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Scandalous Ever After
Scandalous Ever After by Theresa Romain is 99c! This is the second book in the Romance on the Turf series and many of Romain’s other titles are on sale. Redheadedgirl has been enjoying this series and gave this one a B grade:
This is another offering from one of my favorite authors, with one of my favorite topics, and one of my least favorite sub-tropes. In the saga of the families of the Romance of the Turf, though, it’s solid.
Does love really heal all wounds?
After being widowed by a steeplechase accident in Ireland, Lady Kate Whelan abandons the turf. But once her mourning is complete, her late husband’s debts drive her to seek help in Newmarket amidst the whirl of a race meet. There she encounters antiquities expert Evan Rhys, her late husband’s roguish friend―whom she hasn’t seen since the day of his lordship’s mysterious death.Now that fate has reunited them, Evan seizes the chance to win over the woman he’s always loved. But once back within the old stone walls of Whelan House, long-held secrets come to light that shake up everything Kate thought she knew about her marriage. Now she wonders who she can trust with her heart―and Evan must decide between love and a truth that will separate him from all his heart desires.
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Every Deep Desire
Every Deep Desire by Sharon Wray is $1.99! This is part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals which also include a few other romances. This is a romantic suspense and the first in a series. I saw this really great endorsement tweet by author Maria Vale, in which she mentions that the book has “Shakespeare-quoting mercenaries.”
He’s taking it all back
His honor, his freedom, and the woman he lovesRafe Montfort was a decorated Green Beret, the best of the best, until a disastrous mission and an unforgivable betrayal destroyed his life. Now, this deadly soldier has returned to the sultry Georgia swamps to reunite with his brothers, and take back all he lost. But Juliet must never know the truth behind what he’s done…or the dangerous secret that threatens to take him from her forever.
It took Juliet Capel eight long years to put her life back together after her husband was taken from her. Now Rafe is back, determined to protect her at any cost, and it’s not just her heart that’s in danger. The swamps hold a secret long buried and far deadlier than either of them could have imagined…
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Kiss the Earl
Kiss the Earl by Gina Lamm is 99c! I’m not much of a historical romance reader anymore, but I was excited about this book when it first released. The heroine is a comic book author who gets sent back in time. Readers thought it was quirky and fun, but others thought the heroine was a bit too stupid to live. But c’mon…that cover.
A modern girl’s guide to seducing Mr. Darcy
When Ella Briley asked her lucky-in-love friends to set her up for an office party, she was expecting a blind date. Instead, she’s pulled through a magic mirror and into the past…straight into the arms of her very own Mr. Darcy.
Patrick Meadowfair, earl of Fairhaven, is too noble for his own good. To save a female friend from what is sure to be a loveless marriage, he’s agreed to whisk her off to wed the man she truly wants. But all goes awry when Patrick mistakes Ella for the would-be bride and kidnaps her instead.
Centuries away from everything she knows, Ella’s finally found a man who heats her blood and leaves her breathless. Too bad he’s such a perfect gentleman. Yet the reluctant rake may just find this modern girl far too tempting for even the noblest of men to resist…
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The Rake’s Handbook
The Rake’s Handbook by Sally Orr is 99c! This is the first book in a historical romance series of the same name, and the rest of the books are also on sale. Some readers felt the language was a bit too modern for their liking, while others loved the heroine. She’s a recent widow and still harbors feelings of grief and love for her late husband.
The definitive guide to seduction…
The Rake’s Handbook was written on a dare, and soon took the ton by storm. Now its author, Ross Thornbury, is publicly reviled by the ladies—who are, of course, forbidden to read the handbook—but privately revered by the gentlemen. Unfortunately, Ross’s notoriety is working against him and he flees London painfully aware of the shortcomings of his own jaded heart.
Spirited young widow Elinor Colton lives next to Ross’s country estate. She’s appalled not only by his rakish reputation, but also by his progressive industrial plans. Elinor is sure she is immune to Ross’s seductive ways. But he keeps coming around…impressing her with his vision for England’s future and stunning her with his smiles.
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Sooooo, we have “Shakespeare-quoting mercenaries” with Rafe Mantfort and Juliet Capel. Hmmmmmm.
The Richmond Thief (Lady Althea Mystery Series Book 1) by Lisa Boero is on sale for $0.99. Jewel theft from the aristocracy and a “lady scientist” heroine who gets invited to work with the Bow Street Runners to investigate? Sounds like catnip to me…
Kiss The Earl doesn’t look like my thing if the heroine is TSTL, but the blurb did remind me of one of my favourite TV series of all time, Lost In Austen. It’s about 10 years old now (why won’t time stop PASSING) so maybe it’s been recommended here before. It’s about a woman, Amanda, who is in love with Pride & Prejudice and ends up swapping places with Elizabeth Bennett (played by Gemma Arterton) who has found her way into Amanda’s world through a portal in the bathroom. (It’s oddly plausible in the show…) Anyway, Amanda’s presence in Lizzy’s world inherently changes the plot and she keeps having to fix everything, all the while she and Darcy are falling for each other. I’m VERY fussy about my Darcys (no one will ever surpass Colin), but Elliott Cowan is VERY good. Anyway, I just had to recommend it to anyone looking for a visual romance for a change.
@Lucy-I LOVE Lost in Austen!! My one issue was Amanda’s perfectly straight ironed hair-for some reason that bugged me 🙂
This show is where I first saw Tom Mison-I thought he was great-in fact I was kind of rooting for her and Bingley to get together. Happily he went on to do the series Sleepy Hollow, which I enjoyed.
@Maureen – Oh my god, YES! I was afraid to mention it in case it made me sound shallow but her hair bugged the hell out of me 😀 It was in fashion in 2008 but it still just looked wrong, even then. I think maybe because the contrast between its flatness and the volume of the other characters’ hair was too great?
Yeah, I quite liked her and Bingley, and I also liked her and Wickham. Ooh, think I’m due a rewatch. (Although the bloody dvd left out one of the best bits – when she sings Downtown by Petula Clark and he looks amused and confused and it’s terribly sexy.)
The price is right, but Kobo tells me I already have Kiss the Earl. Apparently it wasn’t memorable, or at least the description isn’t tickling the little grey cells.
But for those interested, looks like each volume of the Geek Girls series is currently at 99c. Kiss the Earl is #3.
And I absolutely second – er, third – the recommendation of Lost in Austen!
Ah, Lost in Austen!
Problem with that movie was that Tom Mison was too good. The actor playing Darcy wasn’t awful, but I couldn’t help wanting Bingley to get the girl instead.
I’ve never seen Lost in Austen but this conversation is reminding me of the 2005 Keira Knightley Pride & Prejudice where Tom Hollander’s Mr. Collins is so adorkable that you end up feeling so sorry for him and actually rooting for him in a way. I love the movie, but that’s an example of where it fails as an adaptation – it has no bite.
@Hope Hope you’ll forgive me for insulting a movie you love but I have a deep and abiding hatred of the movie, in part because of what you said – it has no bite. Totally agree about Tom Hollander, a great actor but who played him as a bumbling fool instead of a sycophantic snob. In Lost In Austen, Mr Collins is played by the massively underrated Guy Henry, better known for his role in Holby City (itself woefully underrated by virtue of being soap) which convinces me he’s the only other actor who could ever portray Severus Snape. Anyway, although David Bamber epitomises the role for me, Henry does something really interesting with the character and makes him genuinely disturbing. If you’re a P&P fan, it’s worth watching for that alone, just out of sheer curiosity.
@Lucy I understand completely! It is not a good P&P at all, but it is an entertaining (to me) movie. I’m going to put the blame for Collins’ sugarcoating on the director not the actor: all the characters got the same treatment.
And Guy Henry would be a brilliant Snape.
@Hope Yeah, totally agree that it’s down to the director – I feel like he fundamentally misunderstood P&P. Glad you agree about Guy Henry! 🙂
Hmm, maybe I gave up on Lost in Austen too early. I tried the first episode, but I stopped fairly soon when the main character, having just stumbled into Austen’s world, decides to lift up her skirt to flash someone because she thought she was in a candid-camera style reality show (or something like that—it’s been a while and I may be misremembering the details). That scene struck me as the kind of dumb b******* that a man would write as the ~wacky antics of a woman. I promptly checked the credits on IMDB, saw that a man had written the series, and decided that I was no longer interested in his artistic interpretation of Pride & Prejudice. I’m not saying that no man is capable of understanding, appreciating, and producing films/series based on Austen’s work, but I have little patience these days for unrealistic, underdeveloped female characters. The series must have improved quite a bit after that point (or maybe I was in a particularly foul mood?) since so many other viewers really enjoyed it.
Add my chimes to the love for “Lost in Austen.” I watch it (again) pretty much every time I fly, and women sitting within view of my Kindle and even the flight attendants want to know what it is because I have such a goofy grin.
It’s just bang-up fun.
Saturday the 15th, SEA OF RUST by Robert Cargill is a daily deal for $1.99, price matched where checked. I read it in February and said:
People are gonna people. Here, their insistence on peopling led to being exterminated by robots—which, having been born (so to speak) of people, proceed to behave an awful lot like… people. Full-blown imperialist subjugation and murder in the name of manifest destiny and all that happy crap. I was very invested in the adventures of Brittle the Cannibal Robot and her rebel frenemies, but the frame as a whole was not beneficial to my prevailing feelings of doom, despair, and futility.
Not as light-hearted as Murderbot, but very good if you can withstand another Humans Are The Literal Worst allegory.