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Cover Awe: Pretty Jackets, Teal Colors, & More

The Heiress Swap by Maddison Michaels. A very purple photography cover. The background is a smoky, London street in dark purple. A man and woman are kissing. The man has dark brown hair and is in a light tan jacket. His hands are on the woman's waist, The woman is in a dark purple dress with a bustle at the back. She's wearing a matching jacket that is embroidered with gold brocade.

Welcome back to Cover Awe, where we look at book covers that have caught our eye. Cover design and illustration by Olya Kirilyuk Sarah: Filigree with stuff – this time a fox, runes, and ravens Amanda: Filigree is having a moment Sarah: So is stuff! Claudia: Stuff is like disco — never died!! Lara: The colour combo is really working for me! Sneezy: Me too! It has such a fairy tale quality to it! Cover … Continue reading Cover Awe: Pretty Jackets, Teal Colors, & More

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Hide Your Wallet: August 22nd Release Week!

Welcome and settle in to our now-weekly new release post! It’s a hefty release week, though next week is much quieter as we wrap up August’s books. This one has a lot of series continuations and spin-offs in paranormal romance, historical romance, and contemporary romance! What’s on your TBR pile? Which books are worthy of full-price, release-day pickup?

Books On Sale

Recommended Fantasy, a Sci-Fi Thriller, & More

Books on Sale: The Boxing Baroness by Minerva Spencer & More

RECOMMENDED: The Boxing Baroness by Minerva Spencer is $2.99! Carrie reviewed this and gave it B+:

The more grounded in history the novel was, the more I liked it. For instance, I enjoyed seeing how Marianne trained every day. However, people with more patience for plot than I will love the same increasing complications that just made me want to take a nap. There’s something here for everyone and I look forward to the next book, The Dueling Duchess.

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September’s New Releases, Part Two

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), but we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading September’s New Releases, Part Two

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deals

Books on Sale: An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard & More

RECOMMENDED: An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard is $1.99 at Amazon! So far, this deal hasn’t been price-matched. I would recommended this if you’re in a “burn it all down” mood. The book is violent, graphic, and the characters experience racism, sexism, and the like. But the main character is a witch who essentially wants to dismantle the ruling magic party because they’re terrible. I loved this one.

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Lightning Reviews: All Recommended Grades

We have Lightning Reviews! Yay! If you’re unfamiliar with this feature, this is where we run three reviews that are shorter length. Sometimes, these are for novellas. Other times, we realize we don’t have 1,000 words to say about a book. We hope you enjoy these three, as all of them were well reviewed!

Lightning Review

Zero Sum Game by S. L. Huang

Zero Sum Game

Zero Sum Game is an awesome, fast-paced, inventive science fiction thriller about a mercenary whose superpower is her ability to do complicated math almost instantly. She uses this to calculate trajectories and angles and so forth in order to navigate both crime scenes and combat sequences with incredible speed and precision. Cas takes on a simple job which drags her into a conspiracy involving her mysterious childhood, an evil psychic, and a lot of violence. She … Continue reading Zero Sum Game by S. L. Huang

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Book Beat: BEA & BookCon 2018

Welcome to Book Beat! Think of Book Beat as Hide Your Wallet, Part Two! In Hide Your Wallet, we talk about books coming out in a particular month that we really want to read. But there’s more to good books than just new releases! 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 … Continue reading Book Beat: BEA & BookCon 2018