Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..

If you long, sometimes, for a 70s era love story with an alpha male and a heroine with violet eyes, Laurie McBain’s Moonstruck Madness is for you! Here’s the blurb:

She’s one thing by day, something else altogether by night…

After escaping the slaughter of her clan at a young age, Scottish noblewoman Sabrina Verrick provides for her siblings by living a double life, until the night she encounters the Duke, and her secret and all she holds dear is threatened…

He’s so disillusioned, he’s completely vulnerable…

With his inheritance at stake, Lucien, Duke of Camareigh, sets a trap for the Scottish beauty with the piercing violet eyes, never imagining what will happen when the trap is sprung…

As their lives become irreversibly entangled, Lucien and Sabrina become each other’s biggest threat, as well as their only salvation…

It’s on sale today at Amazon for 1.99 here.


Robert Gellis’ Masques of Gold is beloved by many AAR readers for its brilliant history and compelling plot. Our DIK review is here.

Beautiful apothecary Lissa de Flael, awakens one morning to find her new husband, Peter, viciously murdered and sprawled across her doorstep. Peter’s two grown sons have fled with all the money and valuables in the house, leaving her and a few servants alone with the brutalized body. Enter Sir Justin FitzAilwin, minor knight and medieval detective, who sets out to solve the mystery behind the murder, unaware that the enchanting widow will be the lady of his dreams and that the bloody trail will lead to a seditious scheme to overthrow the King of England.

There was not a single aspect of this novel that I didn’t enjoy, from the political machinations to the steamy passion and clever wit Justin and Lissa share. While most historicals pay homage to the nobility, Gellis brings life to the middle class of medieval times. She somehow makes it fascinating to observe the simple tasks of daily living, such as, record keeping, bartering, and especially the demonstrations of Lissa’s pharmaceutical skills and Justin’s investigative talent. Amidst the backdrop of their tempestuous affair, she skillfully weaves these events into a compelling tale of high treason and revenge.

Over the years, I’ve found great enjoyment in Roberta Gellis’ wonderful historical romances, such as Bond of Blood and Alinor, but none more than Masques of Gold.

It’s on sale at Amazon today for 1.99 here.


Mia West’s PRN queer romance Entry Shock got a DIK from us. In her review, Maria Rose wrote:

Entry Shock is the third story in the Rogue Rescue series, about an elite secret unit of the Coast Guard. The members of the unit are for the most part water animal shifters – dolphins, seals, and in the case of this exciting and adventurous story – sharks. Who can resist a shark shifter? Well, not I! I’m happy to say that this story turned out to be my favorite of the series.

If the general population knew about shifters, no-one would be in the least surprised to discover that Ian Mackey’s alter ego is a shark. Quiet, observant, and no-nonsense, Mackey is the man his team relies on to keep them safe, patrolling the waters for wild sharks while the dolphins and seals assist the victims of boating accidents until the ‘real’ coast guard rescuers arrive. Using lethal force when required, Ian is motivated but cautious about maintaining control. His personal history includes abandonment by his mother and then going to live with his grandfather, who taught him everything he knows. He lives in an old lighthouse, a family home, and an easy place from which to slip into the water to patrol and keep an eye on his teammates even when they’re not on duty. He has some dark secrets in his past, but they are well hidden.

A chance encounter with another shark in his territory turns into a more complicated situation when the rogue shark turns out to be a new member of their unit. Patrick ‘Trick’ Harper has been assigned to the Rogue Rescue team as Mackey’s new partner, and to help instill some discipline in the maverick shark. Trick is deaf, adept at reading lips on land and with no need for hearing in the water where his other senses come into play, including all water shifters’ ability to communicate telepathically. Putting a shark who needs control and one in need of a stern hand together as partners is like oil on water, until they discover that sexually, it makes for a helluva match. Blowing off some steam together when off duty starts out fine, but soon an affair isn’t enough for Trick. Will Ian’s secrets keep him from letting Trick become his partner in the water and out?

Alpha males can be tricky beasts to write in such a way that they’re not totally overbearing and there’s no doubt that anyone who can shift into a shark’s body is going to be an alpha male. In this story you’ve got two such men, and they butt heads (literally) at their first meeting. But even though they are both tough guys on the outside, they’ve got emotional and sensitive sides, too. Mackey’s care for his teammates is the non-verbal kind, patrolling the waters by their homes to keep wild sharks away, and never wanting to miss a work shift (including going to extremes to show up). Trick is used to people treating him differently due to his hearing loss and is often on the defensive as a result. When the two of them are together, and especially after sex (those scenes are h-o-t by the way) they can relax and let down their guards. One of the signs that Mackey wants to get to know Trick better (even if he won’t say it out loud) is that he starts learning American Sign Language so that they can communicate on yet another level.

It’s free at Amazon and the link is here.



Brenda Novak Before We Were Strangers garnered a DIK from us. In her review, Shannon wrote:

When Sloane McBride was just five years old, her mother disappeared without a trace. Her father, a powerful man with political aspirations, told everyone she walked out on them, but even as a child, Sloane knew that simply couldn’t be true. After all, she was there on that terrible night, and its memories have never faded from her mind.

It’s been twenty-three years since Sloane last saw her mother and ten years since she last set foot in the tiny Texas town where she grew up. Sloane has been living in New York City where she works as a fashion model, but while most people would say she’s living a charmed life, she knows she’ll never be truly happy unless she can finally learn what really happened to her mother, and so, she takes time off from her job and heads back to Texas.

Unfortunately for Sloane, there are people who are desperate to keep the past hidden forever who begin trying to run her out of town not long after her arrival, and if that’s not bad enough, Micah, Sloane’s high school sweetheart, still hasn’t forgiven her for leaving him all those years ago. He’s reeling from a nasty divorce from Paige, Sloane’s former best friend who can’t seem to accept the fact that Micah has never truly gotten over Sloane.

Sloane never expected to be welcomed back to town with open arms, but she does find the level of hostility that’s being directed at her hard to take, and she naturally begins to question the wisdom of returning to Mill Creek. Maybe it would be better to let go of the past and return to New York, but Sloane knows she can’t give up without a fight. Not only does the truth about her mother’s disappearance haunt her, but she’s also desperate to make amends with Micah, the only man she’s ever truly loved.

Before We Were Strangers contains the perfect balance of romance and mystery; Ms. Novak definitely knows how to hook her readers in and refuse to let them go. I read late into the night so I could see how things turned out for Sloane and Micah, and I enjoyed every minute of the experience. The suspense is chilling and the romance is full of the best kind of sizzling sexual tension.

It’s for sale at Amazon for 1.99 here.


 

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