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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Kindle Daily Deals 5/1

Today's Gold Box at Amazon is "up to 50% off on Select Digital Picture Frames". Although the 8" "Frame" is just that, the 10.4" frame is also a tablet for sending pictures via email (over WiFi), viewing web albums at some of the more popular photo sharing sites and lets you send pics to it from your phone as soon as you take them. It even knows when you are sleeping and turns itself off to save power at night.

Amazon's Android Free App of the Day is Word Surge.

Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Kiss Me Deadly ($1.99), by Susan Kearney [Bell Bridge Books].
Book Description
Her luck may have just run out . . .

Dedicated family attorney Amanda "Mandy" Newman may have survived an attempted drowning and, along with co-workers, just won the biggest lottery in history, but before she can collect, the ticket is stolen. Now, her co-workers are being murdered one by one.

She needs help, and that puts her between a rock and a hard man—the brother of a co-worker.

DEA officer Zack Taylor was a one-night stand who'd turned into so much more. Now that his family and Mandy are in danger, he is back in the picture. The attraction between them still simmers; Zack can feel it. But can he resist his desire for her long enough to discover her secret?

With her life on the line, the attraction between them should be kept on ice. After all, under the circumstances, a kiss could be deadly.

Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Superhero ($0.99), an action thriller by Victor Methos [indie].
Book Description
THE BEAST IS OUT...

A wave of unprecedented violence rages across Los Angeles. Instigated by a new gang called the Myrs, they are known for their lust for murder and led by the most ferocious gang leader in the city's history: a giant known only as Agamemnon. Someone many believe is not human.

A HERO IS BORN...

Jack Kane retires from the DEA. He no longer believes the violence he has perpetrated in the name of justice is worth it. Coming home to Los Angeles, he discovers a city torn apart by gang warfare. When the violence nearly kills the ones he loves, Jack can no longer sit by and watch and vows to take down the deadly Myrs.

But Agamemnon displays superhuman abilities. Jack is left broken in mind and body after even a brief confrontation. Laying in the hospital near death, a woman enters his life and offers him a chance to defeat Agamemnon.

But to defeat him, he must become like him...

Today's Kindle Kids Daily Deal is Silly Tilly ($1.99), by Eileen Spinelli [Amazon Children's Publishing].
Book Description
"Tilly is not an ordinary goose. She takes her baths in apple juice. She wears a pancake as a hat. She tries to ride the farmer’s cat."

But the barnyard animals complain that she’s too silly. When she stops entertaining her friends with her antics, the farm becomes a quiet and unhappy place. David Slonim’s acrylic, pencil, and ballpoint pen illustrations add to the hilarity in this story about a one-of-a-kind silly goose.

Age Range: 6 - 8 years

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is The Vegas Knockout ($0.99), by Tom Schreck [Thomas & Mercer], with the companion audiobook $1.99.
Book Description
Duffy Dombrowski just accepted a dream job: chief sparring partner for Russian heavyweight contender Boris Rusakov in Vegas. His obstinate basset hound, Al, and a few friends join Duffy for the ride—but before Duffy knows it, his trip turns into a nightmare. Someone’s killing local Mexican workers, friends and relatives of Duffy’s gym buddies. And to make matters worse, Duffy’s got Boris’s Russian mobster pals chasing him with murder on their minds.

Quirky characters, rapid-fire dialogue, and nonstop action propel The Vegas Knockout into the sphere of gritty thrillers that hit with astonishing power.