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[image error] My Steadfast Heart by Jo Goodman. $2.99.

From Jacket Copy:

Colin Thorne finds his way out of a London workhouse but at the cost of losing his two younger brothers. With an uncertain future ahead of him, Colin makes seafaring his life until the inexorable pull of revenge draws him back to London. The debt owed to him by the Earl of Weybourne will be paid.

Weybourne Park has been Mercedes Leydon’s home her entire life. Now serving as the estate’s manager and caretaker of her uncle’s two children,...

REVIEW: Mate Claimed by Jennifer Ashley

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Dear Ms. Ashley:

This shifter series has a unique world setting. It’s almost punk in some sense because the world of the shifters is anti establishment in every way. The humans are afraid of shifters and despite shifters greater strength, humans have superior power and were able to corral shifters onto reservations of sorts and collar them. The collars emit electrical shocks of varying degrees if the shifters exhibit aggression.

Despite their oppression, the shifters have created a strong commu...

REVIEW: Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

Dear readers,

Please tell me I’m not the only person who’s fallen victim to this. You hear a premise for a forthcoming book. It sounds so great that the potential awesome overwhelms everything else. You overlook some crucial details like, for example, the background of the author writing it. In other words, your enthusiasm clouds your judgment. You never stop to think how this could go so terribly wrong.

[image error]You’d think after all this time, I’d know better.

When I first heard the premise for Stormda...

Monday News: The Air Force’s (not so) secret flying saucer; Jane Austen scholar fights; mass market still viable

This video is of the Ohio State Marching Band whose motto is “THE best damn band in the land” and from the videographic evidence, it’s hard to dispute this. The band does a classic video game tribute. You won’t regret watching it but if you are short on time, skip to the 6 minute mark and watch them do the horse. That was incredible.

Onto the news:

Cult leader – Richard Beck begins this article on Jane Austen talking about how thin skinned the lovers of Jane Austen are. “Austen lovers have not...

Bestselling List Week Ending October 2, 2012

How to Date a Henchman by Mari Fee A | BN | K | S
Shield’s Lady by Jayne Ann Krentz A | BN | K | S
The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton by Miranda Neville A | BN | K | S
What I Did For a Duke: Pennyroyal Green Series by Julie Anne Long A | BN | K | S
What A Gentleman Wants (Zebra Historical Romance) by Caroline Linden A | BN | K | S
Guilty Pleasures (Avon Romantic Treasure) by Laura Lee Guhrke A | BN | K | S
On Dublin Street by Samantha Young A | BN | K | S
Sophie’s Choice (Open Road...

Daily Deals: Girl Gamers, Christian druids, vampire slayers and Regency tingle cream

Fictionwise code is 60% off this weekend (100612). I’d love ideas on how to spend my money.

[image error] Taliesin (Pendragon Cycle Series #1) by Stephen R. Lawhead. $.99.

From Jacket Copy:

It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis.

Taliesin is the remarkable adventure of Charis, the Atlantean princess w...

REVIEW: Effortless by S.C. Stephens

This review contains spoilers for Thoughtless which I reviewed here.

Dear Ms. Stephens:

This is a sequel to Thoughtless.While it could be read alone, I don’t think it should because the conflict that drives the story are the insecurities the two main protagonists have over the other person’s fidelity. I liked that this was what drove the conflict.

[image error]To recapThoughtless, Kellin and Denny were best friends. Denny cajoled his girlfriend, Kiera, to come to college with him in Seattle. Then he left her...

REVIEW: Kindle Paperwhite

I’ve been reading mostly on my iPhone and iPad having sold my Kindle 3G on Craigslist this past spring. I just wasn’t using it enough. But when the Kindle Paperwhite went on sale, I had to buy one.

There are two versions of the Kindle Paperwhite – one with wifi and one with 3G. I purchased the 3G with Special Offers but feel like I could have easily gotten away with just purchasing the wifi version for $119.

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In the box

The device comes with a USB cable but NO power adapter. Your previous Kindle...

Daily Deals: Grieving widows, time travelers, and fights for mankind’s survival, all for under $3

[image error] Hello, It’s Me by Wendy Markham. $2.99.

From Jacket Copy:

Love is calling…

Wait for the beep!

A widowed mother of two, Annie Harlowe has a secret: She likes to call her late husband’s cell phone just to hear his voice, even if it is only a recording. Then one night she dials-and something extraordinary happens…

Thomas Brannock IV has had his life mapped out since he was a kid, but a free-spirited woman with flowing hair and sun-kissed cheeks is about to change all that. Still reeling from her hea...

REVIEW: White Trash Beautiful by Teresa Mummert

Dear Ms. Mummert:

Sometimes I think to myself that my reading results would have a higher success rate if I just read excerpts but in this case I did read an excerpt on your site and I was excited for the book. I bought the book the morning it came out but I didn’t realize that the excerpt would be the only decent part of the story.

[image error]Cass Daniels is a waitress living in a trailer park with her druggie mother and her abusive boyfriend. A stranger walks into her cafe and her life is changed foreve...