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A Shocking Delight
A Shocking Delight by Jo Beverly is $1.99! This is the fifteenth book in the Company of Rogues series, and the hero in this one is a character who showed up in previous books. So this may be a situation where it can be read as a standalone, but you might get a deeper reading experience if you’ve read the other books. What do you think?
From five-time RITA Award winner Jo Beverley comes an exciting new Regency romance in which a lady must risk all to win love.
The man she shouldn’t want. The woman he shouldn’t marry…
David Kerslake, smuggling master from The Dragon’s Bride, is now Earl of Wyvern and must survive the ton as well as the Preventive Officers.
Lucy Potter, daughter of a wealthy merchant, is more interested in trade than in the men after her dowry. When forced to have a London season, she sets out to enjoy herself rather than to find a husband. But once she meets the notorious Earl of Wyvern, her resolve weakens, and when they kiss, it dissolves—even though her instincts warn he’s dangerous.
Wyvern has a dark secret, which means he must win a rich bride. Lucinda Potter seems ideal. Not for her beauty and her lively charm, but because at first meeting she seems unlikely to realize the truth.
As he comes to know her, however, as they spar and kiss, he realizes she’s too clever and honest by far. Marrying Lucy would mean living a lie with the woman he has come to love….
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The Cinderella Deal
The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie is $1.99! Crusie is an auto-buy author for a lot of people, and she writes some great contemporary romances that are sweet and funny. Readers loved the opposites attract/fake relationship plot, though many readers feel like it’s a little dated since it was originally published in the mid-nineties. Have you read this one?
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Crusie brings humor and storytelling magic to this modern-day romance of a match made anywhere but in heaven–but destined for a fairy-tale ending.
Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for strays and a weakness for a good story. Why else would she agree to the outrageous charade offered by her buttoned-down workaholic neighbor, Linc Blaise? The history professor needs to have a fiancée in order to capture his dream job, and Daisy is game to play the role. But something funny happens on their way to the altar that changes everything. Now, with the midnight hour approaching, will Daisy lose her prince, or will opposites not only attract but live happily ever after?
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The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald is $2.51 at Amazon and $2.99 elsewhere! Sarah picked this for January 2016’s Hide Your Wallet, saying, “Swedish pen pal goes to Iowa, starts bookshop. I keep hearing about this book in very disparate places.” Other readers said the book does a great job of creating a sense of place. However, some felt there was a lot of repetition in the book and the interactions felt forced. We also had a great guest review of this one!
This is a book about books. All sorts of books, from Little Women and Harry Potter to Jodi Picoult and Jane Austen, from to Stieg Larsson to Joyce Carol Oates to Proust. It’s about the joy and pleasure of books, about learning from and escaping into them, and possibly even hiding behind them. It’s about whether or not books are better than real life.
It’s also a book about a Swedish girl called Sara, her elderly American penfriend Amy and what happens when you land a very different kind of bookshop in the middle of a town so broken it’s almost beyond repair.
Or is it?
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A Dangerous Proposal
A Dangerous Proposal by Jillian Eaton is $1.99 at Amazon! This is the second book in the Bow Street Brides series. Readers loved Eaton’s voice and recommend her for a new-to-you author, if you haven’t read any of her books before. However, content warning as some reviews mention rape as part of the heroine’s backstory.
Felicity Atwood’s life was a debutante’s dream. She had a wealthy husband, two beautiful children, and an elegant townhouse in Grosvenor Square. Everything was perfect…until her husband publicly left her for his mistress and her dream turned into a nightmare. Now she’s divorced, destitute, and bordering on desperate.
A CHARMING THIEF…
Felix Spencer has never met a piece of jewelry he couldn’t steal or a pretty woman he couldn’t charm…until Felicity. A cunning thief turned Bow Street Runner, he’s exactly the sort of man she has been taught to avoid at all costs. But try as she might she cannot forget the kiss he stole from her…or the way she feels when she’s wrapped in his arms.
A DANGEROUS PROPOSAL…
Determined to possess the dark-haired beauty, Felix sets out to prove himself worthy of her love only to quickly discover Felicity’s heart is the one thing he cannot steal. Having been hurt by men twice before, she doesn’t trust the charming rake any further than she can throw him. But when she finds herself unwittingly entangled in a deadly conspiracy, Felix is the only one she can turn to. Somehow she must find the courage to trust him with her heart…or risk losing her life.Add to Goodreads To-Read List →
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I think this Crusie was previously published under a different title. I read it and actually really liked it, but remember it being higher on the angst-o-meter than most Crusie novels. It plays out over a longer time scale than the summary suggests – most fake-relationship books cover a fairly short time period, and I recall this being fairly drawn out (which logically means there’s a lot more potential for misunderstanding, conflict, and emotional pain as the not-really-fake-anymore-at-least-for-one-of-us relationship deepens).
I really enjoyed THE READERS OF BROKEN WHEEL RECOMMEND, though it does have many spoilers for lots of the books that Sara discusses and thinks about (mostly classics if I recall correctly, but even so). That didn’t bother me since they weren’t books I’d considered, but I remember thinking it could upset people who’d wanted to read them.
The Cinderella Deal was always The Cinderella Deal. It has some very slight similarities to an earlier book, Strange Bedpersons. But this is one of my favorites and has held up to re-reads.
The cinderella deal is one of my favorite Crusie novels. And I wouldn’t call it outdated for being in the 90s…to me it’s just of that time period and I remember being pleased by the compromises made by both characters.
I read “The Cinderella Deal” at least once a year. 🙂 That one, and “Anyone But You,” “Charlie All Night,” and “Bet Me” are my Crusie top four.
@Wendy: Ah, Strange Bedpersons may be the one I’m thinking of.
So A Dangerous Proposal includes a Bow Street Runner – so that dates it somewhere between 1750 to about 1840 (the amazon description isn’t any more specific), but the heroine is divorced? Why?? If you don’t want to do any historical research then don’t write a historical, write a contemporary romance. So lazy.
Sorry (not sorry), rant over.
@Joanna: I checked the book’s sample and it has an author’s note that explains how in Regency England a husband could divorce his wife through a legal but very expensive process involving three separate court cases and ending in the wife’s ruined reputation. The sample says the husband divorced his wife (and disowned his children) so he could marry his mistress.
TJ Klune’s A LIGHTNING-STRUCK HEART, a m/m paranormal romance, is currently free on Amazon!
I’ve never read Klune but Gail Carriger recommended this one in one of her recent newsletters, so I’ll give it a shot!
@SusanE Yes, and divorce also involved a bill before Parliament – which was why it was so rare. Ah well, Dukes weren’t nearly as common as romance titles would have us believe so I suppose we have to chalk it all up to artistic license.
I love The Cinderella Deal. Part of it is decorating a house and all the people who sort of wander in and it’s basically my Platonic ideal of fictional houses and day-to-day lives.
I am confused by the cover of A Dangerous Proposal. Look like a bw in a contemporary wedding dress-which caught my interest, but doesn’t match the content of book (?)
I love The Cinderella Deal! one of my favorites
Kelley Armstrong’s Exit Strategy is on sale at Amazon for 1.99.