I'm just getting back in from the puppy's training class, so I'm tossing a few things into the same post - should be something for everyone, with free books, bargain books and games for Kindle and nook. If you are doing any shopping at Carina Press, be sure to use coupon code
CARSP1011 to save $5 on purchase of $10 or more (expires 1/4/12; can be used more than once) and check out their
40% off Hidden Gems of 2011. For those of you who get audiobooks,
Tantor Audio is having a 70% off sale on all of their MP3 downloads, thru Jan 2, 2012, as well as having a New Year, New You sale with 50% off selected CD's.
Get a free Kate Daniels novella,
Magic Gift, from the Ilona Andrews' website and consider a second one on Kindle in the $2.99 anthology
Magic Graves. The free one is DRM-free and in multiple formats (and even now in multiple fonts for PDF, as those getting a free book complained about the PDF).
Magic Gift
A dinner date after a hard day at work sounds heavenly. Of course, when that date is between the Beast Lord and Kate Daniels, things don’t go as planned. Before you know it, undead are running amok, heads are being chopped off, lawyers are deployed and used with extereme prejudice, and drunk vikings are calling people out.
Magic Graves
Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation. Also includes the first three chapters from Jeaniene's story in The Bite Before Christmas anthology, as well as a sneak peek at ONCE BURNED, the first novel in the new Night Prince series.
Ilona Andrews' story, A Questionable Client, is a prequel to her award-winning Kate Daniels series. In a world beset by magic waves, Kate Daniels works as a mercenary. She is tired, hungry, and there is foul-smelling blood on her boots. All she wants to do is to go home, but when Mercenary Guild offers her a job she can't refuse, she finds herself protecting a man against Russian wizards. Previously published in Dark and Stormy Knights. Also includes first two chapters of FATE'S EDGE, book 3 in the Edge series, and first two chapters of Magic Grieves, a Kate Daniels novella.
SETUP ON FRONT STREET (Key West Nocturnes series), a self-published novel by Mike Dennis, looks interesting and has good reviews (and he did everything right to get a mention - he let me know ahead of time and made sure he has a number of solid looking reviews before attempting to offer the book for free at Amazon; I generally don't even look at the KDP books with no reviews or a single glowing one that looks like it was written by the author's parents). I won't guarantee it's a great read, but it's at least worth downloading to take a look.
Book Description
Key West, 1991. Don Roy Doyle is back in town. Tough and quick-witted, he's fresh out of prison, where he served three years for a diamond swindle. Now he's back to collect his share of the proceeds, about $200,000, but the money has vanished.
A local family dynasty which has controlled the island's politics for generations, a cop with a grudge, the FBI, and the Russian mob all have a stake in the action. They're convinced Cuba is on the verge of "opening up", and they all want Doyle gone.
In this tightly-knit town, who can be trusted? And how long can Doyle stay alive?
SETUP ON FRONT STREET is the first novel in Mike Dennis' Key West Nocturnes series. It takes you deep inside the world of Key West noir, a world tucked way back in the shadows, where the tourists never go.
It probably seems like you already have everything that Jack Kilborn/J.A. Konrath has written, but it turns out there are still a few more that he has to offer for free; this time, the list includes two short stories and a short novels with Ann Voss Peterson as co-author and two additional novellas.
Babe on Board - A Harry McGlade/Jack Daniels Mystery
Private detective Harry McGlade is on the prowl, looking for a one-night stand. Or, in McGlade's case, a five-minute stand.
When he finds a sexy lady at his local bar, he thinks he has a chance with her.
But she isn't alone. There's a guy with her. A guy with a gun whom she's desperately trying to get away from.
When the local mafia becomes involved with McGlade's tryst, things start going bad.
Then they go really bad when a baby comes into the picture. And the only one McGlade can turn to for help is his old partner, Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels.
Babe on Board is an 11,000 word novella (about 50 pages long), written by bestselling Kindle author J.A. Konrath, and romantic suspense author Ann Voss Peterson (who has over 3 million books in print.)
It's a hysterically funny, and sometimes poignant, look at sex, relationships, pregnancy, and fatherhood. It also has guns and violence and criminals and double-crosses and twists. Ann and J.A. are confident that it will appeal to fans of mysteries, thrillers, and even romance (as long as the reader keeps tongue firmly in cheek.)
Wild Night Is Calling
Wisconsin. Summer. Late at night.
Two teenage girls are picked up by two boys, who invite them back to their place to party.
But an innocent mistake turns the party into a nightmare, where nothing is what it seems...
Wild Night Is Calling is a 6000 word short story by thriller writer J.A. Konrath (Shaken, Trapped) and romantic suspense writer Ann Voss Peterson (A Cop in Her Stocking, Seized By The Sheik).
Exposed - A Thriller (Chandler Series)
She's an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon.
CODENAME: CHANDLER
Before special operative Chandler was forced to FLEE, she executed the most difficult missions—and most dangerous people—for the government. So when she’s tasked with saving a VIP’s daughter from human traffickers, Chandler expects the operation to be by the numbers…until she uncovers a secret that will endanger the entire population of New York City, and possibly the world.
EXPOSED
Death is in her blood.
KILLERS - A Psycho Thriller
Guess who’s back?
A sequel two years in the making...
First there was SERIAL...
Acclaimed thriller writers Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn pitted their skills against each other in a psychotic game of serial murder. Crouch wrote about Lucy, a hitchhiker who killed drivers. Kilborn wrote about Donaldson, a driver who killed hitchhikers. Then they brought their characters together and tried to slaughter one another on the page.
SERIAL has been downloaded over 350,000 times. The film rights have been optioned, and it is currently available as an ebook, in print in various collections, and forthcoming in audio.
Now comes KILLERS...
At the end of SERIAL, Donaldson and Lucy didn't die. When they each wake up in a hospital, under arrest for their crimes and guarded by the police, each burns with a single, overwhelming desire:
To escape and finish what they started.
The Screaming
Liverpool.
The 1960s.
Vampires.
An addict in need of a score decided to rob a house.
He picked the wrong house...
Gordon Ryan has both
To Faithfully Execute (A Pug Connor Novel #3) and
Destiny: The Callahans Book One free in the Kindle store.
To Faithfully Execute (A Pug Connor Novel #3)
Election Day is looming and the fate of a united America lies in the hands of its citizens. States are threatening to secede, politicians have their own agendas, and as rumors of treason rumble throughout the land, Pug Connor has a decision to make. He can continue to serve the country he loves and watch it break apart, or he can take matters into his own hands and change the course of history. He hates the man he is forced to become, but with stakes this high, he forges on, regardless the cost. His growing love for Senator Rachel McKenzie--and his fear regarding the possible loss of her respect--make his decisions much harder.
Pug's deputy director, Carlos Castro, faces no such conflict. He fully understands his nature: he is a stone-cold, instinctive killer, single-handedly seeking to rid the world of evil one terrorist at a time.
Destiny: The Callahans Book One
Fleeing an abusive father and a hopeless life in Ireland in 1895, nineteen-year-old Tom Callahan takes passage on a ship bound for America. On board, he meets Katrina Hansen, a young Norwegian woman traveling to Utah. It's not a likely match. The brash Irishman is a Catholic, a brawler and a young man without prospects. Katrina is a refined young woman, yet naive in the ways of the world. Lured into a polygamous marriage, she finds herself abandoned on a remote Mexican beach as the man she loves, unaware of her status, seeks his fortune in Alaska. Destiny is a sprawling historical novel set at the turn of the 19th century, played out in such far-flung places as New York City, the gold fields of Alaska and Old Mexico.
Saints Preserve Us, a Cozy Mystery (A Ronnie Lord Mystery, #1), by L.K. Ellwood, is free in the Kindle store, as is a short story,
Seeking Cygnus.
Book Description
Winner of the Florida Writer’s Association Royal Palm Award for Best Mystery.
Where’s Lorena Alger? This is what everyone in Ash Lake, Florida is asking about their most famous resident…a young girl about to be canonized as a saint, a young girl who hasn’t moved from her grave in over 150 years. Now she is gone, and her grave is now occupied by the fresher corpse of the cemetery caretaker.
Great grandniece Ronnie Lord is determined to aid the town sheriff in Lorena’s safe return. She finds it isn’t an easy task when obstacles like a nosy reporter and stubborn relatives get in the way. Meanwhile, as an object of ransom tucked away in a single-wide trailer belonging to two petty thieves, Lorena is in for the adventure of her…well, death.
If you enjoy this book, be sure to check out the sequel, Pray for Us Sinners.
If you have an eInk Kindle, be sure to check out the
Best Kindle Games & Active Content of 2011, as all 25 titles are currently marke down to 99 cents each.
- Jewels, by Mobigloo
- EA Solitaire, by Electronic Arts Inc.
- SCRABBLE, by Electronic Arts Inc.
- Mahjong Solitaire, by Mobigloo
- Word Search, by Oak Systems Leisure Software
- YAHTZEE, by Electronic Arts Inc
- MONOPOLY, by Electronic Arts Inc
- Slingo, by Gameblend Studios
- Calendar, by 7 Dragons
- Notepad, by 7 Dragons
- Sudoku Unbound #1, by Puzzazz
- Easy Calculator, by Mobigloo
- EA Texas Hold'em, by Electronic Arts Inc.
- SpongeBob's Treasure Quest, by Mobigloo
- Hangman 4 Kids, by Sonic Boom
- Maze A Thon, by A Gamz
- NY Times Crosswords Vol. 1, by The New York Times
- EA Sudoku, by Electronic Arts Inc
- KenKen Vol. 1 Presented by Will Shortz, by Gameblend Studios
- Jewel Quest Solitaire, by iWin
- Choice of Broadsides, by Choice of Games
- My Yoga Studio, by Nickel Buddy
- Peg Solitaire, by Compulab
- Wordoku Unbound #1, by Puzzazz
- Strimko, by Braintonik Games
For those of you with a nookColor or nookTablet, you have an exclusive app available,
Stroke Your Genius. This free app is a promotional gimick for a Showtime Networks show that's starting soon; the reviews are mixed - it's either love it or hate it, but it won't cost you anything to give it a try.
Book Description
STROKE YOUR GENIUS
MARTY'S GUIDE TO MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
In the management consulting biz, the currency is BS. Inspired by the new SHOWTIME® Original Series HOUSE OF LIES, this irreverent guide to the in-out-in-out of one of the business world's most lofty professions is sure to tickle all your bones. Ace consultant Marty Kaan packs the guide with flashy visuals, time-sucking games, and all the useless insight the field is known for. It's sure to be a worthy distraction from all your actual work.
Topics include:
- Selling Bulls**t to Bullsh**ters
- Those You F**k and Those You F**k Over
- Making the Unthinkable Billable
- Dressing to Kill It!
- My Way or the Unemployed Way
- And More!
With this handy guide at your fingertips, you'll be ready to take corporate America by storm, while taking them for all they're worth. It's business, grow a pair.
Robert Ludlum's (TM) The Bourne Sanction (
$1.99), by Eric Van Lustbader
Book Description
Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor.
Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying information about the group's terrorist activities, including an immediate plan to attack the United States.
The organization, the Black Legion, and its lethal plot have also popped up on the radar of Central Intelligence, where new director Veronica Hart is struggling to assert her authority. Sensing an opportunity to take control of CI by showing Hart's incompetence, National Security Agency operatives plan to accomplish what CI never could-hunt down and kill Bourne.
In Europe, Bourne's investigation into the Black Legion turns into one of the deadliest and most tangled operations of his double life-the pursuit of the leader of a murderous terrorist group with roots in the darkest days of World War II-all while an assassin as brilliant and damaged as himself is getting closer by the minute . . .
The Perfect Assassin (
$0.99), by Ward Larsen
Book Description
One perfect shot will change the course of history. Christine Palmer, a young American doctor sailing solo across the Atlantic, makes an incredible discovery - a man narrowly clinging to his life in the frigid waters. But there is much more to this desperate survivor than meets the eye.David Slaton is a Kidon - a highly-trained, highly-precise, and highly-dangerous assassin. The Kidon is both the hunter and the hunted, and he and Christine are in grave danger. Will they win in this race against time?With the precision of a sharpshooter, author Ward Larsen weaves an intricate tale of espionage and intrigue.
Manhattan In Reverse: And Other Stories (
$4.99), by Peter F. Hamilton, is now available to pre-order. You can still get the single story
If at First . . . for free.
Book Description
A major collection of short fiction from Peter F. Hamilton, New York Times bestselling author of Pandora’s Star, The Dreaming Void, and many other epic science fiction novels—including a brand-new novella starring detective Paula Myo
Fans of the Commonwealth Saga will enjoy the return of Paula Myo, the genetically engineered police investigator whose single-minded pursuit of justice runs up against a postwar citizenry eager to forget old crimes. In the all-new novella “Manhattan in Reverse,” Paula is dispatched to the backwoods planet of Menard after a docile, supposedly nonintelligent alien species attacks peaceful human settlers. Menard may have to be evacuated—something the planet’s corporate owners and human populace are prepared to resist . . . perhaps with targeted aggression.
Violence hits closer to home in “The Demon Trap” in which Paula’s investigation of a gruesome act of terrorism leads into unexpected political, technological, and philosophical waters, threatening the course of human evolution.
Time travel has never been so tricky—or so deadly—as it is in “If at First . . .,” in which Metropolitan Police detective David Lanson finds himself matching wits with a sociopath who might very well be from the future . . . or, at least, a future.
“Blessed by an Angel” is set in the Commonwealth Universe of the Void trilogy and features an alien visitor who offers the local human population a chance at paradise. But one species’ paradise may be another’s hell.
Three other thrilling pieces round out the collection—and showcase Peter F. Hamilton’s ability to weave scientific speculation into very human storytelling.
Publisher Angry Robot has
30 titles currently discounted to $2.99, including
Embedded, by Dan Abnett and
Zoo City, by Lauren Beukes.
Embedded
HE'D DO ANYTHING TO GET A STORY. When journalist Lex Falk gets himself chipped into the brain of a combat soldier, he thinks he has the ultimate scoop - a report from the forbidden front line of a distant planetary war, live to the living rooms of Earth. When the soldier is killed, however, Lex has to take over the body and somehow get himself back to safety once more... broadcasting all the way.
Heart-stopping combat science fiction from the million-selling Warhammer 40,000 author.
Zoo City
WHERE NO ONE ELSE DARE VENTURE…
Zinzi has a Sloth on her back, a dirty online 419 scam habit – and a talent for finding lost things. But when her latest client, a little old lady, turns up dead and the cops confiscate her lastpaycheck, she’s forced to take on her least favourite kind of job: missing persons
An astonishing second novel from the author of the highly-acclaimed Moxyland.
