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Thursday, December 3, 2009

B1G1F on Kindle: Kate Atkinson

Through December 31st, 2009, buy Case Histories ($7.99), by Kate Atkinson, and receive a free download of One Good Turn (normally $9.99). These are the first two books in her Jackson Brodie series.

Case Histories
Case one: A little girl goes missing in the night.

Case two: A beautiful young office worker falls victim to a maniac's apparently random attack.

Case three: A new mother finds herself trapped in a hell of her own making - with a very needy baby and a very demanding husband - until a fit of rage creates a grisly, bloody escape.

Thirty years after the first incident, as private investigator Jackson Brodie begins investigating all three cases, startling connections and discoveries emerge . . .


One Good Turn
On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders.The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme.Kate Atkinson "writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway," writes Laura Miller for Salon. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.

You can get a similar deal in the Sony store, but the cost is $14.99 for the "Kate Atkinson 2-in-1 Bundle"

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Free Audiobook - Come Toy With Me

Get a free, unabridged audiobook of Come Toy with Me ($3.60 Harlequin), by Cara Summers, courtesy of Harlequin and Audible.

Book Description
Rugged Dino Angelis, navy captain and special ops agent, has the family Sight. But even that couldn't have prepared him for his hungry reaction to Cat McGuire--toy-store owner, smuggling ring suspect...and his new charge.

Only, Dino can't believe the sexy woman under his protection is a crook. Not when she can plant a kiss hot enough to melt all his good intentions...

For Cat, Christmas is always a hectic season. But this year she's agreed to a fake engagement, too, just to keep the family peace. It wouldn't be so bad, if only Cat could keep her hands off her new fiance. After all, he's strong, he's sexy...he's the perfect boy toy. Or he is--until Cat discovers she's just another one of his assignments....


Click HERE for the free audiobook, narrated by Marie Zihlman.

Free Book at ShortCovers - The Fury

The Fury ($5.47 Kindle), by Jason Pinter, is available for free, today only, from ShortCovers.

Book Description
Am I my brother's keeper?

If I'd known I had a brother, I might have been. But he's dead--shot point-blank in a rat-hole apartment, wasted by hunger and heroin. Stephen Gaines, a man with whom I shared nothing...except a father.

For some reason this stranger who shared my blood came to me for help...and I blew him off thinking he was just some junkie. Now I'm forced to question everything I ever knew...and figure out why this man was murdered in cold blood.

All I can do for Stephen Gaines now is find his killer--and with the help of Amanda Davies uncover the whole, hard truth. If it means tracking down a vicious drug kingpin--who may or may not exist--then so be it....


Click HERE for the free book. The only issue I have with it, is that you have to read it online, one chapter at a time, in your web browser. You can do that today without adding it to your library (if you're a fast reader, perhaps?), but be sure to add it to your library there (you'll need an account), which should ensure it stays available so you can finish it (at least, I hope so, as I can't finish it today, either).

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Ravenous Romance - All eBooks 99 Cents, Today Only

Their normal prices are $4.99 for books and $2.99 for short stories. Today only, both are 99 cents. From their website:
It's Our One-Year Anniversary Sale!

For TODAY ONLY, ALL e-books are just $.99, in celebration of Ravenous Romance's one-year anniversary! It's our way of saying thank you to all of our readers. Stock up and enjoy!

Ravenous Romance publishes the hottest, most exciting stories on the Web, from a wide variety of best-selling and award-winning authors. We offer all our books at unbeatable prices and backed by our original money-back guarantee. And, Ravenous Romance is the only online romance publisher to offer downloadable audiobooks in addition to ebooks. Try us with a free short story and free audiobook sampler now!

As you might guess, their catalog is (like All Romance/OmniLit) on the steamy side. If you listen to the audiobooks on your Kindle, I'd suggest using an earbud or headphones.

December Orbit Dollar Book: Orcs

November's One Dollar Book from Orbit is Orcs, by Stan Nicholls, an omnibus edition that contains the full Orcs: First Blood Trilogy (Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest) and has been selling for $9.99 in the Kindle store. Currently, only Barnes & Noble has updated with the new price, so be sure to check closely before ordering (Amazon is still at $9.99). Update: As of Wed. morning, Amazon and Barnes & Noble have this book for $1.00 - the other stores have not yet changed their prices.

Book Description
"Look at me. Look at the Orc."

"There is fear and hatred in your eyes. To you I am a monster, a skulker in the shadows, a fiend to scare your children with. A creature to be hunted down and slaughtered like a beast in the fields.

It is time you pay heed to the beast. And see the beast in yourself. I have your fear. But I have earned your respect.

Hear my story. Feel the flow of blood and be thankful. Thankful that it was me, not you, who bore the sword. Thankful to the orcs; born to fight, destined to win peace for all."

This book will change the way you feel about Orcs forever.


Not every ebookstore has been matching Orbit's suggested sales price on their dollar books, but I'll include links for the major ones here, so you can check for other formats besides the Kindle one above.

Barnes & Noble
Sony
Fictionwise
Books on Board