His Scandalous Kiss by Sophie Barnes is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and right now, is being price-matched at Barnes & Noble. Readers loved the masquerade ball and Phantom of the Opera elements, but found that the external conflict slowed down the romance.
RECOMMENDED: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova is $2.99! The ebook version just received a cover update. Sarah read this book a couple months ago and gave it a B grade:
Overall, I think this book contains a fabulous world with a terrific, galloping adventure through a vivid and wrenching underworld. While I was reading it, I had a hard time putting it down. But the story has most of its strength in the plot and the world-building than in the characters and their emotional development and consistency, and I missed those aspects even while I enjoyed the rest.
RECOMMENDED: Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched! Carrie really liked this book and gave it an A-:
This book succeeds because Nettie is such a compelling character. Nettie is incredibly vibrant, prickly, compelling, flawed, exciting, and interesting. She feels like a real person, with a real personality and hopes and dreams and confused feelings and agendas. She’s incredibly interesting not only because of her unusual racial situation (which, in the Old West, wasn’t actually very unique but has been under-represented in fiction) nor in her genderqueer status, nor in her ability to hunt monsters. She’s compelling because all her experiences and aspects of her personality and her sharp mind come together to create a complex person who you just have to root for.
Even Odds by Elia Winters is $1.99! I’m not sure if this is the sale price or standard price, but it just came out today. I also mentioned it on this month’s Hide Your Wallet post! Early reviews of the book say that readers loved the setting of the gaming industry, but found the hero and heroine lacked chemistry. Any takers?
The Hostage by Susan Wiggs is $1.99! This is a historical romance and book one in the Great Chicago Fire Trilogy, so I’m sure you can take a guess at the book’s setting. I also believe there’s some kidnapping that happens. Readers have said that the romance is rather slow in the book, but others loved what Wiggs did with the setting. It has a 3.8-star rating on Goodreads. And, if you like Susan Wiggs, several of her other books are on sale, including At the King’s Command, which was my first review here at SBTB.
Come the Spring by Julie Garwood is $1.99! I know Garwood is an auto-buy author for many, though I’ll personally admit I haven’t read any of her American historical romances. This one features a double dose of romance as it has two heroes working together and finding love along the way. However, this is the last book of a series and some felt it lacked the usual sweet, Garwood charm. Have you read it?
