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The Perks of Loving a Scoundrel
The Perks of Loving a Scoundrel by Jennifer McQuiston is 99c! This is part of the Seduction Diaries series and readers are divided on whether they eventually warmed up to the hero. Jennifer’s podcast interviews on the site is one of my faves because she’s so fascinating.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McQuiston continues her enchanting Seduction Diaries series as a bookish spinster and an unrepentant rogue unite to unmask a traitor
Every girl dreams of a hero . . .
No one loves books more than Miss Mary Channing. Perhaps that’s why she’s reached the ripe old age of six-and-twenty without ever being kissed. Her future may be as bland as milk toast, but Mary is content to simply dream about the heroes and adventures she reads about in her books. That way she won’t end up with a villain instead.
But sometimes only a scoundrel will do.
When she unexpectedly finds herself in the arms of Geoffrey Westmore, London’s most notorious scoundrel, it feels a bit like a plot from one of her favorite novels. Suddenly, Mary understands why even the smartest heroines can fall prey to a handsome face. And Westmore is more handsome than most. But far worse than the damage to her reputation, the moment’s indiscretion uncovers an assassination plot that reaches to the highest levels of society and threatens the course of the entire country.
When a tight-laced miss and a scoundrel of epic proportions put their minds together, nothing can stand in their way. But unless they put their hearts together as well, a happy ending is anything but assured.
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Vixen in Velvet
Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase is $1.99! This is the third book in the Dressmakers historical romance series. The series follows a group of sisters, but it seems that everyone has their favorite book in the series. Which one is yours?
From the Diary of Leonie Noirot: The perfect corset should invite its undoing . . .
Lethally charming Simon Fairfax, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker—but Leonie Noirot hasn’t time for him. She’s obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan.
Leonie’s skills can coax curves—and profits—from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to seduce her to appreciate her genius. He badly needs to learn a lesson, and the wager she provokes ought to teach him, once and for all.
A great plan, in theory—but Lisburne’s become a serious distraction, and Leonie’s usual logic is in danger of slipping away as easily as a silk chemise. Could the Season’s greatest transformation be her own?
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Convincing Alex
Convincing Alex by Nora Roberts is $2.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This contemporary category romance originally published in 1994 and the description gives me pause with the term “streetwalker.” Do you think this romance holds up? Have you read it?
Return to the Stanislaskis family in this fan-favorite book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Daringly bold soap-opera writer Bess McNee figured the only way to understand a character was to stand in her shoes—even if they were a streetwalker’s stiletto heels. But when Alex Stanislaski arrests her for soliciting, she has a change of heart. She decides to follow the sexy detective around to get “ideas” for her show. Nick is absolutely perfect for her research…and maybe for herself as well. Now all she has to do is convince him she’s right…
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Poison Evidence
Poison Evidence by Rachel Grant is 99c! This is book seven in the romantic suspense Evidence series. I’ve been so curious about Grant’s romantic suspense. It’s not my favorite subgenre, but her plots seem to blend action and science nerdery, which definitely appeals to me!
It was supposed to be paradise….
Ivy MacLeod has the perfect opportunity to test her advanced remote sensing technology: mapping a World War II battle site in the islands of Palau. The project is more than an all-expenses-paid trip to paradise. It’s also an opportunity to distance her reputation from her traitorous ex-husband.
But foreign intelligence agencies will kill to possess her invention, and paradise turns deadly when her ex-husband’s vicious allies attack. In desperation, she turns to Air Force pilot Jack Keaton. But is he the bigger threat? Jack might be protecting her as he claims…or he could be a foreign agent. Her compass is skewed by his magnetic pull and further thrown off when she learns her own government has betrayed her.
Stranded on a tropical island with a man whose motives remain a mystery, Ivy must decide who is the spy, who is the protector, and who is the ultimate villain. She longs to trust the man who rescued her, but she’s risking more than her heart. Choose right, and she saves her country’s secrets—and her life. Choose wrong—and she risks nothing short of all-out war.
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I remember the Chase being pretty good from this particular pile.
Ooh, I need to reread the dressmakers’ set. I’m in dire need of comfort reading – too much time dealing with in-laws lately – & those will do nicely. And Amanda, my favorite is Marcelline’s book (I’ve probably butchered her name…), “Silk Is for Seduction”. Determined, smart, & a businesswoman, uprooting her company & family for a chance at a brighter future in London.
I love the Dressmakers series and Vixen in Velvet is my favorite!
I’m also a fan of the Dressmakers, but Scandal Wears Satin is my fave because Sex Puppy.
I love the Dressmakers — Dukes Prefer Blondes is my absolute favorite.
I actually can’t remember which of the Dressmakers I liked best, but the fact that there’s no obvious front-runner here makes me want to re-read them all. AFTER the new Julie Ann Long which comes out tomorrow, because I loved the first Palace of Rogues and can’t wait for Angelique’s story.
I love Loretta Chase!! Dukes Prefer Blondes was the first book I read and I fell in love immediately (well, except for the name of the book, which I found to be altogether silly). I love the dressmaker series, as it comes with warmth but also a great dose of humor.
I haven’t read the featured book by Rachel Grant, but I’ve read and enjoyed at least six of her other books.
Rachel Grant is an auto-buy for me. The books in the Evidence are connected and, iirc, this one is closer linked to the previous book than others. It might not be the best entry point if you don’t want to spoil the book before it, but it’s a great price!
And, FYI, Rachel Grant’s Concrete Evidence (Evidence Series Book 1) is currently free for Kindle readers.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CBNFI9W?notRedirectToSDP=1&ref_=dbs_mng_calw_0&storeType=ebooks
Poison Evidence is pretty good. It’s an entertaining read and definitely worth buying on a deal. As @Heather Greye says, it does follow the previous book very closely, so there are potential spoilers. The next series, Flashpoint, is also good and some of the Evidence characters appear in it as well.
Adding ‘The Perks of Loving a Scoundrel’ to my mile-long wish list.
(Darn you, SBTB! I just ordered two books the other day.);)
All four Stanislavski books are pretty dated, but I enjoyed them. McNee works on a soap opera, which is amusing, and she takes the sex worker characters seriously as people, not just plot devices. The charmingly exotic (Sic) Stanislavski family teeter on the edge of stereotype, but don’t quite fall over. the conflict between the lovers is rather thinly contrived and Roberts stays pretty close to the tropes usual to this kind of story. The books remain fun to read, if only for the descriptions of fashionable clothes of the day. A pretty strong finish for one of Roberts’ four-in-a-year series, though she continued to improve her skills afterwards.