Two repeat freebies tonight from Christian publisher Zondervan that were only off the free list a day or so):
Yesterday's Kindle Student Deal of the Day,
How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing, by Paul J. Silvia PhD, is still $1.99 today.
If you picked up the free copy of Rebecca Forster's
Hostile Witness on Smashwords last month, then go back and download a new copy, as she accidentally had the text for
Silent Witness after the correct cover; save the old edition and download the new one and you end up with two novels for the price of one (this only works for those who purchased before the fixed edition was uploaded).
Terra Incognita (
$0.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Ruth Downie, is the second book in her
Roman Empire series, following (the still free)
Medicus. This series was originally released in the UK as the
Medicus Investigation series and al the title names have been changed for a US audience. The series continues with
Persona Non Grata (
$8.25) and
Caveat Emptor (
$9.99).
Book Description
It is spring in the year of 118, and Hadrian has been Emperor of Rome for less than a year. After getting involved with the murders of local prostitutes in the town of Deva, Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso needs to get out of town, so has volunteered for a posting with the Army on the volatile border where the Roman-controlled half of Britannia meets the independent tribes of the North. Not only is he going to the hinterlands of the hinterlands, but it his slave Tilla's homeland and she has some scores to settle there. Soon they find that Tilla's tribespeople are being encouraged to rebel against Roman control by a mysterious leader known as the Stag Man, and her former lover is implicated in the grisly murder of a soldier. Ruso, unwillingly involved in the investigation of the murder, is appalled to find that Tilla is still spending time with the lover. Worse, he is honour bound to try to prove the man innocent - and the Army wrong - by finding another suspect. Soon both Ruso's and Tilla's lives are in jeopardy, as is the future of their burgeoning romantic relationship.
In the Company of Others (
$3.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Julie E. Czerneda, is a stand-alone novel, but she also has a series out,
Stratification, each title of which is $6.99 and up as ebooks or paperbacks, but you can currently get two of them for $3.99 each in hardback at B&N (
Riders of the Storm (Stratification Series #2) and
Rift in the Sky (Stratification Series #3)). Amazon doesn't match that, but you can get the books from third-party sellers there for the same $3.99 (and eligible for Prime or SuperSaver shipping), such as this listing for
Reap the Wild Wind (Stratification Series #1). I'd rather have ebooks, but this author is signed with Penguin, so the ebooks are mostly premium priced.
Book Description
When the terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless. In the ensuing chaos, many stations failed. For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill…
The Dark Paintings (
$2.99 Kindle), the most recent novel from English author and poet Hugh Fleetwood, is free in
the iBooks store. You'll need to search for it from inside the app on your iThing to get the book, but this one isn't restricted to UK/EU customers (I downloaded it to my iPad).
Book Description
Wealthy, depraved and hugely gifted, Luigi Teramo likes to think of himself as a cross between a pagan fertility god and an evil wizard. Luigi has deliberately rejected his youthful talent for art in favour of making money, and of spending his fortune on young men and drugs. But he cannot bring himself to destroy the fruits of that rejected talent - his early paintings. And as the years pass, it starts to seem that those paintings possess a terrible power. A power that will cause Luigi's life to spin out of control, will destroy almost all who get close to him, and will end by involving him in blackmail, and murder. The Dark Paintings is both a thriller and a black comedy - entertaining, shocking and profoundly disturbing.
100 Ways to Simplify Your Life (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Joyce Meyer (Christian publisher FaithWords).
Book Description
Joyce Meyer is one busy lady. Apart from the normal demands of life, she teaches daily on TV and radio, writes books, holds conferences in dozens of cities every year and ministers around the world...and she runs Joyce Meyer Ministries. So she's had to learn how to make the most of every minute of the day! In 100 Ways to Simplify Your Life, Joyce shares the most effective secrets she's learned over the years for making the most of each minute of the day. In less than two pages per entry, Joyce gives us eminently 'doable' tips that are clearcut and ...well, SIMPLE. But they can change your whole outlook, not to mention your schedule.
My Forbidden Desire (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Carolyn Jewel
Book Description
TORN BETWEEN...
Alexandrine Marit is a witch in mortal danger. An evil mage craves the powerful, mysterious talisman that supplies her magic, and the only person who can keep her safe is a dark and dangerous fiend called Xia. With his fierce animosity toward witches, he's hardly the ideal bodyguard. Yet as days turn into nights, she can't deny the white-hot passion between them.
DESIRE AND TEMPTATION
Xia hates witches. They enslave and mercilessly kill his kind. But he's been ordered to protect Alexandrine, who, to his surprise, has a spirit he admires and a body he longs to possess. With the mage and his henchmen closing in, Alexandrine and her protector must trust the passion that can unite them...or risk losing everything to the enemies who can destroy them both.
Gardens of the Moon (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Steven Erikson, the first in his
Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
Book Description
The Malazan Empire simmers with discontent, bled dry by interminable warfare, bitter infighting and bloody confrontations with the formidable Anomander Rake and his Tiste Andii, ancient and implacable sorcerers. Even the imperial legions, long inured to the bloodshed, yearn for some respite. Yet Empress Laseen's rule remains absolute, enforced by her dread Claw assassins.
For Sergeant Whiskeyjack and his squad of Bridgeburners, and for Tattersail, surviving cadre mage of the Second Legion, the aftermath of the siege of Pale should have been a time to mourn the many dead. But Darujhistan, last of the Free Cities of Genabackis, yet holds out. It is to this ancient citadel that Laseen turns her predatory gaze.
However, it would appear that the Empire is not alone in this great game. Sinister, shadowbound forces are gathering as the gods themselves prepare to play their hand...
Conceived and written on a panoramic scale, Gardens of the Moon is epic fantasy of the highest order--an enthralling adventure by an outstanding new voice.
Best Served Cold (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N), by Joe Abercrombie, is a stand-alone novel in the same universe as his earlier
First Law trilogy.
Book Description
War may be hell, but for Monza Murcatto, a solider of considerable fortune; it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance.
Whatever the cost, seven men must die.
Jupiter (
$2.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Ben Bova, the six-time winner of science fiction's Hugo award.
Book Description
Grant Archer only wanted to study astrophysics. But the forces of the "New Morality," the coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st-century America, have other plans for him.
To his distress, Grant is torn from his young bride and sent to a research station in orbit around Jupiter, to spy on the scientists who work there. Their work may lead to the discovery of higher life forms in the Jovian system-with implications the New Morality doesn't like at all.
What Grant's would-be controllers don't know is that his loyalty to science may be greater than his desire for a quiet life. But that loyalty will be tested in a mission as dangerous as any ever undertaken-a mission to the middle reaches of Jupiter's endless atmosphere, a place where hydrogen flows as a liquid, and cyclones larger than planets rage for centuries at a time.
What lurks there is more than anyone has counted on...and stranger than anyone could possibly have imagined.
My Little Phony (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Lisi Harrison, is the thirteenth and final volume in
The Clique series (#11 and #12 are both still marked down, as well).
Book Description
Sugar, spice, and everything lice.
Massie Block: The holidays are just around the corner, and the only thing Massie doesn't want for Christmas is a lip-kiss from her ninth-grade crush, Landon. Not that she'd ever admit it, but she's nervous! To distract herself, Massie focuses on getting revenge on Claire for ditching the Pretty Committee. But when the plan to bug her ex-BFF backfires big-time, she may find herself headed for a Merry Kissmass-whether she likes it or not.
Alicia Rivera: Promised her parents she wouldn't shop at awl between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her reward? An all-expenses-paid trip to the Spanish Riviera. But what happens when she sees the cuh-yutest pair of Ralph Lauren sunglasses? No pain, no Spain.
Dylan Marvil: After going overboard at the Westchester Mall, Dylan isn't worried about the size of her clothes . . . but she is worried about the size of her clothing budget. Cuh-redit denied!
Kristen Gregory: Is sick of being the only poor girl in Westchester. But misery loves company, and maybe, just maybe, she won't be the only broke member of the Pretty Committee for long. . . .
Claire Lyons: When Massie scares off her new drama friends with a fake-lice scare, Claire decides she's done letting Massie bully her. The alpha may have exterminated Claire's social life, but what goes around comes around. The raid is on, and it won't be over until the fat ladybug sings.
The Clique . . . the only thing harder than getting in is staying in.
Wedding for a Knight (
$1.99 Kindle,
B&N,
Kobo
), by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Book Description
Even a marriage by proxy can't spoil the joy Lady Amicia MacLean feels when she is wedded to Magnus MacKinnon. With his quick wit and dashing smile, the roguish warrior captured her heart when she was still a girl. It's not until he returns from battle that Amicia discovers the truth: the union was made to fill empty MacKinnon coffers with MacLean gold. Magnus knew nothing of this marriage. Honorable and proud, he intends to rebuild his clan's fortune coin by coin himself-and wants nothing to do with his bonny new bride. But Amicia is not one to give up without a fight. She plans to invade Magnus's bedchamber, offer tantalizing glimpses of what every husband has the right to see, and settle for nothing less than the total surrender of the most stubborn knight in the realm!
eye of the god ($9.99 Kindle), by Ariel Allison, is free in PDF form today from Christian publisher Abingdon Press. Rumor is that it will be free on Kindle starting tomorrow, but the PDF is one day only and DRM-free.
