DAILY DEALS: Innkeepers, lost loves, and threatened packs
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Feast or Famine by Jude Marquez $ 2.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Lou Correa and Dante Navarro have a choice to make. Because the longer they wait, the more blood soaks their hands.
New and old enemies are joining forces, intent on bringing down the Ortega pack. One close call reminds Lou and Dante how much danger they are in every day. They need as much protection as they can get.
That means joining the Ortega pack. But is it the right choice?
And when Lou learns of an old friend’s true identity, he isn’t sure how much more he can handle.
Eli Ortega is keeping it together just fine. At least that’s what he tells himself. He has his boyfriend, his pack, and his friends. What more could he ask for?
But Eli has a secret, something that he is terrified of letting anyone else know, even his older sister and alpha, Celia. And he’s not the only one with a secret worth dying for. Before long there are new enemies, fractured relationships, and new allies.
A blood price must be paid and with it the pack’s most difficult choice:
Do they stand and fight?
Or risk the very magic of their world to survive?
The Desecrated Pack: Feast or Famine is the second book in the series. It has a sweet MM romance, a bit of a slow burn, packed full of BAMF characters, and lots of action!
The Innkeeper of Ivy Hill by Julie Klassen
$ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
The lifeblood of the Wiltshire village of Ivy Hill is its coaching inn, The Bell. But when the innkeeper dies suddenly, his genteel wife, Jane Bell, becomes the reluctant owner. Jane has no notion of how to run a business. However, with the town’s livelihood at stake and a large loan due, she must find a way to bring new life to the inn.
Despite their strained relationship, Jane turns to her resentful mother-in-law, Thora, for help. Formerly mistress of The Bell, Thora is struggling to find her place in the world. As she and Jane work together, they form a measure of trust, and Thora’s wounded heart begins to heal. When she encounters two men from her past, she sees them–and her future–in a different light.
With pressure mounting from the bank, Jane employs innovative methods to turn the inn around, and puzzles over the intentions of several men who seem to have a vested interest in the place. Will her efforts be enough to save The Bell? And will Thora embrace the possibility of a second chance at love?
In the Dog House by Traci Hall $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Ten years ago, Jackson Hardy joined the Marines, leaving behind a woman he still dreams about. When he’s called home to care for his ten-year-old nephew, no one is more shocked than he to run into Emma again. Or to still have those same feelings. But Jackson isn’t looking for love, and neither is Emma, especially not with him. His precocious nephew, though, and a retriever named Bandit, are about to change that.
So what if Emma Mercer is an overachiever? She has plans to get her doctorate in psychology and create a no-kill shelter for the EST dogs she trains. Which leaves absolutely no time for romance. She’s fine with a furry family—dogs don’t teach you to love and then rip your heart to shreds. But young Matty’s situation tugs at her heartstrings and there’s no way she can’t help him…and Jackson.
She may have hotter-than-ever chemistry with the soldier, but forgetting the past isn’t easy.
Blue Ink by Tess Thompson $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Charlotte Wilde gives her heart to the wrong men. The last one left with her life savings and their nubile neighbor. Her first published cozy mystery is a flop. Her literary agent’s about to dump her. She has a serious case of writer’s block. And she’s dead broke.
Which is how she finds herself in rural Idaho looking after her former boss’s elderly mother-in-law. While Mrs. Lanigan recovers from her broken hip, Charlotte expects to have plenty of time to focus on her writing. What she gets instead are two very large distractions: the patient herself, and the patient’s son Ardan Lanigan.
As Charlotte dutifully sets out to help Mrs. Lanigan sort through a box of old letters, both women become consumed with the details written on every page. What seemed at first to be ordinary correspondence between Mrs. Lanigan’s mother and an unknown man makes her question everything she thought she knew about the identity of her father.
Then there’s Ardan. Intelligent, quiet, and bookishly handsome, Charlotte feels an immediate connection to him. Unfortunately, he’s made promises to someone else. Ones he cannot break.
In the third installment of the Blue Mountain Series, Tess Thompson reunites us with the Lanigan brothers, their cranky mother, and the feisty Heywood sisters. This story of forbidden love and hundred-year old mystery will keep you turning pages way past your bedtime.
The Julie Klassen book sounds like it could be good, but my Bethany House boycott is still going strong four years after the book with the Nazi hero.