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Her Best Worst Mistake
RECOMMENDED: Her Best Worst Mistake by Sarah Mayberry is $2.99! I think this may be its regular price, but Sarah says it’s worth the cast. She reviewed this one and gave it an A-:
This book is amazing: confident and clever, funny and touching, and wonderfully done.
She thinks he’s stuffy. He thinks she’s spoilt. Then the gloves come off and so do their clothes!
For six years Violet Sutcliffe has known that Martin St Clair is the wrong man for her best friend. He’s stuffy, old before his time, conservative. He drives Violet nuts – and the feeling is entirely mutual. Then, out of nowhere, her friend walks out just weeks before her wedding to Martin, flying to Australia on a mission of self-discovery. Back in London, Violet finds herself feeling sorry for suddenly-single Martin. At least, she tells herself it’s pity she feels. Then he comes calling one dark, stormy night and they discover that beneath their mutual dislike there lies a fiery sexual chemistry.
It’s crazy and all-consuming – and utterly wrong. Because not only are they chalk and cheese, oil and water, but Martin once belonged to her best friend. A friend Violet is terrified of losing. What future can there be for a relationship with so many strikes against it?
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Paperback Crush
Paperback Crush by Gabrielle Moss is $2.99! This is non-fiction about teen fiction in the 80s and 90s, and was mentioned in today’s podcast. If you’re following along with Sarah’s latest podcast project, this might be some good supplementary material if you’re interested in the topic.
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.
Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s—short, cheap, and utterly adored.
In Paperback Crush, author Gabrielle Moss explores the history of this genre with affection and humor, highlighting the best-known series along with their many diverse knockoffs. From friendship clubs and school newspapers to pesky siblings and glamorous beauty queens, these stories feature girl protagonists in all their glory. Journey back to your younger days, a time of girl power nourished by sustained silent reading. Let Paperback Crush lead you on a visual tour of nostalgia-inducing book covers from the library stacks of the past.
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Imperial Stout
Imperial Stout by Layla Reyne is $2.99! This is a gay contemporary romance with some mystery and suspense thrown in. This is a spin-off series of Reyne’s Agents Irish and Whiskey series, and readers seem divided on whether reading that series first is necessary for this one.
Layla Reyne spins off from her pulse-pounding Agents Irish and Whiskey books with Imperial Stout , the first installment in the Trouble Brewing series
It’s a good thing assistant US attorney Dominic Price co-owns a brewery. He could use a cold one. Nic’s star witness has just been kidnapped, his joint operation with the FBI is in jeopardy, his father’s shady past is catching up with him and the hot new special agent in San Francisco is the kind of distraction best handled with a stiff drink.
Kidnap and rescue expert Cameron Byrne has his own ideas about how to handle Nic, but his skills are currently needed elsewhere. The by-the-book FBI agent goes deep undercover as a member of an infamous heist crew in order to save Nic’s witness, break up the crew and close the case before anyone else gets hurt. Nic in particular.
Things heat up when Cam falls for Nic, and the witness falls for Cam. As the crew’s suspicions grow, Cam must decide how far he’s willing to go—and how far into his own dark past he’s willing to dive—to get everyone out alive.
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Shadow Magic
Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede is $1.99! This is a fantasy novel first published in the early 80s and is the first book in the Lyra series. Some found the first installment a littler boring, but say that the series gets better with each book. For those who have read it, what do you think?
Alethia listens as her father Braca questions heir Har and friend Maurin, back from Lyra borders where other caravans have disappeared. Her mother Isme has a bad feeling. The night of her twentieth birthday party, Alethia is kidnapped by enemy Lithmern, led by a man with no face, and a body of black smoke.
But the woods are protected by Wyrd, small furry archers, and Ward-Keeper mage Jordet, of the tall silver-haired Shee. Soon the Noble House of Brenn must decide whether to ally with mythical races, including the sea-dwelling Neira. While the other eight Noble Houses squabble, the evil Shadow Men rise, and seek the five lost treasures of Alkyra that used to unite the four races.
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I loved Sarah Mayberry’s Her Best Worst Mistake and have reread at least once. (I did not finish the adjacent book Hot Island Nights).
I’m debating another one of Mayberry’s Her Favorite Rival (recently recommended in the Heroine Wins in Rivalry romance by DiscoDollyDeb) when I next buy books.
Her best, worst mistake……..His right hand on her bottom makes it look like his arm is 5 feet long. Aside from that, I remember loving the book.
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@Rhiannon: I think HER BEST WORST MISTAKE and HER FAVORITE RIVAL are two of Sarah Mayberry’s best books. I always say HER FAVORITE RIVAL is the book THE HATING GAME was trying to be (I know I’m in the minority, but I did not like THE HATING GAME).
@Kris, Oh, you are so correct! In glances I’ve thought it was an odd cover but never paused to think through the reason.
Patricia Wrede is one of my favorite authors, and has been so since I discovered her books way back when. She is one of my go-to authors when I need something to cheer me up.
Shadow Magic (and the other Lyra books) may be rather simplistic by the standards of today’s Fantasy, the plots a bit obvious, and the works rather short, but they are delightful little things, sort of the book equivalent of toffee-filled chocolates.
Her books are also (IMO) excellent introductions to the Fantasy genre for even fairly young readers! (Parental discretion is still advised, of course, but no sex, and even the budding romances stay safely above the waist, no or little violence, nice and easy plotlines, no controversial themes, and when the main character is female (which is often the case) she is spunky and competent.) (Gotta start them early! 😉 )
I love Layla Reyne’s romantic suspense novels, especially the Agents Irish and Whiskey series. The Trouble Brewing series is good too. I highly recommend these for readers who love the suspense aspect but aren’t fans of “danger-banging”–Reyne doesn’t go in for the nonsensical bone-when-we-should-be-running-for-our-lives model of romantic suspense. She’s excellent at keeping the tension high whether it pertains to the danger plot or the relationship development. Go read these–you won’t regret it!
Absolutely loved Trouble Brewing Series. Steamy M/M suspense but lovely, believable romance. You don’t have to have read Agents Irish & Whiskey series first, but it does give some context to how they met and the relationships they have with friends and colleagues that enhances the story. Love Layla Reyne’s M/M romances – they are all B+ to A+ ratings for me.
@DiscoDollyDeb I read the sample for HER FAVORITE RIVAL and it will probably be one of the next ones I buy. I did enjoy the Hating Game but if there’s a book that does it well also, or better, I look forward to reading it 🙂
I enjoyed Mayberry’s Her Best Worst Mistake quite a bit. I also enjoyed the related book, Hot Island Nights.
I haven’t read the Lyra books, but I love Patricia C. Wrede. Her Enchanted Forest Chronicles, starting with Dealing with Dragons, is a total delight. I read these aloud to my kids (several times) and even now they reread the series occasionally. We named several of our cats after Morwen’s cats in the book!
I loved Layla Reyne’s Irish and Whiskey series, but haven’t read the Trouble Brewing series. It hasn’t gotten consistent reviews,some people liking it,and others thinking it didn’t live up to the previous series. I think I’ll give it a try since the first book is on sale.
Paperback Crush is delightful. I actually sprung for a print copy because I love looking at all the book covers, and it’s definitely cheaper than going back and rebuying all the Fear Street books, for example. Also, a new book is less allergy-inducing than the crumbly paperbacks of my 90s childhood. 🙂