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The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by KJ Charles is 99c! Take note that this had a cover change and was given 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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Night’s Fall
Night’s Fall by Kristen Ashley is 99c! This is book one in The Four Realms series and seems more like a contemporary fantasy, given some of the language used in the book description.
The Four Realms are experiencing an unprecedented period of peacе…
At thirteen years old, it became known Prince Aleksei Knightstar of Night’s Fall was the True Heir. The next king, the fiercest warrior, the mightiest beast in all the realm.
The Fall rejoiced at having the first True Heir in over a century.
But Aleksei is private, no nonsense, and worried about why The Fall, in a time of peace, would need a True Heir.
Laura Makepeace is a talented costume designer and everywoman who’s recovering from a recent random and traumatic attack where she lost something vital. She barely has it in her to put on a pretty frock and go drinking with her girlfriends.
She certainly isn’t prepared to be summoned to the True Heir’s table in the VIP section of a club.
The prince is not a male easily put off, not to mention, like every other female in the Four Realms, Laura has been crushing on him since she first saw him.
Thus, Laura finds herself suddenly being courted by Prince Aleksei and thrown into a whirl of public and press attention, royal family dysfunction…
And a plot that threatens lives and the peace of the Four Realms.
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Summer Fridays
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell is $1.99! This is a standalone contemporary romance and is a You’ve Got Mail/Shop Around the Corner retelling set in 1999.
You’ve Got Mail for a new generation, set in the days of AOL and instant messenger banter, about a freshly engaged editorial assistant who winds up spending her “summer Fridays” with the person she least expects
Summer 1999: Twentysomething Sawyer is striving to make it in New York. Between her assistant job in publishing, her secret dreams of becoming a writer, and her upcoming wedding to her college boyfriend, her is plate full. Only one She is facing an incredibly lonely summer as her fiancé has been spending longer and longer hours at work . . . with an all-too-close female colleague, Kendra.
When Kendra’s boyfriend, Nick, invites Sawyer to meet up and compare notes about their suspicions, the meeting goes awry. She finds Nick cocky and cynical, and he finds her stuck in her own head. But then Nick seeks out Sawyer online to apologize, and a friendship develops.
Soon, Sawyer’s lonely summer takes an unexpected turn. She and Nick begin an unofficial ritual—exploring New York City together every summer Friday. From hot dogs on the Staten Island Ferry and Sea Breezes in a muggy East Village bar to swimming at Coney Island, Sawyer feels seen by Nick in a way that surprises her. He pushes her to be braver. To ask for what she wants. Meanwhile, Sawyer draws Nick out of his hard shell, revealing a surprisingly vulnerable side. They both begin living for their Friday afternoons together.
But what happens when the summer is over?
Summer Fridays is a witty and emotional love letter to New York City that also captures the feeling of being young and starting out, uncertain what to do on your summer Friday. It’s also perfect for readers who remember when “going online” meant tying up the phone line, and the timeless thrill of seeing a certain someone’s name in your inbox.
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Always Remember
Always Remember by Mary Balogh is $2.99! This is book three in the Ravenswood historical romance series. Balogh’s romances are usually highly recommended and I feel on the gentler side.
Lady Jennifer Arden and Ben Ellis know that a match between them is out of the question. Yet their hearts yearn for the impossible.
Left unable to walk by a childhood illness, Lady Jennifer, sister of the Duke of Wilby, has grown up to make a happy place for herself in society. Outgoing and cheerful, she has many friends and enjoys the pleasures of high society—even if she cannot dance at balls or stroll in Hyde Park. She is blessed with a large, loving, and protective family. But she secretly dreams of marriage and children, and of walking—and dancing.
When Ben Ellis comes across Lady Jennifer as she struggles to walk with the aid of primitive crutches, he instantly understands her yearning. He is a fixer. It is often said of him that he never saw a practical problem he did not have to solve. He wants to help her discover independence and motion—driving a carriage, swimming, even walking a different way. But he must be careful. He is the bastard son of the late Earl of Stratton. Though he was raised with the earl’s family, he knows he does not really belong in the world of the ton.
Jennifer is shocked—and intrigued—by Ben’s ideas, and both families are alarmed by the growing friendship and perhaps more that they sense developing between the two. A duke’s sister certainly cannot marry the bastard son of an earl. Except sometimes, love can find a way.
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Sharing here since I see it on an Amazon review—Summer Fridays is closed-door.
The Charles was a good one. Not her most memorable read for me (that would probably be the Will Darling adventures, starting with Slippery Creatures). But very good—generally a comfort read, IIRC. MMC who perceives themselves as ugly, and it’s written in believable ways that add to the plot and not a random character trait, is my other recollection.
I love “You’ve Got Mail” so will definitely add SUMMER FRIDAYS to my TBR list. But I’m disproportionately aggravated that the cover copy says “‘You’ve Got Mail’ for a new generation,” since the book is set in 1999, only one year after “You’ve Got Mail” came out!
@KitBee – completely agree that the example doesn’t work well since there is NOT much of a difference between 1998/1999, but maybe they were trying to go with publication and that the “new generation” reading it when it came out in 2024 might not know You’ve Got Mail? Because the story is like A Star is Born, where it keeps getting re-made – it started off as a Hungarian play (Parfumerie), then was The Shop Around the Corner in 1940, In the Good Old Summertime in 1949, and a broadway musical called She Loves Me in 1963/revived in 1993, all BEFORE Nora Ephron did her modernized/e-mail adaptation of You’ve Got Mail in 1998… and I don’t think many in the late 90s even realized it was Parfumerie for a new generation! Or at least I didn’t know until I saw the earlier movies and went “hey, that plot is very familiar” twice!
SUMMER FRIDAYS did not travel the path I expected at all. It was an engrossing read, mostly due to the time period of 1999/2001. I remember those days. I think what I found most interesting was that I really sympathized with the FMC even though she was
I did have some quibbles with the MMC. His personality made a somewhat unbelievable shift from practical to lovely-dovey. It wasn’t necessarily clear why he was quite so into the FMC. But overall, this was a 5 star read for me.
I’m a bit bitter that She Loves Me was never produced as planned into a film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke thanks to budget cuts and restructuring at MGM. I think the world would be a much better place if we had that for posterity after the chemistry between them in Mary Poppins. And Van Dyke would not have had to use that infamous accent from MP either. Sigh. It’s really a fun musical. Saw it produced locally a few years ago and wondered why it never made it to film. When I learned we could have had that starring combo I was sad.
@drewbird — Yes, I think your reading is probably what they intended. Also, I am familiar with every version of the story you mentioned except the original play “Parfumerie”! “The Shop Around the Corner” is mandatory Christmas viewing IMO.
Loving the discussion of “You’ve Got Mail” and “She Loves Me” here. It’s my favorite musical. 🙂 The ’90s revival is available to stream on BroadwayHD and well worth a watch!
@kitbee I did not know I could stream the musical – yay!
And I hear you because my mandatory Christmas viewing is Desk Set – might have to add Shop Around the Corner this year since it has been a while!