First, for those who've been holding out on the
Georgette Heyer sale, a few pricing drops. The following are all now $1.79:
The sale only goes thru Sat, Aug 21, so don't wait too long. I also discovered that the
Sourcebooks coupon code,
WELCOME2011, can be used more than once, if you want to pick up a few more EPUB's there.
I've just finished reading
The Demon Trapper's Daughter (
$2.99), by Jana Oliver, and I definitely recommend it to any who are into young adult paranormal fantasy. The setting is our near future, with rampant unemployment and recycling thieves even stealing the signal lights in downtown Atlanta. Oh, and the demons are getting a bit out of hand. Definitely also pick up the (free) short prequel,
Retro Demonology. I'm considering pre-ordering the next in the
Demon Trappers series,
Soul Thief, which comes out at the end of the month.
Book Description
Riley Blackthorne just needs a chance to prove herself – and that’s exactly what the demons are counting on…
Seventeen-year-old Riley, the only daughter of legendary Demon Trapper, Paul Blackthorne, has always dreamed of following in her father's footsteps. The good news is, with human society seriously disrupted by economic upheaval and Lucifer increasing the number of demons in all major cities, Atlanta’s local Trappers’ Guild needs all the help they can get – even from a girl. When she’s not keeping up with her homework or trying to manage her growing crush on fellow apprentice, Simon, Riley’s out saving distressed citizens from foul-mouthed little devils – Grade One Hellspawn only, of course, per the strict rules of the Guild. Life’s about as normal as can be for the average demon-trapping teen.
But then a Grade Five Geo-Fiend crashes Riley’s routine assignment at a library, jeopardizing her life and her chosen livelihood. And, as if that wasn’t bad enough, sudden tragedy strikes the Trappers’ Guild, spinning Riley down a more dangerous path than she ever could have imagined. As her whole world crashes down around her, who can Riley trust with her heart – and her life?
Promised Land (
$6.15 Kindle), by Robert B. Parker, is 99 cents over at
Copia.
Book Description
Spenser is back. The fourth novel featuring the wisecracking boxer-turned private-detective finds him investigating a marriage in turmoil, a shady business deal, a nefarious loan shark and, of course, a murder. The real charm of the book, however, is Spenser himself, his inimitable wit, his keen grasp of human nature, his love of food and good beer, and his reluctant but capable fists.
You can pre-order a bonus edition of
StarCrossed, by Elizabeth C. Bunce, for
$2.99 at Amazon. This is the author's second novel and the start of a new series, the second title,
Liar's Moon, of which releases in November. Pick up a sample from the original edition of
StarCrossed to see if you want the pre-order (just be careful and don't one-click it, by mistake).
Book Description
16-year-old Digger thrives as a spy & sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse. But when a routine job goes horribly wrong and her partner & lover Tegen is killed, she disguises herself in a group of young nobles & sneaks out of the city. Accepted as a lady-in-waiting at the stronghold of the powerful Nemair, she finds new peace & friendship (*and* some new targets). But when an old client from the city comes to the castle, she realizes her hosts may be planning the ultimate uprising against the king - & rather than true peace, she may be at the heart of the rebellion.
Dog Training in 3 Easy Steps: How to Make Your Dog Confident, Secure, and Able to Understand and Follow Rules (
$1.99 pre-order), by Julie A. Bjelland, contains material previously published in her popular
Imagine Life with a Well-Behaved Dog: A 3-Step Positive Dog-Training Program.
Book Description
Do you consider your dog part of the family? Most dog guardians do. But just like children, dogs need structure. Structure to show him that he shouldn’t jump on every person who enters your house, or urinate indoors, or drag you down the road when you walk him. In DOG TRAINING IN 3 EASY STEPS, Julie Bjelland offers you clear and easy-to-follow steps to make your dog confident, secure and able to understand and follow rules. Drawing on years of experience, Julie teaches basic training, how to communicate with your dog, and how to prevent and solve behavior problems. She discusses puppies and adult dogs, even special needs dogs, and tells how to choose the right dog for your family and how to integrate him into a home with kids, other dogs, or cats.
I contacted the author to see how much overlap there would be in the two books and I've put in my pre-order, after reading her reply, as our puppy is past the stage of needing most of the material in the original title, it seems:
Dog Training in 3 Easy Steps will detail the steps in actually training your dog to walk politely, come, etc., the original book is a holistic approach to living with a dog (how to choose one for your family, what to consider with adopting, how to integrate the pet with your family/other pets, how to address and prevent specific behavior problems, crate training, house training, and working with puppies, etc.). While obedience training is vitally important to being the guardian of a dog, all of these other life factors make Imagine Life With A Well-Behaved Dog a more comprehensive approach. Additionally, readers of Imagine Life... even have access to ask me personal questions about their dogs through my website www.webdogtrainer.com to handle any unique situations that may arise.
One of my favorite authors, Jeaniene Frost, has two novellas available as stand-alone ebooks.
Devil to Pay (
$1.99 pre-order), previously appeared in
Four Dukes and a Devil anthology, while
Happily Never After (
$1.99), previously appeared in
Weddings From Hell anthology.
Devil to Pay
Blake Turner had it all—until a demon decided to take residence in his soul. Plagued with constant black outs and a trail of dead bodies in his wake, Blake thinks vampire Elise is his best chance at ending the nightmare. It’s just too bad he’s fallen in love with the gorgeous vamp right before he has to die… Featuring characters from New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress world.
Happily Never After
Isabella Spaga is about to reluctantly walk down the aisle with Mr. Dangerously Wrong…but not if dashing vampire Chance has anything to say about it. As a favor to Bones, Chance has come to derail this wedding of beauty to the beast. Now if only he can keep his hands off the bride. From New York Times bestselling author Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress world, it’s the wedding of the season…that everyone wants to miss.
Winter and Night (
$2.99), the eighth in the
Bill Smith, Lydia Chin series by S. J. Roza, is currently bargain priced, no doubt to promote her upcoming release,
Ghost Hero (#11 in the series). I do wish the publishers would be more consistent in dropping the price on the first of a series, though, as I sort of hate to start in what is nearly the middle of the series. On the other hand, if the discounted title were the latest released in the series, I'd then be ready for the upcoming release. With book #8, I'd probably skip the early books entirely, but still need to get two additional ones before moving to the new release. With this series, though, it doesn't look like they are all available as ebooks, yet.
Book Description
In the middle of the night, private investigator Bill Smith is awakened by a call from the NYPD. They're holding a 15-year-old kid named Gary -- a kid Bill knows. But before Bill can find out what is going on, Gary escapes Bill's custody into the dark night and unfamiliar streets. Bill, with the help of his partner Lydia Chin, tries to find the missing teen and uncover what it is that led him so far from home. Tracking Gary's family to a small town in New Jersey, Bill finds himself in a town where nothing matters but high school football, where the secrets of the past - both the town's and Bill's own - threaten to destroy the present. And if Bill is to have any chance of saving Gary and preventing a tragedy, he has to both unravel a long buried crime and confront the darkness of his own past.
