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A Rip Through Time
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong is $2.99! This is a time travel mystery and with Armstrong’s mysteries, there’s usually a romantic subplot to go along with it. Can anyone who’s read this confirm? Amazon also says this is a limited time deal, so it could expire soon!
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Breathless
Breathless by Beverly Jenkins is $1.99! Sarah read this one and gave it a B:
If you enjoy intelligent characters embarking on a very sweet and emotionally adorable romance amid a community of caring, interconnected women working together in a thousand crucial ways, you’ll like this book.
A strong-willed beauty finds herself in the arms of the handsome drifter from her past, in this second book in the sizzling series set in the Old West, from USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins
As manager of one of the finest hotels in Arizona Territory, Portia Carmichael has respect and stability—qualities sorely missing from her harsh childhood. She refuses to jeopardize that by hitching herself to the wrong man. Suitors are plentiful, but none of them has ever looked quite as tempting as the family friend who just rode into town…and none has looked at her with such intensity and heat.
Duchess. That’s the nickname Kent Randolph gave Portia when she was a young girl. Now she’s a stunning, intelligent woman—and Kent has learned his share of hard lessons. After drifting through the West, he’s learned the value of a place to settle down, and in Portia’s arms he’s found that and more. But convincing her to trust him with her heart, not just her passion, will be the greatest challenge he’s known—and one he intends to win…
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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. If you followed along with Sarah’s podcast project Sweet Dreams Recap, 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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Top Secret
Top Secret by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy is $2.49! This is a M/M new adult romance. I’m basing this on the lackluster description, but it seems like two opposites or even enemies getting to know each other over text, without realizing who the other person is.
Bestselling authors Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy return with their first Male / Male romance in 3 years.
LobsterShorts, 21. Jock. Secretly a science geek. Hot AF.
LobsterShorts: So. Here goes. For her birthday, my girlfriend wants…a threesome.
SinnerThree: Then you’ve come to the right hookup app.
LobsterShorts: Have you done this sort of thing before? With another guy?
SinnerThree: All the time. I’m an equal opportunity player. You?
LobsterShorts: [crickets!]
SinnerThree, 21. Finance major. Secretly a male dancer. Hot AF.
SinnerThree: Well, I’m down if you are. My life is kind of a mess right now. School, work, family stress. Oh, and I live next door to the most annoying dude in the world. I need the distraction. Are you sure you want this?
LobsterShorts: I might want it a little more than I’m willing to admit.
SinnerThree: Hey, nothing wrong with pushing your boundaries…
LobsterShorts: Tell that to my control-freak father. Anyway. What if this threesome is awkward?
SinnerThree: Then it’s awkward. It’s not like we’ll ever have to see each other again. Right? Just promise you won’t fall in love with me.
LobsterShorts: Now wouldn’t that be life-changing…
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Reading A Rip in Time now. It does have a romantic subplot but it’s slow burn and the first in a series.
I loved “Paperback Crush” so much when I borrowed it from the library that I had to purchase my own print copy. I love looking at all of the cover art! As an older Millennial, a lot of the 80s books were handed down to me by my babysitters (who, being a few years older, were teens and therefore incredibly cool to child-me). Definitely worth buying if you’re here for the 90s nostalgia.
Free:
– the first two in Marie Force’s Miami Nights series: How Much I Feel, How Much I Care
– Cakewalk (The Busy Bean) by Claire Hastings, Heart Eyes Press
– The Luminosity of Loriana Harper: A small town interracial romance (Love in Cedar Valley Book 1) by Gabbi Powell
– Best Made Plans (Royal Wedding Invitations Book 2) by Jessica Hart
– Booklover (Vino and Veritas) by J.E. Birk (Author) , Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ (Author)
– Insatiable (Vino and Veritas) by Rhys Everly (Author) , Heart Eyes Press LGBTQ (Author)
$.99:
– Las Vegas Sidewinders Box Set Volume 3 (Sidewinders Hockey) by Kat Mizera
– each of the four titles in Pippa Grant’s Bro Code series: Flirting with the Frenemy; America’s Geekheart; Liar, Liar, Hearts on Fire; The Hot Mess and the Heartthrob
$1.99:
– Do You Want to Start a Scandal by Tessa Dare
A RESTLESS TRUTH by Freya Marske is $2.99 – Haven’t read this one, but enjoyed the first in the series!
https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/bookinfo/a-restless-truth/
Frog – one of my all time favs of Mary Calmes – is on sale for 1.99 as a daily deal today. Spellbound by Allie Therin is on there too for 1.99 – also one I loved, though I do remember that this book has come up before and some wished it were higher heat, so FYI on that.
Breathless and Paperback Crush are both worth a purchase!
I found TOP SECRET tedious. As I read it, in my head, I was referring to it as “Frat Boys in love”. Also, I thought it just took too long for the guys to twig that they were neighbors in the frat house.
Possible duplicate comment. Apologies.
I found TOP SECRET tedious. The entire time I was reading it, I was calling it “Frat Boys in Love” in my head. Also, I thought it took way too long for the MCs to twig that they were neighbors in the frat house. But YMMV.
THE BILLIONAIRE’S FAKE FIANCE by Annika Martin is .99 at Amazon US today. If asked, I’d have sworn I wouldn’t like this series–certainly not billionaires–but I am a sucker for books that make me laugh.
Kelley Armstrong’s A RIP THROUGH TIME was quite good. There are, of course, anachronisms all over the place because her MC is a 21st century woman. And while Mallory tries to be less conspicuous in her role as a housemaid, the pretense doesn’t last long. Her employers are quite interesting and highly intelligent, well-off, but on the fringes themselves. One day I’m going to read the rest of the series.
Strong agreement with @DDD about TOP SECRET. If it’d been shorter, it might have been cute, but everything dragged on much longer than was plausible and felt contrived. I read something else with a similar setup and liked it much better, except that now I can’t remember what.
BREATHLESS is the rare Jenkins that didn’t work for me. The recurring issue I have with Jenkins is that her heroes, and consequently her romances, all kind of feel the same to me, but usually I still enjoy her books, because the non-romance parts of the plot are always interesting, she really brings the history to life, and I love her heroines. But in this case, I really detested Portia — I wish I could remember why — which unfortunately ruined the book for me.
But this means that BREATHLESS might be a good choice for those who like unlikable heroines. Portia is definitely on the prickly side; I remember that much. (I often like prickly, unlikable heroines myself, but there’s only partial alignment between the unlikable heroines I like and unlikable heroines other people who like them seem to like.)
I honestly think A RESTLESS TRUTH might be worth $3 on the basis of its “group Victorian porn reading” scene alone. Sticks the landing hilariously.
I liked TOP SECRET. It was a solid 3-star read for me. I actually liked it enough to re-read it. The story starts with the two MCs having increasingly hot DMs on a dating app while living next door to each other in a frat house and, of course, not recognizing each other. I enjoyed the sexual discovery story line. I enjoyed the stripper story line. I enjoyed the chemistry between the two MCs.
My recollection is that this story did not exactly tread new ground on fraternity life. I think it was pretty tropey. Lots of bros. If that’s a huge turn-off for you, probably skip this one.
I also liked TOP SECRET and would agree with @Musical Trees that it was a 3 star read. I also enjoyed SPELLBOUND by Allie Therin, although not so much the sequels.
I do have a copy of PAPERBACK CRUSH and completely forgot to read it! My bookshelf in the late 80’s and early 90’s was lined with Sweet Dreams and other teen romances. Janet Quin-Harkin was probably my favourite author back then. Her Heartbreak Cafe series was my introduction to enemies to lovers via banter and snark. This book is getting bumped up to the top of my TBR list – thanks for the reminder.