I just noticed some new shipping info on the Kindle Touch page at Amazon : Ordering for Christmas? To ensure delivery by December 24, choose Two-Day Shipping at checkout. It isn't on all the models yet, but I suspect it will be in a few days.
Additional formats on free books:
- The Misanthrope's Guide to Life (Kindle US)
- Decorating for Christmas (Kindle US)
- Christmas Ornaments (Kindle US)
- The Possession (Kindle/nook/noDRM)
- Salads for Every Season (Kindle/nook/iBooks/EPUB)
- Indigo Blues (Kindle/nook/EPUB)
- Scaly Tale (Kindle/nook)
Christmas is Murder ($1.99), the first Rex Graves Mystery title by C.S. Challinor, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.Book Description
Christmas in the English countryside -- what could be more charming? Not even a blizzard can keep Rex Graves away from Swanmere Manor, a historic hotel in East Sussex. But instead of Christmas cheer, the red-haired Scottish barrister finds a dead guest. Was it a stroke that killed old Mr. Lawry? Or an almond tart laced with poison?
When more guests die, all hopes for a jolly holiday are dashed. Worst of all, the remote mansion is buried under beastly snow. No one can leave. Confined with a killer, no one can enjoy their tea without suspicion and scrutiny. Rex takes it upon himself to solve the mystery, but the most intriguing evidence -- a burnt biography of President George W. Bush -- offers few clues. Could the killer be the sherry-swilling handyman? The gay antiques dealer with a biting wit? The quarreling newlyweds? Surely, it's not Helen D'arcy, the lovely lass Rex seems to be falling for . . .
Black Rock ($1.54 / £0.99 UK), by Amanda Smyth, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition).Book Description
Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so sly he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, so when he does something that proves her right, she runs away to Trinidad and a new life in service.
Once a Witch (Book Description
Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of witches, and she was supposed to be one of the most Talented among them. But Tamsin's magic never showed up. Now seventeen, Tamsin attends boarding school in Manhattan, far from her family. But when a handsome young professor mistakes her for her very Talented sister, Tamsin agrees to find a lost family heirloom for him. The search—and the stranger—will prove to be more sinister than they first appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the sins of her family, and unleash a power so vengeful that it could destroy them all. This is a spellbinding display of storytelling that will exhilarate, enthrall, and thoroughly enchant.
