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Calling All Sports Romance Fans!

There are SO many great book deals going on right now! Have you found some? I'll try to pass along my favorites. 
If you are a sports romance fan, you won't want to miss the Northbrook Hockey Elite series by Heather Moore, Sophia Summers, and Rebecca Connolly. I really enjoyed them--and they are ALL on sale right now!
Here's the back copy:
Welcome to Northbrook Hockey Elite!

Six professional hockey players used to play on an elite club team together, but have all separated and now play in the pro-hockey leagues. Not all of them were friends, yet circumstances bring them together, and for the greater good, maybe they can put aside their differences.

Are You Reading Christmas Books Yet?

I'm starting to read Christmas books! Have you started yet? There are so many fun ones out there. 
If you are looking for a Christmas novella, A Holiday by Gaslight was my first Mimi Matthews book and I loved it! And it's on sale, too! 
Here's the back copy:
A Courtship of Convenience

Sophie Appersett is quite willing to marry outside of her class to ensure the survival of her family. But the darkly handsome Mr. Edward Sharpe is no run-of-the-mill London merchant. He's grim and silent. A man of little emotion--or perhaps no emotion at all. After two months of courtship, she's ready to put an end to things.

A Last Chance for Love

But severing ties with her taciturn suitor isn't as straightforward as Sophie envisioned. Her parents are outraged. And then there's Charles Darwin, Prince Albert, and that dratted gaslight. What's a girl to do except invite Mr. Sharpe to Appersett House for Christmas and give him one last chance to win her? Only this time there'll be no false formality. This time they'll get to know each other for who they really are.

Click HERE to get your sale copy

A Spooky Podcast

Just remembering one of my favorite Authors Off the Page Halloween episodes of our podcast. Did you ever listen to this one? It's perfect for the spooky season! 
You can hear it HERE 
Come laugh with us!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

It was a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving today. So grateful for my family and friends---especially book friends! Happy Thanksgiving!

Great Deal on Two Fall Romances!

If you love fall romances, then you will love both of these books! The perfect weekend reads! I would be hard-pressed to pick a favorite, I really loved them both. And they're on sale for only .99 cents!
Here's the back copy to A Pumpkin and a Patch:
Every person has that one thing they’re known for, and it doesn’t matter what you do, that one thing—whether good or bad—follows you around like a bloodhound for the rest of your life. For me it’s a story I wrote when I was fifteen. Forever more I will be known as the Reece the Rogue Pirate girl, instead of Josie Peterson. Why couldn’t I be known for all the cute children’s stories I’ve written about my family’s pumpkin patch?

Tragically, the torrid story I wrote as a teen was based on a real person, Reece Cavanaugh. And guess what? He grew up to be a pirate—okay, lawyer. Same thing. To make matters worse, the man is representing my ex-fiancé who wants to steal my treasure, aka engagement ring. If that wasn’t the icing on the cake, Reece has an adorable daughter who happens to be my new student. That’s right, I must now have actual conversations with him after avoiding him for half my life, even by hiding behind banana displays when needed. But the more I get to know Reece—the real version, not the imaginary one who ravishes me on sandy beaches—I can’t help but wish we could roll around in the sand together. There’s a problem though, the school I work for frowns upon relationships between parents and teachers. And it’s pumpkin season, which means all my free time is spent on the family farm. But when he kisses me, I can’t help wanting to break all the rules and get tangled up in the barn. The burning question is, am I brave enough to make my story a reality or will it be another bad ending?
Get your deal copy HERE
Here is the back copy for Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice:
If I were ever to write a memoir, it would be titled, Jenna Peterson’s Guide to Dating Emotionally Unavailable Men. I’m like a professional at it. I’m so good, I can take any dysfunctional man and turn him into Prince Charming, just in time for him to dump me and then go on to marry the next woman he dates. I’m about ready to give up on loving real men and focus on lusting over fictional men in the Turkish dramas I can’t stop devouring.

But then . . . I find a mysterious fifty-dollar bill with a handwritten note on it that was donated to my family’s pumpkin patch by accident. And wouldn’t you know it, the mystery man it belongs to is emotionally unavailable, albeit freakishly attractive. I keep telling myself to walk away, but there’s something about Aidan St. Claire that makes me want to unravel all his secrets. All I know is he sure can heat up the cozy fall nights. I can’t help but think that maybe this time I’ll get to keep Prince Charming for myself.
Get your deal copy HERE

A Regency Spy Romance for Free!

Just in case you need a Regency spy romance to read this week, The Marquess Meets His Match is free today! This was one of my favorite books to write. I hope you enjoy it and share with your friends!
Here's the back copy:
A traitor with a deadly plan. Two agents sent to expose his identity before he strikes. But danger is closer than they think . . .

Lord Christian Wolverton―known as Wolf in a covert group operating during the war against Napoleon―has been called home from his military duties. For the moment, his family responsibilities require him to suspend his more clandestine activities. But information falls into his hands that a traitor will soon try to tip the scales back into French favor and Christian doesn't have much time to stop it from happening.

Going to the one person who can help him, the powerful Duke of Huntingdon, Christian comes face to face with Lady Alice. She's a beautiful member of the ton with a very big secret―she's also a trained agent and already on the case. Forced to partner with her to lure the traitor out of hiding, Christian wants to quickly close the case himself, before Lady Alice is more closely involved. But Lady Alice has ideas of her own and she's going to prove her theories correct―with or without him.

Danger is closer than they think, however, and it's a race against time to expose the traitor's identity before British lives are endangered. Both Christian and Alice have strong opinions on who he is, but which one will be proven right?
Get your free copy HERE

My August Reads & A Surprise!

Here are the books I read in August. Kind of an eclectic little bunch! I really enjoyed all of them, but I think The Trespassers by Stephanie Black was the most surprising to me. I don't usually read paranormal mystery, but this one was SO good! Lots of twists and turns and red herrings. I really had to work to figure out who the murderer was! I really hope this is the beginning of a series. 
I reviewed it in Meridian Magazine if you wanted to read more of my thoughts about it. You can see that HERE

What I'm Reading This Week

I have loved Sarah Eden's Dread Penny Society series and the fifth book, The Queen and the Knave just came out! I am trying to savor it and not race through it, but it is SO good! Have you read this series?

What are you reading this week?

Here's the back copy for The Queen and the Knave:

Romance and mystery come full circle in the fifth and final book of Sarah M. Eden’s best-selling Victorian Proper Romance series.

London, 1866

Móirín Donnelly has spent the last five years working in the shadows for the Dread Penny Society, a secret fraternity of penny dreadful authors who use their profits, influence, and street smarts to protect the poor and vulnerable of Victorian London. But spending so much of her life in secret is taking its toll on her soul—and her heart.

When members of the Dread Penny Society begin disappearing, Móirín turns to her friend Detective Constable Fitzgerald Parkington for help. The two have developed a friendly rapport, and Móirín feels like she can trust him, though perhaps not with all of her secrets.

Fitzgerald Parkington has a sixth sense when it comes to tracking down criminals, which is why he’s recently been transferred to the Detective Department at Scotland Yard. But when roadblocks and red tape keep him from tracking down the criminal mastermind known as “The Tempest,” he must rely on the one woman who has unexpectedly captured his heart—the brash, bold, and fiery Irish lass, Móirín Donnelly.

As the Tempest’s deadly reach threatens to overwhelm all of London, Móirín and Fitz are caught in an elaborate game of cat and mouse that leads down back alleys, through dark London buildings, and right to the gates of Kensington Palace. Móirín has one chance to save Fitz and the Dread Penny Society from the Tempest, and she might have to sacrifice her one chance at love to do so.

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day! If this is on your menu today, what are you putting on it? For me, it's ketchup and relish. What about you?

My Can't Miss End of Summer Reading List

If you want some book recommendations for your end of summer reading list, my new column at Meridian Magazine is out--and there's an unusual book on my list! It was so hard to choose which ones to include because there are some great books coming out right now, but these ones stood out to me. And I hope you like the third! We had so much fun with it as a family. 
You can see my list HERE

Do you read books as a family? Or do suggested activities as a family from books?
Let me know if you have a favorite end of summer book in the comments!