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BARGAIN eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {04-26-2013}
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
N EW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR (2013)
USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
BARNES & NOBLE BESTSELLING AUTHOR (2013)
RITA AWARD AUTHORAMAZON.COM BESTSELLING AUTHOR*
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Contemporary Romance
He spent his lifetime running from his past…
Right from the start Maggie Mayfield knew Johnnie Irish was trouble. The sexy Hollywood star had returned to his hometown of Hope, Texas, to a hero’s welcome. But for Maggie the notorious bad boy was nothing but bad news. Until she discovered the tragic secret behind his reckless ways, until she found the hidden sweetness in his cynical smile..
Heat index: 5 out of 10
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A young widow…
A self-destructive celebrity…
A small town in Texas…
This book is an unabashed romance. No mystery. No suspense. Not a lot of external motivation. It’s all about two people. A lot of angst, a lot of drama, a lot of humor, some great dialogue. A courtship dance that lasts an entire book. In other words, a ROMANCE! It kind of has a sixties James Dean feel to it, where you have these tormented characters who just want to sob: “You’re tearing me apart!” James Dean could be the anti-hero, and Natalie Wood could be the young widow. Or maybe Elizabeth Taylor. No, it should be someone quirky. A young Shirley MacLaine. Perfect. Mix that up with a little desert town and a bunch of gossips, and a time period (of not so long ago) when sex outside a relationship was considered slutty and worthy of gasps behind white gloves.
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From the book:
Johnnie Irish adjusted his dark, wire-rimmed sunglasses, gave a nod to the pilot, then paused in the doorway of the charter plane. Something had definitely been lost arriving by air, he decided. To get the full effect of Hope, Texas, a guy had to approach it by land. He had to cross miles and miles of desolate desert, tumbleweeds, and broken-down shanties. He had to see all the billboards boasting two-headed snakes and five-legged lambs.
As a teenager, Johnnie and some buddies had decided to take in one of the roadside attractions. They’d plunked down a buck fifty only to discover that the snake was pickled and the lamb was stuffed. From the highly visible black stitches, they’d also decided that the freak appendage had been added by some myopic seamstress. They’d quickly pointed out the flaws in loud, boisterous voices. Doubled up with laughter, tears streaming from their eyes, they’d been kicked out of the joint–which only made them laugh all the harder.
Johnnie had been kicked out of a lot of places since then. Bars. Hotels. Restaurants.
Towns.
Hope, Texas, in particular.
Three months ago, when he’d gotten the phone call asking him to be the main attraction in Hope’s homecoming parade, he’d laughed out loud, right into the receiver. But then he thought it over a while and the temptation proved too much. He’d been harboring a bitterness toward his hometown for a long time, and wouldn’t revenge be sweet? So, fifteen years after being tossed out on his ass, he’d decided to come back.
Desert wind, not yet heated by the day, felt good against his skin. He’d forgotten how clear and untainted the air here was. He took a moment to pull some of that air deep into his lungs.
He could see the promised car waiting for him–the parade convertible. Standing beside it, shading her eyes with one hand, was a dark-haired woman. For a second, panic thumped in his chest while his mind spun backward to his childhood and all its horrors. For a second, he thought the woman standing by the car was his mother, then his head cleared and he remembered she was dead. He let out his breath.
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The Devil’s Bounty: The New Ryan Lock Novel by Sean Black
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers
* **ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME!*** (Regular price $7.99)The latest thriller from international bestseller, Sean Black.The Devil’s Bounty – How far would you go for justice?
Convicted of a series of horrific crimes against female college students in Santa Barbara, wealthy playboy Charlie Mendez has fled across the US border into Mexico.
As one bounty hunter after another meets a grisly end at the hands of the murderous drug cartel Mendez is paying to keep him safe, it seems that this is one fugitive destined to remain beyond the reach of the law.
But Mendez hasn’t reckoned with former military bodyguard, Ryan Lock, and his partner, Ty Johnson.
The Devil’s Bounty is the fourth book in the bestselling Ryan Lock series. The Lock series has featured on the top 100 on Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well as hitting the official Nielsen/Bookscan bestseller lists in the UK. The books have also been translated into Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Russian.
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Hope for the Wicked by Edward Lorn
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers
S ometimes, bad people do good deeds.
Larry and Mo Laughlin are retired killers turned private investigators with monetary woes. So when their handler introduces them to the Trudeaus, one final job is placed on the docket.
Jacob and Bernice Trudeau need their teenage daughter, Amy, found, and they also want the men responsible dead. Two million dollars is an offer Larry and Mo can’t refuse.
To find Amy, the Laughlins must travel to Mexico, where they are thrust into a world of debauchery so foul they will be forever changed.
One crazed pimp, a veterinarian turned doc-for-hire, and an enigmatic facility called “The Show” lie in wait for the wayward couple.
Is there any hope for the wicked?
*Warning: Contains explicit language, violence, and sex.
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Murder in the Deep Rough (The Zach Roper Golf Mysteries) by M H Burton
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Crime
R etired Seattle PD detective Zach Roper is, at age 50, new to the professional golf Champions Tour, but no stranger to crime. He’s pursuing his boyhood dream of pro stardom with single-minded devotion but limited success when a body turns up deep in the piney rough on treacherous number four of the Iron Ridge Country Club Black Course in the north woods of Minnesota. Not just any old body, either, but the body of the part owner of the financially shaky operation. Is it natural causes? The local Sheriff thinks so, but Zach doesn’t. He wants to concentrate on golf. This may be his last chance to make it as a pro. If he doesn’t make the cut it could be the end of his new career. But he also wants to see justice done, and he doesn’t think the local law is able, or willing, to do the job. Can he do both? If he spreads himself too thin he may accomplish neither. The golf action comes hot and heavy while Zach teams up with a green, but game, Deputy Sheriff on the side to investigate the case. And a complicated case it is, involving sex, embezzlement, fraud, and murder for hire. The hired hit men are easy enough to catch, but who’s behind them? The list of suspects is long, and all of them have good reasons to want the victim dead. But which one is it? Or is there more than one? Or is it someone who’s not even on the list? Zach needs to draw not only on his experience as a detective, but also his experience as a golfer to have any chance of solving this one. In the end it all comes down to a game of golf. The key to the case lies not far from where the body was found, on the nasty, demanding fourth hole of Iron Ridge Black. Sex, murder, and golf… a volatile combination, and they are all part of Murder in the Deep Rough.
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Love in Reality: A Contemporary Romance (The Blackjack Quartet) by Magdalen Braden
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Humor, Romance, Contemporary
N ever has the Philadelphia legal community generated so much passion — it has to be the fictional world of former lawyer Magdalen Braden, who introduces us to The Blackjack Quartet with the story of a law student who discovers Love in Reality …
TV producer Rand Jennings isn’t looking for love — he’s looking for a flirty female contestant for his reality show, The Fishbowl. Pretty bartender Lissa Pembroke is bright, outgoing, and the perfect “Fish” to play the part. Although sparks fly between them when Rand approaches her with the role, she wants nothing to do with him or his show …
Law student Libby Pembroke is too busy with school and work to have time for love — or reality TV. She’s temporarily switched places with her identical twin sister Lissa, balancing Lissa’s job with her own studies and preparing for a summer internship. So while the handsome and charming Fishbowl producer knocks Libby off her feet, there’s no way she’s going on national TV, and acting like, well, her sister.
The irresistible chemistry between Libby and Rand can’t be ignored, however, and soon Libby discovers that pretending to be Lissa gives her a freedom she’s never known before. She goes on the show to be close to Rand, even though Rand still thinks she’s the “flirty” twin.
When Libby decides to reveal the truth, will Rand forgive her deceptions? Or will exposing her secrets — and her heart — ruin everything?
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FREE eBOOK BLOCK #2 – {04-20-2013}
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And They Called Her Spider (The Bartleby and James Adventures) by Michael Coorlim
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Historical, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Series, Military, Steampunk
G alvanic Century is set in an alternate steampunk world where the reign of Queen Victoria has extended well into the early 20th century. As the world edges inexorably towards a World War that few can even begin to anticipate, brave men and women must contend with airship pirates, clockwork assassins, galvanic monsters,and anarchist madmen.
In their debut adventure, London is in the grip of an unstoppable assassin known only as the Spider, and consulting detectives James Wainwright and Alton Bartleby have been commissioned to catch her.
Can the surly inventor and savvy gentleman track her down and stop her string of murders, or will Queen Victoria be her next victim?
Excerpt:
A streak of red and black fell from the bell tower above before I could climb into the room, breaking my grip on the ladder and sending me crashing down to the chapel below. Sharp knees dug into my abdomen as a rain of powerful fists fell upon my brow, each blow knocking my skull back against the chapel’s wooden floor. I managed to get a forearm up to guard my face in time to see a girl— the Spider, a slight thing dressed in a red and black Jester’s motley— spring back from her kneeling position atop my torso. My face felt raw and numb from her vicious attack, and my lower back screamed as I scrambled back into a half-standing crouch.
The girl’s leap away took her towards the wall beyond the ladder. Her legs folded again as she hit the wall, whatever purchase she managed there sufficing to spring off and away at an angle that carried her past the shocked Bartleby and towards the narrow window. It was thin– too thin for even the slender girl that had attacked me– but somehow she slipped through it effortlessly, and was gone into the night.
Bartleby ran to my side. “Oh god, James, are you alright?”
“Don’t worry about me, go after her!” The fingers I put to my face came away red and sticky. She’d split my lip at the very least, and it felt as though one of my eyes was swelling shut.
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The Fastest Growing Religion on Earth: How Genealogy Captured the Brains and Imaginations of Americans by Doug Bremner
Genre(s): Education & Reference, Genealogy, Parenting & Relationships, Adoption
F or millions of Americans, the quest to find one’s ancestors has become an obsession, and for some even a religion. After writing a book about the history of his family, the author realized that half of it was missing, literally. This is the story about how he found the other half, and what he learned along the way about the history and practice of genealogy, his fellow genealogy fanatics, and himself.
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Misplaced Loyalty (Meredith & Hodge Novels) by Marcia Turner
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Crime
M isplaced Loyalty
When it seems that all is lost, and you have no hope, Misplaced Loyalty can be fatal.
Detective Patsy Hodge leaves her old life behind, and transfers to Bristol and a new job with the CID. Wanting to make her mark as a female detective she attends a suspicious death with her new boss; straight talking, no nonsense Detective Inspector John Meredith. Within days the body count begins to rise, as victims old and new are discovered to have died in the same way. Some could say the victims were merely party to assisted suicide, others may call it euthanasia, and many believe that either way it shouldn’t be classed as a crime; but when it becomes evident that some of the victims were forced to accept a lethal injection, DI Meredith launches a major murder investigation which covers a period of over twenty years.
As more victims are discovered, and the investigation gathers pace, someone takes an unhealthy interest in Patsy. Their motive moves from irritating to sinister when her life is threatened. But just how serious is that threat? Despite being surrounded by police officers the case takes precedent, and Patsy even considers using the services of a private detective, who just happens to be friend and former boss of John Meredith. It’s far from clear if this development is connected to the case, Meredith, or perhaps both. With ill feeling developing within the team, the motives of colleagues working on the case are brought into question.
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Dawn of Destiny (Epic) by Lee Stephen
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Military, Series
Y ou’re tired of it, aren’t you? Of gimmicks, of fluff, of predictability. If you’ve read one book today, you’ve read them all. But you haven’t read this.
There’s no glitz and glamor here–no trendy hype machine. There’s only a promise: Epic is the deepest, most gripping, most adrenaline-fueled series you’ve ever experienced. Leave your sense of tranquility at the door. This runs on 94 octane.
Dawn of Destiny kicks off the story of Scott Remington, a young man following a calling to war. Sacrificing a promising life that could’ve been, he embarks on a journey to follow his destiny and make a difference regardless of where it takes him. It’s a story of perseverance amidst trials and tribulations–a journey of faith into the fog of war. This is high-action and intensity wrapped up in the reality of the human experience. It’s the introduction to an epic.
Load your assault rifles…you’re about to drop into a hot zone.
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science & Math, Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Professional & Technical, Professional Science
T wo dogs, superb physical specimens, in their prime and brutally honest in their behavior. Each loyal to his human companion and forgiving of each man’s aberrant behavior.
Physical, earthy Joe Billie Bloodtooth, in the prime of his rebellious life, unwittingly fulfilling the dictum of his birthright as he spirals into madness.
Physical, disciplined Samson Hercules Duff, in his prime when accidentally gifted with a sensory enhancement that threatens to destroy his iron-willed self-control, if not his life.
Two men–strangers–reduced to animalistic behavior as they meet in an epic struggle of survival and vengeance in the unforgiving majesty of the Florida Everglades…. The mighty Pay-Hay-Okee.
How animal is human?
How human is animal?
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BARGAIN eBOOK BLOCK #2 – {04-17-2013}
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Teens
* **Due to the number of books with the title, “The Game Changer” please be sure to read the synopsis below and know that the author of this book is L.M. Trio before purchasing.***
It’s hard to believe that it only takes one split second in time to turn your world completely upside down. Everything that ever made you feel safe and secure; can be gone in an instant…”
Jesse’s world is shattered in that instant…the rest of her life is mapped out by a split second change that she never dreamed could happen. Now she must learn to start living through all of the things that come after.
After suffering a breakdown, Jesse, a shy, awkward, soon to be junior in high school, and her father, decide to make a new start in a new town, hoping to find a tiny piece of the happiness they once knew. She never dreamed that the family living across the street from her new home could change her life in ways she never thought were possible…
Luke thought he had his life figured out. The soon to be senior, thought he had everything; popularity, looks, charm, girls, and an arm that was the envy of every MLB pitcher in the game. The shy, awkward, but way too beautiful girl that moved into the house across the street, was not in his plans.
The story continues with everlasting friendships, love, challenges, and Game Changers that are unexpected in their young lives.
Who knew that even after a tragedy, life can give you more than you ever had before?
WARNING.DISCLAIMER: Due to adult situations and language, not appropriate for children under the age of 17
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LOVE IS PATIENT by D.P. Memory
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Chick-Lit, Domestic Life, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Genre Fiction, Family Life, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense
F ran Kadylak is recovering from surgery that has stripped her of any hope she had of ever bearing the children she and her husband Ken have been praying for. She is going to leave her darling husband because she loves him too much to deprive him of the children he longs for.
Fran’s mother and Ken’s aunt are scheming together to get the young couple back together again. Aunt Alicia came up with the perfect solution to their broken hearts. She volunteers to be a surrogate mother for Fran and Ken. Alicia’s family is dumbfounded that she would be willing to go through a risky pregnancy when her own two sons are already teens. Her husband, Jonathan, is demanding guarantees that his own wife’s health won’t be sacrificed in the bargain.
Fran and Ken can’t believe their good fortune when Aunt Alicia’s invitro fertilization goes so well she is pregnant with not one, but twin infants. Now Fran and Ken have gotten their lives back on track. Aunt Alicia’s pregnancy is well underway at home in Mars, PA. Fran and Ken are taking off to New York City for a job interview that could mean a big promotion for Ken. They will be meeting with a financial advisor at the famous World Trade Center to discuss how to invest some money Fran inherited from her grandmother. Fran and Ken are rejoicing; life is perfect.
The date is September 10, 2001.
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Literary, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
W hen Roscoe Jones, a one-time trumpet prodigy, loses his finger, he loses more than his ability to play. Instead of becoming a musician, he becomes the superintendent of the Chicago apartment building where he has lived since birth. Very soon, his life is no longer his own; he fades into the background, plumbing and fixing and toiling for the tenants populating the eleven stories above him. Although they hardly notice him as anything but a working part of the building, he develops a sometimes uncomfortable intimacy with the details of their complicated lives.
Every night, in the privacy of his basement quarters, alone with his secret longings, he plays his trumpet. That is until the evening he climbs to the roof to play in public for the first time in fifty years — and the course of his life is irrevocably changed.
For some, losses may turn, unexpectedly, to gain. For Roscoe, the relationships he forms with the tenants — two, in particular — justify the amputation of his finger and the forfeiture of his dreams. This is a story about sacrifice and service, longing and love — and the abiding hopefulness of the human heart that connects us all.
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A Test of Wills (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries) by Charles Todd
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Historical
“ Todd has written a first novel that speaks out, urgently and compassionately, for a long-dead generation….A meticulously wrought puzzle.”
–New York Times Book Review”An intricately plotted mystery. With this remarkable debut, Charles Todd breaks new ground in the historical crime novel.”
–Peter Lovesey, author of The Circle”You’re going to love Todd.”
–Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyThe first novel to feature war-damaged Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge, A Test of Wills is the book that brought author Charles Todd into the spotlight. This Edgar® and Anthony Award-nominated, New York Times Notable mystery brilliantly evokes post-World War I Great Britain and introduces readers to one of crime fiction’s most compelling series protagonists. Here the shell-shocked Rutledge struggles to retain his fragile grip on sanity while investigating the death of a popular army colonel, murdered, it appears, by a decorated war hero with ties to the Royal Family. A phenomenal writer, a twisting puzzle, a character-rich re-creation of an extraordinary time and place…it all adds up to one exceptional read that will delight fans of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, Jacqueline Winspear, Ruth Rendell, and other masters of the British procedural.
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Chasing Lilacs: A Novel by Carla Stewart
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, United States, Chick-Lit, Mothers & Children, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Christianity, Christian Fiction
I t is the summer of 1958, and life in the small
When her mother commits suicide and a not-so-favorite aunt arrives, Sammie has to choose who to trust with her deepest fears: Her best friend who has an opinion about everything, the mysterious kid from
Trusting is one thing, but accepting the truth may be the hardest thing Sammie has ever done.
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BARGAIN eBOOK BLOCK #1 – {03-20-2013}
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The Boy from Reactor 4 by Orest Stelmach
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Women Sleuths, Thrillers, Spy Stories & Tales of Intrigue
N adia’s memories of her father are not happy ones. An angry, secretive man, he died when she was thirteen, leaving his past shrouded in mystery. When a stranger claims to have known her father during his early years in Eastern Europe, she agrees to meet–only to watch the man shot dead on a city sidewalk. With his last breath, he whispers a cryptic clue, one that will propel Nadia on a high-stakes treasure hunt from New York to her ancestral homeland of Ukraine. There she meets an unlikely ally: Adam, a teenage hockey prodigy who honed his skills on the abandoned cooling ponds of Chernobyl. Physically and emotionally scarred by radiation syndrome, Adam possesses a secret that could change the world–if she can keep him alive long enough to do it. A twisting tale of greed, secrets, and lies, The Boy from Reactor 4 will keep readers guessing until the final heart-stopping page.
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Russian Dolls (The Neve & Egan cases) by Cristelle Comby
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Women Sleuths
A lexandra Neve is a student at University College London whose world suddenly falls apart. When her best friend jumps from the university’s rooftop, she can’t stop herself from asking, ‘Why?’ The police rule her friend’s death a suicide and for them the case is closed — so whom can she turn to for help?
Sometimes the person you need the most is the one you least expect to find, and in this case it’s none other than Ashford Egan, a blind middle-aged history professor, who’s more willing than most to listen to what she has to say.
Neve and Egan are as different as they come. She’s restless, careless at times, and fearless when the need arises, while he’s almost the complete opposite: a deep thinker with an analytical mind, a highly rational and collected individual.
As they enter the violent world of the Russian mafia, they must overcome their differences and learn to work together. It’s their only chance if they want to survive.
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, United States, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Suspense, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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The crash of a Dallas-bound jet wasn’t just a tragedy to TV reporter Avery Daniels; it was an act of fate that handed her a golden opportunity to further her career. Mistaken for a glamorous, selfish woman named Carole Rutledge, the badly injured Avery would find that plastic surgery had given her Carole’s face, the famous senatorial candidate Tate Rutledge for a husband, and a powerful Texas dynasty for in-laws. And as she lay helpless in the hospital, she would make a shattering discovery: Someone close to Tate planned to assassinate him. Now, to save Tate’s life, Avery must live another woman’s life — and risk her own…
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Everyone Leaves by Wendy Guerra
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Coming of Age, United States, Hispanic, Family Saga, Literary Fiction
N ieve Guerra finds herself caught between the tides of her parents’ rocky relationship and a country in the midst of a revolution. Recording her daily thoughts and accounts of living with her abusive father, an alcoholic theater actor, Nieve uses her diary to express herself. From being sent away from her mother, her mother’s free-spirited and loving boyfriend, and her childhood city of Cienfuegos to being forced to call herself a Cuban “revolutionary Pioneer,” Nieve records in honest detail a life in which she loses those she loves the most–and can do nothing about it.
Through her diary entries, Nieve reveals the intimate details of a turbulent family life while painting an authentic portrait of the social and political unrest in Cuba under the rule of Castro.
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Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Contemporary, Genre Fiction, Family Saga, Literary, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
“ A triumph. This novel’s haunting strength will hold the reader until the very end and make Faith and her story impossible to forget.”
–Richmond Times Dispatch “Extraordinary.”
–Orlando Sentinel From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult (Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care) comes Keeping Faith: an “addictively readable” (Entertainment Weekly) novel that “makes you wonder about God. And that is a rare moment, indeed, in modern fiction” (USA Today).
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BARGAIN KINDLE BOOK PACK #2 – {03-01-2013}
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Price may change without notice! Due to international copyrights, not all titles will be available or similarly priced outside of the United States. – Holly
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Horror, Ghosts, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers
A lex was Ian’s five-year-old son: brilliant, earnest, and compassionate.
He is dead now, but Ian can’t let him go.
When his wife urges him to move on, he drives her away. His performance
at work collapses; his friends leave him. Six months later, alone in an empty
house, Ian starts to see his son again.
Every vision is a repeat of something the boy said or did in life: aching memories
replaying themselves for Ian’s eyes alone. Are these images of Alex real?
Has Ian’s son found a way back, to forgive or condemn his father?
Or has Ian’s sorrow metastasized into psychosis?
With a masterful hand, bestselling Kindle Horror author Adam J Nicolai paints a
picture of grief, madness, and the furious strength of a father’s love for his
son.
Amazon readers are saying:
“Mr. Nicolai maintains a sense of creeping disquiet and uncertainty throughout the narrative; I was unsure whether Ian was haunted by his son or slowly going crazy until the last few pages of the novel.”
- Uncle Progress – 5 stars
“I … found myself marveling at how well-crafted many sentences are. I would find myself stopping and re-reading them, just so I could savor their beauty a little longer.”
- Basil Owen – 5 stars
“Mr. Nicolai uses language beautifully. He paints very vivid images in very few words and he does so brilliantly.” – Tifainé N. Highly – 5 stars
“Mr. Nicolai’s brutally straightforward prose and clear love for his characters… combine into something vital and hungry (like the early works of – dare I speak his name? – Stephen King).”
- Ryan J. Holthaus – 5 stars
“[O]ften it is easy to see why any given writer had to self publish (and often seemingly without any editor). That is definitely not the case here. The writing was intense, compelling and intelligent.”
- Beth C – 4 stars
“[T]he ending was nailed perfectly.”
- Jason Plowman – 5 stars
“For anyone who has been near people in the depths of horrific and insatiable grief, Ian’s hundred mile an hour flight into emotional and physical self-destruction rings true.”
- Shawna B. – 5 stars
“During the climax of the story my 1.5 year old daughter read my emotions and instinctively curled up in my arms and remained there [for the] rest of the book. This was not just a story for me – it was an experience.”
- Ben – 5 stars
“If Alex [is] a sign of things to come, keep your eyes on this author. You will not regret it.”
- Grace McDonough – 5 stars
Alex, by Adam J Nicolai. You will not sleep tonight.
The Devil’s Grin (Kronberg Crimes) by Annelie Wendeberg
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, British, Historical, Genre Fiction, Mystery Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, British Detectives, Historical Fiction
A mazon’s #3 British Detective Mystery
At the turn of the 19th century, bacteriological research has made a tremendous leap. When epidemics were still untamed and claimed thousands of lives, Pasteur and Koch isolated deadly bacteria and developed vaccines. Now, it was but a small step towards bacterial warfare…
In Victorian London’s cesspool of crime and disease, a series of murders remains undiscovered until a cholera victim is found floating in the city’s drinking water supply. Dr Anton Kronberg, England’s best bacteriologist, is called upon to investigate and finds evidence of abduction and medical maltreatment. While Scotland Yard has little interest in pursuing the case, Kronberg pushes on and crosses paths with Sherlock Holmes. The detective immediately discovers Kronberg’s secret – a woman masquerading as a man in order to practice medicine – a criminal deed that could land her in prison for years to come. But both must join forces to stop a crime so monstrous, it outshines Jack the Ripper’s deeds in brutality and cold-bloodedness.
Women of Uncommon Strength by Gladney B. Darroh
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Chick-Lit, Contemporary Women, Domestic Life, Contemporary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Family Life
I n the midst of crisis, strong women are all that keep their families intact. Margaret McAllister is a widow whose son has returned home from war with a terrible injury and self doubts. Yesenia Hernandez, homemaker, deals with her husband’s inability to cope with tragedy. Nine-year-old Emily Fleming fights bravely to protect her younger sister, Chloë, after their world is turned upside down by the senseless death of their parents. Mrs. King is the charismatic Director of The Children’s Sanctuary. Elena Hernandez, a dedicated teacher, wonders when she will meet that special someone while living with deep personal loss. The sensible sister, Dr. Kathryn McAllister-Mason, is determined to keep her brother on track. Dr. Patricia Fleming’s love reaches beyond the grave. A victim of spousal abuse, Nadine Slagg finds the courage to make the ultimate mother’s sacrifice. Against this backdrop is a country beset by the greatest economic instability since the Great Depression, but these women and their families put everything on the line for the sake of doing the right thing. Along the way their struggles are intensified by corruption, prejudice, and evil men bent on destroying everything good and innocent to advance their own insatiable greed. But threading through these women’s lives is a young man, a gifted artist, who becomes the catalyst for resolution while rediscovering his own life’s meaning and finding true love.
This is a profoundly moving story about women whose everyday acts of love and devotion bind their families together. Emotional and compelling, it is a beautiful love story that will touch your heart and make you laugh and make you cry. Most of all it is a story about faith, reaffirmation of faith, and the redeeming power of love.
Ten percent of the author’s royalties from the sale of this book is being donated to the Boys and Girls Harbor. For those who wish to make an additional donation, please visit: www.boysandgirlsharbor.org
Your Gift to Me by Bonnie Bartel Latino
Genre(s): Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, War, Romance, Contemporary
A chieved Amazon’s #1 Top Rated War Fiction and #1 Top Rated Contemporary Romance in 2012 and 2013.
TOP GUN meets STEEL MAGNOLIAS in an award-winning love story that crosses genres and touches hearts. Filled with unexpected twists . . .
Emotionally scarred years after her husband died in a fiery Special Operations helicopter crash, Air Force widow Emily Ann Meade clings to her vow never to get involved with another man committed to a dangerous profession … until she meets F-16 pilot, Colonel Ted Foley in Hawaii. Although they are mutually attracted, the charismatic widower’s fighter wing in Japan recently lost two pilots in unexplained air crashes.
Allowing her mind to wander through fields of dreams on which she can’t afford the emotional mortgage, Emily lowers her barriers. She discovers Ted’s greatest virtue: he makes the ordinary feel sublime. Healing in shared confidences solidifies their bond. When another crash reignites her fears, the relationship shatters.
Unless Emily finds a path through her emotional minefields, she risks never discovering she is rejecting the only type of man to whom she is genuinely attracted, a man who leads by example and from the front. And that man’s life could be in danger!
Brooklyn NY: A Grim Retrospective by Jerry Castaldo
Genre(s): Biographies & Memoirs, Arts & Literature, Entertainers, Leaders & Notable People, Political, Regional U.S., Mid Atlantic, Health Fitness & Dieting, Recovery, Substance Abuse, Humor & Entertainment, Self-Help, Motivational, Advice & How-to, Health Mind & Body
T his explosive autobiographical volume is a gripping account of entertainer Jerry Castaldo growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, NY, his agonizing descent into the darkness of the city’s underbelly and his desperate struggle back to normalcy.
Celebrated NY Post columnist, author and playwright Chip Deffaa edited this dark, yet highly inspirational story.
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