Year One
Year One by Nora Roberts is $2.99! Though the book is by Nora dang Roberts, this is more scifi/fantasy than a romance, at least in this one. The beginning is mysterious and hooked me in, but I quickly grew bored. However, Elyse loves this series, so your mileage may vary.
It began on New Year’s Eve.
The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed—and more than half of the world’s population was decimated.
Where there had been order, there was now chaos. And as the power of science and technology receded, magic rose up in its place. Some of it is good, like the witchcraft worked by Lana Bingham, practicing in the loft apartment she shares with her lover, Max. Some of it is unimaginably evil, and it can lurk anywhere, around a corner, in fetid tunnels beneath the river—or in the ones you know and love the most.
As word spreads that neither the immune nor the gifted are safe from the authorities who patrol the ravaged streets, and with nothing left to count on but each other, Lana and Max make their way out of a wrecked New York City. At the same time, other travelers are heading west too, into a new frontier. Chuck, a tech genius trying to hack his way through a world gone offline. Arlys, a journalist who has lost her audience but uses pen and paper to record the truth. Fred, her young colleague, possessed of burgeoning abilities and an optimism that seems out of place in this bleak landscape. And Rachel and Jonah, a resourceful doctor and a paramedic who fend off despair with their determination to keep a young mother and three infants in their care alive.
In a world of survivors where every stranger encountered could be either a savage or a savior, none of them knows exactly where they are heading, or why. But a purpose awaits them that will shape their lives and the lives of all those who remain.
The end has come. The beginning comes next.
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The Bear Who Loved Me by Kathy Lyons is 99c! This is the first book in the Grizzles Gone Wild series and is a Kindle Daily Deal. The plot does rely on a child in peril and while readers loved the hero and heroine’s playful banter, some readers felt it was inappropriate at time given a kid was in danger.
WHEN AN ALPHA MEETS HIS MATCH . . .
Between singlehandedly running her bakery and raising her teenaged nephew, Becca Weitz thought she had a decent grip on “normal.” Then her nephew vanishes, and life as she’s known it changes forever. Local legends are true: bear shifters exist . . . and her nephew is part of their clan. As is Carl Carman, the sexy, larger-than-life man who has sworn to find her nephew-and the other young shifters who’ve gone missing.As the leader of his clan, Carl is surrounded by enemies. He’s learned the hard way that keeping a firm leash on his inner beast is key to survival, though his feelings for Becca test his legendary control. Then danger stalks too close, and Carl realizes he must unleash the raging, primal force within to protect everything he holds dear. But can Becca trust his grizzly side with her life-and her heart?
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RECOMMENDED: His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik is $1.99! Carrie mentioned she started reading this in a previous Whatcha Reading and there were many comments about how great this book is. We also have an early review of this book by Candy, who says it’s “utterly goddamn awesome.”
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors ride mighty fighting dragons, bred for size or speed. When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes the precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future – and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature.
Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France’s own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte’s boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire.
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His Kind of Trouble by Terri L. Austin is $1.99! This is the second book in the Beauty & the Brit series. Good news! The first book is free and the third book is less than $3. At Amazon, all three books in the series totals around $5. Readers really liked the hero, though others found some difficulties becoming invested in the main couple.
Monica Campbell may have a history as a wild child, but she’s changed her ways. She’s responsible, and most importantly, she’s sworn off bad boys. That is, until filthy rich Cal Hughes shows up with his sexy British accent and killer smile.
Cal remembers every steamy moment he shared with Monica years ago, but he barely recognizes the straight-laced woman she has become. Determined to lure her into dropping the prim and proper act, Cal uses every trick he knows to remind her of who she used to be back when she was his.
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BEAR SHIFTERS!!!!
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Oh, and the Tremeraire books are all kinds of fabulous.
I am just finishing book 9 of Temeraire — the first time I have EVER read nine books in a row in any series without a break. Excellent books.
I really enjoyed the audio of His Majesty’s Dragon as well.
Unnatural by Joanna Chambers (m/m historical) is free on Amazon.
I’ve said it before, but I will say it again and again. The world is a better place because Naomi Novik created the world of Temeraire. If you love animals in fiction these books are for you because the dragons talk. If you love gunpowder fantasy these books are so for you. If you love historical fiction, read the first book and give it a try even if the premise seems outlandish – after about 50 pages I totally bought into the world she created. If you are a fan of different and well drawn characters, you will love these books. I freaking love love love these books.
I know this is probably hopelessly old fashioned, but the phrase “more than half of the world’s population was decimated.” in the blurb for the “Year One” just set my teeth on edge. Decimated is not a fancy synonym for being killed nor does it mean “killed deader than just dead.” Its original meaning was that one tenth of a population was killed. While one can’t expect that kind of precision from blurb writers, it could at least be kept to mean something like some portion of a population.