DAILY DEALS: Historicals, GLBT, and Time Travel
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Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Everyone’s got secrets. Some are just harder to hide.
Bend or Break, Book 1
With his father’s ponzi scheme assets frozen, Tom Worthington believes finishing college is impossible unless he can pay his own way. After months sleeping in his car and gypsy-cabbing for cash, he’s ready to do just that.
But his new, older-student housing comes with an unapologetically gay roommate. Tom doesn’t ask why Reese Anders has been separated from the rest of the student population. He’s just happy to be sleeping in a bed.
Reese isn’t about to share his brutal story with his gruff new roommate. You’ve seen one homophobic jock, you’ve seen ’em all. He plans to drag every twink on campus into his bed until Tom moves out. But soon it becomes clear Tom isn’t budging.
Tom isn’t going to let some late-night sex noise scare him off, especially when it’s turning him on. But he doesn’t want any drama either. He’ll keep his hands, if not his eyes, to himself. Boundaries have a way of blurring when you start sharing truths, though. And if Tom and Reese cross too many lines, they may need to find out just how far they can bend…before they break.
Warning: This book contains cranky roommates who vacillate between lashing out and licking, some male/male voyeurism, emotional baggage that neither guy wants to unpack, and the definitive proof that sound carries in college housing.
“Part of the reason the novella captured my attention may well be something unique to good novellas – the action began straight away and there was little set up. In full length novels, that’s often not the case. It was perhaps a mistake to go straight from one to the other because I expect I imported some novella expectations to the novel. After I mentally slapped myself a little, I reminded myself that I ought give the book some time to set the scene.”
The Messenger by Pamela DuMond $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Madeline’s meant to fall in love with Samuel in every lifetime, but she meets him for the first time, when she accidentally time travels hundreds of years into the past.
Their relationship is forbidden–Samuel’s half Native and Madeline’s white. Every rendezvous they share must be secret. Each moment they spend together tempts the odds that they’ll be discovered and brutally punished.
Danger intensifies when Madeline learns she’s in the past not only to fall in love, but also to claim her birth right as a Messenger, a soul who can slip through time’s fabric at will, delivering messages that change one life, or save many. Deadly Hunters, dark-souled time travelers, crave Madeline’s powers and seek to seduce or kill her.
Can Madeline find her way back to the future in time to save herself and Samuel?
Continue reading Madeline and Samuel’s romantic saga in…
The Thrill of It All by Christie Ridgeway $ 0.99
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When Felicity Charm gets a frantic call from her Aunt Vi begging for help, she heads back home to the clan of con artists she thought she’d left behind forever. But then her car fishtails…heading straight for Michael Magee’s jeep. First, he saves her life. Then they share a night she’ll never forget…
But Felicity wants to forget! Her goal is to fix up her family, then return to the glamorous life she’s invented for herself. She doesn’t need some risk-taker sweeping her off her feet! But he isn’t about to let her go, and soon, for the first time, Felicity is experiencing the thrill of it all.
The Marriage Wager by Candace Camp $ 1.99
From the Jacket Copy:
No longer in the first blush of youth and without a marriage portion, Miss Constance Woodley could scarcely imagine why one of the leading lights of London society should take an interest in the likes of her. But under her benefactor’s guiding hand she was transformed into a captivating creature who caught the eye of the handsome, charming and ever-so-slightly notorious Lord Dominic Leighton. And before the shocked eyes of the entire Ton, the “nobody” and the rakish viscount showed that even in the heartless world of the marriage mart, when love was at stake, all bets were off….
I’ve heard excellent things about Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins; thanks for mentioning the sale price here.
Perhaps I should clarify – the quoted section of my review in the blue box re Off Campus refers to a free novella by Amy Jo Cousins – Five Dates (which I also heartily recommend). That will teach me for going off on tangents in my reviews!