Fantasy Romance, YA, & More

A Rogue of My Own

A Rogue of My Own by Johanna Lindsey is $1.99! This is book three in the Reid Family series. The hero is a spy who seemingly believes the heroine trapped him into a marriage of convenience.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Johanna Lindsey’s captivating regency romance, an innocent young lady’s first brush with royal court intrigue lands her at the altar alongside one of London’s most notorious rogues.

For Lady Rebecca Marshall, a whirlwind of excitement begins when she becomes a maid of honor at the court of Queen Victoria. But when Rebecca unknowingly steps into the rivalry between the Queen’s spymaster and a noblewoman who uses the maids as courtly spies, she is soon entangled in a web of deceit with the charming marquis Rupert St. John.

The devastatingly handsome ne’er-do-well is the cousin of Raphael Locke, with whom Rebecca was once infatuated. He’s also a secret agent of the crown who leads a double life.

Certain that guileless Rebecca is spying on him, Rupert seduces her—then, forced to wed, he believes she has set a trap of the worst sort in order to marry into his powerful family. But as he comes to know Rebecca’s true heart, his vow of revenge and infidelity becomes a desire to share many passionate nights—only with his beautiful wife.

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Wildest Dreams

Wildest Dreams by Kristen Ashley is $2.99 at Amazon! It used to be available elsewhere, but it’s now in KU. This is a romance with mistaken identities and dragons, and I definitely felt like it as a bit ahead of its time given the romantasy craze right now. I’ve enjoyed some of Ashley’s romances, though I always feel like they go a little long.

Seoafin “Finnie” Wilde was taught by her parents that every breath was a treasure and to seek every adventure she could find. And she learns this lesson the hard way when they perish in a plane crash. But she never forgets and when she discovers there is a parallel universe where every person has a twin, she finds a witch who can send her there so she can have the adventure of a lifetime.

But upon arrival in the Winter Wonderland of Lunwyn, she realizes she’s been played by her twin and finds herself walking down the aisle to be wed to The Drakkar.

Thrown into inauspicious circumstances, with years of practice, Finnie bests the challenges and digs into her adventure. But as Frey Drakkar discovers the woman who is his new wife is not Princess Sjofn, a woman he dislikes but instead, his Finnie, a free-spirit with a thirst for venture just like him, without her knowledge he orders his new bride bound to his frozen world, everlasting.

But at the same time Frey plunges Finnie into a web of political intrigue that includes assassination plots, poison, magic, mystery and… dragons.

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Futbolista

Futbolista by Johnna Garza Villa is $1.99! This queer YA romance came out last spring. It was also mentioned on Dahlia’s monthly list of queer romance releases to look out for.

Heartstopper meets Red, White, & Royal Blue in a college football (the real football) YA contemporary romance with all the Mexican-American vibes to be expected from Jonny Garza Villa, author of Fifteen Hundred Miles From the Sun.

Gabriel Piña knows who he a college goalkeeper, an aspiring professional athlete, and definitely straight. He’s starting his freshman year at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi with a lot of eyes on him and even more potential, but he’s got this. Nothing will have him straying off the path to greatness.

That is, until Vale, a philosophy classmate (who Gabi might’ve kissed very briefly, and only once, to help him out at a party) volunteer​s to tutor him. ​As a friendship blooms and the two spend more and more time together, Gabi begins to recognize something about that maybe he’s not as straight as he thought he was. ​A​nd a larger and much more brooding realization lingers. Someone like him—a brown, Mexican futbolista with dreams of playing for El Tri—can’t also be bisexual. It would be the exact type of straying off path that destroys his future.

Or, maybe Gabi could embrace all those parts of himself and create his own path. One that includes football and a boyfriend. If only he could find that courage to fight for himself and a future he deserves.

A sports romance for those who keep rewatching Bend It Like Beckham and fans of the incredible collection of queer YA soc—football stories, Futbolista follows the first semester of one guy’s freshman year of college, navigating who he is and who he wants to be.

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One Killer Night

One Killer Night by Trilina Pucci is $1.99! I just added this to my TBR pile and now it’s on sale! Perfect timing. This was published by Amazon’s romance imprint, so it’s only available digitally through them.

USA Today bestselling author Trilina Pucci cranks up the heat in this sexy slasher filled with dark family secrets, classic horror tropes, and banter as sharp as a deranged killer’s knife.

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

Love will stab you from behind.

It’s Halloween night, and out-of-work writer Goldie Monroe’s trip to the drugstore scares up more than the fake blood she’s looking for. It leads to the man of her naughtiest dreams. And in spite of her costume, sparks fly from the moment they meet.

Noah Adler, aspiring sneaker designer, is impossibly gorgeous—like a tatted-up version of Goldie’s favorite blue-eyed vampire. He’s there for candy, but it’s Goldie he can’t resist. When she invites him to her sister’s F/X company bash, he’s all in without a second thought.

The pair’s flirty connection heats up fast, carrying them to electrifying new heights. But after Goldie discovers Noah is hiding a dark secret, it all starts to crumble. Looking for answers about her own past awakens new dangers, and when Goldie and Noah land at a slasher camp for adults, a deadly tragedy threatens to repeat itself. If they can survive this one killer night, they can definitely slay a happily ever after.

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