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BARGAIN KINDLE BOOK PACK #2 – {02-22-2013}
Bargain eBook Hunter traps these BARGAIN Kindle Books just for you! Get them before they get away!
Price may change without notice! Due to international copyrights, not all titles will be available or similarly priced outside of the United States. – Holly
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Historical, Literary, United States, Asian American, Chick-Lit, Domestic Life, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
F rom the bestselling author of the “dazzling historical saga” (The Washington Post), Moloka’i, comes the irresistible story of a young immigrant bride in a ramshackle town that becomes a great modern city “In Korea in those days, newborn girls were not deemed important enough to be graced with formal names, but were instead given nicknames, which often reflected the parents’ feelings on the birth of a daughter: I knew a girl named Anger, and another called Pity. As for me, my parents named me Regret.”Honolulu is the rich, unforgettable story of a young “picture bride” who journeys to Hawai’i in 1914 in search of a better life.Instead of the affluent young husband and chance at an education that she has been promised, she is quickly married off to a poor, embittered laborer who takes his frustrations out on his new wife. Renaming herself Jin, she makes her own way in this strange land, finding both opportunity and prejudice. With the help of three of her fellow picture brides, Jin prospers along with her adopted city, now growing from a small territorial capital into the great multicultural city it is today. But paradise has its dark side, whether it’s the daily struggle for survival in Honolulu’s tenements, or a crime that will become the most infamous in the islands’ history…With its passionate knowledge of people and places in Hawai’i far off the tourist track, Honolulu is most of all the spellbinding tale of four women in a new world, united by dreams, disappointment, sacrifices, and friendship.
Another Second Chance by Troy Lewis
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Professionals & Academics, Medical, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Inspirational
I magine in your darkest moment, as you lay on deaths door step; The God of the universe reaches down (in the most amazing, miraculous way) and hands you the ultimate second chance. Then does the same thing for your brother the very next day!! ALL because a stranger from a 1,000 miles away, was convicted by God to give his kidney away….
This is a very powerful book about the author’s experience in facing the ups and downs of kidney disease–After playing Jesus Christ in a local passion drama for 9 years, his world is turned upside down; As he states in the first chapter, “this would cause me to question who I was, all that I had believed, and God himself.” We live through Troy’s journey and the emotional and spiritual roller coaster with him, but always we sense God in control of the situation-even when all seems hopeless.
You will find yourself eagerly reading, in suspense, wanting to find out what happens next and how God will work. The author merely talks to us as if to friends, sharing something wonderful and awesome that happened to him; How at death’s door step, he found God’s Hope, Peace, and the reason for it all.
“I knew all of these things happened for a reason! God revealed afterwards, the reason for the pain, was to bring Hope, the reason for the Hope was to bring the miracle, and the reason for the miracle was to write this book to share the Hope with you!!” – Troy Lewis
This book really isn’t just one persons story of trial – its every ones story, because it’s God’s story. Through it you will learn to persevere, that what may seem like a closed door is really just a redirection to something even better. This is a beautiful inspirational book of love, struggles, Faith, and Hope. When a person is feeling down or lost in their own troubles, it will be an excellent resource to read over and over again. It’ll make you laugh, cry, hope, reflect, and by the end.. Praise in victory!
The Paperboys Club by Mobashar Qureshi
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Police Procedurals, Thrillers, Suspense, Crime
A MAZON KINDLE “TOP 100″ BESTSELLER IN “MYSTERY & THRILLERS”
Three children with extraordinary gifts.
Two detectives trying to solve a five-year-old case.
One man in a mental institute who ties them all together.
Detective Samantha Banter is assigned a cold case involving the murder of a seven-year-old boy.
Sam’s daughter, Maryann, is quiet and withdrawn. She befriends Thomas and Christopher, who, like her, have a secret–gifts that are a result of traumatic episodes in their pasts.
Clarence Hynes has been locked up in the mental institute for a crime he committed two years ago. Clarence, however, is burdened with something far worse.
Can Sam find the young boy’s killer? Will Maryann, Thomas, and Christopher share their secret? How does Clarence link them all together?
The Paperboys Club is a supernatural thriller with twists and turns that lead to a shocking conclusion.
approx. 65,000 words
PRAISE FOR THE PAPERBOYS CLUB:
“A great mystery with a sense of the macabre.” – Kitty Bullard
“I would definitely recommend this book.” – Angie Creech
“I read this novel on an island off the south-west coast of Ireland during my holidays and it was a wonderful page-turner. Thanks to the author.” – Tony Brennan
“A good book, fast read…highly recommended.” – Amber Carroll
“A very enjoyable read, and a quick read, because once I had started I didn’t want to put it down.” – Tracey Steele
The Mobster’s Wife by Tammy Capri
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Urban Life
T wenty-five year old Heaven Cullens is the wife of Jovious (Jovi) Cullens, a mobster who owns the popular gambling spot called The Dungeon. While at “The Dungeon” players can get more than just a lucky roll! Ready to take his establishment to the next level, Jovi sets out to collect from anyone who owes debt to his business; either money or blood. Heaven’s life was perfect, but when the love of her life, Jovi, is murdered, and her six year old son, Dominic, is kidnapped by her husband’s murderer, she is forced to continue the job that Jovi started. Now on a mission to get her son back, Heaven learns first hand that anybody can be bought, even the ones closest to her! After losing almost everything, Heaven is determined to get it all back! Buckle up and prepare for a ride, as Heaven uncovers a shocking ending!
“The Mobster’s Wife by author Tammy Capri is action packed, full of twists and turns and sure to keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time wondering what’s coming next. This author is a great story-teller and this story is told vividly! Just as clear as a high-definition movie!” – National Best-Selling and Award Winning Author of Daddy’s Little Girl & The Black Diamond Trilogy, Brittani Williams
Coming Up for Air by Patti Callahan Henry
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
O n the coast of Alabama, there is a house cloaked in mystery, a place that reveals the truth and changes lives…Ellie Calvin is caught in a dying marriage, and she knows this. With her beloved daughter away at college and a growing gap between her and her husband – between her reality and the woman she wants to be – she doesn’t quite seem to fit into her own life.But everything changes after her controlling mother, Lillian, passes away. Ellie’s world turns upside down when she sees her ex-boyfriend, Hutch, at her mother’s funeral and learns that he is in charge of a documentary that involved Lillian before her death. He wants answers to questions that Ellie’s not sure she can face, until, in the painful midst of going through her mother’s things, she discovers a hidden diary – and a window onto stories buried long ago.
As Ellie and Hutch start speaking for the first time in years, Ellie’s closed heart slowly begins to open. Fighting their feelings, they set out together to dig into Lillian’s history. Using both the diary and a trip to the Summer House, a mysterious and seductive bayside home, they gamble that they can work together and not fall in love again. But in piecing together a decades-old unrequited-love story, they just might uncover the secrets in their own hearts…
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