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The Truth About Love and Dukes
The Truth About Love and Dukes by Laura Lee Guhrke is $1.99! This is the first book in the Dear Lady Truelove series and the heroine runs an advice column. Readers seem divided on the heroine. Some found her independent and confident, while others found her too brash for their liking. Have you read this one?
Dear Lady Truelove . . . I have fallen in love, truly and completely in love, for the first time. The man whom I hold in such passionate regard, however, is not of my station. He is a painter, a brilliant artist. Needless to say, my family would not approve . . .
Henry, Duke of Torquil, wouldn’t be caught reading the wildly popular “Dear Lady Truelove” column, but when its advice causes his mother to embark on a scandalous elopement, an outraged Henry decides the author of this tripe must be stopped before she can ruin any more lives. Though Lady Truelove’s identity is a closely guarded secret, Henry has reason to suspect the publisher of the notorious column, beautiful and provoking Irene Deverill, is also its author.
For Irene, it’s easy to advise others to surrender to passion, but when she meets the Duke of Torquil, she soon learns that passion comes at a price. When one impulsive, spur-of-the-moment kiss pulls her into a scorching affair with Henry, it could destroy her beloved newspaper, her career, and her independence. But in the duke’s arms, surrender is so, so sweet . . .
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Calico Palace
UPDATE: Sale no longer valid.
RECOMMENDED: Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow is $2.99! This is an American historical, which Carrie loved. She gave it an A grade:
Beautiful. I adore this book with a couple of caveats that are pretty standard for the time period it’s describing (1848 – 1850) and the time period it was published in (1970, when the author was almost 70 years old). It’s fun, it’s by turns tearjerking and hilarious, it’s feminist, it’s romantic, and it describes a crazy time in history with a lot of excitement, some glamour, and a great deal of grit.
And, of course, guts.
This thrilling story of the California gold rush is not about the forty-niners, the prospectors who came rushing to the San Francisco area in 1849, but about the men and women who were there when it all began with the first discovery of gold in 1848, when San Francisco was a village of 900 people. These were the people who went up to the hills and came back staggering under the weight of the treasure they carried, and who began transforming San Francisco from a shantytown into one of the most brilliant cities in the world.
This novel tells the unforgettable story of how these people walked into one of the most spectacular adventures in the world’s history. They saw the first samples of gold brought to the quartermaster, who said they were flakes of yellow mica. They were there when the first people who saw the gold were laughed at and called “crackbrains.” And they laid the foundation of the golden empire before the first forty-niners got there. Some of them could not meet the demands of this strange new world; others grew stronger and shared the greatness of the country they had helped build. Calico Palace is their story brought to vivid life.
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An Affair with a Notorious Heiress
An Affair with a Notorious Heiress by Lorraine Heath is $1.99! This historical romance came out this May and is the fourth book in the Scandalous Gentlemen of St. James. A few readers wished there was more oomph to the plot, but others loved the chemistry and courtship between the hero and heroine. It has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
The son of a duke and an infamous mother, Alistair Mabry, Marquess of Rexton, fought his way to respectability. Now, the most eligible bachelor in London, marriage-shy Rexton will take only a wife with an impeccable reputation, good breeding, and a penchant for staying out of the gossip sheets. But when he strikes a deal to be seen “courting” a sweet young debutante whose notorious older sister has blemished her chances for marriage, Rexton is unexpectedly drawn to the highly inappropriate, calamitous Tillie, Lady Landsdowne herself.
After a scandalous incident that sent shockwaves throughout society and disgraced her, Tillie refuses to cower in the face of the ton. Instead, she will hold her head high as she serves as chaperone for her younger sister, but Tillie is convinced Rexton’s courtship is shrouded with secrets—ones she vows to uncover. However, doing so requires getting dangerously close to the devilishly handsome and forbidden marquess…
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On the Line
On the Line by Victoria Denault is $1.99! This sports romance is the fifth book in The Hometown Players series and has a 4.2-star rating on Goodreads. Though it can be read as a standalone, many readers of series were really anticipating this hero’s book.
He had total control of his game–until she changed all the rules . . .
As one of the best players in the NHL and the “golden boy” of the league, Avery Westwood knows he has to keep his cool–on and off the ice. His whole life is a carefully constructed image of perfection for the media and his brand sponsors. Of course, that means he can never let his true feelings show. But when it comes to the sexy sister of his former teammate, Avery might be willing to make an exception . . . even if it means breaking all his own rules.
As far as Stephanie Deveau is concerned, having a thing for Avery is the equivalent of psychological napalm. Très bad idea. Then he moves in next door, all sexy smiles and a deliciously hot body that she can’t resist. Something’s happening between them–it’s intense, a little (a lot) out of control, and real. Only Avery doesn’t know everything about Stephanie’s past. And the one exception to his rule might just be the one girl who could destroy his career.
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Delicious by Sherry Thomas is $1.99 (at Amazon, Kobo, and Google; still full price at B&N; checking Apple is too much of a hassle). Based on the description, heroine sounds kind of like a historical celebrity chef.
I remember reading Calico Palace when I was in high school and am interested to see how it holds up to the 21st century. It’s been $9.99 on my Wish List for a while, so One-Click here I come.
I also loved the chemistry between Rexton and Tillie in An Affair With a Notorious Heiress. They try so hard to resist each other!
Amanda Bouchet’s A Promise of Fire and Breath of Fire are each 1.99 at Amazon. (The first book is an Amazon Daily Deal and has been sitting in my digital library loans for two weeks, thanks to this SB review, so I guess I now have 12 hours left to read it and decide if I want to go all in.)
Good Boy by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy is currently the (random price of) $1.20. It’s the first in the WAGs series, which is an offshoot of their HIM/US books, and features characters we first meet there. This book lot sillier at times than their other series, but has its heavier moments. The hero can be a bit annoying at times but he grows on you.
I enjoyed Victoria Denault’s on the line but was a bit surprised at how heavily the lead has been drawn from a certain real life player. It was a bit distracting.
There are quite a few of Mary Stewart’s romantic suspense books on sale at amazon for prices ranging from .99 – 2.99. Most of these were written in the 1950s and 1960s and if I remember correctly were contemporary when written. My mother was a big fan of these books (along with Helen MacInnes) and I started reading them in the 1970s, when I was a teenager. These are great prices, especially if you, like me, are duplicating your real library with digital versions.
When I was buying the Lorraine Heath book, I discovered a couple others on sale for 1.99. I’m not sure where any of them fall within the various series, but I really enjoy her books and so, I bought them too. So much for my October book budget!
Written on Your Skin, Bound by Your Touch, and At Your Pleasure by Meredith Duran are down to $2.99.
Evidently, I need to start checking my wish list in the afternoon, too, since the two on the list definitely weren’t discounted this morning.
@Another Anne: Squee! You made my day. I only had a handful of Stewart books in digital since the prices are normally so high, so I started clicking right away. Thanks so much for the heads up.
@AnotherAnne and @Susan: why can’t I find those Mary Stewart books on Amazon? I need them!!
Calico Palace – was this a giant tent, that buttoned together or something, and they moved it around as a kind of hotel? If so, I remember this book, chiefly because there was a historical note at the end that said that there really was such a hotel! Or is that a different book altogether?
Ren Benton, Delicious is my favorite book by Sherry Thomas. If I didn’t already own it, I’d buy a copy.
Too Scot to Handle(Windham Brides Series #2) by Grace Burrowes is also $1.99.
@Juli: The Calico Palace was originally a casino in a tent located where ’49ers were panning for gold. Later it became a somewhat more permanent establishment in San Francisco. Its proprietor, Marnie, is one of the two heroines in the book. I read this book when I was a teen, and still re-read it every few years. It is one of my favorite historicals from that era. (The other is The Travels of Jamie McPheeters.)
@Ginger – I found them easily when I logged into the amazon site from my computer, which is how I bought them. I read your message from my kindle and checked through the amazon store on my kindle to see if the prices were still good. I discovered that I had to organize the books by price, because I got some Victoria Holt and Jane Aiken Hodge (among others) on the first couple pages of the search. I’m not sure why — I searched a couple different times under Mary Stewart. Hope that helps!
@Ginger: Try the link below to one of the books (This Rough Magic). The other sale books can be found in the “Customers who bought this item also bought” bar. Of course, if you’re not using Amazon US, that might be part of the problem. Good luck!
https://smile.amazon.com/This-Rough-Magic-Mary-Stewart-ebook/dp/B00GW4P03U/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1506998179&sr=1-5&keywords=mary+stewart
@ Another Anne–Can’t believe Mary Stewart’s books are finally available as e-books! Thanks so much for the heads up on this!
I’m intrigued by “The Calico Palace,” but I have so little actual reading-for-fun time that I’m not sure I can or want or am even up to a 600-page book. 🙁
Lots of Georgette Heyer titles look to be 99p on Amazon UK today.
Very exciting to see these great prices for Mary Stewart’s books. She is one of my all time favorite authors. I love how many fans she has here on this site-and I do think her books hold up well.