Chasing Eden, by B.K. Sherer and Sharon Linnea, is the result of teaming up a mystery writer and an active duty US Army Chaplain. Good reviews in paperback, this is one that will definitely be in my TBR list.Book Description
Modern-day Iraq: During a raging sandstorm in a war zone, army chaplain Jaime Richards is shocked to be reunited with her old friend Adara Dunbar--and devastated when, in the midst of an ambush, a black-robed man murders Adara in cold blood. But not before she delivers a final message to Jaime--one important enough to die for...and obviously to kill for. Why Adara? And how did her assassin know Jaime's name?
Jaime's quest for answers will lead her into danger beyond anything she's experienced on the battlefield. At an ancient site, she meets a stranger who reveals astounding truths about Adara's mission--and the war itself--that are impossible to ignore. For the roots of this war reach back to a time and place fixed in the history of civilization. Many have searched for the Garden of Eden before, because to find it is to unlock a power beyond human comprehension. Now, for Jaime, the chase is on--and the fate of the world hangs in the balance...
Through A Dark Mist ($2.99 Kindle), the first title in Marsha Canham's Robin Hood Trilogy, is free on Smashwords. Oddly enough, this title is not only in the Kindle store as a self-published book, but is also for sale from the publisher at a higher price.Book Description
The author of The Blood of Roses presents the dark forests and royal intrigues of medieval England. En route to her wedding, Lady Servanne's party is attacked by notorious Black Wolf and his band. Her kingdom's future is changed forever when she and Black Wolf submit to their growing passion, and he claims to be the true heir to her future husband's title.
Marrying Miss Shylo ($2.99 Kindle), by Sharon Ihle, is also free on Smashwords. EPUB is the best choice there, as it's easily converted for the Kindle using Calibre (if you don't have Calibre, then grab the PDF or RTF (save it as DOC) to email to Amazon for conversion).Book Description
PASSIONATE DECEPTION: Shylo McBride never thought her little fib about being related to the president would result in a proposal from Dimitri Adonis. He certainly was as stunningly handsome as his Greek god namesake, but Shylo had no real desire to marry—all she wanted was a ticket out west so she could find her mother.
Dimitri had his own less than noble motives for posing as a wealthy aristocrat and seducing an American debutante. While he and Shylo struggled with their tangled web of lies, they discovered that beneath their deceptions lay true love’s sweet embrace.
Letters from the Lost: A Memoir of Discovery (Our Lives: Diary, Memoir, and Letters) ($24.95 Paperback), by Helen Waldstein Wilkes, is free as an ebook, direct from from her publisher, in celebration of the book winning the Alberta Reader's Choice award. Once on their website, click on the 'ebook' tab, then 'download the entire book. It's in PDF format, but there is no DRM, so it's easily converted for the Kindle.Book Description
On March 15, 1939, as Hitler's army rolled into Prague, Helen Waldstein's father snatched the last exit visa from a distracted clerk and fled with wife and child. Only letters from the rest of their family could follow as the Nazis closed in. Through the war years, letters kept coming to the southern Ontario farm where Helen's small family learned to speak English, to be Canadian farmers, and to forget they were Jewish.
Helen did not notice when the letters stopped coming, but they surfaced intermittently until she couldn't ignore them anymore. Reading the letters changed everything. As her past refused to keep silent, Helen followed the trail of letters back to Europe to find living witnesses of what the letters related. She has here interwoven their stories and her own in an engrossing narrative of suffering and rescue, survivor guilt and overcoming obstacles to intergenerational dialogue about a traumatic past.
