With no idea who she can trust, she’s on her own as she struggles to fight her way home.Ĭooking with Mary Berry by Mary Berry is $1.99! Though Mary Berry is known for her baking prowess, this cookbook focuses on savory cooking with a few sweets thrown in for good measure. It’s meant to be an effort at reconciliation, but an assassination attempt leaves the queen stranded and desperate to survive in a dangerous land. Years later, Talyien receives a message, urging her to attend a meeting across the sea. Her upcoming marriage to the son of her father’s rival heralds peaceful days to come.īut his sudden departure before their reign begins fractures the kingdom beyond repair. “I murdered a man and made my husband leave the night before they crowned me.”īorn under the crumbling towers of Oren-yaro, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of the bloody War of the Wolves that nearly tore her nation apart. A debut epic fantasy from an exciting new voice. Villoso presents a strong entry in the annals of badass fantasy heroines in the form of Queen Talyien of Jin-Sayeng.Ī queen of a divided land must unite her people, even if they hate her, even if it means stopping a ruin that she helped create. Villoso is $2.99! Ellen wrote a great review of this one, giving it a B-: Li Lan must uncover the Lim family’s darkest secrets-and the truth about her own family-before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever. Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits, and monstrous bureaucracy-including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit. Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.Īfter an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lims’ handsome new heir, Tian Bai. Rarely practiced, traditional ghost marriages are used to placate restless spirits. They want her to become a ghost bride for the family’s only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances. But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family. Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel but bankrupt family, has few prospects. And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound. Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs. ‘One evening, my father asked me whether I would like to become a ghost bride…’ The Ghost Bride. It’s also been made into a Netflix adaptation that I’m super curious about! The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo is $1.99! This is a mixture of historical fiction, fantasy, and romance. But when his brilliant plan to win Art over backfires, PK might lose not just his fantasy book boyfriend, but his best friend. ![]() In his book, PK can be the perfect boyfriend.īefore long, it seems like the whole world has a crush on the fictionalized version of him, including Art, who has no idea that the hot new book everyone’s talking about is PK’s story. But Art seems to laugh off the very idea of them in a relationship, so PK returns to his writing roots-in fiction, he can say all the things he can’t say out loud. When Art moves in with PK following a bad breakup, PK hopes this will be the moment when Art finally sees him as more than a friend. ![]() There are three things you need to know about Preston “PK” Kingsley:ġ) He’s a writer, toiling in obscurity as an editorial assistant at a New York City publishing house.ģ) He’s been secretly in love with his best friend, Art, since they once drunkenly kissed in college. ![]() However, this one isn’t rated as highly as some of Ripper’s others on Goodreads.Ī secret crush leads to not-so-secret romance in this delightful romantic comedy from Kris Ripper Ripper’s books have been routinely recommending in the comments and by Tara. Tags $1.99 $2.99 2 Stars 3 Stars 3.Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper is $2.99! This is a bookish, gay contemporary romance. With that in mind, here are a few of my favorites: Please keep in mind that any opinions expressed in these outside Blogs are those of their proprietor and not necessarily mine, though I do like to keep things interesting.
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