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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Free Book (Sony/nook) - Bride's Holiday Gift

Bride's Holiday Gift, by Solange Ayre, is free to download from Barnes and Noble and Sony (it's not available for those in the US in the Kindle store).

Book Description
Six months after the mass human-Terilian weddings of One Thousand Brides and Bride Reborn, Earth woman Janis Stone is consumed with lust for her alien husband Delos. A public exhibition of sex in zero gravity leaves her craving more of his exciting lovemaking. Janis- attempted seduction of Delos during a holiday sexual -fast- makes him promise retribution. Payback comes when Janis awakens tied to the bed, about to be pleasured by Delos- skillful fingers, tongue and cock.After a steamy encounter, the couple exchange gifts obtained at personal sacrifice. But their greatest gift for each other is love.

Click HERE for the free download from B&N.
Click HERE for the free download from Sony.

When Christians Get It Wrong (under a buck)

When Christians Get It Wrong, by Adam Hamilton, is currently priced at 99 cents in the Kindle store. Christian publisher Abingdon Press tried to get it listed for free, but ran into time constraints with Amazon and 99 cents was the lowest they could get it.

Book Description More and more young adults have opted out of Christianity and the church. The reason? Christians.

When young adults talk about the problems they have with Christianity and the church, they often name certain attitudes and behaviors they believe are practiced too often by Christians: judging others, condemning people of other faiths, rejecting science, injecting politics into faith, and being anti-homosexual. With his familiar style, Adam Hamilton tackles these issues and addresses the how's and why's of Christians getting it right when it comes to being Christ in the world.

Those who read When Christians Get It Wrong will gain a different way of understanding the issues that keep people away from Christianity and keep Christians from living a more compelling faith. Because, honestly, if we don't start getting it right, we may lose an entire generation.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Author Spotlight - Julie Garwood

There are several pre-order bargains for Julie Garwood and some of these may be pulled, as they duplicate listings by the publisher, although Amazon has almost always honored even the mistaken listings in the past (at the worst, your pre-order may be canceled, you won't be charged the higher price of the second listing). If you've had your Kindle for a while, you might already have one of her books, Murder List, as it was free in December, 2008. That one was romantic suspense, while these are closer to historical romance in genre. All of these will be released August 31.

Rebellious Desire ($0.99), is also listed for $7.99, HERE.

Book Description
Of all the dukes in England, Jered Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most handsome -- and most arrogant. And of all London's ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one -- Caroline Richmond.

She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and a fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love. But Bradford would bend to no woman -- until a deadly intrigue drew them enticingly close. Now, united against a common enemy, they would discover the power of the magnificent attraction that brought them together...a desire born in danger, but destined to flame into love!


Ransom ($0.99), is also listed for $7.99, HERE.

Book Description
Overflowing with all of the majesty and intrigue of medieval glory days, this magnificent New York Times bestseller is a page-turner of passion and loyalty, justice and honor. Beloved storyteller Julie Garwood steps back to the silver-shrouded Highlands of her classic tale The Secret -- and hails the return of two unforgettable warriors: Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan.

In the dark days after the death of Richard the Lionhearted, lives and lands would fall into upheaval at the hands of a power-hungry British ruler and his violent minions. One victim of the scourge is innocent Gillian, who is a mere child when the cruel and ambitious Baron Alford slaughters her father and tears her family apart. Alford, determined to recover a jeweled box for the despotic King John, is furious when the precious treasure slips through his fingers -- only to be lost for more than a decade.

Now a beautiful young woman, Gillian finds the key to resolving her past in handsome Scottish chieftains Ramsey Sinclair and Brodick Buchanan. With the cunning and courage of the daring Scotsmen, and with the friendship of a new ally, Bridgid KirkConnell, Gillian at last fights the unscrupulous Baron Alford, laying claim to her home, her family, and her father's reputation. But in the presence of the mighty warrors, Gillian and Bridgid discover that desire can be a weapon of conquest...betrayal can slay trust in a heartbeat...and the greatest risk of all is surrender -- to the deep emotions of unexpected love.


The Lion's Lady ($0.99), is also listed for $7.99, HERE.

Book Description
Christina Bennett had taken London society by storm. The ravishing beauty guarded the secret of her mysterious past until the night Lyon, Marquis of Lyonwood, stole a searching, sensuous kiss. An arrogant nobleman with a pirate's passions, he tasted the wildfire smoldering beneath Christina's cool charm and swore to possess her....

But the feisty and defiant Christina would not be so easily conquered. Mistress of her heart and of her fortune, she resisted Lyon's sensuous caresses. She dared not surrender to his love...for then, she must also forsake her precious secret...and her promised destiny!


The Clayborne Brides: One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose ($7.99), contains three novellas, each of which is listed separately at $7.99 apiece, for a total of 456 "pages" in the combined volume (page estimates are generally based on mass market paperback editions, I've found).

Book Description
First introduced in Julie Garwood's magnificent New York Times bestseller For the Roses, the Clayborne brothers have been embraced by millions worldwide. Now the individual stories of these three spirited brothers -- once a mismatched gang of street urchins -- are told in a trio of special novels.

ONE PINK ROSE
Travis, the youngest of the Clayborne brothers, escorts mail-order bride Emily Finnegan to Montana -- but Emily makes it perfectly clear that she's taking charge of her destiny and nothing is going to interfere...except the journey with Travis across this beautiful, rugged land that opens her eyes -- and her heart.

ONE WHITE ROSE
Douglas Clayborne will never turn his back on anyone in need, and everyone in Blue Belle, Montana knows it...but his quiet strength faces its ultimate battle when he meets ranch owner Isabel Grant. Douglas may stop the outlaws from stealing her land, but he can't stop Isabelfrom stealing his heart.

ONE RED ROSE

Adam Clayborne has always loved the power of books. An escaped slave, reading has been his only ticket to the wonders of distant lands....Until the irresistible Genevieve Delacroix comes to Montana. Genevieve shares Adam's dreams of seeing the world, and is determined to teach Adam what he'll never learn from a book -- that true freedom only comes when you open your heart.

Two Free on Smashwords: Remix and Loisaida

Both of these have good reviews and are free, today only, using the coupon codes below.

Remix ($2.99), by Lexi Revellian, is free using coupon code QE49G.

Book Description
Caz Tallis is living her dream, restoring rocking horses in her London workshop. A chance encounter with the shabby but charismatic Joe and his dog (called Dog) leads her into investigating a missing rock star and a murder that happened three years ago. Which, as her best friend James points out, is rather like poking a furnace with a short stick…

Loisaida -- A New York Story ($2.99 Kindle), by Marion Stein, is free using coupon code KG53V. This author also has a short story/novella (20K words) free on Smashwords,
The Death Trip
(or 99 cents on Kindle)

Book Description
One sweltering night, in a neighborhood on the cusp of change, boy meets girl. If they’d only gone home together, they might still be alive.

The core of this gritty, only in New York-story was inspired by real events – a beautiful, aspiring dancer slain, her corpse dismembered, possibly fed to the homeless in Tompkins Square Park. The psychotic roommate has confessed, but a dilettante actor turned journalist thinks there’s more to it and investigates. Soon one of his sources mentions he might have better luck gaining trust if he’d shoot dope.

Welcome to New York’s East Village, aka Loisaida, circa 1988. Meet your neighbors — artists, dreamers, hustlers, devil worshipers, anarchists, junkies and yuppies — all competing for breathing space in a city without air. It’s the era of greed, when the poor are objects of scorn not sympathy, and the gentrifiers view themselves as urban pioneers. This is a story about sex and drugs and real estate. This is a story about a murder…

Shopaholics's Series under a Buck!

Although Amazon has one of the best prices on Confessions of a Shopaholic ($0.89), by Sophie Kinsella, the rest of the series there (and most places) is over $6 per volume. However, if you don't mind not reading on the Kindle, you can pick up the rest of the series, other than the upcoming Mini Shopaholic ($9.99), for under a dollar apiece at Fictionwise. They don't have the first in the series, but have books 2-5 in the series at 99 cents each (84 cents for members), as well as four additional stand-alone novels at the same price. Use coupon code eleven2010fw for an additional 11% off (it's working right this minute, but could stop at any time), bringing the member price down to 75 cents apiece.

Click HERE to see the entire list - grab them now, as that price could change at any second. When you are in the cart and checking out, the order total may show as $0.00. Just keep going, once your order is completed, the total shows correctly (I paid $6.75 of my store credit for the lot!).