This week’s cover highlights is dedicated to historical romances.
I really like the look of the upcoming Sarah Maclean’s latest book.
What a scoundrel wants, a scoundrel gets . . .
A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London’s most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain his inheritance—including marrying perfect, proper Lady Penelope Marbury.
A broken engagement and years of disappointing courtships have left Penelope with little interest in a quiet, comfortable marriage, and a longing for something more. How lucky that her new husband has access to such unexplored pleasures.
Bourne may be a prince of London’s underworld, but he vows to keep Penelope untouched by its wickedness—a challenge indeed as the lady discovers her own desires, and her willingness to wager anything for them . . . even her heart.
Laura Lee Guhrke’s Trouble at the Wedding which is part of the Abandoned at the Altar series.
What happens when a woman is determined to marry the wrong man? When she just won’t listen to reason and rushes forward with wedding plans? When she just doesn’t care that she’s marrying a fortune hunting scoundrel who doesn’t love her? What’s her exasperated family supposed to do about it? Hire a different scoundrel to talk her out of it, of course.
American heiress Annabel Wheaton knows what she wants and love isn’t it. Born in a Mississippi backwater, with a twang as wide as the Delta, she wants respect to go with the millions her daddy found in a Klondike gold mine. But respect isn’t easy to come by in the closed Knickerbocker society of New York, and when the fortune-hunting Earl of Rumsford shows up, it seems like he’s just the ticket to make all Annabel’s dreams come true. When he proposes marriage, she happily agrees. That’s when the trouble starts.
Christian Du Quesne has always been trouble—a rake, a gambler, and when he was younger, a fortune hunter. He married once for the sake of the decaying family coffers, but he won’t do it again. When his older brother, the Duke of Scarborough, dies without issue, Christian become the duke and inherits a whole new pile of family debt with no way to pay it. When Annabel’s family hires him to show Annabel just what she’d be getting by marrying into Britain’s aristocratic class, he knows he’s the perfect person to talk her out of matrimony. Problem is, he only has four days to do it. Can he cause enough trouble in those four days to get her to call off the wedding?
Grace Burrow’s has made an impact in the past year and her next book looks fantastic!
And last, To Wed a Wild Lord – I am not keen on the cover but this looks good.
Drowning in guilt over his best friend’s death seven years ago, Lord Gabriel Sharpe, the Angel of Death, knows his only hope at redemption is a race against a shocking opponent.
Shrouded in darkness for the past seven years, the infamous racer Lord Gabriel Sharpe is known to accept every challenge to race thrown at him. When his next challenge comes in the form of his late best friend’s sister, Virginia Waverly, Gabe is shocked. Yet she presents just the opportunity Gabe needs–marriage to fulfill his grandmother’s ultimatum and ensure his inheritance. What he didn’t count on was needing her love.
I'm a bit disappointed by TO WED A WILD LORD cover as well, but I'm enjoying the series so I'm looking forward to it. Too bad they didn't stick with Paul Marron (on books 2 & 3).
As for the hardcover sales, I'm not surprised. What with e-versions of the hardcovers being so much cheaper than the hardcover itself, it makes sense that people will go that route. I rarely buy hardcovers unless a) it's signed by the author, b) it's a keeper. or c) it's heavily discounted, like in the clearance section of Barnes & Noble.
I'm excited about the google australia store. The more big guys who start doing business over here the quicker we'll (hopefully) get the mess-ups that currently happen with "international licencing restrictions".
I don't know why but the cover guy on the Jeffries book just looks too modern!
Excited to see the new Maclean and Guhrke covers!