The Lyon's Tale

BOOKLOVER DEALS FOR PRIME DAY!

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 01:47:00 +0000

Amazon's famous Prime Day events are huge for so many reasons, and for bookworms, it's even better: books aren't high-ticket items to begin with, so when they're on sale, and our book-buying budgets go farther, we get to PAR-TAY!

Here are some of book bargains for Prime Days October 13 & 14 that you won't want to miss:

Books 99-cents for Prime Day:

Drops of Gold, by Sarah M. Eden

My Dearest Enemy, by Jennifer Moore

Not a Word, by Stephanie Black

The Gem Thief, by Sian Ann Bessey

A Guarded Heart, by Heidi Kimball

Wager for a Wife, by Karen Tuft

If Your Like Audio Books, You'll Love These

Apple AirPods: only $114!

That's seriously cheap for AirPods, and if you're like every person I know who owns a pair (including my teen, who saved up her own money to buy a more expensive pair), you'll get a ton of use out of them, more than justifying this super low price.

Echo Buds

These are Amazon's version of AirPods. They include Alexa, so you can tell your ear buds to play specific things. Ask questions, add things to your shopping list and calendar, and more. And for Prime Day they're only $79.

Audible Trial Membership: FREE!

Includes 1 book of your choice. (I suggest The Girl in Gray!) Plus, members get to listen to Audible-only podcasts, newspapers, and more.

Kindle Readers on Sale

They start at $59 and can hold thousands of books!

The Paperwhite is $79 for Prime Day.

And I have the Oasis, which is a DREAM of a device. It's dropped in price dramatically to $199.

If you get a Kindle reader for Prime Day, you'll get a $5 ebook credit to go with it! Depending on how you spend it, that five bucks could get a few books!

That's one of the semi-secret joys of ebooks: you can buy SO MANY MORE because they're cheaper than DTBs (dead-tree books/paper books).

CHECK OUT THE KINDLE READERS HERE

Other Cool Stuff

Swhatty Cell Phone Stand Universal Tablet Dock

This is a super cool stand made of sturdy aluminum alloy. Adjust the angle and height. Use with any tablet or phone.

The black one is just $12. Two other colors are available for $17.

Ring Video Doorbell

My parents have one of these, and I love that; they can see who is at their door before answering. $69 for Prime Day.

Echo Studio

The highest-quality of devices in the Amazon Echo family. This one has amazing 3D sound with high-fidelity speakers. $149 for Prime Day, down from $199.

Echo Dot

I love, love, love our Echo. If you're looking for something with the same functionality as the big ones, and the amazing sound of the tall Echo isn't your primary concern, you'll want the Echo Dot, only $18! (DUUUDE.)

Deals & Links ~ January 2020

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:24:00 +0000

Timeless Romance Anthology: Happily Ever After

Sale!

The collection is just $1.99 through January 17th.

You'll get SIX romantic re-tellings of classic fairy tales, including one from New York Times bestseller Jessica Day George!

SNAG THE SALE PRICE HERE.

THREE Sarah M. Eden Novels on Sale!

Don't miss this sale! Each of these three novels is on sale for just $1.99 each!

Buy Links:

Love Remains

The Kiss of a Stranger

Drops of Gold

Timeless Western Anthology: Big Sky

Price drop!

This collection of three romances in a modern-day Western setting, by Kimberly Krey, Cindy Roland Anderson, and Annette Lyon (me!) is a blast.

Previously $4.99, the collection is now just $2.99 (that's less than a hamburger!), and you can read it for FREE through Kindle Unlimited.

Get BIG SKY at the new low price of $2.99

COVER REVEAL: A NOTE OF CHANGE

The next Timeless Victorian Collection will be out on February 25th!

It features stories by Nichole Van, Esther Hatch, and Annette Lyon (me!)

Order Your Copy of A NOTE OF CHANGE Here.

***Always double check prices before purchase.***

~WINNERS~

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 20:17:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! It had 6,594 entries . . . wow!

Here are the winners! I'll send an email using the address provided during the giveaway.

Congratulations!

Winner of Fujifilm Instax Mini
Cindi Knowles

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Paperback Book Winner

One copy each of The Girl in Gray and Lost Without You

Linda Romer

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$15 Gift Card Winner
Sara Zielinski

Congratulations to all!

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Winners have through Thursday, December 19th, midnight MST to claim their prize via email and to provide a shipping address within the contiguous United States. Prize winner decisions are final. Any prize unclaimed by the deadline will be forfeit.

Holiday Deal List ~ 2019

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:28:00 +0000

As I discover new book deals for the holiday season, I'll continue posting them to social media, but I'll also add them to his post so you can find them in one spot!

Be sure to check back for new deals. And confirm that the deal hasn't ended; the prices will be valid when I add them to this post, but it's the reader's responsibility to check that the price is still discounted before purchase.

And to follow me each day as I post new deals, do so here:

The Evermore Chronicles, by Emily R. King

The first two books in the trilogy are on sale for just $1.99 each. The third book just released. The entire set would make a great Christmas gift!

Click a title to buy the book:

Before the Broken Star

Into the Hourglass

Everafter Song

Get the entire series here.

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Timeless Romance Anthology: Under the Mistletoe

Six contemporary romantic stories with a Christmas theme.

Authors included:

Cindy Roland Anderson
Annette Lyon
Julie Coulter Bellon
Heather B. Moore
Sarah M. Eden
Jennifer Griffith

$1.99 Sale Here.

Amy Harmon 3-Book Sale

THREE of Amy Harmon's novels are on sale, each for just $1.99. Stock up!

Click on a title to get any of the books for just $1.99:

From Sand and Ash

The First Girl Child

What the Wind Knows

The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dionne

One of my favorite books from the last couple of years!

It's won a ton of awards around the world. If you enjoy suspense, women's fiction, and/or anything Nordic, this book is for you. It's set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where a lot of Finnish immigrants settled.

You'll love this one!

Get it for $1.99.

Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy

The story of Marilla Cuthbert, who went on to adopt Anne Shirley!

Get if for $1.99

Long Journey Home, by Sarah M. Eden

History of the American West, Irish immigration, and Sarah M. Eden? Yes, please!

This is book is part of the Longing for Home series, but if you haven't read the others, you can read this one; you won't be confused.

Snag it here for $1.99.

CELEBRATE W/ ME: WIN A CAMERA GIVEAWAY & MORE!

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:00:00 +0000

To celebrate the release of The Girl in Gray,

I'm giving away a camera!

Yes, you read that right.

And more prizes, too!

Confession: I keep wanting to call this a Polaroid, but it's technically a Fujifilm Instax Mini. Behold:

Two of my daughters have them, and they adore these cameras!

Create instant pictures perfect for dorm rooms, scrapbooks, decorating a teen's bedroom, and more.

(Okay, they take a couple of minutes to fully develop, but still!)

Two More Prizes Will Be Drawn for Two More Winners:

$15 gift card
Paperback copies of BOTH The Girl in Gray and Lost Without You.

The latter will be newly in paperback with its brand-new cover, which matches the Harvest Valley series!

For a chance to win any of those prizes, simply enter using the Rafflecopter form below! You can do a many or as few action items as you like, but the more you do, the higher your chances of winning will be.

Make sure to come back daily to stock up on the items you can get daily entries on!

The more you enter, the better your chances of getting a prize.

And with Christmas around the corner, you know you want to have prizes to use as gifts . . . even if that means gifts for yourself!

Rafflecopter begins November 10th.

Ends on December 10th.

Winners will be notified shortly thereafter.

Additional Rules:
Any prizes unclaimed after a week of the announcement will be forfeit. Decisions on winners are final. Void where prohibited.

Enter away!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Available Now: The Girl in Gray

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:51:00 +0000

A country fighting to stay free.
A woman with an impossible decision.

In November of 1939, Sini Toivola is sure of two things: she loves Marko Linna, and she has a comfortable life in Helsinki. But when the massive Soviet army invades her beloved homeland and Marko spurns her affections, her life is turned upside down. Needing a fresh start, Sini decides to join the female volunteer corps—the Lotta Svärd—and is sent to serve near the front lines. Service at a field hospital proves a good distraction—until Sini discovers a Russian soldier lost behind their camp.

Duty requires her to turn him in, but her heart begs to keep him safe and help him escape. Torn between love for her country and love for her enemy, Sini must choose—but no matter what choice she makes, heart-wrenching consequences await them all.

Get the ebook here.

Get the paperback here.

#CommissionsEarned

Lots o' Links!

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 00:52:00 +0000

Not just links, either; tons of news!

Tailor Made goes live on Tuesday, September 3rd, but it's already available for pre-order.

Snag your copy for just $2.99, and it'll download automatically to your Kindle!

It's the first in what will be a series set in 1800s Finland. Long-time readers may recognize it as a story I wrote for the now-defunct Kindle Worlds program, but it's bigger and different and better than ever!

CLICK HERE TO FIND IT ON AMAZON

About the book:

Two people. An impossible Task. A traitor in their midst.

Sofi’s mother desperately needs medicine, and Sofi will do anything to get it—including a one-month stay at the Brunberg mansion in Helsinki, the capitol. There she’ll spend her days at the Kangas Tailor Shop, knitting silk stockings and other items from sunup to sundown for the biggest wedding of the decade. If she can do it, Sofi will have the ability to get the medicine her mother needs, with money to spare.

But Sofi’s safe world of knitting needles and thread is turned upside down when she finds herself in the middle of political intrigue. Antti, tailor and owner of the shop, Sofi uncover a plot to sabotage the Brunberg daughter’s wedding and threaten to bring Russia’s fist onto the Grand Duchy, removing the Finns’ self-governance, and possibly lead the countries into war.

As Sofi and Antti work together to save their country, she can’t help falling in love with the unassuming and attractive head tailor, though she knows she can’t have him. Her country and her family need her, and when her job is done, she’ll go home to Porvoo, never to see him again.

As they race to stop the traitor, the battle in her heart intensifies, and she fears that the victor won’t be love.

Here's the purchase link one more time.

TAILOR MADE FACEBOOK LIVE-STREAMED EVENT

Log on to Facebook at noon Mountain Time on Wednesday, September 4th (that's the day after Tailor Made releases).

For an hour, I'll chat with readers, draw prize winners (including one participant who will win PayPal CASH), and more.

RSVP for the event here.

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COVER REVEAL!!!

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The Girl in Gray is my World War II novel.

It's women's fiction and set during the little-known Winter War, a relatively short but amazing conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland.

The Winter War had big effects on the war, and I had relatives who fought and died in it.

I worked on this book for years and years. It's truly a labor a love, and I can't wait for my readers to get their hands on it!

Stay tuned for the back cover copy, pre-order, and release date, all coming soon!

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New Releases You Won't Want to Miss

The Warning, by James Patterson and my awesome friend Robison Wells

About the book:

Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. There's no place to run in a community that's been taken―and is being intentionally kept―off the grid.

A small southern town was evacuated after a freak power-plant accident. As the first anniversary of the mishap approaches, some residents are allowed to return past the national guard roadblocks.

Mount Hope natives Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that their hometown is not as it was before. Downed cellular networks fail to resume service. Animals savagely attack humans. And the damaged power plant, where Jordan's father is an engineer, is under military lock down.

As friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, the Maggie and Jordan increasingly turn to each other. Their determination to discover who―or what―has taken control of Mount Hope soon has them in the cross hairs of a presence more sinister than any they could have imagined.

GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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The Marquess Meets His Match, by Julie Coulter Bellon

About the book:

Lord Christian Wolverton―known as Wolf in a covert group operating during the war against Napoleon―has been called home from his military duties. For the moment, his family responsibilities require him to suspend his more clandestine activities. But information falls into his hands that a traitor will soon try to tip the scales back into French favor and Christian doesn't have much time to stop it from happening.

Going to the one person who can help him, the powerful Duke of Huntingdon, Christian comes face to face with Lady Alice. She’s a beautiful member of the ton with a very big secret―she’s also a trained agent and already on the case. Forced to partner with her to lure the traitor out of hiding, Christian wants to quickly close the case himself, before Lady Alice is more closely involved. But Lady Alice has ideas of her own and she’s going to prove her theories correct―with or without him.

Danger is closer than they think, however, and it’s a race against time to expose the traitor’s identity before British lives are endangered. Both Christian and Alice have strong opinions on who he is, but which one will be proven right?

GET YOUR COPY HERE.

Announcement: New Series Coming!

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 23:34:00 +0000

An old book of mine, Tailor Made, is no longer available through Amazon, because the Kindle Worlds program has ceased to operate.

As a result, I have regained rights to the story, provided I remove all elements of the kingdom of Monterra, which is the Kindle World the story was originally part of and written for.

At the same time, the more I write about Finland, the more I want to write about it, so I am going to take the original story, retool it so it's set in 1800s Finland instead of the Alps, and create a brand-new series of books set in the century when Finland was a Grand Duchy of Russia.

My awesome cover designer has even updated the cover to reflect the Finnish setting (note the cathedral!) and the new series name under the title: The Grand Duchy of Finland.

(Plus the Finnish crest of a lion at above the title. How cool is that?!)

The new Tailor Made cover.
Isn't it great?!

Watch for an announcement of the release of the new Tailor Made, as well as other stories to come set in the same era!

COVER REVEAL: A Week in Brighton

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 18:49:00 +0000

**We're excited to announce that the next Timeless Regency Collection, A Week in Brighton, will launch on Tuesday, July 30.**

And here is the gorgeous cover:

This collection features Regency romances set in Brighton, England, by Jennifer Moore, Annette Lyon (me!), and Donna Hatch.

Pre-order your copy HERE

SALE Through Saturday: Summer Wedding Collection

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Wed, 19 Jun 2019 02:39:00 +0000

This collection from the original Timeless Romance Anthology series is the third one ever released (it came out in 2013!) and it's now on sale for only 99 cents!

Even better, if you get the ebook, you can snag the Audible version for only another $1.99.

HERE'S THE SALE!
CLICK ON THE VERSION YOU WANT:

Ebook: Only 99 cents

Audible: $1.99 after purchase of ebook

Paperback

Remember that the sale prices are good only through Saturday, June 22.

Note: the paperback is not discounted, but I'm including that link for those who prefer paper books!

Spring 2019 News

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:38:00 +0000

Don't miss out on the latest!

OUT NOW: Kissing a Billionaire Collection

Featuring romantic stories by Taylor Hart, Heather B. Moore, Sarah M. Eden, Annette Lyon, Danyelle Ferguson, and Sophia Summers.

My story in this collection, "Bow Tie and the Billionaire" has special meaning to me.

It's inspired in part by my uncle Howard, who passed away right before I wrote the story (he's the original Bow Tie the clown!), and it's set in Helsinki, the home of my heart.

Get it HERE.

Harvest Valley Romance Series

To help readers find stories that are in the same character universe, I've begun rebranding some of my work into the Harvest Valley Romance series.

The first is Falling to Pieces (formerly published as A Portrait for Toni).

If only life could stay the same, Toni would be happy.
But fate and her best friend, Carter, have other ideas.

Falling to Pieces is available for just 99 cents.

In that book, you meet Brooke, whose story is told in Lost Without You.

Brooke has almost given up on finding love.

Then she meets Greg, who's handsome, kind, funny, adventurous . . . but definitely not ready to love.

Harvest Valley Historical Romances:

Between the Lines

"This is a perfect read for those who are romantics at heart!" -Katie's Clean Book Collection

Get it here.

An Unexpected Proposal

While working at a wood camp in a canyon of the Rockies during the winter of 1880, Caroline thwart the aggressive advances of Mr. Larson, and in the process discovers that her long-time friend James has genuine affection for her.

Stay tuned for more stories in the series!

Love Far from Home Novella Box Set

Three of my stories from past Timeless collections are combined into one volume: The Pier Changes Everything, Our Song, and Head Over Heels.

Travel across several American Western states: California, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada in these contemporary romances.

Get it HERE.

**More Timeless Romance Anthology News**

Big Sky Collection (A Timeless Western Collection)

This is the second of the Timeless Western Collections, and the first with stories set in modern day.

Enjoy romantic stories by Kimberly Krey, Cindy Roland Anderson, and Annette Lyon.

Kissing a Billionaire Collection

Released April 16. See above for details!

Midsummer Night Collection

The cover was recently revealed for this collection. Isn't it gorgeous?!

This collection will feature stories by Charlie N. Holmberg, Julie Wright, Heather B. Moore (writing as Jane Redd), Sarah M. Eden, Annette Lyon, and Amber Argyle.

It'll be released in June.

Pre-order it now!

COMING THIS SUMMER: A Week in Brighton (A Timeless Regency Collection)
This one hasn't yet had a cover reveal, but stay tuned!

It'll be released in July, and it'll feature Regency romance stories by Donna Hatch, Jennifer Moore, and Annette Lyon.

More details to come soon!

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Looking for a fun Regency read?

The Baron's Daughter, Book 6 of the Beckett Files, from Laura Beers, is available now.

As a nefarious plot begins to unfold, threatening the stability of two countries, Morgan and Josette must learn to trust each other in order to stop the assassination of both the King of France and their own prince regent. However, trust does not come easily to either agent, and when the truth of Josette’s past is finally unveiled, will they be able to accept that not only is their mission on the line, but their hearts, as well?

Check it out here.

RD: Ebooks on Sale for the Week of 3 December 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:41:00 +0000

UPDATED

To celebrate Finland's Independence Day

(December 6th marks 101 years of independence!),

Song Breaker is discounted to just 99 cents!

On sale through Dec 10th (Click here!)

When her brother duels the world’s most powerful wizard, Aino is cursed; if she can’t break the spell in time, she’ll be trapped—forever.

Song Breaker is a retelling of a Nordic myth in the Finnish Kalevala, which inspired Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Gandalf himself.

Get it HERE!

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NOW, ON TO THE WEEKLY DEALS!

It's December! Christmas time!

(I'm excited; can you tell?!)

Treat yourself to a great read with one of the book below. Then curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and read to your heart's content!

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ROARING DEALS

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These Is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner

I love this book! If you haven't read it, fix that by getting it on sale now!

From the description:

A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon—from child to determined young adult to loving mother—she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose.

Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.

Click HERE to get it on sale for 99 cents!

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Do No Harm, by Henry Marsh

A New York Times bestseller: What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel to hold someone's life in your hands, to cut into the stuff that creates thought, feeling, and reason? How do you live with the consequences of performing a potentially lifesaving operation when it all goes wrong?

If you believe that brain surgery is a precise and exquisite craft, practiced by calm and detached doctors, this gripping, brutally honest account will make you think again. With astonishing compassion and candor, Marsh reveals the fierce joy of operating, the profoundly moving triumphs, the harrowing disasters, the haunting regrets, and the moments of black humor that characterize a brain surgeon's life.

On sale now for $1.99.

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Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Winner of the Nobel Prize

"A love story of astonishing power." —Newsweek

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

Get this Noble Prize winner on sale for $2.99.

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My Sister's Intended (Serendipity Book 1), by Rachael Anderson

For as long as Prudence can remember, it has been understood that her sister will one day wed the eldest son of their nearest neighbor. Such an alliance will benefit both families and bring a great deal of joy to all parents involved.

Unfortunately, Prudence has never been able to feel as joyful. She believes her sister is mad to consider marrying a man she hardly knows, even if he will one day make her a countess. Titles and wealth shouldn't factor into matters of the heart, and as an aspiring romance novelist, Prudence cannot fathom how anyone could even think of settling for less than love. She certainly wouldn’t, and she doesn't want her sister to either.

Unable to stand by and do nothing, Prudence sets out to help the awkward couple discover the best in each other with the hope that they will eventually find love. What she neglected to foresee, however, was the possibility that she might fall in love with Lord Knave herself.

On sale for just 99 cents!

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The Home for Unwanted Girls, by Joanna Goodman

Elodie is raised in Quebec’s impoverished orphanage system. It’s a precarious enough existence that takes a tragic turn when Elodie, along with thousands of other orphans in Quebec, is declared mentally ill as the result of a new law that provides more funding to psychiatric hospitals than to orphanages. Bright and determined, Elodie withstands abysmal treatment at the nuns’ hands, finally earning her freedom at seventeen, when she is thrust into an alien, often unnerving world.

Maggie, married to a businessman eager to start a family, cannot forget the daughter she was forced to abandon, and a chance reconnection with Gabriel spurs a wrenching choice.

As time passes, the stories of Maggie and Elodie intertwine but never touch, until Maggie realizes she must take what she wants from life and go in search of her long-lost daughter, finally reclaiming the truth that has been denied them both.

HERE for just $1.99.

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A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance, by Caroline Mickelson

London – 1940 As German bombs rain down upon the city of London, Emma Bradley hastily packs a suitcase, cradles her newborn son in her arms, and boards a train with two evacuee children she’s agreed to chaperone in exchange for a job in the south of England. Although she’s only one of thousands leaving the city, Emma is fleeing more than the horrors of war. Her greatest fear is that the father of her child will track her down and exact revenge for what she’s stolen from him.

World renowned Dutch concert pianist Andrej Van der Hoosen is a man who cherishes his privacy above all else. His wealth and privilege have afforded him the luxury of avoiding being around children because of a painful loss from his own past. So, when he meets the woman and children he’ll reside with for the duration of the war, he’s instantly on guard. The children are boisterous and full of life, the cottage they’re assigned to live in is small, and he finds himself intrigued by the secret Emma is so clearly trying to hide.

Despite their reluctance to trust each other, Emma and Andrej soon find themselves drawn together in a world torn apart by war.

On sale for just $0.99.

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The Trouble with Patience (Virtues and Vices of the Old West Book #1), by Maggie Brendan

Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with the restoration of a dilapidated boarding house in order to support herself. Despite her desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local sheriff with a reputation for hanging criminals, becomes an ever-looming part of her life.

It seems like such a simple arrangement: Patience needs someone with a strong back to help her fix up the boardinghouse, and Jedediah needs a dependable source of food for himself and his prisoners. But Patience gets more than she bargained for as she explores the depths of the "hanging lawman"—and finds both betrayal and love.

Get it HERE for just 99 cents.

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Wreckage, by Emily Bleeker

I've linked to sales on this one before because it's just so good! If you haven't read it, get it now!

Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost two years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight. But they can’t tell the real story—so they lie.

The public is fascinated by the castaways’ saga, but Lillian and Dave must return to their lives and their spouses. Genevieve Randall—a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program—isn’t buying it. She suspects Lillian’s and Dave’s explanations about the other crash survivors aren’t true. And now, Genevieve’s determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.

In this intriguing tale of survival, secrets, and redemption, two everyday people thrown together by tragedy must finally face the truth…even if it tears them apart.

$1.99 HERE.

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The Headmaster's Wife, by Thomas Christopher Green

Like his father before him, Arthur Winthrop is the Headmaster of Vermont's elite Lancaster School. It is the place he feels has given him his life, but is also the site of his undoing as events spiral out of his control. Found wandering naked in Central Park, he begins to tell his story to the police, but his memories collide into one another, and the true nature of things, a narrative of love, of marriage, of family and of a tragedy Arthur does not know how to address emerges.

Luminous and atmospheric, bringing to life the tight-knit enclave of a quintessential New England boarding school, the novel is part mystery, part love story and an exploration of the ties of place and family. Beautifully written and compulsively readable, The Headmaster's Wife stands as a moving elegy to the power of love as an antidote to grief.

Sale price: $2.99 HERE.

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American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, by Jeffrey Toobin

From New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author of The Nine and The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson, the definitive account of the kidnapping and trial that defined an insane era in American history:

On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, a sophomore in college and heiress to the Hearst Family fortune, was kidnapped by a ragtag group of self-styled revolutionaries calling itself the Symbonese Liberation Army.

The weird turns that followed in this already sensational take are truly astonishing—the Hearst family tried to secure Patty's release by feeding the people of Oakland and San Francisco for free; bank security cameras captured "Tania" wielding a machine gun during a roberry; the LAPD engaged in the largest police shoot-out in American history; the first breaking news event was broadcast live on television stations across the country; and then there was Patty's circus-like trial, filled with theatrical courtroom confrontations and a dramatic last-minute reversal, after which the term "Stockholm syndrome" entered the lexicon.

Sale price HERE for $2.99.

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Eat Pray Love 10th-Anniversary Edition, by Elizabeth Gilbert

In her early thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, country home, successful career—but instead of feeling happy and fulfilled, she was consumed by panic and confusion.

This wise and rapturous book is the story of how she left behind all these outward marks of success, and set out to explore three different aspects of her nature, against the backdrop of three different cultures: pleasure in Italy, devotion in India, and on the Indonesian island of Bali, a balance between worldly enjoyment and divine transcendence.

Get it on sale HERE for just $1.99.

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Picture Perfect, by Jodi Picoult

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper examines the fault lines of a troubled marriage in this “unfailingly intelligent…undeniably literary psychological drama.” (Booklist)

To the outside world, they seem to have it all. Cassie Barrett, a renowned anthropologist, and Alex Rivers, one of Hollywood's hottest actors, met on the set of a motion picture in Africa. They shared childhood tales, toasted the future, and declared their love in a fairy-tale wedding. But when they return to California, something alters the picture of their perfect marriage. A frightening pattern is taking shape—a cycle of hurt, denial, and promises, thinly veiled by glamour. Torn between fear and something that resembles love, Cassie wrestles with questions she never dreamed she would face: How can she leave? Then again, how can she stay?

Sale price HERE, just $2.99.

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RD: 26 November 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:18:00 +0000

I know a lot of readers prefer to read stories that don't make them blush or feel like they have to skip pages, or that they can feel comfortable recommending to their parents and even giving to their children.

To that end, this week, we're doing something a bit different: ALL of the deals below are books that are "clean," meaning something that would be rated about PG.

Enjoy!

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ROARING DEALS

FOR THE WEEK OF 26 NOVEMBER, 2018

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SIX Full-length Novels by Julie Coulter Bellon for 99 cents each!

All Fall Down ~ The first in her hostage negotiation series
Truth or Dare ~ A Christmas romance!
The Captive ~ The first book in the Griffin Force series
Through Love's Trials ~ Book one of the Canadian Spy series
Love's Broken Road ~ First in the Lincoln Love series
Hostage Negotiation Team Boxed Set ~ Volume 2

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The Devils You Meet on Christmas Day: An Anthology

The season isn’t what it seems.

While some are nestled cozy in their traditions, others are lost in darkness. An unkindness of ravens lurks like a warning above them while they try to escape their inner demons and fight the dragons they’ve been trying to avoid. There’s no enjoying fatal amounts of pie because their minds are slipping, slipping into a twisted delusion. They are the murderers, the disturbed, the unfortunate, and the misunderstood. These outliers are imprisoned by their circumstances until they slowly fade into the icy landscape, smothered by the forged façade of a perfect Christmas.

In this unsettling collection of stories, authors Katie Coughran, Vanessa K. Eccles, Mary Gray, and Cammie Larsen explore the darkened corners of paranormal, horror, and fantasy to create a Gothic and somewhat macabre Christmas read.

On sale for 99 cents HERE

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Slave Queen (An Omar Zagouri Thriller), by H. B. Moore

Special Agent Omar Zagouri’s latest case is his most dangerous—and his most personal yet. The discovery of secret sixteenth-century letters unveils a plot between the sultan Suleyman and his chief wife, Roxelane, to change the course of the Ottoman Empire. A descendent of Roxelane, Zagouri learns he has an enemy whose revenge has been centuries in the making.

Targeted by an antiquities collector who’s also descended from a chief rival for the ancient throne, Zagouri soon uncovers a modern-day conspiracy that threatens the lives of his family and the security of a nation.

To expose the plot, Zagouri must team up with Naim, the son of his nemesis, who heads an international black-market operation that may have ties to the killings. From ancient Constantinople to the present-day Middle East, Zagouri is on a collision course with history. Time is running out to solve a royal mystery and stop a ruthless killer—one who has Zagouri’s name on his hit list.

FREE for Amazon Prime members HERE. Otherwise, only 99 cents.

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Through the Wilderness, by Janice Cole Hopkins

Faith Allen went to live with her aunt and uncle in the Kentucky mountains after her parents died. They hadn’t been cruel, but they hadn’t been loving and kind either; and they expected her to work hard. When their son strikes it rich in the California gold rush, they pack up to head to California via the Oregon Trail.

Astonished at the attention Lucille Staten, the most sought-after woman around and beautiful beyond description, is giving him at the ball, Jacob Parker agrees to retrieve her wrap from her bedroom, although he knew he shouldn’t go there. When she follows and they’re caught, he’s forced to marry her. However, he still has hopes for a happy future together as he and her father make plans for the young couple to head west on the Oregon Trail.

The trail holds many more dangers than either Faith or Jacob imagined, and tragic circumstances throw them together. Can Jacob accept his second chance for love and a family and can Faith move past her marriage of convenience that crushed childhood fantasies? Even more pressing, will they survive the mounting hardships to have a future?

Just 99 cents HERE

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Movement of Crowns series, by Nadine C. Keels

Is it the perfect or the worst time for the kingdom to...change?

The nation of Diachona rejoices as the king's daughter and heir, Constance, turns twenty. Yet, not everyone approves of Constance’s desire to sit on the National Council: a Council run solely by men.

What’s more, oppressive threats from a neighboring, powerful empire are rousing the people’s fears. Amid rumors of war and personal doubts about her future, Constance suspects that her growing love for one Commander Alexander may be ill-timed. Especially if this is the end of the kingdom as they know it...

This book is inspirational historical fantasy: fictional history in a completely fictional world.

Get the entire series for $1.98

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Grace (The Luciano Series It Begins), by Dana K. Ray

Brothers Antony and Sonny Luciano grew up knowing exactly what their lives would hold.

Antony, driven by power and money, is prepared to take over the streets his father runs. Sonny reluctantly surrenders to a similar fate until their mother’s fresh talk about her faith births in him a hope of a better future.

One bullet changed their destinies forever.

After years of working the streets his father once ran, Antony reunites with his brother to find Sonny has not only obtained the power and money Antony craves, but also the woman he loves.

The brothers must put aside their animosity toward each other so they can work together to protect those they love.

Currently FREE HERE

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Summer Shadows, by Killarney Traynor

Mystery. Romance. Danger. . . . Murder.

Not the typical family vacation.

When Julia Lamontaigne arrives in Franklin, New Hampshire, she's looking for an escape from the tragedies that have taken over her life. Haunted by the legacy of her beloved sister, and entrusted with her sister's three orphaned children, Julia hopes for a summer of peaceful healing... And hopefully, bonding.

At first, the small New Hampshire town seems to be the perfect location. They quickly settle in and make friends with their eccentric neighbors, then begin work on their summer house – while Julia is drawn into a relationship with Robert Wilde, the handsome cop next door.

But Franklin is haunted, too - by the decades-old murder of a beautiful young artist, killed in the house at the end of Julia's street. Even though everyone says that the case is solved, Julia can't escape the feeling that there's more to the story than she’s being told.

She's right.

Someone doesn’t want the murder case re-opened. And they’re willing to kill again to stop it. The house at the end of the street hasn’t begun to give up its secrets.

On sale for just 99 cents.

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Becoming Princess Eden, by Lisa Lee

A DRAMA FILLED CLEAN ROMANCE

AD 2135, Saved America: Eden, a girl ripped from her post-revolutionary American life, can see no good outcome for her predicament. Gideon, a second-in-line prince who’s fallen from grace, may be her only option. How will these two lost souls find each other?

With a single knock on the door, Eden’s sheltered world is turned upside down. She’s kidnapped and taken to a dubious school in a secret location where she must learn to be a proper wife. But is it a school or a prison? She can’t leave for years—not until the man who’s purchased her as his bride comes to claim her—and she finds herself in a fight for an unknown prize, competing against an unseen foe.

Prince Gideon, whose parents have secretly arranged their match, lives on the other side of the world and isn’t even aware of Eden’s existence. The prince is occupied with the beautiful Angel, who’s a lot less angelic than he thinks. When Gideon’s relationship with Angel gets him thrown out of the palace, he is ashamed and without hope. Eden may be the only way to fix his mistakes.

Can Eden survive the enemies at her new school? Can Gideon redeem himself? Will Gideon ever meet the one chosen for him?

Discounted to 99 cents HERE

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Snowflake Kisses: A Kpop Romance, by Jennie Bennett

AMAZON BESTSELLER

"It’s crazy to fall in love so fast."

Vee was too sensible to believe in love at first sight. Attractive guys and great personalities were not mutually exclusive...until she met Yangbin. Maybe it was his dimples, or his broad shoulders, or maybe it was simply that he was adorable. Whatever it was, Yangbin stood out to Vee like no one ever had.

She tried to brush him off. Forget about their one meeting and pretend she wouldn't care if she never saw him again, but when he showed up working at the hotel where Vee was spending Christmas vacation, she couldn't help but think fate had played a part.

She still didn't want to believe in love, but life had other plans.

Currently FREE HERE

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To Trust Again: Her Sweet Billionaire Romance Novella, by Tayla Alexandra

Krista Warner has not been to her hometown of Trust, Arizona for over five years. But after her friend and rescuer passes away, she has no choice but to call her mother. She has no idea how the family will react when they see her and her six-month-old baby, Charlie. And then there’s Link, the boy she loved as a teenager who once broke her heart. After what she’s been through, seeing him is the last thing on her mind. Her only hope is to mend the bridges she’d burned with her parents. But love has other ideas.

99 cents HERE

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The Jane Barnaby Adventures 3-Book Box Set, by J.J. DiBenedetto

All archaeology student Jane Barnaby had to do was deliver a box of pottery shards to her professor at his dig site, along with his new car. Yes, his office was in Oxfordshire, and his dig site was in Spain, a trip of 1,400 miles across three countries and two bodies of water. Still, it should have been simple.

That is, until everything went wrong....

And it kept on going wrong, all through the first three books of the Jane Barnaby Adventures. Follow Jane in this three-novel box set as she outwits international art thieves, solves a fifty-year-old mystery and chases across Europe in pursuit of a Russian spy..

Set includes FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS and HER BROTHER'S KEEPER.

Get all three HERE for $1.99

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Proper Attire: A Regency Romance, by Danielle Thorne

Pressured to marry for money, Julia Scott flees England and a cruel stepmother to determine if the West Indies is the paradise of her dreams. Attacked by pirates and desired by island natives, the only person she can trust is John Smith -- if that's her rescuer's true name. Reaching her uncle's station in English Harbor, Julia must find a way to face her feelings and deal with her traitorous family, a dashing new suitor, and the guardian angel, John Smith, who has no qualms sporting counterfeit names and less than what is proper attire.

Get it FREE HERE

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White Wolf and the Ash Princess, by Tammy Lash

(The White Wold Series, Book One)

Eighteen-year-old Izzy's limited world begins to feel cramped after she completes her self-appointed book dare. After reading two-hundred and fifty books, a thought that had been once tucked away as tightly as the books on her library shelves becomes too irresistible to ignore..."Who am I?"

Memory loss prohibits Izzy from remembering her life before age seven when she was injured in a fire. Jonathan Gudwyne and his head housekeeper rescued her and took Izzy in as their own, but who did she belong to before they took her in?

Crippling panic keeps Izzy from wandering beyond the stables but Tubs, the Gudwyne's young stable boy, encourages Izzy to go beyond the property's rock wall to a world that promises possible answers, but also great danger. A scorched castle in the woods and a mysterious cellar filled with secrets sets Izzy on a path to the New World, where she will not only have to face her own terror but face the people responsible for her scars.

It is here, in the untamed wilds of the seventeenth century that she finds love and a home in the most unexpected of places.

On sale HERE for 99 cents!

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Christmas at Dumpster Corral, by Irene Onorato

When Noel Dupree’s mother passes away from a sudden illness, she inherits the family home and their much-loved florist business. While still in mourning, her unscrupulous father resurfaces after many years’ absence and finds a way to undermine her mother’s will. Without regard for Noel’s welfare, he claims everything is rightly his, and the family lawyer can’t produce documents to prove otherwise.

By invitation from her best friend, Noel makes a hard choice to leave her childhood hometown in upstate New York and journey to the friend’s house in Pensacola, Florida. Together they will try to devise a plan for Noel’s future. Fate steps in when a blinding rainstorm causes her to miss a turn, leading her to an unlikely place, and an uncertain destiny.

Brought low by circumstances and struggling to make ends meet, she takes shelter in the least desirable location and accepts a graveyard-shift job. The last thing Noel is looking for is romance, but a chance meeting with a handsome, young lawyer named Liam Grant makes her reconsider. Could she accept his dinner invitations and make it through the Christmas holiday without revealing her destitute condition?

Click HERE to get it for 99 cents!

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Her Billionaire Inventor: An Emotional Scars Christmas Medical Billionaire Romance, by Dobi Daniels

He might just be the Christmas gift she needs to heal.

Sarah Nash has no time for romance. She’d been emotionally scarred from her last relationship and has just managed to pay off the mountain of debts she was saddled with.

Now all she wants for Christmas is to rediscover Christmas joy—no love in the equation, and what better place than her hometown Dexington where she recalled spending the happiest times of her life. She is determined to stick with her plan and not even a chance encounter with Phillip—billionaire hospital heir and inventor, and the town’s most eligible bachelor—can change her mind.

Until she discovers he is the boy she kissed in high school.

Phillip Dexington is finally about to launch a new medical device after having his last invention stolen by his former girlfriend and sold to his archenemy. He’s determined that nothing must go wrong this time around—which means avoiding a relationship at all costs—and is content with spending Christmas with the children at the orphanage.

But when Phillip runs into Sarah Nash, the girl who stole his heart in high school, his world flips upside down. She’s only in town for Christmas, and the time before the launch party is Phillip’s only chance at determining if she is the one.

Will they open their hearts to the fullness of Christmas and give love a second chance, or will their trust issues rob them of a happily ever after?

Get this Christmas romance HERE for just 99 cents.

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Touching Time: The Kairos Files, by K.S. Hall

From the book description:

They say time changes everything, but I can change time.

When I stumbled into a New York City time portal, I was transported to a warehouse fire in 1913 and barely escaped with my life. My rescuer turned out to be a handsome time-traveler, Dante O’Rourke. These days, the Irish cutie is helping me unleash my hidden abilities, introducing me to a world beyond my imagination.

But there’s a dark side to time travel, an underbelly of theft, corruption, and greed that threatens to change the past and destroy the present.

That’s where the Kairos come in. They’re a secret society and the noble protectorates of time. But the Kairos have enemies; the evil, murderous Vagaries, who are determined to destroy the Kairos and all of their kind.

I've just made a foolish mistake, becoming enemy number one. Now I must protect my family at all costs. The Vagaries may try and change the future, but while I live, I won't let them destroy it.

Get this time travel novel for 99 cents!

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RD: Week of 19 November, 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:22:00 +0000

It's almost Thanksgiving, which means that winter and Christmas are approaching.

Below are lots of great deals, including several winter- and Christmas-themed ones!

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ROARING DEALS

for the week of 19 November, 2018

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Autumn Collection from Timeless Romance Anthologies

RONE-Winning Anthology! This collection features six romantic suspense stories all set the fall, written bestselling and award-winning authors: Sarah M. Eden, Heather B. Moore, Annette Lyon, Rachelle J. Christensen, Heather Horrocks, and Stephanie Black.

FREEBIE through Saturday, November 24th

PLUS, when you download the free ebook, you an get the audio version for just $1.99!

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The Christmas Scorpion: A Jack Reacher Story, by Lee Child

In a new short story available exclusively as an ebook, Jack Reacher’s spending the holidays in California. The last thing he expects is a blizzard—or a visit from the world’s deadliest assassin.

Plus don’t miss a thrilling preview of Lee Child’s highly anticipated new Jack Reacher novel, Past Tense!

Get this Christmas-themed thriller for $1.99

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The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark, by Meryl Gordon

Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. After a series of failed romances, Huguette began to withdraw from society—first living with her mother in a kind of Grey Gardens isolation then as a modern-day Miss Havisham, spending her days in a vast apartment overlooking Central Park, eating crackers and watching The Flintstones with only servants for company.

What happened to Huguette that turned a vivacious, young socialite into a recluse? And what was her life like inside that gilded, copper cage?

Get this historical account for just $2.99

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Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein

Raised by Martians on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith is a human who has never seen another member of his species. Sent to Earth, he is a stranger who must learn what it is to be a man. But his own beliefs and his powers far exceed the limits of humankind, and as he teaches them about grokking and water-sharing, he also inspires a transformation that will alter Earth’s inhabitants forever...

Get this Hugo Award-winning masterpiece, a brilliant novel that grew from cult favorite to a bestseller to a science fiction classic.

On sale now for $1.99

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Whispers, by Lisa Jackson

Set in a small town on the Oregon coast, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson, a chilling novel explores a family’s twisted legacy of lies and murder.

Every secret will come to light . . .

On sale now for $1.99

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The Witches of Eastwick, by John Updike

“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works. . . . [A] comedy of the blackest sort.”—The New York Times Book Review

Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream.

Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick—and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche.

Sale price: $2.99

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The Lady in the Tower, by Jean Plaidy

Read a historical novel about Anne Boleyn, one of history’s most complex and alluring women comes to life in this bestselling novel.

Daughter of an ambitious country lord, Anne was sent to France to learn sophistication, and then to court to marry well and raise the family’s fortunes. She soon surpassed even their greatest expectations. Although his queen was loving and loyal, King Henry VIII swore he would put her aside and make Anne his wife. And so he did, though the divorce would tear apart the English church and inflict religious turmoil and bloodshed on his people for generations to come.

Loathed by the English people, who called her “the King’s Great Whore,” Anne Boleyn was soon caught in the trap of her own ambition. Political rivals surrounded her at court and, when she failed to produce a much-desired male heir, they closed in, preying on the king’s well-known insecurity and volatile temper. Wrongfully accused of adultery and incest, Anne found herself imprisoned in the Tower of London, where she was at the mercy of her husband and of her enemies.

Sale price: $2.99

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The Attraction Equation, by Kadie Scott

FBI agent Max Carter lives his life by a strict set of rules—rules that don't allow for distraction, deviation...or a relationship. But tell that to his matchmaking mama. To avoid yet another set-up, he announces he has a girlfriend. And now has to produce said girlfriend at Christmas dinner. Maybe Santa has a suitable actress in that red bag of his...

Gina Castillo is about to break her building’s iron-clad “no pets” policy to give her little brother the perfect Christmas gift—a dog. Too bad Max, the most inconveniently sexy tenant in the building, catches her red handed. Gina expects to be evicted, but instead finds herself blackmailed into playing the role of his girlfriend.

Two lies plus one dog should equal a hot mess of a holiday, but attraction and Christmas magic might just defy the rules...

Snag it for only 99 cents

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People of the Book, by Geraldine Brooks

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of March, the journey of a rare illuminated manuscript through centuries of exile and war:

In 1996, Hanna Heath, an Australian rare-book expert, is offered the job of a lifetime: analysis and conservation of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah, which has been rescued from Serb shelling during the Bosnian war.

Priceless and beautiful, the book is one of the earliest Jewish volumes ever to be illuminated with images. Hanna, a caustic loner with a passion for her work, discovers a series of tiny artifacts in its ancient binding and begins to unlock the book’s mysteries. The reader is ushered into an exquisitely detailed and atmospheric past, tracing the book’s journey from its salvation back to its creation.

Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is at once a novel of sweeping historical grandeur and intimate emotional intensity, an ambitious, electrifying work by an acclaimed and beloved author.

Sale price of this bestseller: $1.99

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Snowbound with Mr. Wrong, by Barbara White Daille

Worst. Day. Ever. After Lyssa Barnett’s sister tricks her into reprising her role at Snowflake Valley's annual children's party, she doesn’t think anything can be worse than squeezing into her too-small elf costume. Then tall, dark, and way too handsome Nick Tavlock shows up to play Santa...and an unexpected storm leaves them snowbound in the isolated lodge.

The last thing Nick wants is to spend a cozy Christmas Eve with a trio of kids and the woman who dumped him. But as much as Lyssa frustrates him, he can't stop thinking about her. And soon, he's fighting very un-Santa-like thoughts of kissing a certain sexy Miss Elf under the mistletoe. As Nick starts to fall for Lyssa all over again, he knows it will take nothing short of a miracle to have Lyssa inhis arms on Christmas Day.

Just 99 cents

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The Bookworm and the Beast, by Charlee James

When quiet, bookish Izzy Simon accepts a two-week assignment as an assistant for an author of children’s books, it seems like the perfect way for her to make some much-needed extra money, but the grumpy author claims he doesn’t want or need her services. He might be as handsome as a storybook prince, but his prickly personality and resistance to all things Christmas are sure to make for a chilly holiday season.

Derek Croft never agreed to the cheery temp his staff arranges for him while they’re on vacation. Izzy is his polar opposite, but Derek soon realizes she could be the perfect solution to his interfering family…if he can get her to agree to pretend to be his live-in girlfriend. Before long Izzy’s sweet disposition and unflappable optimism has him decorating a tree and looking forward to late night hot cocoa, but he’s all too aware their time together can’t last.

On sale for just 99 cents

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The Roots of the Olive Tree, by Courtney Miller Santo

An extraordinary new voice in contemporary woman’s fiction, Courtney Miller Santo makes her magnificent debut with The Roots of the Olive Tree, a novel that will delight fans of Sarah Blake’s The Postmistress, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, and the works of Kristin Hannah.

Set in a house on an olive grove in northern California, The Roots of the Olive Tree is a beautiful, touching story that brings to life five generations of women—including an unforgettable 112-year-old matriarch determined to break all Guinness longevity records—the secrets and lies that divide them and the love that ultimately ties them together.

Get this women's fiction story for $1.99

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$100 Giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:28:00 +0000

$100 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway

Just think how many books you could buy with $100! Or maybe you need a new Kindle! Or maybe you want to try Kindle Unlimited! Or maybe you want to buy a gift for someone! Or maybe you just need an extra $100! I’m excited to bring you another $100 giveaway sponsored by an AWESOME group of authors who write clean romance. Just look at this list. There is a great combination of longtime favorites mixed with new found friends.

Sponsor List:

Annette Lyon

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One winner will be awarded $100 in Paypal Cash or a $100 Amazon Gift Code!

Winning entry will be verified. Make sure you actually subscribe and confirm your entries so you don’t get disqualified. If you already subscribe to an author’s newsletter you can, of course, claim the entry! Ends 12/14/18

OPEN ONLY TO THOSE WHO CAN LEGALLY ENTER, RECEIVE AND USE AN AMAZON.COM GIFT CODE OR PAYPAL CASH. WINNING ENTRY WILL BE VERIFIED PRIOR TO PRIZE BEING AWARDED. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. YOU MUST BE 18 OR OLDER TO ENTER OR HAVE YOUR PARENT ENTER FOR YOU. THE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN BY RAFFLECOPTER AND ANNOUNCED HERE AS WELL AS EMAILED AND WILL HAVE 48 HOURS TO RESPOND OR A NEW WINNER MAY BE CHOSEN. THIS GIVEAWAY IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, RAFFLECOPTER, AMAZON, PAYPAL OR ANY OTHER ENTITY UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED DETERMINES THE ODDS OF WINNING. THE GIVEAWAY WAS ORGANIZED BY KATHY FROM I AM A READER/CLEAN WHOLESOME ROMANCE AND SPONSORED BY THE PARTICIPATING AUTHORS. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

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RD: Week of 12 November, 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 17:59:00 +0000

ROARING DEALS

HERE WE GO!!!!!

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Under the Mistletoe Collection, by Cindy Roland Anderson, Annette Lyon, Julie Coulter Bellon, Sarah M. Eden, Heather B. Moore, and Jennifer Griffith

#1 Amazon Bestseller in Holiday Romance
#1 Amazon Bestseller in Inspirational Romance

Another collection in the USA TODAY-bestselling and RONE Award-winning Timeless Romance Anthology series!

The Under the Mistletoe Collection features six contemporary novellas, all adding sweet romance to the Christmas season.

Click here to get it for 99 cents!

SALE PRICE GOOD THROUGH SUNDAY, NOV 18TH

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The Art of Crash Landing, by Melissa DeCarlo

For the first time. Mattie Wallace travels to her mother’s hometown and gets sucked into the mystery that changed her family forever.

Click here get it on sale for $1.99

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Little Big Love, by Katy Regan

One of Real Simple's Best Books of 2018

Liam Jones was the love of Juliet’s life, but shortly after their son Zac was born, Liam disappeared without a trace.

When Juliet, inadvertently admits that 10-year-old Zac's father is the only man she's ever loved, he decides to go find him and deliver his mom the happily ever after she deserves.

But Liam left for a reason, and as Zac searches for clues of his father, Juliet begins to rebuild what shattered so many years ago.

Click here to get it for just $1.99

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On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin

Veteran Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin was killed in February 2012 when covering the uprising in Syria.

Marie Colvin held a profound belief in the pursuit of truth, and the courage and humanity of her work was deeply admired. Immediate and compelling, On the Front Line is a street-view of the historic events that have shaped the last 25 years, from an award-winning foreign correspondent and the outstanding journalist of her generation.

An Orwell Special Prize winning journalism collection and the subject of the movie A Private War, starring Rosamund Pike and Jamie Dornan.

Sale price: 99 cents. Click here.

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The Governess of Highland Hall, by Carrie Turansky(Edwardian Brides Book 1)

#1 Bestseller in Women's Sagas

Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall.

Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help?

Snag it for just $1.99 by clicking here.

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The Girl from Scorpions Pass, by Miri Furstenberg

Five-year-old Miri was left for dead in a brutal terror attack that kills her parents.

Hours later, she was rescued by soldiers, but the horror of that night remained locked in her heart for sixty years until she was ready to tell her story.

Miri and the State of Israel were both born in 1948, and her story is bound together with evocative scenes from the country’s own. From Tel Aviv in the austere 1950’s, to the relative comfort of kibbutz life, helping unearth Masada, and serving in uniform during the Six Day War, the author’s vivid memories and stark self-reflection make riveting reading.

Click to get this memoir right now for FREE

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Dave Barry's Money Secrets: Like: Why Is There a Giant Eyeball on the Dollar? by Dave Barry

Did you ever wish that you really understood money? Well, Dave Barry wishes that he did, too. But that hasn’t stopped him from writing this book.

In it, Dave explores (as only he can) such topics as:

• How the U.S. economy works, including the often overlooked role of Adam Sandler

• Why it is not a good idea to use squirrels for money

• Strategies that will give you the confidence you need to try for a good job, even though you are—let’s be honest—a no-talent loser

• How corporate executives, simply by walking into their offices, immediately become much stupider

• An absolutely foolproof system for making money in the stock market, requiring only a little effort (and access to time travel)

• Why good colleges cost so much, and how to make sure your child does not get into one

• How to reduce the cost of your medical care by basically not getting any

• Estate planning, especially the financial benefits of an early death

• And many, many pictures of Suze Orman

Sale price for this hilarious book: $1.99. Click here.

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Followed by Frost, by Charlie N. Holmberg

“Charlie is a vibrant writer with an excellent voice and great world building.”
—Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings

Seventeen-year-old Smitha's wealth, status, and beauty make her the envy of her town—until she rejects a strange man’s marriage proposal and disastrous consequences follow. Smitha becomes cursed, and frost begins to encompass everything she touches. Banished to the hills, hunted by villagers, and chilled to the very core of her soul, she finds companionship with Death, who longs to coax her into his isolated world.

But Smitha's desire for life proves stronger than despair, and a newfound purpose gives her hope. Will regrets over the past and an unexpected desire for a man she cannot touch be enough to warm Smitha’s heart, or will Death forever still it?

Followed by Frost is discounted HERE to $1.99 (Regular prices: $4.49 & $14.95)

Click here!

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A Mail-Order Wish, by Janelle Daniels

She wants to be needed...

After a mail-order bride fiasco leaves Olivia Hardy without a groom, she now owns a house and gold mine with eight other women, lives in a town full of rough-and-tumble miners, and has very little peace. When she sees a precious treasure for sale from her beloved state of Georgia, she's determined to help the man to whom it rightfully belongs . . . whether he wants her help or not.

Currently FREE by clicking here.

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Killing Season: The Unsolved Case of New England's Deadliest Serial Killer, by Carlton Smith

A New York Times-bestselling journalist traces a string of unsolved murders—and the botched investigation that let the New Bedford Highway Killer walk away.

Over the course of seven months in 1988, eleven women disappeared off the streets of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a gloomy, drug-addled coastal town that was once the whaling capital of the world. Nine turned up dead. Two were never found. And the perpetrator remains unknown to this day.

Huge discount now: Click HERE to get it for only 99 cents

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RD: Ebook Deals for the Week of 5 November

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:54:00 +0000

You're invited!

To the YULETIDE REGENCY launch party on Facebook.

Wednesday, November 7
11 am - 1 pm MST

RSVP to & Attend the Event Here.

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THIS WEEK'S ROARING DEALS

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Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote

Get this American classic for only $2.99

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City of Women, by NY Times bestselling author David R. Gillham

It is 1943—the height of the WWII. With the men away at the front, Berlin has become a city of women.

On the surface, Sigrid Schröder is the model German soldier’s wife.

But behind this façade is an entirely different Sigrid, a woman of passion who dreams of her former Jewish lover, now lost in the chaos of the war. But Sigrid is not the only one with secrets—she soon finds herself caught between what is right and what is wrong, and what falls somewhere in the shadows between the two . .

City of Women on sale now for $1.99

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The Lottery and Other Stories, by Shirley Jackson

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. Today it is considered a classic, a story remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane.

This collection includes twenty-four stories that together demonstrate Jackson's remarkable range—from the hilarious to the horrible, the unsettling to the ominous—and her power as a storyteller.

Discounted price: $2.99

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Five Minutes to Love, by Jennifer Wilck

Their paths cross at a speed dating event and sparks fly.

But is five minutes long enough to determine a future together?

Snag this contemporary romance for just 99 cents.

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The Books That Changed My Life: Reflections by 100 Authors, Actors, Musicians, and Other Remarkable People, Edited by Bethanne Patrick

One hundred of today’s most prominent literary and cultural icons talk about the books that hold a special place in their hearts—that made them who they are today.

Sale price: 99 cents!

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The Underground Girls of Kabul: In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan, by Jenny Nordberg

An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom in Afghanistan that will transform your understanding of what it means to grow up as a girl.

In Afghanistan, a culture ruled almost entirely by men, the birth of a son is cause for celebration and the arrival of a daughter is often mourned as misfortune. A bacha posh (literally translated from Dari as “dressed up like a boy”) is a third kind of child—a girl temporarily raised as a boy and presented as such to the outside world.

Discounted price: $1.99

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Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay

#1 Bestseller in Australia & Oceania Literature.

*Now a six-part TV series starring Natalie Dormer, from Amazon Prime*

A 50th-anniversary edition of the landmark novel about three “gone girls” that inspired the acclaimed 1975 film.

Sale price: $1.99

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Cinder & Ella, by Kelly Oram

What if your anonymous Internet best friend turned out to be Hollywood’s hottest celebrity?

Cinder458: Your blogaversary is coming up, right?

EllaTheRealHero: Do all those Hollywood friends of yours know you use words like blogaversary?

Cinder458: Of course not. I need your address. Got you a blogaversary present.

Cinder got me a gift? My heart flipped.

Not that I was in love with my Internet best friend or anything. That would be utterly ridiculous. The boy was cocky and stubborn and argued with everything I said just to be infuriating. He also had lots of money, dated models—which meant he had to be hot—and was a closet book nerd.

Funny, rich, hot, confident, book lover. Definitely not my type. Nope. Not at all.

Get this romantic comedy on sale for 99 cents

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Disclaimer: Sales may end without notice. The responsibility to confirm all prices before purchase is up to the reader. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones I've read, and determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is also the reader's responsibility. Post includes Amazon affiliate links.

RD: Week of 29 October

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:08:00 +0000

**Mark your calendars: A Timeless Romance Anthology: Yuletide Regency Collection drops on Friday! (That's November 2nd.)**

Be sure to pre-order your copy here.

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This Week's Roaring Deals

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Miss Armistead Makes Her Choice, by Heidi Ashworth

RONE Award Finalist for Historical: Post Medieval and the recipient of InD'tale Magazine's 4.5 star review and coveted Crowned Heart for excellence! Miss Elizabeth Armistead, India born and raised, is happily betrothed to British soldier, Duncan Cruikshank. When she arrives in London a month prior to the wedding she meets Mr. Lloyd-Jones and soon finds that he has invaded even her dreams. How can she betray the man she believes to love her for her virtues so as to indulge her love for a man she fears she cannot trust?

Right now, it's FREE

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The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen

Mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor, Julia Winterson, bakes hope in the form of cakes, not only wishing to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever.

Emily travels to the small town where her mother grew up, hoping to find answers, only to discover even more mysteries. A magical New York Times bestseller with over 15,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

On sale right now for $1.99

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Time of Death, by J. D. Robb

Get THREE books from #1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb's In Death stories, each spotlighting Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion.

Titles included: Eternity in Death, Ritual in Death, and Missing in Death

Get all three at the sale price of $1.99

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One Breath Away: The Hiccup Girl - From Media Darling to Convicted Killer, by M. William Phelps

"Phelps is the Harlan Coben of real-life thrillers." --Allison Brennan

"Phelps dares to tread where few others will: into the mind of a killer." --TV Rage

At 15, Jennifer Mee developed an unrelenting case of the hiccups--hiccupping as many as 50 times a minute for months. Soon the Florida teen's strange story went viral. Dubbed the "Hiccup Girl" by the media, she gained international sympathy and appeared on a slew of popular TV shows. Eventually, Jennifer's hiccups went away--and so did her fame.

Depressed and craving affection, Jennifer hooked up with the wrong people and slipped into drug dealing and street life--a downward spiral that led to the murder of an innocent young man. Now, renowned investigative journalist M. William Phelps expertly recounts Jennifer's shocking true story of thwarted desires, betrayed trust, and deadly manipulation.

This true-crime thriller is on sale for just 99 cents

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Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, by Francine Prose

“A definitive, deeply moving inquiry into the life of the young, imperiled artist, and a masterful exegesis of Diary of a Young Girl…Extraordinary testimony to the power of literature and compassion” –Booklist (starred review)

In Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer, deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank’s beloved classic, The Diary of a Young Girl. Approved by both the Anne Frank House Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the Frank family, this work of literary criticism unravels the complex, fascinating story of the diary and effectively makes the case for it being a work of art from a precociously gifted writer.

Learn about Anne Frank for just $1.99

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Castles, by Julie Garwood

Passion and danger abound in this classic historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.

Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knows that only a hasty marriage to an Englishman can protect her from the turmoil in her own land. The bold, raven-haired beauty instantly captivates London society, much to the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood.

But when Alesandra is nearly abducted by her unscrupulous countrymen, Colin knows he must protect her and offers a marriage that should be in name alone—until their first kiss ignites a wildfire in his soul. As the lovely princess dashes headlong into unforseen dangers, Colin will risk his own life to save her and claim Alessandra as his own—forever...

Castles is on sale now for $1.99

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My Spiritual Journey, by Dalai Lama

In this elegant self-portrait, the world’s most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story.

The Dalai Lama’s most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan Buddhism—perfect for anyone curious about Eastern religion, invested in the Free Tibet movement, or simply seeking a richer spiritual life.

If you have Amazon Prime, get it now for FREE. Otherwise, it's just $1.99

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The Baker's Daughter, by Sarah McCoy

In this New York Times bestseller, two women in different eras face similar life-altering decisions, the politics of exclusion, the terrible choices we face in wartime, and the redemptive power of love.

In 1945, Elsie Schmidt is a naive teenager, as eager for her first sip of champagne as she is for her first kiss. She and her family have been protected from the worst of the terror and desperation overtaking her country by a high-ranking Nazi who wishes to marry her. So when an escaped Jewish boy arrives on Elsie’s doorstep on Christmas Eve, Elsie understands that opening the door would put all she loves in danger.

Sixty years later, in El Paso, Texas, Reba Adams is trying to file a feel-good Christmas piece for the local magazine, and she sits down with the owner of Elsie's German Bakery for what she expects will be an easy interview. But Reba finds herself returning to the bakery again and again, anxious to find the heart of the story—a story that resonates with her own turbulent past. For Elsie, Reba’s questions are a stinging reminder of that last bleak year of World War II.

As the two women's lives become intertwined, both are forced to confront the uncomfortable truths of the past and seek out the courage to forgive.

The Baker's Daughter is on sale today for $1.99

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The Witch's Trinity, by Erika Mailman

“A gripping, well-told story of faith and truth.” —Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner

“A disturbingly effective historical novel.” —Boston Globe

In 1507, when a severe famine strikes a small town in Germany, a friar arrives from a large city, claiming that the town is under the spell of witches in league with the devil. He brings with him a book called the Malleus Maleficarum—“The Witch’s Hammer”—a guide to gaining confessions of witchcraft, and promises to identify the guilty woman who has brought God’s anger upon the town, burn her, and restore bounty.

Güde Müller suffers stark and frightening visions—recently she has seen things that defy explanation. No one in the village know this, and Güde herself worries that perhaps her mind has begun to wander—certainly she has outlived all but one of her peers in Tierkinddorf. Yet of one thing she is absolutely certain: She has become an object of scorn and a burden to her son’s wife. In these desperate times her daughter-in-law would prefer one less hungry mouth at the family table. As the friar turns his eye on each member of the tiny community, Güde dreads what her daughter-in-law might say to win his favor.

Then one terrible night Güde follows an unearthly voice and the scent of charred meat into the snow-filled woods. Come morning, she no longer knows if the horror she witnessed was real or imagined. She only knows that if the friar hears of it, she may be damned in this life as well as the next.

This powerful historical novel is on sale for $1.99

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Disclaimer: The responsibility to confirm all prices before purchase is up to the reader, as sales may end without notice. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones I've read, and determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is also the reader's responsibility. Post includes Amazon affiliate links.

Roaring Deals: Week of October 22

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:22:00 +0000

As Halloween approaches . . .

**Don't miss It's You, a romantic ghost story set in the Rockies of the early 1900s!**

When Charlie and Anna both see the ghost of Nanny Mae, they think they’re losing their minds. Anna tries to find out more about the ghost and uncovers a decades’ old family secret. One that separated two people in love.

Now, the ghost of Nanny Mae must set her wrongs to right. As Charlie and Anna explore the past, and the truth of what happened, they discover that the mistakes of the past might lead to love of the future.

(Scary level: very mild.)

**Snag It's You for $2.99**

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NOW ON TO THIS WEEK'S DEALS:

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The Mountain Between Us, by Charles Martin

Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba.

When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home; Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, the pair find themselves stranded in Utah’s most remote wilderness in the dead of winter, badly injured and miles from civilization.

Without food or shelter, and only Ben’s mountain climbing gear to protect themselves, Ashley and Ben’s chances for survival look bleak, but their reliance on each other sparks an immediate connection, which soon evolves into something more.

On sale for just $2.99

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Love, Christmas—Movies You Love Boxed Set

Sprinkle a little Christmas magic into your life with 26 ALL-NEW, never before released romances. Each title - exclusive to this set - is inspired by a favorite holiday movie, spun into a fantastic love story by a NY Times, USA Today, and/or award-winning, bestselling author and delivered to you in this wonderful collection full of cheer for the coming season.

Get the 26-title boxed set for only 99 cents.

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Vanishing Girls: A Totally Heart-stopping Crime Thriller (Detective Josie Quinn Book 1), by Lisa Regan

Can Josie catch the killer before another victim loses their life?

When Isabelle Coleman, a blonde, beautiful young girl goes missing, everyone from the small town of Denton joins the search. They can find no trace of the town’s darling, but Detective Josie Quinn finds another girl they didn’t even know was missing. Mute and unresponsive, it’s clear this mysterious girl has been damaged beyond repair...

Get this #1 bestseller in organized crime thrillers for just $1.49.

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Firefly Hollow (Firefly Hollow series Book 1), by T. L. Haddix

In 1960, a tragic death in the family calls young Sarah Browning back from college to her Appalachian homestead. Unable to return to school and finish her degree, she finds herself facing a future that isn’t what she’d planned. Lost and grieving, she wanders onto her reclusive neighbor’s property where she stumbles across the all-too-attractive Owen Campbell, a man hiding secrets she’d only ever thought were legend.

"Firefly Hollow" is the first book in the Firefly Hollow series, which are Women's Fiction Romances set in Appalachia, featuring elements of traditional Appalachian folklore with a paranormal bent.

**Right now, get the first title of the Firefly Hollow series for FREE.**

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Landry's Back in Town (Rocky Ridge Romance Book 1), by Margery Scott

A wrongly-convicted man: When he was released from prison, Landry Mitchell made the mistake of returning to his hometown. The residents of Rocky Ridge aren’t the forgive-and-forget type.

A woman who needs to be needed: Olivia Harding is determined to help Landry rebuild his life, whether he likes it or not. He doesn’t. And he sure doesn’t like the way he’s starting to care about Olivia. He can’t offer her a future when he doesn't have one himself.

As their feelings for each other grow, Landry starts to believe they might have a future together. But then trouble comes back to town.

Get this Rocky Ridge Romance for FREE.

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The Downfall of Catie Bloom, by Brooke Stanton

Catie’s little white lies have finally caught up to her...

Catelyn Bloom has it all: A husband, a successful career, and she's America's #1 Domestic Goddess. Except, it's a big fat lie. She can’t cook, she’s a slob, and her husband left her years ago. But she’s trying to change all that and become an honest woman.

Too bad someone has other ideas for her.

Get this romantic comedy for only 99 cents.

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The Girl Who Chased the Moon, by Sarah Addison Allen

Emily Benedict has come to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother’s life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew, she realizes that mysteries aren’t solved in Mullaby, they’re a way of life: Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbor, Julia Winterson, bakes hope in the form of cakes, not only wishing to satisfy the town’s sweet tooth but also dreaming of rekindling the love she fears might be lost forever.

Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily’s backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in.

Get it right now for only $1.99

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The Life List, by Lori Nelson Spielman

*INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* Perfect for fans of Cecelia Ahern’s P.S., I Love You and Allison Winn Scotch’s Time of My Life.

Brett Bohlinger seems to have it all: a plum job, a spacious loft, an irresistibly handsome boyfriend. All in all, a charmed life. That is, until her beloved mother passes away, leaving behind a will with one big stipulation: to receive her inheritance, Brett must first complete the life list of goals she’d written when she was a naïve girl of fourteen.

Grief-stricken, Brett can barely make sense of her mother’s decision—her childhood dreams don’t resemble her ambitions at age thirty-four in the slightest. Some seem impossible.

How can she possibly have a relationship with a father who died seven years ago? Other goals (Be an awesome teacher!) would require her to reinvent her entire future. As Brett reluctantly embarks on a perplexing journey in search of her adolescent dreams, one thing becomes clear. Sometimes life’s sweetest gifts can be found in the most unexpected places.

Get The Life List for $1.99

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Regular Disclaimer: The responsibility to confirm any price before purchase is up to the reader. Sales may end unexpectedly, so be sure to check the price. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones read by the author of the blog, and inclusion of a title does not imply its endorsement or recommendation. Determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is the responsibility of the individual purchasing and reading any given title. Posts include Amazon affiliate links.

Roaring Deals Week of October 1st

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:10:00 +0000

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Know of a sale I missed?

Let me know in the comments!

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Wreckage, by Emily Bleeker

I shared this book last time it was on sale too, and I'm sharing it again because it was one of my top reads of 2015. SO GOOD.

From the description:

It's on sale for only $1.99

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The Reckoners Series, by Brandon Sanderson

The entire trilogy is on sale, each volume only $1.99. It's an award-winning series by the famed fantasy novelist, now writing for young adults. If you're not quite into the huge epic fantasies but love super heroes, this is your series!

Get each book for only $1.99: SteelheartFirefightCalamity

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The Princess and the Billionaire, by Barbara Bretton

A runaway princess looking to start a new life in New York City. A golden boy billionaire who likes his life just the way it is.

She grew up in a castle high in the French Alps. He was born in Queens.

She cut her teeth on caviar and champagne. He loves Big Macs and supersized fries.

From the snow-covered Alps to the noisy streets of Manhattan to the ramshackle cottage in the Pennsylvania Poconos, Isabelle and Daniel fight their attraction to each other every step of the way.

Sale price: 99 cents

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The Last Goodbye, by Caroline Finnerty

Sometimes the decisions we make can last a lifetime . . . and sometimes we cannot shake off the shackles of decisions made by others in the past.

The Last Goodbye is a powerful story of love and loss, forgiveness and new beginnings - a heart-wrenching and emotional page-turner for mothers and daughters everywhere.

Sale price: FREE

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Heart and Soul, by Jennifer Youngblood

Don't miss this heartwarming collection of 4 love stories that will feed your need for swoon-worthy romance.

Stories included:

"Kisses over Candlelight"

"The Cowboy and the Billionaire's Daughter"

"How To See With Your Heart"

"Seeking Mr. Perfect"

Sale price: 99 cents

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My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult

Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive.

And what it takes is Anna. Until Anna, now 11, says no. Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin), initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate

Regular price: $9.00Sale price: $2.99

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The Unbroken Line of the Moon, by Johanne Hildebrandt

For fans of Nordic mythology:

In this savage saga of love, war, lust, and magic set in the tenth century, young Sigrid is destined to be the mother of the king of the Nordic lands that would become Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and England.

Sale price: $1.99

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Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind, by Guy Claxton

In these accelerated times, our decisive and businesslike ways of thinking are unprepared for ambiguity, paradox, and sleeping on it." We assume that the quick-thinking "hare brain" will beat out the slower Intuition of the "tortoise mind."

However, now research in cognitive science is changing this understanding of the human mind. It suggests that patience and confusion--rather than rigor and certainty--are the essential precursors of wisdom.

Sale price: $1.99

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David Space Is Almost Interesting, The Memoir

A hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian, and Saturday Night Live alumn David Spade.

David Spade is best known for his harsh “Hollywood” Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as Dennis Finch on the television series Just Shoot Me.

Now, with a wit as dry as the weather in his home state of Arizona, the “comic brat extraordinaire” tells his story in Almost Interesting.

Sale price: $1.99

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Disclaimer: If I find new deals throughout the week after the post has gone live, I'll update it and note anything new. As always, the responsibility to confirm any price before purchase is up to the reader. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones I've read, and determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is also the reader's responsibility. Posts include Amazon affiliate links

Roaring Deals: Week of September 24

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:32:00 +0000

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Know of a sale I missed?

Let me know in the comments!

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The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

Get this modern-day classic for only $2.99

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As Wide As the Sky, by Jessica Pack

Many readers will recognize the author's real name: Josi S. Kilpack! She's now publishing women's fiction under Jessica Pack, and this is her first title under that name.

“In the vein of Jodi Picoult’s Nineteen Minutes, As Wide as the Sky explores the human component of tragedy.” —Mandy Mikulencak, author of The Last Suppers

“Characters as rich and indelible as the life they endure . . . A phenomenal read.” —Internationally Bestselling Author Davis Bunn

The regular price is $15.95, but it's on sale here for $2.99

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Secrets and Sensibilities: A Regency Romance Mystery (The Lady Emily Capers, Book 1), by Regina Scott

When art instructor Hannah Alexander agrees to accompany four of her students on a country house visit before Easter, she never dreams of entering into a dalliance with the owner David Tenant, the handsome new Earl of Brentfield. But one moment in his company and she’s in danger of losing her heart. There are secrets aplenty at Brentfield, enough to challenge any lady’s sensibilities, even those of Hannah’s protégé, Lady Emily Southwell. As events unfold at Brentfield, Hannah quickly learns that loving David comes at a price, to her future plans of being a portrait painter, to her position as a teacher, and to her very life.

Get it here for FREE

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown

The “fascinating” #1 New York Times bestseller that awakened the world to the destruction of American Indians in the nineteenth-century West (The Wall Street Journal).

First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shock waves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction account, Dee Brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres suffered by American Indians between 1860 and 1890. He tells of the many tribes and their renowned chiefs—from Geronimo to Red Cloud, Sitting Bull to Crazy Horse—who struggled to combat the destruction of their people and culture.

Regular digital price is $17.99.

Get it on sale for only $1.99

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Marrying a Cowboy, by Anna-Marie Meyer

After a quick wedding at the courthouse, they fly to Austin’s Montana ranch. What starts out as a mutually advantageous trip turns into something more. Feelings emerge and neither Emma nor Austin can figure out if the other one is genuine or just playing the part of a fake spouse. When Austin's grandmother arrives and starts poking holes in their lie, they must decide if what they feel is real or if it's all just an act.

Read it for $2.99

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On the Edge of Daylight: A Novel of the Titanic, by Giselle Beaumont

Blending fact with fiction, On the Edge of Daylight is a heart-wrenching historical romance that tells a different story of the RMS Titanic through the eyes of the crew, and shows the duty, loyalty, and sacrifice of two officers who were never supposed to fall for each other.

Esther Bailey is Titanic’s newest recruit and first female officer. Although she’s braced herself for the duties ahead, she never expected to clash with her own mentor, First Officer Murdoch.

As Esther begins to earn her mentor's respect, blurring the line between subordinate and superior, she and Murdoch find themselves questioning what matters most: their careers . . . or the feelings they’re hiding from each other. As tragedy unfolds around them, will they overcome the sinking together and live to see daylight?

Get it now for only $0.99

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The Scottish Prisoner, by Diana Gabaldon

Fans of Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander series, which is now a TV show, will want to snatch up this book by the same author.

The Scottish Prisoner features the same world the author created for the Outlander and Lord John series.

It's described as a masterpiece of epic history, wicked deceit, and scores that can only be settled in blood.

Get it on sale for only $2.99

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Roaring Deals: Week of August 28

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:11:00 +0000

First, some news!

I'm excited to announce the next Timeless Romance Anthology, which is right around the corner!

It's called A Yuletide Regency, and features (of course!) Regency-era Christmas stories. It'll be available on November 2, at just the right time to get you into the mood of the season—and to knock out a few Christmas gifts to boot!

Today readers can get their first view of the cover and pre-order it!

This collection features six novellas:

Three by the series founders (Heather B. Moore, Sarah M. Eden, and me—Annette Lyon)
Three other novellas by guest contributors Jen Geigle Johnson, Regina Scott, and Krista Lynne Jensen

ALL focused on a Regency Christmas season. (Fun, right? We thought so!)

Here's the Cover:

**FLAIL** ISN'T IT PRETTY?!

Pre-order your copy of A Yuletide Regency for $4.99, and it'll download to your device automatically on Release Day, November 2!

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Now, on to this week's deals!

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Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee, by Hoda Kotb

Hoda Kotb grew up in two cultures—one where summers meant playing at the foot of the ancient
pyramids and another where she had to meet her junior prom date at the local 7-Eleven to spare them both the wrath of her conservative Egyptian parents. She’s traveled the globe for network television, smuggling videotapes in her shoes and stepping along roads riddled with land mines.

She’s weathered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and a personal Category 5 as well: divorce and breast cancer in the same year. And if that’s not scary enough, she then began co-hosting the fourth hour of Today with Kathie Lee Gifford. (Oh, c’mon, KLG! That’s funny . . . put down the huge pour of Chardonnay and laugh with us.)

Hoda's memoir is on sale for 99 cents, down from $16.00!

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Forest Born, by Shannon Hale

By New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale:

Ever since her brother Razo introduced her to the trees, Rin has turned to them for peace or reassurance, even direction—that is, until the day they seem to reject her. Rin is sure something is wrong with her, something that is keeping her from feeling at home in the Forest, from trusting herself with anyone at all.

Determined to find a new sense of self, Rin accompanies Razo into the city, where she discovers that a mysterious threat haunts Bayern. She joins with three magical girls—Isi, Enna, and Dasha—as they venture toward the kingdom of Kel . . . where someone wants them dead

Get Forest Born for only 99 cents here.

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The Runaway Children, by Sandy Taylor

#1 bestseller in Family Saga

A heart-wrenching, unforgettable story of two evacuee sisters during the Second World War… Perfect for fans of Orphan Train, Nadine Dorries and Diney Costeloe.

Sisters Nell and Olive struggle to adjust to life as World War II evacuees in England and soon discover that living in the countryside isn’t always idyllic. When little Olive’s safety is threatened by a boy at Hackers Farm, Nell makes a decision that will change their lives forever…

They must run from danger and try to find their way home. Together the two girls hold each other’s hands as they begin their perilous journey across bombed-out Britain.

Get this historical fiction title for 99 cents instead of $9.00.

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Sold on a Monday, by Kristina McMorris

From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris: The sign reading 2 CHILDREN FOR SALE is a last resort.

It sits on a farmhouse porch in 1931, but could be found anywhere in an era of breadlines, bank runs and broken dreams. For struggling reporter Ellis Reed, the gut-wrenching scene evokes memories of his family’s dark past. He snaps a photograph of the children, not meant for publication. But when it leads to his big break, the consequences are more devastating than he ever imagined.

Inspired by an actual newspaper photograph that stunned the nation, Sold on a Monday is a powerful novel of love, redemption, and the unexpected paths that bring us home.

Get this heartbreaking story about the Great Depression on sale here.

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My Antonia, by Willa Cather

Working in the fields of waving grass and tall corn that dot the Great Plains, Ántonia forges the durable spirit that will carry her through the challenges she faces when she moves to the city.

But only when she returns to the prairie does she recover her strength and regain a sense of purpose in life. In the quiet, probing depth of Willa Cather's art, Ántonia's story becomes a mobbing elegy to those whose persistence and strength helped build the American frontier.

Get this American classic for only 60 cents! (Seriously!)

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The Heist (Fox and O'Hare Series, Book 1), by Janet Evanovich

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From Janet Evanovich, #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, and Lee Goldberg, bestselling author and television writer for Monk:

The first adventure in an electrifying series featuring an FBI agent who always gets her man, and a fearless con artist who lives for the chase.

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg's The Chase!

Buy the Kindle version here for only $2.99.

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Ghosts of the ETO: American Tactical Decepti1on Units in the European Theater, 1944 -1945, by Jonathan Gawne

The #1 bestseller on Amazon for Military Special Forces. No history of the war in Europe has ever taken into account the actions of the men of the US 23rd Special Troops.

These men took part in over 22 deception operations against the German Army. Some of these operations had tremendous impact upon how the battles in Europe were fought.

The men who participated in these actions were sworn to secrecy for 50 years, and are only now willing to talk about their role.

Click here to learn about this fascinating element of WWII for 99 cents.

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Let me know in the comments!

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Roaring Deals: Week of August 20th

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 17:51:00 +0000

Got the kids back to school? Great!

Now you can stock up on these book deals and READ!

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Tuesdays at the Castle, by Jessica Day George

An absolutely delightful book, especially if you read it aloud with your kids, by a New York Times bestseller:

Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celia's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes even an entire wing to itself. No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one - other than Celia, that is - takes time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed and reportedly killed, it's up to Celia with her secret knowledge of the Castle's many twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom.

**Get Tuesdays at the Castle for only $1.99.**

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Sale on All THREE Camille Di Maio Historical Titles!

The ebooks are all $1.99, and the paperbacks are on sale too, some at deeper discounts than others.

The Memory of Us

Ebook only $1.99. (Reg price: $4.99)
Paperback $10.99. (Regularly $14.95)

The Way of Beauty

Ebook only $1.99. (Reg price: $4.99)
Paperback $7.99. (Regularly $14.95) <<< Great paperback deal!

Before the Rain Falls

Ebook on sale for $1.99. (Regularly $4.99)
Paperback on sale for $6.99. (Regularly $14.95) <<< Great paperback deal!

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My Favorite Read This Summer: Still on Sale!

The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dione

This one was included in last week's post, and it's still on sale, so if you missed it then, you can snag it now!

The Marsh King's Daughter is suspense, thriller, family drama, and women's fiction. All of them. Really. Add to that a dose of Finnish culture and a Scandinavian fairy tale (and that's not counting the awards and bestseller status!), and it's a recipe for a book I love.

The Marsh King is on sale for only $1.99

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Secrets of a Charmed Life, by Susan Meissner

The author of A Bridge Across the Ocean and The Last Year of the War journeys from the present day to World War II England, as two sisters are separated by the chaos of wartime...

#1 seller in Sisters Fiction

Now on sale for $1.99.

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The Autistic Brain:

Thinking Across the Spectrum, by Temple Grandin

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate.

When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum. And our thinking about it has undergone a transformation in her lifetime: Autism studies have moved from the realm of psychology to neurology and genetics, and there is far more hope today than ever before thanks to groundbreaking new research into causes and treatments. Now Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution.

On sale for $2.99.

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Seven Days in May, by Kim Izzo

For readers of Kate Williams, Beatriz Williams and Jennifer Robson, a captivating novel of love and resilience during the Great War, inspired by the author’s family history.

Get Seven Days in May for only $1.99.

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Wreckage and Working Fire by Emily Bleeker

These were also on last week's post, and their sale is still going on as the author's next release approaches!

(If you're already a fan of Emily Bleeker's work, pre-order The Waiting Room, here. Release date: August 28th.)

**About Wreckage:**

Wreckage is on sale for $1.99

About Working Fire:

Working Fire is about the relationship between two sisters and how their past informs the present. One sister is shot during a home invasion . . . and the other is the paramedic called to the scene.

Working Fire is on sale for $1.99

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Sojourner Truth: American Abolitionist, by W. Terry Whalin

In this novelized biography of Sojourner Truth, you’ll get to know the tall, powerful former slave whose biblically based call for equality—for both blacks and women—secured her a place in American history.

Appropriate for readers from junior high through adult, helpful for believers of any background, these biographies encourage greater Christian commitment through the example of heroes like Sojourner Truth.

Learn about Sojourner Truth's life for just 99 cents.

(Regular ebook price: $4.99)

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SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

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Weekly Deals Disclaimer: The responsibility to confirm any price before purchase is up to the reader. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones I've read, and determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is also the reader's responsibility. Posts include Amazon affiliate links.

Roaring Deals: Week of August 13, 2018

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:45:00 +0000

A few days ago, I found some awesome deals on books by authors I LOVE. I added them to last week's post, but worried that many readers would miss them.

Fortunately for everyone, they're still on sale! Emily Bleeker and Kate Moretti are some of the best Women's Fiction writers publishing today. Trust me when I say you'll want their books!

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Wreckage and Working Fire by Emily Bleeker

Her next book comes out later this month, so read one these now to see if (rather, THAT) you'd like to read her new one!

Snag her upcoming release, The Waiting Room, here. (I've already ordered my copy. It releases on August 28th.)

Wreckage is one of those rare novels where I could not fathom how the author would end the story in a way that I'd be happy with, yet she managed to do just that. It's also the even rarer book that I couldn't put down. As a career author and editor, I regularly read books in tiny snippets of time and easily put books down. Not this one!

About Wreckage:

Wreckage is on sale for $1.99

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Working Fire is Bleeker's third book (her second book, When I'm Gone, is on sale for $4.99, and I love it to pieces).

Working Fire is on sale for $1.99

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The Vanishing Year, by Kate Moretti

Zoe Whittaker is living a charmed life: wife of a handsome Wall Street tycoon, a member of Manhattan’s social elite, a perfect Tribeca penthouse in the city, and more.

What no one knows is that five years ago, Zoe’s life was in danger. Back then, Zoe wasn’t Zoe at all. Now her secrets are coming back to haunt her.

As the past and present collide, Zoe must decide who she can trust before she—whoever she is—vanishes completely.

A “dark, twisty, edge-of-your-seat suspense” (Karen Robards)

This one is also on sale for $1.99

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The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dione

My favorite read this summer!

This book could be classified as suspense, thriller, family drama, and women's fiction. All of them. Really. Add to that a dose of Finnish culture and a Scandinavian fairy tale (and that's not counting the awards and bestseller status!), and it's a recipe for a book I love.

The Marsh King is on sale for only $1.99

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Torch, by Cheryl Strayed

Remember the memoir Wild and the movie of the same name starring Reese Witherspoon? (Remember Loralai attempting the same hike along the Pacific Crest Trail?)

This book is by the same author, and it's her first published novel:

"Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!" is the advice Teresa Rae Wood shares with the listeners of her local radio show, Modern Pioneers, and the advice she strives to live by every day. She has fled a bad marriage and rebuilt a life with her two children and their caring stepfather, Bruce. But when they received unexpected news that Teresa, only 38, is dying of cancer, their lives all begin to unravel and drift apart. Strayed's intimate portraits in a time of crisis show the varying truths of grief, forgiveness, and the beautiful terrors of learning how to keep living.

Torch is on sale for $1.99

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Summer Sisters, by Judy Blume

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From the author many of us grew up reading comes an adult title:

Decades ago, Vix's world changes forever when Caitlin chooses her as a friend. Dazzling, reckless Caitlin welcomed Vix into the heart of her sprawling, eccentric family, opening doors to a world of unimaginable privilege on Martha’s Vineyard, where they become “summer sisters.”

Years later, Caitlin is getting married, and the early magic of their long, complicated friendship has faded. Caitlin begs Vix to come to her wedding as her maid of honor. Vix agrees to go. She wants to understand what happened during their last shattering summer, and after all these years, she needs to know why her summer sister still has the power to break her heart.

Get Summer Sisters for $1.99

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The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield

If you've known me long, you've probably heard me gush about this book. I found it thanks to bestie and accountability partner Luisa, and it promptly changed the way I think about writing. I own the paperback as well as the ebook so that if I need a kick in the pants when I'm not in my office, I can read it on my phone.

This is a great book for anyone struggling with a creative endeavor, which is almost everyone!

It's on sale for only $1.49. That's a screaming deal!

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The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

If you've ever felt intimidated at the thought of reading Tolkien, then The Hobbit is for you. It's his shortest and simplest story, and it has far fewer mythological tangents and other things that make the The Lord of the Rings trilogy a bit denser. This book is essentially a prequel to the trilogy.

Note: If you've fallen in love with the three-film adaptation, know that most of it was made up whole cloth by Peter Jackson. The first film of the three is the closest to the source material. It covers about 75% of the novel. Seriously.

This classic is on sale for $2.99.

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1984, by George Orwell

Another sale on huge classic. This book is one of the first ever in the dystopian genre. In many respects, it defined the genre.

If you haven't read this one, you really need to, if nothing else than for the sake of cultural literacy. (For example: many things come from this book that you might not even be aware of, including the concept of the government as "Big Brother.")

It's so well done, and it's both a fascinating and disturbing read. (It also has one of the best first lines ever.)

Snag 1984 for only $2.99.

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SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

Roaring Deals: Week of August 6

noreply@blogger.com (Annette Lyon) — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 17:09:00 +0000

MID-WEEK UPDATES!

THREE awesome books are on sale now by two of my favorite authors!

Wreckage & Working Fire by Emily Bleeker

Her next book comes out later this month, so read one these now to see if (rather, THAT) you'd like to read her new one!

(If so, order The Waiting Room here.)

Wreckage is on sale for $1.99

Working Fire is on sale for $1.99

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The Vanishing Year, by Kate Moretti

This one is also on sale for $1.99!

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This week's post is a day late, but these deals should make the wait worth it!

Rebooting My Brain: How a Freak Aneurysm Reframed My Life, by Maria Ross

Funny, touching and real, this book not only shares an inspirational story of transformation but reveals the surprising effects of brain injury…and explores the question, “How do our brains define who we are?”

This is the true story of what happens when you get yanked out of your life by a crisis―and have to get back on the ride all over again. Maria Ross shares how the relentless pace of her life came to a screeching halt when an undetected brain aneurysm ruptured and nearly killed her. Along her stubborn road back to health, her resulting cognitive and emotional challenges forced her―sometimes kicking and screaming―to reframe her life, her work, and her identity.

With humor and heart, Ross shares what it was like being blind for six weeks, how a TV crime drama and a brain-games website played key roles in her recovery, and why a handmade necklace helped her regain her sense of self.

Rebooting My Brain is on sale for $1.99

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I'll Be Your Blue Sky, by Marisa de los Santos

From a New York Times bestselling author: After her elderly friend Edith passes away and Clare inherits her old house, she finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. Edith, it seems, was no ordinary woman—and Blue Sky House no ordinary place. Clare begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky House—a decades-old mystery more complex and tangled than she could have imagined. As she peels back the layers of Edith’s life, Clare discovers a story of dark secrets, passionate love, heartbreaking sacrifice, and incredible courage. She also makes startling discoveries about herself: where she’s come from, where she’s going, and what—and who—she loves.

Get I'll Be Your Blue Sky for $1.99

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The House at Tyneford, by Natasha Solomons

Fans of Downton Abbey will love this sweeping New York Times bestselling historical novel of love and loss.

The start of an affair, the end of an era.

It’s the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When the master of Tyneford’s young son, Kit, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford—and Elise—forever.

The House at Tyneford is on sale for $1.99

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Driftnet, Torch, and Deadly Code, by Lin Anderson

"A crime series as addictive as crack."

Forensic Scientist Dr. Rhona Macleod Series Books 1 & 2 only $2.99 each.

Book 3 only 99 cents!

In you live the UK, each title is only 99p.

Check out the first three books on sale:
DRIFTNET ($2.99)
TORCH ($2.99)
DEADLY CODE (99 cents)

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The Lonely Life: An Autobiography, by Bette Davis

Originally published in 1962 and updated in the 1980s to bring the story up to the end of Bette Davis's, The Lonely Life is the legendary silver screen actress's riveting account of her life, loves, and marriages—now in ebook for the first time, and updated with an afterword she wrote just before her death.

Read about her Yankee childhood, her rise to stardom in Hollywood, the birth of her beloved children, and the uncompromising choices she made along the way to succeed—all the heartbreak, all the drama, and all the love she experienced at every stage of her extraordinary life.

By the incomparable Bette Davis.

Her autobiography is on sale for $2.99

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Hunting Hour, by Margaret Mizushima

Deputy Mattie Cobb is in a dark place and has withdrawn from Cole Walker and his family to work on issues from her past. When she and her K-9 partner, Robo, get called to track a missing junior high student, they find the girl dead on Smoker’s Hill behind the high school, and Mattie must head to the Walker home to break the bad news. But that’s only the start of trouble in Timber Creek, because soon another girl goes missing—and this time it’s one of Cole’s daughters.

Knowing that each hour a child remains missing lessens the probability of finding her alive, Mattie and Robo lead the hunt while Cole and community volunteers join in to search everything—to no avail. It seems that someone has snatched all trace of the Walker girl from their midst, including her scent. Grasping at straws, Mattie and Robo follow a phoned-in tip into the dense forest, where they hope to find a trace of the girl and rescue her alive. But when Robo does catch her scent, it leads them to information that challenges everything they thought they knew about the case.

Get Hunting Hour for $1.99

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Broken Angel (Chronicles of a Supernatural Huntsman Book 1), by Alex Apostol

THE THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT ARE REAL.

When Kamlyn was nineteen and seven months pregnant, her parents died in a car accident. When she was twenty-four, and her son was five years old, he was murdered before her eyes by a cloaked figure in the middle of the night.

When a mysterious neighbor sees her weeping on the sidewalk, he picks her up and introduces her to a new world. She goes with him to the Chamber of Darkness, an underground society, where she learns to fight evil beings and creatures as a Huntsman. Her sole motivation to complete her training is getting revenge on the demon that killed her little boy.

But while she's there, she realizes there are other beings that threaten the way of life on earth. Prophetic dreams reveal there is a mysterious traitor in the Chamber's headquarters and he's trying to get his hands on a goblet that will open the portal to the demon world, unleashing them all on the humans.

Get Broken Angel, the first book in the series for FREE.

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Disclaimer: If I find new deals throughout the week after the post has gone live, I'll update it and note anything new. As always, the responsibility to confirm any price before purchase is up to the reader. Titles listed in deals posts may or may not be ones I've read, and determining what books are right for you, including any content issues, is also the reader's responsibility. Posts include Amazon affiliate links.

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The Warning, by James Patterson and my awesome friend Robison Wells

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The Marquess Meets His Match, by Julie Coulter Bellon

Announcement: New Series Coming!

COVER REVEAL: A Week in Brighton

We're excited to announce that the next Timeless Regency Collection, A Week in Brighton, will launch on Tuesday, July 30.

And here is the gorgeous cover:

SALE Through Saturday: Summer Wedding Collection

This collection from the original Timeless Romance Anthology series is the third one ever released (it came out in 2013!) and it's now on sale for only 99 cents!

Even better, if you get the ebook, you can snag the Audible version for only another $1.99.

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Harvest Valley Romance Series

Other Harvest Valley stories:

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Love Far from Home Novella Box Set

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Midsummer Night Collection

Looking for a fun Regency read?

The Baron's Daughter, Book 6 of the Beckett Files, from Laura Beers, is available now.

RD: Ebooks on Sale for the Week of 3 December 2018

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When her brother duels the world’s most powerful wizard, Aino is cursed; if she can’t break the spell in time, she’ll be trapped—forever.

Song Breaker is a retelling of a Nordic myth in the Finnish Kalevala, which inspired Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Gandalf himself.

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These Is My Words, by Nancy E. Turner

Click HERE to get it on sale for 99 cents!

Do No Harm, by Henry Marsh

On sale now for $1.99.

Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Get this Noble Prize winner on sale for $2.99.

My Sister's Intended (Serendipity Book 1), by Rachael Anderson

On sale for just 99 cents!

The Home for Unwanted Girls, by Joanna Goodman

HERE for just $1.99.

A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance, by Caroline Mickelson

On sale for just $0.99.

The Trouble with Patience (Virtues and Vices of the Old West Book #1), by Maggie Brendan

Get it HERE for just 99 cents.

Wreckage, by Emily Bleeker

$1.99 HERE.

The Headmaster's Wife, by Thomas Christopher Green

Sale price: $2.99 HERE.

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst, by Jeffrey Toobin

Sale price HERE for $2.99.

Eat Pray Love 10th-Anniversary Edition, by Elizabeth Gilbert

Get it on sale HERE for just $1.99.

Picture Perfect, by Jodi Picoult

Sale price HERE, just $2.99.

RD: 26 November 2018

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