More Books To Binge This Weekend 📚
Aug 08, 2025 3:03 pm
We've made it to Friday at last (or Saturday if you're on the 'early' side of the world), and I've found some bingeable books for you to pile onto your TBR. Romance reads of every sub-genre imaginable await you at the YOLO With Kobo event, and we've also got witchy books hanging out on a variety of retailers. Plus two freebies down at the final section of this email.
But first I want to thank everyone who replied sympathetically to my last email where I shared my water heater woes. Thankfully our new heater is still working perfectly, and I have to admit I'm starting to understand those of us who think plumbers are attractive. I mean...they're strong enough to YANK those connections loose, after all. 💪
In case you forgot or weren't aware, there is a single book in my Teutonic Fantasy Realm that stars a super sexy plumber who also happens to be a Teuton priest of blue fire...and the Keyholder of Erlangen, Germany. 🔧
Gift of Stone is actually my favorite standalone in the Elemental Bloodlines series, even though as the author I'm probably not supposed to pick favorites. But Zehra is one tough lady, and her Keyholder Henning is so, so sweet.
If you decide to pick up their story, be aware that their book has BIG triggers due to Zehra's past—she was trafficked into child p0rn by her father 😔 and ultimately rescued by a Teuton magnate for whom she nurtured an unhealthy attraction. Absolutely no shade if that sort of story isn't for you. But if you'd like to take a peek into the darker side of Teutonic magic, knowing you'll enjoy a triumphant HEA at the end, check out Gift of Stone.
YOLO With Kobo
The YOLO With Kobo event is happening today, so if you like to binge read a whole bunch of books all at once, listen up. I've been seeing more and more readers talking about bouncing between KU and Kobo Plus to keep their book-loving appetites satisfied, so if you usually read in KU, be sure to keep the Kobo Plus subscription on your radar too. Find out more about it here:
Today I've teamed up with a bunch of other romance authors to give you TWO separate lists of great romantic reads available to binge on Kobo Plus. Browse the options on Kobo's website by clicking the graphic:
Then check out even more options here:
https://koboplusromancebinge.com/
Note: Usually the Kobo Plus Romance Binge website includes all of the books participating in the event, but this time around the cyber gremlins 🤖 caused some mischief while my author peer was building the page. So she ended up only having enough time to add the books that aren't listed on Kobo's page. This means each list is different, but both pages offer great reads that you can add to your Kobo Plus TBR.
Remember, Kobo Plus doesn't limit you to just 25 books (or whatever the KU limit is). You can save literally every book you eventually want to binge on your Kobo Plus TBR and be sure they'll all be waiting for you once you're ready! 🤩
BookFunnel Events In August
Since I didn't dump the links to the BookFunnel fairs where my books are lurking this month in my last email, today let's catch up. Here's a hefty batch of fantasy romance books that are free with newsletter signup:
Want to check out some witchy books available on multiple retailers? Indie authors have got you covered:
How about some more romance of all shades waiting for you in Kobo Plus? Browse all the bingeable options here, and if you don't read on Kobo, you can find most of these books on the other major retailers too:
Other Books You Might Like
Found two freebies for you to contemplate on this lovely day. We've got Greek myth-inspired dark fantasy inviting you into its mystic realm, and we've got the first 3 books in a witchy series that I've actually read and enjoyed—this one's free on all retailers. Check them out!
Isme made a single mistake.
She lived secretly on an island with her father, preparing for the end of the world under his strict guidance. An apocalypse was a big deal, of course, but it had happened before: everyone knew that the gods had destroyed and rebuilt the world several times...
So when she sang to the sea, it was just a momentary flash of teenage rebellion. Hardly anything to be concerned about.
But now she has blood on her hands.
Driven by blood guilt, Isme must leave the safety of her island and travel to the other side of Greece. Only the famed Oracle of Delphi can tell her how to escape the fate of a murderer.
But highway robbers are the least of Isme's worries. She lives in a world of dangerous spirits and quarrelsome gods, who are more likely to carry her off than help her... and worst of all is the strange invisible monster that stalks her every move...
The Rules of Being a Howard Witch:
Bring new witches into the world to replenish the bloodline.
Don’t expect to live long enough to meet your grandchildren.
And now, our parents are dead and we’re the last three witches who can keep the family legacy alive.
Only, I’ve been bitten by a werewolf so falling for a human is too dangerous.
My younger brother’s plans don’t include being a witch—he wants a life without magic.
And our little sister can’t even leave the house without having a panic attack and is not-so-secretly crushing on our longtime family ally, a vampire who’s sworn off love altogether.
So, no pressure or anything....
I hope you've got enough enchanting reads to help you escape from this mundane world of ours for at least one more weekend. Now I'd better sneak back over to my laptop so I can craft an unfortunately tragic scene for Helena and Konstantin. 😢 Wish me luck; this one's going to be tough.
Will catch you again next week with another Itch.io book bundle and maybe some news about when we can expect Book 2 in Helena and Konstantin's saga to hit the retailers. Can't stop, won't stop, even if this world we live in prefers to keep me glued to senseless social media scrolling. 😵
Talk to you soon,
C.L. Carhart
YOLO With Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/p/kobo-plus-romance-binge
More YOLO books:
https://koboplusromancebinge.com/
Meet Henning the plumber in Gift of Stone:
https://bf.clcarhart.com/keag4pmhtb
Start Helena and Konstantin's saga: