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RECOMMENDED: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is $2.99! This is Kindle Daily Deal, so grab it while you can! AJ gave this on an A grade. This is the third book in the Locked Tomb series, which certainly should be read in order.
Ice Planet Barbarians is $2.99 at Amazon! I read the print version and I’m unsure if the first ebook edition differs in content. If you know, please chime in below. Be warned that there is mention of sexual assault and dubious consent/power differentials.
Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber is $2.99 and part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals! This seems to be women’s fiction with some magical realism and yummy food descriptions. Seeing as I love Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen a lot, this should be right up my alley, but I’ve been hesitant to add it to my TBR.
A Most Unlikely Duke by Sophie Barnes is $3.99! This is the first book in the Diamonds in the Rough historical romance series and the next book is also $3.99. Carrie read this one and gave it a B:
I loved this book for its lovely use of language, its focus on the problems of both the lower and upper classes, the incredibly likeable characters, and the affirming, sexy, sweet romance.
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman is $1.99! Several of us were excited for this one because we’re all suckers for bookishness and bookstores. However, this falls more toward women’s fiction than a contemporary romance. Have you read this one?
RECOMMENDED: Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory is $1.99! This is part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals. Maya loved this one and gave it an A:
In the end, this story is overwhelmingly about saying yes to good things put directly in your path. If all you want to do is wrap yourself up in a Christmas love story with two adults just admirably adulting all the way through the book, I say grab a Christmas sweater and a hot chocolate, and get ready to have a stranger ask you why you look so happy reading the book you have in your hand!
His Scandalous Kiss by Sophie Barnes is $1.99! Readers loved the masquerade ball and Phantom of the Opera elements, but found that the external conflict slowed down the romance. This is the third book in the Secrets at Thorncliff Manor series, though it can be read as a standalone.
RECOMMENDED: Tikka Chance on Me by Suleikha Snyder is 99c! Elyse recently reviewed this novella as a Lightning Review and gave it an A:
Despite its short length, the pacing, conflict and tropey-ness of Tikka Chance on Me fall into place perfectly, making it immensely satisfying.
Full disclosure: I’m not at my cognitive best (stupid fibro fog). The other day I tried to open a box of sidewalk chalk and you’d have thought I was cracking the combo to a safe. I went to the pharmacy and was asked for my birthdate and the spelling of my last name, and I was sorely tempted to say, “Look, if I could do all that, I wouldn’t need to be here.” So I’m … Continue reading The Illegitimate Duke by Sophie Barnes
RECOMMENDED: Vicious by V.E. Schwab is $2.99! Though I have not read this, several of my friends (four to be exact, two of whom have rated it five starts on Goodreads) have and absolutely loved it. With rivalries, super powers, and experiments gone wrong, Vicious has been compared to being a literary comic book. It’s part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals, which also include a couple romances.
