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  • Long Shot

    Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan

    Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan is 99c! This is the first book in the Hoops series and features a basketball player hero. Basketball is a severely underrepresented sport in romance and I’m always happy to see more of it. Readers warn that there is a character background involving domestic abuse, but it’s handled very well according to reviews.

    A FORBIDDEN LOVE SET IN THE EXPLOSIVE WORLD OF THE NBA…

    Think you know what it’s like being a baller’s girl?
    You don’t.
    My fairy tale is upside down.
    A happily never after.
    I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud.
    I was a fool, and his love – fool’s gold.
    Now there’s a new player in the game, August West.
    One of the NBA’s brightest stars.
    Fine. Forbidden.
    He wants me. I want him.
    But my past, my fraudulent prince, just won’t let me go

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  • Heart of Fire

    Heart of Fire by Bec McMaster

    Heart of Fire by Bec McMaster is $2.99 at Amazon! This is the first book in the Legends of Storm series, which is fantasy romance with dragon shifters. I feel like I’m always discovering new books by McMaster; where does she find the time?! Readers loved the heroine and the Icelandic setting, while others said it took them a lot of effort to get into this one.

    The old eddas speak of dreki—fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland’s volcanoes and steal away fair maidens.

    Freyja wants none of such myths. Dreki seducing young ladies? Ha. They probably eat such foolish girls. But when the local drekisteals her last ram—costing her any chance of feeding her ill father through the winter—Freyja intends to confront the fearsome myth.

    Sentenced to a life of exile from his clan, Rurik is fascinated by the furious woman who comes to claim her ram. She reeks of mysterious magic and challenges him at every step. He intends to claim the passionate firebrand, but to do so he must take mortal form. It’s the only time the dreki are vulnerable, and with a dragon-hunter arriving on the shores of Iceland, he can barely afford the risk—but lonely Freyja, with her elf-cursed eyes and pragmatic soul, tempts him in ways he’s never felt before. Is she the key to reclaiming his heritage? Or will she be his downfall?

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  • Diablo Lake: Moonstruck

    Diablo Lake: Moonstruck by Lauren Dane

    RECOMMENDED: Diablo Lake: Moonstruck by Lauren Dane is $1.99! Sarah reviewed this one and thought it was a great start to the series. Here are some of her thoughts:

    This paranormal small Southern town of shifters and witches and rival pack tensions between the Dooleys and Pembrys is immersively fun, sexy, and thoughtful. Protected just came out, but the balance of power in the Pembry pack is shifting (hur hur) from assumed power achieved from physical strength toward strategic and diplomatic strength – prescient and interesting reading on top of (hur hur) the sexxytimes. Bonus points: witches AND vivid, loving female friendships.

    In Diablo Lake, Washington, a town populated by werewolves, witches, and more, magic woven deep into the earth protects the town’s secrets from outsiders.

    Katie Grady left Diablo Lake to get over a humiliating breakup; but her family needs her help, so she’s back, in a sublet right across the hall from the guy she’s lusted after for years. Jace Dooley is hotter than ever, and their friendship picks up along with massive doses of grown-up chemistry.

    The very scent of Katie sharpens Jace’s canines, makes the wolf within him stir. There’s nothing more alluring to a Pack Alpha than a sexy female who is so very in charge. She won’t be coddled, but if he plays his hand just right she might be convinced to become his.

    Katie presents a challenge to Jace’s wolf nature, whose chief instinct is to protect. Especially now that she’s coming into the magic that is her birthright – and suddenly Jace isn’t the only one who’s interested in Katie, or the raw power she’s just learning to use.

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  • The Emperor’s Arrow

    The Emperor’s Arrow by Lauren D.M. Smith

    The Emperor’s Arrow by Lauren D.M. Smith is $2.99! This is a fantasy romance, so if you’re on that genre kick, pick this one up! It was winner of Harlequin’s 2015 So You Think You Can Write contest and features a warrior/archer heroine. Readers really loved the heroine, while others wanted a stronger romance.

    Grand Prize Winner of Harlequin’s 2015 So You Think You Can Write contest

    Debut author Lauren D.M. Smith delivers an epic fantasy romance in this soaring tale of a kickass warrior and the emperor she’s honor-bound to defend.

    The bride candidates have been summoned. Their numbers are many, yet only one is an Amazzi warrior. Only one would give her life to protect him.

    Evony of Aureline, warrior of her people, has no intention of becoming a hideous old man’s bride. Though her people have sworn their loyalty to the legendary emperor Galen, Evony knows little of courts and intrigue. It’s simply not her world.

    Yet it’s on the palace training grounds where Evony’s archery skills gain her the respect of soldiers and legates alike. The emperor himself takes notice of the beautiful, ruthless warrior. In turn, the young, steely eyed Galen is nothing at all what Evony expected.

    This man could very well conquer her heart. But does he feel the same?

    As the rivalry among the remaining bride candidates intensifies and the plot for the throne unfolds, Evony must make a grave choice: fulfill her destiny and protect her people or follow her heart and pursue true love.

    Either way, the honor of the Amazzi people and the future of the empire now rests with Evony of Aureline. For she is the Emperor’s Arrow.

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  1. Hope says:

    LOVE the Legends of the Storm books

  2. JudyW says:

    Be Aware! Long Shot may look like a light fluffy read but I assure it it can be very brutal as well. It touches on domestic violence and is a great book.

  3. Qualisign says:

    Emperor’s Arrow looks good, except no self-respecting archer would flaunt such bad posture and wimpy arms. Bad-ass women needn’t and probably wouldn’t strike a model’s pose when nocking an arrow.

  4. Ren Benton says:

    Yesterday’s review of “chick lit with shifters” reminded me that “chick lit with wizards” is currently $2.99 in the form of Shanna Swendson’s Enchanted, Inc. There’s a love interest, but it’s not trying to be A Romance Novel. The tag line is “Hex and the City,” which pretty well sets expectations where they should be.

    iirc, the original publisher dropped the series after four books, so be aware there are several more books than the “4 book series” linked to the early ones.

  5. lora says:

    Is that a Jonas Brother on the cover of Long Shot?

  6. cleo says:

    Completely off subject but I’m wondering if any of the bitchery are going to Avon’s KissCon in Chicago next weekend. I live in Chicago and may go on Sat. Anyone want to connect there?

  7. Cat C says:

    New online book club Romance Sparks Joy is reading Long Shot soon since it’s one of the only RITA nominees by an author of color!! (Excited for the book, not the #ritassowhite)

    https://mobile.twitter.com/sparkjoyromance

  8. MaryK says:

    I was going to try Long Shot because I’m strangely drawn to sports romances (I’ve no interest in RL sports) but I came across a review that says the plot centers mostly on the heroine escaping an abusive relationship. That’s too heavy for me.

  9. Jill Marie says:

    “Emperor’s Arrow” was a very fun audiobook listen. Outside my usual genre but I enjoyed it a lot.

  10. Zyva says:

    I read the sample of Long Shot and found an additional plot element, not mentioned in the blurb, that’s too triggering for me.

    There are more in Ryan’s basketball series now though. And there’s the Grip series, set in the music industry.

  11. Emily B says:

    Long Shot was beautiful if you are able to handle the domestic violence storyline. I love that Kennedy Ryan spent time allowing the heroine to heal emotionally, it wasn’t something where the hero “saves” her. There’s also a wonderful depiction of female friendship, and the friend gets her story in Ryan’s new release in the Hoops series. Ryan’s writing always feels like the written version of a Gina Prince Blythewood movie, and in fact I think many of her books would make excellent movies. I also can’t recommend her Grip duo enough. Ryan explores issues of race, colorism, and interracial relationships in a way I think is often ignored in contemporary romance.

  12. Zyva says:

    There is a lot of adult-centrism in the discourse on abuse and control of intimates, even though we call it *family* violence in Australia now.
    That goes double for fiction, because it is the writer’s artistic choice if they treat children as bit players in their own misery – it’s not an issue of lacking overlapping research specialities.

    It does not inspire confidence if you don’t disclose upfront whether there’s any kid in the cast of characters to make the likely adult-centric narrative intolerable to me.
    Books (superficially) considered cheap and not very complex, say certain lines of mass-market category books, DO disclose, and they contain less gritty material… (well, apparently, when I can stand to dip into that pool)…

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