Amazon's Android Free App of the Day is Jump Desktop (RDP & VNC). This app for remotely viewing and controlling your desktop PC normally costs $10 and looks like it is supported on almost all my Android devices (phone, Fire, a tablet).
For those with a subscription at Audible, the the 3-for-2 Sale is back. Pick from 200+ books in several categories and get three books for only two credits (usually, if you don't have two credits, Audible will also show you an offer to buy three at a discount when sales like this are going on). Sale ends May 9 (and often ends before the midnight time shown, so don't wait until the last minute).
Today's Kindle Teen Daily Deal is A Certain Slant of Light ($1.99), by Laura Whitcomb [Graphia 2005]. Since I don't see any activity on the Graphia label since 2007 on Houghton Mifflin's website and I know Diane Duane is now publishing her backlist from there, I suspect that this is also an indie-published backlist selection (so, more money goes to the author!).Book Description
In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking at her. They belong to a boy, a boy who has not seemed remarkable until now. And Helen—terrified, but intrigued—is drawn to him. The fact that he is in a body and she is not presents this unlikely couple with their first challenge. But as the lovers struggle to find a way to be together, they begin to discover the secrets of their former lives and of the young people they come to possess.
Today's Kindle Daily Deal is Greatest Knight ($1.99), by Elizabeth Chadwick [Sourcebooks Landmark], with the companion audiobook for $3.99.Book Description
Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.
A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry. But being a royal favorite brings its share of danger and jealousy as well as fame and reward.
A writer of uncommon historical integrity and accuracy, Elizabeth Chadwick resurrects the true story of one of England's greatest forgotten heroes in a captivating blend of fact and fiction. The Greatest Knight restores William Marshal to his rightful place at the pinnacle of the Middle Ages, reflecting through him the triumphs, scandals, and power struggles that haven't changed in eight hundred years.
Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Hawk's Prize ($0.99), by Elaine A. Barbieri [Montlake Romance].Book Description
Drew is the last of the four siblings to return to Galveston, the first to admit he is in over his head. Stranded in a high-priced bordello because of a wounded leg, Drew finds himself being nursed by a woman of mystery. Sensual lady of the night or innocent angel of mercy, she keeps her identity secret. But as he is reunited with his brother and sisters, and the wrongs of the past are righted, one thing becomes clear: Tricia Lee Shepherd is the other half of his soul, the only person who can make his future shine bright.
Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is The Map of the Sky ($2.99), by Felix J. Palma [Atria Books/Simon and Schuster]. It appears that Mr. Palma has moved to Atria from HarperCollins, as his bestseller The Map of Time is available (for now, until S&S notices this) from both publishers and HarperCollins has their edition on sale for $3.79, making this Daily Deal a double header!Book Description
The New York Times bestselling author of The Map of Time returns with a mesmerizing novel casting H.G. Wells in a leading role, as the extraterrestrial invasion featured in The War of the Worlds is turned into a bizarre reality.
A love story serves as backdrop for The Map of the Sky when New York socialite Emma Harlow agrees to marry millionaire Montgomery Gilmore, but only if he accepts her audacious challenge: to reproduce the extraterrestrial invasion featured in Wells’s War of the Worlds. What follows are three brilliantly interconnected plots to create a breathtaking tale of time travel and mystery, replete with cameos by a young Edgar Allan Poe, and Captain Shackleton and Charles Winslow from The Map of Time.
