12 Days of Free Romance - Day 6

It's the sixth day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

The Object of my Obsession, by Cara North. The price shows as $4.99, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale (even if you don't get it the first day it is featured in the sale; I've tested a couple of them a day or two later and the discount was still active). Available as two formats and will have to be converted for the Kindle: Adobe Acrobat, Epub.

This one has a "heat index" of 5 and the genre is erotica (the book description and the cover serves as it's own content warning).

Book Description
To the public they are All-American actors; one in film, the other on a popular cable television series. To Sonja Love, sex columnist extraordinaire, they are her lovers. Together they do things in private that no one can ever know about. Ever.

Sonja Love PhD. Writes an advice column for the Cali Chronicle, a popular print and online magazine. Her main goal; to get an interview with the object of her obsession, one Mr. Jacob Brandon, hot new Hollywood hunk dejour. Thanks to a highly controversial film, in which he stars, she is able to get to the press junket and finally meet the man she masturbates to regularly. The first time they meet is on an elevator during a thunderstorm and the power goes out. Taking advantage of the situation she treats him to what she learned in a research class about oral sex. When the power returns she leaves him breathless and wanting. Once they meet again he fears she was just trying to cause a scandal. She fears he may try to get her fired. Standing her ground she assures him that she did it for herself, not for the world and stomps out without and interview.

Jacob finds her at the hotel and convinces her to let him in. Once inside it takes moments for her to forgive him, and minutes for her to get him naked again. Jacob does things to her she had only researched and wrote about. Leaving with a kiss and a smile, taking her business card, and her anal virginity with him she thinks it is over.

Jacob calls her; he comes to visit her in her secluded home in Kentucky. Wanting respite from the world, a sanctuary where he can hide out, he finds more than sex appealing about Sonja.

When Jacob invites his best friend and fellow actor, Henry Dare, to hide out a week or so with them, things heat up in a new direction. Sonja can feel the heat between the two actors as much as she can feel their attraction to her. A triangle forms, toys are tested, boundaries broken and three people find freedom at last.

However, things are not always as good as they seem.

Author Spotlight: Nora Roberts

Several of Nora Robert's books are currently marked down in the Kindle store.

Montana Sky ($2.01)

Book Description
When Jack Mercy died, he left behind a ranch worth nearly twenty million dollars. Now his three daughters--each born of a different marriage, and each unknown by the others--are gathered to hear the reading of the will. But the women are shocked to learn that before any of them can inherit, they must live together on the ranch for one year. They are sisters and strangers. Now they face a challenge: to put their bitterness aside and live like family. To protect each other from danger--and unite against an enemy who threatens to destroy them all?

The Pagan Stone ($3.94). This is book three in the Sign of Seven Trilogy.

Book Description
The conclusion to the electrifying trilogy, following Blood Brothers and The Hollow, of three men and three women who join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.

Daring to Dream ($3.99). This is book one of the Dream Trilogy.

Book Description
Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Margo whose dreams first took her far away . . . Margo Sullivan had everything a young woman could ask for. But while growing up along the rocky cliffs of Monterey, she couldn't help but dream of bigger things. The daughter of the Templeton's stern Irish housekeeper, Margo had been treated like a member of the family. Deep down, she knew that money could not but the thing she craved most -- her mother's acceptance. Maybe things would be different if she could be sweet like Laura -- or had Kate's shrewd head for business. But all Margo knew how to do was be Margo, and that meant doing things her own way -- no matter what the consequences . . .

Finding the Dream ($3.99). This is the final book of the Dream Trilogy (book two, Holding the Dream, is still $6.39).

Book Description
Laura Templeton had always known comfort, privilege, and security. But by the time she turns thirty, her storybook marriage has been destroyed by her husband’s infidelity and their divorce leaves her both emotionally and financially devastated—but determined to rebuild her life without the Templeton fortune.

A Little Magic ($3.99). This one is an anthology of short stories.

Book Description
Love blossoms like the luscious petals of spring’s very first rose in these four stories by Nora Roberts, Jill Gregory, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Marianne Willman.

Spellbound ($2.39)

Book Description
While world-famous photographer Calin Farrell enjoys a much-needed vacation in Ireland, he becomes bewitched by the ravishingly beautiful Bryna Torrence. In fact, so bewitched that he refuses to believe in the spell that has brought them together—and could destroy them both.

Free 2 Day Shipping for Kindle, but DX Sold Out for XMAS

Today was the last day you could use SuperSaver shipping and be reasonably certain you could get delivery by Christmas. This evening, Amazon announced that you will now get free 2-day shipping (in the US) on the Kindle (Global/International), so you can guarantee getting the package, even if ordered as late as December 22. Of course, there is always the possibility that they'll run out of stock on these as well (after all, they are now practically the only eInk device left in stock, as well as the most popular one with buyers and readers). If you were looking forward to a Kindle DX in your stocking (and what a large stocking that must be!), you are out of luck - shipping estimates are currently 4 to 6 weeks out (then again, if it's a DX you want, you might want to reserve your place in line, as waiting a month may mean even longer delays (then again, a month from now, they may have their supply lines caught up and orders may start shipping right away again -- they definitely have that more under control this year than in the past and are handing holiday orders better than their top two competitors).

If you were considering a refurbished Kindle, most of your $40 savings may be eaten up in shipping costs to get delivery in time for the holidays. You are also out of luck on a refurbished Original Kindle or Kindle DX, for now -- if refurbs of either one show up in the store, they disappear almost instantly and both are currently out of stock.

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 5

It's the fifth day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

A Regency Christmas, by Lyn Stone, Carla Kelly & Gail Ranstrom; this one is an anthology published by Harlequin Free Reads. Available as many formats: Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Reader, Mobipocket, Epub; you can purchase more than one.

This one has a "heat index" of 2

Book Description
Scarlet Ribbons by Lyn Stone

Captain Alexander Napier is battle scarred-from war and from life. For him, yuletide is just a reminder of all that he's lost. Can enchanting Amalie Harlowe restore light into the festive season...and reignite the passion in his heart?

Christmas Promise by Carla Kelly

Now that peace has broken out, Captain Jeremiah Faulk is at odds over what to do this Christmas, let alone with his life. Until a simple act of charity reunites him with his lost love-Ianthe Mears.

A Little Christmas by Gail Ranstrom Tending to a houseful of grieving relatives isn't Viscount Selwick's idea of a merry Christmas. But one stolen kiss under the mistletoe with spirited Sophia Pettibone is about to change everything!

12 Days of Free Romance - Day 4

It's the fourth day of All Romance's 12 Days of Christmas giveaways:

Tales of the Darkworld Book 1: Shifting Winds, by Lex Valentine. The price shows as $3.50, but when you click on Buy Now, you should see the discount for the 12 Days of Christmas sale. Available as many formats: Epub, Mobipocket, HTML, Microsoft Reader, Adobe Acrobat; you can purchase more than one and get the discount each time.

This one has a "heat index" of 5

Book Description

Vampire Elysia Granville gets more than she bargained for when she attends the Undertaker's Ball on Halloween. She's looking for a one night stand, but the man she chooses is Declan Antaeus, a home and hearth black dragon who has had a secret crush on her for years. Can the powerful dragon make the commitment shy vampire extend one night into forever?