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The Jasmine Throne
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri is $2.99! This is Suri’s latest series and many of us were big fans of her debut fantasy romance Empire of Sand. I’m hoping this has the same balance of fantasy and romance.
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri’s The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess’s traitor brother.
Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.
Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.
But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. The other is a priestess seeking to find her family. Together, they will change the fate of an empire.
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Love Her or Lose Her
Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey is $1.99! Carrie read this one and gave it a B-:
This book made me want to root for Rosie and Dominic, but I see trouble ahead for them. Too many elephants are left in the room; I don’t think this couple’s problems are over. I’m rooting for them, but not sold on their HEA
New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey returns with a unique, sexy romantic comedy about a young married couple whose rocky relationship needs a serious renovation.
Rosie and Dominic Vega are the perfect couple: high school sweethearts, best friends, madly in love. Well, they used to be anyway. Now Rosie’s lucky to get a caveman grunt from the ex-soldier every time she walks in the door. Dom is faithful and a great provider, but the man she fell in love with ten years ago is nowhere to be found. When her girlfriends encourage Rosie to demand more out of life and pursue her dream of opening a restaurant, she decides to demand more out of love, too. Three words: marriage boot camp.
Never in a million years did Rosie believe her stoic, too-manly-to-emote husband would actually agree to relationship rehab with a weed-smoking hippy. Dom talking about feelings? Sitting on pillows? Communing with nature? Learning love languages? Nope. But to her surprise, he’s all in, and it forces her to admit her own role in their cracked foundation. As they complete one ridiculous—yet surprisingly helpful—assignment after another, their remodeled relationship gets stronger than ever. Except just as they’re getting back on track, Rosie discovers Dom has a secret… and it could demolish everything.
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The Bone Shard Daughter
The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Steward is $2.99 and a Kindle Daily Deal! This fantasy novel was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet, though I’ve heard it can be a little bit of a dark read. I think both Elyse and Carrie read it and have shared mostly favorable thoughts.
In an empire controlled by bone shard magic, Lin, the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her magic and her place on the throne. The Bone Shard Daughter marks the debut of a major new voice in epic fantasy.
The emperor’s reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire’s many islands.
Lin is the emperor’s daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright – and save her people.
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Seven Years to Sin
Seven Years to Sin by Sylvia Day is $1.99! This is an erotic historical romance and the book actually inspired Day’s other romance Bared to You ( A | BN | K | G | AB ). Though readers mention the first half is a little slow, they enjoyed the chemistry between the hero and heroine.
Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scene so scandalous she could not erase it from her memory. Shocked, yet strangely titillated, she nevertheless walked down the aisle into a life serene yet unremarkable. But what she kept hidden fueled wildly imaginative and very illicit dreams. . .
Alistair Caulfield ran far from the temptation of the prim debutante–all the way to the West Indies. As a successful merchant, he has little in common with the rakehell youth Jessica once knew. But when newly widowed Jessica steps aboard his ship for a transatlantic passage, seven years’ worth of denied pleasures are held in check by nothing more than a few layers of silk–and the certainty that surrender will consume them both. . .
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Can’t say enough good things about The Jasmine Throne! It was my favorite book of 2021. And the next book comes out in August. I didn’t read her first series but I’d say that this has an excellent balance of fantasy and romance – I’d call it an epic fantasy with a central love story.
Here’s a bit from my GR review:
The queer, feminist epic fantasy set in magical alt-India that I didn’t know I needed. It’s beautifully written, with lots of interesting things to say about power and faith and the hidden costs and perils of both – but it’s immersive and compelling, not at all pedantic.
There’s a lot going on, with a several sub-plots and many POV characters – and a lot of political violence, resistance and intrigue. But at its heart, it’s the story of two messy, complicated queer women (an exiled princess and a maidservant with a secret) and their dangerous, high stakes relationship. The way it unfolds is just masterful.
It is intense and the violence can be graphic – here’s the author’s content warnings https://tashasuri.com/contentwarn/
And here’s a slight spoiler for anyone wondering if there’s an HFN / HEA
The book ends with the two MCs in love but separated. I’m expecting an HEA by the end of the trilogy.
I know. I know. I say it every time it comes up. Seven Years to Sin is my favorite Sylvia Day book. I liked that the “scandalous” act Jessica witnesses informs her relationship with her future husband for the better. I liked that she had a good marriage and genuinely grieves for her husband. I liked Alistair’s growth. I liked that the familial difficulties are resolved in mature and caring ways. I liked that the villain got what he deserved. I liked the twist on baby = HEA. Because it does, but it doesn’t. I reread this one a fairly regular basis, and enjoy it every time.
What @DonnaMaria said. Seven Years to Sin is perfect
Dating the Boss, a 12-book boxed set of romances by various authors is free this month. Authors include: Sarina Bowen, Annika Martin, Penny Reid, K Webster, Skye Warren, and more.
(Apologies if this has already been posted–I just found out about it via Bowen’s newsletter–her contribution is Brooklynaire. The set is apparently available via “all ebook vendors.”)
@Jennifer: Thank you for pointing this out. The collection has a few books from my watchlist!
Echoing the CW on THE JASMINE THRONE. It’s well done, but it’s super violent (and a lot of that violence is deeply misogynistic; there’s a lot of burning women alive.) There were definitely times I wasn’t sure I could finish it.
I bought SEVEN YEARS TO SIN based on a previous books on sale post and recommendations from commenters here and while I feel like the arc between the hero and heroine works, I had some major contextual problems with it. First, the heroine owns a sugar plantation in Jamaica and (perhaps unsurprisingly for the time period) OWNS SLAVES. I mean, props for historical accuracy in acknowledging that a lot of British wealth was the result of ruthless exploitation, but to just brush past it? I kept waiting for it to be acknowledged or resolved in some way, but no. There’s also child and spousal abuse in the book (both on page and clearly described in past events) that isn’t really dealt with? The heroine has scars on her back and legs from and is deaf in one ear from being beaten by her father and, well, it’s a lot for her to end up as a well-adjusted adult as a result.