Today’s Steals and Deals at AAR…..

 

This is one of my favorite novels published last year. (Our DIK review is here.)

 

Alix Harrow’s latest offering, Starling House, transports readers to the heart of Eden, Kentucky, a town wrestling with the ghosts of its past—racism, environmental decay, and the decline of coal mining. Against this backdrop stands Starling House, a foreboding gothic mansion with a sinister reputation. Harrow’s narrative deftly weaves together elements of a hero’s journey (times two), supernatural intrigue, and a deft exploration of love and connection.

 

It’s at Amazon for 2.99 here.


We loved this one too!

 

Dr. Briana Ortiz’s life is seriously flatlining. Her divorce is just about finalized, her brother’s running out of time to find a kidney donor, and that promotion she wants? Oh, that’s probably going to the new man-doctor who’s already registering eighty-friggin’-seven on Briana’s “pain in my ass” scale. But just when all systems are set to hate, Dr. Jacob Maddox completely flips the game . . . by sending Briana a letter.

And it’s a really good letter. Like the kind that proves that Jacob isn’t actually Satan. Worse, he might be this fantastically funny and subversively likeable guy who’s terrible at first impressions. Because suddenly he and Bri are exchanging letters, sharing lunch dates in her “sob closet,” and discussing the merits of freakishly tiny horses. But when Jacob decides to give Briana the best gift imaginable—a kidney for her brother—she wonders just how she can resist this quietly sexy new doctor . . . especially when he calls in a favor she can’t refuse.

 

It’s on sale at Amazon for 2.99 here.


 

We gave this a pleased B. 

 

Twentysomething British Maddie – known as Maame – lives a life circumscribed by her place in her family. Her father has late-stage Parkinson’s’ disease, and she often only gets time away from taking care of him when his hired caretaker, Dawoud, comes over. That time away often involves her acting as a cog in a corporate machine at her day job, where she works as a personal assistant. Her mother, meanwhile, has been in Ghana since Maddie’s grandfather passed away a year earlier. She runs a hostel with her brother, and calls in to push Maame to go to church and find a husband. Thus does all of the household’s responsibility fall on Maame’s shoulders. And she’s sick of it.

When her mother tells her she’s going to come home after so long, Maame decides to take a big step into adulthood. She agrees to flat share with two other people – Jo and Cam – and then begins to cast about for dates. Unfortunately, she’s also been fired from her job for blatantly racist reasons, and her co-workers urge her to speak out about the situation. She gets a new job at Orange Tree Publishing working for a woman named Penny, again as a PA. Thanks to this job and her newfound circle of friends, Maame truly begins to come into her own, and even goes out on her first date in eight years with a guy named Ben. Because she’s lived so close to home for such a long time, she has a lot of firsts to get through, including losing her virginity and experiencing her first major heartbreak. Family secrets and work rivalries also complicate her life. Will she be able to stay independent?

 

It’s at Amazon for 1.99 here.


Looking to laugh so hard you cry? The Burnout might do it for you! (Our DIK review is here.)

 

The Burnout is a heartwarming story and I was surprised by its depth as well as Sasha and Finn’s growth as they began to heal and make new life choices. This is a must-read for anyone who has experienced burnout, or is looking for a fun romcom. I have enjoyed many laughs and good times reading Kinsella’s books over the years and I’m happy to say, I think The Burnout is her best one yet.

 

It’s on sale for 1.99 here.


This is a GMA Book Club selection and those I know who’ve read it, have loved it.

 

Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels wreak gradual havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small town on the southeastern coast. Kirby Lowe, an electrical line worker, his pregnant wife, Frida, and their two sons, Flip and Lucas, prepare for the worst. When the boys go missing just before the hurricane hits, Kirby heads out into the high winds in search of his children. Left alone, Frida goes into premature labor and gives birth to an unusual child, Wanda, whom she names after the catastrophic storm that ushers her into a society closer to collapse than ever before.

As Florida continues to unravel, Wanda grows. Moving from childhood to adulthood, adapting not only to the changing landscape, but also to the people who stayed behind in a place abandoned by civilization, Wanda loses family, gains community, and ultimately, seeks adventure, love, and purpose in a place remade by nature.

Told in four parts—power, water, light, and time—The Light Pirate mirrors the rhythms of the elements and the sometimes quick, sometimes slow dissolution of the world as we know it. It is a meditation on the changes we would rather not see, the future we would rather not greet, and a call back to the beauty and violence of an untamable wilderness.

 

It’s on sale for 1.99 here.


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