To celebrate the Queen's 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee, Mills & Boon, the UK franchise of Harlequin, are offering a flash sale of 60 titles for just 60 pence each between 9am to 9pm UK time on Saturday, June 2nd. Also, their Terms & Conditions page gives details of their other upcoming Diamond Jubilee promotions, such as every 60th customer getting their order free on June 3, the 1st 1000 orders placed after after 9AM (UK) June 4th getting a freebie copy Christina Hollis' Weight of the Crown and almost all titles in the store being 60% off for just 60 minutes from noon to 1pm GMT on June 5th. If you read romance and you use EPUB, all those add up to great deals (and you'll want to get your wishlist set up in advance if you want to take advantage of the 1 hour sale -- I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up crashing their server.
Additional formats on free books:
- Gods and Kings (K/N/E)
- Jenna's Cowboy (K/N/E)
- Paper Roses (K/N/E)
- Making Waves (K/N/E)
Today's Kindle Deal of the Day is Postcards From Nam ($0.99), by Uyen Nicole Duong.Book Description
Mimi (the protagonist of Mimi and Her Mirror) is a successful young Vietnamese immigrant practicing law in Washington, D.C. when the postcards begin to arrive. Postmarked from Thailand, each hand-drawn card is beautifully rendered and signed simply "Nam." Mimi doesn't recognize the name, but Nam obviously knows her well, spurring her to launch what will become a decade-long quest to find him. As her search progresses, long-repressed memories begin to bubble to the surface: her childhood in 1970s Vietnam in a small alley in pre-Communist Saigon. Back then, who was her best friend as well as her brother's playmate, and what did art have anything to do with the alleys of her childhood? What was the dream of these children then? What happened when these children were separated by the end of the Vietnam war, their lives diverged onto different paths: one to freedom and opportunity, the other to tragedy and pain? Now Mimi must uncover the mystery of the postcards, including what might have happened to the people who where less fortunate: those who escaped the ravaged homeland by boat after the fall of Saigon. When the mystery is solved, Mimi has to make a resolution: what can possibly reunite the children from the alley of her childhood even when the alley exists no more?
To Romania With Love ($1.55 / £0.99 UK), by Tessa Dunlop, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $6.40).Book Description
Aged eighteen, Tessa Dunlop went to post-Revolutionary Romania to work in an orphanage - to do something remarkable to help her get into Oxford. Once there she didn't want to leave and ended up staying for nearly a year. She returned the following summer, but this time chose a big industrial city where she taught English and befriended a student and his family. The youngest son, 'Vlad', was only twelve, shy and very intelligent. Once more Tessa was emotionally hooked. Back home in the Scottish Highlands, she organised for Vlad to be sponsored by her old boarding school. He aced his classes, but, conflicted in the wake of his extraordinary experience, turned down a full-time place. They lost touch; however, the pull of Romania eventually proved too much and, five years on, Tessa returned. Life would never be the same again. To Romania With Love is the moving story of a country in turmoil, and finding love in the most unexpected places.
Cupcakes! ($1.99 Kindle, B&N), by Elinor Klivans and France Ruffenach, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle. From the sample, it looks like a must-buy for parents (although you won't want to send peanut butter cupcakes to school, in most places) and I've fond that cupcake recipes almost always work with my gluten-free flour mix, without having to make any adjustments to the ingredients.Book Description
What's short and sweet and cute as a button? Cupcakes! And everyone loves 'em! Trusted favorites at picnics, potlucks, and bake sales, cupcakes go equally well at relaxed and informal gatherings or at elegant parties. Here are 50 scrumptious ways to bring smiles and those nostalgic memories back faster than a kid can lick the batter off a beater. Try a Cinnamon Sugar Puff Cupcake - they go from mixing bowl to oven to one happy taker in less than an hour. Who needs a peanut butter cup when there's a peanut butter cupcake in the house? Ethereal Lemon Angel Cupcakes soar even higher when served with some fresh seasonal fruit. With tips and techniques for perfect cupcake-making, basic "head-start" recipes, and gorgeous photographs, it's time to get out the baking pans and join the cupcake craze. These diminutive cakes may be small but they stand tall in the world of sweets.
So You Want to Be a Wizard (digest) ($5.99 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by Diane Duane, is the Nook Daily Find for Families. This is the first book in her Young Wizards series and is a good price for those who missed picking up the series direct in her Black Friday sale last year.Book Description
Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You Want to Be a . . . books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a Scientist . . . a Writer. But his one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard.
I don't belive this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?
