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New Year Island

April 21, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is New Year Island, by Paul Draker, is regularly $3.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 221 customer reviews.

Genre: Suspense

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

THE STAKES ARE HIGH…

Ten strangers, recruited by an edgy new reality show and marooned on an abandoned island overrun by wildlife.

One dies in a horrible accident.

Nine realize they are all survivors, alive only because they’ve beaten amazing odds once before.

One by one, their hidden secrets are revealed.

Eight discover they are trapped. Caught in a game so deadly that the most terrifying experiences of their lives were only its qualifying round, they now face the greatest danger on the island… each other.

There’s nothing more deadly than a survivor-type with their back against the wall. And one of them is not who he or she claims.

Seven fight to escape.

Six try to solve the mystery of who lured them there and why.

Five… Four…

Will anyone survive New Year Island?

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About the Author:

Paul Draker writes tightly-plotted, gritty modern thrillers that combine a well-crafted mystery whodunit with gripping psychology and relentless suspense. Each novel is an immersive roller coaster thrill ride, filled with twists that keep the reader guessing, right up until the last page.

In sixth grade, when Paul was nine, a classmate liked a story he wrote and took it home. The horrified parents called the school and demanded that whoever wrote it be sent to see a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist asked Paul if he could keep a copy of the story… and then asked Paul to sign it for him.

Paul lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife and three daughters. An avid scuba diver, he has spent much time underwater in Palau, Yap, Honduras, Thailand, Hawaii, the Florida Keys, the cenote caverns of the Yucatan, the Caribbean, the Virgin Islands, Caicos, and the “Red Triangle” off California’s coast. He also enjoys skiing, swimming, and windsurfing, and has had extensive tactical training in firearms. After one too many high-speed motorcycle crashes, he is no longer allowed to own open-class sportbikes, which is probably a good thing for him and everyone else.

Paul has worked in the aerospace/defense industry on a variety of classified and unclassified programs for DARPA, Navy, Army, and Marine Corps, ranging from strategic national missile systems to technology augmentation for small-team tactical infantry units. He has also led a Silicon Valley technology startup delivering massively-scalable custom Internet software to Fortune 500 clients including Hewlett Packard and Robert Half International, and headed a leading videogame studio developing mobile games for top-tier publishers such as EA, Disney/Pixar, Sega, Warner Brothers, and THQ. He holds advanced degrees in electrical and aerospace engineering from MIT, Stanford, and U.C. Berkeley. This broad-ranging engineering expertise lends impeccable technical authenticity to his stories.

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Corporate Ties

April 20, 2014 by Michael Gallagher 1 Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Corporate Ties, by E.L. Loraine, is regularly $4.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 25 customer reviews.

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Corporate Ties the latest title by Best Selling Author E. L. Loraine

Olivia Grayson, smart, beautiful and rising star in the corporate world of Dolby, Inc.

Olivia is determined to be successful. She’s smart, beautiful and driven. While working her way up the corporate ranks in her first job out of Grad School at Dolby Incorporated, Olivia finally has a chance to prove just how talented she is. The client she’s been given is Matasuki International, but when she starts reading through the files on the company she finds something disturbing. There are convenient deaths associated with their acquisitions division. The man behind this company is Isamu Matasuki, a powerful and ruthless chairman. Yet there seems to be only generic press release type information on him. When she asks her long time friend and co-worker in the legal department to get her more information from his former job at the FBI, he disappears and Olivia knows it’s because of Matasuki and his shadowy companion.

Determined to find out what happened to her friend Paul, and keep her boss, Tyson Grant and Dolby protected, she enlists the help of neighbor, lover, corporate security specialist, and private investigator, Brian. Olivia knows she can use Matasuki’s interest in Dolby and her to get close enough to stop him, but is the risk worth it? Even if she saves Dolby, he’ll just move on to the next. Can she just sit back and let that happen or is Olivia willing to lose everyone and everything she loves in order to take Matasuki down?

E.L. Loraine’s Corporate Ties, is a sizzling hot, mystery romance set among the concrete and steel jungle of New York City and the corporate ties that bind it. Another multi level plot keeps you turning pages as Olivia finds she’s caught right in the very middle of this world of love, lust, and greed as the players fight for power on the corporate battle field.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/42014 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Corporate Ties.

About the Author:

After four years writing best selling YA fantasy, Elizabeth Loraine has released her first Contemporary Romance with Corporate Ties. With another strong female lead character and thickly layered plot. She lives in Florida with her husband, loves gardening, cooking and travel.

You can visit Elizabeth’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/loraine into your web browser.

Nefarious: The Blackwell Files

April 19, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Nefarious: The Blackwell Files, by Steven F. Freeman, is regularly $3.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars based on 38 customer reviews.

Genre: Thriller

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

“A heady thriller that gathers force with the understated menace of a tidal wave, then smashes home…Readers will be absorbed by Freeman’s never-flashy expertise…Superb touches of eeriness creep in.” Kirkus Indie Reviews .

When Army Communications Captain Alton Blackwell takes a hit to the leg while on active duty in Afghanistan, his self-confidence and his leg are equally shattered in the explosion. Assigned to a desk job while recovering, Blackwell manages to prove his resourcefulness as he matches wits with Al-Qaeda operatives in the dangerous regions of Kabul. Unable to fully heal, he resigns himself to the abrupt end of his military career as well as any hope to win the affections of the beautiful and intelligent Lieutenant Mallory Wilson.

Upon returning state-side, the quiet civilian life is quickly left far behind when Blackwell’s colleague Zach Lambert calls him from a weekend camping trip in the throes of a devastating illness with forbidding implications. In a story out of today’s headlines, Blackwell and now-FBI Agent Wilson explore the possible diversion of a biotech’s project to develop an improved vaccine, scouring leads at the CDC and biotec company, putting their Army and professional skills to the test, and narrowly escaping agents with a murderous agenda at every turn. The closer they come to the truth, the quicker the bodies pile up, along with the suspects. To get to the bottom of the sinister scheme, can Blackwell still use wits when his body has failed him? And will he survive long enough to tell his colleague of the feelings for her he has long kept secret?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/nefarious into your web browser to pick up your copy of Nefarious: The Blackwell Files.

About the Author:

Thriller/mystery author Steve Freeman is a former member of the US Army’s Signal Corps, a twenty-six year employee of a large American technology company, and an avid traveler who has visited five continents. “The Blackwell Files” novels draw from his firsthand knowledge of military service, the tech industry, and the diverse cultures of our world.

He currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.

You can visit Steven’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/sfreeman into your web browser.

Murder on Potrero Hill

April 18, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Murder on Potrero Hill, by M.L. Hamilton, is regularly $2.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 54 customer reviews.

Genre: Mystery

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Peyton knows the first suspect is always the husband, but Jake Ryder isn’t acting like a typical suspect. Jake truly loved his wife. So what went wrong?

Stepping into the circle of the social elite, Peyton finds that things work differently when you’re at the top. And Jake Ryder seems to be caught in the epicenter.

Ultimately, Peyton finds that you never know what darkness lurks in the human mind and that some will murder to keep that darkness hidden.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/potrero into your web browser to pick up your copy of Murder on Potrero Hill.

About the Author:

ML Hamilton has been teaching high school English and journalism in Central California for the last 20 years. Teaching students to appreciate literature has made her career rewarding; however, she always dreamed of publishing her own novel.

That dream came true. Her first novel, Emerald, was published by Wild Wolf Publishing in 2010. The sequel to Emerald, The Heirs of Eldon, followed in 2011. The third novel, The Star of Eldon, was released in 2012, with The Spirit of Eldon being released in 2013. The fifth World of Samar book, The Sanctuary of Eldon, will be published in 2014.

In the summer of 2011, she published her first contemporary fiction, Ravensong, and six months later, launched the Peyton Brooks’ series.

Between teaching and writing, she spends her free time walking her two Golden Retrievers and reading. Visit her at her websites: www.worldofsamar.com or authormlhamilton.com for more information.

You can visit ML Hamilton’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/mlhamilton into your web browser.

The Portal’s Choice

April 17, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is The Portal’s Choice, by KD Pryor, is regularly $3.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 29 customer reviews.

Genre: Young Adult

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Portals. Doorways. Gateways. All ways to get in or out of someplace, right? Nothing weird, spooky or otherworldly about them. Or, at least that’s what Tallis Challinor always thought. Tallis is a practical young woman, a writer, a lover of words and a natural storyteller. But she’s not sure what to do when real-life sucks her into a story far stranger than anything she’s ever imagined.

Tallis discovers that portals are passageways between the human and spirit worlds. She finds out that bent-on-evil ghosts can escape from the spirit realm through those gateways whether they are supposed to or not. And when they do, Tallis finds herself the chosen human, picked by the portal in her basement in New Hampshire, to seek out and return the wayward spirits.

All Tallis wants to do is recover from the loss of her parents and settle into her new home. She’d like a boyfriend, someone like the cute guy, Aiden, down the street. She’d like some girlfriends to talk to and maybe even go shopping with. And she’d like the ghosts, the portal, and the responsibility that has been thrust upon her to disappear.
But when the ghosts threaten her new hometown, her friends, and the family she holds so dear, Tallis discovers the inner courage to meet the portal’s challenge and save those most precious to her. Along the way, Tallis learns that she is more than she’s ever imagined herself to be and that she deserves more than she’s ever dreamed possible.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/41714 into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Portal’s Choice.

About the Author:

KD Pryor started life in Missouri, where she read lots of books, even sneaking them into baseball games to the irritation of her father. Kelley graduated with a degree in International and Comparative Studies from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. After college and marriage to a great guy, she decided to pursue a law degree at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Her oldest son was born soon after law school, followed three years later by her daughter and a move to Kentucky. One more son, a move to Ohio and four years later, her family jumped on the opportunity to move to India. They lived in Bangalore, now Bengaluru, for four wonderfully chaotic years, traveling all over Asia, Australia and Europe.

Now, settled in New Hampshire with her family and herd of cats (only three), she can often be found in her office, working on the next installment of “The Gatekeepers of Em’pyrean” series, reading one of a dozen books she has started, and dreaming of her future travel destinations.

You can visit KD Pryor’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/kdpryor into your web browser.

The Advocate’s Ex Parte

April 16, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is The Advocate’s Ex Parte, by Teresa Burrell, is $3.99 today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 118 customer reviews.

Genre: Mystery

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Attorney Sabre Brown is summoned into Judge Lawrence Mitchell chambers for an ex parte hearing. When the judge attempts to discuss one of her cases, she refuses to listen without proper counsel present.

Later that evening, Judge Mitchell is murdered.

Sabre’s shock at his death is only surpassed by an attempt on the life of Dr. Carolina Heller, a psychologist she employs on a regular basis. Sabre now fears for her own life.

Sabre enlists her private eye JP, and they begin to comb and scrutinize her cases, searching for connections between the two crimes. But Sabre’s life is in danger from someone much closer to her.

Sabre and JP’s roads diverge. While JP infiltrates a twisted world of greed and corruption, Sabre is caught up in a domestic crisis fueled by obsession. As each is forced to fight their own battles, the question soon becomes, can they find a way to save one another?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/exparte into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Advocate’s Ex Parte.

About the Author:

AUTHOR, ATTORNEY, ADVOCATE.

Teresa Burrell has dedicated her life to helping children and their families in both the courtroom and the classroom.

As an attorney in San Diego, Burrell maintained a private law practice for twelve years, which specialized in domestic, criminal, and civil cases. Her work in juvenile court focused on representing abused minors and juvenile delinquents. Burrell has received several awards and special recognition from the San Diego Volunteer Lawyers for her countless hours of pro bono work with children and their families.

Burrell has also enjoyed a satisfying career as a teacher. She has taught children of all ages with diverse backgrounds and special needs. After creating an after-school program that kept kids off the street, she received a community service award.

Now in semi-retirement in California, Burrell continues to educate groups about social issues impacting children and write novels, many of which are inspired by actual legal cases. She is the author of The Advocate Series which now contains five novels: The Advocate, The Advocate’s Betrayal, The Advocate’s Conviction, The Advocate’s Dilemma, and the Advocate’s Ex Parte. She is currently working on number six in the series.

You can visit Teresa’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/burrell into your web browser.

Curse The Moon: Cold War Rising

April 15, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Curse The Moon: Cold War Rising, by Lee Jackson, is regularly $3.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars based on 32 customer reviews.

Genre: Thriller / Historical Fiction

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Award Winning Author Lee Jackson Brings Heat To The Cold War! When the darkness of night is your only camouflage, you learn to Curse the Moon.

Critically Acclaimed

“Riveting. Couldn’t put it down.” Lieutenant-General Ricky Lynch (Retired), former Commanding General, 3rd Infantry Division during the Surge in Iraq.

“Curse the Moon is a powerful read with attention to the details of atmosphere and setting.” Diane Donovan, MidwestBookReview

“Atcho is at his best when he’s being Atcho–taking names and kicking ass. Highly enjoyable when in all-out-action mode…” Kirkus Reviews

A Story Of Tenacity And Courage

The Cold War. A backdrop to betrayal. A playground to power. He is called Atcho. Cuban-born. West Point Graduate. To save his daughter, he must be a sleeper agent to men he’d rather kill!

Atcho’s rise opens doors into US National Defense even as a seemingly omniscient KGB officer holds unflinching sway over his actions. His public life clashes with secrets that only he and his tormentor share, isolating him in a world of intrigue among people whom he is determined to protect.

“Lee Jackson writes in the style of the early and notable Robert Ludlum or Ken Follett. The story is action-packed, riveting, adrenaline-pumping reading that is sure to make this a best-seller. The moon can be friend or enemy and Atcho clearly knows the difference! Superb historical thriller!” Crystal Book Reviews

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/u1inxs into your web browser to pick up your copy of Curse The Moon: Cold War Rising.

About the Author:

Lee Jackson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and grew up in Tangier, Morocco. When he was 12 years old, his family returned to the US, and when he was 20, he enlisted in the Army. A year later, the Vietnam war ended. Lee then attended and graduated from West Point, and served on active duty until June, 1982. In 2008, he went back to work for the Department of the Army, and deployed for 19 months each in Iraq and Afghanistan. There, his job was to go into towns and villages and learn anything he could about concerns relating to security, and recommend courses of action to meet military objectives without resorting to lethal methods. He returned to the US in 2013, lives in Texas with his wife, and is a full time writer. Lee Jackson Brings Heat To The Cold War!

You can visit Lee’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/leejackson into your web browser.

Love and Danger Box Set

April 14, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Love and Danger Box Set, a new four-book box set collection by Amy Gamet, is regularly $4.99 but has been discounted to just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 11 customer reviews (the books individually have over 270 customer reviews).

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Book 1: Meant for Her ★★★★☆ (168)

A code only she can break…
A man only she was made for…

Julie Trueblood’s name is found alongside an encrypted message in the safe deposit box of a dead man, bringing Navy investigator Hank Jared to her door, looking for answers.

Hank is supposed to be in the Adirondacks walking his sister down the aisle, not chasing leads on a John Doe murder investigation that doesn’t even appear to be Navy-related. When Julie contacts him and says her life is in danger, Hank finds the perfect place to hide her, right by his side, pretending to be his girlfriend at his sister’s wedding. Now he just needs to remember their relationship is all an act.

Sparks fly between Hank and Julie as they defend against a hidden enemy and seek out the truth in this deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Guided by her generous and quirky Aunt Gwen, Julie will gather the courage to unravel the cipher that was meant for her to decode, as she learns to trust the man she was meant to love.

Book 2: Meghan’s Wish ★★★★☆ (77)

This Christmas, a lonely man will find true love, a sick child will regain her health, and a young mother will learn the power of forgiveness…

Meghan O’Connor’s daughter Fiona is ill, forcing Meghan to return to the family she ran away from as a pregnant teenager. She’s afraid they won’t forgive her for leaving town with Liam Wheaton, the boy they tried so hard to keep her away from, a wanted criminal and the father of her baby.

Years passed before the truth was revealed, sending Meghan running again, this time with her daughter. They stayed away until Fiona’s illness forced them back home to Largo. Meghan never expected to find Liam there, looking sexier than ever and mad as all hell.

Largo sheriff Ricky Powell has always had it in for Liam, all the way back to second grade when it was clear a young Meghan preferred to sit next to the son of the town drunk instead of him. Now Meghan’s back in town and Ricky’s determined to bring Liam down once and for all–even if it means signing Fiona’s death-warrant.

Book 3: The One Who Got Away ★★★★☆ (20)

The woman he could never forget…
The killer he never knew existed...

Artist Gwen Trueblood is shocked to discover her husband David’s accidental death was actually premeditated murder. Almost as troubling is the revelation that he was in the Witness Protection Program, making Gwen question how well she knew her husband at all. Only one person can give her the information she needs, but he’s the very last person on earth Gwen wants to speak to.

U.S. Marshal Colin Mitchell was like a brother to David Beaumont when they were growing up, until Colin realized he and his friend’s fiancé shared an almost cosmic connection. When Gwen has a spicy daydream and Colin experiences it right along with her, it’s too much for him to resist. He makes a move that ultimately costs him both the woman he loves and his relationship with David.

Colin was in charge of the investigation into David’s death. The case is reopened, bringing David’s murderer out of hiding and putting Colin and Gwen directly in the path of evil itself.

Book 4: Artful Deception ★★★★☆ (3)

The family he has no way to rescue…The woman he has no right to love…

Undercover FBI agent Rowan Mitchell married Tamra de Toffoli because he believed she was carrying his baby. The truth was far more sinister, and on the day Rowan asks for a divorce, Tamra and the baby are kidnapped and the painting he was assigned to protect is stolen.

Becky O’Connor sees the story on the news and recognizes Rowan immediately. She comes to Rowan’s aid and is quickly drawn into a deadly search that will take her to the edge of right and wrong, where true love awaits those who dare to accept it under any circumstances.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/227 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Love and Danger Box Set.

About the Author:

Visit me on the web at www.amygamet.com.

I have three kids, a husband, a slightly stinky and poorly trained dog, and an ancient calico cat who doesn’t like people.

My house is in a perpetual state of disarray despite my constant attempts to clean it. Old women at grocery stores tell me how lucky I am, that it all goes so fast, and I nod my head and say something pithy like, “It sure does!” while trying to keep the baby from changing the language on the card reader screen or voiding my entire transaction.

I’m that woman.

People ask when I find time to write, and I point to my husband, the sweet frazzled sight of him as he hoses down a screaming child with one hand and unloads the dishwasher with the other. That, my friends, is romance. Well, it’s what the best romances turn into if you’re lucky.

As you read this, I’m probably putting someone into time-out, cleaning something, or explaining to my progeny why I put him/her into time-out or why I shouldn’t have to clean whatever it was I just cleaned. Or maybe, if your timing is just perfectly right, I’m sitting on the purple reclining loveseat in a basement full of toys, writing my next big novel while my husband takes care of the chaos for a while.

For him, and for the kids and the stinky, cranky pets, and for the opportunity to tell you a story, I am grateful. I hope you enjoy my work.

You can visit Amy’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/amygamet into your web browser.

A Silent Tide

April 13, 2014 by Michael Gallagher 2 Comments

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is A Silent Tide, by William Johnson, is regularly $5.99 but has been discounted to just $2.99 today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 37 customer reviews.

Genre: Thriller

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Beginning with the brutal 1927 ambush of Chesapeake Bay rumrunners at a fog shrouded cove on Maryland’s eastern shore and culminating with a final showdown eighty years later when truth meets justice at Harpers Creek Marina in Mathews, Virginia, “A Silent Tide” brings to life the 2007 story of a bay side community racially rocked by the murder of favorite son, all-state athlete Jimmy Jarvis, and the trial of Jamal Billups, the African American man charged with the crime.

One-half Michener’s “Chesapeake” and one-half “To Kill a Mockingbird”, “A Silent Tide” follows the path of attorney David Forbes who, with his wife and two children, moves to this small southern community to escape his hectic world as a Federal Prosecutor in Washington D.C. What Forbes wanted was the quiet world of a country lawyer and to raise his family in the land of steamed blue crab, salt water marsh, nesting ospreys and the great tranquility of the Chesapeake Bay. What he got was an idyllic life sent into a tailspin when he gets appointed to represent Billups and commits the unforgivable sin of believing his client is an innocent man.

From the decks of deadrise fishing boats and the boardrooms of Washington law firms, to the drug warehouses of East Baltimore and a Los Zeta heroin distribution center in Sinaloa, Mexico, “A Silent Tide” propels the reader on a page turning ride as Forbes weaves his way through a world of drug smuggling, corruption and murder, dangerously searching for the truth until he is faced with either pleading an innocent man guilty or having his own family killed if he continues his pursuit of the true murderer of Jimmy Jarvis. Undaunted in his task, and befriended by the irascible 89 year old waterman, Walter Taylor, Forbes perseveres until attorney and killer come face to face in an unforgettable pre-dawn dual on a storm tossed sea.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/41314 into your web browser to pick up your copy of A Silent Tide.

About the Author:

“A Silent Tide” is Mr. Johnson’s first novel. His first published work was the critically acclaimed non-fiction, “A School in Pennsylvania,” a copy of which is on file at the U.S. Department of Education. Of additional note is that his short story, “The Death of Redemption” won an award for adult fiction at the 1996 Chesapeake Writers Conference.

Mr. Johnson has been practicing law for over twenty years, he was the featured defense attorney on the CBS program “48 Hours Mystery – The Taylor Behl Murder” and has twice been proudly elected to serve on the Mathews County School Board. Mr. Johnson, his wife and their five children, live in Bavon, Virginia, among the watermen, at the southern tip of Mathews County.

Visit my website www.williamjohnsonbooks.com

You can visit William’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/wjohnson into your web browser.

Home Again

April 12, 2014 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today’s Featured Kindle Book of the Day is Home Again, by Kathleen Shoop, is just 99 cents today in the Amazon Kindle store; this book has received an average user rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 26 customer reviews.

Genre: Romance

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

ROMANCE, LOVE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT!

A Novella set in 1969 on the shores of the Albemarle Sound, April Harrington has fond memories of summers at her family home, Bliss. After her fairytale wedding disintegrates, it becomes her refuge–the one place where she can attempt to pull the unraveling threads of her life back together. Unbeknownst to April, the stately house has been neglected in recent years. The once-sturdy roof is leaking in a few dozen places, and the wharf is rotting. Nothing is the same as she remembers. Nothing except for Hale, a Viet Nam pilot who is haunted by a dreadful secret, and who is also her brother’s best friend, a brother killed in the conflict that is tearing the country apart.

In Hale’s presence, April finds familiarity and solace. They share grief for a lost loved one, and from the comfort of Hale’s arms, passion blooms. Yet, April’s future is unresolved. Her wealthy, arrogant almost-bridegroom wants her back and the ghosts of Viet Nam are whispering to Hale. Can they find new love in an old treasured home, the kind of affection and trust that lasts forever?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/st2l49 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Home Again.

About the Author:

Thank you for reading about me here and for purchasing my novel! I’m married with two children. I’ve been seriously writing for almost a decade although I dabbled much earlier than that! I’ve had short stories published in four Chicken Soup for the Soul books, am a regular contributor to a local magazine, Pittsburgh Parent, and have had essays in local newspapers as well.

I have a PhD in Reading Education and have worked in schools for over twenty years. I work with teachers and their students in grades k-8 and am lucky to learn something new from them every time I walk through their doors. This experience was a huge help in writing LOVE AND OTHER SUBJECTS–a quirky, post-college coming of age story.

My first novel, The Last Letter (2011 IPPY Gold Medal–Regional Fiction, Midwest, 2011 Indie Excellence Finalist Award for Historical Fiction and Regional Fiction, 2011 International Book Awards Finalist for Historical Fiction and Best New Fiction), was a fascinating trip through history, punctuated with fictional characters and events. The idea for the story grew from my great-great grandmother’s letters (see My Dear Frank for the complete set of letters!) written during the year of her engagement to Frank Arthur. The beautiful letters are the inspiration for the novel, the seed from which The Last Letter’s characters and their voices grew.

I’ve also written women’s fiction–LOVE AND OTHER SUBJECTS– and have written another historical fiction novel, AFTER THE FOG, set in 1948 in a town not far from Oakmont, PA. AFTER THE FOG is also an award winning book–silver IPPY and WINNER in the literary category of the National Indie Excellence Awards.

Right now, I’m finishing up a 20,000 word short love story for an anthology and am also using my characters and setting from THE LAST LETTER as per reader request to show what happened between the two timelines in the original book! I hope readers will enjoy the fact I write about varied eras and places and that they will love each book for its unique setting and time.

You can visit Kathleen’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/shoop into your web browser.

New Year Island

Corporate Ties

Nefarious: The Blackwell Files

Murder on Potrero Hill

The Portal’s Choice

The Advocate’s Ex Parte

Curse The Moon: Cold War Rising

Love and Danger Box Set

A Silent Tide

Home Again

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