The Bashful Bride
The Bashful Bride by Vanessa Riley is 99c! This is a standalone historical romance and the second book in the Advertisements for Love series, though it looks like the entire series is on sale. The pairing of a shy heiress and famous actor really intrigues me. Readers loved the historical research and accuracy, but found there was a bit of repetition of events.
A friend’s newspaper advertisement for a groom nets the most famous actor in London, Arthur Bex. Shy heiress Ester Croome proposes to elope with the handsome man, who she’s secretly loved for two years, in order to escape an impending engagement arranged by her overbearing family.
Trying to outlive the shadow of his villainous uncle, Bex needs to marry quickly–to a woman of good character. And smart, beautiful Ester fits the bill. But a harrowing trip to Gretna Green and dangerous abolition rallies prove to be a more treacherous stage than either imagined. Infatuation and a mutual love for Shakespeare might not be enough to bind a couple looking to outrun the chains and secrets of family and the past.
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Soulless by Gail Carriger is $2.99! This is the first book by the Parasol Protectorate series and for many readers, this book ignited their love for Carriger’s writing. I loved the first book, especially the heroine, but I agree with other reviewers in that there’s a lot of different things going on that conflict with one another. If you’re looking to get the entire series, it’s available for $18.99.
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire—and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?
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Fumbled by Alexa Martin is $2.99! This is a second chance sports romance and I believe the series has been optioned for TV, which is exciting. Some readers liked this more than the first book, Intercepted, while others feel the opposite. Do you have a favorite book in the series?
A second chance doesn’t guarantee a touchdown in this new contemporary romance from the author of Intercepted.
Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she’s built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it’s all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one person.
TK Moore, the starting wide receiver for the Denver Mustangs, dreamt his entire life about being in the NFL. His world is football, parties, and women. Maybe at one point he thought his future would play out with his high school sweetheart by his side, but Poppy is long gone and he’s moved on.
When Poppy and TK cross paths in the most unlikely of places, emotions they’ve suppressed for years come rushing back. But with all the secrets they never told each other lying between them, they’ll need more than a dating playbook to help them navigate their relationship.
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RECOMMENDED: Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames is $2.99! Queen Beverly Jenkins recommended this one on a previous podcast:
The book is amazing! It’s laugh-out-loud funny in some parts. The writing is wonderful.
Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best — the meanest, dirtiest, most feared crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.
Their glory days long past, the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk – or a combination of the three. Then an ex-bandmate turns up at Clay’s door with a plea for help. His daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.
It’s time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.
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At the end of KINGS OF THE WYLD, one of the guys does something Romance Novel Hero worthy, and there’d better be a followup book for him. Given the first two books in the series, I wouldn’t expect “and they all lived happily ever after,” but that story needs telling regardless.
Darlynne recommended KotW in the comments long ago, and I’ve taken her recommendations very seriously ever since because I love it that much.
I just recently realized that second-change romances are my catnip.
@Ren Benton: You are so kind, thank you. I do the same with your recommendations, FINNA most recently and rightfully so. I still haven’t read BLOODY ROSE, no idea why, but I’ll blame it on 2020.
I really liked Kings of the Wyld, which I picked up last time it was on sale. But I’ve struggled with Bloody Rose, for some reason. I’ve picked it up and put it down a couple of times.
@Ren Benton and @Darlynne. Isn’t it fabulous finding certain like-minded readers whose recommendations are always dead on? You two are some of my favorite recommenders and @Kareni is another.
Thanks!
Yet another reason SBTB remains a daily must read even after a decade.
“dangerous abolition rallies” – where do they hold these, so I can visit?
@Qualisign, thank you for the kind words!
While Carriger has many interesting ideas, her vocabulary isn’t up to convincing pastiche Regency or Victorian language. I started out reading Soulless by admiring the ideas and ended up annotating the text with word choices that would have been more accurate. That one was enough Carriger for me.
I can say nothing about the content of the book having never read The Bashful Bride, but it’s literally one of my favorite covers I’ve ever seen. I love the pink and purple tones, and the couple looks so tender and loving. I remember first seeing the cover in a tweet and just being stunned. It’s just gorgeous.