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How to Borrow a Kindle Book (for free, of course)

December 28, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 5 Comments

I’ve been meaning to finish and publish this post for a while now, but it’s been a hectic couple of weeks at the Gallagher household between chasing kids from activity to activity, Christmas, etc. Yes, the best laid plans go somewhere else. Besides, with the posts about the bonanza of free books lately I figured I’ve popped up enough on your Kindle and / or computer screens enough over the past few weeks!

I’ve started, stopped, started, and stopped (you get the picture) on a series of three posts related to various ways to borrow books from third parties that you can read on your Kindle. This one focuses on being able to borrow books from Amazon and read it on your Kindle, all at no direct cost to you.

Notice I typed in “direct cost,” which is a key phrase: Amazon will allow you to borrow one book per month for free and allow you to read it on your Kindle, but you have to be a Prime member. There are two ways you can be a Prime Member:

Pay $79 to Amazon for a year’s membership
Order a Kindle Fire, and you receive a month of Amazon Prime for free

What is Amazon’s Prime Membership? To summarize the benefits of joining (of course, this is not an all-encompassing list):

You receive free two-day shipping; or just $3.99 for next day shipping, on all purchases fulfilled by Amazon. That includes more than just books and CD’s, but the really heavy items like power tools. I bought some woodworking equipment at 3:30 from Amazon two years ago that weighed over 100 pounds, and I paid $3.99 for it to be here before noon the next day. Not only did Amazon have the lower price, but the next lower priced dealer wanted $150 to ship it in 7-10 business days, so it more than paid for itself in one purchase.
You are able to watch over 25,000 movies and TV series for free via Amazon’s streaming video product.
You can browse through over 250,000 books in the Kindle format, and borrow one per month. Sure, there are a lot of titles you haven’t heard of but there are also a lot of blockbuster titles like the Harry Potter series, also.

I am sure there are other benefits, but the two above are what I use it for – as a guy, I hate to go to the mall or other stores, and I seem to purchase nearly everything off of Amazon because of the low price and free two day shipping with my Prime membership; as an accountant in “real” life, I rationalize it a lot like a Sam’s Club membership.

If you would like to get a free one month trial subscription to Prime (see, you knew I would tell you about something free vs. spending $79) or learn more about the Prime membership option, here’s a quick way to get to the correct page:

Go to the Amazon Prime page by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/prime into your computer’s web browser.
On the right-hand side of the page, click on the “Start Your One-Month Free Trial” link.

Try it for free, and if it works out – great, if not – cancel it before they charge you.

Anyway, I appear to be getting off-topic again….

As I was saying earlier, you can borrow one book per month from Amazon…before you get too excited, you can’t borrow every book they have in the Kindle inventory: as I type this, there are a little over exactly 256,145 titles available in the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library. Seeing as how there are 1,777,798 book titles in the Amazon Kindle store right now, that’s not a bad percentage of the population.

So, how do you peruse the titles available for lending? While I am sure there are other ways to do it, here is how you do it on an e-Ink Kindle (Kindle, Kindle Keyboard, Paperwhite, etc.):

Press the “Home” button on your Kindle.
Press the “Menu” key.
Select the “Shop in Kindle Store” option.
Underneath the “Books” section, scroll over to the right and select “See all…”
Scroll down to the last option and select “Kindle Owners’ Lending Library.”

On a Kindle Fire, here is how you do it:

Go to the Books tab.
Click the Store icon.
On the right-hand side of the screen, under “Featured Lists” tap the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library option.

You will now see a list of the books available for borrowing for free from Amazon. You can also change the sort option to view by the various subcategories (mine initially showed up by the bestselling) if there is a particular genre you want to peruse.

One thing I don’t like about doing it this way is you can’t type in the name of a particular book in the lending library and have it show up – on a few test searches I did for various authors, the results displayed were for purchase only. In other words, you’re going to be doing a lot of searching and hitting the next page button which is a little bit of a pain in the neck.

Anyway, back to how I borrowed a book from Amazon…

At the listing of the books by bestselling, I just kept hitting the next page button until I saw something I liked. The next screen is what I would call the regular information page about a book on my Kindle but in addition to the “Buy” button , right below that was a “Borrow for Free” button. I selected the “Borrow for Free” button, and the next screen that popped up looked familiar:

Michael,

Thank you for borrowing this title. We are sending your item and it will automatically appear in your Home screen when the download is complete.

It took less than 10 seconds for the book I selected to appear on my Kindle, and I just saved $8.29.

On my Kindle Keyboard, I pressed the Home button and found the book, then selected it with the 5-way controller, where my Kindle then started me at the book’s preface. One thing to note – there is no distinction or “warning” sign that this is a loaned book, it all looked the same to me.

So, there’s your short tutorial on borrowing a book from Amazon: hope that helps!

Michael

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Today’s Free App of the Day

December 28, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 1 Comment

Each day, Amazon offers a free Android App of the Day that could be a game, utility, or who knows? Each deal lasts for just 24 hours and, after that period is over it goes back to paid status and a new app is the App of the Day. In addition to your Kindle Fire, these apps will also work with your Android-based smartphones and tablet computers.

Today’s Free App of the Day is EDGE Extended and this game is normally $2.99 in the Amazon App Store but is free for today only.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Develop your telekinetic strength by pushing a Cube within a geometric universe. But beware! You are not alone…

EDGE Extended introduces a brand new 3D graphics engine, 48 original levels, 23 unique tunes and new gameplay mechanics. Platforms, enigmas and reflexes combine to make EDGE Extended a rich and comprehensive game.

You can pick up your free copy of EDGE Extended by clicking here or typing in http://smarturl.it/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal

December 28, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 1 Comment

Amazon’s Kindle Daily Deal is a one-day only offer where a specific Kindle book for adults, one for young readers (children or young adults), a romance, and a science fiction / fantasy title have been hand-selected by the editors at Amazon and significantly discounted for today only.

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal for adults is Under the Dome by Stephen King, and this book was $19.90 yesterday in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted 90% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 1,620 customer reviews. I read this one right after it came out and thought it was very good.

Today’s Kindle Kids Daily Deal is 11 books from the award-winning, best-selling series starring independent-minded third grader Judy Moody priced at just $1.99 each.

Today’s Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Daily Deal is Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, and this book was $9.99 yesterday in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted 80% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 636 customer reviews.

Today’s Kindle Romance Daily Deal is These Old Shades, a romance title by Georgette Heyer, and this book was $11.71 yesterday in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted 83% to just $1.99 for today only. This book has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 105 customer reviews.

You can check each of them out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser.

Here is the Under the Dome book description from the Amazon website:

On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “the dome” comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when — or if — it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens — town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing — even murder — to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Under the Dome.

With 11 books for the Kids Kindle Daily Deal, that’s a little much to list out individually. However, here is the first book in the series, Judy Moody , book description from the Amazon website which has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 50 customer reviews:

The first day of third grade puts Judy Moody in a mad-face mood. She just knows everyone will come back from summer vacation with word T-shirts, like “Disney World” or “Jamestown: Home of Pocahontas.” All Judy has is a plain old no-words T-shirt. She’ll have to go to a new classroom, with a new desk, and she won’t have an armadillo sticker with her name on it like she did last year. And knowing her luck, she’ll end up sitting next to Frank, the boy who eats paste. For breakfast her dad makes eggs with the yellow middle broken, and her younger “bother,” Stink, thinks he knows everything now that he’s starting second grade. But bad moods never last long with the irrepressible Judy Moody, and before long, her day–and year–look brighter. Mr. Todd assigns the class a “Me” collage, which sets Judy on a lively and hilarious self-exploration over the next few action-packed weeks.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of Judy Moody .

Here is the Odd Thomas book description from the Amazon website:

Odd Thomas demonstrates Dean Koontz at his pinnacle, providing terrific entertainment that deals seriously with some of the deepest themes of human existence: the nature of evil, the grip of fate, and the power of love.
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Here is the These Old Shades book description from the Amazon website:

Set in the Georgian period, about 20 years before the Regency, These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Heyer’s career. It features two of Heyer’s most memorable characters: Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, and Leonie, whom he rescues from a life of ignomy and comes to love and marry.
The Duke is known for his coldness of manner, his remarkable omniscience, and his debauched lifestyle. Late one evening, he is accosted by a young person dressed in ragged boy’s clothing running away from a brutal rustic guardian. The Duke buys “Leon” and makes the child his page. “Leon” is in fact Leonie, and she serves the Duke with deep devotion. When he uncovers the true story of her birth, he wreaks an unforgettable revenge on her sinister father in a chilling scene of public humiliation.

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6 Free Kindle Books This Morning

December 28, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 7 Comments

Here are six FREE Kindle books for you in the Amazon Kindle store for your Friday morning: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website but please make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

The Descent Series, Books 1-3 by S.M. Reine is a brand new compilation of three highly-rated books in one volume; I received a note from the author this compilation would be free through December 31st.

Category: Fantasy

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

This is a collection of the first three titles in The Descent Series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of Heaven and Hell. (Approx. 200,000 words total.)

Books included:
1. Death’s Hand
2. The Darkest Gate
3. Dark Union

DEATH’S HAND
Elise Kavanagh doesn’t want to hunt demons anymore. It’s been five years since she killed her last enemy, and life has been quiet since then. She went to college. Got a job, and then lost it. Made a friend or two. Lived a normal life. Now her former partner, a powerful witch named James Faulkner, wants Elise to fight one more time. The daughter of a coven member has been possessed, and Elise is the only exorcist nearby.

Becoming a hero again would mean risking discovery by old enemies. But digging into the case reveals that it might already be too late–bodies are disappearing, demons slither through the night, and the cogs of apocalypse are beginning to turn. Some enemies aren’t willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead…

THE DARKEST GATE
When Elise Kavanagh retired from demon hunting, she swore it would be permanent. But an attack from a powerful necromancer forced her back into the business, and now she’s trying to balance her normal boyfriend and normal job with everything supernatural.

Mr. Black is a demon hunter gone rogue. He’s enslaving angels and stealing ethereal artifacts in pursuit of forbidden immortality, and an old grudge drives him to make his final stand in Elise’s territory. Destroying her life and killing her friends isn’t the goal, but it’s a definite perk.

A demonic overlord offers to join against Mr. Black and protect Elise’s loved ones. All she needs to do is ally with the demons she’s sworn to kill, at the cost of her morals–and maybe her immortal soul. But once she crosses that line, there’s no turning back.

Nothing is sacred when Heaven and Hell collide on Earth…

DARK UNION
Every fifty years, the most powerful ethereal and infernal beings convene on Earth to resolve conflicts with mediation by kopides–humans born to police relations between Heaven and Hell. They’re meeting in Elise Kavanagh’s territory this year, and she used to be the greatest kopis in the world. But she’s not invited.

An old friend, Lucas McIntyre, asks her to attend the summit in his place. But when she arrives, she discovers that a human faction called The Union has taken charge of the summit, and they’re not playing nice. Worse yet, someone has killed a prominent Union member… and now they’re demanding blood.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/qqzdhf into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Welcome to Fred by Brad Whittington has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 43 customer reviews. I received a note from the author this book would be free through December 29th.

Category: Religious Fiction

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

Mark Cloud has his doubts. He’s not sure if he’ll ever feel at home in Fred, Texas. He’s not sure that he can work up the nerve to declare his love to the girl of his dreams. He’s not sure he will survive another ride with Darnell Ray, Terror of the Back Roads. And he’s not really sure he buys the whole God thing. Which is an uncomfortable position for the son of a Baptist preacher.

This award-winning novel is a moving and hilarious tale set against the vibrant backdrop of the 1960s and rural America. It is the timeless and classic story of Everyteen in the hands of a master storyteller.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/rk7dz0 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Tell Your Time: How to Manage Your Schedule So You Can Live Free by Amy Lynn Andrews has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 83 customer reviews. I received a note from the author this book would be free through December 30th.

Category: Advice & How-To

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

Tell Your Time is a very short, practical ebook outlining a straightforward yet effective approach to time management. A book about time management shouldn’t take long to read and implement. There shouldn’t be a lot of fluff and filler. This one is specifically designed to help you identify what’s most important in your life, set meaningful goals and develop a workable schedule so nothing of value falls through the cracks…all within a few hours.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/8gnq3j into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Uneasy Spirits: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery by M. Louisa Locke has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 65 customer reviews. I received a note from the author this book would be free through December 29th.

Category: Historical Fiction / Mystery

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

In this sequel to Maids of Misfortune, it is the fall of 1879 and Annie Fuller, a young San Francisco widow, has a problem. Despite her growing financial success as the clairvoyant Madam Sibyl, Annie doesn’t believe in the astrology and palmistry her clients think are the basis for her advice.

Kathleen Hennessey, Annie Fuller’s young Irish maid, has a plan. When her mistress is asked to expose a fraudulent trance medium, Arabella Frampton, Kathleen is determined to assist in the investigation, just like the Pinkerton detectives she has read about in the dime novels.

Nate Dawson, up-and-coming San Francisco lawyer, has a dilemma. He wants to marry the unconventional Annie Fuller, but he doesn’t feel he can reveal his true feelings until he has a way to make enough money to support her.

In Uneasy Spirits, this cozy, romantic novel of suspense, Annie delves into the intriguing world of 19th century spiritualism, encountering true believers and naïve dupes, clever frauds and unexplained supernatural phenomena.

She will soon find there are as many secrets as there are spirits swirling around the Frampton séance table. Some of those secrets will threaten the foundation of her career as Madam Sibyl and the future of her relationship with Nate Dawson, and, in time, they will threaten her very life itself.

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Five FREE Kindle Books

December 27, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 4 Comments

Here are five FREE Kindle books for you in the Amazon Kindle store: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website but please make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

This Time Forever by Patricia Paris has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 60 customer reviews.

Category: Romance

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

A Magical Night. Will the Masks of Deception steal their Chance for True Love?

Sparks fly when Delaney Brannigan and Blake Morrisson meet at the Glebe Point annual costume dance. Known only to each other that night as the leopard and the Lone Ranger, Delaney discovers soon afterward that the cowboy she thought had ridden off into the sunset never to tempt her again, is none other than the man she came from New York to find and discredit. Against her will, she is drawn into an overwhelming attraction to Blake, an attraction she can’t give in to if she wants to keep the one thing she values more than anything else.

During a chance encounter with an old friend, Blake discovered he has a son he never knew existed. Finding the boy has been the only thing he cared about for months—that is until Delaney Brannigan came to town. Now the bewitching woman has him thinking abut settling down—but then he discovers Delaney isn’t who she appeared to be, and Delaney’s hopes and dreams are shattered as the truth threatens to uproot her world.

Will these two lovers lose one another in a web of deception, or will the small town boy and the girl from New York find a way to trust their hearts and discover a once in a lifetime happiness?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/zv0szf into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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King of Swords by Russell Blake has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 48 customer reviews.

Category: Action & Adventure / Mystery & Thrillers

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

King of Swords is an epic assassination thriller framed against a gritty backdrop of brutal drug cartel violence in modern Mexico.

The G-20 Financial Summit is planned for San Jose Del Cabo. The world’s pre-eminent finance ministers will attend, along with the presidents of the U.S. and Mexico. Captain Romero Cruz of the Mexican Federal Police uncovers an assassination plot against the attendees. In a roller-coaster race against the clock, Cruz must track and stop El Rey, the “King of Swords” – a faceless super-assassin responsible for a string of the world’s most spectacular killings, before he turns the G-20 into a slaughterhouse.

King of Swords is a rule-breaking rush that shatters convention to create a richly-drawn story that’s sure to shock and delight even the most jaded intrigue/adventure thriller fans.

WARNING – King of Swords is controversial & contains jarring imagery & situations. It is NOT for the faint of heart. Readers interested in tame, conventional thrillers would be best advised to look elsewhere.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/8n35fp into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Dog That Talked to God by Jim Kraus has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 104 customer reviews.

Category: Religious Fiction

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

A wonderfully quirky, heart-breaking, heart-warming and thought-provoking story of a woman’s dog who not only talks to her, he talks to God.

Recently widowed Mary Fassler has no choice except to believe Rufus, the miniature schnauzer, who claims to speak to the Divine.

The question is: Will Mary follow the dog’s advice, and leave everything she knows and loves? Is this at the urging of God? Or is it something else? Will Mary risk it all or ignore the urgings of her own heart?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/u1700a into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Love Comes Later by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 44 customer reviews.

Category: Literary Fiction

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

Hind is granted a temporary reprieve from her impending marriage to Abdulla, her cousin. Little does anyone suspect that the presence of Sangita, her Indian roommate, may shake a carefully constructed future. Torn between loyalties to Hind and a growing attraction to Abdulla, Sangita must choose between friendship and a burgeoning love.

A modern quest for the right to pursue love and happiness, even when it comes in an unconventional package, LOVE COMES LATER explores similarities between the South Asian and Arab cultures while exposing how cultural expectations affect both men and women. Identities are tested and boundaries questioned against the shifting backdrops of Doha, Qatar and London, England.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/91scqf into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Day of First Sun by Sheryl Steines has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 19 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Young Adult / Fantasy

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

When Princess Amelie of Amborix is murdered by magical means, Annie Pearce and Bobby “Cham” Chamsky of the Wizard’s Guard are called in by the FBI. Their job is to help solve the crime while keeping the non-magical world from discovering the existence of the Wizard Council.

During their investigation, Annie and Cham discover that Princess Amelie’s death is connected to a series of other crimes in the Chicago area. A larger plot involving, a vampire, a rogue wizard and an army of soul-less zombies is revealed, but can Annie and Cham discover who is responsible before The Day of First Sun?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/hgc6ol into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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5 FREE Kindle Books

December 27, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 14 Comments

Here are five FREE Kindle books for your Thursday afternoon: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website but please make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

Amelia’s Story by D.G. Torrens has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 35 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Non-Fiction / Biography

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

This is a powerful true story of one young girl’s struggle to survive the care system during the 70s, and 80s. Amelia has one wish and that’s to make it through to adulthood. However, the obstacles placed before her are proving too hard to bear. She starts to wonder about the peace and finality of her own death. Amelia can see no light at the end of the tunnel, she just wants to hold her own destiny in her own hands, but adulthood was so far way she could not even catch a glimpse of her dream.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/h2282k into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Cassidy Jones and Vulcan’s Gift by Elise Stokes has received an average user rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 48 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Young Adult / Action & Adventure

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

An Ancient Secret Has Come To Life, And Everyone On The Planet Is At Risk…

Two months after being infected with a strange retrovirus, Cassidy Jones continues to live a double life while she struggles to master her newly gained superpowers. High school has become the only normal thing left in her life–except for tall, dark, and handsome Emery Phillips, who shadows her every move, making sure she doesn’t reveal her secret. Then an overnight sleepover at Catamount Mountain Zoo takes a menacing turn, putting everything at risk.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/lumkhz into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Cold Open by Greg Clrkin has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 13 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this is the last day for this book to be free.

Category: Mystery

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

When the nation’s number one cable news anchor, turns up floating in the East River, the cops label it a suicide. But his gorgeous widow is convinced he was killed and carries a secret that proves it.

Now she has Sam North believing it. The story-hungry TV reporter starts nosing around and discovers what Jack Steele found out the hard way…asking questions can get you disturbing answers, maybe even killed.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/vvqmoa into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Fringe Worlds by T.R. Harris has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 142 customer reviews. I’ve read this one, as well as the other books in the series, and rated it a 4 out of 5 stars. To read my review, just click here or type in http://smarturl.it/85oqf2 into your web browser; if you think the review is helpful, I would appreciate a “Yes” vote just underneath the review on the Amazon website.

Category: Science Fiction

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

Adam Cain is an Alien with an Attitude!

After all, how would you feel if you were abducted by aliens and transported into a strange, new universe away from your home, your family — everything familiar to you? Would it make you happy? Not likely!

Now imagine you’re stronger, faster and more coordinated than every alien you encounter. Would you start kicking some ass? Of course you would!

This is the story of Human superiority in the galaxy, a gritty, realistic profile of a young Navy SEAL who doesn’t like aliens very much — and he makes them pay for disrupting his happy life back on Earth!

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/qqq1sg into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Boots My Mother Gave Me by Brooklyn James has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 85 customer reviews.

Category: Contemporary Fiction

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

AMAZON BREAKTHROUGH NOVEL AWARD QUARTER-FINALIST

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk through life in someone else’s shoes?

Strong-willed tomboy Harley LeBeau puts you in the boots her mother gave her, as she takes you along her journey of escape from an abusive childhood and the desire to find herself as she comes of age. Made to feel a burden to her father simply by her gender, Harley is determined to prove her worth and independence, leaving the small town she grew up in and the one boy who gave her a soft place to fall, Jeremiah Johnson. Torn between saving herself and abandoning her mother and younger sister, Harley chooses her own life in hopes they will choose theirs, too.

A mature, candid read for everyone. A must for women. The Boots My Mother Gave Me explores the dynamics of abuse and dysfunction, the courage to overcome, the strength in sisterhood, and the ongoing conflict and unconditional love between mothers and daughters.

Climb into Charlene the Chevelle for a fast-paced story about a girl who is tough enough to survive and tender enough to learn to trust in love.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/bnqy37 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deals

December 27, 2012 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Today is a little different….

Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is 20 Harlequin romances for adults and teens, including books by Nora Roberts, Linda Lael Miller, Sherryl Woods, Gena Showalter, and more priced at $1.99 each – up to 87% off of yesterday’s price. Rather than list them all out (which would take forever!), you can check them all out if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/dailydeal into your web browser to pick up your copy of We the Animals.

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8 FREE Kindle Book Offers

December 27, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 7 Comments

Here are eight FREE Kindle books for you in the Amazon Kindle store to start your Thursday morning: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website but please make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

Project ELE by Rebecca Gober and Courtney Nuckels has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 83 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 31st. I read this one, as well as the sequel, and rated it a 4 out of 5 stars: you can read the review I wrote if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/9q8dd0 into your web browser. If you think the review was helpful, I would appreciate a “Yes” vote just underneath the review on the Amazon website.

Category: Young Adult / Science Fiction / Fantasy

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

Millions have already died, and thousands more are perishing daily. As a last ditch effort to preserve the human race, the government implements Project ELE. With the earth heating at rapid speeds, all remaining survivors are forced to turn to F.E.M.A. shelters to wait out ELE’s wrath.

Fifteen-year-old Willow Mosby’s life, as she knows it, ends the moment she walks through the shelter’s door. Willow has to quickly adapt to the new challenges that shelter life demands, which includes making new friends and working a full time job.

Soon after making an interesting discovery, Willow and her friends start exhibiting strange abilities. Seeking answers, they embark on a mission to find out what these new abilities mean and whether they are a gift or a curse.

This new adventure can send her world crashing down around her. The question is: Can Willow survive the fall?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/am3aul into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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How to Quit Smoking: And to Become a Happy, Healthy, Confident, and Relaxed Non-Smoker by Tony Reilly has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 11 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this is the last day for this book to be free.

Category: Health / Advice & How-To

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

Tony Reilly, author, speaker, hypnotic consultant and peak performance coach presents in his book tools, tips and techniques that can easily be adopted by smokers to aid them in their quest to become a happy, healthy, confident and relaxed non-smoker.

Tony firmly believes that by applying some straightforward tools, tips and techniques any smoker has the ability to become a successful non-smoker, and his over two decades of successes certainly point to that being the case. In this book, Tony provides smokers with a host of information and exercises to help them to quit smoking!

Tony takes the time to give smokers a background to smoking, also helps them to understand their motivation for smoking and importantly provides solutions and encourages the smoker to devise their own specific success strategies.

“How to Quit Smoking” is a must for all smokers committed to quitting this debilitating habit, regardless of how long you may have smoked!

Tony’s experience & areas of expertise include, Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Hypnosis, as well as Sport Psychology, Sports Performance Coaching & other human change technologies. Tony has provided smoking cessation solutions to numerous private clients and corporate clients over the years.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/zt0f9c into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Belfast Girls by Gerry McCullough has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 67 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Thriller

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

The story of three girls – Sheila, Phil and Mary – growing up into the new emerging post-conflict Belfast of money, drugs, high fashion and crime; and of their lives and loves.

Sheila, a supermodel, is kidnapped. Phil is sent to prison. Mary, surviving a drug overdose, has a spiritual awakening.

It is also the story of the men who matter to them –

John Branagh, former candidate for the priesthood, a modern Darcy, someone to love or hate. Will he and Sheila ever get together? Davy Hagan, drug dealer, ‘mad, bad and dangerous to know’. Is Phil also mad to have anything to do with him?

Although from different religious backgrounds, starting off as childhood friends, the girls manage to hold on to that friendship in spite of everything.

A book about contemporary Ireland and modern life. A book which both men and women can enjoy – thriller, romance, comedy, drama – and much more ….

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/2jvfuf into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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A Strange Fire by L.H. Cosway has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 37 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 29th.

Category: Paranormal Romance

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

Flo has always had problems. Her stammer prevents her speech and her dad’s abuse makes her life a living hell. Not to mention she sees colours other people don’t.

When her dad decides to ship her off to live with her grandma in the sleepy town of Chesterport, Flo thinks that this is her chance for a better life. But on her very first day at her new school she is ridiculed and laughed at for having a stammer. One student sticks up for her and his name is Frank.

Frank’s body is surrounded by an aura of fire, but Flo is the only one who can see it. He lives in a foster home for troubled teenagers. Flo is drawn to him because he’s different and so is she.

Things are about to get scary, because Chesterport is not your ordinary suburban town. It’s infested by a coven of dark witches who prey on the young and the elderly. Soon Flo discovers that she’s next on their list of victims, and finds herself fighting a battle she never would have imagined possible.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/qpb8pt into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Take No More by Seb Kirby has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 38 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Mystery / Thriller

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

Nothing like a good murder to get the blood flowing

When James Blake discovers his wife has been murdered in their London home, he is determined to find her killer. Julia, a conservator – a protector and preserver of fine art – has left him with but two curious clues: the words help me on her mobile phone and a strange attachment of Michelangelo’s Leda and the Swan.

As the prime suspect of his wife’s murder, James flees England and sets out on a trail of deception and danger across the sweeping landscapes of Venice and Florence into a dark underworld of corruption, a trail that will lead him to the killer – and the shocking truth behind the mystery.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/do2b13 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Siren of Paris by David LeRoy has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 26 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 31st.

Category: Historical Fiction

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

Upon Marc’s death, he finds himself in the company of ghosts trapped in limbo, reliving his experiences in World War II. He must revisit his past and answer one question successfully before passing into eternal peace. The reader is transported to World War II-era France. In 1939, 20-year-old Marc Tolbert has reached a turning point in his life. He abandons his plans of going to medical school to study art in Paris, which is the place of his birth. As he boards a ship and heads to France, he chooses to ignore signs that Europe — along with the rest of the world — is on the brink of an especially devastating war.

When he arrives at l’École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, more ominous signs surface. There are windows covered with tape, sandbags shielding the fronts of important buildings, whispers of Parisian children leaving the city, and gas masks being distributed. Marc has a long journey ahead of him. He witnesses, first-hand, the fall of Paris and the departure of the French government. Employed by an ambassador Bullitt, a friend of his family, he visits heads of state, including the horribly obese gray-haired Mussolini and the charismatic Hitler. He witnesses the effects of the tightening vise of occupation, first-hand, as he tries to escape the country. He also participates in the French resistance, betrayed, spends time in prison camps, and sees the liberation of the concentration camps.

This is a blend of carefully researched historical fiction and a spiritual journey inspired by the Egyptian Book of the Dead. It includes many actual historical figures and events, including Ambassador Bullitt, Sumner Wells, Sylvia Beach, Jacques Lusseyran, and Joan Rodes, known as the Angel of Saint-Nazaire. It is both a realistic novel of a civilian caught in a brutal war, and working with the French resistance, and a story of a man seeking release from a past that never goes away.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/186ryk into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Dream Jumper’s Promise by Kim Hornsby has received an average user rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 9 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this is the last day for this book to be free.

Category: Contemporary fiction / Suspense

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

Tina Greene can’t accept the surfing death of her husband Hank without a recovered body. Months after signing the death certificate, she pulls herself from the emotional wreckage and trades mourning for saving her Maui dive shop from bankruptcy.
When war hero, Jamey Dunn, walks back into Tina’s life, things take a strange turn. Lifelike dreams have the dive instructor questioning her sanity and leaning heavily on Hank’s best friend, Noble. Jamey and Noble clash at every turn, both desperate to help Tina. When the dreams uncover clues to Hank’s disappearance, Jamey must reveal his strange ability to enter dreams. But for Tina, trusting the man who betrayed her years before, doesn’t come easily, and the decision to let Jamey enter her subconscious has a price she isn’t sure she can pay. As Noble, Tina and Jamey get closer to solving the mystery of Hank’s disappearance, grave danger sets in to reveal that one person is flirting with insanity, one is a traitor, and one is a murderer.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/x080rp into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure by Suzanne Anderson has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 59 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this is the last day for this book to be free.

Category: Historical Fiction

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

When Natalie and Anna, sisters and life-long rivals, hide an abandoned child from the Nazis, their deception resurrects the scars of a star-crossed love triangle that threats their safety and tests the bonds of their loyalty.

Hungary’s fragile alliance with Germany insured that Natalie, a renowned children’s book author, and her family would be safe as the war raged through Europe. But, as the Führer’s desperation grows in the waning years of the conflict, neighbors now become traitors.

Beautiful but troubled Anna, poet and university professor, is losing her tenuous hold on reality, re-igniting a sibling rivalry that began with a poetry contest in childhood. It boils over when Deszo, Anna’s unrequited love, re-enters their lives with a promise of safety.

As the streets of Budapest thrum with the pounding boots of Nazi soldiers, danger creeps to the doorstep and the sisters’ disintegrating relationship threatens to expose the child they are trying to protect. In one night, Anna’s rash behavior destroys their carefully made plans of escape, and Natalie is presented with a desperate decision.

Interwoven with Natalie and Anna’s story, is Mila’s. The abandoned child whose future Natalie lovingly imagines in a story called Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure.

A story that takes on a life of its own fifty years later.

Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure is a haunting tale of un-requited love and the un-breakable bonds of sisters.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/usxgje into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Setting Up Wi-Fi on Your Kindle

December 26, 2012 by Michael Gallagher 1 Comment

I posted a version of this about a year ago…I thought I would send it again as there are lots of new Kindle owners due to the release of the second-generation of the Kindle Fire, the Paperwhite, and the millions of people who just opened up a new Kindle for Christmas this week. If you already know this one, I’ll be back soon with a new tip or free book offer!

Sometimes, I am surprised at what questions pop up on the Amazon Kindle discussion boards, but I take a step back and realize there are a lot of new Kindle owners out there who haven’t owned a Kindle (or may not be as up to speed on technology) as long as some of the other Kindle owners have.

Let’s suppose for example you have, or are considering purchasing, a new Kindle that is WiFi only (an e-Ink Kindle or the Kindle Fire). Being WiFi only means (a) you are not able to connect to the Internet or Amazon’s Whispernet services via the cellular network, and (b) you must have an active WiFi connection in order to access the Whispernet service. Sure, you can still download books to your Kindle via the USB cord, but you will need some type of over-the-air connection if you choose not to go the USB route.

If you don’t have a wireless system in your home and want one, it is fairly easy to do (if I can figure it out, anyone can). However, that is not the purpose of this post – if you don’t know how to do it I would recommend going to a Best Buy or similar electronics store as they can help you out quickly.

If you have a wireless system setup in your home, or have access to one at work, Starbucks, etc. you can quickly setup your wireless connection to your WiFi Kindle; you can do the same if you have the new Kindles that have both wireless and WiFi – you will just need to establish the connection. The instructions below tell you how to do it – first for an e-Ink Kindle followed by the Kindle Fire.

e-Ink Kindle

I just walked through doing this on my Kindle Keyboard, so in order to hook up your e-Ink Kindle to a Wi-Fi connection just follow these steps in order.

Press the “Home” key.
Press the “Menu” key.
Scroll down and select the “settings” option.
Scroll down to the “Wi-Fi Settings” option, which on my Kindle is the third option, just below “Device Name.”
You will see a list of available WiFi networks. If you don’t, select the “rescan” option.
If you see the one you want – select the “connect” option.
If it asks you for a password – if so, enter it at that time. If, for example, you are at a Starbucks or other business that offers free Internet access and it still asks you for a password, ask one of the employees: I’m sure they will be happy to tell you (although you may have to purchase a cup of coffee or something).

Kindle Fire

I also walked through doing this on my Kindle Fire, so just follow these steps in order:

Tap the “Quick Settings” icon in the top right-hand corner of the Kindle Fire’s screen, or just swipe down from the top of the Fire’s screen (just to the left of the battery level icon) to show the menu.
Tap the “Wireless” option.
Make sure the Wi-Fi line-item is switched to “On.” You can turn it on by tapping the “On” icon one time.
You will see a list of available Wi-Fi connections. To select your wireless network, just tap on the network’s name.
Similar to the instructions above, if you are asked for a password enter it now.

Hope that helps!

Michael

Eight FREE Kindle Book Offers

December 26, 2012 by Michael Gallagher Leave a Comment

Here are eight FREE Kindle books for you in the Amazon Kindle store: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website but please make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

When Farts Had Colors by Mary Thomas has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 30 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 30th. Now, you may look at this title and think something else but I’ve read this book – as well as my ten year old – and we both thought it was a great anti-bullying book, and I rated it a 5 out of 5 stars on my review; you can read my review if you Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/m0fld6 into your web browser

Category: Children / Advice & How-To

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

Don’t let the title throw you off – this is a hilarious book with an anti-bully theme.

When Farts Had Colors is the story of 4th grader Lance Chance who hates Mondays. This particular Monday Lance’s mom coaxes Lance to school with his favorite sandwiches and a ‘wish-kiss’. On his way to school Lance is tormented by “the biggest, meanest 4th grader ever to stalk the halls of Alfonso Orr Elementary School. Merry Maddox. Bully Extraordinaire…”A legend” and her posse of mayhem, the Crazy M&Ms. If having to hand over his sandwiches and perform a certain humiliating act wasn’t enough, Lance gets blamed by Merry Maddox for letting out a fart so horrible it forces the entire school to evacuate. Lance runs away from school and wishes that farts had colors. “Then everyone would have known it was Merry Maddox who sent out those heat seeking missiles of doom and destruction,” thinks Lance. And just like that, Lance’s wish comes true. Will Lance come up with a plan to expose Merry Maddox and reveal her true colors?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/qvyc55 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Benicia Belle by L.J. Martin has received an average user rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 51 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Western

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

Statehood has come to California, a rich young land of golden opportunity. Speculators, fortune hunters, roughnecks, and con men have come from every corner of the earth to stake a claim. And nowhere is the competition more cutthroat than on the riverboats plying the waters from San Francisco into the wide-open interior. Money flows in the direction of progress, and where there is money, there is sure to be greed, violence, and deceit.

When former seaman John Clinton Ryan signs on as master-at-arms on the Benicia Belle, he finds he may have set his hand to his own death warrant. Blackmailed by the Belle’s owner, and drawn to a woman as beautiful – and as dangerous – as the sea he left behind, Ryan sets off on a murderous new course. Framed for a crime he didn’t commit, he has one last chance to exact a measure of justice and revenge…before his debt to the hangman comes due.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/003aab into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Safe Harbor by Rosemary McCracken has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 35 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Suspense

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

What would you do to protect your family?

Financial advisor Pat Tierney’s world is shattered when a visitor to her office tells her that Pat’s late husband is the father of a seven-year-old boy. Stunned by the revelation of her husband’s affair, Pat is even more shocked when the woman bolts from the office, leaving young Tommy behind.

When Tommy’s mother is murdered, police tell Pat that the boy may be the killer’s next target. In a desperate race to protect Tommy, Pat’s searches for the truth and uncovers a deadly scheme involving illegal immigrants, trafficking in human body parts and money laundering.

And Pat discovers that she’ll do just about anything to keep her family safe.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/2bhyhc into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Glimpse by Grant Carroll has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 51 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Religious Fiction / Science Fiction / Fantasy

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

Austin Kelly is about to learn a lesson: Be careful when you pray for God to change you, because He answers prayer. Even though he’s a Sunday School teacher, Austin’s faith in Jesus Christ is no match for his fear of rejection from others. Lizzie Kelly has more courage than her husband, but struggles to find fulfillment and meaning in her job at their church. The couple’s friends aren’t faring much better. Computer tech Daniel Cabrera fights disappointment with the direction his career has taken, and even more frustration with the church youth he teaches. His wife, Jackie, strives to maintain a sense of control over her life, but it’s quickly faltering. Faced with churches dying across New York City, the four Christian teachers have a cry in their hearts for their lives to make a difference. God answers their cry by throwing them into a world that looks like a nightmare version of the United States. Everything is so similar, yet totally different, starting with the fact that Christians are nearly extinct after decades of persecution. They soon discover it is a fascist nation, where anyone who professes faith in Christ risks their life. The four travelers encounter a group of teenagers that turn out to be one of the last surviving churches, led by their high school teacher, Eric Peterson. With no visible way to get home, Austin, Lizzie and their friends join the underground church in their fight to spread the Gospel while avoiding the National Police. Their task is made even more difficult when revival breaks out in the local high school and draws unwanted attention, but they know they can’t stop until their work is complete and the Lord makes a way for them to go home…if there is one..

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/pcsr6l into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Storm Surge by Tamara Ward has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 30 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 30th.

Category: Mystery

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

Storm Surge, A Jonie Waters Mystery is a cozy mystery set in Wilmington, NC. Defeating odds and ignoring well-meant advice is her specialty, so when fledgling reporter Jonie Waters follows a news tip and discovers her girlhood friend’s mangled body, nothing can dissuade her from setting out to find the murderer.

Though Jonie attracts the suspicions of local police as she finds herself in the middle of other related crimes, she continues her investigation, risking her job, tentative family ties, and the chance of romance with the alluring lead investigator.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/rluri8 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Flying Girl by Robert Iannone and Garret Arney-Johnson has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 8 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through December 28th.

Category: Children

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

“I admit that being only nine, I did need lots of help from my sisters. Lucky for me two are dragons and two are sea serpents. The others are human; one’s my best friend who is way smarter than me and the last is the prettiest shade of green and the most beautiful girl I ever met.

Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood is a twelve book, girl-empowering fantasy adventure series written for ages six through ten.

Our heroine is Eloise Grace Graystone, known to family and friends by her initials – Egg. Her adventure begins in Book one, Flying Girl, on the day her grandmother gives her a flying suit and three mysterious pieces of jewelry.

The first six books tell the story of Egg as she begins to discover the secrets of the jewelry. The last six books chronicle Egg’s quest to save Arianna, a world that’s home to three intelligent species – humans, dragons and sea serpents. Here begins her journey from a nine year old girl to the leader of the Hameggattic Sisterhood.
Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/6fco10 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Thinblade by David A. Wells has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 263 customer reviews.

Category: Fantasy

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

When second son Alexander Valentine loses his brother to an assassin’s arrow, he discovers that his family protects an ancient secret and reluctantly finds himself at the center of the final battle of a war that was supposed to have ended two thousand years ago.

Pursued by the dark minions of an ancient enemy, Alexander flees to the mountain city of Glen Morillian where he discovers that he is the heir to the throne of Ruatha, one of the Seven Isles, but before he can claim the throne he must recover the ancient Thinblade. Seven were forged by the first Sovereign of the Seven Isles and bound to the bloodline of each of the seven Island Kings in exchange for their loyalty to the Old Law. Each sword is as long as a man’s arm, as wide as a man’s thumb and so thin it can’t be seen when viewed from the edge. Thinblade is the story of Alexander’s quest to find the ancient sword, claim the throne of Ruatha and raise an army to stand against the enemy that has awoken to claim dominion over all of the Seven Isles.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/2g1ydr into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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The Dead Room by Robert Ellis has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 132 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers / Suspense

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

A young woman is found, brutally murdered and left on gruesome display in the “safety” of her own home. The atrocity kicks off an investigation into a bizarre string of increasingly disturbing murders, all believed to be perpetrated by someone of unprecedented savagery and cunning. As the city’s panic rises, civil attorney Teddy Mack is thrown headlong into the grisly homicide case–and into a world of dirty politics and corrupt justice, where deceptions are as deadly as the killer’s twisted secrets. Now, another woman is about to meet the same horrific fate as the others. To end a madman’s reign, Teddy must enter his maze–a place of unimaginable terror and shocking revelations.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/5qsqio into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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