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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Free and Bargain Book Roundup

The One-Click Buy: November Harlequin Presents ($4.10) contains eight full novels, which is a super-buy for romance fans. Grab it quick, I expect the price to go up soon (most of the other bundles like this are in the $14 range).
Book Description
One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all November Harlequin Presents with one click!

Mix irresistible desire, sizzling sensuality and undeniable passion with tormented jealousy, cynical mistrust and foolish misunderstandings, and you have the perfect recipe for breathtaking drama and thrilling romance. And when you set these enthralling stories in lush locales and people them with powerful, wealthy, privileged men and innocent, alluring, feisty women, you have the makings of a classic Harlequin Presents romance.

Enjoy eight new stories chock full of gripping emotions and sexual tension, by some of Harlequin Presents's top selling authors in this fabulous bundle, which includes: Ruthlessly Bedded by the Italian Billionaire by Emma Darcy, Sicilian Husband, Unexpected Baby by Sharon Kendrick, Mendez's Mistress by Anne Mather, The Sheikh's Wayward Wife by Sandra Marton, Bedded by the Greek Billionaire by Kate Walker, The Mediterranean Prince's Captive Virgin by Robyn Donald, Public Scandal, Private Mistress by Susan Napier and A Night with the Society Playboy by Ally Blake.

Marriage and Babies Bundle ($4.75) isn't quite as good a deal, but still gets you 4 novels for not much more than the cost of a Frappucino.
Book Description
First comes love, then marriage and babies...right? Not in these books! With scintillating marriage of revenge plots, classic reunion romance, and unexpected pregnancies of passion, the four books in the Marriage and Babies Bundle prove sometimes the best loves comes last! Bundle includes: The Konstantos Marriage Demand by Kate Walker, Claiming His Wedding Night by Lee Wilkinson, The Italian's Ruthless Baby Bargain by Margaret Mayo, and Pregnant with the De Rossi Heir by Maggie Cox.

One-Click Buy: December Harlequin Blaze ($3.70) gets you six (older - 2008) titles for one low price.
Book Description
One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all December Harlequin Blaze with one click!

The holidays are a magical time. But, oh, the stress of shopping and preparing for them! So we've got the perfect relief for your weary brain and sore feet. Fix yourself a hot mug of cocoa, put up those aching tootsies and cozy up with one of these blistering holiday romances from Harlequin Blaze At one low price for all six books, you'll hardly make a dent in your holiday budget.

Bundle includes: Heating Up the Holidays by Jill Shalvis, Jacquie D'Allessandro and Jamie Sobrato, Yule Be Mine by Jennifer LaBrecque, Come Toy with Me by Cara Summers, Who Needs Mistletoe? by Kate Hoffman, Restless by Tori Carrington and No Peeking... by Stephanie Bond.

I know, I know, Christmas is over already! But, it'll be Christmas again later this year and you'll be read with One-Click Buy: December 2009 Harlequin Blaze ($3.70), which gets you another six titles for the cost of a Mocha Latte.
Book Description
One convenient download. One bargain price. Get all December 2009 Harlequin Blaze with one click!

Have you been nice all year to get gifts from Santa? Well, now it's time to be naughty by indulging in six sexy stories from Harlequin Blaze! This bundle includes: Better Naughty Than Nice by Vicki Lewis Thompson, Jill Shalvis and Rhonda Nelson; Starstruck by Julie Kenner; Texas Blaze by Debbie Rawlins; Santa, Baby by Lisa Renee Jones; Christmas Male by Cara Summers; and Twelve Nights by Hope Tarr.

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens: Simple Ways to Keep Your Cool in Stressful Times ($3.35), by Richard Carlson
Book Description
Now the #1 bestselling author of the Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Series, Richard Carlson, Ph.D., offers teenagers simple, helpful wisdom for coping with everyday issues

Anyone who thinks teens have it easy hasn't been to a high school recently. As the headlines remind us almost daily, America's teenagers deal with stress in just about every facet of their lives: academics, sports, social situations, family life, money matters, even work. Now Richard Carlson, author of the Don't Sweat series, with sales of 12 million copies, applies the same techniques to teens that have made his other books required reading for anyone coping with life's everyday challenges. In simple, straightforward language, Dr. Carlson addresses common teen concerns with chapters such as: "Make Peace with Your Mistakes," "Be Creative in Your Rebellion," "Be Okay with Your Bad Hair Day," "Turn Down the Drama Meter," and "Notice Your Parents Doing Things Right." As with his other Don't Sweat the Small Stuff titles, teens and their parents will find that Richard Carlson's positive approach helps to minimize the impact stressful situations have on their lives.

With Infinity ($2.99) Sherrilyn Kenyon brings her Dark Hunter series to the Young Adult market, starting a new series, the Chronicles of Nick. If you haven't read the author, is can be a good place to start -- you'll have plenty more to read before you get sick of the series, as the adult titles include 50 NYT bestsellers.
Book Description
At fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends. . .until the night when his best friends try to kill him. Saved by a mysterious warrior who has more fighting skills than Chuck Norris, Nick is sucked into the realm of the Dark-Hunters: immortal vampire slayers who risk everything to save humanity.

Nick quickly learns that the human world is only a veil for a much larger and more dangerous one: a world where the captain of the football team is a werewolf and the girl he has a crush on goes out at night to stake the undead.

But before he can even learn the rules of this new world, his fellow students are turning into flesh eating zombies. And he’s next on the menu.

As if starting high school isn't hard enough. . .now Nick has to hide his new friends from his mom, his chainsaw from the principal, and keep the zombies and the demon Simi from eating his brains, all without getting grounded or suspended. How in the world is he supposed to do that?

Wanna Get Lucky? ($2.99) kicks off Deborah Coonts' light mystery series, Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas Adventures. There's also a bargain novella in the series, Lucky in Love ($1.99), and the latest title, So Damn Lucky, releases next week.
Book Description
A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate’s lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show. Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim.

But Lucky O’Toole smells a rat. She’s head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, the newest, most opulent mega-casino and resort on the Strip, so she’s got a lot on her plate: the Adult Film industry’s annual awards banquet, a spouse-swapping convention, sex toy purveyors preying on the pocket-protector crowd attending ElectroniCon…. Still, Lucky can’t resist turning over a few stones.

When a former flame is one of the snakes she uncovers, Lucky’s certain she’s no longer dealing with an anonymous Sin City suicide. To top it all off, Lucky’s best friend Teddie—Las Vegas’ finest female impersonator—presses to take their relationship to the next level. Leave it to Lucky to attract a man who looks better in a dress than she does.

Lucky must manage the Babylon’s onslaught of outrageous festivities, solve a murder, and struggle to keep her life and libido from spinning out of control… not to mention keep her balance in six inch heels.

Highlander's Heart ($1.99), is the second in the Highlander series by Amanda Forester, published by Sourcebooks. With any luck, you already have the first title, Highlander's Sword, as it was on sale last year, but, if not, it's marked down to $1.99 right now, as well. Start reading now and you should be ready when True Highland Spirit ($5.59 pre-order) is released in two weeks.
Highlander's Heart
Fleeing into the wilderness to escape an abusive marriage, Lady Isabelle Tynsdale would sooner face down a wild boar than spend another night with her wretched husband. Battered by the elements, desperate to elude a band of attackers, and defending herself against, as fate would have it, a wild boar she is rescued by the handsome Laird David Campbell.

Campbell knows holding Isabelle captive for ransom is his best chance to temper the storm threatening to destroy his clan. The ransom of an English countess should be more than enough to pay off his debts to England and save him from an unwanted marriage. But Isabelle didn't escape her husband just to become another man's captive and Laird Campbell is seriously misguided if he thinks she's going to go quietly.

Highlander's Sword
A quiet, flame-haired beauty with secrets of her own...
Lady Aila Graham is destined for the convent, until her brother's death leaves her an heiress. Soon she is caught between hastily arranged marriage with a Highland warrior, the Abbot's insistence that she take her vows, the Scottish Laird who kidnaps her, and the traitor from within who betrays them all.

She's nothing he expected and everything he really needs...
Padyn MacLaren, a battled-hardened knight, returns home to the Highlands after years of fighting the English in France. MacLaren bears the physical scars of battle, but it is the deeper wounds of betrayal that have rocked his faith. Arriving with only a band of war-weary knights, MacLaren finds his land pillaged and his clan scattered. Determined to restore his clan, he sees Aila's fortune as the answer to his problems...but maybe it's the woman herself.

The Three Musketeers (illustrated young readers' edition) ($0.99), by Alexandre Dumas, with illustrations by Brett Helquist, appears to be a well-formatted edition of this classic, from HarperCollins.
Book Description
All For One, One For All!

When daring young swordsman d’Artagnan travels to Paris seeking honor and fortune in the king’s Guard, he quickly befriends the famed three Musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis.

Loyal servants to the crown, the four friends cross swords with street criminals, face the cardinal’s Guards—who seek to destroy them—in duels to the death, and save the honor of the queen by unraveling treasonous schemes in a race against time. It will take epic courage, chivalry, and skill to thwart the plots against them and achieve victory at last.

Carefully adapted and abridged, this young reader’s edition of Alexandre Dumas’s classic swashbuckling tale of adventure, swordplay, and unbreakable friendship is enriched with brand-new, action-packed illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

Prevention Magazine has four of their Healthy Favorites series cookbooks on sale for 99 cents apiece. Each of these are fairly small (around 80 pages), but contain 48 recipes each (more than some large cookbooks I've looked at) and focus on a single theme. I already have the Chicken recipes, but may add the other three to my cookbook collection. I've always liked the magazine and Rodale publishes some beautiful cookbooks (although I haven't looked at these, just yet).
Like good cooks everywhere, the editors of Prevention magazine love nothing more than sharing their favorite healthy and delicious dishes. That's the whole idea behind the Prevention Healthy Favorites series of essential cookbooks, each one gathering 48 of the best Prevention-tested recipes that make it easy to enjoy wonderful homemade food fast.

Dessert Recipes: 48 Easy and Delicious Treats!
Dessert! Just the word brings a smile to even the seasoned cooks at Prevention. Who doesn't love the thought of luscious cheesecake, a warm-from-the-oven cookie, or a perfect piece of lemon meringue pie? But there's nothing enjoyable about creating a dessert in your own kitchen only to be dissatisfied with the results.

There is no worry of disappointment here. This Prevention-tested recipe collection is focused on treats we know will satisfy you. With an assortment of reliable flavor combinations and some new surprises, they all have an eye toward good health (really!). Within these pages you'll find fabulous desserts for every occasion. Get your chocolate on with Chocolate-Pecan Cheesecake or Chocolate Lava Cake; satisfy your taste for fruit with Pear-Cranberry Upside-Down Cake; linger over the crunch of a Dark Chocolate Biscotti; or just have some fun with a Whoopie Pie! Each of our recipes was created to nourish both body and spirit, and to be as easy as possible to put together.

Snack & Appetizer Recipes: 48 Easy and Delicious Bites!
Without some trusty recipes, it's easy to fall into the trap of grabbing unhealthy prepared foods when hunger strikes. That's why the editors at Prevention magazine are always on the lookout for satisfying snacks and appetizers to keep on hand or put together fast. These nibbles are so tasty and versatile, they can do extra duty as light suppers or party mainstays.

Snack & Appetizer Recipes focuses on delicious flavors packed into small bites. Within these pages you'll find a variety of treats that work for different occasions. Spicy Potato Skins (you won't believe how healthy they are!) are a game-day delight; Stuffed Artichokes are a breeze-to-make smash-hit for dinner parties; and Marshmallow Cereal Bars will satisfy any sweet tooth. Each of our recipes was created to nourish both body and spirit and to be as simple as possible to prepare.

Slow Cooker Recipes: 48 Easy and Delicious Meals!
Slow cooking is one of the Prevention editors' favorite ways to prepare true comfort food - which for us means food that is as easy to make as it is to eat. It's all about effortless: Just put together simple ingredients in the morning, and come home to a wholesome meal and delicious-smelling house at night! What could be better?

With this Prevention-tested collection, you can't go wrong: We chose our recipes carefully, each is designed to nourish both body and spirit. Within these pages you'll find a great variety of flavors and ingredients, from Mexico's gentle heat (Pork Chile Verde) to the delightful Moroccan Chicken with Olives. You'll even find some lovely surprises, including Shrimp Arrabiata, which tastes so good you won't believe it's so healthy; and even rich and satisfying brownies that couldn't be any easier to make, yet fit into a healthy, enjoyable diet.

Chicken Recipes: 48 Easy and Delicious Meals!
Chicken is versatile and tasty, making it the centerpiece of many family dinner. The challenge is making it flavorful and satisfying, not boring or packed with unhealthy ingredients. No home cook wants to hear "Chicken again?".

At Prevention magazine, we do love rising to meet a challenge! So we focused this recipe collection on taking dinner from dull to delightful with fabulous flavor. You'll find a delicious variety of tastes and textures, from Chicken and Portobello Mushroom Pasta Bake to Lime-Marinated Chicken with Salsa. You'll even discover some lovely twists on old favorites, including versions of Oven-Fried Buttermilk Chicken and Chicken-Spinach Parmesan, that are incredibly satisfying and unbelievably healthy for you and your whole family. Whatever your favorite taste combinations, all of our recipes were created to nourish both body and spirit and to be as simple as possible to prepare.

It's been over two years since I had any of Janette Kenny's books on the bargain list; her historical/cowboy romance, In a Cowboy's Arms, is definitely bargain priced at $1.79, but you'll also find that a number of her Kindle edition books are in the $2-$3 range. It's close, but you can actually come out ahead (about $1 less) buying this title, plus One Real Cowboy and A Cowboy Christmas, instead of her Cowboy bundle.
Book Description
Love On The Run. . .

Colorado sheriff Dade Logan has waited twenty years to reunite with his long lost sister, Daisy. But when she finally turns up, they barely recognize each other. That's because the beautiful stranger isn't Daisy, but her childhood friend Maggie, on the run from an impending marriage. Moved by this last link to Daisy, Dade determines to bend any law that stands between him, his sister--and the intriguing Maggie. . .

Maggie Sutton will risk anything to escape her fate, though accompanying the broad-shouldered sheriff in his pursuit of Daisy rattles her to the core. But as their search--and desire for one another--escalates, the two provoke a vicious bounty hunter, one who threatens their hopes for a future together. . .

Notes on a Beermat: Drinking and Why It's Necessary ($2.99), by Nicholas Pashley, is published by HarperCollins Canada, but is on sale here in the US (and possibly elsewhere).
Book Description
First published in 2001 to national acclaim, Notes on a Beermat is Nicholas Pashley’ s ode to the amber nectar of the gods, a witty meditation on beer and everything that goes with it— from socializing to the solitary pleasures of a beer and a book, to the qualities necessary in a good pub.

Most books about beer focus on the beverage itself, how to make it and how to buy it. Notes on a Beermat, the only Canadian book of its kind, explains how to drink beer and why it is absolutely necessary. With characteristic wit and charm, Pashley observes, for example, that “ to ensure a steady and regular supply of beer, it was necessary to cultivate grain. This in turn transformed early man from the hunter-gatherer to the agriculturist. Even then, beer was making people smarter.”

Whether you’ re out for an after-work drink with colleagues or you’ re looking for a seat at your favourite watering hole, Pashley is your guide. His stories about searching for the perfect pub, the best time of day to drink beer and the silliest pub conversation he’ s ever had will leave you laughing into your pint.

Sweet Caroline ($3.88), by Rachel Hauck, is the first in her Lowcountry Romance series, published by Thomas Nelson (a Christian Fiction publisher).
Book Description
When a Southern waitress inherits the Lowcountry cafe where she works, she suddenly has to balance more than just her next food order.

Caroline Sweeney has always done the right thing--the responsible, dependable thing--unlike her mother who abandoned her family. But when her best friend challenges her to accept an exciting job adventure in Barcelona, Spain, Caroline says "yes" to destiny.

Then, without warning, ownership of the run-down cafe where she's been waitressing falls right into Caroline's lap. While she's trying to determine the cafe's future, handsome Deputy Sherriff J.D. Rand captures Caroline's heart.

But when her first love, Mitch O'Neal, comes back to town, fresh from the heat of his newly-found fame as a country music singer in Nashville, Caroline must make some hard choices about love and the pursuit of the sweet life.

Beyond the Searching River ($1.53) and Rivers Rushing To The Sea ($2.10) are the fourth and fifth books in The River series by Jacquelyn Cook, is published by Bell Bridge Books, who has given us several good free books, lately.
Beyond the Searching River
As a child, Libba Ramsey lost her family in the Civil War. Her life since then-orphaned, a charity case-has been hard. Now the kindly Wadley family of Central Georgia has invited her to their home in Macon. But how can a young woman still struggling with memories of the war's horrors find a future in a new place? And how can she ever give her heart to a man until she fully resolves her past?

The fourth book in Jacquelyn Cook's popular and inspirational River series once again treats her fans to vivid, heartfelt, historically accurate stories of faith, romance and hope.

Rivers Rushing To The Sea
Can she balance her ideals with the lure of her heart?

Mignonne Wingate, a beauty in post-Civil War Alabama, intends never to love again. But then she meets the Edgefield brothers at a fashionable resort in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Dashing, wild, Cooper Edgefield is hard to resist, yet also frightening. Kind, quiet Robert Edgefield appeals to her, but she worries that his duty to his ill father overshadows his interest in marriage. As Mignonne moves among the elite society of the railroad barons she witnesses a world far less genteel and far more aggressive than her Southern upbringing.

This fifth novel in Jacquelyn Cook's classic historical romance series gracefully waltzes THE RIVER SERIES to a satisfying conclusion. Cook's highly researched historicals bring to life the antebellum South and its people, mixing fiction and fact

Jacquelyn Cook is the author of acclaimed historical novels and historical romances, with over 500,000 copies sold. Her classic, five-book River series authentically recreates the romance and drama of the Civil War era in historic Eufaula, Alabama. Formerly collected in a popular anthology titled Magnolias, the River Series is now offered to readers in these updated editions.

The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!: With 160 All-New Recipes ($1.64), by Anne Byrn
Book Description
What could be better than a phenomenon? The return of a phenomenon. Ten years ago Anne Byrn's The Cake Mix Doctor began its extraordinary run as one of the most popular baking books of all time. Now Anne Byrn is back with the all-new Cake Mix Doctor Returns! From the beloved author who showed home bakers how adding a touch of sweet butter or a dusting of cocoa powder, a dollop of vanilla yogurt or flurry of grated lemon zest could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Here are 160 brand-new recipes—that’s right, 160 amazing cake mix recipes—for luscious layer cakes, sheet cakes, brownies, bars, cookies, and more.

And the book is needed more than ever. Today 90 percent of home cooks use prepackaged mixes, while the economy is creating a perfect excuse to let them eat cake—cake equals happiness. And what cakes! 40 layer cakes, from Tiramisu Cake to The Best Red Velvet Cake, Strawberry Refrigerator Cake to Chocolate Swirled Cannoli Cake. 35 sheet cakes. 38 bundt and pound cakes. 16 cupcakes and muffins, plus the cult classic Whoopie Pie. And brownies, bars, and cookies, including Spice Drop Cookies, Angel Food Macaroons, and Chocolate Espresso Biscotti. There's even a wedding cake, a frequent request from the author's passionate online community.

The Cake Mix Doctor is back—just say ahhhhh!

Wild Cards I ($2.99), by George R.R. Martin
Book Description
Back in print after a decade, expanded with new original material, this is the first volume of George R. R. Martin’s Wild cards shared-world series

There is a secret history of the world—a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces—those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers—cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story.

Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo–winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

If you've read your free copy of Invisible, by Lorena McCourtney, and wanted to continue the Ivy Malone Mysteries series, but held off due to price, then today you are in luck! The next three titles of this series from Christian publisher Revell are now marked down to $4.99 apiece, so you can follow the spunky spinster's adventures without breaking the bank. The author has another mystery series that is self-published (Julesburg Mysteries $2.99/title), if you run out of titles before Revell publishes Dying to Read in August, starting a new series, The Cate Kincaid Files.
In Plain Sight
Ever wonder how a little old lady with possum-gray hair could wind up on a homicidal hit list? Well, nothing is too outlandish for Ivy Malone. She's back and she's brought her mutant curiosity gene with her. And ever since the evil-intentioned Drake Braxton and his family threatened to make road kill out of Ivy, her life has been crazier than ever!

With the ever-present threat of looming Braxtons, Ivy decides to get out of Dodge for a while. But for someone who slides down banisters and drives a T-Bird, hiding from the mob does not come easily. And when strange things start happening to her new neighbors, Ivy's snooping sense kicks into overdrive. Will she unravel the mystery? Or will the threats to her safety scare her away?

With Invisible, readers laughed so hard they cried. In Plain Sight, the second Ivy Malone mystery, promises to be even better!

On the Run
Super senior sleuth Ivy Malone is spunkier than Miss Marple, with a curiosity that just won't quit. That inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list.

Now Ivy's headed across the country with a stray cat and God as her only companions. But just when she thinks she's safe, two dead bodies turn up-discovered by Ivy, of course. A flock of emus, a survivalist outpost, and paintball are just a few of the strange things Ivy has to deal with in order to solve this latest crime. But will anyone believe the truth?

On the Run, the third book in the Ivy Malone mysteries, is a mix of great fun and great suspense. Readers will love Ivy's latest lively adventure.

Stranded
Super sleuth Ivy Malone's inquisitiveness has gotten her into plenty of trouble, including murder, mayhem, and a place on a mini-Mafia hit list. Still on the run from the mob, Ivy ends up in a small town in the Pacific Northwest with a broken-down motor home, a young traveling companion running from a violent husband, and a stray cat. With no way to fix their vehicle, Ivy and her companion are invited to stay in an old Victorian house by a compassionate young woman attorney. But when Ivy discovers that the former resident was murdered and that the prime suspect happens to be Ivy's kind benefactor, she's on the case-digging up clues and getting into plenty of trouble along the way.

Today's backlist/small press/indie, totally free, books for everyone on Kindle. These are are not likely to be free for long, so double check prices before one-clicking (genres are my best guess), as most of them go back up after a day or two (sometimes less), at which point most of them become eligible for the Kindle Lending Library.
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