Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..
I so enjoyed this book. In our review, we wrote:
If ever you find yourself stuck in a romance novel yelling at the heroine to say something clever to knock the snotty hero on his ass, look no further – Carlie comes out with all the right lines to keep the plot amusing and realistic. There are no other subplots in the book to distract from the hero and heroine’s central conflict, no baddies from the past, no far-fetched kidnapping plots, no evil mother in laws,- just great chemistry between an adorable heroine and an even more charming hero.
The love scenes sizzle, and Tyler’s dogged pursuit of Carlie, initiating a sexual relationship with her despite her appearance – because he’s simply bowled over by her personality – provides believable heat. For the first time ever, Tyler feels comfortable enough to be himself around a woman, enjoying doing simple things with her and not concerned that she has an ulterior motive for their relationship.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.
This sexy contemp got a DIK from us. Maggie wrote:
Which leads me to what I most love about Ms. Rochon’s novels: the way she is able to deliver a realistic yet optimistic story. April and Damien are fully fleshed-out human beings; Damien has a brother he sees regularly, co-workers he can banter with, a history he needs to come to terms with and a job and bills to pay. He is someone I could know. April is the same – she’s not some super beautiful, super rich, super ultra-mega babe but a lovely young woman with a successful career, a family who loves her, good friends and yes, bills to pay and a need to work to keep a roof over her head. This is contemporary romance done right – realistic characters with a charming, relatable love story.
Another aspect I thoroughly enjoy in this author’s work is the way she places her couple into a community. I don’t mean a cutesy small town where everybody knows everybody’s business, but work environments and neighborhoods where people live out their lives, just like most of us do. I especially liked that April was a community activist; not someone waging some kind of political battle but the kind of community activism many of us perform by giving time and money to local causes.
It’s on sale for 0.50 here.
Lisa Jewell meets Marvel! Here’s the blurb:
Meet Jessica Jones: Retired super hero, private investigator, loner. She tried her best to be a shiny spandex crimefighter, but that life only led to unspeakable trauma. Now she avoids that world altogether and works on surviving day-to-day in Hell’s Kitchen, New York.
The morning a distraught mother comes into her office, Jessica would prefer to nurse her hangover and try to forget last night’s poor choices. But something about Amber Randall’s story strikes a chord with her. Amber is adamant that something happened to her teenage twins while they were visiting their father in the UK. The twins don’t act like themselves, and they now have flawless skin, have lost their distinctive tics and habits, and keep talking about a girl named Belle. Amber insists her children have been replaced by something horrible, something “perfect.”
Traveling to a small village in the British countryside, Jessica meets the mysterious Belle, who lives a curiously isolated life in an old farmhouse with a strange woman who claims to be her guardian. Can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for the Randall twins’ new personas? Why does the strange little village of Barton Wallop seem to harbor dark energies and mysteries in its tight-knit community?
A mother’s intuition is never wrong. And Jessica knows that nothing in life is perfect—not these kids, not her on-again, off-again relationship with Luke Cage, and certainly not Jessica herself. But even as she tries to buy into the idea that better days are ahead, Jessica Jones has seen all too clearly that behind every promise of perfection trails a dark, dangerous shadow.
It’s on sale for 1.99 here.