DAILY DEALS: Friends to lovers, Fake widows, Real heartbreak
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One Hundred Proposals by Holly Martin $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Is there really such a thing as a perfect proposal?
Over the next hundred days I intend to find out. I will find one hundred ways to propose to our Chief Proposer Suzie McKenzie and post the results here for your enjoyment. One thing’s for sure, not one of my proposals will be on top of the Eiffel Tower with a dozen red roses.’
Best friends Suzie and Harry are partners in romance. That is, they run the.PerfectProposal.com, coming to the aid of would-be grooms to create the ultimate marriage proposal.
But when Harry decides to catapult the business into the big leagues with a PR stunt all Suzie can see is a hundred days of heartbreak stretching ahead of her. But however exotic the location, or breath-takingly romantic the setting, Suzie has to keep remembering that ‘Marry Me?’ is the one question she can’t say yes to.
This business proposal should come with one hundred broken heart warnings…
One hundred proposals, one hundred chances to say yes.
Once Upon a Scandal by Julie LeMense $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Caught up in a scandal of her father’s making, Lady Jane Fitzsimmons is now an outcast in the society that once prized her. So when Lord Benjamin Marworth offers to help redeem her good name, she leaps at the chance.
Too bad his plan requires her very public demise.
Benjamin, society’s darling, is actually a spy for the Crown, and important war communiques have been stolen. If Jane can carry off her disguise as the mysterious Madame Lillianne Fauchon, with close ties to Napoleon, she just might tempt the thief out of hiding.
If only Benjamin didn’t already find her so tempting …
Because the one thing he can’t risk is a chance at love.
Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Closer You Come by Gena Showalter $ 1.99
From the Jacket Copy:
New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter shines in this Original Heartbreakers tale, featuring a man haunted by memories and the vulnerable girl he will do anything to protect.
Tortured by a violent past, ex-con Jase Hollister is looking to start over in a small town. The rugged bachelor suffering from PTSD longs for peace and quiet, always keeping his women at a distance—and his heart encased in stone.
Brook Lynn Dillon is a down on her luck waitress determined to avoid the man every woman in town wants—including her sister. The last thing she needs is his kind of trouble. But his every glance makes her burn…and her resistance is melting fast.
The two agree to a one-time fling, not expecting to be forever branded. Now, no matter how hard they try, they can’t keep their hands off each other. But when a secret from Jase’s past comes to light, they’ll have to face a cold, hard truth: it’s more than Jase’s freedom on the line, it’s their hearts.
The English German Girl by Jake Wallis $ 1.99
From the Jacket Copy:
This powerful, meticulously researched novel is a moving tale of one girl’s struggle against a world in turmoil. In 1930s Berlin, choked by the tightening of Hitler’s fist, the Klein family is gradually losing everything that is precious to them. Their fifteen-year-old daughter, Rosa, slips out of Germany on a Kindertransport train to begin a new life in England. Charged with the task of securing a safe passage for her family, she vows that she will not rest until they are safe. But as war breaks out and she loses contact with her parents, Rosa finds herself wondering if there are some vows that can’t be kept.
A sweeping tale of love and loss, with the poignant story of the Kindertransport at its heart, this is an exceptional accomplishment from one of Britain’s bravest and most-vibrant young writers.
In my view dialogue marks are not a matter of “stylistic choice.” They have a crucial purpose and I find it infuriating to try to read anything without them (ie free stuff posted online by complete amateurs, not anything I would consider handing over money for).
@oceanjasper: I read a book* with that stylistic choice once.
Or more accurately, I read part of a book and then skimmed the ending for a book club type thing. (Not remotely its only problem, but it didn’t help.)
*Labor Day by someone whose name escapes me.
Burn For Me by Ilona Andrews is on sale for 1.99 at Amazon US, sadly I haven’t seen it matched elsewhere. I really like this series and cannot wait for the next book.
Why does a book about the Napoleonic Wars have the Elizabeth Tower on the cover?
@oceanjasper: I totally agree with you. I read one book with this annoying *choice* and that was enough.
I wrote a short fanfic once without the quotation marks, but I deemed it stunt-writing & would never inflict it on people for a whole book! Fascinating in small doses for a moody, almost flashback-style piece, but ultimately… Joining the twitchy chorus at book length.
@Lindsay: I liked Burn For Me, too. Sadly, the news is that books 2 and 3 will both be coming out in 2017, so there’s a huge wait to go.
I read a book without quotation marks for dialogue. It was written in a very poetical style, and it left me feeling like the people in it didn’t really talk to each other, but only thought stuff. There was also very little dialogue in the book altogether. It made me miss the way characters usually connect with each other through dialogue, and realise how important that is to me as a reader.
@Jo Savage:
Noooooooooooo!!!
@Janine: They explain the reasons for the delay here:
http://www.ilona-andrews.com/blog/2015/11/03/white-hot-release-date/
@Janine: I knooooow :( I shouldn’t tempt people but it’s a good price for a fun book!
If it helps their second Innkeeper book is out, uh Sweep In Peace, I am super excited because I really liked the last one.
IT’S ALMOST LIKE I REALLY LIKE THESE AUTHORS.
If I can wait for Brent Weeks to finish his Prism series at one book every 3 years, I can wait for this. *deep breaths*