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10 World Wonders

Author: Gene Lipen

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
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Book Description:

The 10 World Wonders will amaze kids and get them excited about the wonderful places that exist on our planet!

Arthur is a happy, full-of-energy dog that just can’t sit still. He loves to travel, meet new peoples, and visit amazing destinations. Join Arthur on this exciting, fun-filled and rhyming adventure around the globe. Jump in and explore the 10 magical World Wonders that have this planet buzzing in excitement. Learn what makes each Wonder special and have a great time in the process, as you jump from one part of the world to the next just by turning the pages of a book. Don’t wait another second – Adventure Awaits!

Wonders Included:

  • Eiffel Tower
  • Taj Mahal
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Great Wall of China
  • Pyramid of Giza
  • Machu Picchu
  • Aurora
  • Angkor Wat
  • Acropolis
  • Petra

Click here to pick up your copy of 10 World Wonders in the Amazon Kindle store.

About the Author:

Gene Lipen is a writer and author of the new children’s book series: Kids Books for Young Explorers.

A father of two daughters, and with many years of family travel experiences around the world behind him, he has a unique perspective of looking at the beauty our planet has to offer. With a passion for writing and a distinct desire to share his family experiences with the world, he has created a new series of children’s books that are meant to spark kids’ imaginations and get them excited about exploring the world we live in.

Gene was born in Eastern Europe and traveled with his family in his teens to the United States. His lifelong obsession with visiting different countries and understanding different peoples, led to the start of fun and unique books for young readers.

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Featured Kindle Book for Saturday

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The Magicatory

Author: Amy Vansant

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

Brian, Anna, Marc and Cecily stumble into a wizard’s spell and are swept to the Magicatory, the magical factory / laboratory where everything is made and all mythical creatures and extinct animals live. Too bad they picked a lousy time to visit.

A mysterious girl and a horde of goblins is planning an attack, one of the shape-shifting mages has been kidnapped, and a crazed dodo bird is on the loose. With dragons, pegacorns, phoenixes and other mythological creatures at every turn, the lost siblings have to figure out how to use their new superpowers before the multiverse is destroyed and they can never return to Earth!

Click here to pick up your copy of The Magicatory in the Amazon Kindle store.

 

About the Author:

Amy Vansant is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author who writes with an unique blend of thrills, romance and humor (occasionally with a touch of time travel or fantasy).

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New Releases on Kindle

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Included in this post are relatively new Kindle book releases by independent authors in a variety of genres: I’m certain you will find something to enjoy in the offerings below. Also, similar to what I tell you in the daily posts, while the pricing is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could change at any time!

True Confections

Author: Ruth Hartzler

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

When her husband of thirty years runs off with a college student named Cherri, Jane Delight returns to Pennsylvania to work in her Amish sister’s cupcake store. Having lost everything in the divorce, Jane now finds herself sharing an apartment with two elderly ladies and their quirky cat.

But there is no time to despair. A man is murdered in the cupcake store, and now Jane and her sister, Rebecca, are the prime suspects. Enter brooding detective Damon McCloud, a Scot with a tragic past and a desire for justice.

Can Jane solve the murder, wrangle her new roommates, and stop herself from falling for the detective?

Or will she never get her new life on track?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/trueconfections into your web browser to pick up your copy of True Confections in the Amazon Kindle store.

Forbidden Kisses Box Set

Authors: Various

Genre: Historical Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $6.99
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Book Description:

Join your favorite USA Today, Bestselling and award-winning historical romance authors, as they spirit you away into an age of adventure and romance. This set includes –

Her Gallant Knight by CATHERINE KEAN
A humiliating childhood incident made Lady Amelia Bainbridge vow to avoid Lord Ryder Stanbury. Yet, years later, Ryder comes to her rescue. Shocked to recognize her ring, he realizes she’s connected somehow to the Templar treasure he and fellow knights brought back to England—riches that not only bring him and Amelia a second chance at love but perilous secrets.

Patrick by CATHY MACRAE
One ghost from Culloden’s moor fears he will never be counted among the brave—until a wee witch leads him deep into the past and makes him question what he believes about himself and the world around him. Will Patrick take a chance on real bravery?

Sweet Taste of Love by ANNA MARKLAND
Bound by guilt, freed by love.
Aidan FitzRam joins the monastic community at Lindisfarne to atone for what he perceives as his role in his parents’ drowning. But he quickly realizes he cannot ignore the plight of Nolana Kincade, a Highland lass who is fleeing an abusive step-father. Their growing attraction to each other bears out the reality his sister has always maintained—he’s just not cut out for the religious life.

Under a Silver Moon by HILDIE MCQUEEN
Lucas McKade and Camille Johnston, attempt to leave their pasts behind, only to find true happiness, comes only when they face it.

When US Marshal Lucas McKade, new deputy of Silver City, Idaho decided to settle down, he didn’t consider the complications he’d bring to the town. Against every instinct Lucas seeks out apothecary owner Camille, a woman who calls to his basic nature to protect and make his.

Camille Johnston knows that eventually the secrets of her past will come to haunt. Yet she hopes to keep things hidden as long as possible and enjoy her lonely but peaceful existence in Silver City. A handsome new deputy brings with him desires she’d thought were firmly shut away, however, a relationship of any kind would only bring dangerous consequences.

The shadows of the past fall over a man and a woman attempting to start anew.

A Knight Amid Thorns by LAUREL O’DONNELL
When the murderer of her brother is welcomed into her castle as a friend, Lady Ella Rames vows to make his life as miserable as hers and to avenge her brother. Struggling to fulfill an oath and find the elusive blue rose, Sir Graden Dumount’s final hope rests with a woman who despises him. Can Ella and Graden overcome their animosity and let the power of the blue rose heal them and turn enemies into lovers?

The Duke Next Door by MEARA PLATT
Lady Mallory Goodell has always loved her neighbor, Lucien Hawthorn, the handsome Duke of Hawthorn, but knows that marriage to him is a hopeless dream. Lucien needs an heiress and the hefty dowry she’ll bring in order to rescue the ducal estate his father left in shambles. But what harm can there be in sharing a forbidden kiss with Lucien?

The Taming of Mairi MacKenzie by SUE-ELLEN WELFONDER
A battle-weary champion must break his vow never to fight again – or lose the only woman capable of healing his warrior’s heart.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/forbiddenkisses into your web browser to pick up your copy of Forbidden Kisses Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.

Betrayals Box Set

Author: Nils Odlund

Genre: Fantasy

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Book Description:

The complete first season.

Alene Moneya dreams of being a journalist. Travel the world and write about exotic places.
Young, eager, and naïve, a false lead sees her stranded in a dead end town just in time for the full moon. To avoid her mad inner beast going on a murderous rampage, Alene must convince the local werewolf pack to take her in.
They’re a nasty bunch, and they don’t like outsiders, but they’re willing to accept her anyway – for a price.

Roy van Waldenberger built his life on a lie, and he never even knew.
Now, with his career drawing to a triumphant close, a few short words on the phone sets his entire world crumbling. Without a second thought, he drops everything and leaves.
Fame, fortune, girlfriend – everything.
Nothing will stop him from making right the mistake that’s cast a shadow on his life for the past sixteen years.

Only…

…when you’re the most famous fighter in the history of werewolf blood sports, getting away is not that easy.
Not when you’ve got one more match to go.

Roy and Alene.
On the run from the mob, the law, and the past.
Two proud and stubborn individuals, trying to keep their acts together while their lives are falling apart around them. One of them on a quest for love and redemption. The other trying to hold on to her humanity while chasing the scoop of a lifetime.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/betrayals into your web browser to pick up your copy of Betrayals Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Sacred Artifact

Author: Caldric Blackwell

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
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Book Description:

Determined to uncover the secrets of a mysterious artifact, fourteen-year-old alchemy student Craig Pike and his teacher, Cornelius, journey to the birthplace of alchemy to seek the advice of a wise, ancient alchemist named Quintus. With the help of a witty archer, Audrey Clife, they trek across dangerous lands, compete in a cutthroat tournament, and reunite with old friends. They soon find out the artifact is more powerful than anticipated, and they aren’t the only ones seeking to discover its secrets….

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Hitched: The Bachelorette

Author: G.K. DeRosa

Genre: Paranormal

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
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Book Description:

One innocent human girl. Twenty-five supernatural bachelors. Six weeks to choose The One.

When struggling actress Kimmie-Jayne Starr discovers she’s snagged the starring role on the next huge reality TV show, Hitched, she thinks all her dreams have finally come true. But as soon as she lands on the beautiful island of Mystic Cove, something feels wrong.

Sure, the twenty-five bachelors are heart-stoppingly gorgeous, but she’s certain they’re all hiding something—something supernatural. As she gets to know the guys, protecting her heart proves impossible when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to more than just one.

As a string of strange accidents on set grow deadlier, Kimmie realizes there’s much more to this dating show than she ever could’ve imagined. If she can’t figure out who’s behind these incidents, she’ll end up risking more than just her heart.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/0uir8 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Hitched: The Bachelorette in the Amazon Kindle store.

Prey for Us

Author: Geoffrey Neil

Genre: Thriller

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
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Book Description:

Prey for Us takes you on a journey into a stunning, clandestine world where cunning deception battles fierce privacy for huge stakes.

A reclusive genius discovers a law of physics that could be worth billions–if he cared about money. When a gorgeous woman gets a private demonstration, the man refuses to share his secret with her. She’s more than willing to kill for it, but she knows it won’t be that simple. If flattery, gifts, and seduction don’t get him to trust her, maybe fixing a grave injustice that has haunted him since childhood will do the trick. This ferocious test of wills will keep you guessing until the last page.

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New Releases on Kindle

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Included in this post are relatively new Kindle book releases by independent authors in a variety of genres: I’m certain you will find something to enjoy in the offerings below. Also, similar to what I tell you in the daily posts, while the pricing is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could change at any time!

Chutes and Ladder

Author: Marc Jedel

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

When a camping trip uncovers a murder, this amateur sleuth is stuck putting out the fire …

Marty Golden enjoys time with his nieces, but he wanted to spend the weekend with his new girlfriend — not chaperone a Girl Scout camping trip. Once he stumbles upon the corpse of a friend in the woods, the outdoors adventure becomes an open-air disaster. When the police label it an accidental death, the meticulous Marty vows to investigate the murder. After all, it’s poor manners to let your friend’s death go unsolved.

On the hunt for clues the cops ignored, Marty uncovers a disturbing connection to himself. And as he digs deeper, a misbehaving pup, a kooky cousin, and a maniacal ninja put his survival skills to the test.

Will Marty unravel the mystery before the killer, or his imagination, gets to him?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/chutes into your web browser to pick up your copy of Chutes and Ladder: A Silicon. Valley Mystery in the Amazon Kindle store.

Princess of Wind and Sea

Author: Cassandra Finnerty

Genre: Fantasy

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

In 1773, the prince and princess travel across the globe on a series of secret missions.
Along the way, they run into unexpected dangers.

Aisling’s magical abilities are increasing, but dark forces who seek to destroy her powers are hunting them.

The prince must protect her at all costs, as they fight for survival and abiding love.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/princessofwind into your web browser to pick up your copy of Princess of Wind and Sea in the Amazon Kindle store.

For This Knight Only

Author: Barbara Bettis

Genre: Historical Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $4.99
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Book Description:

Sir Roark will do anything to gain land, even beguile an unwilling lady into marriage. He knows she’s much better off with a man to take control of her besieged castle, to say nothing of her desirable person. But it isn’t long before he discovers that, although her eyes sparkle like sunlight on sea waves, her stubbornness alone could have defeated Saladin.

Lady Alyss is determined to hold her family’s castle, protect her people, and preserve her freedom— until her brother’s dying wish binds her to a stranger. Still, she’ll allow no rugged, over-confident, appealing knight to usurp her authority, even if she must wed him. Especially since he thinks a lady’s duties begin and end with directing servants. Alyss has a few surprises for her new all-too-tempting lord.

But when a common enemy threatens everything, Roark and Alyss face a startling revelation: Without love, neither land nor freedom matters.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/forthis into your web browser to pick up your copy of For This Knight Only in the Amazon Kindle store.

Dark Blood

Author: Nikki Hayes

Genre: Paranormal

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

I’m Natasha. Friends call me Tash. The world calls me loser.
No one knows I possess a deadly magic.

It was supposed to be a simple surveillance job, just like the zillion others I had run for my tough-guy benefactor, Tobias. An hour into it, I’m sitting with a dead body after barely surviving a warlock’s rampage.

I thought things couldn’t get any worse, but what did I know? Running point for Tobias or being witness to a murder was the least of my worries. Now I’ve been blackmailed into working with sexy paranormal cop Ian, and I must help him find what the warlock is up to before he destroys whatever is left of our world.

Piece of cake, right? Sure, if you ignored the dark magic I was born with. I just might save the world from a warlock’s evil plans, but can I save it from the darkness that lies within me?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/darkblood into your web browser to pick up your copy of Dark Blood in the Amazon Kindle store.

Bone-a-fide Trouble

Author: Carolyn Haines

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $3.99
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Book Description:

CATS, COTTON, AND…MURDER—

The worlds of Sarah Booth Delaney’s Zinnia, Mississippi and Trouble, the black cat detective, collide in this fast-paced tale of high stakes cotton research, abduction, and murder.

Trouble, the Sherlockian feline, falls in with Pluto, another cat with a yin for detective work, to find the missing Trudy Wells. But the cats aren’t alone. Tabitha Kingsley, posing as a psychic medium, has come to the Mississippi Delta to find her missing sister.

Standing in Tabitha’s way is the cynical—and compelling—Roger Long. Roger manages the vast Long Agricultural Products farm and business. Trudy was his newly hired receptionist—and possible lover–before she disappeared.

In a world of wealth and privilege, Tabitha must discover the truth of what her rebellious, sometimes law-breaking, sister was really up to. And she must trust Roger to help her.

Trouble and Pluto aid the bipeds in finding the answers—to Trudy’s vanishing act and also to the path to trust.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/boneafied into your web browser to pick up your copy of Bone-a-fide Trouble in the Amazon Kindle store.

Paradise Cracked

Author: Jeff Hook

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Book Description:

The Elders spent centuries eliminating chaos… until the day pirates brought it all back

16-year-old Karugo is not like the rest of his people. While everyone around him is content with their peaceful lives on Tandoku Island, mischievous Karugo dreams of adventure. But there’s nowhere to have adventures anymore — the rest of humanity destroyed itself long ago in a fit of violence.

Or so he’s always been told.

When pirates crash through the barrier that keeps Tandoku Island safe, it exposes them to the rest of the world… including an Empire hungry for new territory and resources. To restore their barrier and protect the island, the people of Tandoku must somehow find a rare, forbidden crystal in a world they haven’t visited for a thousand years.

But who would be daring enough to sail into the unknown, braving the terrors of the world outside?

Karugo, the most hated boy on the island, is the only one who can save them all.

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Included in this post are relatively new Kindle book releases by independent authors in a variety of genres: I’m certain you will find something to enjoy in the offerings below. Also, similar to what I tell you in the daily posts, while the pricing is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could change at any time!

The Squirrel Squire and the Tournament of Oaks

Author: Erik DeLeo

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

A small but brave squirrel. An annual tournament. And threats from a dark challenger.

Squire Puff faces many pressures, but searching for a missing knight isn’t supposed to be one of them. When things take a turn for the worse, can he face his fears and help avert disaster? If Puff can’t find the champion, he’s the only one left who can fight.

If you like talking animals, epic sword fights and exciting adventures, then you’ll love The Squirrel Squire.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/thesquirrel into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Squirrel Squire and the Tournament of Oaks in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Spelled Stone

Authors: Various

Genre: Fantasy

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

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Book Description:

To secure a future for her ocean world, one of her clan must be sacrificed.

Olinda “Ollie” Quorin is the heir to a dying Siren dynasty. However, when word comes that a Legacy Stone can save their deteriorating ocean, the clan elders choose her—the klutzy, expendable one—to make the quest, despite her royal heritage. After begrudgingly traveling to the surface, Ollie botches a spell and binds herself to a reluctant human male.

Kavan Daniels has learned to survive on the treacherous lands and coasts. He’s prepared for everything … except the Siren he can’t escape. Ollie needs a Mage to find the location of the Legacy Stone. Kavan needs the same Mage to break free from Ollie.

As they struggle against time to find the stone, they face conflict, danger, the monsters of their nightmares, and the complications of their unlikely pairing. Death is on their heels at every turn, and saving Ollie’s clan, as well as the surface world, may mean losing her own life.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/spelledstone into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Spelled Stone in the Amazon Kindle store.

Nightmare Series Books 1 – 3

Author: David Longhorn

Genre: Horror

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

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Book Description:

An evil force pulses deep within the heart of England, overflowing with maniacal glee…

Paranormal investigator Denny Purcell finds herself in over her head when she is brought to the scene of supernatural activity at Malpas Abbey. Unlocking the mysteries of this abandoned relic is one thing; surviving the horrors it hides is something else entirely…

This box set contains the first 3 books of the bestselling Nightmare Series by David Longhorn. Read at your own risk.

Nightmare Abbey: Overlooking a dark hill, Malpas Abbey has been avoided by locals for centuries. Its infamous history is marred with blood and terror. Only the foolish would dare enter such a place, where devilish hauntings have left a string of dead bodies in its wake.

Nightmare Valley: The peaceful town of Machen is hiding secrets darker than the eerie forest surrounding it. Wide-eyed children roam the woods pleading for help. Yet, behind their innocent façade lies a resurrected evil with an insatiable thirst for blood.

Nightmare Revelation: The nightmare continues to cast a deep shadow as dreadful stories of murder and mayhem make their way into London. But death comes knocking when a thick fog crawls through the night. The smell of fear lingers in the air, and no one is safe.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/nightmareseries into your web browser to pick up your copy of Nightmare Series Books 1 – 3 in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Shoals of Ammoron

Author: Alex Hansen

Genre: Literary Fiction

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

The democratic rule of the judges in the capital city of Zarahemla has been overthrown. Chief Judge Pahoran has been exiled by a self-absorbed self-declared king whose power and influence are beginning to spread throughout the region. The nation is already struggling to ward off invasion along its southern borders and Pahoran fears that the new king will sacrifice the fringe territories in order to secure his own safety in the capital. The ousted chief judge’s only hope to reestablish a responsible government that can save his people from slaughter may be to seek the support of a charismatic, vicious, and mercurial military commander named Moroni.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/theshoals into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Shoals of Ammoron in the Amazon Kindle store.

Siren’s Curse

Author: Carly Fall

Genre: Fantasy

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

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Book Description:

Her Siren Clan is dying, and she’ll face death to save them.

The only thing that can reverse the curse and save her people from extinction is a long-lost Legacy Stone.

But Rainie won’t be able to find it alone. She must travel to land and locate a mage who knows where the magical stone is hidden. With the assistance of the one man willing to help her, they battle foreign creatures and the most dangerous animals of all – humans – while looking for the stone.

Death hunts them down at every turn. And even if they can find the stone in time to save her people, the cost of her clan’s survival may be paid with her own life.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/sirenscurse into your web browser to pick up your copy of Siren’s Curse in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Smithfield Market Romances Boxset

Author: Rose Pearson

Genre: Historical Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

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Book Description:

The Smithfield Market teemed with livestock and people during the 1800s. It was a rough neighborhood, but people have to live somewhere! The four stories in this boxset take place in the Smithfield Market neighborhood.

These stories are rags to riches stories of orphans and their journey to a better life, filled with love and happiness. They require the suspension of disbelief, as the class divisions were rarely violated in those times. They are fun stories that tell the tale of orphans and daydreams come to life!

A Rogue’s Flower

Elsbeth Blakely, was just another young orphan at the Smithfield House for Girls, cooped up inside the great house with no freedom of her own.

Life suddenly takes a turn for the worse when Elsbeth meets Viscount Andrew Radford. A notorious carousing rogue, Lord Radford sets his sights on Elsbeth to be his latest object of affection, expecting that she will simply fall into his arms as every other lady has.

Despite being forced into working at the Radford estate, Elsbeth stands up to the young viscount, finding him determined to get what he wants from her.
But, underneath it all, is Lord Radford really the scoundrel that he seems?

Saved by a Scoundrel

Although she never thought of herself as one of the lucky ones, Caroline Devonshire’s life could have been in a much dire state than it was at the age of 18.

Orphaned when young, her older brother managed to secure her a home under the watchful eye of the widowed tavern owner, Mrs. Beeson, before setting off for war in France.
When her brother, Peter, returns from war with a companion, a certain Lord Timothy Brandeis, she sees that the two of them have become scoundrels and rogues.
Things become even more complex when Lord Bradeis’ duties as the second son of a Marquis force him to make an appearance at his family home and Caroline is shocked to find that this roguish Lord has a rather adventurous request to make of her.

Soon she’ll need to collect all her wits to manage in a realm her active imagination had never dared to take her: the world of le bon ton in Regency Era England.

Mending the Duke

Although he was one of the richest men in the country, even all the money in the world couldn’t save his wife and first child from passing.

Even a year later, the effects of tragedy linger through the halls and empty rooms of his estate.
Out of desperation, Lord Royston’s sister arranges for a special guest from an orphanage to hopefully bring light and laughter into the Duke’s life once again for a short time.

Now Laura Smith finds herself chaperoning Eloise, a delightful young orphan from the house she herself was raised, for a temporary visit to the opulent but mirthless estate of Lord Royston.

As it turns out, maybe Eloise is not the only person the Duke might need to heal.

The Baron’s Malady

Lord Gideon Ward loved adventure and found and all he could handle as a British Navy captain stationed in India. But he was forced to return to England to deal with the Scarlet Fever epidemic took his father.

Coming back home to accept the title that is his birthright, Gideon, now the Baron Dunstable, must once again face the world he left.

London is still ravaged by the disease that claimed his very father, and it looks as though it is not yet finished with his family.

A frantic search for a doctor brings him into contact with Josephine Noe, whose own life has been fully changed in the wake of tragedy left behind by the disease.

Together, they do what comes naturally to two independent spirits who find themselves faced with hardships…everything they can.

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New Releases on Kindle

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Included in this post are relatively new Kindle book releases by independent authors in a variety of genres: I’m certain you will find something to enjoy in the offerings below. Also, similar to what I tell you in the daily posts, while the pricing is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could change at any time!

So Then There Were None

Author: Annie Adams

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $5.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

When she said she’d rather die than be a bridesmaid, she didn’t mean it literally…

Reluctant bridesmaid Quincy McKay hopes this island wedding breezes by in a hurry. But when the couple announces a murder mystery game, the amateur sleuth is willing to take her time to earn the prize money. She thinks the cash is as good as hers until one evening’s sinister turn makes it impossible to tell the difference between entertainment and cold-blooded murder…

With few friends among the wedding party, Quincy can’t help but label everyone a suspect. As the bridesmaids disappear one-by-one, it’s only a matter of time until the ruthless game calls her number.

Will Quincy unravel the plot before she perishes in paradise?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/sothen into your web browser to pick up your copy of So Then There Were None in the Amazon Kindle store.

Killer in the Retroscape

Author: Bruce M. Perrin

Genre: Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

In 2068 St. Louis, Missouri, Dr. Douglas (Doug) Michaels finds his lifelong friend, Josh Unger, dead in his home. When law enforcement concludes his death was a suicide, Doug and his wife, Ali, are dumbstruck; they wonder what could explain such a needlessly violent and lonely death in a future where such actions are unimaginable. Trying to unearth a killer, be it either flesh and blood or the cumulative stress of life, Doug creates a mental landscape of Josh’s past, a retroscape, starting in the mid-2030s.

Among its landmarks are:

  • An illness, sensationalized in the media as the “zombie pandemic” that drives a wedge between husband and wife, parents and children.
  • Cryptic communications between Josh and an “after-life specialist” who peddles immortality services.
  • A mysterious phrase uttered at the assassination of a government official that ties it to Josh’s death 14 years later.
  • Josh’s machine-intelligence wife, Julia, who may hold the secret to his death…if she can only remember.

In the end, determining guilt in a retroscape littered with suspects tells Doug more about humanity, technology, and himself than he ever would have imagined.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/killerin into your web browser to pick up your copy of Killer in the Retroscape in the Amazon Kindle store.

Emerald and the Elf King

Author: Becky Biggs

Genre: Children & Middle Grade

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

A fairytale princess breaks royal tradition to save her best friend’s kingdom in this fantasy adventure.

She’s a princess. She’s fifteen years old. She has a wardrobe full of pretty dresses and is next in line for the throne. Life should be perfect, right?

Not exactly. Emerald longs for adventure, but her parents think she should leave the hero stuff to the boys. She can’t complain about this to her best friend, Maple, because, guess what? Maple’s been banished from the kingdom. Worst of all, she is being forced to marry a prince she barely knows (gross!).

When Maple returns to beg for help saving her kingdom from an evil elf king, Emerald decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with a bow and arrow and a fierce desire to prove that a princess can be a hero too, Emerald sets off on the adventure of a lifetime. She quickly finds herself immersed in a world of trolls, unicorns and plenty of magic.

Will Emerald overcome her own self-doubts and save her best friend’s kingdom? Or will her ambition cost her everything and everyone she’s ever loved?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/emeraldand into your web browser to pick up your copy of Emerald and the Elf King in the Amazon Kindle store.

Mug Punter: Three Capers

Author: Robert New

Genre: Action & Adventure

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

These three light-hearted stories are inspired by the love of a good caper.

The Coat Hanger: Mug and his crew are hired to steal a coat hanger from a drycleaner. It’s a matter of life and death.

The Argument: Mug makes a bet with his friend over why two people are arguing. Will Mug finally make a bet he can win?

The Second Safe: One job, two safes. One contains a lot of money, but what’s in the second safe

Click here or type in http://geni.us/mugpunter into your web browser to pick up your copy of Mug Punter: Three Capers in the Amazon Kindle store.

Wandering Star

Author: Michael Wallace

Genre: Science Fiction

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

As one of the rulers of the ancient city of Quintana, Lord Carbón enjoys power and privilege that the lower castes of the city can only admire and envy. His wealth and status come from the coal mined atop the plateau and shipped across The Great Span, a mysterious bridge built during a legendary period of super science.

When miners discover a strange new artifact in the mines, maiming those who touch it and spawning deadly, shadow-like witherers, the discovery draws the attention of Salvatore, head of the secretive Luminoso cult. Hoarding ancient artifacts and terrorizing the city, the cabalists of the Luminoso temple collect scientific knowledge without understanding it, while watching the skies for heavenly signs, determined to bring about another golden age and crush any who meddle with their sacred prerogatives.

After Salvatore closes the mines and threatens to shut the Great Span, Carbón organizes a secret group of his own, comprised of his young chancellor and her brother, the captain of the watch, and the aging patriarch of a rival family, who is torn between loyalty to his layabout son and his responsibilities caring for the Great Span. But their real enemy may not be Salvatore, but a hidden cabalist living in their midst, who would use the crisis to seize control of both the Luminoso and the city that supports it.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/wanderingstar into your web browser to pick up your copy of Wandering Star in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Charming Man

Author: Lisa M. Lilly

Genre: Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

A blizzard rages. A young woman goes missing. A killer hides in the dark corners of an aging apartment complex.

As Chicago’s worst blizzard on record rages, a close friend asks Quille to help find a missing young woman.

The search takes Quille to River City, an aging apartment complex once seen as the cutting edge of Chicago architecture. When a well-known former resident is killed, downed power lines and multi-car pileups block police from reaching the building.

To prevent more deaths and find the missing woman before it’s too late, Quille must track the killer herself….

Click here or type in http://geni.us/thecharming into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Charming Man in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Saturday

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Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Saturday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!

Broken World

Author: Kate L. Mary

Genre: Horror

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $0.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

Follow a group of survivors on a journey that spans eleven books and twenty years as they search for safety in a world overrun by the dead…

When a deadly virus sweeps the country, Vivian sets out for California in hopes of seeing the daughter she gave up for adoption. Then her car breaks down and she’s faced with a choice: give up or accept a ride from redneck brothers, Angus and Axl. Vivian knows getting in the car with strangers is a risk, but with time running out, she’s willing to do whatever it takes to reach her daughter.

The virus is spreading, and by the time the group makes it to California, most of the population has already been wiped out. When the dead start coming back, Vivian and the others realize that no electricity or running water are the least of their concerns. Now Vivian must learn how to be a mom under the most frightening circumstances, cope with Angus’s aggressive mood swings, and sort out her growing attraction to his brooding younger brother, Axl.

While searching for a safe place to go, the group meets a pompous billionaire who may be the answer to all their problems. Trusting him means going into the middle of the Mojave Desert and possibly risking their lives, but with the streets overrun and nowhere else to turn, he might be their only chance for survival…

Click here to pick up your free copy of Broken World in the Amazon Kindle store.

Finding Santa: The Adventure of Greedy Elf

Author: Ellie Elf

Genre: Children

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

What happens when one of Santa’s elves doesn’t want to share anymore?

Using magic, Greedy Elf shrinks Santa and takes over Santa’s workshop. Solve the clues that a pixie leaves behind and break the spell. Told by Ellie Elf, Santa’s photographer, her story illustrates the transforming power of love.

Join Santa, Greedy Elf, Winter Wizard, Lucy and the rest of the gang and see the North Pole in a new way.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Finding Santa: The Adventure of Greedy Elf in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Merry-Go-Round

Author: Donna Fasano

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

When Lauren divorces her husband, she has one thought on her mind… stepping off the merry-go-round. However, her life quickly turns into a three-ring circus: her hypochondriac father moves in, her ex is using her shower when she’s not home, and her perky assistant is pushing her out into the fearsome dating world.

She also must decide if the dilapidated barn and vintage merry-go-round she is awarded in the divorce settlement is a blessing or a bane. As if Lauren’s personal life isn’t chaotic enough, this slightly jaded attorney is overrun with a cast of quirky characters who can’t stay on the right side of the law.

What’s a woman to do? She can allow life to spin her in circles forever. Or she can reach out and grab the brass ring.

The Merry-Go-Round is a bright and comical tale of divorce, determination, second thoughts… and second chances.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Merry-Go-Round in the Amazon Kindle store.

A Match Made in Spell

Author: ReGina Welling and Erin Lynn

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

What good is a witch with no magic?

I’m Lexi Balefire and I wear a lot of hats, but none of them are tall and pointy. I spend half my time making love matches that last forever, and the other half trying to keep my faerie godmothers from turning each other into toads. Or worse.

I come from a long line of witches, some of them wicked, but none of that will matter if my magic doesn’t awaken before midnight on my next birthday. If I miss that deadline, I’ll never be a true witch.

If my mother and grandmotherhadn’t used their magic to kill each other, one of them might have been able to give me the keys to the mystery and I’d be one step closer to claiming my Fate Weaver heritage.

Now, I guess I’ll have to figure it out on my own.

Click here to pick up your free copy of A Match Made in Spell in the Amazon Kindle store.

Demon King

Author: Erik Henry Vick

Genre: Horror

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

A childhood shredded by evil. A demon hunter drawn back home. When the threat returns, will his tragic past end in hell?

Oneka Falls, 1979. Four children disappear from a small town in Western New York. Forced to play a horrific, unspeakable game, three manage to escape, but with scarred minds. As the kids bury their memories in the deepest, darkest pits of their souls, their tormentor retreats to the forest…preparing for the right moment to return.

Rochester, 2007. As a criminal pathologist with no memory of his childhood, Dr. Andrew Reid has seen the darkness within the human mind. An obsessive compulsion, coupled with a chilling gift, forces him to hunt the flesh-eating demons hiding behind human faces. When he visits a small town to investigate a fresh outbreak, he’s terrified to discover a town overrun by demons…and the Demon King himself.

As his memories begin to creep back in, Reid enlists the help of his childhood friends to save one of their own. Can they exorcise the dark power to end the nightmare or will the town become a dark pit of damnation?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/demonking into your web browser to pick up your copy of Demon King in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Friday

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Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Friday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!

FireSong

Author: Aaron Paul Lazar

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

The Genesee Valley is in chaos. Strangers drive panel vans through the countryside at weird hours of the night. A new batch of drugs is on the street, endangering students. The local salt mine collapses due to illegal mining practices. Gas fires burn in water wells. Watering holes turn to brine. Crops are dying. Tempers are short. Forest fires threaten. To top it off, the new mine lies directly over ancient Indian burial grounds, bringing anguish to local tribes and inciting riots at the mine site.

As if that weren’t enough, Gus LeGarde’s country church is hit by a rogue tornado, revealing the bones of a missing parishioner and devastating the dead man’s wife. Days later, heroin is found in Gus’s elderly minister’s bloodstream after his car crashes into a tree in the dead of night.

When Gus is thrown into the middle of the madness, he knows life has finally gone berserk in East Goodland, New York.

Join Gus as he’s lured into a bizarre network of underground tunnels to expose the most shocking discovery ever to rock the Genesee Valley.

Click here to pick up your free copy of FireSong in the Amazon Kindle store.

True-Life Adventure

Author: J. Paul Drew

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

HE KNOWS TOO MUCH—BUT HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE KNOWS…

Things were going lousy for ex-reporter Paul Mcdonald: No money, no girl friend, no bright new career as a mystery novelist … and then along came private investigator Jack Birnbaum with an offer: he’d detect, and Paul would write the client reports. It wasn’t much, but it would keep Spot the cat in Kitty Queen tidbits.

But then somebody poisoned Jack in Paul’s own living room. A day that begins with a body in your house really ought to get better, but next comes burglary and after that, assault-by-cop. And Paul’s got a feeling that’s just the beginning. There must have been something someone didn’t want him to know in one of those client reports. But what?

The wise-cracking, funny, but slightly depressed ex-journalist better become an ace private investigator in about two seconds—or end up like his detective mentor.

Birnbaum’s last report concerned a kidnapped child, so Paul begins there. The trail leads him to the laboratory of a Nobel laureate geneticist, and then to San Francisco City Hall, where an extremely nasty surprise awaits. But there’s an upside—lovely witness Sardis Kincannon. Nothing like falling in love while you’re running for your life!

Click here to pick up your free copy of True-Life Adventure in the Amazon Kindle store.

Take a Chance on Me

Author: Virginia Kelly

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

She has a target on her back…only he can save her

An injury robbed Delta Force Operator Bobby Alvarez’s memories of the mission that left a brother-in-arms dead. He blames himself, and until his memory returns, he won’t stop questioning his abilities. On leave, he’s forced to use the skills and sixth sense that failed to keep his team safe.

Melanie Mackenzie overheard a powerful U.S. senator admit to murder, and now he’s set her up to take the fall. With overwhelming evidence against her for murder and treason, she’s on the run from the senator’s hitmen and the FBI. There’s no one she can trust, and even the stranger she meets on the beach seems more threat than salvation—until the hitmen find her.

Working together to clear her name, Bobby and Mel race to stay ahead of the killers, but the simmering desire between them may be danger in disguise. Because Bobby’s keeping a secret that could end any chance at happiness…and lead them both into a death trap.

Secrets, murder, treason, and fiery passion. Who can you trust?

Click here to pick up your free copy of Take a Chance on Me in the Amazon Kindle store.

Has Anyone Seen My Brain?

Author: Dan Nimak

Genre: Children

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

Invisibly traveling through time, a trio of twelve-year-olds and a dog named Blue enjoy the best summer ever – until the trip in which one of the friends truly disappears. A fourteen-year-old girl from the Salem witch trials helps with the search, and they soon discover that finding their lost friend will lead to a life-or-death decision.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Has Anyone Seen My Brain? in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Luck of Han’anga

Author: Thomas Watson

Genre: Science Fiction

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

An age of peaceful exploration has ended…

The centuries old dream of meeting an intelligent, nonhuman species has finally come true, in the form of the people known as the Leyra’an. But the dream soon becomes something darker when the Leyra’an prove to be more than just humanoid. They are like us to a degree that cannot be explained by chance alone. The search for the answer to this mystery will reveal a universe stranger and more dangerous than the crew of the probeship William Bartram could have imagined, and expose both Humanity and the Leyra’an to the threat of extinction.

For better or worse, that search has begun.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Luck of Han’anga in the Amazon Kindle store.

Going Against Type

Author: Sharon Black

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $4.74
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Some would say Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Regan has it all. Beautiful, smart, athletic, and a great job working as a journalist – in the almost exclusively male sports department. But Charlotte is not quite so sure as she seem. Recently split from her overbearing boyfriend, she escapes for weekends surfing in the Atlantic, and spends her free nights watching sports, roaring at the TV.

Derry Cullinane is a fashion writer, gossip columnist, and sophisticated man-about-town – The go-to guy for any woman seeking expert advice on what fabulous outfit to wear for any given occasion. He’s also tall, dark, good looking . . . and straight! So what’s the snag? He has a track record of dating glamorous, vain, and shallow women.

Charlie gets an opportunity to write a new column under the pen name Side Swipe, but soon is drawn into a war of words and wit with a rival paper’s columnist, The Squire, and their verbal fireworks get readers and editors talking. Yet neither Charlie nor Derry knows just who the opponent is.

When Charlotte and Derry meet at the Races, the attraction is instant. As their relationship develops, so much more proves at stake than protecting their alter egos. But a blunder puts Charlotte’s job in jeopardy just as Derry’s past makes front page, and Charlotte begins to doubt her feelings. When Side Swipe and The Squire are finally forced to reveal themselves, will they revert to type – or confound everyone’s expectations?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/goingagainst into your web browser to pick up your copy of Going Against Type in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Nanny Song

Author: Misty Mount

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Mallory Riscoe is no stranger to dysfunction. Despite her tumultuous childhood, at age twenty-two, she has established herself as a fully functional, self-made woman. However, the safe, mundane life she’s created for herself is quickly turned upside down when she’s falsely accused of theft and promptly fired.

Meanwhile, a dismal pall hangs over the Colt residence. Since the death of his wife, Brendan Colt has struggled to care for his children, Kason and Meela. Each is lost in their own deep grief, but there is more to this family than meets the eye.

Two worlds collide when Mallory accepts the job as nanny to the Colt children. Mallory begins to feel a connection, a whisper of trust between them, that could mean there is still hope for everyone involved to heal. But when an unspeakable secret is uncovered, that bond—and possibly Mallory’s life itself—is now at risk.

Can Mallory unlock the mystery intertwined in this chaotic family or will all hope of closure be lost forever?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/nannysong into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Nanny Song in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Sunday

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Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Sunday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!

Paper Phoenix

Author: Michaela Thompson

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

“My new interest is burglary.When some women get divorced they go back to school, I thought. Some do volunteer work at the hospital, or … have affairs with inappropriate men.”

(That’s early in the book. Later on, she works the man in too.)

First comes divorce, then comes murder…

…or at least sweet thoughts of murder. Maggie Longstreet has plenty of them after slimy, ambitious Richard trades her in for a more recent model. She’s so depressed she can barely get out of bed when Larry Hawkins, a seemingly not-at-all depressed acquaintance, commits suicide out of the blue. Suddenly Maggie goes on high alert, remembering something her evil ex said about Larry—something highly suspicious.

And from there, it’s just a short segué to a bracing new development:

“When some women get divorced they go back to school, I thought. Some do volunteer work at the hospital, or join communes and learn to birth calves. Some have affairs with inappropriate men. My new interest is burglary. Maggie Longstreet, former wife and mother, past president of the Museum Guild, now starting a career as a second-story woman.”

Fortunately, Maggie isn’t alone in her adventure—a very attractive, much younger man proves a lot more fun than Richard ever was. In fact, the real delight of this witty, sly mystery is seeing Maggie come alive again after a suffocating marriage. Set in the’70s, it has a bit of that Mad Men feel of women on the brink of something big. And completely unexpected.

You know Maggie’s going to be okay when she says: “I’d rather have had one of those cute little guns with a mother-of-pearl handle, but this (diamond pin) would have to do. I concealed it in my hand. At least now I was armed—or pinned.”

Click here to pick up your free copy of Paper Phoenix in the Amazon Kindle store.

Escape to Osprey Cove

Author: Luisa Marietta Gold

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

What Doug finds in the secret compartment of his new red Corvette will forever change his life. It will also change Catherine’s. Doug and Catherine come from two different worlds. Catherine’s world is one of privilege and wealth. Doug grew up dirt poor and full of envy of others who had the things that he wanted but could not have. His goal was to one day have all the things he coveted. Their worlds collide when Catherine, VP of a large New York City marketing firm, hires Doug. As soon as Doug learns of Catherine’s wealth, he sees Catherine as his ticket to all the things he covets. After a whirlwind courtship, they are married.

Poor boy meets rich girl should have resulted in “happily ever after” — not exactly. Doug quickly learns he also covets independence. Events begin to unfold in each of their lives. For Doug, it is his mysterious discovery in the secret compartment of the Corvette. For Catherine, it is a business meeting with Alex Droxell at the Osprey Cove Lodge. When Catherine enters the beautiful and serene lodge, it’s as though she is entering another place and time. The lodge is an escape from the nightmare she is living back home.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Escape to Osprey Cove in the Amazon Kindle store.

Where Elves Come From

Authors: Multiple

Genre: Children

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

With this book, we try to bring a modern twist to the old style of fairy tales when stories had nice, and important morals to learn from. It has many great positive, and self-affirming messages.

Beautifully illustrated, the book, as though written by Santa himself, brings up important fundamental morals for parents to start conversations with their child. In the book we provide easy tools and ideas to teach kids about setting goals, gratitude, always looking for the positive side of things, to have a happy, loving life through strong family bonds, etc. Additionally, the book is divided into 16 chapters, perfect for bedtime stories, and most episodes have one of our favorite bedtime prayers to enjoy together.

This book is also beneficial in confronting sensitive subjects like illness and death, and we all know how curious kids can be about these types of topics. We have a sweet spot in our hearts for kids with cancer, and with our story, we would like to support them by writing this book in a way to make a legend for them, and in a way that our young ones can relate too.

Our story is a heartwarming children’s chapter book that expands on two girls whose friendship forms when the two meet on a playground, and then blossoms as their single parents fall in love and get married. However, their faith is tested when the oldest girl is stricken with cancer, allowing the family to embark on adventures and make long-lasting memories before it is too late. The family will make you laugh and will make you cry, but most of all, they will make you feel good inside for all the small things we should enjoy in life.

With this story, we also encourage kids to use their imagination and their thoughts in a way that can help them find answers to their problems. We have adventures, talking dogs, a magical Christmas Tree, a magic bell and of course a beautiful angel. In the end, as the mystery of where elves come from is revealed, we hope that they will also believe in the power of a little magic! This is probably the most important lesson for kids; to “believe.” If they believe in themselves, they will see that they can have and do anything they want.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Where Elves Come From in the Amazon Kindle store.

River of Shame

Author: Susan Clayton-Goldner

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $5.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Something evil has taken root in Ashland, Oregon. And with it, an uneasy feeling sweeps down on Detective Winston Radhauser. If someone doesn’t intervene, that evil will continue to multiply until the unthinkable happens.

While on vacation with his wife and their newborn son, Detective Radhauser receives a call from Captain Murphy–a high school kid has been branded with a homophobic slur and is hospitalized in Ashland, a small town known for, and proud of, its diversity. And this is only the beginning. White supremacy, homophobia and racism are one thing. But murder is something else.

Radhauser will do whatever it takes to find the perpetrators and restore his town’s sense of safety. With such hostile opposition, can he succeed, and will justice be done?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/rivershame into your web browser to pick up your copy of River of Shame in the Amazon Kindle store.

Kilty Conscience

Author: Amy Vansant

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

While investigating the kidnapping of an actor’s child, time-tossed Highlander Brochan suspects a woman at the scene is the raven-haired beauty who’s been haunting his dreams. Worried his reoccurring fantasies are memories of his previous life in ancient Scotland, he vows to discover if the mysterious Fiona is his true love.

Hollywood fixer, Catriona Phoenix is left confused by both her step-father’s dramatic recount of her appearance in his life and her time-traveling Highlander’s waning affections. She devotes herself to the case—only to discover her romantic rival might hold the key to her own mysterious past.

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Monday

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Here’s your first group of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Monday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!

Her Cowboy Hero

Author: Debra Clopton

Genre: Romance

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

Rodeo bronc supplier Lori Calhoun has struggled to live up to expectations after her father’s sudden death. When a trailer load of her star broncs disappears her ranch is threatened. And her life.

Foreman of the Calhoun Ranch, Trip Jensen has watched Lori struggle to keep up with the demands of the ranch and the rodeo stock. He’s always admired her and loved her—but he’s kept that to himself. She was the boss’s daughter and is now the boss…off-limits for a cowboy like him. When more stock begins to disappear from the ranch, they must work together to solve the mystery. Unable to know who on the ranch to trust Trip enlist the Presley brothers from the neighboring ranch to back him up.

Lori has always admired Trip but he made it clear years ago that he wasn’t interested in her as more than a friend. Now, he is sticking close and she’s finding it hard to concentrate on the danger and not the man.

Can love blossom between them before time runs out?

Click here to pick up your free copy of Her Cowboy Hero in the Amazon Kindle store.

Pineapple Pack Vol. 1-3

Author: Amy Vansant

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

The first three Pineapple Port Mysteries – Murder, romance & laughs strike a Florida retirement community full of characters you’ll never forget! The twist: The resident ace detective is only twenty-six.

Book One: Pineapple Lies
Growing up in one of Florida’s fifty-five plus communities, Charlotte never expected life to be wild. Golf cart racing with her surrogate mothers Mariska and Darla was about as nutty as life got…until she found the hot pawnbroker’s mom buried in her backyard.
Talk about making a lousy first impression.
Armed with nothing but her wits, Pineapple Port’s questionable cast of characters and a growingcrush, Charlotte is determined to solve the mystery of Declan’s mother’s murder.
Hey, at least this guy’s skeletons aren’t in his closet.

Book Two: Pineapple Mystery Box
When a giant inflatable Halloween witch goes missing in the Pineapple Port retirement community, Charlotte’s eager to nab the culprit. Before she can lift a fingerprint, someone threatens to kill a new neighbor who looks like an adorable Pomeranian but possesses a disturbing talent for revenge. Moments later, a stranger demands the return of a mysterious wooden box… or else.
Charlotte’s boyfriend, Declan, isn’t having a great morning either. His calculating ex-girlfriend has returned to claim she’s the rightful owner of his pawn shop. She’s livid he’s found a new lady, too.
Eh. Things could be worse. At least Charlotte doesn’t know that a mojito-swilling killer who fed his grandmother to a cat is on his way to Pineapple Port…

Book Three: Pineapple Puzzles
The infamous Puzzle Killer returns to Charity, Florida, in search of a rival murderer, and when two serial killers battle, Charlotte, Declan, Seamus and a naked cat find themselves on the chopping block!

Click here to pick up your free copy of Pineapple Pack Vol. 1-3 in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Magic Sleigh Bell

Author: W. Peter Elliott

Genre: Children

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

The Magic Sleigh Bell has provided whimsical, holiday season reading to Christmas enthusiasts and families for over 20 years. This novella’s timeless story will continue to enchant both young and old for years to come.

The Magic Sleigh Bell is a wonderful Christmas book which tells the story of a young brother and sister who find a tiny bell while raking the leaves. The 7-year-old sister believes the bell must have fallen from Santa’s sleigh and rolled down their roof. Her 10-year-old brother, however, is at that age when he’s not sure if he believes anymore. The story is set in 1994, just before the era when the internet and social networking became so influential in our daily lives. The Magic Sleigh Bell continues as the children eventually find out who is right and who is wrong, and where the bell really came from. Young readers, especially, delight in the aspect of the story that features Santa and the elves. But it’s not just a children’s book, as it also deals with the brother and sister’s family and community and their Christmas traditions. It’s an old-fashioned celebration that adults (parents and grandparents) find they can enjoy from a different perspective than their children.

The Magic Sleigh Bell is a fun, family-oriented story with a touch of suspense and a very happy ending that joyfully reinforces a belief in Santa Claus.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Magic Sleigh Bell in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Heaviness of Knowing

Author: Sharolyn G. Brown

Genre: Science Fiction

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!

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Book Description:

Roxal doesn’t want to die.

But after watching the brutal execution of accused blasphemers, she wonders how long she has to live. Because Roxal knows she’s only pretending to be a believer. How long will it be before her “gods” know it, too?

Lauren’s on the verge of making a technological breakthrough when a sudden illness stops her in her tracks. Desperate visits to a hypnotherapist show her that an alien named Roxal is responsible. Is this alien real? And, what does she want?

For these two women, knowing the truth is a death sentence. Can they find a way to survive?

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Heaviness of Knowing in the Amazon Kindle store.

Heart Seeker

Author: Juliana Haygert

Genre: Fantasy/Paranormal

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

“For over twenty years, I’ve been lied to–magic burns within my veins, and I’m unable to resist its call.”

Mirella wants to be a normal college student … but she’s far from normal. Since she was born, her mother has been hiding the truth. Mirella is a descendent of a powerful bloodline that spans centuries, a bloodline that gives her an uncontrollable sixth sense.

Masked men desire her blood. Strangers long for her to join their cause, and a gorgeous man with magic of his own seeks to forge a forbidden bond between them.

For Mirella, there is no escape. Bodies surface, and killers run rampant as her people are hunted and slaughtered. Mirella is the only one who can save them. Trapped in a life she doesn’t want, Mirella must find the strength to summon the power inside of her–or risk the extinction of her kind.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/heartseeker into your web browser to pick up your copy of Heart Seeker in the Amazon Kindle store.

The Empress Holds The Key

Author: Gabriel Farago

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99

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Book Description:

Dark secrets. A holy relic. An ancient quest reignited.

Jack Rogan’s discovery of a disturbing old photograph in the ashes of a rural Australian cottage draws the journalist into a dangerous hunt with the ultimate stakes.

The tangled web of clues—including hoards of Nazi gold, hidden Swiss bank accounts, and a long-forgotten mass grave—implicate wealthy banker Sir Eric Newman and lead to a trial with shocking revelations.

A holy relic mysteriously erased from the pages of history is suddenly up for grabs to those willing to sacrifice everything to find it.

Rogan and his companions must follow historical leads through ancient Egypt to the Crusades and the Knights Templar to uncover a secret that could destroy the foundations of the Catholic Church and challenge the history of Christianity itself.

Will Rogan succeed in bringing the dark mystery into the light or will the powers desperately working against him ensure the ancient truths remain buried forever?

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