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Free eBook – Fatal Mistake
Fatal Mistake by CB Lovejoy
G abriela is a newspaper editor, nothing more. Tired of her longtime career, she takes a job as a spokeswoman for a U.S. Navy base, not realizing that her new employers have plans for her that go far beyond issuing press releases.
There’s a lot more going on in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, than Gabby ever realized, and soon she is right in the middle of a dangerous mess.
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Free eBook – Face the Winter Naked
Face the Winter Naked by Bonnie Turner
D aniel Tomelin, a battle-worn veteran haunted by the carnage of the First World War, deserts his family in the Great Depression and goes on the road to seek relief from his soul-shaking trauma. He’s too proud to return and face his loving wife without a job, but LaDaisy is determined to care for their family alone, if that’s what it takes. After leaving his loved ones to cope with a hell he helped create, does Daniel dare show his face again? Sometimes LaDaisy feels like killing him.
FACE THE WINTER NAKED is a story for today’s struggling economy and unemployed citizens, set in a tragic era when hope was sometimes all they had.
Bonnie Turner’s Face the Winter Naked is set during the Great Depression, but her story encompasses issues that reach far beyond that era and know no time constraints”war. Political strife. Economic collapse. Environmental catastrophe. Division of families. Cruelty and oppression. Poverty, inequity, and all the faces of prejudice. But it is also about love. And faith. And strength. And hope, forgiveness, and perseverance.
Face the Winter Naked provides an engrossing read in which Turner interweaves history, geography, and a compelling love story. More than that, it is a story that looks beyond the surface, delving into the inner workings of the human mind”a powerful narrative that illuminates larger issues of humanity that are timeless and volatile and just as apropos today as decades ago. “
~ Karen Donley-Hayes, M.A.I.S., author and editor
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“FACE THE WINTER NAKED is a gorgeously written and evocative novel of an earlier economic crisis: the Great Depression. Readers looking for a stunning read, intelligent and emotional on every level, will not be disappointed.”
From the Back Cover
“Bonnie Turner’s Face the Winter Naked is a beautifully written tale of strength, hope, love, and despair. Within the pages of this book, the era of the Great Depression unfolds into sharply focused reality, and the people who were impacted the most by that time of financial desperation come to life. Ms. Turner is an excellent storyteller, and I found myself completely immersed in her narrative.”
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Free eBook – Death On A High Floor
Death On A High Floor by Charles Rosenberg
“ Rosenberg spins a great criminal trial narrative that matches any in books by Scott Turow, John Grisham, or Michael Connelly. Readers will find the book hard to put down, but they’ll also come away with a strong sense of the Darwinian life of big law firms.”
Michael Asimow, Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA Law School
Visiting Professor, Stanford Law School
Co-author, Reel Justice: The Courtroom Goes to the Movies,
Editor, Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television
“Death on a High Floor is that delicious and rare combination of great, surprising mystery plot twists and engaging, full-color characters. I loved it, and can’t wait to read Rosenberg’s next book!”
Anne Kenney, Executive Producer, Greek,
Co-Creator/Co-Executive Producer, Family Law
When the much-despised Marbury Marfan senior partner Simon Rafer turns up dead, with an ornate dagger buried between his shoulder blades, it comes as a surprise to no one. Simon was an abusive boss and had recently been on the warpath, clearing the “dead wood” from the legal firm he treated as his personal fiefdom. Nearly a thousand attorneys and associates, scattered across four continents, had good reason to want Rafer dead, but homicide Detective Spritz has his eye trained on Marbury Marfan partner Robert Tarza, in particular. Tarza and his friend and colleague—and maybe a bit more—Jenna are soon forced to play detective themselves, in a race to find the real killer or killers before Spritz finishes assembling a collection of evidence that will make a very credible case against Tarza.
About the Author
Charles (“Chuck”) Rosenberg has been the credited legal script consultant to three prime time television shows: L.A. Law, The Practice and Boston Legal, as well as The Paper Chase (Showtime). During the O .J. Simpson criminal trial, he was one of two on-air legal analysts for E! Entertainment Television’s live coverage of the trial. He also provided commentary for E!’s coverage of the Simpson civil trial. He is also the author of the book The Trial of O.J. Simpson: How to Watch the Trial and Understand What’s Really Going On (Publishing Partners 1994) and is a contributing author to the book Lawyers in Your Living Room! Law on Television (ABA Publishing 2009).
He has taught extensively as an adjunct law professor, including at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, the Loyola Law School International LLM Program in Bologna, Italy, the UCLA School of Law, the Pepperdine School of Law, and the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.
A graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, Chuck currently practices in the Los Angeles area. He has been a partner in several law firms, including a large international firm. Currently, he is a partner in a three-lawyer firm. Chuck and his wife have lived in Los Angeles since the early 1970s. He is at work on a second novel.
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Free eBook – Yesterday’s Gone: Episode 1 (The Post-Apocalyptic Serial Thriller)
Yesterday’s Gone: Episode 1 (The Post-Apocalyptic Serial Thriller) by Sean Platt, David Wright
O n October 15 at 2:15 a.m. everyone on Earth vanished.
Well, almost everyone.
A scattered few woke alone in a world where there are no rules other than survival… at any cost.
A journalist wanders the horrible reality of an empty New York in search of his wife and son.
A serial killer must hunt in a land where prey is now an endangered species.
A mother shields her young daughter from danger, though every breath fills her with terror.
A bullied teen is thrilled to find everyone gone. Until the knock at the door.
A fugitive survives a fiery plane crash. Will he be redeemed, or return to what he’s best at: the kill?
An eight year old boy sets out on a journey to find his missing family. What he finds will change him forever.
These survivors aren’t alone…
Someone or something is watching them.
And waiting…
Strangers unite.
Sides are chosen.
Will humanity survive what it never saw coming?
The only certainty is that Yesterday’s Gone.
You’ve never read anything like Yesterday’s Gone – the epic, groundbreaking, thrilling new series. Look for a new 100 page episode each month.
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Free eBook – The Fence My Father Built
The Fence My Father Built by Linda S. Clare
I n The Fence My Father Built, when legally separated Muri Pond, a librarian, hauls her kids, teenage Nova and eleven year-old Truman, out to the tiny town of Murkee, Oregon, where her father, Joe Pond lived and died, she’s confronted by a neighbor’s harassment over water rights and Joe’s legacy: a fence made from old oven doors.
The fence and accompanying house trailer horrify rebellious Nova, who runs away to the drug-infested streets of Seattle. Muri searches for her daughter and for something to believe in, all the while trying to save her inheritance from the conniving neighbor who calls her dad Chief Joseph. Along with Joe’s sister, Aunt Lutie, and the Red Rock Tabernacle Ladies, Muri must rediscover the faith her alcoholic dad never abandoned in order to reclaim her own spiritual path.
About the Author
Linda S. Clare is an award-winning coauthor of three books, including Lost Boys and the Moms Who Love Them (with Melody Carlson and Heather Kopp), Revealed: Spiritual Reality in a Makeover World, and Making Peace with a Dangerous God (with Kristen Johnson Ingram). She has also published many essays, stories, and poems in publications including The Christian Reader, The Denver Post, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Linda grew up in a part of Arizona, where the dirt is as red as it is in Central Oregon. She graduated summa cum laude in Art Education from Arizona State University and taught in public and private schools. She has taught college-level creative writing classes for seven years, and edits and mentors writers. She also is a frequent writing conference presenter and church retreat leader. She and her husband of thirty-one years have four grown children, including a set of twins. They live in Eugene, Oregon, with their five wayward cats: Oliver, Xena the Warrior Kitty, Paladine, Melchior, and Mamma Mia!
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Bargain eBook – Blank Slate Kate
Blank Slate Kate by Heather Wardell
W aking up with a strange man is scary. Realizing you lost fifteen years of your life overnight? That’s terrifying. With her memories from seventeen to thirty-two gone, Kate has no idea who she is and where she belongs. As she begins to fall for the man who found her, she wonders if she forgot those years for a reason. Should she keep trying to retrieve her original self, or start a new life?
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Free eBook – Loving Lucy
Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler
L ucy O’Halloran always picks the wrong guys because in her life, whomever she truly loves will leave her. She learned that the hard way, when her parents died when she was five. Now Lucy always picks unsuitable boyfriends—men she can’t love, who don’t love her back.
Then she meets Jonas Holliday, a divorced cop with a need to help and an ex-wife who thinks she needs him. Lucy likes Jonas’s dedication to the job, to her town…and maybe, to her. He thinks Lucy’s only fault is her unwillingness to commit.
But when Jonas learns that Lucy’s grandmother is defrauding life insurance companies to support her church’s program for the homeless—and Lucy thinks she shouldn’t go to jail for it—that’s the last straw for them both. Now Jonas is looking like just another Wrong Guy and Lucy like just one more nutcase.
But Jonas figures out how to go the extra mile, and Lucy finds the courage to go the distance. Together they follow the path to true love and marriage. Even with that grandmother…
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Free eBook – Michael Belmont and the Tomb of Anubis
Michael Belmont and the Tomb of Anubis by Ethan Russell Erway
M ichael Belmont has always dreamed of leading a more adventurous life, but when it actually happens, he ends up getting more than he ever bargained for. Michael is sent to stay with his best friend Liam in Scotland while their parents conduct research at an ancient Egyptian necropolis. All is well until the boys get news that their parents have disappeared. Now Michael, his sister Abbey, and Liam suddenly find themselves in a race to obtain an ancient magical artifact that could be the only key to rescuing their parents- before it’s too late. Come on a journey with Michael and his companions as they unravel the mysteries of a medieval Scottish castle, get kidnapped by angry werewolves, and become entangled in a war that has been raging for thousands of years.
318 pages
About the Author
Ethan Russell Erway, author of the fantasy novel MICHAEL BELMONT AND THE TOMB OF ANUBIS, has been a life long fan of the fantasy and science fiction genres. His second book, MICHAEL BELMONT AND THE HEIR OF VAN HELSING, is due for release in the fall of 2012. Ethan has a Bachelor of Sacred Literature degree from Summit Theological Seminary, and is the Minister at Agua Fria Christian Church in Humboldt, AZ where he lives with his wife Kara and sons Gabriel and Caleb.
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Bargain eBook – Dead Spell
A SHOWCASE BOOK!
Dead Spell by Belinda Frisch
E llen Hopkins fans, meet Harmony Wolcott. Damaged and determined, she’ll take you to the wrong side of the tracks and you’ll love it.
“This is a great book that pulled me in from the beginning pages and would not let go until the end.” -Nightly Reading Review
“When the words of a book reach out, grips you by the throat, and pulls you from the first page to the very end in one sitting, then that is a great book. Dead Spell did just that. I was completely captivated from the very beginning and felt as though I couldn’t read it quickly enough.” -Angela Scott
Harmony Wolcott’s darkest secret has clawed its way back from the grave and is haunting her.
Afraid to ask for help, Harmony searches for answers in the wreckage of her childhood home where the truth is buried under the rubble of a family plagued by mental illness.
Dead Spell is about a ghost with a past and a girl who would die to forget it.
From The Author
Professionally edited and formatted, Dead Spell is intended for older YA and general audiences. Reviews are always greatly appreciated.
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Free eBook – Taken
Taken by Debra Lee
W elcome to the fictitious little town of Watery, Pennsylvania where the district attorney’s personal secretary, Mary Murray never planned to become a single mom or a suspect in her infant’s disappearance, but she plans to find Jena before she suffers the same fate Mary’s younger brother had when he was taken twelve years earlier.
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From a beta reader-I must tell you that everything I’ve read lately has bored me to tears…until today. Honestly, I could not put TAKEN down. I was pleasantly surprised. I felt the author captured each character’s personality and conveyed them to the reader with such clarity, that they felt like real people. I was thrilled with how the book ended—Lucilla
From The Author
Years ago a small child was taken from his home not far from where I live. The child was never found. His disappearance haunted me over the years, and still does. Hopefully someday I will know what happened to that little boy.
It breaks my heart every time I hear a news report about a missing child. So I suppose the disappearance of that little boy long ago and those heart breaking news stories is what drove me to write TAKEN.
From the Inside Flap
The first snow storm of the season made driving treacherous. Red lights on emergency vehicles suddenly flashed up ahead. Flares lit up the highway. Teddy braked harder when the state trooper standing on the center line came into view. The trooper waved his arm and pointed toward the opposite lane from the accident. Teddy breathed more freely and moved on.
Evading detection was easy this time. Sliding into a ditch and needing to be rescued like that other driver would be a downright injustice after making it this far.
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Free eBook – Maebelle’s Hat – Nook Exclusive
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Maebelle’s Hat by Rita Hestand
B ook Two of the Willy series for young children. Mother was gathering everyone into the barn,and little Willy couldn’t understand what the problem was.
Mother Hen said a Nado was coming and everyone needed to go into barn. Whatever a Nado was.
But Maebelle was missing, and Willy decided he
would go after her.
Meet the Author
I’m a romance and children’s writer. I’m also a mother and grandmother. I was widowed three years ago and now devote most of my time in writing.
I like to bowl, write, read, roller skate, go to kid parties and watch my grandkids grow up. Another hobby I’ve had for years is people watching. Noting how people dress, mannerisms, things they do, things they say, just like to watch and make characters in my head.
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Nook Daily Find – County Line
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County Line by Bill Cameron
Overview
W hen the steadfast Ruby Jane Whittaker drops out of sight, dogged ex-cop Skin Kadash sets out to discover what drove the woman he loves to leave her life behind so suddenly.
Meet the Author
Bill Cameron lives with his wife and a menagerie of critters in Portland, Oregon. His stories have appeared in Spinetingler, Portland Noir, and the forthcoming First Thrills. He is a member of Friends of Mystery, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America.
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Kindle Daily Deal – The Best American Noir of the Century
Kindle Daily Deal
The Best American Noir of the Century by James Ellroy
J ames Ellroy and Otto Penzler mined the past century to find this treasure trove of thirty-nine stories. From noir’s twenties-era infancy come gems like James M. Cain’s “Pastorale,” and its postwar heyday boasts giants like Mickey Spillane and Evan Hunter. Packing an undeniable punch, diverse contemporary incarnations include Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Dennis Lehane, and William Gay, with many page-turners appearing from the past decade.
Reviews
“Read them if you want to feel your flesh creep.” (National Post )
“Well worth its impressive weight in gold, it would be a crime not to have his seminal masterpiece in your collection.” (New York Journal of Books )
“There is no denying that The Best American Noir of the Century is a source of unsettling but
essential and valuable reading, and should immediately be added to your ‘must read’ list.”
(Bookgasm )
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Free eBook – Shotgun Gravy (Atlanta Burns)
Shotgun Gravy (Atlanta Burns) by Chuck Wendig
S ometimes she wakes up at night, smelling that gunpowder smell. Ears ringing. A whimpering there in the darkness. Doesn’t always hit her at night, either. Might be in the middle of the day. She should be smelling pizza, or garbage, or cat s**t wafting from the house next door, but instead what she smells is that acrid tang of gunsmoke. All up in her nose. Clinging there like a tick…”
So begins the tale of Atlanta Burns, a young girl with a grim past lingering at the fringes of her droll and dreary high school existence. She’s content to remain there, too, or so she thinks: soon, however, she’s drawn in a battle against two separate groups of bullies – a trio of local troublemakers and a group of Neo-Nazi gay bashers – to save a pair of new and unexpected friends.
But actions have consequences, and by fighting back, Atlanta discovers she’s kicked over a log, thus revealing what hides squirming underneath.
It’s just her, her friends, and a .410 squirrel gun against a handful of bullies and a conspiracy whose worst aspects remain yet hidden.
Can she triumph?
Will her victory be paid in unseen sacrifices?
Or is fighting back just asking for a face full of bad news?
(This is novella #1, a complete tale in and of itself. But Atlanta’s story will continue in episode #2, BAIT DOG.)
“SHOTGUN GRAVY is like VERONICA MARS on Adderall. Atlanta Burns is a troubled teenage girl who’s scared, angry, and not taking s**t from anybody. Chuck Wendig knocks this one out of the park as he so often does.” – Stephen Blackmoore, author of CITY OF THE LOST and DEAD THINGS
“Give Nancy Drew a shotgun and a kick-butt attitude and you get Atlanta Burns. Packed with action and fascinating characters, SHOTGUN GRAVY is a story that will captivate both teens and adults and have them clamoring for the next installment.” – Joelle Charbonneau, author of SKATING OVER THE LINE
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