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Book Boyfriend
Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper is $2.99! This is a bookish, gay contemporary romance. Ripper’s books have been routinely recommending in the comments and by Tara. However, this one isn’t rated as highly as some of Ripper’s others on Goodreads.
A secret crush leads to not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper
There are three things you need to know about Preston “PK” Kingsley:
1) He’s a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house.
2) He is not a cliché. No, really.
3) He’s been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college.When Art moves in with PK following a bad breakup, PK hopes this will be the moment when Art finally sees him as more than a friend. But Art seems to laugh off the very idea of them in a relationship, so PK returns to his writing roots—in fiction, he can say all the things he can’t say out loud.
In his book, PK can be the perfect boyfriend.
Before long, it seems like the whole world has a crush on the fictionalized version of him, including Art, who has no idea that the hot new book everyone’s talking about is PK’s story. But when his brilliant plan to win Art over backfires, PK might lose not just his fantasy book boyfriend, but his best friend.
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The Firebird
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley is $2.99! During our RITA® Reader Challenge reviewer Malin gave it a B+, saying, “It’s a big book, which takes its time to reveal all its secrets.” I remember Aarya is also a Kearsley fan.
Two Women.
One Mysterious Relic.
Separated By Centuries.Nicola Marter was born with a gift so rare and dangerous, she kept it buried deep. When she encounters a desperate woman trying to sell a small wooden carving called “The Firebird,” claiming it belonged to Russia’s Empress Catherine, it’s a problem. There’s no proof.
But Nicola’s held the object. She knows the woman is telling the truth.
Beloved by readers as varied and adventurous as her novels, you will never forget spending time in New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susanna Kearsley’s world.
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The After Party
The After Party by A.C. Arthur is $1.99! This was just mentioned in part one of November’s Hide Your Wallet and Sarah noted its 9 to 5 vibes. If you have Kindle Unlimited, I believe this one is included.
Three women form an unbreakable bond in a sexy, suspenseful, and adventurous novel about empowerment and sisterhood through thick and thin.
Venus McGee, Draya Carter, and Jackie Benson are coworkers with a lot in common. They’re smart, independent, driven, and deserving of recognition—certainly more than they’ve been handed by a demoralizing boss. He’s the topic of conversation at their impromptu get-together after the company holiday party, where the threesome fantasizes about a life without him. There has to be an alternative to taking a deep breath and sucking it up. There is. It’s just not the one they expected.
When morning comes, Venus, Draya, and Jackie are blindsided by murder—a twist of fate that brings a startling new challenge to the table and forces them to navigate a hair-raising detour they never saw coming. For better and (unless they can help it) for worse, it’s going to turn their world upside down. What starts as a necessary bond of mutual trust soon morphs into an empowering and galvanizing friendship that Venus, Draya, and Jackie need now more than ever.
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The Age of Witches
The Age of Witches by Louisa Morgan is $2.99! Sarah mentioned this one a previous Hide Your Wallet and was excited about the mention of Gilded Age witches. I’ve been so curious about Morgan’s books and their ability to blend historical settings, family dynamics, and magic.
In Gilded Age New York, a centuries-long clash between two magical families ignites when a young witch must choose between love and loyalty, power and ambition, in this magical novel by Louisa Morgan.
In 1692, Bridget Bishop was hanged as a witch. Two hundred years later, her legacy lives on in the scions of two very different lines: one dedicated to using their powers to heal and help women in need; the other, determined to grasp power for themselves by whatever means necessary. This clash will play out in the fate of Annis, a young woman in Gilded Age New York who finds herself a pawn in the family struggle for supremacy. She’ll need to claim her own power to save herself-and resist succumbing to the darkness that threatens to overcome them all.
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A three-book collection by Helen Hoang, containing The Kiss Quotient, The Bride Test, and The Heart Principle is £1.99 on Kobo and Amazon (at least today).
Also considering whether to get Cook Eat Repeat, a collection of recipes and essays by Nigella Lawson which is 99p.
I enjoyed Book Boyfriend (m/nb) a lot but it’s very different from Kris Ripper’s other books – much more satirical and meta.
It’s a romance novel about a character who writes a romance novel about how much he loves his best friend, an avid romance reader (instead of like, actually talking to them). And how his attempt to act out the grand gesture trope backfires spectacularly in his actual life. And about the differences between acceptable behavior in a “book boyfriend” and an actual human boyfriend or potential boyfriend.
In a lot of ways it reminds me of Alexis Hall’s Something Fabulous – they’re very different books but they’re both smartly satirical and also deeply ridiculous romances written by authors who seem to genuinely love the genre while seeing and poking at some of the flaws.
Also, the narrator is A LOT. Read the sample.
I really love Kearsley’s THE WINTER SEA although I know it won’t be for everyone. It’s a dual time-line story with a present day psychic who can gather all kinds of information from touching objects who seeks help from a man with much stronger psychic powers. They had briefly dated and she spurned him but he has continued to carry an unquenchable torch. He says one of the most romantic things any hero has ever said to any heroine when they are in an airport (IMHO). He’s also appeared as a small boy in Kearsley’s THE SHADOWY HORSES about the ghosts of Roman soldiers haunting an archeological dig in Britain. The other timeline involves Jacobite Scottish expats in St. Petersburg. The heroine here is the daughter of the main historical couple from THE WINTER SEA. Kearsley always includes a LOT of historical detail and her romances can be slow moving so I know that they are not for everyone. But I’ve loved this novel more strongly each time I’ve reread it.
@Enpress of Blandings Buy the Nigella! I loved the library copy I had so much that I grabbed a copy at Winners recently (TJ/TK Maxx equivalent) when I saw it there.
Thanks for the prod, @Trefoil – one clicking now!
Cleo’s right about reading the sample or borrowing Book Boyfriend before buying it, and I also think KJ Charles’s review for it on Goodreads will give a good sense of whether it’s For You.
I do think it has been marketed a little frustratingly. I’ve seen it repeatedly misreported as m/m, but the narrator’s love interest comes out as nonbinary about halfway through, and I know that was a draw for me, there are so few trans characters in romance.