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A Treason of Truths
A Treason of Truths by Ada Harper is $1.99! This is a queer, sci-fi romance and the second book in the Whisper series. I think it can be read as a stand alone, but the main characters in this one, I think, were secondary characters in the first book. I mentioned this on a previous Book Beat, where it was described as “Queer Girl Die Hard on a floating city.”
She turned her back on her people and shifted her allegiance to the very Empire she was sent to betray
Now head spymaster, Lyre’s loyalty lies with Sabine, the Empress she has loved since childhood. But when Sabine visits the secretive Cloud Vault, the floating citadel home that Lyre betrayed, Lyre’s elaborate web of lies starts to untangle. Her very presence threatens Sabine’s future, and Lyre will do whatever it takes to protect her lover…even if that means sacrificing herself.
Empress Sabine Corvus has lived a life of service, pushing aside her own desires for the greater good. With the Empire teetering on the brink of war with the traitorous Syndicate, she cannot afford to show weakness. Although Lyre’s spymaster skills are her greatest weapon, their bond is Sabine’s Achilles’ heel. Regardless of the price, she will not give Lyre up.
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Second Position
Second Position by Katherine Locke is 99c! This is a highly emotional contemporary romance between ballet dancers and it’s been recommended to me several times. Some readers said it took a while for them to connect with the book. Others inhaled it in one sitting, so it seems your mileage my vary. Some reviewers also mention things that may require a trigger warning such as substance abuse and self-harm.
Four years ago, a car accident ended Zedekiah Harrow’s ballet career and sent Philadelphia Ballet principal dancer Alyona Miller spinning toward the breakdown that suspended her own. What they lost on the side of the road that day can never be replaced, and grief is always harshest under a spotlight…
Now twenty-three, Zed teaches music and theatre at a private school in Washington, D.C. and regularly attends AA meetings to keep the pain at bay. Aly has returned to D.C. to live with her mother while trying to recover from the mental and physical breakdown that forced her to take a leave of absence from the ballet world, and her adoring fans.
When Zed and Aly run into each other in a coffee shop, it’s as if no time has passed at all. But without the buffer and escape of dance—and with so much lust, anger and heartbreak hanging between them—their renewed connection will either allow them to build the together they never had…or destroy the fragile recoveries they’ve only started to make.
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Blamed
RECOMMENDED: Blamed by Edie Harris is 99c! I loved this romantic suspense, especially the part where the heroine thinks the hero is dead and the moment where they reunite. But I will warn you that it’s incredibly violent. I gave it an A-:
This book was an amazingly pleasant surprise and I lost track of the number of good book noises I made while reading it. I’m still getting my feet wet when it comes to romantic suspense, but I picked a good book to try out.
Born into a long line of spies, sanctioned killers and covert weapons developers, Beth Faraday carried out her first hit-for-hire when she was still a teenager.
That part of her life—the American spy royalty part—ended one year ago, with a job gone wrong in Afghanistan. The collateral damage she caused with a single shot was unfathomable and, for Beth, unforgivable. She’s worked hard to build a new life for herself, far away from the family business.
But someone, somewhere, hasn’t forgotten what Beth did in Kabul. And they want revenge.
As the Faraday clan bands together to defend Beth and protect their legacy, Beth is forced to flee her new home with the unlikeliest of allies—MI6 agent Raleigh Vick, the only man she’s ever loved. And the one she thought she’d killed in the desert.
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Wall Street Titan
Wall Street Titan by Anna Zaires is 99c at Amazon! This was a previous Hide Your Wallet pick for me and I preordered it. Have I read it yet? Nope. It appears to be a duet for both characters to get their HEA. Not sure if the first one has any sort of cliffhanger before continuing.
A billionaire who wants a perfect wife…
At thirty-five, Marcus Carelli has it all: wealth, power, and the kind of looks that leave women breathless. A self-made billionaire, he heads one of the largest hedge funds on Wall Street and can take down major corporations with a single word. The only thing he’s missing? A wife who’d be as big of an achievement as the billions in his bank account.
A cat lady who needs a date…
Twenty-six-year-old bookstore clerk Emma Walsh has it on good authority that she’s a cat lady. She doesn’t necessarily agree with that assessment, but it’s hard to argue with the facts. Raggedy clothes covered with cat hair? Check. Last professional haircut? Over a year ago. Oh, and three cats in a tiny Brooklyn studio? Yep, she’s got those.
And yes, fine, she hasn’t had a date since… well, she can’t recall. But that part is fixable. Isn’t that what the dating sites are for?
A case of mistaken identity…
One high-end matchmaker, one dating app, one mix-up that changes everything… Opposites may attract, but can this last?
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WALL STREET TITAN is a real change of pace for Anna Zaires whose previous work included very dark romances with titles such as TORMENTOR MINE and CAPTURE ME that include abduction and captivity.
I loved the Edie Harris Blood Money series. I think the 2nd one, Blamed (Toby’s story) was my favorite. I am sad that there are only 3 books in the series. I wanted the rest of the family to get their HEA. Also, I loved the way the history of the family was tied in at the end of each book (example: book 1 mentions an explosion in a medieval keep named Wolverhampton and book 2 Toby attends a wedding in Wolverhampton).
Blamed was good but I never fully bought into the romance (too much lying from the hero, about all kinds of things, which is one of those things I personally have a hard time getting over). I really enjoyed the second book, Ripped, though. If you (like me) are immediately drawn to a book with a heroine that can be described, to paraphrase John Mulaney, as a massive bitch the other lead loves so much, Ripped is great. Chandler is really satisfyingly complicated in a way I’m used to seeing from male characters.
You do probably need to read Blamed first, though; the leads in Ripped are both involved in the events in Blamed, and a lot of the tension in the second book relies on the events of the first. Also, the cw for violence is no joke, it’s a lot.
Am I the only one who absolutely cannot read romances where the hero (or heroine) works in hedge funds or private equity? In this day and age it’s like reading a story with a millionaire hero who packages toxic mortgages set in the great recession.
Beyond that I also find that most of the stories don’t get ANY of the details right about the financial industry. I can’t actually tell which annoys me more.
The writing is Blamed is great, but I had to put it down after like three chapters because it was *way* too graphically violent for me.
Had to laugh at the hasn’t had a professional haircut for a year line, pre pandemic times were so innocent, weren’t they?
@Egged, No you are not. I can’t handle billionaires at ALL these days because the accumulation of such massive wealth (especially at 35) indicates a huge disregard for basic human rights and needs. Unless its a MacKenzie Scott situation where the billionaire is giving away their billions, I have no interest in reading about such a morally corrupt “hero”.
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston is on sale on Amazon Australia for $1.89
Blamed is a decent read and quite suspenseful, although I did have issues with
*semi-spoiler warning*
the hero being the only love interest for the heroine ever
*spoiler over*
Also, as others have said, it is seriously violent. I didn’t keep going in the series because of this.
@Egged *raises hand* Yeah, definitely. The details about the inner workings of the financial industry are wrong. And with billionaire heroes, there’s a tendency to lionize the gEnIuS~ of the hero, as if he single-handedly runs the entire company or firm and is solely responsible for its success. We all know this isn’t true. And the hero works sooo~~ hard, AlL tHe TiMe~, and yet still has so much spare time to spend with the heroine. Curious.
And not just the Billionaire Finance Bro hero, but the Billionaire Tech Bro hero, the Oil Tycoon hero, the cop hero, the military hero, some of the rich, spoiled heir heroes … man this list is longer than I thought it would be, lol.
I know this is unfair, but I just CANNOT with the cover model for Wall Street Titan. It may be that he has very full lips, but he looks slack-mouthed and dumb/drunk.
Maybe he’s supposed to be stunned by his attraction to the heroine?