TL;DR: this is one of the most hurtful and painfully cruel books I have ever attempted to read. I have serious concerns about readers’ potential experiences with this story, and the harm and hurt it may cause. My notes begin with the following sentence and I stand by it: THIS BOOK IS TOXIC. Please proceed with this review and with this book with extreme caution. TW/CW: fat shaming, disordered eating, and physical and emotional self-harm … Continue reading Good Luck With That by Kristan Higgins →
Signs of Attraction by Laura Brown is available for preorder for $2.99! This is a contemporary romance and features a heroine who has lost her hearing. The book releases June 14th, so you’ll have to wait a little bit. In the meantime, feel free to gaze longingly at the cover. I know I will.
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My One and Only by Kristan Higgans is $1.99 at most vendors and $2.99 elsewhere! This is a contemporary second chance romance with a road trip plot. Catnip, anyone? Some readers felt the romance was predictable and just sort of meh, while others really loved how Higgins handled the second chance/reunited exes trope. Readers also mentioned the book has some great secondary characters. Have you read this one?
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Sarah chats with bestselling author Kristan Higgins about having success and not taking it for granted, deciding to write romance, sibling relationships and dog relationships in romance, and about being the kind of person who tells herself stories all the time. Plus, we find out what books she’s reading and loving right now.
To celebrate being nominated for the DABWAHA in the novella category, Laura Florand has dropped the price on Snow Kissed, the nominated novella in question, to .99c. This is an emotional whallop of a book, with many, many, many glowing reviews behind it (and a few who were really upset about the “foul language”). Now the internationally bestselling author of The Chocolate Thief takes us to a snow-kissed Christmas cabin for this heart-wrenching tale of love, loss, … Continue reading Books on Sale: A Laura Florand DABWAHA Novella, Plus Jill Shalvis and Kristan Higgins →
The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins is $1.99 right now. This is book 2 in Higgins' Blue Heron series, which takes place at a family-owned vineyard. This story is a contemporary marriage-of-convenience story (for a green card, though they aren't green anymore, I don't think) with many happy Higgins fans reporting that they adored it. What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. … Continue reading Books on Sale: Contemporary Romances from Kristan Higgins, Carly Phillips and More →
Some outstanding one-day deals today, so you can go read and hide from the family or from the nonstop cooking extravaganza going on in the kitchen. The Best Man by Kristan Higgins is the KDD today – $1.99 for one day only! Higgins' books are contemporary romance comedy, and much loved by many readers. This one came out in March 2013, so it's kinda new, and is the first in her Blue Heron series. There's … Continue reading Books on Sale: Contemporary from Kristan Higgins & Susan Mallery, Plus Cozy Mystery Audiobook! →
The Perfect Match by Kristan Higgins came out Nov. 1 2013, and is currently 50% off at $3.99. What if the perfect match is a perfect surprise? Honor Holland has just been unceremoniously rejected by her lifelong crush. And now—a mere three weeks later—Mr. Perfect is engaged to her best friend. But resilient, reliable Honor is going to pick herself up, dust herself off and get back out there…or she would if dating in … Continue reading Books on Sale: New Kristan Higgins Marked Down, Plus Austen’s Persuasion in Audio! →
Kit Rocha's Beyond Shame is nominated in the PNR/SF category for the 2013 DABWAHA, and it's on sale currently for 99c! ll Noelle Cunningham has ever wanted is a life beyond–beyond the walls of Eden, where only the righteous are allowed to remain, and beyond her stiflingly restrictive existence as a councilman's daughter. But only ruins lie outside the City, remnants of a society destroyed by solar storms decades earlier. The sectors surrounding Eden house … Continue reading Books on Sale: Historical, Contemporary from Kristan Higgins, and DABWAHA Nominated Books! →
I have some more sales alerts are for Australia and New Zealand readers only- g'day, y'all! I posted a bunch yesterday, and I have more from Kobo. These books are on sale through 28 February 2013 for Australian and New Zealand readers. If the prices aren't working, I'm sorry – please let me know which ones? These ebook sale prices are, to the best of my knowledge, only available at Kobo. Some of these discounts … Continue reading More Romance Sales from Kobo for Australian and New Zealand Readers: Susan Mallery & Kristan Higgins →
Watch this space! At 9pm EDT tonight, we will be chatting and drinking (OK, I will be drinking) and discussing All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins, our Sizzling Summer Book Club pick. Sizzling Summer Book Club Chat: All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins Tune in with your favorite beverage, and spend a Friday night with us. I can’t wait to read what you thought of the book. And of course, Kristan and her … Continue reading Sizzling Summer Book Club Chat: All I Ever Wanted by Kristan Higgins →
