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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Free Book (EPUB) - Swimming

Swimming, by Enza Gandolfo, is free from Kobo and Borders this morning.

Book Description
Kate Wilks is a swimmer a teacher and a writer but she has never been a mother. She believes she has a good and satisfying life until a chance encounter with her ex-husband and his daughter. Suddenly submerged by a past overflowing with grief secrets and betrayals Kate is forced to reassess her life. Swimming is a lyrical story of one womans journey. A novel about loss and survival friendship and love creativity and fulfilment it will resonate with anyone whose life hasnt turned out as planned.

Click HERE to get the free book from Borders.
Click HERE to get the free book from Kobo.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Kindle 3 Splash Proof Case for a Penny

By combining two coupon codes, you can get an OCTOVO Tirim Splash-Proof Case, which usually sells for $24.99, for a single penny (plus S&H - $5 total). Despite the misspellings in the product name at Amazon, this one ships straight from OCTOVO; on their website, though, you'll pay the full $24.99, plus shipping. I've ordered myself one, to use at poolside or in case we get to go to the beach this year.

Description
  • Made from soft touch microfiber
  • Access to On/Off Button & Charging Port without removing from the case
  • Clear read-through panel proving excellent protection from the elements without compromising the reading experience
  • Smooth Fit & Finish with Instant access to all navigation controls/keyboard
  • Stylish splash-proof case that also keeps out sand dust and dirt
Custom designed for the latest generation Amazon Kindle, this splash-proof case is a necessary accessory for your Kindle. Whether at the beach, pool or gym; in your home or on the subway; this case provides ultimate protection against accidental splashes, moisture, dirt, dust and sand. Whilst offering superior protection against the elements, users can access all controls (including the On/Off Button, Charging Port and Controller) with ease and without removing the Kindle from the case. This sleek and stylish case is made from soft touch microfiber and features a clear read-through panel. Easy use of the Kindles navigation features/keyboard is provided without compromising the reading experience. This case incorporates a perfect blend of functionality and style while snugly protecting your Kindle without adding additional weight or bulk. The Kindle is easily inserted and removed from the case via the Velcro and Lycra opening at the base of the case.

To get the best deal:
  1. First, place the case into your cart using the Add to Cart button (don't one-click on this one).
  2. Click on Proceed to Checkout and sign in
  3. In the order summary page, enter the first promotional code, 4I7WHQR8, and click on Apply. Your total should drop to $5.99 with shipping.
  4. Now, enter the second code, 8EISZG3U, and click on Apply. Your total will drop to $5.00 even.
  5. Click on Place your Order.

Win a $250 Gift Card from Amazon

Be sure to head over to Amazon's Facebook page and enter their contest to win a $250 gift card. You'll need a Facebook account and need to click the Like button on their page, then enter your name, email address and a phone number to enter.

Odds of winning are low, of course, but 10 lucky people will win and the one thing they'll all have in common is that they entered the contest, which ends on 6/23/11. Full rules are available HERE.

Free Book (nook) - The Winds of Khalakovo

This week's Free Friday book from Barnes and Noble is The Winds of Khalakovo ($7.99 Kindle), by Bradley P. Beaulieu. Published by Night Shade Books, this one has over 450 pages in print (hopefully Amazon will drop the price on it over the weekend, sometime).

Book Description
Among inhospitable and unforgiving seas stands Khalakovo, a mountainous archipelago of seven islands, its prominent eyrie stretching a thousand feet into the sky. Serviced by windships bearing goods and dignitaries, Khalakovo's eyrie stands at the crossroads of world trade. But all is not well in Khalakovo. Conflict has erupted between the ruling Landed, the indigenous Aramahn, and the fanatical Maharraht, and a wasting disease has grown rampant over the past decade. Now, Khalakovo is to play host to the Nine Dukes, a meeting which will weigh heavily upon Khalakovo's future.

When an elemental spirit attacks an incoming windship, murdering the Grand Duke and his retinue, Prince Nikandr, heir to the scepter of Khalakovo, is tasked with finding the child prodigy believed to be behind the summoning. However, Nikandr discovers that the boy is an autistic savant who may hold the key to lifting the blight that has been sweeping the islands. Can the Dukes, thirsty for revenge, be held at bay? Can Khalakovo be saved? The elusive answer drifts upon the Winds of Khalakovo...


Click HERE for the free book from B&N.

Books for a Buck

Real Life & Liars with Bonus Material, by Kristina Riggle, is a 99 cent pre-order in the Kindle store. The current edition without bonus material is $9.99 (linked for sampling).

Book Description
For Mirabelle Zielinski's children, happiness always seems to be just out of reach. Her polished oldest daughter, Katya, clings to a stale marriage with a workaholic husband and three spoiled children. Her son, Ivan, so creative, is a down-in-the-dumps songwriter with the worst taste in women. And the "baby," impulsive Irina, who lives life on a whim, is now reluctantly pregnant and hitched to a man who is twice her age. On the weekend of their parents' anniversary party, lies will be revealed, hearts will be broken...but love will also be found. And the biggest shock may come from Mirabelle herself, because she has a secret that will change everything.

London Calling ($1.11), by James Craig, is also a pre-order, this time for a Scottish author (the odd price is no doubt caused by an exchange rate and a listing on the UK site).

Book Description
Can you win an election and cover up murder at the same time? When Inspector John Carlyle finds a body in a luxury London hotel room he begins a journey through the murky world of the British ruling classes which leads all the way to the top. In the middle of a General Election, a murderer is stalking the man poised to be the next Prime Minister. With power almost in his grasp, Edgar Carlton will not stand idly by while his birthright is threatened. Operating in a world where right and wrong don’t exist and the pursuit of power is everything, Carlyle has to find the killer before Carlton takes the law into his own hands.

The Widow's War ($0.99), by Sally Gunning

Book Description
Married for twenty years to Edward Berry, Lyddie is used to the trials of being a whaler's wife in the Cape Cod village of Satucket, Massachusetts—running their house herself during her husband's long absences at sea, living with the daily uncertainty that Edward will simply not return. And when her worst fear is realized, she finds herself doubly cursed. She is overwhelmed by grief, and her property and rights are now legally in the hands of her nearest male relative: her daughter's overbearing husband, whom Lyddie cannot abide. Lyddie decides to challenge both law and custom for control of her destiny, but she soon discovers the price of her bold "war" for personal freedom to be heartbreakingly dear.

Includes the fascinating "story behind the story" of The Widow's War, a map of colonial Brewster, and a driving tour of the village of Satucket.


Best Friends ($0.99) is a backlist title by Consuelo Saah Baehr. You'll find two of her titles at 99 cents, a Kindle single (Thinner Thighs In Thirty Years) at the same price and three additional titles under $4, making this author's backlist very affordable.

Book Description
It was unlikely they would ever meet. Yet fate brought them together first as naïve schoolgirls . . . then as complicated women facing events that would alter the shape of their lives forever.

NATALIE– betrayed by her first love and consoling herself with the richest husband in America who is both powerful and dangerous.

SARA – buried her ambitions until a blazing passion reminds her of all she has given up. Her suburban security is about to be shattered by a new job and a passionate affair.

MIRANDA – exotically beautiful, dangerously trusting and driven by her own sexuality. She is in love with a famous screenwriter whose scenario doesn’t include a wife.

Three women with little in common . . . except a pledge made when they were children when they knew nothing about what life would bring . . . a pledge they will be called upon to keep.


Drives Like a Dream ($1.24), by Porter Shreve

Book Description
Shreve’s second novel, Drives Like a Dream, is a smart, wry tale about a modern-day mother in the midst of a lifestyle crisis — and her outlandish attempts to get her family back.

Lydia Modine is sixty-one and about to come undone. Her three grown-up children have flown the coop. She hasn’t seen them together in more than a year, and now her ex-husband is about to remarry a woman half his age. And the insults keep coming: Lydia is stuck on a book she’s writing about Detroit’s car industry, which uncannily parallels her own life — out with the old model, in with the new. She's poured her soul into her family, only to be abandoned in the City of Dream Machines. But then a twist of fate introduces her to Norm, an eco-car fanatic out to remake her and the world. Is he the answer to all of her problems, or does he hold the one secret that just might get her children back to Detroit, home for good?
A warm, funny, and affecting novel that's sure to appeal to anyone who has longed for an alternate life, Drives Like a Dream confirms that sometimes when you set out for a spin, the twists and turns can be perfectly rewarding — and right.


Celebrities for Breakfast ($0.99), by Shelley Stout

Book Description
Personal shopper to the stars, Judith Collington, refuses to spend one more day in LA, answering the whiney demands of her Hollywood clientele. To escape, Judith and her seventh-grader, Shannon, give up their lucrative lifestyle to run a bed and breakfast in central Illinois. Judith prepares to purchase the property, until it changes hands in a poker game. New owner: Hollywood actor and part-time egomaniac, Ren Spencer. Judith installs Ren into the nearest guest room, where he insists on heated towels and meals on a tray. She would love to hate him, except he’s pathetic in an endearing sort of way. Oh, and did I mention he’s about to become engaged?

If you really want the latest, just read Shannon’s private computer journal. Her bedroom wall is plastered with posters of her all-time favorite star, but Shannon could care less if Ren Spencer’s a has-been at 35. He’s so hot, she can’t stop writing love stories about him. So what if Ren drinks too much and has to sober up in jail? And why can’t Shannon just have a normal mother like everybody else?

CELEBRITIES FOR BREAKFAST is a romantic comedy told through Judith’s voice, but sprinkled throughout are Shannon’s journal entries and Ren’s two cents.


Mile High Guy and Mr Right for the Night ($0.99 each), by Marisa Mackle

Mile High Guy
A romantic comedy written by a former flight attendant and number one Irish bestseller!

Mr Right for the Night
The hugely funny Number One bestselling novel from Irish author Marisa Mackle.

Anna is looking for Mr Right. For just one night. Her dreaded high school reunion is looming and she's determined to have the perfect partner to show off. She has three months to find this charming, intelligent, handsome man and is convinced he is just around the corner. But which corner?


Touchdowns And Potions ($0.99), by Markee Anderson

Book Description
Real estate agent Jenna Steele has to sell pro quarterback Andy McKnight’s huge home. She hates professional athletes. When he convinces her he does have a heart, she falls in love with the man. There’s only one problem—Jenna’s been splashed with a love potion and now men are falling at her feet. Once the potion wears off, Andy will be gone and she’ll be forced to find another job out of state to get away from the paparazzi.

*** This eBook contains bonus material at the end from Sandra Edwards' 'Crazy for You'. Approximately 243 pages in length.


Ken McClure is releasing his backlist on Kindle and Donor is bargain priced at $1.10.

Book Description
The first Dr Stephen Dunbar thriller.When seven-year-old Amanda Chapman is admitted to hospital with acute renal failure, her parents are in despair. Their hope is renewed when Amanda is accepted for treatment in a pioneering, state-of-the-art dialysis unit in an exclusive private hospital in Glasgow, but behind the lavish hospital corridors, private rooms and friendly staff lies something much more sinister. Dr Dunbar goes undercover to find out in the first of Ken McClure's gripping thrillers featuring the ex-Special Forces medic.

About the Author
Ken McClure is the internationally bestselling author of medical thrillers such as Wildcard, The Gulf Conspiracy, Eye of the Raven and Past Lives. His books have been translated into over 20 languages and he has earned a reputation for meticulous research and the chilling accuracy of his predictions. McClure's work is informed by his background as an award-winning research scientist with the UK's Medical Research Council. Dr Steven Dunbar, an ex-Special Forces medic, is one of his most popular characters.