Two Free Books from Rainbow EBooks

There are once-again two free gay-themed books from Rainbow EBooks for the weekend.

Happy New Year, by Kenn Dahll

Book Description
Zane and his lover survived a horrendous year which began last New Year’s Eve with a car accident on the way home from a party. Misfortunes abounded including a rained-out orgy, a Halloween costume mishap, and a bed collapse in the middle of heavy sex. They were hoping that the New Year would bring better luck.

The evening started out great. The two couples seated on either side of them were both fun to talk to and very attractive. Plans were underway for a future get together for six-way sex when calamity struck!

The Hitchhiker, by habu

Book Description
When Chad stops for a barechested hitchhiker, he’s really not sure exactly why, but young Tim, in a well-woven seduction, convinces him of the real reason. As Tim insists on paying Chad for the ride—with sex—Chad revels in the new experience, but he soon learns the great risk of picking up strangers and giving in to temptation.

Game of the Day - Wispa Forest

Wispa Forest ($2.99), a game download for your PC, is Amazon's Video Game Deal of the Day.

Game Description
Take yourself on an enchanted journey as you aid the fairly-like Wispas in clearing the corruption that has covered the landscape in Wispa Forest. Find and remove foreign objects from beautifully hand-drawn scenes, and complete match-3 puzzle battles to eliminate the sources of evil in the land of Underwood. Discover magic, and uncover the whole story as it is revealed through moving cut scenes. Wispa Forest is a spellbinding adventure the whole family will enjoy!

* A stunning hand-drawn world!
* Moving cut scenes!
* 24 challenging hidden object scenes!
* Exciting Match-3 puzzle battles!
* Unique pop-impressionist style!

Free Magazine - Inaugral Issue of Hammer and Bolter

Hammer and Bolter, Issue #1 is this week's free book from The Black Library. The next issue will be available (directly from them, it appears they are bypassing retailers such as Amazon) in November.

Magazine Description
Hammer and Bolter is a monthly publication that will bring you the best in Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Horus Heresy and Time of Legends fiction from a mix of established names and hot new talent in a download-only format. This first issue is a perfect snapshot of what you can expect in the months ahead.

Dan Abnett pens the return of an old friend from his Eisenhorn sequence in ‘The Strange Demise of Titus Endor’ and we’ve also snuck in a sneak preview of the first chapter of Prospero Burns to keep you ticking over until its release in January 2011. Anthony Reynolds once more ventures into the realm of Brettonia and the travels of noble Calard with a novella-length tale entitled ‘Questing Knight’. In a first for Black Library, Ben Counter and the Soul Drinkers return in the form of Phalanx – a novel serialised over the first year of Hammer and Bolter’s publication. Nick Kyme swings by to face The Inquisition and is interrogated about his current projects and future plans. The hot new talent angle is covered by Sarah Cawkwell and the first portrayal of the Silver Skulls chapter by a Black Library author in ‘Primary Instinct’.

And, something that we certainly won’t be able to repeat but had to include in the premier issue of such an exciting new venture, ‘A Place of Quiet Assembly’, a previously unpublished tale of Gotrek & Felix by genre legend John Brunner! Originally written back in the early nineties for the very first line of Warhammer fiction, the story has been sitting on various hard drives for the past two decades and, as far as we’re aware anyway, is the last remaining unpublished short story by the Stand on Zanzibar author who sadly died in 1995.
- Christian Dunn

Click HERE for the free book; you can choose between the EPUB and MOBI formats and both are DRM-Free! While you are there, be sure to pick up the previous weeks' books, as well, as they are still available.

Free Book (EPUB) - Ghost Child (AU Only)

Random House Australia has a free book for their followers this month, Ghost Child ($13.20 AU Only), by Caroline Overington. The giveaway is limited to Australian customers only (as is the Kindle edition of this book); you sign up for their newsletter HERE, then follow the link and use the coupon code in the email you receive to get the book from Kobo. Kobo ensures that only Australian customers download the book by checking both your mailing address on file and your IP address.

Book Description
In 1982 Victorian police were called to a home on a housing estate an hour west of Melbourne. There, they found a five-year-old boy lying on the carpet. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but the child, Jacob, died the next day.The story made the headlines and hundreds attended the funeral. Few people were surprised when the boy's mother and her boyfriend went to prison for the crime. Police declared themselves satisfied with the result, saying there was no doubt that justice had been done. And yet, for years rumours swept the estate and clung like cobwebs to the long-vacant house: there had been a cover-up. The real perpetrator, at least according to local gossip, was the boy's six-year-old sister, Lauren...Twenty years on, Lauren has created a new life for herself, but details of Jacob's death being to resurface and the story again makes the newspapers. As Lauren struggles with the ghosts of her childhood, it seems only a matter of time before the past catches up with her.

Free Book (nook) - 5 of USA's Best Trips

5 of USA's Best Trips: Our Favorite Themed Itineraries Across America, by Lonely Planet, is free from Barnes & Noble (nook and nook app only). There doesn't appear to be a comparable book available in the Kindle store, but I'd bet these five trips are included in the volume Lonely Planet USA's Best Trips ($9.99), which has 99 trips, is over 15MB in size and 708 pages in print.

Book Description
Five USA Trips handpicked by Lonely Planet, perfect for a fall getaway:

West Virginia
Vermont
Minneapolis to Milwaukee
Alice Waters' Culinary Tour (California)
Whistle-Stop Brewery Tour (Pacific Northwest, with a detour into Canada)

Easy-to-use maps for each trip, plus driving times and directions
Local experts share their favorite trip ideas
Tune in on the road with our regional music playlists
Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
Green index lists the most environmentally friendly options

Click HERE for the free book.