It’s Thursday, and it’s been a heck of a week, probably for all of us, but hey: books! Romances are awesome when everything else sucks. So let’s talk about some great ones.
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Which duke should be yours? My inner Hot Mess is very satisfied with my results.
We all know that I love a good Pride and Prejudice retelling (and that there are a million out there). But Emma? Yes. Yes, please and thank you.
Looking for tips to find good local authors? This is a great place to start!
Okay, this is very romance adjacent but literary scarves, y’all.
Deals
Want a two-in-one collection with an amazing cover? Check out Road to Forever & A Love of My Own by Sherelle Green and Sheryl Lister. These are both authors I’ve tried before but haven’t read these two specific books. If you’re interested in these, definitely check out other of Kimani’s two-in-ones, because it seems like that’s the majority of the printing they’re doing right now.
And just because it’s been a while since I’ve mentioned her, reminder that you can read some top notch Rebekah Weatherspoon for as little as 2.99! Check out Fit (which is hella steamy) or So Sweet (which is similarly steamy) to see what kind of story you might like, and then you’re welcome.
New Releases!
Do you know what’s great about some of the recent historicals? Ladies (and other folks) sciencing the shit out of stuff. I’ve gotten my hands on a couple new things where that is at their center, and of course this is a day that ends in Y so of course there are lots of other new books I’m looking forward to reading!
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics
Olivia Waite
This is one of those books that has been talked about a lot over the last week or so, and I can’t help but join in the excitement. Not only did Avon drop this cover all nonchalantly like it wasn’t the first mass market historical (though it did go digital first) with two women on a gorgeous cover, but Olivia Waite is no slouch when it comes to amazing words strung together. So when you’ve got people drooling over the cover and ready to read the book, which I did in a day? Well, you’re going to hear about it, is what happens. In this beautiful, delicious novel (with limited angst, thank goodness), Lucy has gone to Catherine, Lady Moth, with a proposal to work on the translation for an esteemed French astronomy text. Lucy, still reeling from her… girlfriend? …getting married, arrives in London with only one thing on her mind, but can’t help her attraction to her new benefactress. And the feeling, it seems, is mutual. This book really approaches the power dynamic in an interesting and compelling way. There’s also a lot about the nature of science and art, and that alone makes this book magical.
Falling for A Rake
Eve Pendle
I’m not far into this one, but it starts out with a young woman who is on a fern hunt. That’s right, she got a group of people together and decided that fern hunting was a thing. So she and the Rake With The Heart Of Gold(™) who is also part of this expedition fall down a mine shaft and spend the night together, only leaving one option: fake relationship! She doesn’t particularly know he has a HOG, and they both try to suppress their chemistry by being abrasive and aloof. Obviously, it doesn’t work.
Others I can’t wait to get my hands on:
Sweet Heat by Zuri Day
To Resist a Scandalous Rogue by Liana de la Roas
Project Duchess by Sabrina Jeffries
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
The Seduction Expert by Saya Lopez Ortega
Say No to the Duke by Eloisa James (I haven’t been rushing to pick these up, but that cover…)
Save The Date by Monica Murphy
I Think I Might (Want You) by Christina C. Jones
Kingdom of Exiles by Maxym M. Martineau (HOW DID THIS SNEAK UP ON ME)
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