
Welcome to Book Beat! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.

Have We Met? by Camille Baker is $1.99! This came out in early July and was a previous Hide Your Wallet pick. The heroine reconnects with four men from her past, thinking one could be her soulmate.
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RECOMMENDED: Huntress by Malinda Lo is $1.99! Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B+, but wouldn’t recommend it for romance readers necessarily:
I recommend this for people looking for inclusive fantasy that feels at once fresh and traditional within multiple traditions.
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Unveiled by Courtney Milan – enhanced edition – is 99c! This is the first book in Milan’s Turner series. The enhanced ebook version features pictures and audio in addition to the text. Some readers expressed that they found the first half of the book on the slow side, but many agree it’s completely worth pushing through those first few chapters.
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Dragon Storm by Katie MacAlister is $1.99! This is part of the Dragon Fall series and, as you could have guessed, features a dragon hero. I feel like MacAlister is a YMMV author. The tone is too over the top for me, but it may work for some people to have some goofy paranormal romance right now.
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The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams is $2.99! This is a contemporary romance and the first in a series. Aarya gave this one a C+ and would recommend it with reservations:
The writing is polished, the grovel is so satisfying (I love desperate heroes at their wits’ end), and Thea has my permission to rule the world for eternity. Adams’s voice is magnetic; my eyes were glued on the page because the dialogue flowed seamlessly. Time stood still, and I was shocked to discover that four hours had whirled past after setting it down.
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RECOMMENDED: The Black Lily by Juliette Cross is 99c! Despite the nips-on-display cover, I really enjoyed this book. Vampires are the ruling class and the heroine is the leader of a human uprising. She first meets the vampire prince hero when she infiltrates a masked ball and tries to assassinate him. It’s Cinderella-esque. The next book is a take on Red Riding Hood and I’m super excited about it.
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RECOMMENDED: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy by Karen Abbott is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched at Barnes & Noble. This nonfiction book tells the history of four kickass women during the Civil War. Carrie reviewed the book and gave it an impressive A+:
The book is interesting and exciting and paints incredible pictures of very different women who, love them or hate them, lived unusual lives of great political and personal passion and daring.
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RECOMMENDED: The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston is $2.99! This is book 3 in the Pride series — The Mane Event ( A | BN | K |G | ARe | iB | Au | Scribd ), book 1, is $4.99 digitally, and you can grab a few other books in the series for $2.99 and $3.99! The heroine of this book is particularly funny and sharp, and takes very little crap from anyone. If you like hot, steamy, funny, and over the top paranormal shifters, you’ll like this series.
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The Mark of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy is $2.99! This is the first book in the Twelve Kingdoms fantasy trilogy, which focuses on three sisters, each very different in their personalities. Readers loved the bond between the sisters, though found the pacing to be off at times. In my experience, fantasy pacing can be tricky because of all the world-building the author has to do. It has a 3.8-star rating on GR.
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