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[Bargain eBook] The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella by Diana Gabaldon Jul 29, 2012 02:26 pm The Custom of the Army: An Outlander Novella by Diana Gabaldon Genre: Historical Fiction Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, weaves an engrossing tale of war, history, and suspense in this original novella — now available as a standalone eBook — featuring returning hero Lord John Grey. London, 1759. After a high society electric-eel party leads to a duel that ends badly, Lord John Grey feels the need to lie low for a while. Conveniently, before starting his new commission in His Majesty's army, Lord John receives an urgent summons. An old friend from the military, Charlie Carruthers, is facing court-martial in Canada, and has called upon Lord John to serve as his character witness. Grey voyages to the New World — a land rife with savages (many of them on his own side) and cleft by war — where he soon finds that he must defend not only his friend's life but his own. Click here to download from Amazon for the Kindle: $1.99 Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or you can download a Free Kindle Reading App for your computer or mobile device! * * * Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Sunday Evening: 5 Free Kindle Books Jul 29, 2012 02:23 pm Looking for a good a book? Take a peek this collection of 5 Free Kindle Books and snag your favorites tonight! Though free at time of posting, prices may change at any time. Please verify that the "Kindle Price" is $0.00. If you see a price for "Prime Members" then the book is NOT free any longer. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Cookbooks, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Religious Fiction Frost Arch (The Fire Mage Trilogy) by Kate Bloomfield Still free? Click Here to find out! Avalon Redding is a Fire Mage who can't control her powers. After almost killing her little sister, she decides to run away. What Avalon doesn't expect however, is that her life will take a dramatic change when she moves to Frost Arch, a snowy city where she gets a job as a maid, and befriends a local Healer. Before she knows it, Avalon is on the run from the law. The Fire Mage Trilogy continues with Book 2: Flamethroat, now available on Kindle! Finding Veronica by Louise Forster Still free? Click Here to find out! London based chef, Jennifer Dove believes she leads an exciting life, until her unconventional sister, and wanna-be Goth niece, join her to attend their uncle's mad-cap funeral in Australia. Barely hours into her stay, she disturbs an intruder and is questioned by police. Sexy local, Calum McGregor, is an easygoing guy, unless he thinks Jennifer is in danger. Throw in fluffy pink stilettos, a fireman to the rescue, a Russian skulking about, and already life is more interesting, and it's only day two. Will she ever unravel her uncle's cryptic message and find his missing girlfriend, Veronica? Time is running out, in more ways than one. The Vivisectionist by Ike Hamill Still free? Click Here to find out! The boys have the perfect summer planned. They'll camp out in the backyard for their last vacation before high school. There's only one problem — even though they're just a hundred feet from the safety of the house, they're being hunted by a serial killer. Join Jack, Ben, and Stephen as they strap on their backpacks and go out looking for adventure. The woods behind Jack's house contain endless trails to explore, and the boys have weeks to investigate them all. Their neighborhood finally seems at peace again, now that the man who snatched the kid from down the street has been caught. But there's still danger in those woods, and the boys are about to stumble into it… Blue Christmas by Diane Moody Still free? Click Here to find out! Working late on Christmas Eve, college senior Hannah Brooks is in the midst of a full-blown pity party. When a last-minute customer brimming with holiday spirit invites her to a candlelight service and a late-night family dinner, Hannah reluctantly accepts. She has no idea this kindhearted woman is the mother of Jason McKenzie – leader singer of Out of the Blue, the hottest band in the country – and Hannah's childhood idol. The evening ends with an innocent kiss (sans mistletoe) as Hannah is swept away by Jason's unpretentious manner. Over the holidays Hannah and Jason's relationship grows, but when turmoil and tragedy strike at the very heart of his famous band, their newfound love is put to the test in the glare of the paparazzi spotlight. Throughout her rollercoaster of experiences with Jason and his friends, Hannah comes face to face with her own beliefs. Who knew she could learn more about prayer and faith by hanging out with a bunch of rock stars than she ever learned in church? Continue reading the The Moody Blue Trilogy series with Blue Like Elvis. Gleefully Gluten-Free by Ruth Naylor Still free? Click Here to find out! After years of struggling with bloat, sluggishness and irritability, Ruth Naylor finally discovered that she, like many other people, was gluten intolerant. She didn't like the idea of never again eating her favorite foods, so she went to work researching the best possible substitutes, without all the unhealthy ingredients! Let Ruth take you on her personal journey from feeling sick and discouraged, to finding a better way to eat, and loving every minute! Gleefully Gluten-Free will prove to you that there's life beyond gluten sensitivity! *  *  * Looking for Biographies, Memoirs, and Non-Fiction Kindle Books? Discover Health, Wealth, and Happiness with the best Non-Fiction Kindle Books at the cheapest prices – Power Reads! Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. [Save 80%] The Grove by John Rector Jul 29, 2012 12:19 pm The Grove by John Rector Genre: Psychological Thriller In this gritty noir novel, John Rector weaves an intensely sinister tale. Dexter McCray is a farmer with a dark past that continues to haunt him. As a man struggling with alcoholism, he's used to being looked at with pity and suspicion in his community. So, after waking from a blackout to discover the body of a teenage girl in the nearby cottonwood grove, he can't be entirely sure he's innocent. With no memory of the previous night, he sees no choice but to investigate the crime himself. Fortunately he's not alone. He has some help…in the shape of the dead girl herself. In The Grove, readers are treated to more than a warped and imaginative mystery. With plot twists on every page, Rector breathes life into a story that pits reality against hallucination, truth against improbability. Is Dexter motivated by guilt or insanity, reason or folly? And how will the young victim provide the help he desperately needs? This is a novel about one man haunted by the reality of his failed life. Click here to download for the Kindle: $2.99 (Save 80%) Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or you can download a Free Kindle Reading App for your computer or mobile device! * * * Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Sunday Afternoon: 5 More Free Kindle Books Jul 29, 2012 12:12 pm Here are 5 More Free Kindle Books you will want to snap up today! Though free at time of posting, prices may change at any time. Please verify that the "Kindle Price" is $0.00. If you see a price for "Prime Members" then the book is NOT free any longer. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Urban Fiction Summer Harvest by Scott Fields Still free? Click Here to find out! Summer Harvest is the warm and tender story of Frank Watson, a retired farmer who lived in a small town nestled in the cornfields of rural America. He spent his life farming the land that had been in the family for over a hundred years and reared two children with Ida, his wife for over forty years. It has been two years since the death of his wife, and Frank Watson still struggles with the loss. Every morning, he meets with his friends at the local diner to talk and to exchange gossip, but inevitably must return to his farm that remains undisturbed since his wife's death. Then, Pepper Ledley breezed into his life. She was the new waitress in town nearly half his age and offered Frank something he had never before considered, a new beginning. However, it somehow didn't seem right to Frank. How could he have these feelings when he still loved Ida? Frank accepts an invitation to Pepper's house for dinner but feels a sense of betrayal to the wife he still loves. "You know, there are times I can smell her. I can walk into this kitchen and close my eyes, and I still smell her sweet scent. To me, she's still my wife. Nothing has changed. I can't stop loving her." Telling Lies by Cathi Stoler Still free? Click Here to find out! How many lies does it take to get away with murder? While magazine Editor Laurel Imperiole is vacationing in Florence, Italy a chance encounter brings Laurel to a startling realization. She's just bumped into a dead man, Jeff Sargasso, an art dealer and husband of a close friend who supposedly died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. When he vanished, Sargasso had been brokering the sale of a priceless masterpiece that was lost during World War II to CEO Alfred Hammersmith. Hammersmith perished along with Sargasso on 9/11, and the access codes to the $15 million deposit–ten percent of the asking price–died with them. Could Sargasso have faked his own death to steal the money? WINTER'S DESTINY by Nancy Allan Still free? Click Here to find out! Alone, with a fall gale howling around the rafters, Amy Johnstone turns to see a woman's rain-streaked face staring back at her through the dark window. The face is…identical to her own! Instantly, Amy's life crumbles. Her husband leaves, her only child is taken, and something sinister surrounds her and those she loves. She is catapulted into a world she knows nothing about–a place where a killer rules, where answers stay buried, where time ticks dangerously by, where her life is in constant peril, and worse, where her son, Jamie is hidden. To find her child, she must find her look-alike, and that dislodges a killer who hunts her relentlessly. Sheriff Dallas Wayburne's investigation parallels Amy's, and their combined efforts draw them together when time is critical and when their relationship adds yet another dimension to Amy's stressful life. Murder Half Baked by Kathleen Delaney Still free? Click Here to find out! A dead man in the cemetery, another in the bakery. Ellen McKenzie has to find the killer soon… before another death puts a stop to her wedding. The groom is Dan Dunham, Santa Louisa's Chief of Police. The guest list is growing and Ellen's dreams of a small, intimate candlelight ceremony are rapidly disappearing. A major distraction is Ellen's quest to find a new building for Grace House, a halfway house for needy women. Then she finds old Dr. Sadler dead in the cemetery, his head bashed in by the arm of a marble angel. Every suspect is connected to Grace House. After it goes up in flames, all the residents, including one new-born, move in with Ellen and Dan. Will Ellen and Dan ever solve the murders and get their lives back? A Gangster's Melody 2: A New York State of Mind by Sean A. Wright Still free? Click Here to find out! In this highly anticipated sequel to A Gangster's Melody, Travon Outlaw knew that in his line of work, sacrifices would have to be made but never did he think he would have to choose between his freedom and the freedom of the woman he loved, Tiffany Davis. Yet, he knew deep down that if he ever had to make that hurtful decision again, the outcome would remain the same. Life must go on, money has to be made and only the strong will survive. Tiffany has spent the last four years of her life regretting the day she fell in love with Travon. Back then, she was too naïve to realize that everything in life comes with a price and unfortunately for her, the price she paid was her freedom. Will Tiffany ever have a chance to make Travon pay for ruining her life? *  *  Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Sunday Morning: 5 Free Books on Kindle Jul 29, 2012 09:10 am Though free at time of posting, prices may change at any time. Please verify that the "Kindle Price" is $0.00. If you see a price for "Prime Members" then the book is NOT free any longer. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Contemporary Fiction, Cookbooks, Urban Fantasy Thicker Than Water (Blood Brothers) by Greg Sisco Still free? Click Here to find out! Tyr and Loki are not your teenage sister's vampires. They live for pleasure. They feel no remorse. They view human beings as livestock and sex objects. And after a thousand years seducing and murdering the prettiest girls in the room, they have become two of the most diabolical serial killers of all time. But following a violent feud that separates the brothers for over a decade, Tyr hides himself away in a house on the outskirts of Las Vegas where he falls in love with a terminally ill young woman named Eva, an act deemed punishable by death by the fabled vampire council known as The Chosen. When a mysterious messenger arrives at his home, Tyr fears both Loki and The Chosen have tracked him down, forcing him to protect both himself and the dying young woman who is teaching him to feel. A Family Affair by Mary Campisi Still free? Click Here to find out! When Christine Blacksworth's larger-than-life father is killed on an icy road in Magdalena, New York, a hundred miles from the 'getaway' cabin he visited every month, she discovers a secret that threatens everything she's always held to be true. Her father has another family which includes a mistress and a daughter. Determined to uncover the truth behind her father's secret life, Christine heads to Magdalena, prepared to hate the people who have caused her to question everything she thought she knew about her father. But what she finds is a woman who understands her, a half sister who cherishes her, and a man who could love her if she'll let him. The longer she's around them, the more she questions which family is the real one… Flight From Fear: A Rabbi's Holocaust Memoir by Rabbi Samuel Cywiak Still free? Click Here to find out! Flight From Fear is the Holocaust memoir of Rabbi Samuel Cywiak, who was born in Wyszków, Poland in 1920. It chronicles the six years during World War II where, not only did he survive the wraths of both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin and witness many horrors throughout Europe, but he was ordained a rabbi, became a husband and father, and witnessed and experienced many miracles. He was ordained by Rabbi Chaim ben Zion Notealevitz in New York and later certified fit in matters of Jewish legal questions by the great Moshe Feinstein. Rabbi Cywiak was honored by former President of Venezuela, Carlos Andres Perez, for community service and has had a distinguished career as an Orthodox Rabbi, mohel, and cantor for over sixty years now. Through the Door (The Thin Veil) by Jodi McIsaac Still free? Click Here to find out! Celtic mythology and the modern world collide in Through the Door, the first book in the new urban fantasy series The Thin Veil. Cedar McLeod lives an ordinary but lonely life, raising her six-year-old daughter Eden on her own while trying to balance the demands of her career and the expectations of her mother. Everything seems normal until the day Eden opens her bedroom door and finds herself half a world away – and then goes missing. Suddenly, Cedar realizes her daughter is anything but normal. In a desperate search for answers, Cedar tries to track down Eden's father, who mysteriously disappeared from her life before Eden was born. What she discovers is far beyond anything she could have imagined. As she joins unlikely allies in the hunt for her daughter, Cedar finds herself torn between two worlds: the one she thought she knew, and one where ancient myths are real, the stakes are impossibly high, and only the deepest love will survive. Secrets of Extraordinary Salads by Madeline Robinson Still free? Click Here to find out! Salad is the most diverse dish in the world. What other dish combines freshness, flavour, texture, colour, hot and cold more spectacularly than the salad… In Secrets of Extraordinary Salads best selling cookery writer and author Madeline Robinson has produced a comprehensive, well researched book containing 50 of the world's greatest salad recipes. This book is full of amazing salad recipe ideas to help you cook delicious flavourful recipes to keep your friends and family coming back for more and more… *  * Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary. [Kindle Daily Deal] The Hangman's Daughter Jul 29, 2012 08:04 am Amazon has a daily promotion called the Kindle Daily Deal. You can view this special deal every day here: http://amzn.to/KindleDailyDeal Today's deal is… The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch Genre: Thriller Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play. So begins The Hangman's Daughter–the chillingly detailed, fast-paced historical thriller from German television screenwriter, Oliver Pötzsch–a descendent of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian executioner clan. Click here to download from Amazon for the Kindle: $0.99 (Save 87%) Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or you can download a Free Kindle Reading App for your computer or mobile device! * * ! Prices are subject to change without notice. For non-U.S. readers, Kindle content availability and pricing will vary.