Daily Deals: Katharine Hepburn Memoir, a bestselling crime series, and two romantic suspense novels
Me by Katharine Hepburn. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Katharine Hepburn is an American classic. Now Miss Hepburn breaks her long-kept silence about her private life in this absorbing and provocative memoir.A NEW YORK TIMES Notable Book of the YearA Book-of-the-Month-Club Main Selection From the Trade Paperback edition. With characteristic gusto and candor, the well-loved star of stage and screen reflects on the events, people, and places that have shaped her life. Includes 165 photographs, many never before published. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a 1992 bestseller.
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Overwhelmed by You by Nashoda Rose. $ .99 From the Jacket Copy: Love is ugly and secrets will destroy you. KAT I don’t beg. I don’t cry. And I don’t give second chances. Ream, the lead guitarist of the rock band Tear Asunder, deserves a gold medal for best dick move ever when he ran the moment he discovered my secret after two days of hot sex. Then he brings some chick to my coming home party from the hospital—after being shot. I hate him. Until … Ream’s six foot two frame unfolds out of the car after being gone on tour for eight months. I stared. And in my defense, any girl would stare. It would almost be rude not to because Ream was the type of guy who stood out. Not because he was loud and obnoxious. No, it was because he was the complete opposite. Subtle and dangerously quiet. If he spoke, you’d better hope he liked you because otherwise you’d be falling at his feet begging for mercy. Except me … I don’t beg—ever. But when our eyes locked, it was Ream’s steady confidence that had my nerves shooting off like jet sprinklers. Then… Ream told me he didn’t need a second chance because he was still working on his first. REAM Sex is ugly. It’s using someone for your own narcissistic pleasure. I did it, but hated it—until her. She was unexpected. Then I had to wreck our beginning with my screwed up past. I don’t deserve her, but I’m selfish and I’m taking her anyway. This is who I am and it’s too late to change me.
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One Wrong Move by Shannon McKenna. $ 1.99 From the Jacket Copy: Edgy, erotic, and breathtaking. — Maya Banks, New York Times bestselling author Secrets Never Die Alex Aaro has spent most of his life on the run from his ruthless, toxic family. But when he learns that crazy Aunt Tonya, the only relative who ever gave a damn about him, is dying, he risks returning home to say goodbye. He’s prepared for anything except the call from his friend, Bruno Ranieri, that sends him on a wild and dangerous ride with a mysterious woman who holds a deadly secret and a white hot passion that binds them together. Social worker Nina Christie has no idea how much trouble she’s in when her Aunt Helga shows up bleeding at her shelter, babbling in Ukrainian–and with one inexplicable act thrusts Nina into the heart of a nightmare. Now a ruthless crime syndicate will stop at nothing to make Nina disappear, and only Alex Aaro, that inscrutable six-foot-four rock hard slab of lean muscle, stands between her and certain death. Now Nina and Alex are in a race against time, death, and their desire for one another…
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No Mercy by John Gilstrap. $ .99. From the Jacket Copy: “The launch of a really exciting series.” –Joseph Finder “No Mercy will leave you breathless.” –Harlan Coben When those inside the corridors of power need help outside the law, they know who to call. Jonathan Grave, covert rescue specialist, always gets results. No names. No feds. No trace evidence. When an Indiana college student is abducted, Jonathan and his team of ace operatives unravel a deadly scheme the government wants ignored. Someone wants to control a devastating secret. Someone rich, powerful, and willing to kill anyone to get it. Even the people Jonathan loves most.
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I’m not going to ruin it for you, but as someone who also adores Hepburn, I highly recommend ME. I read it when it came out and thoroughly enjoyed it.
I’ve never read McKenna, but I am a Scribd subscriber and see several of her books are available there, including the McClouds & Friends series. Think that would be a good starting point if I wanted to check her out?
Ream. And his band is named Tear Asunder? I can only…..no, I can’t. I am wordless.
@Cap: Her “best” is Behind Closed Doors and my feeling is if you dont like that book you won’t like any of her writing.
The Jonathan Grave books by John Gilstrap are superb if you enjoy military/thriller type stories, which I do. Jon and his team right wrongs and rescue innocents, and we follow along.
I’m a fan of the Gilstrap books as well.
Like @IsobelCarr I read ME in print and was moved by it. The one thing that surprises me now is how respectful the press were of Hepburn’s private life. Those days are long long gone.
@Jane: @Cap: I reckon her best is Out of Control – I have a bit of a thing for Davy and Margot – but that might be because it was the first novel of hers I read. I also love Hot Night. She’s definitely over the top Cap, loads of hot sex and alpha heroes who fall fairly instantly in love and are completely devoted to the heroine but if that’s your thing, when she’s on she is ON.
Love the title of Hepburn memoir! For a lesser persona, to name one’s memoir “Me” would be all mouth and no trousers. For the pants-wearing Hepburn, it’s perfect.
I became a Hepburn worshiper the first time I saw Holiday. I’ve hesitated about buying Me for the same reason Jane stated, but I just clicked that buy button.
I read ME when it first came out and loved it. It fell apart. I will be picking this copy up for a reread.
Also, I haven’t read KATE REMEMBERED, but A Scott Berg is a Pulitzer-winning biographer. I’ve read some of his other work. He became a friend of Kate, and had access to a lot of her personal memoirs, and such, as I recall. Again, from memory, it seems his book was considered too adoring by some, but I don’t remember. Anyway, worth googling and checking out for Hepburn fans.
And if anybody can rec an awesome Peter O’Toole bio I’d be in bliss.
@pooks: Have you read his memoirs, Loitering With Intent? The first volume, about his childhood, is terrific. I haven’t read the second yet.
Thanks for the recommendations. Doesn’t sound like my cup of tea, but it’s free (kinda), so I’ll give these a chapter. I’m always looking for ways to justify a subscription.