It’s time for another epic sale from Smashwords. This week is Read an Ebook Week. It’s the perfect time to add a lot of indie books to you TBR pile. From now until March 13th, you can pick up books marked up to 100% off. Here are Lover’s Quarrel’s top picks this year.
25% Off: The Boss’s Daughter by Samantha Hicks
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQ+
Word Count: 57,600
Vivian Westfall, CFO of Bridger Holdings, meets her boss’s estranged daughter, Lauren, when a disturbance at the company spring party piques her interest. Lauren is clearly drunk and making a fool of herself. To prevent embarrassment, Vivian forces Lauren away from the party. They have angry words, and things take an unexpected turn when Lauren kisses her.
Months later Lauren pitches a proposal to her father to loan her the funds to start her own health club. Her father reluctantly agrees with a caveat; Vivian must go with her to Scotland to keep an eye on the money.
It doesn’t take long for the sparks to fly in all emotional directions. When Gregory Bridger finds out about their relationship, he does everything in his power to break them apart.
Trust is at the heart of this love story, a fragile emotion that without it, things can and do fall apart.
Get The Boss’s Daughter 25% off before March 13th.
50% Off: Never Borrow a Baronet by Regina Scott
Genre: Historical
Word Count: 71,540
Scandalous spy meets practical beauty. Why not pretend an engagement?
After caring for a crotchety countess, Patience Ramsey wants a more purposeful position. So, when Miss Thorn of the Fortune Employment Agency offers her the post of assistant to amateur apothecary Augusta Orwell, Patience jumps at the chance. Then her new employer introduces her at an Easter house party as the bride-to-be of her nephew Sir Harold Orwell. Miss Thorn’s cat Fortune may approve of Sir Harry, but Patience has no interest in borrowing the handsome baronet. She’s had her heart trampled on by false promises before.
Sir Harry has enough on his hands trying to restore the family name while spying for the English against the French. But the pretty Patience could cover for him when he must ply his trade during the house party, so he convinces her to agree to the charade. As Harry’s work brings danger closer, he begins to realize Patience embodies everything he could want in a wife. Can he convince her to overlook the scandals surrounding him and exchange their false engagement for a true love?
Get Never Borrow a Baronet 50% off before March 13th.
75% Off: Just Friends Boxed Set by Camilla Isley
Genre: Contemporary, New Adult
Word Count: 200,010
Love and friendship mix in the Just Friends series… the books follow the misadventures and exploits of a group of college students in Boston.
For Rose being in love with her best friend has never been easy, but now that she’s moved in with Tyler her feelings have become impossible to ignore.
Tyler has bitten more than he can chew, torn between two girls he must decide where his heart stands.
Georgiana is determined to do everything in her power to keep Tyler and Rose apart. After all, all is fair in love and war.
Alice fell in love with Jack the day she moved into her freshman dorm. Problem is, she’s been stuck in the friend zone ever since. After another meaningless breakup, she’s ready to confess her feelings to Jack.
Jack has mistaken friendship for love once before and has vowed never to do it again. A varsity sports player, he’s determined to enjoy college with no strings attached.
Peter is Jack’s best wingman. He enjoys his popularity as team captain and when he meets Alice, he’s ready to steal her heart.
David and Scott Williams are in love with the same girl, again.
Haley has never been happier than in her relationship with Scott. But she can no longer deny bad-boy David has gotten under her skin.
Madison has always been insecure in love. The only satisfying romances in her life come from the many books she reads. Book-boyfriends are easy to fall for, but the real world seems short of swoon-worthy heroes. And just when she thought she might’ve found one, he fell in love with her best friend…
Get Just Friends 75% off before March 13th.
100% Off: 200 Letters by Amy Watkins
Genre: Contemporary, Inspirational
Word Count: 141,090
200 Letters is an inspirational romance suspense novel that follows two people, Angela and Ethan, as they try to escape abusive relationships. Their paths cross and their friendship quickly develops into a steamy romance. However, the tainted lovers from their past scheme in an attempt to break up the happy couple. This scheming leads to an unjust incarceration during which letters are written between the couple to motivate each other. It is through those letters they gain spiritual enlightenment and discernment which helps them discover who was really behind all the schemes. The book uses biblical scripture and relates it to modern life. Based on true events, it uncovers the ill effects of social injustice, mass incarceration, and prejudice. This page turner not only entertains but also mentally and spiritually challenges. Winner of a 2020 Readers’ Favorite Award.
Get 200 Letters 100% off by March 13th.
Featured Series Starter: Shadow Kiss by Alyssa Rose
Genre: Fantasy, New Adult
Word Count: 41,200
Gabriella can talk to ghosts, but that isn’t her biggest problem. That would be Rexton, the sexy as sin incubus she can’t seem to stay away from. He’s offering her a chance to learn about her gift as well as a job, but she knows there’s a lot more on the table.
Rexton hasn’t been able to get Gabriella out of his head since he met her months before. He’s an incubus, he’s supposed to make people obsessed not the other way around, but it seems the tables are turned.
Both Gabriella and Rexton know the dangers of mixing business with pleasure, but some desires can’t be ignored.
Get Shadow Kiss 50% off before March 13th.
Featured Boxed Set: The Butterfly Hunter Trilogy by Julie Bozza
Genre: Contemporary, LGBTQ+
Word Count: 162,870
Dave Taylor is an Aussie tour guide specialising in trips through the Queensland Outback. In some ways, however, Dave himself feels lost. He has been alone this past year, since his childhood sweetheart Denise left him and married another man. Change comes via Dave’s latest rather unexpected client, Nicholas Goring, the youngest son of an English earl. Nicholas is on the hunt for an undiscovered species of butterfly, and has hired Dave to help guide his quest. Although the two men are from very different backgrounds, they become friends, and soon their relationship grows into something more. But how easy will it be for an Australian and an Englishman to find common ground?
Get The Butterfly Hunter Trilogy 50% off before March 13th.
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