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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Nook Daily Find 6/8

Strawberry Yellow ($6.39 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), the fifth title in the Mas Arai series by Edgar-winner Naomi Hirahara [Prospect Park Books], is the Nook Daily Find.
Book Description
Curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and unwitting detective Mas Arai is back in this fifth in the Edgar Award–winning series. Naomi Hirahara has created a memorable protagonist unlike any other: a Hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes. In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and murder.

The series' most compelling and evocative mystery yet is set in the strawberry fields of Watsonville, California, where young Mas first arrived as a Hiroshima survivor in the 1940s. He returns for the funeral of a cousin and quickly gets entangled in the murder of a young woman. Was his cousin murdered, too? Mas has to figure out what happened, keep himself safe, and uncover the mystery of the Strawberry Yellow blight and a new strawberry varietal so important that it could be inspiring a murderer.

UK Kindle Daily Deal 6/8

An Affair of Deceit (£0.99 UK), by Jamie Michele [Montlake Romance], is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $3.99).
Book Description
A father’s sins. A daughter’s loyalty. A lover’s protection.

When a charming CIA agent shows up on her doorstep, lawyer Abigail Mason finds herself drawn into the search for a man she had written off long before--her estranged father. Her father’s caught in the agency’s crosshairs, and she’ll do all that she can to figure out just what he’s done.

Agent James Riley knew that the stubborn, tough-as-nails attorney would be a thorn in his side, but he never guessed that he’d feel an undeniable attraction to her. To keep Abigail from stumbling alone into a web of international espionage and danger, he’ll need to bring her into his search and keep her close. But when a madman singles her out as the one who should pay for her father’s sins, Riley will do all he can to protect the woman who’s claimed her heart.

Friday, June 7, 2013

Daily Deal - Beach Season (E)

Beach Season ($12.99 $9.39 Kindle), a collection of novellas by Lisa Jackson, Cathy Lamb, Holly Chamberlin and Rosalind Noonan [Kensington Books], is today's Deal of the Day at at Diesel E-Books, where it's discounted to $2.60 (9 copies left).
Book Description
Golden sand, pounding surf, a sense of endless possibility--and four unforgettable stories of love, friendship, and second chances…

The Brass Ring by Lisa Jackson
It's a beautiful June day, perfect for a wedding--until Shawna learns that her fiancĂ©, Parker, has been involved in a car crash. Though his injuries heal, his memories of her are gone. Yet Shawna won't stop reaching to reclaim the love they once shared…

June's Lace by Cathy Lamb
June MacKenna is done--with her high-pressure legal career, her cheating soon-to-be-ex, and the stress of city living. In her studio on the Oregon coast, she creates beautiful lace wedding dresses, with no intention of ever wearing one again herself. Then songwriter Reece rents the house next door, and sets out to change her mind…

Second Chance Sweethearts by Holly Chamberlin
Thea Foss is putting a bad marriage behind her in the pretty vacation town of Ogunquit, Maine. What's past is past….Until her first love wanders into the local diner, reminding Thea of the person she once was, and the life it's not too late to claim…

Carolina Summer by Rosalind Noonan
Jane Doyle needs to get out of New York--the farther the better. She's headed toward Florida, but thanks to a storm along North Carolina's Outer Banks, she finds herself stranded in a beautiful, remote town that soon feels a lot like home. And thanks to the local sheriff, she finds herself staying longer than she planned--and feeling less lost at sea than ever…
Get the book from Diesel; be sure to check the sales price, as the Deal of the Day often sells out. Deals change at 11AM Eastern Time, USA.

Free Nook App - Wubbzy's Dinosaur Adventure

Wubbzy's Dinosaur Adventure ($1.99 Amazon), by Cupcake Digital Inc., is this week's Free Friday App from Barnes & Noble.
App Description
Wubbzy's Dinosaur Adventure will have children and their parents laughing and learning with their favorite characters from the Emmy® Award-winning Nick Jr. TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy®. Using hands-on teaching activities, developed by seasoned educators, to emphasize and reinforce essential skill building for Matching, Counting, Reading and Site Word Recognition. Kids can also tap into their creative skills as they decorate cupcakes, paint storybook pages and much, much more!

The story includes professional narration, promoting reading through sound and sight. Parents will appreciate the Grown-Up's Corner, which provides thoughtful questions designed to spark conversation while promoting critical thinking and comprehension.
Get the free App from Barnes & Noble.

Kindle Daily Deals 6/7

Today's Gold Box at Amazon is 63% Off Men's Stuhrling Original Swiss-Quartz Ascot Watches" and Lightning Deals on watches all morning (then more items geared towards Father's Day this afternoon).

Amazon has matched the price on the the Nook Daily Find, After Tex ($1.99), the first novel in the Whispering Wind series by Sherryl Woods [Harlequin MIRA].

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is This Body of Death ($1.99), the sixteenth novel in the Inspector Lynley mystery series by Elizabeth George [HarperCollins].
Book Description
The spellbinding new Inspector Lynley novel from Elizabeth George, New York Times bestselling author of Careless in Red and What Came Before He Shot Her.

On compassionate leave after the murder of his wife, Thomas Lynley is called back to Scotland Yard when the body of a woman is found stabbed and abandoned in an isolated London cemetery. His former team doesn't trust the leadership of their new department chief, Isabelle Ardery, whose management style seems to rub everyone the wrong way. In fact, Lynley may be the sole person who can see beneath his superior officer's hard-as-nails exterior to a hidden—and possibly attractive—vulnerability.

While Lynley works in London, his former colleagues Barbara Havers and Winston Nkata follow the murder trail south to the New Forest. There they discover a beautiful and strange place where animals roam free, the long-lost art of thatching is very much alive, and outsiders are not entirely welcome. What they don't know is that more than one dark secret lurks among the trees, and that their investigation will lead them to an outcome that is both tragic and shocking.

A multilayered jigsaw puzzle of a story skillfully structured to keep readers guessing until the very end, This Body of Death is a magnificent achievement from a writer at the peak of her powers.

Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is The Color of Hope ($1.99), by Kim Cash Tate [Thomas Nelson].
Book Description
Hope shines brightest when all seems lost.

Stephanie London led a life of comfort and ease in St. Louis before feeling inexplicably drawn back to her father’s roots in the tiny Southern town of Hope Springs. Charlotte Willoughby has lived there all her life and longs to make a new life somewhere else. Stephanie doesn’t know exactly what she’s doing there—or how to occupy her time. And Charlotte doesn’t understand why, despite her overbearing family and reminders of her failed engagement, she’s suddenly led to stay.

Despite its small-town charm, Hope Springs itself is at a crossroads. After a failed reconciliation attempt by two well-meaning pastors, the town is split along racial and cultural lines, with little hope for redemption.

When a terrible tragedy puts Hope Springs on the national radar, the entire town is tested, and both Stephanie and Charlotte feel their lives unraveling. In the midst of heartache, though, they’ll discover the true color of hope . . .

Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Through the Door ($0.99), by Jodi McIsaac [47North], with the companion audiobook for $1.99. This is the first novel in her Thin Veil series and right now you can pre-order the second, Into the Fire, at half list price.
Book Description
It’s been seven years since the love of Cedar McLeod’s life left with no forwarding address. All she has left of him are heart-wrenching memories of happier times and a beautiful six-year-old daughter, Eden. Then, one day, Eden opens her bedroom door and unwittingly creates a portal that leads to anywhere she imagines.

But they’re not the only ones who know of Eden’s gift, and soon the child mysteriously vanishes.

Desperate for answers, Cedar digs into the past and finds herself thrust into a magical world of Celtic myths, fantastical creatures, and bloody rivalries. Teaming up with the unlikeliest of allies, Cedar must bridge the gap between two worlds and hold tight to the love in her heart…or lose everything to an ancient evil.

The first in the Thin Veil series, Through the Door is a pulse-pounding adventure that takes readers across the globe and deep into the hidden realms of Celtic lore.

Today's Kindle Teens Daily Deal is Little Women and Me ($1.99), by Lauren Baratz-Logsted [Bloomsbury USA Childrens]. Teens may want to read Louisa May Alcott's Little Women first and I suspect fans of the latter of all ages will enjoy this modern take on the classic.
Book Description
Emily is sick and tired of being a middle sister. So when she gets an assignment to describe what she'd change about a classic novel, Emily pounces on Little Women. After all, if she can't change things in her own family, maybe she can bring a little justice to the March sisters. (Kill off Beth? Have cute Laurie wind up with Amy instead of Jo? What was Louisa May Alcott thinking?!) But when Emily gets mysteriously transported into the 1860s world of the book, she discovers that righting fictional wrongs won't be easy. And after being immersed in a time and place so different from her own, it may be Emily-not the four March sisters-who undergoes the most surprising change of all. Lauren Baratz-Logsted's winning confection will appeal to fans of Little Women as well as anyone who enjoys a modern twist on an old favorite.