.
He’s a sub. She’s a switch.
It’s not love.
It’s a marriage of Kink-venience.Grayson Danforth, Duke of Warrick, was banished from England by his father when his propensity for pain was discovered. The only reason he returned was because his father and two older brothers were killed, requiring him to take up the title. His honor has him bound to the contracts meant for his brother—including a marriage—but first he has to meet his bride.
Lulu—a professional dominatrix—was in a scene with a client when she tripped and fell, waking up in a strange house in a strange world with no idea what to think. She’s either part of an elaborate scene for another client or it’s all just a dream. But the man she woke up to…he makes her want to live in the dream forever. When she’s given the choice to run and hide or complete the contract for marriage to Warrick, she chooses the latter. She can’t help the way she’s drawn to this beautiful, powerful, man and the secrets she can see he’s hiding beneath his cross façade.
Warrick knows Lulu’s secret—even if she doesn’t believe it—and he knows that marrying her will be the best way to keep her safe. But Lulu stirs something deep inside that he’s worked for years to hide. When Lulu realizes his masochistic tendencies it’s up to her to force him to let down his domineering guard and submit. He needs to learn that what he wants, what he yearns for is not only beautiful but something she can give him but getting him to submit is a task that won’t come easily to either of them.
As they begin their dance of husband and wife can two people who’ve never known trust or love learn to submit to each other?
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Illuminae
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff is $1.99! This book has been recommended by a couple readers in the comments around the site. It’s about a couple who breaks up before the planet is destroyed. The entire book is told, epistolary-style, through texts, emails, and other documents. Some people found the epistolary format rather annoying, while others highly recommend it on audiobook. Have you read it?
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.
This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it’s clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
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Shadow Magic
Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede is $1.99! This is a fantasy novel first published in the early 80s and is the first book in the Lyra series. Some found the first installment a littler boring, but say that the series gets better with each book. For those who have read it, what do you think?
Alethia listens as her father Braca questions heir Har and friend Maurin, back from Lyra borders where other caravans have disappeared. Her mother Isme has a bad feeling. The night of her twentieth birthday party, Alethia is kidnapped by enemy Lithmern, led by a man with no face, and a body of black smoke.
But the woods are protected by Wyrd, small furry archers, and Ward-Keeper mage Jordet, of the tall silver-haired Shee. Soon the Noble House of Brenn must decide whether to ally with mythical races, including the sea-dwelling Neira. While the other eight Noble Houses squabble, the evil Shadow Men rise, and seek the five lost treasures of Alkyra that used to unite the four races.
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I loved ILLUMANAE in its original format, even though I will admit it was a challenge on my Kindle! I thought it was clever, character-revealing, and allowed for important plot points to develop. I think much of the charm and drama would be lost in audio format. But I’ve always been a big fan of epistolary-style novels-I loved Sophie Kinsella’s I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER.
I love episotlaries, too! That Kinsella Sue named is my fave of all her books, and I could not get enough of Possession’s correspondence between Christabel and Ash (admit I was lukewarm on Maud and whatshisname the academic).
I read the first four of the Parasol Protectorate and the first Etiquette and Espionage but I had to break up with Carriger becuase character soup. I can’t even when there are a ton of werewolves I have to keep straight. She’s got a far superior working memory to mine apparently because at one point i was all, oh who gives AF I quit. Her verve and style are remarkable but it was too much work for me.
On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins is $1.99
I read, listened to and loved both ILLUMINAE and GEMINA. The physical book is possibly more interesting with all its notes and drawings, but honestly, if I didn’t already own ILLUMINAE for my Kindle, I’d definitely pick it up at this price.
Nora Roberts: Holding The Dream (Dream Trilogy Book 2) – 1.99
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Seduced by Molly O’Keefe is free on Amazon.
For those that already own ILLUMINAE, is the ebook formatting the same layout as the print version? Text going in spirals and things on occasional pages?
@shel: Yes it is. Had a hell of a time reading it on my Paperwhite, but it was 100% worth it.
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Thanks for confirming. Too bad it’s not on sale in Canada.
Carina has a few mm books for sale for $0.99: Fierce and Fabulous by Elizabeth Varlet, Outside the Lines by A R Barley, At Attention by Annabeth Albert, Relationship Status by K A Mitchell, and Necessary Medicine by M K York. I’ve read everything but the last two, and heartily recommend the Barley and Albert titles. I liked certain aspects of the Varlet (gender-fluid hero), but it is dark (triggers for a non-con sexual scene with someone other than the other hero, drugs).
Back in the day I really enjoyed Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate but every single one ended on a cliffhanger and I eventually just stopped buying them. Having to wait a year or 6 months or whatever to find out what happens next is annoying enough that it eventually overrode my enjoyment. It’s entirely plausible that I’m too easily annoyed, though. And the books are a great lot of fun so maybe just wait until she finishes a series and then read them all in one go, which has the added benefit of making it more likely that your library will have them.
I enjoyed the Parasol Protectorate and I liked Finishing School but Prudence is just so, so, so bad.