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Iridescent by King Ellie $ 2.99
From the Jacket Copy:
I’m her PUNISHER.
I’ll do everything in my power to punish her but she doesn’t want me to yet I can give her what she craves the most…PAIN.
I’m her MONSTER. She can’t take it or leave it because she’ll never be able to leave me.
Now it’s time to give her something more, but can she survive my kind of warped essence of pleasure born from the twisted bond linking us?
Damned if she does…Damned if she doesn’t.
Beach Glass by Suzan Colon $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Finding love means taking risks, letting go, and believing in second chances . . .
A devastating break-up–
Yes, I’m ready to be your wife after five years together. I’m ready to marry you, to do laundry together, to have kids with you and wake up in the middle of the night when they cry, and try to find time for sex, and laugh about it when we can’t. I’m ready for all of it, Daniel.
Katy McNamara is ready, but Daniel, her devoted but commitment-wary boyfriend, isn’t. When her thirtieth birthday comes and goes without a marriage proposal, she leaves the dull safety of an east coast freelance job for an assignment in Costa Rica, hoping the distraction of writing about yoga and surfing in a tropical paradise will help her heal.
Enter Carson Richardson–tanned, tall, and handsome, a world-class surfer who also happens to be smart, wealthy, and a very nice guy.
A breathtaking new love–
Carson the surf god teaches me how to ride the waves. Carson sits with me on a surfboard, and we kiss as the sun sets behind us. Carson looks on with approval as I send a postcard home with one sentence that reads: I’m not coming back.
Loving Carson opens a world of adventure for Katy, though the dangers of his sport always lurk at the edges of their happiness. If the unthinkable happens, will the fantasy be enough?
Falling in love means trusting, hoping, sharing–and learning to live for today. Falling in love means realizing that life is as fragile and as beautiful as beach glass.
Something Blue by Emily Giffin $ 2.99
From the Jacket Copy:
From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with a ‘perfect life’ can lose it all—and then find everything.
Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind substance. Never mind playing by the rules. Never mind karma.
But Darcy’s neat, perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the plain-Jane “good girl,” steals her fiancé, while Darcy finds herself completely alone for the first time in her life…with a baby on the way.
Darcy tries to recover, fleeing to her childhood friend living in London and resorting to her tried-and-true methods for getting what she wants. But as she attempts to recreate her glamorous life on a new continent, Darcy finds that her rules no longer apply. It is only then that Darcy can begin her journey toward self-awareness, forgiveness, and motherhood.
Emily Giffin’s Something Blue is a novel about one woman’s surprising discoveries about the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever-after. It’s a novel for anyone who has ever, even secretly, wondered if the last thing you want is really the one thing you need.
Almost by Danielle Norman $ 0.99
From the Jacket Copy:
Some people are unforgettable.
The first guy to kiss me senseless on the hood of a car,
And the one man to promise me forever.
That was Carter Lang,
And he was unforgettable,
Seared into my memory–and heart.
But that was long ago,
A forever that I was forced to walkaway from.
Now I’m back,
And wondering if,
In all of these years, have I crossed his mind.
Can the ALMOST of the past turn into the future we always wanted?
My two cents on “Something Blue”: I loved “Something Borrowed”, was looking forward to “Something Blue”, and it was a dissapoinment to me. It is not that the novel is predictable, is that there never seemed to be any character growth. It was a connect the dots plot that never bothered to connect the dots. Darcy never atones, or do any actual character growth. She just becomes this new person for whom everything falls into place.
@Maite: I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on the book. I liked Something Blue even more than Something Borrowed. I thought it was hilarious and I did see growth in Darcy, although it was subtle. You’re right that she didn’t atone, though. But then, Rachel also had some things to atone for. They had each wronged the other, and forgiving and accepting that as well as understanding her role in it a bit better was one of Darcy’s growth steps.
I have misgivings about Emily Giffin. As I recall, she once spurred her fans to attack a reviewer over a 3-star Amazon review. The reviewer got death threats.