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NEW RELEASES: Week of September 8, 2020

Contemporary


Risking the Shot by Amy Aislin: $ 3.99

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The Dating Itinerary by Brooke Williams: $ 2.99

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A Slow Dance Holiday by Carolyn Brown: $ 2.51

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The Billionaire’s Kiss by Christina Tetreault: $ 2.99

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REVIEW: The Dragon that Flew Out of the Sun and Other Stories by Aliette de Bodard

Here is The Dragon that Flew Out of the Sun and Other Stories, a short compilation of Xuya universe stories: sentient spaceships, the dark between the stars, and–always–food and memory and family.

Review

Several reviewers here have read and raved about Aliette de Bodard but up until now, I’d not managed to delve into her books or short stories. Then I saw that she’d packaged three short stories set in the Universe of Xuya, offering them for free download at her blog and I decided to plunge in...

REVIEW: Pretty Pretty Boys by Gregory Ashe

Trigger warnings:

Spoiler: Show

homophobia, rape, racism, homophobic slurs (this is an #ownvoices book and slurs are used to portray homophobic characters as well as sarcastically by a main character)

Dear Gregory Ashe,

I saw your Hazard and Somers series recommended and though I don’t read many mysteries or m/m novels, something made me want to pick it up. There’s a long free preview of this first book and by the time I reached the end of it, I wanted to buy the book.

Police detective Emer...

REVIEW : Stick the Landing (Elite Athletes #2) by Kate McMurray

Jake Mirakovitch might be the best gymnast in the world, but there’s one big problem: he chokes in international competition. The least successful of a family of world-class gymnasts, he has struggled to shake off nerves in the past. This time he’s determined to bring home the gold no matter what.

Retired figure skater Topher Caldwell wants a job as a commentator for the American network that covers the Olympics, and at the Summer Olympics in Madrid, he has a chance to prove himself with a few ...

REVIEW: The Risk by Elle Kennedy

Dear Ms. Kennedy:

I recently read the first book in your Briar U series, The Chase, and gave it a B+, mostly on the strength of an appealing heroine. The heroine of The Risk first appears in The Chase as Summer’s friend Brenna, and the hero, Jake, is featured in a few scenes of that book as an antagonist to Brenna (so, obviously, a future romantic interest).

Brenna Jensen finds herself stood up for a date at the local diner; just as she’s about to leave, Jake Connelly shows up and somehow figur...

REVIEW: All Stirred Up: A Novel by Brianne Moore

Inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion. She returned to save her family’s dying legacy–but found the ghosts of her past alive and well.

Susan Napier’s family once lived on the success of the high-end restaurants founded by her late grandfather. But bad luck and worse management has brought the business to the edge of financial ruin. Now it’s up to Susan to save the last remaining restaurant: Elliot’s, the flagship in Edinburgh.

But what awaits Susan in the charming city of Auld Reekie is more th...

REVIEW: The Artist’s Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #2) by Sonya Heaney

Despite their growing attraction, both Peter and Elizabeth have secrets that will come between them.

New South Wales, 1887

Peter Rowe’s life is in the city, but his soul is in Australia’s southern tablelands – a place he’s never seen. Taking the new land manager’s position on the thriving estate of Endmoor is the chance he needs to discover what happened to the family he has never met. What he doesn’t expect to find in the bush is his employer’s talented, beautiful sister.

Elizabeth Farrer’s w...

REVIEW: The Country Escape by Jane Lovering

Welcome to the idyllic country retreat of Christmas Steepleton, and let Jane Lovering whisk you away with the most heart-warming, romantic and comforting read of the year.

Leaving London and her ex-husband Luc behind, Katie and her 14-year-old daughter Poppy move into their very own, very ramshackle cottage near the village of Christmas Steepleton on the Dorset coast.

Harvest Cottage has been unloved for many years, so the job of bringing it back to life is a slow and expensive one. So, with ...

NEW RELEASES: Week of September 1, 2020

Better late than never right? This is two weeks of releases. Hope you are all doing well. Mask up!

 

Contemporary


Tempting the Prince by Christi Barth: $ 3.99

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Make Mine a Cowboy by A.J. Pine: $ 6.99

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Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera: $ 3.99

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The Wedding Date Disaster by Avery Flynn: $ 3.99

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REVIEW: A Nanny Called Alice by Barbara Hannay

She’s thousands of miles from home and intent on proving her independence…

When Alice Trembath is mugged in the stark Australian outback, she has two choices: return to the US with an “I told you so” from her conservative parents and join the family business, or take a job as a nanny on a nearby cattle station. Despite being wildly unqualified, she accepts the position. She’s a fast learner and besides, she needs the money.

Hotshot businessman Tom Braydon is juggling huge responsibilities. Aft...