Daily Deals: Nora Roberts box set and more mystery and romance
The Inn Boonsboro Trilogy by Nora Roberts. $ 4.99 AMZN | iBooks
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Together in one boxed set: three Inn BoonsBoro novels featuring the Montgomery brothers—Beckett, Ryder, and Owen—who bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown and find their own lives revamped by love…
The set includes: The Next Always, The Last Boyfriend and The Perfect Hope.
Buy this romance trilogy with a supernatural element for only $4.99 today.
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Shattered Secrets by Karen Harper. $ 1.99
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Every town has its secrets…
Returning to Cold Creek, Ohio, is an act of courage for Tess Lockwood. Abducted and held captive as a young girl, she is unable to remember anything about the crime that destroyed her childhood and tore her family apart. Now a grown woman with a bright future, she is certain she has put the past behind her. But when she inherits the family home, Tess must confront the demons that still haunt her and the town of Cold Creek.
Gabe McCord has always blamed himself for what happened to Tess. He had been a teenager when she was snatched from the group of children he was responsible for watching. Now Gabe has taken on the role of sheriff and hopes to shed new light on the cold case, especially given his growing feelings for Tess.
Tess isn’t ready to recall what happened to her, and she has no intention of digging up any details that might remind her of the truth. But when another child in the town goes missing, she’s certain it’s related to her return to Cold Creek. Together,Tess and Gabe will have to work to unlock their painful memories in order to save another child and heal their damaged souls, for good….
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Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman. $ 2.99
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You have never met an (ex) FBI agent like Brigid Quinn“Keeping secrets, telling lies, they require the same skill. Both become a habit, almost an addiction, that’s hard to break even with the people closest to you, out of the business. For example, they say never trust a woman who tells you her age; if she can’t keep that secret, she can’t keep yours. I’m fifty-nine.”
Brigid Quinn’s experiences in hunting sexual predators for the FBI have left her with memories she wishes she didn’t have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Having been pushed into early retirement by events she thinks she’s put firmly behind her, Brigid keeps telling herself she is settling down nicely in Tucson with a wonderful new husband, Carlo, and their dogs.
But the past intervenes when a man named Floyd Lynch confesses to the worst unsolved case of Brigid’s career—the disappearance and presumed murder of her young protégée, Jessica. Floyd knows things about that terrible night that were never body in return for a plea bargain.
It should finally be the end of a dark chapter in Brigid’s life. Except…the new FBI agent on the case, Laura Coleman, thinks the confession is fake, and Brigid finds she cannot walk away from violence and retribution after all, no matter what the cost.
With a fiercely original and compelling voice, Becky Masterman’s Rage Against the Dying marks the heart-stopping debut of a brilliant new thriller writer.
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All Fired Up by Elle Kennedy. $ .99.
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Welcome to book 1 of the DreamMakers series. A red-hot collaboration from New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors VIVIAN AREND and ELLE KENNEDY.
He’s ready to lead the way
As the owner of DreamMakers Inc., Parker Wilson takes the skills he learned as a Ranger to help men win in the love department, using every resource available to plan the perfect date. But when a routine recon turns into an unexpected night of fiery passion, Parker’s mission becomes personal—and he won’t give up until Lynn Davidson is all his.
She’s more than willing to follow
Lynn is a goner from the moment she lays eyes on the delectable Parker. She’s tired of sticking to the straight and narrow. It’s time to walk on the wild side, and what better way than in the arms of the most irresistible man she’s ever met? But when their red-hot affair is threatened, it’ll take a team effort to make their dreams come true.
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DreamMakers
All Fired Up (Parker & Lynn)
Love Is A Battlefield (Jack & Pepper)
Don’t Walk Away (Dean & Emma)
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Gotta say I did not like Shattered Secrets at all. Thought the dialogue was wooden, the plot was convoluted, the romance was lackluster and tension-less, and I certainly didn’t think the characters were that likeable. YMMV I suppose.
“some of the story line was familiar”
You can say that again. I was mildly intrigued by this deal, but thought “Haven’t I read this already?” Upon scouring my mental bookshelves, I realized that no, I haven’t, but I *have* read at least three other books that would nearly match this blurb.
I really enjoyed Rage Against the Dying. I listened to it on audio not long after it came out based on a suggestion from a friend.
Us by David Nicholls is on sale at Amazon at least for $2.99. It’s not a romance but it explores the relationship of a family during their version of a ‘grand tour’ (it’s modern day but they come up with the idea to have a family trip through Europe to visit art galleries). It was one of my favorite books of last year.
@CelineB: Was there much by way of romance in Rage Against the Dying Celine? Or would you describe the book as straight up suspense/crime thriller?
I cannot find words for how much I enjoyed All Fired Up — this is forever going to be the Tequila Shots Foreplay book for me, and I don’t usually remember specific scenes from books very well (I may have re-read this book several times for that scene). I also really like the concept of “Ex Military manly dudes decide to form a business and become… romantic date planners?”. It’s great.
Otherwise it’s actually a super sweet story, it’s funny, it’s cute, there’s a touch of suspense, they Use Their Words to avoid a Big Misunderstanding, and the characters are pretty adorable. There’s an m/f/m scene, which may put some people off, but it’s probably one of my favourite books from last year.
This is a lot of words for yes click buy yes good! #2 is pretty fantastic too.