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Every Rogue Has His Charm
Every Rogue Has His Charm by Susanna Craig is $1.99! This is book four in the Love and Let Spy series. Prior books in the series have been favorably reviewed on the site and this one was mentioned in a Hide Your Wallet.
Love, intrigue, and a fresh spin on historical romance make a sexy and suspenseful mix in the latest novel in Susanna Craig’s Regency-set series—as the wife one man left behind becomes the woman he can’t live without…
Caroline, Marchioness of Chesleigh, has been married for six years—at least in name. In fact, Caro has hardly seen her husband since the early days of their union. Scarred and reclusive, Maxim wasn’t ready to trust his wife with his secrets—or his heart. Instead, he quickly resumed his life of espionage in France, believing Caro was better off alone.
When the spy who left her returns upon inheriting the Dukedom, he finds his wife is not the girl she once was. Her heart is a little harder. She’s learned to stand on her own. Yet the desire that once ignited between them burns as hotly as ever…
Now, the more Caro learns about the past Maxim tried to hide from her, the deeper their bond grows. But danger haunts her husband’s every move, jeopardizing their passionate reunion…
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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is $2.99! This was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet and Moreno-Garcia’s books are usually worth a read. Not sure how this one compares to Mexican Gothic. Feel free to sound off in the comments!
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.
Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of either a genius, or a madman.
Montgomery Laughton: a melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a propensity for alcohol. An outcast who assists Dr. Moreau with his scientific experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas and plentiful coffers.
The hybrids: the fruits of the Doctor’s labor, destined to blindly obey their creator and remain in the shadows. A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities.
All of them living in a perfectly balanced and static world, which is jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son of Doctor Moreau’s patron, who will unwittingly begin a dangerous chain reaction.
For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of the jungle, passions may ignite.
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Cackle
RECOMMENDED: Cackle by Rachel Harrison is $1.99! I really love the new cover. Carrie read this one and gave it B+:
Cackle is a feminist and creepy yet cosy read that asks us to explore the boundaries between an empowering friendship and a toxic one.
A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return.
All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation.
Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem…a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power…but she couldn’t be…could she?
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The Broken Girls
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James is $1.99! James is a bit of a favorite here, especially with Elyse, and tends to write historical fiction with mystery and romantic elements. This one jumps between 1950 and 2014 Vermont. Are you a fan?
The “clever and wonderfully chilling” (Fiona Barton) suspense novel from the award-winning author of The Haunting of Maddy Clare…
Vermont, 1950. There’s a place for the girls whom no one wants–the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It’s called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it’s located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming–until one of them mysteriously disappears. . . .
Vermont, 2014. As much as she’s tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister’s death. Twenty years ago, her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister’s boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder, Fiona can’t shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case.
When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past–and a voice that won’t be silenced. . .
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That arsenic green dress on the cover of the Susanna Craig novel is quite lovely, if lethal. I hope, given that it is an espionage romance, that it forms part of the plot?
Madeline Hunter’s Heiress for Hire and Heiress in Red Silk are for $0.99 and $1.99 respectively. For those interested in YA, Emma Lord’s When You Get The Chance is $2.99.
Every Rogue Has His Charm was quite lovely and made me cry in a good way.
Hey, my library finally got a copy of Every Rogue Has His Charm on audio!
@Janette, your comment nudged my undecided self directly to “buy now”. Thank you.
If you like Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s other work, then absolutely pick up The Daughter of Doctor Moreau at this price. I highly recommend it, and she’s become an auto buy author for me!
It’s science fiction and so technically a different genre than Mexican Gothic (gothic horror) or Gods of Jade and Shadow (fantasy), but as the title implies this is classic science fiction and not future-advanced tech-space science fiction and still had themes in common with her other work. It’s really a coming of age story with social commentary thrown in rather than leaning into hard sci fi. There is a romantic subplot but it is not a romance. Carlota was a worthy heroine to champion in her way and the mystery was intriguing even if you know the story of the original novel.
The Broken Girls by Simone St. James is creepy, sad, and wonderful. I’ve grown to love her since first reading The Sundown Motel (rec’d on this site!) and her latest The Book of Cold Cases was also excellent.
Don’t know if there will be a sale post on a Saturday, so dropping this here:
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson (Tor) is $2.99. Mentioned in the SB podcast and the seasonal Oreo post, but no review. SF locked-room murder mystery with a translator who gets loopy as a side effect of exposure to an alien language.
Lucy Worsley’s Agatha Christie bio is on sale today only for $1.99. I gave it three stars, but it’s fun and readable, although a bit short on analysis.
https://www.amazon.com/Agatha-Christie-Elusive-Lucy-Worsley-ebook/dp/B09RX5DLMG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1DN8QZS1DFQFG&keywords=lucy+worsley+agatha+christie&qid=1670074278&sprefix=lucy+worsl%2Caps%2C267&sr=8-1
Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu is on sale for $2.99 this month in case anyone else has been waiting for a sale. This is one of my all time favorite comfort re-reads.
Mary Stewart’s The Ivy Tree is 99¢ for US Kindle readers.
https://www.amazon.com/Ivy-Tree-Mary-Stewart-ebook/dp/B00GVFUDWI/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=The+ivy+tree&tag=mochaglobal05-20&ascsubtag=srctok-a70adeef957ff9d5&btn_ref=srctok-a70adeef957ff9d5
@Kareni: It looks like most of Stewart’s books are reasonably priced, considering they weren’t available at all in the US as e-books until a few years ago. I’m pretty sure these are all the original UK editions and not the US versions.
On a related note, I was wanting to reread a couple of Georgette Heyer’s books over Thanksgiving. The ebooks are all ridiculously expensive. I ended up digging out my ancient paperbacks and my reading glasses instead. But The Black Moth must now be in the public domain, because B&N had a dozen different versions for under $3. They also had several versions of the Transformation of Philip Jettan, which was the title of Powder and Patch, when it was originally published by Mills & Boon.
@Sandra–my library has almost the complete Heyer canon in eBook form, so you might want to check there! I hear ya about the small print.
Can I just whine about how I fucking hate the title font on Every Rogue Has His Charm? It looks like I used my best graffiti-spraying handwriting to spray paint on a wall. (Except for the mix of caps and lower case; I’m not a fucking monster like that.) Anyway, the graffiti vibe kills the historical feel the cover is aiming for and makes it look contemporary. #fontfail (Though at least it’s not comic sans?)
(Also, get off my lawn! And your music is too loud! #cranky)