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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Nook Daily Find 4/13

The Shadow of Your Smile ($9.39 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), by Susan May Warren [Tyndale House], is the Nook Daily Find.
Book Description
A beautiful blanket of snow may cover the quaint town of Deep Haven each winter, but it can’t quite hide the wreckage of Noelle and Eli Hueston’s marriage. After twenty-five years, they’re contemplating divorce . . . just as soon as their youngest son graduates from high school. But then an accident erases part of Noelle's memory. Though her other injuries are minor, she doesn’t remember Eli, their children, or the tragedy that has ripped their family apart. What’s more, Noelle is shocked that her life has turned out nothing like she dreamed it would. As she tries to regain her memory and slowly steps into her role as a wife and mother, Eli helps her readjust to daily life with sometimes-hilarious, sometimes-heartwarming results. But can she fall in love again with a man she can’t remember? Will their secrets destroy them . . . or has erasing the past given them a chance for a future?

UK Kindle Daily Deal 4/13

Spartacus: The Gladiator (£1.19 UK), by Ben Kane, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.89).
Book Description
Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace, a land north of Greece, that he once fought in the Roman legions and that, during two fateful years, he led a slave army which nearly brought Rome to its knees.

In Ben Kane's brilliant novel, we meet Spartacus as he returns to Thrace, ready to settle down after a decade away. But a new king has usurped the throne. Treacherous and violent, he immediately seizes Spartacus and sells him to a Roman slave trader looking for new gladiators.

The odyssey has begun which will see Spartacus become one of the greatest legends of history, the hero of revolutionaries from Karl Marx to Che Guevara, immortalised on screen, and now brought to life in Ben Kane's great bestseller - a novel which takes the story to its halfway point and is continued in Spartacus: Rebellion.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Author Spotlight - Jocelynn Drake

In addition to Angel's Ink, currently free from B&N and Amazon, the rest of Jocelynn Drake's current catalog, both novels and novellas, are on sale for $0.99 today. This includes two prequel novellas for the Asylum Tales series (listed first) and the entire Dark Days series (six novels and a novella prequel). All of it is in preparation for the release of Dead Man's Deal, the second novel in the Asylum Tales series, which is currently available for pre-order, with a May 7th delivery date. For audiobook lovers, be sure to check out the companion audiobooks, which are a great deal on most of the titles.

Dead Man's Deal ($9.78 Kindle, $10.99 B&N) pre-order
Book Description
Dead Man's Deal by Jocelynn Drake continues the dark and dangerous adventures of a magical tattoo artist begun in Angel's Ink.

In a gritty urban fantasy world where elves, faeries, trolls, werewolves, and vampires swim free in a sea of humanity, sometimes you need an edge. Looking for a little love? Need some luck? Desperate for revenge? Gage can give you what you need. The most talented tattoo artist in town, he knows the right symbol and the right mix of ingredients and ink to achieve your heart's desire. One tattoo is all it takes. But remember, everything has its price.

The wizards know Gage is using forbidden magic, and they intend to punish him for his transgressions. Too bad if innocent humans and monsters—entire cities—get in the way. They will quell a nascent magical uprising and Gage will be the sacrifice they need. First, though, they have to find him.

The Asylum Interviews: Bronx ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo)
Book Description
The first of two prequel stories to Jocelynn Drake's Angel's Ink. It's not easy being a tattoo artist and a wizard, especially when you're in hiding. Or when a botched ink job has amplified an incubus's existing sex appeal into one that could wreck the whole town. And your only help is a troll.

The Asylum Interviews: Trixie ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo)
Book Description
The second of two prequel stories to Jocelynn Drake's Angel's Ink—the first novel in her new Asylum Tales series about a magical tattoo artist, Gage, and his friends: Trixie, a gorgeous elf who hides her true identity, and a hulking troll named Bronx.

Previously published in the print anthology Unbound, The Dead, the Damned, and the Forgotten ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), is a novella outside of both series.
Book Description
A nightwalker is slain, and suspicion falls on Mira—Fire Starter—the last hope of her immortal race, in Jocelynn Drake's The Dead, the Damned, and the Forgotten.

Bound to Me ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo), is the novella prequel for the Dark Days series
Book Description
Mira, the heroine of Jocelynn Drake's New York Times bestselling Dark Days series, has been a nightwalker for centuries, traveling the globe as an enforcer for a secretive, powerful organization. In Bound to Me, for the first time, we travel back into Mira's distant past to see the great love affair that shaped her.

Nightwalker: Dark Days #1 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo; $3.49 companion audiobook)
Book Description
For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker—an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest shadows. But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her night-prowling breed . . . and may be all that prevents her doom.

The foe she now faces is human: the vampire hunter called Danaus, who has already destroyed so many undead. For Mira, the time has come to hunt . . . or be hunted.

Dayhunter: Dark Days #2 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo; $2.99 companion audiobook)
Book Description
A new day dawns blood red

A master of fire, Mira is the last hope for the world. For centuries she has secretly enforced the history-altering edicts of the Triad. Now she and her unlikely ally—the human vampire hunter, Danaus—have come to Venice, home of the nightwalker rulers. But there is no safety in the ancient city, for the threat of conflict is in the wind . . . with unholy alliances and earth-shattering betrayals taking hideous form in the shadows.

Banished for eons beyond the world's boundaries, the malevolent naturi prepare to feed once again upon a vulnerable earth—and treachery is opening wide the portal that will enable their dread re-emergence. The great battle that has always been Mira's destiny is looming, and she must remain powerful in the face of a shocking revelation: that Danaus, the only creature she dares to trust, is something more than the man he claims to be . . .

Dawnbreaker: Dark Days #3 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo; $3.49 companion audiobook)
Book Description
The dawn brings new terror for the creatures of the night . . .

Those of her race fear Mira for the lethal fire she bends to her will—a power unique among nightwalkers, both a gift . . . and a curse.

The naturi despise Mira for what she is—as they prepare the final sacrifice that will destroy the barriers between the worlds. And once the naturi are unchained, blood, chaos, and horror will reign supreme on Earth.

Mira can trust only Danaus, the more-than-mortal vampire slayer, though he is sworn to destroy her kind. And now, as the day approaches when titanic forces will duel under cover of darkness, destiny draws them toward an apocalyptic confrontation at Machu Picchu. But all is not lost, for a wild card has been dealt to them: a rogue enemy princess who can change the balance of power and turn the dread tide.

Pray for Dawn: Dark Days #4 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo; $3.49 companion audiobook)
Book Description
Vampire enforcer Mira must stop an ancient coven in Pray for Dawn, bestselling author Jocelynn Drake’s fourth action-packed Dark Days novel. A treat for fans of Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, and Kim Harrison—who has praised Drake’s Dark Days series as, “a must-read addition to the urban fantasy genre, filled both with action and satisfying characters”—Prey for Dawn will keep you reading well into the darkest part of the night.

Wait for Dusk: Dark Days #5 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo)
Book Description
Vampire enforcer Mira must thwart the malevolent schemes of an ancient coven in the fifth action-packed Dark Days novel from New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake. Wait for Dusk is gripping, stellar urban fantasy in the vein of Kim Harrison and Vicki Pettersson, with enough sensual heat to enthrall readers of Christine Feehan, J. R. Ward, and Jeaniene Frost.

Burn the Night: Dark Days #6 ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo)
Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake brings her remarkable Dark Days series to a stunning and dramatic conclusion with Burn the Night—a thrilling, page-turning masterwork of urban fantasy that brings the powerful Nightwalker Mira and her cohort, the conflicted vampire slayer Danaus, face to face with their most feared demons as the dreaded Great Awakening approaches. Burn the Night offers superior supernatural thrills and adventure in the bestselling tradition of Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and Kelley Armstrong.

Blood by Moonlight ($0.99 Kindle, B&N, Kobo) is a short story anthology by Jocelynn Drake, Terri Garey and Caris Roane.
Book Description
Just in time for the scariest season of all, three popular paranormal authors come together to tell original tales of romance where Anything can happen under a Halloween moon . . .

Tempers flare and passions rise in Jocelynn Drake's Of Monsters and Men as the local werewolf pack clashes with the Winter Court's Wild Hunt . . .

In Terri Garey's The Ghoul Next Door, a witch and a warlock battle it out for possession of a haunted house, but the ghost may have her own agenda . . .

And, in Trick or Treathen by Caris Roane, a master vampire struggles to stay away from the mortal woman who enflames his very soul.

Audible Semi-Annual $9.95 Sale

It's time once again for Audible's Semi-Annual $9.95 or Less Sale. There are thousands of audiobooks included in the sale, with categories to browse thru including Editors' Picks, Mysteries & Thrillers, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, History, Bios & Memoirs and Business & Self-Dev. If you have a wishlist set up, that's another good way to check for included titles, as the $6.95 sale price will be shown for any titles you've saved there to look at later.

Prices appear to be for those with a subscription membership only (monthly or Annual). You can always join Audible with a free Trial membership, get the sale prices and at the end of your trial, cancel and get the $10/year membership (offered during cancellation only) to continue getting sale prices in the future.

Sale ends April 26 @ 11:59 PM ET (US).

Free Nook App - Where Fairies Dwell

Hidden Object - Where Fairies Dwell ($1.99 Amazon), by DifferenceGames, is this week's Free Friday App from Barnes & Noble.
App Description
Where Fairies Dwell is a beautiful photo based hidden object game.
  • Find items by their pictures. This is the easiest mode and great for kids.
  • Find by items by the word. This is great if your child is just learning how to read and a slight step up in difficulty for everyone.
  • Find items by silhouette. This is a tricky way to play that will often surprise you once you finally find the correct object.
Hints are available if you get stuck and every play through the game will use a different set of items
Get the free App from Barnes & Noble.