DAILY DEALS: Historical Anthology, Angsty Contemporary, Mystery Gothic
Harder by Dahlia West $ FREE
From the Jacket Copy:
**Erotic Romance. Graphic sex, violence, language**
Life leads you away…
Adam Stark loves two things– his art and his family. Years of hard work and single-minded pursuit have set Stark Ink well on its way to becoming the most prestigious tattoo parlor in Rapid City. His success has been hard won and it came with a hefty price tag.
Blood brings you back…
Tragedy strikes and leaves Adam reeling in its wake. His mother’s last request seems simple enough: Keep the family together. But Adam’s been gone way too long, and this isn’t the family he remembers leaving behind. Old wounds have never healed, and dark secrets churn just below the surface. No matter how hard Adam tries, the deceptively easy task of saving the Starks just keeps getting…
Harder
The Vanishing by Wendy Webb $ 1.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Recently widowed and rendered penniless by her Ponzi-scheming husband, Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her doorstep with a job offer, she finds herself accepting the mysterious yet unique position: caretaker to his mother, Amaris Sinclair, the famous and rather eccentric horror novelist whom Julia has always admired . . . and who the world believes is dead.
When she arrives at the Sinclairs’ enormous estate on Lake Superior, Julia begins to suspect that there may be sinister undercurrents to her “too-good-to-be-true” position. As Julia delves into the reasons of why Amaris chose to abandon her successful writing career and withdraw from the public eye, her search leads to unsettling connections to her own family tree, making her wonder why she really was invited to Havenwood in the first place, and what monstrous secrets are still held prisoner within its walls.
Scottish Brides by Stephanie Laurens $ 2.99
From the Jacket Copy:
A land of legend and wild beauty – of clans, lairds, honour, and passion – Scotland forever stirs the soul of romance. Now, in one incomparable volume, four of Avon Romance?s bestselling authors present stirring tales of hearts won and weddings to be, featuring a quartet of unforgettable heroines about to discover the rapture of love in a world as untamed as the men they will one day marry
Beauty from Pain by Georgia Cates $ FREE
From the Jacket Copy:
They agreed on three months…but their love knew no boundaries.
Jack McLachlan is a winemaking magnate and easily one of Australia’s most eligible bachelors. His success and wealth makes him no stranger to the complications of romantic relationships and that’s why he goes to extreme measures to avoid the hassle. He prefers simplicity in the form of a beautiful female companion with no strings attached. He arranges relationships like business deals and they’re always the same. No long term relationships. No real names.
It’s his game and his rules. He’s content to play as usual, but when Laurelyn Prescott enters his life, his strategy must change because this player is like none he’s ever encountered. His world is turned on its head after he begins a three month affair with the beautiful American musician. Nothing goes according to plan and as he breaks more and more of his own rules for her, she’s exceptionally close to becoming something he never thought possible. His ultimate game changer.
Beauty From Pain is an adult contemporary novel and is not intended for younger readers due to mature content.
You can’t say you were scarred for life by a book and not say why! :)
Yes, what was the deal with Tex?
@Janine: @Liz (Bugetta): Read the reviews on amazon – they will tell you a lot. Basically fairly extreme BDSM. I haven’t read it. I read and enjoyed Joey W Hills Natural Law which was classified at EC at extreme but based on the description at amazon I’ve been reluctant to read it even though I’ve enjoyed her other books
@Janine: Wasn’t Tex the one where he treats her like a dog and makes her pee in the yard?
@Kaetrin: Oh geez. I remember someone (probably Jane) mentioning that somewhere – maybe on the DBSA Podcast. Yeesh. Yeah, that’s bad.
@Kaetrin: OMFG, that sounds horrible.