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Paranormal After Dark

February 9, 2016 / Aimee Easterling / 0 Comments

I’m excited to announce that my Complete Bloodling Serial…along with 19 other novels and novel-length serials…is now available as part of the Paranormal After Dark box set! If you’re subscribed to kindle unlimited, you can borrow the box set for free, or you can buy it for three bucks.

I’ve actually let my kindle unlimited subscription lapse so I don’t feel guilty about spending weeks reading all of the amazing contributions this time around. I’ll be sure to post again once I have some favorites to recommend, and I hope you’ll comment too if one particularly hits the spot for you. Enjoy!

Thank you for helping me hit the USA Today bestseller list!

February 5, 2016 / Aimee Easterling / 0 Comments

USA Today Bestseller

A huge thank you to everyone who gave Happily Ever Alpha a shot! With your help, this 21-novel box set soared up the charts and hit #117 on the USA Today bestseller list for the week of February 4. I was so excited, I could barely sit still!

If you haven’t checked the set out yet, it’s still on sale for another three months. And the title is now enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, so you can read for free if you subscribe. I hope you enjoy some of these paranormal romances and urban fantasies — Just a Little Nudge is my current favorite, but I’ve still got several more to read.

Oh, and did I mention how grateful I am to you the reader? Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your support makes those words fly onto the page. You are why I write.

A few last kindle unlimited books to fill your ereader

February 1, 2016 / Aimee Easterling / 0 Comments

Did you enjoy the science fiction and fantasy books with a romantic thread that I recommended in previous posts? If so, you might like these romances, women’s fiction, and historical fiction books just as much. They had just enough meat on their bones that they hit the spot.

Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O’Connell is a romance novel for those of us who like sex scenes to be glossed over but emotions to be ocean-deep. If you enjoy historical romance, it’s definitely worth a read! (And everything by the author is equally delightful.)

The Winter Prince by Elizabeth Wein is the beginning of an extensive historical fiction series that merges Arthurian legend with African history. The storytelling reminds me favorably of the master Ursula LeGuin, and I found that each installment got better and better. Give it a try — I don’t think you’ll regret it!

The Cryptographer by Alice Wallis-Eton is a Regency romance…with spunk. I’ve always had a soft spot for tales of women making their way in a man’s world, and codebreaking also strikes my fancy, so how could I turn down a novel containing both elements?

Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash by Bev Pettersen is horse romantic suspense. Honestly, I love pretty much all of her books, so I picked one at random to recommend.

Rescue Me, Maybe by Jackie Bouchard is a dog book that’s funny and sweet and has a heroine with an antisocial personality who I can really get behind.

The Perfect Son by Barbara Claypole White is hard to describe. I guess it’s women’s literary fiction, but it reads like a thought-provoking page-turner and the characters really stuck with me.

And there you have it — all of my favorite kindle unlimited books of 2015 (meaning I read them last year, not that they were necessarily written last year). Which means it’s time to start making a new list for 2016 — what do you recommend I check out next?

Best Kindle Unlimited speculative romance of 2015

January 25, 2016 / Aimee Easterling / 1 Comment

If you missed my previous recommendation post, feel free to take a moment to explore some of those Kindle Unlimited reads that perfectly blend fantasy and romance before reading on. This post hits the more science fiction end of the speculative spectrum, which I’ll admit is a bit sparser if you like realistic, tough heroines leading the charge. In mainstream fiction, these authors are the successors of women like Elizabeth Moon and C.J. Cherryh and…okay, my mind when blank when I tried to think of anyone else. I hope you’ll take a minute to comment with your own favorites in this category because I’m always looking for more!

Steampunk

Wrecked by Meljean Brooks is is a novella that reminds me of The Princess Bride…with zombies and air ships.
The Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster is my favorite kind of paranormal fantasy/romance/steampunk. Both hero and heroine are troubled and fascinating, the worldbuilding is unique, and there’s enough mystery to really keep you turning pages. This is the first book in a series, but each novel follows different main characters and can easily be read as standalones (which is a good thing since only two are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited).

Post Apocalyptic

Ice Diaries by Lexi Revellian is the perfect blend of the end of the world and the beginning of a relationship. Imagine that a pandemic knocks out most of the world’s population and a shift in the jet stream drops sixty feet of snow on London. With plenty of supplies free for the taking, the biggest problem is adapting to this strange new world…and deciding what to do with the half-frozen, thug-like, but handsome man who shows up face-down in the snow on your doorstep.

Spark Rising by Kate Corcino is another post-apocalyptic doozy. This time, imagine a future in which the power grid is down…but select humans can create electricity within their own bodies. There’s a damaged but strong heroine, an enticing love story, and some of the best world-building I’ve read in a while. I’m aching for book two.

Science Fiction

Shades of Treason is really a space opera, but the author calls it “urban fantasy in space.” There’s mind control and attraction working against each other in agonizingly perfect ways. You won’t want to pass this one up! (Drat, I think this one has popped out of Kindle Unlimited. Maybe it’ll come back?)

Into the Dark by J.A. Sutherland made me break my rule of never reading books by men. I know it sounds sexist to have such a stance in the first place, but the female characters in books by male authors often seem just the slightest bit off and the story lines themselves strike me as cold. Sutherland is the exception that proves the rule. I swallowed this book and its sequel over the course of a couple of days.

Dark Horse by Michelle Diener is a thought-provoking and gripping story about first contact, artificial intelligence, plus a realist and delightful love story.

The Star King by Susan Grant is science-fiction romance, a bit saggy in the middle but the later books are better.

Mercenary Instinct by Ruby Lionsdrake is probably the best known science-fiction romance writer. Although heavier on the sex scenes than I usually prefer, I can’t put her books down.

Next week I’ll move on to the real girl genres — romance and women’s fiction. Stay tuned!

Best Kindle Unlimited fantasy of 2015

January 19, 2016 / Aimee Easterling / 2 Comments

My brother told me recently that he was thinking of gifting a Kindle Unlimited subscription to his wife, but he was afraid she wouldn’t be able to find good books. “That’s easy,” I answered. “Here are my favorite kindle unlimited reads of 2015.” Then I coughed up a massive email that probably bogged down his internet connection as the file glopped over the phone lines.

I decided to break my list up into categories and provide it to my readers as well. After all, if you enjoy the blend of fantasy and light romance in my books, you’re bound to love these other authors as well. So here goes — fantasy books first:

Boundary Crossed by Melissa F. Olson is full of unique worldbuilding, follows a flawed by lovable heroine, and left me wanting more (without ending on a cliffhanger). Perfect!

Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron begs the question — why aren’t there more dragon shifter novels outside the romance umbrella? The series features the aforementioned dragons, a spunky female lead, and cat ghosts.

Followed by Frost by Charlie N. Holmberg is a beautifully written fairy-tale fantasy. And, in case you’re worried (like I was) — the author is a woman.

Twiceborn by Marina Finlayson grabbed me from the first page. How could you not be intrigued by an opening scene in which our heroine vaguely remembers blood-soaked hands…but has no other memory of the previous few hours? (Spoiler — dragon shifters!)

Thrill of the Chase by Layla Nash is a purely fun shifter romance that begins a series of five can-be-read-alone books. I particularly like the fact that the author doesn’t add a lot of padding to bring these to novel-length — I think the story is perfect the way it is.

Shifting Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter introduces a fascinating new shifter universe with a light love story and a strong mystery.

Night Shade by Helen Harper is an intriguingly different fantasy novel with a delightfully broken heroine who enters an alternative world through her dreams. Sounds trite, but the execution is top notch.

Just a Little Nudge by Jesi Lea Ryan follows a psychic working as a stripper so she can pay her mother’s nursing-home bills. It sure comes in handy that she can nudge those clients to pass up the ones and stick twenties in her g-string…. (This one isn’t in Kindle Unlimited on its own, but can be borrowed as part of the Happily Ever Alpha box set.)

Wolf Bride is pure fun, a perfect combination of werewolves and the Wild West. Okay, I’ll admit the author’s editor seems to have been on vacation when this book was published. But if you’re not the type who notices typos, you’ll love the ride. I am the sort who notices typos…and yet I’m now on book three of the series. Sometimes, story trumps all.

Stay tuned for next week when I’ll hit you with science fiction, post apocalyptic, and steam punk!