Amber Lin highlights this week's plethora of boxed sets
Amber Lin, author of Giving It Up, joins HEA to share some new boxed set releases and what some of the authors have to say about their genres.
Amber: The crisp scent and cooler weather of fall are here, the perfect time to curl up with tea and a good book! Or 10 books for the low price of 99 cents ...
Boxed sets are digital anthologies available at a low price, often for a limited time. Even reading one or two of the books can mean big savings. Personally, I've found a few new-to-me authors and series through boxed sets — and rediscovered my love for a genre I hadn't read in a while.
This is a big week for boxed set releases! I've got a book in Danger and Desire, plus three more amazing sets to share. And I chatted up an author in each set to get the inside scoop.
Danger and Desire
Hold on tight for 10 full-length books of intrigue and passion from bestselling and award-winning authors. Men in uniform, sexy spies and pulse-pounding action fill over 750,000 words of this limited-edition boxed set. The individual novels cost over $35 in total and have more than 2,000 five-star reviews on Goodreads. This set is available for only one month, so grab your copy now!
The authors and their stories:
Katie Reus, Sensual Surrender
Carolyn Crane, Against the Dark
Pamela Clare, Skin Deep
Dianna Love, Deceptive Treasures
Dee J. Adams, Against the Wall
Norah Wilson, Guarding Suzannah
VK Sykes, Lethal Confessions
Amber Lin, Giving It Up
Misty Evans, Deadly Pursuit
Kaylea Cross, Singed
What Pamela Clare says she loves about romantic suspense:
The heroes and heroines of romantic suspense lead through service, not just when bullets are flying but every day. When something goes wrong or someone is hurt or in need, they don't wait for someone else to do something, but are the first to take action. They make certain that those in their communities who are more vulnerable than themselves are taken care of — the elderly, children, women.
And when the bullets are flying … they would give their lives to save a stranger if circumstances demanded it. That's just the kind of men and women they are — true heroes and heroines.
Find out more about Danger and Desire at authoramberlin.com.
Seven Wicked Nights
Seven bestselling historical romance authors offer seven sexy stories featuring dukes, lords, rakes, scoundrels … and the unforgettable heroines who bring them to their knees. These stories range in length from long novellas to delectable little bites. This limited-edition boxed set contains more than 170,000 words, and the individual stories have more than 200 five-star reviews in total.
The authors and their stories:
Courtney Milan, Unlocked
Caroline Linden, When I Met My Duchess
Tessa Dare, How to Catch a Wild Viscount (originally published as Legend of the Werestag)
Carolyn Jewel, One Starlit Night
Sherry Thomas, Claiming the Duchess
Leigh LaValle, The Misbehaving Marquess
Erin Knightley. Ruined by a Rake
What Courtney Milan says she loves about historical romance:
The thing I love most about historical romance is the opportunity to challenge the norms. The norms were big and appear to be all-encompassing back then—DON'T mess up, DON'T step out of line—but you don't have to look far to find exceptions, caveats, and people who just didn't care.
Find out more about Seven Wicked Nights at courtneymilan.com.
Tall, Dark and Paranormal
From some of the hottest names in paranormal romance, this 99-cent limited-time boxed set has something for everyone, from werewolves to vampires, ghosts to demons, and witches to wizards. With over 825,000 words in these 10 full-length novels, you'll spend hours falling in love with each of these wickedly hot heroes.
The authors and their stories:
Lori Handeland, Crescent Moon
Laura Kaye, Forever Freed
Opal Carew (writing as Amber Carew), Spellbound
Caridad Pineiro, Sins of the Flesh
Stephanie Julian, Spell Bound
Randi Alexander, Haunting a Cowboy
Terry Spear, Huntress for Hire
Paige Tyler, Dead Sexy
Sara Humphreys, Asmodeus: Demon of Lust
Judi Fennell, Beauty and the Best
What Laura Kaye says she loves about paranormal romance:
Paranormal romance was my first love as a reader and a writer, which explains why my vampire romance Forever Freed was my first novel! I have always loved paranormal romance and always will because anything goes. The author can take you on a magical, otherworldly experience and immerse you in it and make you believe it's real. As someone who grew up believing in ghosts, angels and evil-eye curses and heard stories about them around my grandmother's dinner table, I love imagining that the world of the supernatural is really all around us. Paranormal romance gives me that fantasy!
Find out more about Tall, Dark and Paranormal at laurakayeauthor.com.
Up All Night
Up All Night will keep you up 'til dawn with romantic stories featuring whip-smart college guys, bad-boy rock stars, heroic Marines, a sexy teacher and a smokin' hot snowboarder. Together, these books have earned more than 1,600 five-star ratings and usually sell for over $30. Each book is a stand-alone.
The authors and their stories:
Erin McCarthy, You Make Me
Viv Daniels, One and Only
Heidi Joy Tretheway, Tattoo Thief
Rhonda Helms, One Broke Girl
Lark O'Neal, Random
PK Hrezo, Butterman (Time) Travel, Inc.
KK Hendin, Come Back To Texas
Shari Slade, The Opposite of Nothing
J.L. Fynn, The Long Game
Jen Frederick, Undeclared
What Erin McCarthy says she loves about New Adult romance:
I love the possibilities of that point in a woman's life. It's a period of turmoil, sure, but also of big decisions, meaningful love, and friendships and events that define who we are and how we spend the rest of our lives. It's a crazy time and I love that heroines can make mistakes (because, um, I'm pretty sure we all did!) and the reader understands where that comes from and forgives them. Of course, NA is known for its fabulously sexy heroes, too, and that's half the fun. Love me some tattooed bad boys, sexy nerds, military men and hot musicians. Up All Night has all of the above. ;)
Find out more about Up All Night at sharislade.com.