Welcome to Book Beat! Think of Book Beat as Hide Your Wallet, Part Two!
In Hide Your Wallet, we talk about books coming out in a particular month that we really want to read. But there’s more to good books than just new releases!
Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.
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A Beastly Kind of Earl
Author: Mia Vincy
Released: November 26, 2019 by Inner Ballad Press
Genre: Historical: European, Romance
Series: Right Kind of Love #2An outcast fighting for her future…
Thea Knight loves a spot of mischief. She especially loves her current mischief: masquerading as her sister, while finalizing her scheme to expose the dastardly knaves whose lies ruined her life.
Then Lord Luxborough, big, bad-tempered, and scarred, upends her game by maneuvering her into marriage. But her sister’s name is on the license, so the marriage won’t be valid. Thea’s idea? Keep pretending to be her sister until she can run away.
A recluse haunted by his past…
Rafe Landcross, Earl of Luxborough, has no love for mischief. Or marriage. Or people, for that matter. The last thing he wants is a wife—but if he marries, he’ll receive a large sum of much-needed money.
Then he learns that Thea Knight is using a false name. Rafe’s idea? Pretend he doesn’t know her true identity, marry her, and send her packing once the money is his.
A compelling attraction that changes their lives…
But as passion ignites and secrets emerge, the mutual deception turns tricky fast. Rafe and Thea face irresistible temptations, unsettling revelations, and a countdown to the day when Thea must leave…
Fun, tender, and steamy, this Gothic-flavored historical romance tells of a fake marriage between a grumpy, scarred hero and a trickster heroine who reminds him how to play.
Source: @MiaVincy on Twitter
This was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet and if you need more of a push, the tweet mentions:
– Grumpy scarred hero
– Playful trickster heroine
– Fake marriageAdd to Goodreads To-Read List →
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Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Author: Mikki Kendall
Released: November 5, 2019 by Ten Speed Press
Genre: Graphic Novel, NonfictionA feminist comic book history of women’s rights, from the ancient world to modern times, in a giftable, visually stunning package.
August 26, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. And while suffrage has been a critical win for women’s liberation around the world, the struggle for women’s rights has been ongoing for thousands of years, across many cultures, and encompassing an enormous variety of issues. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun, fascinating, and full-color exploration of that important history, tracing its roots from antiquity to show how 21st-century feminism developed. Along the way, you’ll meet a wide range of important historical figures and learn about many political movements, including suffrage, abolition, labor, LGBT liberation, the waves of feminism, and more.
Source: @Karnythia on Twitter
A feminist history in graphic novel form. Hell yeah!
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Lethal Redemption
Author: April Hunt
Released: November 26, 2019 by Forever
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Romance
Series: Steele Ops #2April Hunt “will keep you on the edge of your seat” (Lori Foster, New York Times bestselling author) in this heart-pounding new romantic suspense.
Top FBI profiler Grace Steele was just a girl when she escaped the Order of the New Dawn, and she’s spent the last seventeen years trying to forget her time there. But when private security firm Steele Ops needs her help extracting a young woman from the secretive cult’s clutches, she’s all in. Even though the mission requires posing as the fiancée of the only man who’s ever broken her heart.
It’s been nine years since Cade Wright turned his back on his childhood sweetheart, and he’s never stopped regretting it. Now that they’re forced to work together, he knows this is his opportunity to show Grace how much he’s changed. But the deeper they get pulled into New Dawn, the clearer it becomes that the demons still haunting Grace are very real, and Cade will have to risk everything to keep her safe . . . including his own life.
Source: @AprilHuntBooks on Twitter
Romantic suspense with a creepy cult and a fake relationship.
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Unfathomed
Author: Anna Hackett
Released: January 22, 2017
Genre: Romantic Suspense, Romance
Series: Treasure Hunter Security #4Finding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security.
Long, tall, and deadly Morgan Kincaid enjoys her job at Treasure Hunter Security. Raised by a tough Marine father, she loves her guns and knives, and never backs down from a fight. She’s yet to find a man who can keep up with her and after a string of first dates, she’s not feeling hopeful. Assigned to an underwater archeological expedition on the trail of a long-lost shipwreck, Morgan finds herself protecting the very hard, delicious body of a certain globe-trotting archeologist. A smart rogue with a wide smile and a boat-load of charm.
Dr. Zachariah James has information leading to a shipwreck filled with history and treasure. After growing up with nothing, he’s forged a stellar career for himself, but history is more than just a job, it’s his lifeblood. So Zach is amazed to find himself as excited by a woman as he is by his dive. Dangerous Morgan fascinates him, and he’s eager to see what she’s hiding under her tough exterior.
As they dive the azure waters off the coast of Madagascar, they uncover a sizzling attraction and clues to an impossible artifact, but soon they are under attack by dangerous black-market thieves. Among traitors, kidnappings, and ancient temples, Zach and Morgan will need to put everything on the line to have any chance at surviving.
Note to readers: This action-adventure romance contains a lot of action (think lost temples and exciting dives), cool offsiders (sexy former Navy SEALs) and a steamy romance (lots of sexy times between a tough female security expert and a sexy archeologist). This is treasure hunting Navy SEAL style. So if you like it fast, and fun, and sexy, this is for you!
Source: Barbara in our comments!
I made a note how I wished for a scientist hero/bodyguard heroine pairing in recent Books on Sale and they exist!
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I’m sure I’ve mentioned (ha!) that I recently finished Mia Vincy’s A Wicked Kind of Husband, and it was THE BEST romance reading experience I’ve had in a while. You can only imagine the excitement and dread with which I am anticipating A Beastly Kind of Earl. To have another quality read coming in the near future has got me doing a pee-pee dance, but what if the first book is a fluke? What if it’s The Search For Spock?. CAN’T WAIT!!
Anyone think that woman on the first book favors Keira Knightly? Or do I just need to watch ‘Pride and Prejudice’ again?
Somewhere, Anna Hackett is wondering why this 2017 book is having a sudden upsurge in sales.
“Full Moon Rising” by Keri Arthur is a KDD for $1.99.
So, I would also like to recommend A Wicked Kind of Husband. I have not yet finished it, but this is how much I am enjoying it:
I walked to yoga this morning and I wanted to keep reading but it was cold and I didn’t want to have to keep pulling off my gloves. So I discovered that one can tap your kindle on your nose to make the page advance. I’m just glad it was 8:30 on a Sunday morning so I don’t think anyone noticed me periodically tapping myself in the face with my kindle.
@ FashionablyEvil
That image is ridiculously cute! ^_^
I can see the cover blurb on A Wicked Kind of Husband — “a nose tappingly good read!”
I am also not finished with A Wicked Kind of Husband, but I’m enjoying it so, so much! I’ve preordered the second book. Fingers crossed that the first isn’t a fluke.
I just finished Mia Vincy’s A Wicked Kind of Husband and oh gosh it was one of the best romance novel experiences I’ve had in a while too. About halfway through I was in tears and then I ugly cried my way to the end pretty much. Think stuffy nose, clutching my chest. But the good kind of ugly crying where the emotion just gets to you and you love the characters and they’re all good, flawed people. And it’s funny too for those who’re afraid it might be too sad
If Unfathomed is basically feminist Dirk Pitt, I’ll be a very happy camper.