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The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles is 99c! Thanks to everyone who let us know about this sale. Take note that it has a new cover and a new ISBN, so double check if you have this already. This book was almost recommend in two Rec Leagues: Papa Bears and No Bleak Moment.
Robin Loxleigh and his sister Marianne are the hit of the Season, so attractive and delightful that nobody looks behind their pretty faces.
Until Robin sets his sights on Sir John Hartlebury’s heiress niece. The notoriously graceless baronet isn’t impressed by good looks, or fooled by false charm. He’s sure Robin is a liar—a fortune hunter, a card sharp, and a heartless, greedy fraud—and he’ll protect his niece, whatever it takes.
Then, just when Hart thinks he has Robin at his mercy, things take a sharp left turn. And as the grumpy baronet and the glib fortune hunter start to understand each other, they also find themselves starting to care—more than either of them thought possible.
But Robin’s cheated and lied and let people down for money. Can a professional rogue earn an honest happy ever after?
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Canadian Boyfriend
Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday is $3.99! This one was released back in January and features a single dad, hockey player hero. This one doesn’t seem as well reviewed as Holiday’s other contemporary romances. Did you read this one?
A charming and heartfelt romance about a woman who comes face to face with the fake Canadian boyfriend she made up as a teenager.
The fake Canadian boyfriend. It’s a thing. The get out of jail free card for all kinds of sticky social situations. “I can’t go to prom; I’m going to be out of town visiting my boyfriend in Canada.” It’s all over pop culture. But Aurora Evans did it first. Once upon a time she met a teenage hockey player at the Mall of America. He was from Canada. He was a boy. She may have fudged the “friend” part a little, but it wasn’t like she was ever going to see him again. It wasn’t like she hurt anyone. Until she did—years later—on both counts.
When pro hockey player and recent widower Mike Martin walks into the dance studio where Aurora Evans teaches, he’s feeling overwhelmed with the fact that his wife may not have been exactly who he thought she was and the logistics of going back to work. As one of the few people his angry, heartbroken daughter connects with, Aurora agrees to be a pseudo nanny to help him navigate the upcoming school year and hockey season. To his surprise, she turns out to be the perfect balm for him as well. Aurora gets him. The real him underneath his pro jersey. And yet, he still finds himself holding back, unable to fully trust again—especially when he finds out the secret Aurora’s been hiding from him.
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The Space Between Worlds
PODCAST RECOMMENDED: The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson is $2.99! Courtney Milan recommended this one on a podcast episode with us, and I’m sure a lot of us trust what Courtney has to say.
An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fragile place in it, in a stunning sci-fi debut that’s both a cross-dimensional adventure and a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.
Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total.
On this Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now she has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works—and shamelessly flirts—with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security.
But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined—and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world, but the entire multiverse.
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The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
RECOMMENDED: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melina Taub is $2.99! Carrie gave this a B+:
This was simply delightful. I’ve always wished for Lydia Bennet and Mary Crawford to run away together and be pirate queens. This is not that book – but it’s the next best thing.
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY PICK FOR 2023
A “witty, magical, romantic and altogether brilliant” (Lev Grossman) reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesome and—according to her—much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, Lydia.
In this exuberant retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves, Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs.
But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat; Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would one expect from a demon? And if Mr. Darcy is uptight about etiquette, that’s nothing compared to his feelings about magic. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that for a witch, promises have power . . .
Full of enchantment, intrigue, and boundless magic, The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of Pride and Prejudice—while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister.
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I read Canadian Boyfriend, and there was a lot to like there, but the book really hinged on accepting the premise described in the blurb. These two people had a tiny interaction when they were teenagers leading to the FMC using the MMC’s likeness as the focus of her journaling for years. And that this was enough of a problem to cause major drama and angst. And whether that works for you may depend on how much that kind of secret would bother you or how likely you works be to keep that kind of secret.
Thanks for the heads-up on the KJ Charles having been re-issued. Unfortunately I learned that I have previously bought both versions of this book when I went to check on my Kindle! Oh well, that will teach me to check before I one-click!
$2.99:
– Shadow Game (Ghostwalker Book 1) by Christine Feehan
– I Hope This Finds You Well: A Novel by Natalie Sue
$2.49:
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I found LYDIA BENNET, WITCH just delightful. It’s so well-imagined and clever and fun.
I agree the premise of CANADIAN BOYFRIEND required a some effort to just go with it, but I still really enjoyed the romance itself.
I’d recommend both of these and have heard great things about the other two today.
GHOST WOOD SONG by Erica Waters – $1.99
COVEN of ILL REPUTE by S.L. Prater – $1.99
THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP by ASHLEY POSTON is $1.99 on Amazon.
I just nabbed THE SEVEN YEAR SLIP. The Audible add-on is only $6, too! I listened to a library copy and loved this one. Could not resist owning both.
Canadian Boyfriend was a DNF for me bc I got suspicious about what would possibly trigger the Bleak Moment and read ahead to learn I was right. I would add a spoiler tag to provide more context but I don’t remember the HTML, so I’ll leave it there.
@C: Yes, that Big Misunderstanding was completely unnecessary, both from the FMC’s anxiety about it and the MMC’s overreaction; there were better ways. Still, I *really* enjoyed the book. It was funny, complicated and sweet as all the characters worked through everything else.
THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS was also very good, an interesting look at time travel and its drawbacks. Untangling all the threads was masterfully done.
I agree with @C and others about CANADIAN BOYFRIEND- a lot to like, despite the problematic Big Misunderstanding that @Darlynne described well. Enjoyed it enough to seek other books by Jenny Holiday (all on my TBR list, for now), and I’m looking forward to her next contemporary, INTO THE WOODS, scheduled for January.
Canadian Boyfriend: I keep looking at the woman’s legs and can’t quite work out if they’re kind of wonky or not
The Space Between Worlds was truly excellent. I would recommend jumping on it! Very twisty and intriguing , with a world that felt complete and deeply realized. A++, would absolutely read again.
Put me on the thumbs up side for Canadian Boyfriend. A key aspect of the story is the intense pressure on the FMC as a ballet prodigy and the toll it took on her life. The imaginary boyfriend helped her survive painful teenage years. Her fight to break free of her stagemother’s suffocating grip and find a way to keep dance in her life in a meaningful way was inspiring. I enjoyed the book and found it one that lingered in my thoughts long after the last page.
I read LYDIA BENNETT, WITCH while at the beach, and would absolutely recommend it as a beach read. I hugely enjoyed it with only a few notes which didn’t really matter, honestly, because it was mostly just fun.
I read LYDIA BENNETT, WITCH while at the beach, and would absolutely recommend it as a beach read. I hugely enjoyed it with only a few notes which didn’t really matter, honestly, because it was mostly just fun.
Here to second the excellence of The Space Between Worlds. Good world building and an engaging heroine and plot.
The Space Between Worlds is so good! I read the entire book in a single sitting. Now I have to get my hands on the sequel.
I know it’s not the version on sale but the audiobook for Canadian Boyfriend has Joshua Jackson reading the male part and it took me right back to my teenage crush, highly recommended.
Cat Sebastian’s you should be so lucky is on sale for 1.99.
“Queen of Shades” by Eli Hinze is FREE on Amazon US right now. It’s the first in a quartet of historical fantasy novellas based on Mesopotamian mythology. I read it, plus the next two, yesterday and dozed off last night while reading the fourth one. Since Kigal is the Goddess of Death/Queen of the Underworld, the series does focus a lot on death/dying, in case you want to avoid that topic. You can buy the remaining novellas (after the first freebie) individually for $2.99 or the boxed set of all four for $5.99.
Highly recommend!