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Big news! Smartypants Romance books are now available in Kindle Unlimited!

April 6, 2020 Beth

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I was so excited to find out that the folks behind Smartypants Romance have done something fantastic to help us get through this strange and difficult time: they have made the entire Smartypants Romance collection available in Kindle Unlimited for at least the next three months! This is a wonderful opportunity! I was able to read many of these books as ARCs before they were released, but I missed a couple and I can’t wait to check them out in KU.

In addition, three books have already been released as part of the Spring launch, and these are also available in KU. The remainder of the books that have yet to be released will enter KU one week after their release on other platforms. Links for all available books can be found below.

My favorites from the Fall launch are Prose Before Bros by Cathy Yardley, and Happy Trial by Daisy Prescott, and so far from the Spring launch, Code of Honor by April White.

FALL 2019 RELEASES

Weight Expectations by M.E. Carter

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2oTqutH

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31F9hBr

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2BB8bvY

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/32OEfsp

Sticking to the Script by Stella Weaver

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/33SEouF

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/33SZPvJ

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/32GiURF

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2W5SAhj

Code of Conduct by April White

Amazon: https://amzn.to/33SC1Ih

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2W3JIss

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2pGRZGO

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2JeSoqW

Happy Trail by Daisy Prescott

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2pN2x77

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/32EWbWa

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2qxnUK8

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2o8XOwd

Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/33R7pqL

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/31DvH67

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2MCwBLY

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2P6Trgm

Stud Muffin by Jiffy Kate

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2qunDrk

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2pMtisI

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2o5xOSm

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2N4uNdz

No Whisk, No Reward by Ellie Kay

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/32EYvwm

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2P9te0E

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/33YbCsz

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2MCcsFC

My Bare Lady by Piper Sheldon

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Pcfl1Q

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2Jb8Xny

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/31Bbrlp

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/33M1p2y

Love in Due Time by L.B. Dunbar

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/32IumfC

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2WfnHHz

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2PawkS7

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2N5FvjT

Crime and Periodicals by Nora Everly

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2PlfNKZ

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2PceLkG

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2Wb33YT

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2BBbX8C

Prose Before Bros by Cathy Yardley

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/363gleJ

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2PavTXS

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2PcBKMg

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2pNbkG8

Shelf Awareness by Katie Ashley

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/35Y1YIn

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2N2aRbe

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/32ExDMT

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2MC4Pza

SPRING 2019 RELEASES through 4/6

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Beef Cake by Jiffy Kate

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/38ipiAU

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/364MzVJ

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/30tZjUD

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2FX2D15

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Code of Honor by April White

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Fn0o6Y

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2QYOC8j

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2ubyI2n

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2tqcB85

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Been There Done That by Hope Ellis

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2sEcF4a

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2uafgmG

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/37eZEge

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/30DJvi9

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Book Review: Code of Honor, Smartypants Romance Cipher Security book 2, by April White

March 30, 2020March 31, 2020 Beth

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5 of 5 suspenseful stars

Since this was a Smartypants romance book, chances were good that I would like it. However, I was happily surprised that I LOVED it! I haven’t read any other books by this author, so I’m definitely looking forward to going back to the first book in the Cipher Security series, Code of Conduct.

I used to read a lot of mysteries and suspense stories: Mary Higgins Clark, Patricia Cornwell, Anna Rivers Siddons, Nevada Barr. Since getting back into romance books, I haven’t read a lot of suspense, but Code of Honor is a nice mixture of the two. Is it a romance book with suspense, or a mystery with a side of romance? Either way, I loved it. It was fast-paced, and interesting, and fun, with a dash of sexy sprinkled here and there. I liked Anna and her relationship with her twin sister, Collette. I loved Darius, and the peek into Iranian culture that his character and his family gives us. I loved that Anna referred to him as a Disney prince throughout the story. It really did paint a lovely picture.

The thing I like best about books from Smartypants Romance is that they often contain characters we love from the Penny Reid Universe, in this case, Cipher’s two big kahunas, Quinn and Dan. April White captures them both perfectly, and as I read Dan’s lines, I could hear them as if they were spoken by Stephen Dexter, who narrated Dan and Kat’s book in the Knitting in the City series, Marriage of Inconvenience. It was a wonderful, unexpected bonus.

When I finished the book, I was all set to give it four stars. Then I read the acknowledgments, which bumped it up to five stars for me, because the mystery in the book was based on REAL LIFE EVENTS. Now I want to read the book all over again, after I’ve read Code of Conduct, of course! Thanks to the author for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Books, New Release, Romance, series, smartypants romance, Uncategorized

New Release! Code of Honor by April White, Cipher Systems Book 2, a Smartypants Romance book

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Beth

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Code of Honor, an all-new standalone in the romantic suspense Cipher Security series from April White, is LIVE!

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A painting, a panic room, a thief, and her lover … whose job is to catch her.

There are three things you need to know about Anna.

1) She’s a bounty hunter with adrenaline junkie habits,

2) She’s the “awkward” twin, and

3) She’s a thief – kind of.

Darius designs security systems for Cipher Security, and the strange and remarkable woman he met the night the painting was stolen is as intriguing a mystery as his hunt for the thief is.

But the lady has no filter, and she knows she can’t lie to the man who looks like a Disney Prince and kisses like fairytales are true, so she runs from the one person who may actually see her as the heroine of her own story.

‘Code of Honor’ is a full-length contemporary romantic suspense, can be read as a standalone and is book #2 in the Cipher Security series, Knitting in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

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Download your copy TODAY!

Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2Fn0o6Y

Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2QYOC8j

Amazon CA: https://amzn.to/2ubyI2n

Amazon AU: https://amzn.to/2tqcB85

AppleBooks: https://apple.co/37vhV8S

Nook: http://bit.ly/2MWDffD

Kobo: http://bit.ly/2FhghMa

Google Play: http://bit.ly/2QpI6Z9

Add to Goodreads: http://bit.ly/2ZVjPNt

About April White

April White has been a film producer, private investigator, bouncer, teacher and screenwriter. She has climbed in the Himalayas, survived a shipwreck, and lived on a gold mine in the Yukon. She and her husband share their home in Southern California with two extraordinary boys and a lifetime collection of books.

Her first novel, Marking Time is the 2016 winner of the Library Journal Indie E-Book Award for YA Literature, and all five books in the Immortal Descendants series are on the Amazon Top 100 lists in Time Travel Romance and Historical Fantasy.