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[sufue]

An omnibus of the first three books in Elizabeth Hunter's Irin Chronicles series is on sale right now in the US and UK, and discountable at Kobo. The included books are: The Scribe, The Singer, and The Secret. I've read and really really liked Hunter's Cambio Springs series, but haven't tried this series yet.

Kindle US, $0.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CB25PXSS
Kobo US, $0.99: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...fantasy-series
Kindle UK, £0.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CB25PXSS
Kobo UK, £0.78: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the...fantasy-series

Note that Hunter did have a sale on bundles at her web store not too long ago, including these titles, so check carefully before you buy!

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Originally Posted by sufue

An omnibus of the first three books in Elizabeth Hunter's Irin Chronicles series is on sale right now in the US and UK, and discountable at Kobo. The included books are: The Scribe, The Singer, and The Secret. I've read and really really liked Hunter's Cambio Springs series, but haven't tried this series yet.

Note that Hunter did have a sale on bundles at her web store not too long ago, including these titles, so check carefully before you buy!

Looking at Kobo Canada, the set is priced at $1.36 Cdn (likely from a $0.99 US price on Kobo US). VIP & other discounts can be applied.

Since I already picked up that book for my spouse last time it was on sale, I had to give it a pass.

[sufue]

I've enjoyed Kim McDougall's Valkyrie Bestiary series, most of which I read via KU, and I remember some other folks upthread have liked it too. Which was, in fact, why I gave it a try . Now, if you don't have KU, or just want your own copies, the second and third books in the series have gone on sale, at least a little bit.

And I also noticed that there is a new one, Worlds Don't Collide, which says it is "[t]he exciting conclusion" to the series, coming out in about 10 days, on June 6.

Dervishes Don't Dance, #2
Kindle US, $1.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DP6WG6K
Kindle UK, £1.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DP6WG6K

Hell Hounds Don't Heel, #3
Kindle US, $2.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08KGCW6X2
Kindle UK, £2.99: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08KGCW6X2

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Just in Time (Alaskan Nights #4) by Addison Fox (D-/1 star)
• Look-Alike (Athena Force #14) by Meredith Fletcher (D/1 star)

Halfway through Resonance Surge in my complete Psy/Changeling series reread.


Purchased:
none

[sufue]

I usually think of Aliette de Bodard as a science fiction/fantasy author, but de Bodard's Fireheart Tiger is being marketed as a romantic fantasy, so I'm cross-posting it here. It's $1.99 right now in the US.

link to the post in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4429137

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope (A-/5stars)

Also reread Mate so am now finished with my complete Psy/Changeling series reread.


Purchased:

[sufue]

The publisher, Joffe Books, has reached their tenth anniversary this week, and to celebrate, they are doing a book a day for free for the week. And today's free book is a romance, published by their Choc Lit imprint. I haven't read it, so no idea if it's any good, but WTH, it's free. And if I don't like it, I can delete!

A Cornish Summer at Pear Tree Farm, #1 in the Pear Tree Farm series by Angela Britnell

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHS2ZXNR
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHS2ZXNR

Spoiler:

What happens when a girl with a big heart but a small purse meets a fallen country music star?

Nessa Vivian inherited Pear Tree Farm from her parents. But the campsite is struggling to make ends meet.

Nessa’s determined to see her parents’ legacy thrive. It’s the perfect summer, and Cornwall should be heaving with campers. So what is she doing wrong?

Perhaps her sister is right. Caravans named after Beatles’ songs and homegrown pears aren’t enough to turn the farm into a tourist-filled haven.

Or maybe it’s something to do with Nessa’s big heart. She does have a habit of taking in troubled runaways instead of paying customers . . .

Then an American — and drop-dead gorgeous — country singer buys Tregereth House next door. Their attraction is immediate.

But their budding romance is soon tainted by secrets and competition.

Could this be the final nail in the coffin for Pear Tree Farm? Or could it be a new lease of life? Not just for the farm, but Nessa, too . . .

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• Tangerine Marmalade Murder (Luscious Delights #3) by Meg Benjamin (B-/3 stars)
• The Mirror (Lost Bride Trilogy #2) by Nora Roberts (B+/4 stars) (ARC)

Purchased:

[copyrite]

Originally Posted by library addict

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Mirror (Lost Bride Trilogy #2) by Nora Roberts (B+/4 stars) (ARC)

Oooh... I see you gave it a B+. When Inheritance finished on a cliffhanger I said a few choice words about La Nora.

[library addict]

Originally Posted by copyrite

Oooh... I see you gave it a B+. When Inheritance finished on a cliffhanger I said a few choice words about La Nora.

This one has a rather abrupt ending as well, though I would not consider it an actual cliffhanger. It's definitely a middle/bridge book.

I now have to hope I can get an ARC of book 3 too, otherwise I have to wait 17 or 18 months to read it.

Also I reread Inheritance before starting the ARC and think that helped.

[sufue]

I also have an ARC of The Mirror and although I haven't written/posted my review yet, I totally agree - it's a middle book through and through.

But I'm not sure there is going to have been enough story line for a three-book set, because part way through this one, I was wondering if it was going to be a duology. Minor spoiler:

Spoiler:

Roberts is kind of working her way through the brides, and I'm not really sure she needed to work her way through all of them in detail.

We do get some back-story that way, but some of it felt kind of inessential - although, of course, it could all turn out to be essential in the third book. Although I have my doubts. But it was fun meeting some minor new characters, such as Cleo's grand-mere. And I like the found family aspects of it a lot.

And I also agree that the end of The Mirror isn't as cliff-hanger-ish as the first one, which also really annoyed me, whereas this one, I'm kind of meh about. And then the way Roberts starts The Mirror makes what was a big cliff-hanger from the first book seem sort of pedestrian, which was also kind of annoying. Maybe I'll be surprised and the third book will be quite a firecracker, and I hope so. But for now, for me, The Mirror was kind of a yawn. I rank on stars, and I'm going to give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5 once I get my review written.

[copyrite]

I'm definitely going to have to do a reread for a refresh before I read The Mirror.

It's a shame she didn't just put all of it in one big fat book. But you don't make as much money that way.

[library addict]

This is a repeat, but Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh (Psy/Changeling #1) is on sale for $2.99 again.

Spoiler:

THE FIRST PSY/CHANGELING NOVEL from the New York Times bestselling author of Shards of Hope, Shield of Winter, and Heart of Obsidian...The book that Christine Feehan called "a must-read for all of my fans."

In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would be to sentence herself to the horror of "rehabilitation"--the complete psychic erasure of everything she ever was...

Both human and animal, Lucas Hunter is a Changeling hungry for the very sensations the Psy disdain. After centuries of uneasy coexistence, these two races are now on the verge of war over the brutal murders of several Changeling women. Lucas is determined to find the Psy killer who butchered his packmate, and Sascha is his ticket into their closely guarded society. But he soon discovers that this ice-cold Psy is very capable of passion--and that the animal in him is fascinated by her. Caught between their conflicting worlds, Lucas and Sascha must remain bound to their identities--or sacrifice everything for a taste of darkest temptation...

Kobo

Google Play

Amazon

Apple Books

[library addict]

Weekly Report:

Read:

• The Backup Bride Proposal (Boots and Bouquets #4) by Jaci Burton (D/1 star)
• Queen of Dreams (Bound to Fire and Steel #2) by Kit Rocha (B-/3 stars) (ARC)
• Wolf (Stope Packs #1) by Rebecca Zanetti (D/1 stars)
• Alpha (Stope Packs #2) by Rebecca Zanetti (D/1 star)
• Shifter (Stope Packs #3) by Rebecca Zanetti (B+/4 stars)
• The Gift of Hope (Unexpected Gifts #1) by Kristen McKanagh (B/4 stars)
• The Gift of Joy (Unexpected Gifts #2) by Kristen McKanagh (B/4 stars)
• The Gift of Faith (Unexpected Gifts #3) by Kristen McKanagh (B/4 stars)

Purchased:
none

[sufue]

A box set of the first three books in Kim McDougall's Valkyrie Bestiary series, which I've read and enjoyed almost all of, is free right now at Kindle US and Kindle UK. The included titles are: Dragons Don’t Eat Meat, Dervishes Don’t Dance, Hell Hounds Don’t Heel, and a bonus prequel novella, Three Half Goats Gruff.

Kindle US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MJB35G1
Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09MJB35G1

Spoiler:

A fae pest-controller with a soft heart can easily end up with an apartment full of rescues.

And Kyra Greene already has too many critters, including a basilisk who thinks he’s a turkey, a banshee nanny, and a pygmy kraken. She might take care of them, but they also fill her need for family. And when that family is threatened, she’ll risk everything to save them.

Dragons Don’t Eat Meat, Book 1:

When Kyra finds an abandoned baby dragon, she doesn’t want to bring him home, but until she hunts down the brute trying to kill all the dragons and start a civil war among the fae, she’s on babysitting duty.

To reunite the dragon with his lost thunder, she’ll even join forces with the handsome and irritating captain of the city’s vigilante Guardians, who never fails to show up at her most undignified moments.

Dervishes Don’t Dance, Book 2

Sometimes you just need to hug your fire dervish. Like when he protects you from brownies. Or goes down into the scary basement with you because he’s proud to be your apprentice.

Or when he saves the world.

Kyra Greene, the only pest controller qualified to deal with the strange and wonderful creatures that come out of the shadows when magic flares, is on a new adventure when someone lets a golem loose in Montreal Ward.

Hell Hounds Don’t Heel, Book 3

Mason promised to return from France with the one weapon capable of killing the formidable witch who was reborn from the bloodstone, but no one has heard from him in months. Now Kyra must solve a murder on her own before all the gargoyles in end up in jail…or six feet in the ground.

Includes Bonus Prequel, Three Half Goats Gruff:

One year before Kyra Greene meets dragon poachers in an old cemetery, she comes across another mysterious figure: Henry Mason, head of the Guardians of Montreal. Thrown together to save a middle school from an unusual infestation, Kyra and Mason share one heart-stopping night. Come sing around the campfire with satyrs, learn to trap a rock troll, and discover how Kyra found one little lost cephalopod.