Jul 28 2012
Daily Deals: Once Upon a Ballroom by Caroline Linden and other historicals (with a YA PNR)
Once Upon a Ballroom by Caroline Linden. $.99.
From Jacket Copy:
An original anthology of short stories set in the glittering ballrooms of Regency England, by Caroline Linden, Katharine Ashe, Maya Rodale, and Miranda Neville.
Discover how a masked ball can turn friends into lovers … how a wicked, wonderful dream can indeed come true … how sometimes behaving as one should not can lead to the most passionate results … and how the truest love is a bond no scandal can shake. Anything can happen at a ball— scandal, passion, disaster … and true love.
Featuring:
The Truth About Love by Caroline Linden
Ask Me to Dance by Katharine Ashe
Once Upon a Dream by Maya Rodale
The School of Wooing for Inept Book Collectors by Miranda Neville
Enclave by Ann Aguirre. $2.99.
From Jacket Copy:
New York City has been decimated by war and plague, and most of civilization has migrated to underground enclaves, where life expectancy is no more than the early 20s. When Deuce turns 15, she takes on her role as a Huntress, and is paired with Fade, a teenage Hunter who lived Topside as a young boy. When she and Fade discover that the neighboring enclave has been decimated by the tunnel monsters—or Freaks—who seem to be growing more organized, the elders refuse to listen to warnings. And when Deuce and Fade are exiled from the enclave, the girl born in darkness must survive in daylight, in the ruins of a city whose population has dwindled to a few dangerous gangs. As the two are guided by Fade’s long-ago memories, they face dangers, and feelings, unlike any they’ve ever known.
A Beginners Guide To Rakes by Suzanne Enoch. $2.99.
From Jacket Copy:
All of London is abuzz with the return of the utterly alluring, recently widowed Diane Benchley. Will she remarry? What will she do with her late husband’s fortune? Sociey is shocked by her announcement—at the Grand Ball, of all places!—that she plans to open an exclusive gentleman’s gaming club in the family mansion. But no one is more stunned than the Marquis of Haybury, Oliver Warren.
Years ago, Oliver and Diane shared a private indiscretion. Now Diane threatens to reveal Oliver’s most ungentlemanly secrets…unless he agrees to help her. A notorious gambler—and rake—Oliver is overqualified to educate Diane in the ways and means of running her establishment. But striking a deal with Diane might just be the biggest risk Oliver has ever taken. This time, the only thing he has to lose is his heart…
Never a Lady by Jacquie D’Alessandro. $1.99.
From Jacket Copy:
Impossible!
Colin Oliver, Viscount Sutton, left his beloved Cornwall for London to find a bride–some comely, proper, wellborn lady to bear him an heir. Certainly not someone like Madame Alexandra Larchmont. Yes, she’s the toast of the ton, and a rare beauty to be sure. But she’s also a fortune-teller. And Colin has an excellent reason for keeping a sharp watch on this one . . .
The cards have warned Alexandra for years about a dark-haired stranger who would wreak havoc with her life, so when she sees him at a soiree, her first thought is to run. Unfortunately, she overhears a murder plot, and the only person she can turn to for help is a man she knows she should stay away from, a man who eyes her with an undisguised hunger.
But fate’s strange turns are Alexandra’s stock in trade. And if love is written in the cards, surely nothing is impossible!
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Jul 28, 2012 @ 15:23:58
The anthology is free at Smashwords or it was yesterday.
I haven’t read Enclave (I’m kinda waiting for the whole trilogy(?)) but Aguirre is a romance reader so I have high hopes for an upbeat ending.
Jul 29, 2012 @ 02:26:57
Enclave won the YA RITA. I’m looking forward to reading it, as Ann Aguirre has written two sets of books, the Corinne Solomon UF books and her PNR series as Ava Gray, that I rally like.
I devoured Once Upon a Ballroom. Cute short pieces.