Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
This is an old-skool effort from Jordan, published in 2008. I found it sexy, with a hero that is clearly out of his head in lust with the heroine. It takes him longer to realize he’s madly in love with her as well. It’s definitely a YMMV story. You can learn more about it in our review.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.
Bell hasn’t fared very well here at AAR, but readers love her work. This one has a 4.4 rating from readers at Amazon. (You can read our review here.) Here’s the blurb:
Lady Henrietta Prince is far too busy for romance. She’s dedicated her life to turning her family vineyards into a profitable sparkling wine venture. But when she shares a thrilling kiss at midnight with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated…until he claims to be the distant heir to her father’s dukedom.
Ash Ellis is a gambler who lives life on the edge. Now he’s locked his sights on a glittering prize and nothing will stand in his way.
When Henrietta is forced to marry the wicked rogue to keep her beloved vineyards, she vows that Ash will never have her trust, or her love. Even if his kisses are more intoxicating than the finest champagne.
His new bride is certainly beautiful, but biddable? Not so much. Ash will settle for nothing less than Henrietta’s total surrender…but is he the one in danger of losing his heart?
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.
Looking for a smart contemporary romance. Here you go. In our review, we wrote:
First off, Ms. Daria is an exceptional author at creating authentic worlds that feel completely lived in. I loved the Latinx cast and world, I loved that the Spanish and English flowed back and forth so well and that none of the Spanish dialogue was italicized. I loved that I felt like I could hop a plane and find these people – that’s how real the world felt.
Jasmine is excited to get her big break as the lead in her own telenovela. Her Spanish isn’t quite up to snuff, so she’s a little nervous, but she’s even more nervous when her co-star is revealed to be a massive telenovela star. Ashton, for his part in this, is hoping this show will be a big jump out of telenovelas and into English-speaking television, but knows his English is a little rusty and has the additional baggage of a secret family that he’s trying to keep under wraps.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.
I have such a weakness for Gibson’s Chinooks books. This one is a very good time. In our review, we wrote:
Kate Hamilton is an ex-P.I. whose last case went horrifyingly awry and ended in violence. Unsure of what to do next in her life, she decides to go see her grandfather Stanley in Gospel. Stanley runs a small grocery, and has yet to get over his wife’s death. Kate needs some downtime, and she’s also worried about Stanley, so moving in with him, for the short term at least, makes sense. On her way to Gospel, a blizzard blows her into the Duchin Lounge at Sun Valley. It’s Valentine’s Day, and, morose, Kate downs more than one hot buttered rum in an effort to forget getting dumped by her boyfriend last Valentine’s Day. A little tipsy, she decides to hit on the hot guy who sits down next to her at the bar. A little sexual fling – though out of character – might just be what’s called for, she figures. Unfortunately, he turns her down in a particularly humiliating fashion.
That hot guy happens to be ex-hocky player Rob Sutter, whose career and marriage also ended in a violent turn of events. Rob moved to Gospel to be near his mother who is a nurse and could help in his recuperation and also to get away from Seattle with all its reminders of what he has lost. Kate doesn’t find out that Rob 1) knows her grandfather quite well and 2) owns the sporting goods store across the street from Stanley’s grocery, until – surprise, surprise – Stanley introduces them. She still thinks Rob is sizzling but is painfully aware that he thinks she’s a slut and a turndown-able slut at that. This is hardly an auspicious beginning to their “relationship.” But the course of true love never ran smooth, or so they say.
It’s on sale for 0.99 here.