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Sunday, October 9, 2011

Two Free Harlequin Romances (noDRM)

Harlequin has updated their Try Harlequin page with two new romances in English and three non-English selections. Both of the titles below can be downloaded in either PDF or EPUB format (both DRM-free)

The Inconvenient Duchess (no Kindle edition; free TryHarlequin), by Christine Merrill.
Book Description
Dear Cici and Father,
I have come to Devon and married a duke. And I’m more tired and hungry than I have ever been in my life. Please let me come home.

Compromised and wedded on the same day, Lady Miranda was fast finding married life not to her taste. A decaying manor and a secretive husband were hardly the stuff of girlish dreams. Yet every time she looked at dark, brooding Marcus Radwell, Duke of Haughleigh, she felt inexplicably compelled – and determined – to make their marriage real!

Hired by the Cowboy ($2.93 Kindle; free TryHarlequin), by Donna Alward
Book Description
Wanted: one contract bride!

Alexis Grayson is good at looking after herself – she's been doing it all her life. So what if she's alone and pregnant? She'll cope! But gorgeous cowboy Connor Madsen seems determined to take care of her. And Alexis can help him – he needs a temporary wife; she needs somewhere to live until the baby's born. A short-term marriage will solve all their difficulties!

As Alexis gets to know the courageous, honorable Connor, she realizes that she might have made the biggest mistake of her life. Because all this wife-for-hire wants is a marriage for real!

Free Book (Kindle/EPUB/nook) - Thanksgiving Cookbook

Update: 10/11/11 Now free from Barnes & Noble and Sony.
Update: 10/10/11 Now free for US Kindlers.

Thanksgiving Cookbook (US/UK), by Gooseberry Patch, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store and should be free for those in the US by morning. Barnes & Noble usually catches up in a day or two for this publisher, also.
Book Description
Get a taste of Gooseberry Patch in this collection of over 20 favorite Thanksgiving recipes! Thanksgiving celebrates the feast of all feasts with roast turkey & gravy, vanilla-glazed sweet potatoes, harvest apple cheese cake and more.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from Sony.

Free Book (Kindle) - From the Garden to the City

Update: 10/10/11 Now free for US Kindlers.

From the Garden to the City (US/UK), by John Dyer, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Kregel, and should be free for those in the US by morning.
Book Description
Where does technology belong in the biblical story of redemption?

Believers and unbelievers alike are saturated with technology, yet most give it little if any thought. Consumers buy and upgrade as fast as they can, largely unaware of technology’s subtle yet powerful influence. In a world where technology changes almost daily, many are left to wonder: Should Christians embrace all that is happening? Are there some technologies that we need to avoid? Does the Bible give us any guidance on how to use digital tools and social media?

An experienced Web developer and writer on technology and culture, John Dyer answers these questions and more by walking through the story of the Bible and introducing key ideas about how technology and culture interact. Dyer first analyzes the biblical, theological, and philosophical foundations of technology and then studies several examples that show how technology can influence the spiritual life. For youth pastors, college-aged readers, and anyone interested in understanding how technology fits with faith, From the Garden to the City fills a gap for biblically-informed literature in a technological world.

Free Book (Kindle/EPUB/nook) - I Surrender All

Update: 10/11/11 Now free from Sony and ChristianBook.
Update: 10/10/11 Now free for US Kindlers and from Barnes & Noble.

I Surrender All: Rebuilding a Marriage Broken by Pornography (US/UK), by Clay Crosse and Mark A Tabb, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher NavPress, and should be free for those in the US by morning.
Book Description
Dove Award-winning artist Clay Crosse and his wife, Renee, share their personal story of his struggle with pornography and how they rebuilt their marriage.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.
Get the free ebook from Sony.

Today's Deals

It's the last day for KSO owners to take advantage of the Buy a Biography for $1 off or Save $30 at MYHABIT.

Fictionwise has a new 40% off coupon, 100711 - Exp 10/10/11 (but probably will work thru 10/12)

EPUB formats have added for several free ebooks:

Brown's Requiem ($1.99), by James Ellroy, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
In James Ellroy’s first novel, a PI investigates a deadly conspiracy at one of Los Angeles’s most exclusive country clubs

It would be a stretch to call Fritz Brown a detective. A PI in name only, he washed out of the police force at twenty-five, and makes a cash living doing under-the-table repo work for a sleazy used-car dealer. It’s an ugly job, but Fritz is not one to say no to easy money.

That doesn’t mean he won’t take a case now and then. A caddy visits his office, asking Fritz to dig up dirt on the golf-nut who’s dating his sister. Convinced by the caddy’s suspiciously fat wad of bills, Fritz agrees to investigate, hoping for a chance to meet the girl. Instead he finds himself embroiled in a tangled world of country club intrigue, where wealth can buy innocence and murder is not half as rare as a hole-in-one.

Flight of the Phoenix ($4.79 Kindle; $1.80 B&N), the first in the Nathaniel Fludd, Beastologist series by R. L. LaFevers and Kelly Murphy, is today's Nook Daily Find.
Book Description
Nathaniel Fludd’s life has taken a turn for the worst. With his parents lost at sea, he lands on the doorstep of a distant cousin—the world’s last remaining beastologist. Soon Nate is whisked off on his first expedition, to Arabia, where the world’s only phoenix prepares to lay its new egg. When disaster strikes, Nate quickly finds himself all alone.

Will he be able to see the phoenix safely hatched, keep his accidental pet gremlin out of trouble, and rescue his guardian from the Bedouin? If he fails, nothing will stand between the world’s mythical creatures and extinction.

Too bad Nate’s not the sort of boy who enjoys adventure . . .yet.

Touched by Angels (free Kindle, B&N, Sony) is an indie-published backlist title by Peggy Webb, whose traditionally published Elvis and The Dearly Departed was recently free (it's now $1.99). The sequel, A Prince for Jenny, is also 99 cents, as is another of her romance titles, Dark Fire.
Touched by Angels
Single mom Sarah Love is determined to make a fresh start in Alabama for herself and Jenny. Born special, Jenny struggles to do the things other four-year-olds take for granted. Sarah hadn't counted on Jenny escaping her vigilance and racing in front of Jake Townsend's motorcycle. And she certainly hadn't counted on falling for the sexy, complex daredevil who nearly wrecked his bike to save her child. Nor had Jake, who had lost his own child, expected to find himself drawn into the lives of a courageous mother and her stubborn, endearing daughter. Could Sarah and Jenny be his second chance? Could he be the hero Sarah and Jenny believe him to be? The sequel to this book is A Prince for Jenny.

A Dark Kiss of Rapture ($0.99 Kindle), by Sylvia Day, is free over on AllRomance (PDF) and Smashwords (multiple formats).
Book Description
Of all the Fallen, Raze’s hungers are some of the darkest and most insatiable. His brazen seductions cost him his wings, leaving him soulless and immortal, the most dangerous of seducers. He has roamed the earth for eons, hunting the rogues of his kind and protecting the humans who provide him with blood and sex. He is content with his life and the transient pleasures that flow through it... until one night and one woman change everything.

Kimberly McAdams is smart, beautiful, and wealthy. She can have any man she wants, but the moment she sets eyes on the lethally stunning Raze she knows he’s the man she needs. As one searingly erotic night burns into something deeper and far more vital than either of them expected, an adversary from Raze’s past sees a chance for revenge. Twisted by hatred, she will take from Raze what was taken from her—the precious gift of love.