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An Inconvenient Duke
An Inconvenient Duke by Anna Harrington is $2.99! This is book one in the Lords of the Armory series. This historical romance features the “off-limits sibling of a friend” trope. If that’s your particular catnip, maybe pick this one up.
Marcus Braddock, Duke of Hampton and former general, is back from war and faced with mourning the death of his beloved sister, Elise. Marcus believes his sister’s death wasn’t an accident and he’s determined to learn the truth, starting with Danielle, the beautiful daughter of a baron and his sister’s best friend.
Danielle is keeping deadly secrets of her own. She has dedicated her life to a charity that helps abused women―the same charity Elise was working for the night she died. When Danielle’s work puts her life in danger, Marcus comes to her rescue. But Danielle may not need rescuing…
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Meddling Kids
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero is $2.99! This is horror/mystery is recommended for fans of Stranger Things and Scooby-Doo. Readers loved the mash-up of Scooby-Doo and Lovecraftian elements, but admit the writing took some getting used to. Have you read this one?
For fans of John Dies at the End and Welcome to Night Vale comes a tour de force of horror, humor, and H.P. Lovecraft. The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all…and sent the wrong man to prison. Scooby Doo and the gang never had to do this!
1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven’t seen each other since their fateful, final case in 1977. Andy, the tomboy, is twenty-five and on the run, wanted in at least two states. Keri, one-time kid genius and budding biologist, is bartending in New York, working on a serious drinking problem. At least she’s got Sean, an excitable Weimeraner descended from the original canine member of the team. Nate, the horror nerd, has spent the last thirteen years in and out of mental health institutions, and currently resides in an asylum in Arhkam, Massachusetts. The only friend he still sees is Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star. The problem is, Peter’s been dead for years.
The time has come to uncover the source of their nightmares and return to where it all began in 1977. This time, it better not be a man in a mask. The real monsters are waiting.
With raucous humor and brilliantly orchestrated mayhem, Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids taps into our shared nostalgia for the books and cartoons we grew up with, and delivers an exuberant, eclectic, and highly entertaining celebration of horror, life, friendship, and many-tentacled, interdimensional demon spawn.
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Widdershins
Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk is 99c! This is a gay historical romance with magic. Carrie gave this book a C. She said it didn’t particularly hold her interest, but she also had a ton of other new releases that she wanted to read. Aside from that, reviewers loved the pairing of a nerdy, scholarly hero and a dashing P.I.
Some things should stay buried.
Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man.
So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. Griffin left the Pinkertons following the death of his partner, hoping to start a new life. But the powerful cult which murdered Glenn has taken root in Widdershins, and only the spells in the book can stop them. Spells the intellectual Whyborne doesn’t believe are real.
As the investigation draws the two men closer, Griffin’s rakish charm threatens to shatter Whyborne’s iron control. When the cult resurrects an evil sorcerer who commands terrifying monsters, can Whyborne overcome his fear and learn to trust? Will Griffin let go of his past and risk falling in love? Or will Griffin’s secrets cost Whyborne both his heart and his life?
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Succubus Blues
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead is $1.99! This is more urban fantasy in the early books than a romance. I actually had trouble getting into this one because it felt like nothing ever happened. But many people loved the butt-kicking succubus heroine who works in a bookstore and lusts after a sexy writer. Have you read it?
When it comes to jobs in hell, being a succubus seems pretty glamorous. A girl can be anything she wants, the wardrobe is killer, and mortal men will do anything just for a touch. Granted, they often pay with their souls, but why get technical?
But Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid’s life is far less exotic. At least there’s her day job at a local bookstore–free books;all the white chocolate mochas she can drink;and easy access to bestselling, sexy writer, Seth Mortensen, aka He Whom She Would Give Anything to Touch but Can’t.
But dreaming about Seth will have to wait. Something wicked is at work in Seattle’s demon underground. And for once, all of her hot charms and drop-dead one-liners won’t help because Georgina’s about to discover there are some creatures out there that both heaven and hell want to deny. . .
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My husband read Succubus Blues. He said it was fine, but… the character is supposed to be centuries old (and not look it), but she doesn’t read as someone centuries old. She knows too little about the world she lives in.
He said that as long as he ignored all of the “centuries old” stuff and imagined her as a particularly clueless 20-year old, it was pretty fun.
Widdershins is only the first book in a cozy/eldritch horror series. It gets stronger as it goes along; I’d give the series an overall B. The monsters are awful & the found family are delightful. Whyborne & Griffin’s partnership is super enjoyable.
I really loved Richelle Mead’s Georgina Kincaid books. I’m not sure if the pop culture elements would hit as well now, but it was delightful for me. Also, it’s a complete series with possibly the most satisfying series conclusion I’ve ever read. So if you want something that you can binge and know it’ll end on a high note, it’s a good one.
Also on sale: the Call of Crows trilogy by Shelly Laurenston. All three on are sale on Amazon for $1.99 each.
Widdershins is brilliant, and contains one of the finest supposedly secondary characters in the fantastic Dr. Christine Puttnam. Although if she heard me call her secondary, would hit me with a shovel.
I LOVED Meddling Kids. An Inconvenient Duke fell into the “just okay” territory for me, though.
I read Meddling Kids last October and gave it 4 stars at the time but I can’t remember much about the plot at all now. I do remember recommending it to a couple of friends who are Lovecraft enthusiasts though for whatever that’s worth. I guess this is a good lesson in why I should start adding comments on my goodreads reviews.
I enjoyed the entire Widdershins series. It incorporated elements – and monsters – from Lovecraft, whose books I’d red years ago. The characters develop and work through some issues as the books go along. And there are associated shorter works, which add to the story.
All I will add re “Widdershins” is that after I read it I bought a whole lot of Jordan L. Hawk books. 🙂
The Immortals series by Jordanna Max Brodsky is on sale for kindle- book one is $1.99 and the next two are $2.99 each. I know the series has been reviewed and recommended here pretty favorably in the past, but I always hesitated to pick it up before, not really sure it would be my thing.
But…. I just finished reading the first two Percy Jackson and the Olympians books to my kids and we’ve been on Greek Mythology kick as a family. I think it’s time I read a grown up story about the gods getting into mischief.
I haven’t read this, but it’s described as Lovecraftian and is set in Providence and its environs. It’s also FREE for Kindle readers.
Interlands by Vincent H. O’Neil
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Another vote for the Whyborne and Griffin books (Widdershins is the first). They are WONDERFUL. There is a short called Carousel in the series, it is one of the creepiest things I’ve ever read. The author also has a series called Hexworld that I loved. They are funny, scary, and do found families and HEAs beautifully. If the below quote makes you laugh, these books are for you (some spoilers for the world building):
“Of course, he’d never hesitated to slander Widdershins in my hearing. Always going on about how in other cities one didn’t usually hear muffled chanting after dark, or that cloaked figures would attract suspicion. He’d even complained of the carols our first Christmas together, claiming “Blood on the Altar” wasn’t a staple of the holiday season. And yes, there was a bit more grave robbing than could be accounted for, especially in a town with no medical school. Yes, it was inadvisable to go too far into the local forest, if one didn’t wish to vanish without a trace. True, it was founded by sorcerers and inhabited by ketoi hybrids, and ghūl hybrids, and enough people went mad we’d needed our own insane asylum before I destroyed it, and… Oh God. It was a horrible murder town, wasn’t it?”
IN MILADY’S CHAMBER by Sheri Cobb South is free today at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It’s a lightweight but fun Regency mystery with a romantic subplot. I really enjoyed it and plan to continue with the series, although sadly subsequent books are not on sale.
Widdershins is to Whyborne and Griffin as Magic Bites is to Kate Daniels.
I sqee’d through Meddling Kids; the writing is so deliberate, it’s almost like reading pop-culture- referencing poetry. Plus, y’know, Scooby Doo nostalgia.
Best of Luck by Kate Clayborn, the 3rd in her Chance of a Lifetime trilogy, is on sale for $1.99 at Amazon, as is One Day to Fall by Therese Beharrie!
Kindle Daily Deal, now almost over, has Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens for $1.99. Well written. I one-clicked.
The Harrington book is a fun and light read.
The Meddling Kids sounds so interesting. It would be cool to see what would happen to a kid detective gang after they all grew up, although apparently they’re all traumatized haha.
I’m currently rereading the whole Widdershins series. It’s a delightfully gay comfort read with eldritch horrors, and that’s exactly what I need in October 2020. Your comfort may vary.
@Gill How can you say that about Dr Christine Putnam? She would never hit you with a shovel . . . She would take you out from yards away with her rifle! I also love this series – and the secondary characters: Christine, Whybourne’s mother, the museum Librarians! While Jordan Hawk has ended this series, I believe she has written a spin off featuring one of the librarians which I am looking forward to reading.