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Thursday, July 4, 2013

UK Kindle Daily Deal 7/4

Wounds of Honour (£1.49 UK), by Anthony Riches [Hodder], is the Kindle Deal of the Day for those in the UK (the US edition is $8.66).
Book Description
Thrilling, authentic and action-packed, this novel introduces soldier hero Marcus Valerius: a centurion stationed on Hadrian's Wall in the second century during a revolt against the Roman Empire.

Marcus Valerius Aquila has scarcely landed in Britannia when he has to run for his life - condemned to dishonorable death by power-crazed emperor Commodus. The plan is to take a new name, serve in an obscure regiment on Hadrian's Wall and lie low until he can hope for justice. Then a rebel army sweeps down from the wastes north of the Wall, and Marcus has to prove he's hard enough to lead a century in the front line of a brutal, violent war.

Dare You To (£0.99 UK), by Katie McGarry [Harlequin Teen], is the Kindle Deal of the Day for for Romance Fans in the UK (the US edition is $2.99).
Book Description
"I dare you…"

If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does….

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock—with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him.

But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams—and his life—for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all….

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Kindle Daily Deals 7/3

Today on Amazon's Gold Box, Get Up to 73% Off "Stargate: Atlantis" and "Stargate SG-1" Collections.

Amazon's Android Free App of the Day is Zen³.

Today's Kindle Daily Deal is A Drink Before the War ($1.99), the first Kenzie and Gennaro novel by Dennis Lehane [HarperCollins], with the companion audiobook for $4.99. The third in the series, Sacred, is also on sale at $2.99.

A Drink Before the War
As richly complex and brutal as the terrain it depicts, here is the mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir -- and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester.

A cabal of powerful Boston politicians is willing to pay Kenzie and Gennaro big money for a seemingly small job: to find the missing cleaning woman who stole some secret documents. As Kenzie and Gennaro learn, however, this crime is no ordinary theft. It's about justice. About right and wrong. But in Boston, finding the truth isn't just a dirty business ... it's deadly.
Sacred
A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money…

Enter tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the streets of blue-collar Dorchester, they've seen it all – and survived. But this case leads them into unexpected territory: a place of lies and corruption, where trusting anyone could get them killed, and where nothing is sacred.

Another superior thriller from Dennis Lehane, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Mystic River, Shutter Island, and Gone, Baby, Gone.

Today's Kindle Romance Daily Deal is Omega ($1.99), the third novel in The Penton Vampire Legacy by Susannah Sandlin [Montlake Romance], with the companion audiobook only $0.99. The first two in the series, Redemption and Absolution, are only $3.99 (and can be borrowed from the Prime Lending Library).
Book Description
The bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega. There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton’s humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren. He knows the risks: as the renegade son of the Tribunal’s vicious leader, Will’s capture could doom the resistance. Yet he is determined to prove his worth to his adopted scathe, to his vengeful father—and to former US Army officer Randa Thomas, his beautiful, reluctant partner. Randa has little faith that a former member of the vampire elite has what it takes to fight a war. But as their enemies descend upon Omega, Will’s polished charm—and Randa’s guarded heart—finally give way to the warrior within. Fans of Susannah Sandlin’s Penton Legacy are sure to devour this long-awaited third installment of the steamy paranormal series.

Today's Kindle SciFi/Fantasy Daily Deal is Jack Of Hearts ($1.99), by Ricardo Bare [Bell Bridge Books].
Book Description
Slave. Loner. Assassin.

Some boys throw their hearts away. Jack let a witch take his.

He surrendered it long ago to the Lady of Twilight so that he would never feel heartache—or anything else—again. But there was a price. The Lady transformed him into a callous hunter forced to do her bidding, and now she’s commanded him to chase down and kill a thieving wizard named Moribrand. Love, hope, and human connection are concepts he can no longer comprehend, painful weaknesses he chose to cast aside. But when Jack meets a beautiful girl trapped in a mirror, the impossible happens—he feels an echo of his distant heart, and the sensation staggers him.

Cassandra, a spellbound girl who can only communicate through her mirror image, awakens something in him more dangerous, more impossible, than he ever imagined: a memory of who he once was and how it felt to care about another human being. She challenges his loyalty to the Lady and shows him his heart might be worth saving. What will it take for Jack to take his heart back from a witch, who has no intention of giving it up?

Today's Kindle Teens Daily Deal is The Call of Eirian ($1.99), the second novel in the Faelin Chronicles by C. Aubrey Hall [Skyscape]. The series starts with Crystal Bones and continues with Mage Fire, both currently marked down to $3.99.
Book Description
Faelin twins Diello and Cynthe, children of a Fae mother and human father, found their lives changed forever the day their parents were brutally murdered by a goblin horde. They discovered that their parents' cautious ways hid a lifetime of secrets, including Eirian, a magical sword buried on their farm. Now their little sister has been taken by someone who wants that sword and the ultimate power that comes with it. The twins along with their friends, a goblin boy and a talking wolf pup will have to journey to Embarthi, the realm of the Fae, and seek the family they have never known to find their sister and the truth about their parents mysterious past.

Nook Daily Find 7/3

The Intercept ($8.00 Kindle, $1.99 B&N), a Jeremy Fisk novel by Dick Wolf [HarperCollins], is the Nook Daily Find. Wolf is a two-time Emmy award-winning writer, producer, and creator, is the architect of one of the longest-running scripted shows and most successful brands in the history of television: NBC's Law & Order.
Book Description
Dick Wolf, the celebrated creator of the Law & Order television franchise, makes his literary debut with The Intercept, a taut, driving thriller reminiscent of the classic The Day of the Jackal.

Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet reminds everyone involved that vigilance saves lives.

But New York Police detective Jeremy Fisk—from the department’s Intelligence Division, a well-funded anti-terror unit modeled upon the CIA—suspects that the event is a warning sign that another, potentially more extraordinary scheme has been set in motion. So when a passenger from the same plane disappears into the crowds of Manhattan, it’s up to Fisk and his partner Krina Gersten to find him before the celebrations begin... And time is running out.

UK Kindle Daily Deal 7/3

Masaryk Station (£1.09 UK), by David Downing [Old Street Publishing], is the Kindle Deal of the Day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.43).
Book Description
Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds, a Western withdrawal looks increasingly likely. Berlin’s German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviet forces who occupy half the city, and whose legacy of violence has ripped apart many families.

John Russell works for both Stalin's NKVD and the newly created CIA, trying his best to cut himself loose from both before his double-agency is discovered by either. As tensions between the great powers escalate, each passing day makes Russell’s position more treacherous. He and his Soviet liaison, Shchepkin, seek out one final operation—one piece of intelligence so damning it could silence the wrath of one nation and solicit the protection of the other. It will be the most dangerous task Russell has ever taken on, but one way or the other, it will be his last.

Wish Upon a Star (£0.99 UK), by Olivia Goldsmith [HarperCollins], is the Kindle Deal of the Day for for Romance Fans in the UK (no US edition).
Book Description
From the bestselling author of THE FIRST WIVES CLUB comes a sparkling romantic comedy. Perfect for fans of Candace Bushnell.

For Claire, a secretary from Staten Island who takes the ferry each morning into Manhattan, it’s spent working 9 to 5 at a law firm, reading romantic novels, desperately wishing that her life could be as full of excitement as the heroines featured. That is until she is offered her the chance of a trip to London – all expenses paid.

When Claire sets foot on British soil she falls head over heels in love – with a country. Life in NYC is forgotten as she rents a room and sets out to make a whole new life as an American in London. But she reckons without the obstructive efforts of a very strait laced Englishman…

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Daily Deal - The Third Craft (E)

The Third Craft: A Trilogy ($9.99 $7.69 Kindle), an omnibus by James T. Harris [BPS Books], is today's Deal of the Day at at Diesel E-Books, where it's discounted to $1.40 (8 copies left).
Book Description
In this dramatic one-volume sci-fi trilogy, three spacecraft crash land on Earth following the destruction of a far-off planet by two warring royal houses. Now, with the discovery of the third craft, the rivalry breaks out in an apocalyptic battle to determine Earth's future. It is a battle between equally determined forces involving two princes, the Queen Mother, and the humans the rival aliens have adapted themselves to — including the twins Joe and Hawk and their father Frank Grayer, an intelligence agent for the U.S. Department of Defense.

The Third Craft is a spirited, gripping saga of morality, cosmic civil war, and human evolution — an adventure into the limits of technology, the nature of evil, and the destiny of humankind.

JAMES T. HARRIS is a cosmologist, successful businessman, and self-taught chemist. He was born in Montreal, worked in Northern Ontario, and now lives in London, Ontario. Harris has a broad range of interests, including collecting art, quantum physics, flying as a private pilot, ice hockey, and piano, which he learned to play as an adult. His next novel, The Caretaker, is a graphic ghost story, to be published in 2013.
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.