The Black Lyon
The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux is $3.99! This is one of the first romances Deveraux published. It came out in 1980 and has Old Skool qualities, but many readers say this is the book that turned them into Deveraux fans. I will also mention that if rape is a trigger for you, avoid this book or at least read cautiously. Any Bitchery members care to add their thoughts?
A Classic Love Story of a Fearless Lord and the Woman Who Tamed Him
Darkly handsome and rich beyond imagining, the bold English conqueror was called “the Black Lyon” for his lionlike ferocity. He had no match among enemies, or women…until he met Lyonene, the green-eyed beauty whose fiery spirit equaled his own.
Through a whirlwind romance and stormy marriage, she endured every peril to be by his side, until vicious lies and jealousy drove her into danger. Now only the fierce Black Lyon can save her—for he alone has the courage to destroy the ruthless plot threatening to shatter the bond of love the Lyon and his lady vowed would never be broken…
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If He’s Sinful
If He’s Sinful by Hannah Howell is $1.99! This is the second book in the paranormal historical Wherlocke series. We had the first book, If He’s Wicked ( A | BN | K | G | ARe | iB | Au | Scribd ), featured a couple in the past and I know a few readers picked it up. Some reader mention the hero is kind of an asshat at first, though many found the heroine strong and feisty. It has a 4.1-star rating on Goodreads.
Secrecy and intrigue ignite dangerous passions in New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell’s seductive new novel…
It is whispered throughout London that the members of the Wherlocke family are possessed of certain unexplainable gifts. But Lord Ashton Radmoor is skeptical—until he finds an innocent beauty lying drugged and helpless in the bedroom of a brothel.
The mystery woman is Penelope Wherlocke, and her special gift of sight is leading her deep into a dangerous world of treachery and betrayal. Ashton knows he should forget her, yet he’s drawn deeper into the vortex of her life, determined to keep her safe. But Penelope is no ordinary woman, and she’s never met the man strong enough to contend with her unusual abilities.
Until now…
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The Lotus Palace
The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin is 99c! Thanks to Reader Peg E. for the head’s up about the sale! This is a historical romance/mystery with class differences. Some readers mentioned it was hard to get into at first, but once they did, they couldn’t put it down. It has a 3.8-star rating on Goodreads.
It is a time of celebration in the Pingkang Li, where imperial scholars and bureaucrats mingle with beautiful courtesans. At the center is the Lotus Palace, home of the most exquisite courtesans in China…
Maidservant Yue-ying is not one of those beauties. Street-smart and practical, she’s content to live in the shadow of her infamous mistress—until she meets the aristocratic playboy Bai Huang.
Bai Huang lives in a privileged world Yue-ying can barely imagine, yet alone share, but as they are thrown together in an attempt to solve a deadly mystery, they both start to dream of a different life. Yet Bai Huang’s position means that all she could ever be to him is his concubine—will she sacrifice her pride to follow her heart?
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At the King’s Command
At the King’s Command by Susan Wiggs is $1.99! This is the first book in the Tudor Rose trilogy, though I will warn you that the book isn’t quite historically accurate. However, it will always hold a special place in my heart since it’s the first book I reviewed for Smart Bitches and I gave it a C+:
I will say that I commend Ms. Wiggs on not rushing into intimacy. All too often, there’s that need to consummate or legitimize a fake marriage when the characters haven’t been developed enough to warrant a meaningful exchange. In fact, the first intimate scene is completely one-sided. Hooray for a man tending to his lady’s needs, even if he is an insufferable ass afterwards.
The book was originally published in the mid-nineties under the title Circle in the Water. You can grab the entire trilogy for less than $7!
Frustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the sovereign’s capricious and malicious whims. He regards his new bride as utterly inconvenient though undeniably fetching.
But Juliana Romanov is no ordinary thief she is a Russian princess forced into hiding by the traitorous cabal who slaughtered her family. One day she hopes to return to Muscovy to seek vengeance.
What begins as a mockery of a marriage ultimately blossoms into deepest love.
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