Anne of Manhattan
Anne of Manhattan by Brina Starler is $1.99! This was mentioned in a previous Book Beat and a book I thought would be of interested to the Bitchery. Did anyone pick this one up?
L. M. Montgomery’s classic tale, Anne of Green Gables, gets a romantic, charming, and hilarious modern adaptation, set in New York City.
After an idyllic girlhood in Avonlea, Long Island, Anne has packed up her trunk, said goodbye to her foster parents, Marilla and Matthew, and moved to the isle of Manhattan for grad school. Together with her best friend, Diana Barry, she’s ready to take on the world and find her voice as a writer.When her long-time archrival Gilbert Blythe shows up at Redmond College for their final year, Anne gets the shock of her life. Gil has been in California for the last five years—since he kissed her during a beach bonfire, and she ghosted him. Now the handsome brunette is flashing his dimples at her like he hasn’t a care in the world and she isn’t buying it.
Paired with the same professor for their thesis, the two former competitors come to a grudging peace that turns into something so much deeper…and sexier than either intended. But when Gil seemingly betrays her to get ahead, Anne realizes she was right all along—she should never have trusted Gilbert Blythe.
While Gil must prove to Anne that they’re meant to be together, she must come to terms with her old fears if she wants a happily-ever-after with the boy she’s always (secretly) loved.
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RECOMMENDED: Lothaire by Kresley Cole is $1.99! I personally love this series and admittedly, I wasn’t sure about the heroine in this one being Lothaire’s mate, but she really grew on me. Any girl who sends her severed middle finger to a guy is a-okay in my book. Like many fans, I know we’re all anxiously awaiting some updates on the next book.
ALL FEAR THE ENEMY OF OLD
Driven by his insatiable need for revenge, Lothaire, the Lore’s most ruthless vampire, plots to seize the Horde’s crown. But bloodlust and torture have left him on the brink of madness—until he finds Elizabeth Peirce, the key to his victory. He captures the unique young mortal, intending to offer up her very soul in exchange for power, yet Elizabeth soothes his tormented mind and awakens within him emotions Lothaire believed he could no longer experience.
A DEADLY FORCE DWELLS WITHIN HER
Growing up in desperate poverty, Ellie Peirce yearned for a better life, never imagining she’d be convicted of murder—or that an evil immortal would abduct her from death row. But Lothaire is no savior, as he himself plans to sacrifice Ellie in one month’s time. And yet the vampire seems to ache for her touch, showering her with wealth and sexual pleasure. In a bid to save her soul, Ellie surrenders her body to the wicked vampire, while vowing to protect her heart.
CENTURIES OF COLD INDIFFERENCE SHATTERED
Elizabeth tempts Lothaire beyond reason, as only his fated mate could. As the month draws to a close, he must choose between a millennia-old blood vendetta and his irresistible prisoner. Will Lothaire succumb to the miseries of his past…or risk everything for a future with her?
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RECOMMENDED: Thornfruit by Felicia Davin is FREE! Ellen gave this one a B+:
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys slow-burn F/F romance, innovative secondary world fantasy, and ensemble stories with lots of winning characters—with the caveat that you are really committing to the whole trilogy if you want any sense of resolution.
There were two secrets in Varenx House, and Alizhan was one of them.
Alizhan can’t see faces, but she can read minds. Her mysterious ability leaves her unable to touch or be touched without excruciating pain. Rescued from abandonment and raised by the wealthy and beautiful Iriyat ha-Varensi, Alizhan has grown up in isolation, using her gift to steal secrets from Iriyat’s rivals, the ruling class of Laalvur. But Iriyat keeps secrets of her own.
When Alizhan discovers that she isn’t the only one of her kind, and that a deadly plot threatens everyone like her, there’s only one person she can trust.
Ev liked having a secret. None of the other girls in the village had a thief-friend.
Evreyet Umarsad—“Ev” to her parents and her one friend—longs to be the kind of hero she reads about in books. But the rest of the world feels impossibly far away from her life on a farm outside Laalvur. Ev will never lay eyes on the underground city of Adappyr, the stars of the Nightward Coast, or the venomous medusas that glow in the dark depths of the sea.
At least on her weekly trip to the market, Ev gets to see her thief—the strange young woman who slips by her cart and playfully steals a handful of thornfruit. When the thief needs help, Ev doesn’t hesitate. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that draws them all over Laalvur and beyond.
Thornfruit is the first book in The Gardener’s Hand trilogy.
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RECOMMENDED: Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione is $1.99! This is the second book in her Demonica series and my personal favorite. It’s a second chance romance between enemies. The heroine blames the hero for getting her turned into a werewolf and so things are pretty tense when they both wake up in a dungeon. It’s emotional and just all sorts of wonderful. You may be able to get away with reading out of order, though I don’t think I’d recommend it.
Pleasure is their ultimate weapon . . .
Runa Wagner never meant to fall in love with the sexy stranger who seemed to know her every deepest desire. But she couldn’t resist the unbelievable passion that burned between them, a passion that died when she discovered his betrayal and found herself forever changed. Now, determined to make Shade pay for the transformation that haunts her, Runa searches for him, only to be taken prisoner by his darkest enemy.
A Seminus Demon with a love-curse that threatens him with eternal torment, Shade hoped he’d seen the last of Runa and her irresistible charm. But when he wakes up in a dank dungeon chained next to an enraged and mysteriously powerful Runa, he realizes that her effect on him is more dangerous than ever. As their captor casts a spell that bonds them as lifemates, Shade and Runa must fight for their lives and their hearts-or succumb to a madman’s evil plans.
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I haven’t kept up with the Immortals after Dark series and haven’t read Lothaire, but when I looked it up on Amazon I noticed that some recent reviewers were really bothered by the lack of consent. Based on their descriptions, it sounds extremely rape-y. This made me think about how much our expectations of consent in romance have shifted since 2012, when this book was originally published.
Anne of Manhattan was a fun read if you’re a fan of Anne of Green Gables series/world AND you can wrap your brain around this version where Anne and Gilbert engage in sexytimes. It’s definitely a contemporary read and some things have been updated, but you lose the whimsical quality of Anne’s original musings and imagination. I personally would borrow this book though, even at this sale price.
Re: Anne of Manhattan, I should mention the author does a really good job of showing Gilbert’s yearning for Anne and his suppressed feelings. But the conflict at the end was a little unsatisfying. Hence why I think of this book as a borrow, not a buy
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Thornfruit is $3.99 on Amazon, not free now.
Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur is 1.99! A a hopeless romantic vows to show his childhood crush that romance isn’t dead by recreating iconic dates from his favorite films! Sister’s best friend trope and the heroine is bisexual!
I wanted to love it but I really didn’t like Anne of Manhattan. I love remixes and updates and Anne and Gilbert are one of my formative OTP’s but I felt like the book missed the mark in portraying their dynamic and the subplot where they are forced to work together on a thesis project and then Anne gets sexually harassed by their advisor was both totally unrealistic and resolved in a really unsatisfying way.
@Heather Schell I love Lothaire, he is one of my favorite villains becomes heroes. But then again I first read it I’m 2012. He’s snarky, difficult, brilliant, sexy as hell, and low key insane but I loved reading him get both his HEA and his comeuppance. I think she did a great job with Ellie as a heroine, she was in a difficult position but I never felt she lacked agency in a truly problematic way.
@Heather Schell, LOTHAIRE is actually one of my favorite IAD books. I know that due to my age I have a different tolerance for consent issues, but I honestly don’t recall it be a problem. When you grow up on the likes of Rosemary Rogers, Kathleen Woodiwiss, Shirley Busbee, Fern Micheals and Valerie Sherwood you kind of develop a sort of literary blindness. Things you would never tolerate in your life, barely cause a blink on the page.
The stuff your romance free book thing is still running as of 8:30 AM EST Friday. I just picked up a couple books. Thank you for sharing.
I picked up Lothaire as it has been on my radar for awhile. It was mentioned for the morality chain trope. And since I’ve never read any of the series, I also picked up the first one at 2.99.
Here’s hoping the long weekend will give me some reading time.
I think readers may also find consent issues in the Demonica books. Mileage may vary.
fwiw, I am wary of most books with douchey alpha heroes (don’t read most billionaire, sports hero, cop, Navy Seal books) because of my real-world experiences… yet I loved both Demonica and the IAD. Perhaps because both feel pretty (deliberately) goofy to me, exist in their own not-our universes, and feature female characters who generally have supernatural powers and can kick a threat into the following week. These books feel SO over the top that I don’t get that distressed panicky feeling I know comes from seeing parallels with my own experiences. Both series also have a lot of humor.
“Things you would never tolerate in your life, barely cause a blink on the page.” Word
Full disclosure – I’m never going to read Lothaire because I’m not a fan of vampires, werewolves, etc, and the mere thought of severed fingers makes me nauseous. But I have to ask, under what circumstance does the sending of the severed finger occur? Does the person intentionally sever their middle finger and mail it to the guy as an epic F*** you? Because if so, in my opinion the only person getting f***ed is the person who willingly severs a finger to make a point . . .
@Wait, what? Yes, purposefully. Yes, it was epic. And I guess body parts have a different value if they grow back.
@DonnaMarie Thanks for the answer! And you’re correct, it’s not such a thing if they grow back