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December 20, 2017
Wednesday’s Featured (and FREE!) Kindle Book
Terradox
Author: Craig A. Falconer
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4099
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Book Description:
They were heading for Venus. Somewhere else found them first…
When a sudden impact sends a spacecraft bound for a distant research station hurtling towards a previously unseen and inexplicable planet, responsibility for the safety of its passengers immediately falls on Ivy ‘Holly’ Wood, a former poster-child of the public space program now fleeing Earth’s tyrannical leadership.
The mysterious planet’s startlingly Earth-like atmosphere initially breeds optimism among Holly’s group of stranded survivors, but before long it becomes clear that Earth’s rules don’t apply and that nothing can be taken for granted.
With all hopes of escape dependent on discovering the true nature of this increasingly hostile planet, Holly and the rest of the desperate survivors know only one thing for sure: their newly discovered world will not give up its secrets without a fight.
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More Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Wednesday
Here’s your second group of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Wednesday: 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!
Sweet Dreams
Authors: Patrick Emmett & Mike Faricy
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
IT STARTED OUT AS A 3-DAY STAY IN DUBLIN–NOW THERE’S A PRICE ON HIS HEAD.
It’s official: U.S. Marshal Jack Dillon is temporarily on loan to the Garda Síochána Special Detective Unit, helping to smoke out the Russian crime boss responsible for the murders of two of their own in a shoot-out at the airport. Jack was wounded in the gun battle, but he did bring down down three mobsters. He’s definitely on the mend now, as his sexy nurse Lin will attest – with a big smile.
In this action-packed sequel to Welcome, the first humorous Dublin Tale by Patrick Emmett, (Dev Haskell author Mike Faricy’s Irish alter ego), one of the mob families has sworn revenge. And so, with a price on Jack’s head, the Garda uses him to bait a trap for the bad guys. Emmett’s (Faricy’s) funny charm shows up in the good-natured joshing among Jack and the new Irish friends who’re protecting him. With round-the-clock security and a dog for protection – how could he screw this up, right? He will – with style and humor. Hint: like his American cousin Dev, Jack has a tendency to take his eye off the bad guy to admire a beautiful lady. And under certain circumstances, a whole roomful of Russian mobsters might be less dangerous to him than one pretty face and figure.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Sweet Dreams in the Amazon Kindle store.
Dark Siren
Author: Eden Ashley
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $0.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Lovely, enchanting, and dangerous, sirens of Greek mythology lured countless numbers of sailors to their deaths with their beautiful appearances and melodious voices.
Seventeen-year-old Kalista guards a dark secret that has never allowed her to fit in. She is a siren.
Instead of luring men to shipwreck, Kalista sucks the very life force from their souls. From day to day she never knows from where her next meal will come, but resists the urge to feed for as long as possible. Having a boyfriend is no help–a single human has never been able to sustain her–and the guy she is dating possesses a darkness within him that stains her soul, filling Kalista with evil urges whenever she feeds from him.
And then Kalista meets Rhane. Strange and familiar all at once, she immediately forms a smoldering connection to this handsome young man with otherworldly eyes, and feeding from his life force begins to change her in unexpected ways. Soon, Kalista learns that Rhane is guarding terrible secrets of his own. Secrets tied to a long forgotten past. Secrets that could lead to the undoing of them both. And yet, somehow they must save each other.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Dark Siren in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Intern
Author: Garry Ocean
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Distant future, inhabited space. Due to an accident and his own blunder, Nick Sobolev, an intern of the Space Courier Service, ends up on a mysterious planet tucked away in deep space. The planet is named Terrius and resembles Earth. At the site of his starship wreck, Nick meets local hunters. He follows them to the Forest and the City, hoping to find a way to communicate with Earth and to find out why the planet at the level of development of a feudal society is equipped with structures and devices capable of shooting down interstellar vehicles. The events unfold quickly and are full of unexpected turns. Nick finds himself deeply immersed in solving ancient secrets of the local civilization. To save his new friends, he has to participate in the brutal Ritual reminiscent of Earth’s ancient gladiator fights. This does not go unnoticed. Nick’s participation attracts attention of many powerful locals, all of whom have their own plans for the stranger they believe to have come from the wild steppe. Some want to kill him; others see in him the messiah from an ancient prophecy.
The Forbidden World book series is written in sci-fi/fantasy fusion, a genre gaining more and more popularity. In the books of this series, the readers will find a whole new world – planet Terrius with its wondrous flora and surprising wild fauna. Its rich social life is full of legends, myths, its own games of thrones, and stories of individuals who are either endowed with a mysterious Gift or cast a powerful wicked Spell by someone unknown.
Click here to pick up your free copy of The Intern in the Amazon Kindle store.
Drive Thru Murder
Author: Colleen Mooney
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4.8 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 NEW ORLEANS STYLE MURDER—TAKE LAUGHS, TWISTS, MIX WELL, AND ADD A BELLE
Colleen Mooney keeps the twists coming as fast as the laughs in her third THIRD funny cozy starring Brandy Alexander, everybody’s idea of the perfect chick lit heroine. Brandy’s blonde, adorable, has a good job, two guys to choose from, and very possibly the poor judgment to pick the wrong one. (Half the fun’s watching to see if she’s ever going to wise up.)
The other half’s watching her life complicate itself in ways that would send the average female sleuth screaming into the night. First, she witnesses a murder at a drive thru joint with the unlikely name of CLUCK IT—CHICKEN BY THE BUCKET. And then it turns out nothing at the scene’s what it seems—or at any rate nobody’s who they seem. Seems CLUCK IT’s not just a place to clog your arteries, but also a transgender hangout. And with that discovery, you know you’re in New Orleans.
The local color never stops as Brandy’s complex Irish Channel family develops the kind of problem that’s a lot more fun on the page than in real life. What to do when your sister gets pregnant with one of the next-door twins who are also the brothers of your lifelong flame—but she doesn’t know which twin? (Be glad it’s Brandy’s problem, not yours.)
She also finds a mysterious box of valuable jewelry under her closet floor, becomes the unofficial caretaker of the Tarot reader across the street who knows the future but can never predict when she’s going to get so drunk she’s going to fall into her own bushes, and develops a strong suspicion about one of her other neighbors, all the while juggling the two Romeos.
Good thing she’s better at solving mysteries than she is at wrangling her boy friends. The reader can rest assured she’s eventually, and in fine style, going to weave together the myriad mysterious strands that confound the police (who happen to count Boy Friend # 1 among their ranks) and present them the solution with all the panache of an old-style detective like Hercule Poirot—yet none of the pretension. You can almost hear her wondering, “Did I do that?”
Click here or type in http://geni.us/drivethru into your web browser to pick up your copy of Drive Thru Murder in the Amazon Kindle store.
Drunk Chickens and Burnt Macaroni
Author: Mary Smith
Genre: Memoirs & Biographies
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4.00
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Drunk Chickens and Burn Macaroni (subtitle) offers a remarkable insight into the lives of Afghan women both before and after Taliban’s rise to power. The reader is caught up in the day-to-day lives of women like Sharifa, Latifa and Marzia, sharing their problems, dramas, the tears and the laughter: whether enjoying a good gossip over tea and fresh nan, dealing with a husband’s desertion, battling to save the life of a one-year-old opium addict or learning how to deliver babies safely.
Mary Smith spent several years in Afghanistan working on a health project for women and children in both remote rural areas and in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. Given the opportunity to participate more fully than most other foreigners in the lives of the women, many of whom became close friends, she has been able to present this unique portrayal of Afghan women – a portrayal very different from the one most often presented by the media.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Wednesday
Here’s your first group of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Wednesday: 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!
Sourdough Wars
Author: Julie Smith
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
A tasty treat of a San Francisco mystery—a crisp, tangy story you’re sure to get a rise out of.
TO YOU, ITS JUST A FROZEN LUMP OF DOUGH; TO SOME, IT’S LIFE AND DEATH…
Especially to handsome Peter Martinelli, who wants to auction off the fabled sourdough starter from his family’s famous bakery. But who’d buy a frozen hunk of flour and water? Only, it turns out, every bakery in San Francisco, a national food conglomerate, and an upstart ringer with a mysterious backer.
Someone would even kill for it. And does.
Enter lawyer sleuth Rebecca Schwartz, whose client is her own partner, glamorous Chris Nicholson, Martinelli’s main squeeze before the ill-starred auction.
Rebecca noshes her way through the case in hilariously unorthodox style, tasting some great bread along the way, but also uncovering so many ancient jealousies, long-simmering feuds, and seething resentments that she barely escapes death by doughball.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Sourdough Wars in the Amazon Kindle store.
Rescued By A Kiss
Author: Colleen Mooney
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
A KISS TO KILL FOR…
In Colleen Mooney’s funny, romantic, delightfully meandering cozy mystery, you gon’ have a authentic Noo Awlins experience, dawlin’! And a wild ride into the bargain.
Brandy Alexander’s the real deal–yes, that’s her real name and she’s not even a stripper, although her best friend Julia is. Brandy still lives with her parents in the Irish Channel and she’s sort of semi kind of engaged to the boy next door, who’s—what else?—one of NOLA’s finest.
In fact, Dante, the BF, is such a thoroughgoing New Orleanian he always manages Mardi Gras parade duty on his own block. So you’d think Brandy might be a little self-conscious when a suave smoothie in one of the gentlemen’s walking clubs mesmerizes her into a big fat Mardi Gras smooch right in front of him. But not a bit. Because after all, it’s Mardi Gras, and also for another good reason— “that kiss was long, slow, hot—unlike any kiss I’d ever had in my life.” She makes a date to meet Mr. Good Kiss after the parade (Yes! Right in front of Mr. Right Next Door) but –horrors–arrives just in time to see him get shot. Although fortunately not shot dead. Before he passes out, he pulls her close and whispers, “Save Isabella.”
And then, in case you aren’t yet in the carnival spirit, the fun begins. You’d think a mystery that begins with an eligible man taking a bullet might be a bit dark, but Colleen Mooney has something else in mind—something like a screwball chase all over town, from Lee Circle to the Lakefront, with a stop at Charity Hospital, and finally to the French Quarter’s favorite gay dance club, at all times accompanied by Schnauzers, one of them named Geaux Cup.
Jiff, the captivating kisser, (aka Mr. Possibly Right), has enemies, of course, and, oh, by the way, he and Brandy get kidnapped, but this one’s much more about the offbeat inventive fun than the mystery. And the romance, of course. The real adventure here is swanning around town with Brandy and her crazy krewe—much of it canine and seriously cute.
New Orleans aficionados will appreciate the plethora of authentic touches, from Brandy’s family and neighborhood, to meals at Ye Olde College Inn, and the familial friendships black and white families form with each other; cozy readers will love the humor and the romance; and chick lit fans will root for plucky, soft-hearted Brandy, who never met a stray dog she didn’t rescue.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Rescued By A Kiss in the Amazon Kindle store.
Redemption Lake
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:
Tucson, Arizona – Eighteen-year-old Matt Garrison is harboring two terrible secrets: his involvement in the drowning death of his 12-year-old cousin, and a night of drunken sex with his best friend’s mother, Crystal, whom he finds dead in a bathtub of blood. Guilt forces Matt to act on impulse and hide his involvement with Crystal.
Detective Winston Radhauser knows Matt is hiding something. But as the investigation progresses, Radhauser’s attention is focused on Matt’s father. Matt’s world closes in when his father is arrested for Crystal’s murder, and Travis breaks off their friendship.
Despite his father’s guilty plea, Matt knows his dad is innocent and only trying to protect his son. Devastated and bent on self-destruction, Matt heads for the lake where his cousin died—the only place he believes can truly free him. Are some secrets better left buried?
Click here or type in http://geni.us/redemptionlake into your web browser to pick up your copy of Redemption Lake in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Bastard Son
Author: Jerri Hines
Genre: Historical Romance
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Sumner Meador walked in a world of wealth and privilege as part of Charles Town’s elite, but that was years ago. Now he fights in the Southern backwoods driven by the passion he holds for the Patriot cause, shadowed by his past. Reeling from a devastating defeat at the hands of the British, Sumner seeks haven at his farm, only to find an interloper—an unwelcome and unwanted distraction. He has no time for the young woman or the complications she brings with her, but soon discovers he has no option but to give aid to the stubborn, courageous beauty whether she wants it or not.
Jane Kilmer has been violently thrust into the midst of the civil war ensuing in the backwoods. Hiding from one of the most dangerous vigilantes, Jane trusts no one. Suddenly, she has no choice but to put her life in Sumner’s hands. Both desire revenge, but neither wants what happens—to fall completely, undeniably in love with each other. As the war rages around them, their love is put to the ultimate test. The question becomes not whether their love will survive, but will they.
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December 19, 2017
Tuesday’s Featured Kindle Book
The Story Sisters Box Set
Author: Katy Regnery
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
The Bohemian and the Businessman is the first of three books about the Philadelphia-based Story sisters who are all on the look-out for love.
Priscilla Story, the self-proclaimed “wild child” of the straight-laced Story clan, has always had a knack for getting herself trouble. Except this time, her “growing problem” is going to require a Daddy sooner than later…or she can kiss her inheritance good-bye.
Shane Olson, who previously dated Priscilla’s sister, Margaret, isn’t opposed to a marriage of convenience for the sake of furthering his business interests, but Priscilla – with her wild ways – is just about the last woman he’d choose to marry.
In order to make the marriage look convincing, they end up having to spend more time together than they’d originally planned. When rolling stone, Priscilla, who lives by the seat of her muu-muu, and seriously-ambitious Shane, who’s had his whole life planned since he was eleven, start falling for each other, it’s going to take a whole lot of compromise for this Bohemian and her Businessman to find their happily ever after.
The Director and Don Juan is the second of three books about the Philadelphia-based Story sisters who are all on the look-out for love.
Heiress Alice Story left her father’s company three years ago in a blaze of glory, inviting all of his employees to jump ship and join her, but only one accepted her offer: mail room clerk, Carlos Vega.
While Alice spent the next three years getting her own company off the ground, Carlos became her indispensable right-hand man — executive assistant and office manager, loyal counsel and trusted co-worker.
And all the while, they were quietly falling in love with each other.
When Alice is offered a lucrative business deal in Puerto Rico, island-born Carlos is the perfect person to accompany her on her trip as translator, but as they travel together from Philadelphia to Santo Domingo to Ponce, two unlikely co-workers will discover that during their three years working together, their feelings for each other have grown far deeper than they ever could have guessed.
And though business-minded, proper Alice will try her very best to ignore the longings of her heart, scorching hot, insanely sexy Boricua, Carlos, has no intention of letting her go.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/storysisters into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Story Sisters Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katy Regnery started her writing career by enrolling in a short story class in January 2012. One year later, she signed her first contract and Katy’s first novel was published in September 2013.
Katy lives in the relative wilds of northern Fairfield County, Connecticut, where her writing room looks out at the woods, and her husband, two young children, two dogs, and one Blue Tonkinese kitten create just enough cheerful chaos to remind her that the very best love stories begin at home.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Tuesday
Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Tuesday: 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!
God Loves You, Chester Blue
Author: Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson
Genre: Religious Fiction
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Chester Blue was originally written as a children’s chapter book. However, since its launch it has found its widest readership as an inspirational story for adults. This is because, although each short chapter features a different person encountering God through this blue bear…half of the encounters involve adults dealing with real-life events such as job-loss and growing old.
AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF HOPE FOR ALL AGES.
God’s love always finds us just in time. No matter where we are, or who we are, God has a special message of Love for each of us.
What if when you most needed help, a blue bear appeared with a note from God?? One night, Miss Millie of Blossom, Ohio turns her face to the stars and asks God for help. The next day, a package arrives on her doorstep containing a blue teddy bear and a very special note.
God will meet us where we are…
Over the course of a year, this remarkable blue bear travels across the country, showing up just when he’s needed most.
During his journey, Chester Blue helps a young girl trying to impress her big sisters; helps a man who has lost his job; saves a sailor caught in a terrible storm; reunites two constantly fighting brothers suffering from a terrible case of sibling rivalry; watches a cowboy become a rodeo clown; and helps a father and daughter after divorce. Each chapter is short story demonstrating God’s love for us in every situation.
God is everywhere. His love can find us anywhere.
Click here to pick up your free copy of God Loves You, Chester Blue in the Amazon Kindle store.
Death Before Facebook
Author: Julie Smith
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
MURDER MOST VIRAL!
It’s a chilly November in 1994, and thirty-one-year-old Geoff Kavanagh surreptitiously splits his time between science fiction novels and cyberspace in his parents’ dilapidated, overgrown, uptown New Orleans mansion. Until his mother finds him dead from a suspicious fall off a ladder. Maybe he should never have posted about seeing his father murdered … because way too many people on the TOWN, a pre-Facebook virtual community, knew things about his family he didn’t even suspect. Decades-old skeletons start falling out of closets after Geoff’s untimely death, thanks to New Orleans Detective Skip Langdon. Langdon finds Geoff’s gorgeous mom strangely uninterested in her son’s fatal fall, but Mom’s apparently the only one. It seems the post has gone viral. Suddenly all the TOWNSpeople have theories—and ambition as cyberdetectives. What’s a murderer to do but kill his way out?
Click here to pick up your free copy of Death Before Facebook in the Amazon Kindle store.
Sins of the Heart
Author: Eve Silver
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Dagan Krayl, the Underworld’s most powerful soul reaper, is the demigod son of the evil god Sutekh. He’s on a mission to find his murdered brother’s remains and resurrect him, but resurrection means that the secrets carried into death would be released and, with them, a war that could end gods and mankind alike.
Roxy Tam is searching for the same thing, but for completely different reasons. She means to make certain that the remains don’t fall into Sutekh’s hands, and that the soul reapers do not reanimate their fallen comrade. As a Daughter of Aset, Roxy is tasked with the protection of the human race, and if that means thwarting an all powerful soul reaper and making certain his dead brother stays dead, so be it. But when Roxy sees Dagan face-to-face, she realizes that she has met him once before—a meeting that changed her life forever.
Neither Dagan nor Roxy expects to join forces for the sake of mankind. Or to have their loyalties tested as they struggle against treachery, betrayal and the potent desire that threatens to consume them both.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Sins of the Heart in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Butterfly Garden
Author: Mary Campisi
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Sometimes we’re lucky enough to get that second chance – in life and in love. That Second Chance Series are stand-alone stories of strong women who battle heartache and loss with a courage and determination to find new paths and true love. What ties them together? A common theme: belief in the beauty of that second chance.
The Butterfly Garden is Book Six of That Second Chance Series.
Sometimes love happens when you least expect it…
Jenny Romano has never been a white-picket-fence, happily-ever-after girl. Despite a mother who rejected her free-spirited, unique ways as irresponsible and just plain wrong, Jenny has found happiness as a photographer, flitting around the country and snapping photos of other people’s lives. Her older sister, Grace, has a husband, children, and a carpool schedule. She’s the one their mother calls “perfect.”
But when tragedy strikes her sister’s carefully constructed life, Jenny must step in and help. Soon, she’s knee-deep in small-town, suburban life, the kind she’s always avoided…
Psychologist Elliot Drake spends so much time healing other people’s pain that he prefers to keep his own relationships short and uncomplicated. He’s loved and lost once and with a young daughter to raise, he’s not willing to risk his heart again. Of course, he’s never met anyone quite like Jenny. Outrageous and unpredictable, she’s nothing like her well-controlled older sister. And the more he’s around Jenny, the more he wonders if short-term is really what he wants…
Elliot and Jenny are about to discover that real life happens whether you want it to or not. Will they let real love happen, too?
Click here to pick up your free copy of The Butterfly Garden in the Amazon Kindle store.
Max Powers and Project Gemini
Author: Keith Philips
Genre: Children
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
When Max Powers arrives at Scientopia to attend the Summer Genius Program, he discovers he mysteriously has unrestricted access to the amusement park and it’s secrets. Max accidentally discovers the previous owner the park hid a powerful new technology, called “Project Gemini,” somewhere in the park. Soon, a dangerous stranger arrives, intent on using Max to find it! Max must now use his special connection to the park to help the current owner find out what Project Gemini is and where it’s hidden before the stranger does. But can even the owner of the park be trusted?
With help from his best friend, Hannah Phan, and Alistair, the world’s most advanced and life-like ani-droid, Max starts to unravel the truth about Scientopia, his mysterious past and his surprising connection to Scientopia’s Project Gemini.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/maxpowers into your web browser to pick up your copy of Max Powers and Project Gemini in the Amazon Kindle store.
Ascend Online
Author: Luke Chmilenko
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $6.00
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Diving into a revolutionary new video game, Marcus and his friends escape a stagnant society, entering into a world that defies their wildest imaginations. But from the moment that he logs in, Marcus finds himself separated from his friends and thrown into remote village under attack by a horde of goblins.
Forced into battle, Marcus rallies the beleaguered villagers and with their help, manages to drive off the invading creatures. With the village in ruins and their supplies spoiled, the survivors desperately turn to Marcus for help in rebuilding the village.
Realizing that this game is nothing like he’s ever played before, Marcus is swept up into a whirlwind of adventure as he struggles to defend his new home, quickly finding that marauding goblins are the least of his problems.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/ascendonline into your web browser to pick up your copy of Ascend Online in the Amazon Kindle store.
Spells and Jinglebells
Authors: Various
Genre: Mystery
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:
‘Tis the season for sugarplums, gingerbread, and … eye of newt?
Ring in the holiday season with a little sprinkle of magic and mystery. Meet new friends and reunite with old ones as fifteen of your favorite paranormal mystery authors spread some holiday cheer in this anthology collection of never before published short stories and novellas.
No dashing through the snow required! Grab your copy of Spells & Jinglebells and get the holiday season started off right from your cozy place by the fire.
Read stories by these popular authors:
Danielle Garrett
Tegan Maher
Cate Lawley
Ani Gonzalez
April Aasheim
Ruby Blaylock
ReGina Welling and Erin Lynn
Heather Horrocks
Amanda A. Allen
Sara Bourgeois
Pearl Goodfellow
Ava Mallory
Sonia Parin
M.Z. Andrews
Click here or type in http://geni.us/slXX2 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Spells and Jinglebells in the Amazon Kindle store.
Razor Wire Karma
Author: Larry Nocella
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $2.99
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Book Description:
Raphael Gorey is serving a life sentence for a triple homicide. He lives his days by prison routine, waiting to die. When a visiting stranger claims he has a greater purpose, Raphael is skeptical, but bizarre events and perplexing signs convince him a mysterious power is at work. For the first time in his life, he is driven to act. Soon he’s in deadly conflict with forces bent on his submission. Can he survive their wrath? And what is his true calling?
Click here or type in http://geni.us/razorwire into your web browser to pick up your copy of Razor Wire Karma in the Amazon Kindle store.
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A Quick Reminder About Freebies
Here’s a quick reminder – if I or anyone else tells you about a book being offered for free on the Amazon Kindle website and you are interested, please jump on it immediately. Don’t wait a few days or even a couple of hours, or you may see the book being offered for sale vs. what you thought was free! I’ve seen it happen many times over the years.
Why does that happen? Sometimes there is a glitch to the Amazon system, an author may have forgot to set the book for free, or who knows?
Bottom line here is don’t wait – log on to the website frequently (www.fkbt.com) or check your email shortly after 8:00 a.m. Central time for the daily digest if you are subscribed to the free daily email. Grab them now as once the book is yours, no matter if you paid nothing or $100 for a book, it is yours forever!
Have a great weekend-
Michael
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December 18, 2017
Monday’s Featured (and FREE!) Kindle Book
One Black Rose
Author: Maddy Edwards
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!
Book Description:
Go on a journey in this heart-stopping modern day fairytale.
Autumn plans to spend the summer with her friend Carley in Castleton, Maine, expecting nothing more than a normal couple of months hanging out at the beach. Nothing out of the ordinary is supposed to happen.
But as soon as she arrives she meets Holt Roth. Holt is unlike anyone she’s ever met before – and her reaction to him is even more unexpected.
Then she meets Holt’s friend, Samuel Cheshire. If her reaction to Holt was strong, her reaction to Samuel is shocking. The only problem is that he seems to hate her for no reason at all.
Autumn knows there’s something very strange going on, but no one will tell her anything. When she finally learns the story behind what’s been happening – that Holt and Samuel are fairies and she is destined to be a fairy too – her life will change in ways she can’t imagine, and the choices she makes will have the power to destroy lives – including her own.
Click here to pick up your free copy of One Black Rose in the Amazon Kindle store.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Monday
Here’s your listing 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!
Haunted on Bourbon Street
Author: Deanna Chase
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Jade loves her new apartment—until a ghost joins her in the shower.
When empath Jade Calhoun moves into an apartment above a strip bar on Bourbon Street, she expects life to get interesting. What she doesn’t count on is making friends with an exotic dancer, attracting a powerful spirit, and developing feelings for Kane, her sexy landlord.
Being an empath has never been easy on Jade’s relationships. It’s no wonder she keeps her gift a secret. But when the ghost moves from spooking Jade to terrorizing Pyper, the dancer, it’s up to Jade to use her unique ability to save her. Except she’ll need Kane’s help—and he’s betrayed her with a secret of his own—to do it. Can she find a way to trust him and herself before Pyper is lost?
Click here to pick up your free copy of Haunted on Bourbon Street in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Baby Monitor
Author: Matt Ingwalson
Genre: Horror
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:
The basis for the hit podcast, The Baby Monitor: A Novella of Family Horrors, takes you inside a very modern nightmare. Richard and Lissa Platte can not sleep. Every night their infant son wakes them screaming, crying, gripped by a terror he can not name. Does he simply have nightmares? Is their home haunted? Or is something even darker eating away at the sanity of this young family?
The Baby Monitor is a horror story. A love story. And a book with something to say about marriage and children. It will linger with you for many, many dark nights to come.
Click here to pick up your free copy of The Baby Monitor in the Amazon Kindle store.
Trouble Under the Mistletoe
Author: Rebecca Barrett
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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:
Trouble, the Sherlock of black cat detective, finds himself in Turnout, MS on Christmas Eve. Teddy Adamson, that heart breaker, has just walked back into Billie Dean Bailey’s life. But more dire happenings are going on under the mistletoe. Who ends up dead and why? Was it the maraschino cherries in the Tizzington sisters’ fruit compote? Or was it something more sinister? Find out in this short story of Trouble’s latest escapade in the Familiar Legacy Mystery Series.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Trouble Under the Mistletoe in the Amazon Kindle store.
Wrath
Author: E.H. Reinhard
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Miami homicide lieutenant Nash Harrington has seen countless murders. Blood and bodies are nothing to lose sleep over.
Yet what seems to be a run-of-the-mill murder stemming from infidelity turns into a full-blown killing spree.
For this killer, taking the lives of his wife and her lover is merely the beginning. He’ll take the deceit no more. His decision has been made. All the women who’ve wronged him in the past will die.
Harrington quickly finds the case turning personal when the killer’s focus inches closer and closer to home.
Unknown to the lieutenant, one of his loved ones has a history with the killer. And that history is etched in the killer’s mind.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Wrath in the Amazon Kindle store.
Beauty and the Recluse
Author: Ellie Gray
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $4.31
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Following the recent death of her father, and in need of both a job and somewhere to live, Kiya takes a housekeeping job on the spur of the moment. She soon finds herself living in a beautiful but neglected mansion, working for a strange and reclusive man.
St. John is a man scarred by the past, both physically and emotionally, and is determined to live out his life alone. They are two very different people, drawn to each other almost against their will, but can Kiya convince St. John that he is not the monster he believes himself to be?
Click here or type in http://geni.us/beautyrecluse into your web browser to pick up your copy of Beauty and the Recluse in the Amazon Kindle store.
Till Death and Beyond
Author: Lyn C. Johanson
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Till Death and Beyond is a sizzling tale of two souls bound by destiny in a cruel plot to separate them forever…
A COLD BEAUTY WHO KNOWS DEATH INTIMATELY…
Amira is the strongest witch on the face of the earth, with psychic abilities no others possess. And yet, she is but a slave to the whims of the gods. Forced to be born anew every time she fails in fulfilling an ancient prophecy, Amira is desperate to break the vicious cycle.
A TORMENTED WARRIOR WHO HAS LOST EVERYTHING…
Plagued by the memories and guilt over his family’s demise, Raven lives for the sole reason of restoring his younger brother. And kidnapping a witch is only the beginning—for he intends to right the wrongs of his past by any means necessary.
A DESTINY TO CHANGE THE WORLD…
While the gods might have planned for her to be captured, surrender is not something that comes easy to Amira. Yet one glance into her captor’s eyes, and she is swept away by emotions long ago denied to her. She decides to play along. For a while.
Despite the hatred Raven harbors for their kind, he is intrigued by the witch. One taste of her lips, and she becomes his obsession. Soon, he discovers that fighting against the passion they ignite in one another is futile. But as they strip each other’s secrets, a powerful force threatens to destroy them both.
For in this game of gods nothing is simple—the whole universe seems to conspire against them. And no matter how fiercely they fight, or what they are willing to endure to save each other … the path they travel is paved with loss.
Will they survive the ultimate test, if even their determination—to fight till death—might not be enough?
Click here or type in http://geni.us/tilldeath into your web browser to pick up your copy of Till Death and Beyond in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Band 4: The Air We Breathe
Author: Marguerite Nardone Gruen
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $8.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Marguerite is on holiday in London, finally free after 27 years of feeling like a hostage to her strict and overbearing parents. Also in London, and struggling with his thoughts of freedom, is Chase Martin―one fourth of the most successful band on the planet―who knows that freedom can only come at the expense of his band-mates.
They come from completely different worlds, but when those worlds collide―on a rainy night in a small coffee shop―nothing will ever be the same again. Before ever laying eyes on him, his pain and anxiety somehow reaches her, and she feels moved to alleviate it… to offer comfort, which he desperately needs. After years of performing with his band-mates, they are closer than brothers. They are a part of one another, and the compulsion he is feeling to separate from them, is tearing him apart.
The strange bond Marguerite and Chase discover goes beyond attraction or desire. It goes beyond love or lust or anything either of them have ever experienced. It is absolutely terrifying, but to walk away from its pull would be like choosing not to breathe.
This is a story of love, loss and heart-break… of family and friendship. This is their story.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/band4 into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Band 4: The Air We Breathe in the Amazon Kindle store.
Beyond the Forest
Author: Kay L. Ling
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Lana can draw arcane powers from gemstones. When she started reading the folklore, it sounded farfetched. She should have closed the books right then and walked away. Special abilities are nothing but trouble. Someone always wants you to do something impossible. Or dangerous. Usually both. Like going through a portal to save an oppressed race in another world. In this case, gnomes, whose ruler happens to be a gem master with unimaginable powers.
Lana decides an exploratory mission seems harmless. She can visit the other world and come up with a plan. Who knew there would be flying serpents, carnivorous insects, and goblin-like mutant gnomes? Or that she’d end up in a dungeon while the queen decides whether to kill her or turn her into an enchanted creature? The gem master hopes to rule Lana’s world next and has already put plans in motion. Lana is determined to escape from the dungeon, but then what? She has two potential allies with gem powers, and she’s afraid of both. But with two worlds in danger, and time running out, she may have to trust them.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/beyondforest into your web browser to pick up your copy of Beyond the Forest in the Amazon Kindle store.
Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors – hurry, as today is the last day to enter! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!
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December 17, 2017
Last Day to Enter!
There is just one more day to go – today is the last day: have you entered? If you don’t know about what I’m banging away on the keyboard, we’re hosting a giveaway: you can win either a new Kindle Paperwhite or one of nine signed / autographed editions of a bestselling novel, courtesy of a select group of independent authors!
Some of you will say “I never win anything,” and maybe that’s right. However, you certainly will continue the losing streak if you don’t enter. “I never win anything” is the same thing I hear from the majority of the winners on past giveaways. For this one, your odds of winning something are actually higher than most of our previous giveaways. Why, you might ask? Well, for one there are a lot more things in this one than normal, which means we will have more winners; second, there number of participants in this one are a little less than usual, which means there is a higher chance for you to win.
It’s really easy to enter, and I’m serious when I say it takes less than ten seconds of your time to put your name into the pot. If you haven’t entered yet, take those ten seconds now and either click here or type in http://geni.us/decgw into your web browser and enter!
Good luck!
Michael
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Sunday’s Featured Kindle Book
The Honorable Thing
Author: Karl Jacobs
Genre: Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $7.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
If you’ve ever fallen for someone you shouldn’t have, you won’t be able to put down this sweet and touching story of two people thrown together in a big, strait-laced corporation when management ranks are suddenly opened to women.
Katie’s a married, 30-something mom, as prim and proper as a nun. Jack’s a married, 30-something dad, with an irrepressible sense of humor. The last thing either of them expect is to fall for each other.
But that’s exactly what happens as they discover they love the same things, get a kick out of silly pranks, and feel their hearts beating faster when they are in the same room together. Feelings they know could ruin their careers and destroy their families.
What follows will have you holding your breath, laughing out loud, and feeling the enormous anguish that Katie and Jack feel as they are torn between their yearning for each other and their love for their kids and their well-meaning, if sometimes insensitive, spouses.
This is a beautiful story of two good and decent people caught up in something they never anticipated, and the extraordinary power of profound love. Written by an Amazon bestselling author, it is a thoughtful and thoroughly believable read, a story told with extraordinary compassion and just the right ending.
Click here or type in http://geni.us/DhHb8Xs into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Honorable Thing in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
When he was growing up in a rough part of a small Wisconsin town, his mother didn’t set the bar very high for her rebellious middle son. “Just don’t wind up in jail,” she warned him.
It took Karl Jacobs a few years to tame his mischievous spirit, but he wound up in a jail only once, and that was merely to conduct a newspaper interview with a St. Louis alderman arrested in a protest demonstration.
As a writer and reporter with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Karl covered major political and racial issues throughout the country, and became assistant city editor. He later served as press secretary for a United States Senator on Capitol Hill.
When he entered the business world, he worked in the headquarters of major corporations in NYC, New Jersey, and Delaware, winding up as a special assistant to the Vice Chairman of DuPont and vice president-executive communications at Prudential Life Insurance and chief speechwriter for two of its chairmen and CEO’s.
Both of his novels grew out of this mix of experiences. Born and reared in Superior, Wisconsin, Karl is a journalism graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later returned there to do graduate work in sociology as a Sage Fellow. He and his wife Kay met in high school band when he winked at her on a quarter bet with a fellow trumpet-player. He was 16 and she was 14. He won both the quarter and, eventually, Kay. They have three adult children and now live in Arizona.
You can visit Karl’s Amazon author page if you click here or type in http://geni.us/karljacobs into your web browser.
Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors – hurry, as tomorrow is the last day to sign up! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!
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