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17 March 2026 @ 03:30 pm
Katabasis
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang is $1.99! This was a big release, as are most of Kuang’s books. Did any of you grab this one? If you’re still waiting on library holds, snap this deal up while you can.
Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.
Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.
Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.
We Could Be So Good
RECOMMENDED: We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian is $1.99! This is book on in the Midcentury NYC series. Lara gave this one an A:
TL;DR: Read this book if you’d like to be swept along safely in a rising tide of emotion, predominantly love.
Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city’s biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can’t let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy.
Andy Fleming’s newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He’s barely able to run his life—he’s never paid a bill on time, routinely gets lost on the way to work, and would rather gouge out his own eyes than deal with office politics. Andy agrees to work for a year in the newsroom, knowing he’ll make an ass of himself and hate every second of it.
Except, Nick Russo keeps rescuing Andy: showing him the ropes, tracking down his keys, freeing his tie when it gets stuck in the ancient filing cabinets. Their unlikely friendship soon sharpens into feelings they can’t deny. But what feels possible in secret—this fragile, tender thing between them—seems doomed in the light of day. Now Nick and Andy have to decide if, for the first time, they’re willing to fight.
Secrets of a Summer Night
Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas is $1.99! This is the first book in the much-loved Wallflower Quartet. Coincidentally, I’ve been getting the urge to reread this series. There’s also no time like the present to start your Kleypas reading journey!
Four young ladies enter London society with one common goal: they must use their feminine wit and wiles to find a husband.So a daring husband-hunting scheme is born.
Annabelle Peyton, determined to save her family from disaster, decides to use her beauty and wit to tempt a suitable nobleman into making an offer of marriage. But Annabelle’s most intriguing—and persistent—admirer, wealthy, powerful Simon Hunt, has made it clear that while he will introduce her to irresistible pleasure he will not offer marriage. Annabelle is determined to resist his unthinkable proposition . . . but it is impossible in the face of such skillful seduction.
Her friends, looking to help, conspire to entice a more suitable gentleman to offer for Annabelle, for only then will she be safe from Simon—and her own longings. But on one summer night, Annabelle succumbs to Simon’s passionate embrace and tempting kisses . . . and she discovers that love is the most dangerous game of all.
Nine Month Contract
Nine Month Contract by Amy Daws is $2.99! This is a grumpy/sunshine romance with a hero wanting to be a dad. I haven’t read this one, but I feel like not involving a surrogacy agency can lead to a lot of trouble. Last time this was on sale, commenters mention this one requires some suspension of disbelief.
Help Wanted: Grumpy mountain man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting as the form of communication and nosy brotherly neighbors. Rustic mountain range housing available upon request.
I wanted to pummel my irritating brothers when they posted their own version of a wanted ad to help me with my life.
But I can’t fault the results once the right woman lands in my lap.
Becoming a single father is not a decision I made lightly. In fact, it’s the biggest decision of my entire life.
Which is why when I interview Trista, I know she’s perfect.
She’s wild, she’s opinionated, she wears cowboy boots. Even my pet goat loves her…
She’s the exact type of person I was holding out for.
And to my great horror, I realize on our first night of attempting this baby-making dance—when the lights are low, the cheap wine is flowing and the home-insemination supplies are laid out on the kitchen counter—I want to do a lot more than just make her my surrogate.
I want to make her mine.
Perfect for fans of:
Grumpy/Sunshine
Small Town Romance
Age Gap
Curvy FMC
Meghan Quinn and Tessa Bailey
17 March 2026 @ 03:15 pm
17 March 2026 @ 02:00 pm
This HaBO comes from Andrea, who wants to find this romance:
I’m looking for a book from Kindle, but I can’t remember the cover, title, or any of the character names.
There’s this one scene that I remember very vividly, which is what sparked my interest in finding this book because I remember it being so hot. I can’t remember if this book was part of a series or not.
But basically the heroine and hero are in a sauna or steam room and then their friend walks in. I know the friend hadn’t been with a woman in awhile, which he had talked about with the heroine previously. I don’t think it’s a why choose book because I remember the hero was torn up about sharing her with other guys and I remember that heroine sleeping with the friend was the first and last time it happened. The heroine wanted to make the friend feel good because he was going through a lot and so she hooks up with both hero and the friend at the same time. I remember the hero handed his friend a condom before it happened and I remember the hero finishing first and the friend pulling her body away from hero so that he could finish afterwards. I remember someone walking in and hero yelling at the stranger to get the fuck out.
It’s bothering me so much that I can’t remember this because I need to read it again immediately.
Anyone recognize this one?
17 March 2026 @ 08:00 am
Happy Tuesday!
It’s a brief release week for us with two fantasy titles and a contemporary romance. However, things will pick up for the rest of March.
Which new releases are you excited for this week? Tell us in the comments!
Innamorata
Author: Ava Reid
Released: March 17, 2026 by Del Rey
Genre: Gothic, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Series: The House of Teeth Duology #1
The next exciting novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid.
A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth
Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.
A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing their eldritch magic.
But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, the heiress to the House, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes.
Though she has not spoken a word in seven years, Agnes is the true carrier of the House’s legacy. And she has her orders. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honor. She must arrange the betrothal of her beloved cousin Marozia to Liuprand, heir to the conqueror’s throne, for access to the forbidden library in his grotesquely grand castle.
Revenge burns in Agnes’s heart but so do stranger passions—and it is Liuprand, the golden prince, who speaks to her soul. This passion is as treasonous as it is powerful, poisoning the kingdom’s roots and threatening to tear the already shattered realm in two.
For Agnes’s final order is the gravest: She must not fall in love.
Amanda: Reid does a great job crafting dark, fantasy settings. This is also labeled romance on Goodreads, but many people (including the author) have stated it’s not. It’s very much a Gothic horror fantasy. There is a romantic relationship, but given what I’ve heard, I wouldn’t expect an HEA.
Love Song
Author: Elle Kennedy
Released: March 17, 2026 by Elle Kennedy Inc.
Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, Romance
A Briar universe standalone romance featuring the next generation Off-Campus characters—where one unforgettable summer changes everything
After a brutal breakup, college junior Blake Logan escapes to her family’s lake house in Tahoe, determined to shut out the world. Her plan is simple: no men, no drama. Until Wyatt Graham shows up. Four years older and far too good at getting under her skin, Wyatt is the living embodiment of a “bad idea,” and the guy who shattered her pride when she confessed her crush at sixteen.
With his music career stalled, Wyatt has come to Tahoe for inspiration. The last thing he expects is to find it with Blake. He’s spent years keeping his distance, convinced he’s all wrong for her, but she’s no longer the innocent girl he once knew. She’s confident, captivating, and impossible to ignore. And the slow-burning tension between them? It’s catching fire fast.
They both know this can’t last, but one reckless kiss turns into another, and soon they’re tangled in something that feels dangerously like more. Just as they finally give in to the pull, tragedy tears them apart, leaving their hearts in pieces.
But forgetting that one, nearly perfect summer? Not a chance. And when fate brings them together again, Blake and Wyatt must decide if this is a second chance…or the final verse.
A new standalone romance from Elle Kennedy, loosely related to her Briar U series.
Mayhem and the Mortal
Author: Shanora Williams
Released: March 17, 2026 by Entangled: Red Tower Books
Genre: Fantasy/Fairy Tale Romance, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy
One mission. One curse. No escape.
Zaira doesn’t want a hero. She needs a weapon.
To save her sister from a soul-devouring curse, she has to cross The Shallows—a nightmare landscape of ruined magic, shifting paths, and vicious creatures that eat people alive.
Her guide? Thane Valkor: sorcerer, assassin, walking red flag. His name clears rooms. His magic kills quietly. And whatever he’s really after, it’s not salvation.
He promises to help. He might even mean it.
But Zaira knows better than to trust a liar with a blade and ice in his veins.
She just doesn’t have a choice.
Amanda: You had me at “walking red flag.”
16 March 2026 @ 10:09 pm
16 March 2026 @ 03:30 pm
No Mistress of Mine
No Mistress of Mine by Laura Lee Guhrke is $1.99! This historical romance features a second chance, opposites attract romance. Some readers had difficulty liking the protagonists, while others really enjoyed the scandalous heroine. It’s book four in the American Heiress in London series.
USA Today bestselling author Laura Lee Guhrke is back with the latest in her dazzling An American Heiress in London series, in which a reformed rogue finds all his honorable resolutions tested by the only woman who ever broke his heart…
After spending his youth as one of the wildest rakes in the ton, Lord Denys Somerton has devoted the past six years to putting his past behind him. He is determined to fulfill his duties, find a suitable wife, and start a family, but that plan changes when Lola Valentine—the red-haired temptress from his past—returns to London, sparking the same irresistible desires that almost ruined his life once before.
Lola is a woman with no romantic illusions. She knew love would never be enough for a British lord and an American girl from the wrong side of the tracks. For Denys’s sake, she walked away from him and the glittering life he offered. But when an unexpected inheritance brings her back to London, Lola discovers the passion between them is as hot as ever. Can they vanquish it, or will it burn out of control again and destroy them both?
I Dared the Duke
I Dared the Duke by Anna Bennett is $1.99! This is book two in the Wayward Wallflowers series and features a grumpy hero and some forced proximity. Readers say this is a great light read, but at times requires some suspension of disbelief.
DARE TO FALL IN LOVE
Alexander Savage, the Duke of Blackshire, is known throughout the ton for three things: the burn scars on his neck, his ornery disposition, and the trail of broken hearts behind him. None of which would concern Miss Elizabeth Lacey in the least—if she weren’t living under his roof. As his grandmother’s companion, Beth is all too concerned with the moody and compelling duke. Incensed by his plans to banish the sweet dowager duchess to the country, Beth refuses to do his bidding. If Alex wants her help, he’s going to have to take her dare…and grant her three wishes.
Alex adores his grandmother, which is precisely why she must leave. A string of unfortunate incidents has him worried for the safety of everyone around him—including the dowager’s loyal and lovely companion, Beth. But the notorious wallflower isn’t as meek as she appears, and as their battle of wills heats up, so does Alex’s desire. He’s dangerously close to falling in love with her…and revealing secrets he’d rather keep hidden. How can he convince her that his darkest days are behind him—and that, for the first time in forever, his heart is true?
Spilling the Tea
Spilling the Tea by Brenda Jackson is $1.99! This is a standalone contemporary romance, with main characters healing from trauma. Have you read this one?
Ninetysomething Mama Laverne is determined to find all of her great-grandchildren their perfect match before going home to glory. So far, her success rate is 100 percent—and she intends to keep it that way.
After sustaining injuries in Iraq, Chancellor Madaris was told he’d never walk again. Chance credits his great-grandmother Mama Laverne with giving him the will to heal and prove the doctors wrong. He has a healthy respect for her meddling ways and knows he’ll eventually end up next on her matchmaking list.
When Zoey Pritchard was eight, she survived a car accident that took the lives of her mother and father, and was sent to live with her great-aunt who refused to speak about her parents. Zoey has no memory from before the crash, but she’s been having the same dream over and over…
Searching for answers, Zoey travels to Houston, where she uncovers a scandal involving her parents and the wealthy and powerful Madaris family. Her trail leads her straight to Chance’s door. The dislike and intense attraction are instant and simultaneous. But to help Zoey restore her memory, he grudgingly introduces her to his great-grandmother…
Was it chance, or Mama Laverne’s plan, that threw this pair together?
Apples Dipped in Gold
Apples Dipped in Gold by Scarlett St. Clair is $1.99! This is book two in the Fairy Tale Retellings series, though I can’t quite place which fairy tale it’s based on or just an amalgamation of a few.
Orphaned at a young age, Samara is left under the care of her three, horrible brothers. Just when she thinks she cannot take another day of their abuse, a handsome prince offers for her hand in marriage.
Samara’s brothers agree in exchange for a large dowery but on her way to her new kingdom, her carriage is ambushed by Lore, the wicked Prince of Nightshade.
Samara believes that the fae has snatched away her chance at freedom to punish her for her crimes against his kind but punishment is only half of Lore’s plan.
The truth is that the Elven Prince has pined after Samara for seven long years. She is all he can think about—a toxin in his blood. Can the Prince of Nightshade, whose power over poisons rivals none in The Enchanted Forest, manage to find a remedy or will he succumb to her love?
16 March 2026 @ 08:00 am
This book is ludicrous and not in a fun way.
Before I let my rant get away with me, the blurb:
Eoin Aucourte, the newly minted Duke of Foxglen, always played by his grandfather’s rules. But now that the old man is dead, Eoin’s first decision is to track down his long-lost mother. The only problem? He’ll have to visit the infamous Black Sheep Coffeehouse to begin his search. Rumor has it that the owner, Miss Hannah Wick, knows all the gossip from the dingiest St. Giles alleyways to the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair. But the whip-smart daughter of a pirate also has a way of making Eoin forget all the lessons on propriety that his grandfather ruthlessly instilled in him.
The Duke of Foxglen represents everything Hannah disdains about the nobility. Even worse, his grandfather exiled her papa from England, setting her father on the course of piracy and endangering her entire family. Seeing an opportunity to seek vengeance on his family, Hannah pretends to “help” the shy, surprisingly handsome duke—but soon realizes Eoin may be the first truly honorable noble she’s ever met.
With every clue they uncover, their search intensifies … and so does their attraction. But with so many secrets between them, does love even stand a chance?
I was already on the back foot when I started this book because I haven’t read the others in this series. Usually with historical romance, that’s no big deal. In this case, it’s quite a big deal. I reached 66% and I still didn’t understand the back story and how all these characters connected to one another.
So yes, that made me grumpy. Fine, I admit it.
As stated in the cover copy, yes, Hannah is a pirate’s daughter and co-owns a coffee house. She has a vendetta against the Aucourte family because they impoverished her father and grandfather through the enclosures of the 18th century. So when Eoin shows up asking for help tracking down his mother, Hannah sees a chance for retribution and agrees to help him in order to better facilitate her revenge.
I realise this is a common plot structure.
I’ve read books that do it well.
I’ve read books that mess it up.
This one was downright painful. Hannah wrings her hands and frets and feels guilty constantly from around 40% in. Yet she doesn’t speak up about any of it. It’s beyond tiresome. It’s particularly tiresome because it is clear from Eoin’s behaviour that he would not actually be upset about her ulterior motives as he has no love for his father’s family.
Oh and that mystery they need to solve – finding Eoin’s mother and sister?
Solved at 55% in. They followed 1 (one) clue which was a dead end and then found the pair by chance. Ridiculous!
Speaking of ridiculous …
There is an abused, scarred, mangy bear in this story. Strike one. Can’t stomach animal abuse in a ROMANCE.
They do not immediately rescue the bear. Strike two.
The bear is deployed in the world’s stupidest plot point. Strike three.
I’m done.
What’s that you say? A stupid bear-related plot point? Yes: Eoin and Hannah are sitting in his mansion’s garden when they hear a roar. A bear, not a trained one, mind you, has been released in his garden in the world’s most ridiculous assassination attempt.
Is there a fence?
Who transported the bear?
How did they convince the bear to stalk and try to attack Eoin and Hannah? I repeat, this is not a trained bear. How is this an effective strategy? No idea.
It is not just the bear that’s ridiculous. There’s an equally ridiculous parrot and a cuter, but still bananas, gosling. Neither of these two are abused but they do also form ridiculous plot points.
I was also annoyed by how Eoin’s body was spoken of. He’s described as huge and looking like a prizefighter. Only, he can’t fight at all. His tremendous size is mentioned ALL THE TIME. I would argue it’s brought up even more than his character. It felt like the only thing that mattered about him was how he looked and I found it nauseating.
I am all for some wild escapism in my romances, especially historical ones. There is a quagmire of shit in English history and I understand not wanting to stare it in the face while trying to engage with some dopamine. But a plot has to be at least a little bit plausible, in my opinion. This book is not even remotely plausible and because it felt insulting to me as the reader, I found it hard to enjoy.
Is there anyone that would enjoy this book? I think someone who is interested in substantial whimsy in their romances might have an easier time of it. Someone who has read the prior books in the series. Someone who hasn’t read the ‘ulterior motives’ trope a million times, too. And I’ll be honest: someone who isn’t a middle-aged grouch like me.