May 21, 2015

Daily Deals: Big book of sexy stories, Marines, Queens, and Baseball players

The Sexy Librarian’s Big Book of Erotica by Rose Caraway. $ 2.99

From the Jacket Copy:

Imagine a library — a very special one run by a librarian whose only concern is pleasing her patrons. In fact, this librarian will stop at nothing to service her readers. To that end, she has carefully collected a fantastic and fantasy-filled set of stories guaranteed to satisfy literary lusts in The Sexy Librarian’s Big Book of Erotica. This voracious volume is simply bursting at the binding with amorous archives and bibliophilic bliss; it is a veritable dictionary of desires, with stories by top eroticists Rachel Kramer Bussel, Tamsin Flowers, and Salome Wilde, as well as Rose Caraway, the sexy librarian herself.

This is published by Cleiss Press and I’ve agreed to host a few giveaways for them during the month of June for GLBT month. I think as with any large collection, there will be some stories you like and others that don’t work for you. The one negative review I saw said that the stories were consistently well-written but that the short novellas didn’t give time for a relationship to develop.

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Falling for the Marine by Samanthe Beck. $ .99

From the Jacket Copy:

Falling for the Marine (A McCade Brothers Novel) by Samanthe Beck:

Pretending to be in love has never felt so sexy.

USMC helicopter pilot Michael McCade has two goals: Get his damn back into alignment and keep his nose clean until his ultra-conservative commanding officer clears him to fly again. The doctor-recommended massage therapy seems like a necessary evil if he’s to return to the cockpit, but when his too-hot-to-handle neighbor turns out to be his masseuse, he strays from the straight and narrow in a major way.

Former military brat Chloe Kincaid is looking for an ego-boosting, no strings attached hook up. But when her positively panty-melting neighbor (aka Major Hottie) shows up on her massage table, their off-the-charts chemistry overrides her no-military-men policy until they’re caught. Now they have to fake an engagement to avoid the fallout, but can a girl who runs from attachments pretend to be in love with a straight-arrow soldier without falling hard?

I read this book! I thought it was decent although wondered about the physical therapist’s conflict of interest.

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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory. $ 1.99

From the Jacket Copy:

Three different, yet equally relentless women who will scheme, manipulate, and seduce their way onto the English throne.

The White Queen is the story of Elizabeth Woodville, a woman of extraordinary beauty and ambition, who secretly marries the newly crowned Edward IV. Elizabeth rises to the demands of her exalted position and fights for her family’s dominance, but despite her best efforts, her two sons become pawns in a famous unsolved mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the lost princes in the Tower of London. In this dazzling account of the deadly Wars of the Roses, brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne of England.

Is she ever going to run out of queens to write about?

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Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross. $ .99.

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Life loves a good curveball…

Seventeen-year-old Annie Lucas’s life is completely upended the moment her dad returns to the major leagues as the new pitching coach for the Kansas City Royals. Now she’s living in Missouri (too cold), attending an all-girls school (no boys), and navigating the strange world of professional sports. But Annie has dreams of her own–most of which involve placing first at every track meet…and one starring the Royals’ super-hot rookie pitcher.

But nineteen-year-old Jason Brody is completely, utterly, and totally off-limits. Besides, her dad would kill them both several times over. Not to mention Brody has something of a past, and his fan club is filled with C-cupped models, not smart-mouthed high school “brats” who can run the pants off every player on the team. Annie has enough on her plate without taking their friendship to the next level. The last thing she should be doing is falling in love.

But baseball isn’t just a game. It’s life. And sometimes, it can break your heart…

Katiebabs said that this was her first NA and she really enjoyed it. “I loved the development of the relationship between Annie and Brody. They really didn’t think much of each other until they looked past the outer images they both portray to the world. Brody is seen as a bad boy player but he still finds time to make it to Annie’s track meets. Annie is seen as a bit of a snob but she’s the only one who really takes the time to encourage Brody. Clearly there is more to both than meets the eye. A wary friendship starts and eventually leads to more.”

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Jane

Jane Litte is the founder of Dear Author, a lawyer, and a lover of pencil skirts. She self publishes NA and contemporaries (and publishes with Berkley and Montlake) and spends her downtime reading romances and writing about them. Her TBR pile is much larger than the one shown in the picture and not as pretty. You can reach Jane by email at jane @ dearauthor dot com

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