Against the Sun ($6.39 Kindle), the sixth title in Kat Martin's Raines of Wind Canyon series, is $1.00 over at Diesel eBooks (EPUB format), while they last. It looks like you even get a 17 cent bonus added to your account with purchase.Book Description
It's not in bodyguard Jake Cantrell's job description to share his suspicions with his assignments. Beautiful executive Sage Dumont may be in charge, but Jake's not on her payroll. As a former special forces marine, Jake trusts his gut, and it's telling him there's something off about a shipment arriving at Marine Drilling International. His instinct is aroused…in more ways than one.
A savvy businesswoman, Sage knows better than to take some hired gun's "hunch" as gospel. And yet she is learning not to underestimate the man her grandfather hired to protect her. Determined to prove Jake wrong, Sage does some digging of her own and turns up deadly details she was never meant to see.
Drawn into a terrifying web of lies and deceit—and into feelings they can't afford to explore—what Jake and Sage uncover may be frighteningly worse than they ever imagined.
666 Park Avenue ($0.99) is the first title in the series by Gabriella PierceBook Description
What if your mother-in-law turned out to be an evil, cold-blooded witch . . . literally?
Ever since fabulously wealthy Malcolm Doran walked into her life and swept her off her feet, fledgling architect Jane Boyle has been living a fairy tale. When he proposes with a stunning diamond to seal the deal, Jane can't believe her incredible luck and decides to leave her Paris-based job to make a new start with Malcolm in New York.
But when Malcolm introduces Jane to the esteemed Doran clan, one of Manhattan's most feared and revered families, Jane's fairy tale takes a darker turn. Soon everything she thought she knew about the world—and herself—is upended. Now Jane must struggle with newfound magical abilities and the threat of those who will stop at nothing to get them.
The Dark Glamour ($0.99) is the second title in the 666 Park Avenue series by Gabriella PierceBook Description
Jane Boyle married her prince charming and moved into his upper east side castle—but she didn’t get her fairy-tale ending
It’s hard to live happily ever after when you discover your demanding and controlling mother-in-law is literally a witch, determined to steal the magical powers you didn’t even know you had. Jane narrowly avoided Lynne Doran’s clutches when she escaped on her wedding day, and has been hiding out in New York City. But she can’t hide forever.
When Jane learns of the one thing Lynne wants most, she sets out to provide it, hoping her good turn will persuade her mother-in-law to stop hunting her. Unfortunately, Jane’s daring plan will send her right back into the witches’ den—the Doran clan’s multistory town house on Park Avenue. But thanks to a tricky spell, blond architect Jane will be transformed into Ella, a dark beauty with a whole new look . . . and all of Jane’s budding powers. Though the stakes are life or death, nobody said “Ella” couldn’t have a little fun along the way, too.
Ship Breaker ($2.99), by Paolo Bacigalupi, I've mentioned before, but wanted to put in a recommendation for those on the fence, as I suspect it will go up in price soon. I read the sample on this one in Sept 2010, using it as the example in a post - I ended up buying it at full price then and it's definitely worth getting at the current price. I see the next in the series, The Drowned Cities, is now out (but I'm trying resist buying it or reading the extended sample, until it drops in price a bit more; maybe I'll put it on my "read-in-store" list for B&N visits).Book Description
In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life. . . .
In this powerful novel, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.
Murder Most Maine ($1.99), is third in the Gray Whale Inn Mysteries series by Karen MacInerney. The first in the series, Murder on the Rocks, was free early last month and the second title, Dead and Berried, was a Kindle Deal of the Day last October. For fans of the series, you'll also want to get Blueberry Blues: A Gray Whale Inn Short Story ($0.99), which includes the Gray Whale Inn recipe for Double-Berry Lemon Muffins.Book Description
It's springtime on Cranberry Island — and love is in the air. It seems like every woman has the hots for buff trainer Dirk De Leon. He and his equally-gorgeous business partner, Vanessa Black, are leading a weight-loss retreat at the Gray Whale Inn — forcing innkeeper Natalie Barnes to lighten up her butter-laden breakfast menu.
The mood on the island darkens when two grisly discoveries are made. The first is a skeleton walled up at the island's lighthouse. The second is a corpse of the fresh variety — the handsome Dirk! Could the spirit that once embodied the skeletal remains — perhaps the lighthouse keeper who disappeared a century ago — be responsible for Dirk's death?
The police pin the blame on Natalie's boyfriend who — to her dismay — had a long-ago fling with Vanessa. To find the true killer and ease her own aching heart, Natalie must untangle the knot of jealous girlfriends and spurned admirers that once surrounded the hunky trainer.
Audubon Insects & Spiders ($0.99), by Green Mountain Digital, is an app for your Kindle Fire. Currently marked way down, as is Audubon Birds: A Field Guide to North American Birds (2.99) and most of their other field guides are half-price, at $4.99. I like their guides, but they do take quite a while to download (via WiFi only) and take up quite a bit of space on the KFire, which can't be expanded via SD cards.Book Description
Audubon Insects and Spiders is your essential interactive guide to identifying bugs in North America. The app provides an introduction to 510 of the most common species of insects and spiders found in North America. It features in-depth information on each species, including habitat, range, size, and more, along with high-quality, professional photographs. The guide does not include moths and butterflies, which can be found in Audubon Butterflies.
Features include hundreds of professional color photographs detailing each species, in-depth descriptions, and state-of-the-art search functions. You can also record your Field Experiences and create Life Lists, Sightings, Photo Albums, and more.
Burglars Can't Be Choosers ($0.99) is the first title in Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr series.Book Description
Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)
He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes. Like accepting a paid assignment from a total stranger to retrieve a particular item from a rich man's apartment. Like still being there when the cops arrive. Like having a freshly slain corpse lying in the next room, and no proof that Bernie isn't the killer.
Now he's really got his hands full, having to locate the true perpetrator while somehow eluding the police -- a dirty job indeed, but if Bernie doesn't do it, who will?
The Sins of the Fathers ($0.99) is the first title in the Matthew Scudder Mysteries series by Lawrence Block (which I paid $4 for a few years ago). If you like these two, Block currently has 42 novels on Kindle that are published by HarperCollins, all under $4 (plus one at $4.99).Book Description
The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer—a minister's son—hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's fatherhas come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures.
This Heart of Mine with a Bonus Excerpt ($1.99), by Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author of Glitter Baby (which has previously been on sale in a bonus edition). Book Description
For a limited time and a special price, download the This Heart of Mine by New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips and receive a special sneak peek at her new novel, The Great Escape, available wherever books are sold June 10.
This Heart of Mine is the story of a children's book illustrator, the creator of Daphne Bunny, who is a bit down on her luck, and the new quarterback from the Chicago Stars who crosses her path. Throw in a search for a birth mother and you have a wonderful read from Susan Elizabeth Phillips which is both funny and sweet.
Untraceable ($0.99), by Laura Griffin, is the first title in her Tracers series. If you like romantic suspense, this one has a starred review from Publishers Weekly and you can get the related novella, Unstoppable, for $1.99.Book Description
ALEX LOVELL MAKES PEOPLE DISAPPEAR.
TURNS OUT, SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.
Private investigator Alexandra Lovell uses computer skills and cunning to help clients drop off the radar and begin new lives in safety. Melanie Bess, desperate to escape her abusive cop husband, was one of those clients. But when Melanie vanishes for real, Alex fears the worst, and sets out to discover what happened. Using every resource she can get her hands on -- including an elite team of forensic scientists known as the Tracers, and a jaded, sexy Austin PD detective -- Alex embarks on a mission to uncover the truth.
As far as homicide cop Nathan Deveraux is concerned, no body means no case. But as much as he wants to believe that Alex's hunch about Melanie's murder is wrong, his instincts -- and their visceral attraction -- won't let him walk away. As a grim picture of what really happened begins to emerge, Nathan realizes this investigation runs deeper than they could ever have guessed. And each step nearer the truth puts Alex in danger of being the next to disappear....
One Reckless Summer ($0.99) is the first title in Toni Blake Destiny series.Book Description
It's tough to play it cool on a sultry summer night . . .
The perfect daughter. The perfect prom queen. The perfect wife. Jenny Tolliver's been the good girl all her life, and it's gotten her nowhere. Now that her marriage has been busted up by her cheating ex, she's decided it's time to regroup and rediscover herself. This summer she's headed back to her hometown of Destiny, Ohio, to the very lakeshore cottage where she grew up, to figure out what life holds in store for her next.
She never dreamed the answer would be Mick Brody, Destiny's #1 hellraiser. He comes from the wrong side of the tracks (or in his case, the lake), and he's landed in hot water more times than he can count. He's exactly the kind of guy Jenny's always kept her distance from . . . but soon the good girl and the bad boy are caught in a raw heat that's out of control. Too bad Mick's got a secret that threatens to tear them apart and ruin Jenny's perfectly, passionately reckless summer . . .
Tall, Dark and Cowboy ($1.99), by Joanne KennedyBook Description
She's looking for an old friend. . .
In the wake of a nasty divorce, Lacey Bradford heads for Wyoming where she's sure her old friend will take her in. But her high school pal Chase Caldwell is no longer the gangly boy who would follow her anywhere. For one thing, he's now incredibly buff and handsome, but that's not all that's changed. . .
What she finds is one hot cowboy. . .
Chase has been through tough times and is less than thrilled to see the girl who once broke his heart. But try as he might to resist her, while Lacey's putting her life back together, he's finding new ways to be part of it.
Amelia O'Donohue Is So Not a Virgin ($0.84), a YA title by Helen FitzGeraldBook Description
I Never Tell Other People's Secrets...
Amelia O'Donohue was stunning. We all knew we were in the presence of tremendous beauty, humbled by her eyes and by her expensive designer clothes. We all deferred to her, waiting for her to initiate conversation, and hanging on every word she said.
So when Amelia asked for my help, What was I to do? Did I have a choice? It's not like I could tell everyone that she sneaks off in the middle of the night in her pink silk nightie to sleep with her boyfriend. Right?
But this one favor leads to a secret so big it just might change everything-for Amelia and for me...
Surviving the Shadows: A Journey of Hope into Post-Traumatic Stress ($0.85), by Bob Delaney and Dave ScheiberBook Description
We are all touched by PTSD in some way-husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, families and friends.
Too often we have questions without answers, or don't know where to turn for help. But the truth is, what we really need is each other.
Surviving the Shadows is an uplifting journey through powerful and inspiring stories-marked by perseverance and personal courage-about an array of people who have suffered directly or indirectly from Post-Traumatic Stress. Along the way, PTSD education and awareness leader Bob Delaney introduces you to medical experts who have developed groundbreaking methods in dealing with the disorder, and profiles one-of-a-kind programs around the country devoted to assisting PTSD sufferers.
The first step to healing is one person away. The stories within Surviving the Shadows will help you understand the truth about Post-Traumatic Stress, and how we can help each other overcome it every day.
Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard: A Tale of Tide & Prejudice ($1.99), by Belinda RobertsBook Description
Mr. Darcy Goes Overboard replaces ballgowns with bikinis, country mansions with luxury yachts and the militia with a fiercely competetive squad of local lifeguards...
The Bennet family is enjoying their seaside home in Salcombe when Mrs. Bennet hears that the nearby magnificent villa Netherpollock has been taken by a young man of great fortune. She is determined that one of her daughters will go out with him, until Mr. Darcy glides into the harbour on his yacht and she decides he would be the better catch.
Death (and Further Adventures) of Silas Winterbottom: The Body Thief ($1.24), by Stephen M Giles, is aimed at young tweens/teens.Book Description
And you thought your family was strange.
I am dying. . . I might get the chance to know you before death takes me...I would like you to be my guest at Sommerset. . .I have enclosed a check for $ 10,000. . . Should you accept my offer...
Uncle Silas has always been greedy, evil, insulting, and extremely rich! But a dying uncle with a vast fortune is definitely one worth getting to know. Even if it means spending 2 months on his secluded island home with a houseful of suspicious servants and a hungry pet crocodile.
But what is Uncle Silas really up to? Will Adele, Milo, and Isabella outlive Uncle Silas to inherit his money? And just who is that mysterious "guest" in his basement? Is it worth the money (or their lives) to stick around and find out?
Centrifugal Pumps, by Johann Friedrich Gülich, which is selling for around $200 in most countries, is inexplicably only a penny for those who are in Canada. It's of limited interest, to be sure, but if you are an engineer in Canada, this is a great deal on a Springer text.Book Description
This book gives an unparalleled, up-to-date, in-depth treatment of all kinds of flow phenomena encountered in centrifugal pumps including the complex interactions of fluid flow with vibrations and wear of materials.
The scope includes all aspects of hydraulic design, 3D-flow phenomena and partload operation, cavitation, numerical flow calculations, hydraulic forces, pressure pulsations, noise, pump vibrations (notably bearing housing vibration diagnostics and remedies), pipe vibrations, pump characteristics and pump operation, design of intake structures, the effects of highly viscous flows, pumping of gas-liquid mixtures, hydraulic transport of solids, fatigue damage to impellers or diffusers, material selection under the aspects of fatigue, corrosion, erosion-corrosion or hydro-abrasive wear, pump selection, and hydraulic quality criteria.
The 2nd ed. has been enhanced by hydraulic design information on axial pumps and sewage pumps, turbine performance curve prediction, torsional rotor vibrations and recent research results on partload flow and hydraulic excitation forces.
To ease the use of the information, the methods and procedures for the various calculations and failure diagnostics discussed in the text are gathered in about 150 pages of tables which may be considered as almost unique in the open literature. The text focuses on practical application in the industry and is free of mathematical or theoretical ballast. In order to find viable solutions in practice, the physical mechanisms involved should be thoroughly understood. The book is focused on fostering this understanding which will benefit the pump engineer in industry as well as academia and students.
Dragon Slippers ($1.99), by Jessica Day GeorgeBook Description
Many stories tell of damsels in distress, who are rescued from the clutches of fire-breathing dragons by knights in shining armor, and swept off to live happily ever after.
Unfortunately, this is not one of those stories.
True, when Creel's aunt suggests sacrificing her to the local dragon, it is with the hope that the knight will marry Creel and that everyone (aunt and family included) will benefit handsomely. Yet it's Creel who talks her way out of the dragon's clutches. And it's Creel who walks for days on end to seek her fortune in the king's city with only a bit of embroidery thread and a strange pair of slippers in her possession.
But even Creel could not have guessed the outcome of this tale. For in a country on the verge of war, Creel unknowingly possesses not just any pair of shoes, but a tool that could be used to save her kingdom…or destroy it.
And, for those looking specifically for children's books, these two might be worth taking a chance on (one appears self-published, the other is a small publisher): Will Allen and the Great Monster Detective ($0.05), by Jason Edwards and Jeffrey Friedman (Illustrator), and Casey and Bella Face Their First Bully ($0.01), by Jane Lovascio and Aija Jasuna (Illustrator).
