Chasing Sunsets: A Cedar Key Novel by Eve Marie Everson has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 41 customer reviews.

Category: Romance / Religious Fiction

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Kimberly Tucker’s life hasn’t turned out the way she thought it would. A divorced mother of two, Kim resents her ex-husband for moving on with his life and living it up while she struggles to understand what went wrong. When her sons end up spending five weeks of summer vacation with their father, Kim’s own father suggests a respite in the family vacation home on tiny Cedar Key Island. As Kim revisits her childhood memories and loves, she soon discovers that treasures in life are often buried, and mistakes–both past and present–become redeemable in God’s hand.Readers will be swept away to an island retreat where they walk alongside Kim as she discovers that God’s answers may not come easily, but they do come.

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Shadow of Doubt by Jonnie Jacobs has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on three customer reviews.

Category: Contemporary Fiction / Mystery

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San Francisco attorney Kali O’Brian returns to Silver Creek for her father’s funeral. When long-time friend Jannine is accused of murdering her husband, O’Brian stays on to help. Oddly enough, Jannine’s husband had just intimated to Kali that he might need a lawyer. To find answers, Kali digs up the dirt on her friends. Reservations about her job back home and about her lawyer boyfriend interfere, as does her father’s pregnant spaniel. Although Jacobs uses a rather routine formula, this books should appeal to fans of Kate Austen.

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Wireman by Billie Sue Mosiman has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 12 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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The killer in the night.
He waited in the shadows, a dark and deadly presence. He was no novice at this terrible trade–he had struck before and he would strike again. And with each new killing he became less human…and more vicious.
He stood patiently, a wire garrote in his strong hands, ready to claim yet another victim. Soon he would have one more to add to his growing list unless they could stop him. But how could they when they didn’t know who he was? What he was? To a terrified city he was known only as the Wireman.

Set in the 1970s, two brothers return from the Vietnam war with blood on their hands. Learning to kill the enemy wasn’t something that would go away when they returned home to Houston, Texas. Could one of them be the serial killer, Wireman? Could the other stop him?

Loosely based on true crimes which occurred in Houston, Texas in 1978-80.

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Time Slice by Kerry Downing has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 21 customer reviews.

Category: Fantasy

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Newly retired workaholic Roy Washburn is not ready for a life of leisure. On a trip to the mall with his wife, he finds a small metal cylinder with odd markings. One nudge of the cylinder’s triangle-shaped pointer and Roy finds himself embarking on an exciting new adventure in the Time Stream. There he meets The Traveler, a tall, gangly being who shows Roy how to use the cylinder to visit other civilizations that co-exist on “his” Earth, each occupying a different, thin Time Slice. The Traveler solicits Roy’s help in recovering an object invented by his murdered father and beyond his own reach. Roy is his last hope. At first it seems that the Traveler’s wish might be easily granted. But after Roy’s wife Emily becomes ill and his daughter’s long-held resentments rise to the surface, he can no longer “travel” at a moment’s notice. He also discovers the very real physical and mental risks involved in roaming the Time Stream. Despite the dangers, Roy is determined to help the Traveler. But he can’t do it alone. Fortunately he has a loving wife and a core group of loyal friends. But first he must convince them — and his daughter — that he isn’t crazy …

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Not My Kid… by Mary Billiter has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 10 customer reviews.

Category: Non-Fiction / Advice & How-To

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What happens when a reporter covering a lead crime story realizes her son is a suspect? For journalist and single mom Megan Reilly, the discovery of her teenage son’s secret life throws her own existence into turmoil. When Austin is arrested for shoplifting and becomes the prime suspect in a series of bomb threats at the local middle school, Megan’s immediate response is, “Not my kid.” What does it mean to be a good parent? How far should a mother go to protect her child?

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In the kingdom of Arroyo, the King is looking for someone to take the throne when he is gone. The person who finds the Royal Ruby will inherit the kingdom. Rian, the royal scholar, believes he has found the heir to the kingdom in a peasant girl named Elisa.

A kingdom to explore

The Enchanted Kingdom: Elisa’s Adventure is a colorful fairytale world where huge dragons, wise magicians, kind monsters, and peculiar plants live. Help the young heiress Elisa ascend to the throne and learn how to rule her country. The road to the royal throne is full of fascinating quests.

This adventure app cleverly combines match-3 with find the hidden objects games. Unravel the mysteries and riddles that encompass more than 50 captivating levels, and search colorful locations for hidden objects. The game’s high-quality, 3D-style graphics in this fairytale adventure will delight both young and old.

Help Elisa save her kingdom!

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is Postcards from Nam, a contemporary fiction novel by Uyen Nicole Duong, and is normally $6.24 in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted to just $0.99 for today only.  It has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 29 customer reviews, and you can pick up your copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kddeal into your computer’s web browser.

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Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Multicultural category of the 2012 International Book Awards

Mimi (the protagonist of Mimi and Her Mirror) is a successful young Vietnamese immigrant practicing law in Washington, D.C. when the postcards begin to arrive. Postmarked from Thailand, each hand-drawn card is beautifully rendered and signed simply “Nam.” Mimi doesn’t recognize the name, but Nam obviously knows her well, spurring her to launch what will become a decade-long quest to find him. As her search progresses, long-repressed memories begin to bubble to the surface: her childhood in 1970s Vietnam in a small alley in pre-Communist Saigon. Back then, who was her best friend as well as her brother’s playmate, and what did art have anything to do with the alleys of her childhood? What was the dream of these children then? What happened when these children were separated by the end of the Vietnam war, their lives diverged onto different paths: one to freedom and opportunity, the other to tragedy and pain? Now Mimi must uncover the mystery of the postcards, including what might have happened to the people who where less fortunate: those who escaped the ravaged homeland by boat after the fall of Saigon. When the mystery is solved, Mimi has to make a resolution: what can possibly reunite the children from the alley of her childhood even when the alley exists no more?

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The Opening by Ron Savarese has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 31 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Horror / Fantasy

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The Opening addresses the age-old question ‘what happens when we die?’ with a spiritual fantasy of immense charm and imagination. At once an insightful meditation on life’s passages and a vision of unearthly realms, it creates its own enchanted worlds where characters connect with one another between here and the hereafter across the thinnest of lines.

Joe St. John wanders out into a blizzard and falls through an opening that leads him to amazing, sometimes harrowing places where he encounters the major turning points in his life. Along the way, he revisits his missed opportunities, uncovers his life’s core trauma, and is given mysterious geometrical symbols that hold the key to his future.

As Joe’s soul hovers between two worlds he will discover the truth about life and death, and be confronted with the ultimate choice: save his own life, or give it up for someone he loves.

A sparkling, hallucinatory, fast-paced read with unexpected twists of plot, imbued with a childlike sense of wonder. You’ll love floating in the book’s magical dreamscape, and may find yourself wanting to read it again and again to uncover its mystical insights and layers of meaning.

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We’ll Have the Summer by Dutch Henry has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 39 customer reviews.

Category: Contemporary Fiction

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The doctors say she’ll be gone by fall, but they have one last summer. One hot summer to consummate a lifetime of love, to cry together, laugh together … remember together. When a troubled teenage girl and an injured horse turn to them for help, Mary and Sam Holt find enough room in their own large and breaking hearts to show the girl life’s glories and restore a champion’s will. We’ll Have The Summer is a magnificent story about life, love, and horses.

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Blind Date, Checkmate by Veronica Blake has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 24 customer reviews.

Category: Romance

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Should a woman who’s unable to forget her first love give “happily ever after” one more try?

Shelby Winters’ one great love went sour. If she can’t feel that way about a guy again, why bother? When Shelby’s best friend sets her up on a blind date with Logan, the guy who broke her heart, he pursues her relentlessly, forcing her to make a choice: give her heart what it’s always desired and risk total devastation or shut Logan out and lose her only shot at happiness. To Shelby, it’s a lose-lose situation. Or is it?

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The Eighth Sea by Nancy Sprowell Geise has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 44 customer reviews.

Category: Religious Fiction / Romance

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Since its official launch in January 2012, The Eighth Sea has already had more than 45,000 downloads and has ranked #1 in both Historical Fiction and Historical Romance categories on Amazon.com.

Have You Found Your Eighth Sea?

In the cold, black hold of a sailing ship, a young woman lies dying, tormented that her death will mean nothing. No one will know. No one will care. Only the will to find a purpose for her life keeps breath in her exhausted body.

Far away, a soft Carolina breeze touches a mother’s face as she peers into the night sky, agonizing over the loss of her infant daughter nineteen years before. A haunting vision that will not leave her—it whispers of a living tie, still unbroken, to that baby long ago. Worlds apart and unaware of one another, the mother and daughter fight their lonely battles for survival.

Between them—a man rising to greatness with the new America will bring them together.

In 1769, on the shores of St. Christopher in the West Indies, Weston and Emily Emerson are devastated by the sight of their infant daughter’s blanket floating among the splintered remains of a lifeboat. The voyage that began with promise of a new beginning in America ends in tragedy when a violent storm separates them from their child. Believing their daughter has perished, the heartbroken Emersons continue their voyage to the Colonies, not knowing Brenna was rescued.

Nineteen years later, Brenna, unaware of her true identity, begins an odyssey that will take her far from her dismal existence on St. Christopher. A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger will forever change the course of her life. In the old Roman city of Bath, Nathan begins an unrelenting search for Brenna that sweeps across England, involving romance, murder, and intrigue.

The themes of this story are universal: a long journey; separation and return; uncertainty; searching and finding; the search for understanding God’s will amidst tragedy; and finally, the realization that people can be bound together forever.

The Eighth Sea is a passionate love story involving two unforgettable characters—Brenna and Nathan. Their story is our story—finding our place in the world, the meaning of our lives, our way home. Brenna’s solution is to set sail beyond the only world she has ever known and into her eighth sea. The story is inspirational, and its romance is deep and enduring.

Struggling to triumph are three major characters: Brenna—determined to find her place in the world yet haunted by the shadows of abandonment and self-doubt; Emily—plagued with grief over the loss of her only child an unable to shake a disturbing sense that something is unresolved; and Nathan—strong and charismatic, discovering that in his search for Brenna, he has found himself. Their story is a tribute to the human experiences of good overcoming evil, the power of persistence, seeking God, and finally, of love enduring against all odds.

The Eighth Sea is hard to put down, a deep and enduring romance, a plot filled with unexpected twists and the characters hard to get out of one’s mind…an inspiring journey into the unknown. A book club must read!

The Eighth Sea—finding the meaning of our lives, our way home.
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Creative Spirit by Scott Nicholson has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 32 customer reviews.

Category: Horror

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A modern Gothic thriller

After parapsychologist Anna Galloway is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she has a recurring dream in which she sees her own ghost. The setting of her dream is the historic Korban Manor, and she’s compelled to face the secrets of her soul.

Sculptor Mason Jackson has come to the manor to make a final, all-or-nothing attempt at success before giving up his dreams. When he becomes obsessed with carving Ephram Korban’s form out of wood, even Anna can’t divert his bizarre passion.

The manor itself has secrets, with fires that blaze constantly in the hearths, portraits of Korban in every room, and deceptive mirrors on the walls. With an October blue moon looming, both the living and the dead learn the true power of their dreams.
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In The Shadow of Babylon by John Schwartz has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 27 customer reviews.

Category: Contemporary Fiction / Action & Adventure

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Could an ancient scroll discovered in a vault beneath Baghdad’s Azzohour Palace provide the answer to Iraq’s current crisis? The scroll—pre-dating Hammurabi’s Code by more than 7000 years—details the life of a shepherd who became the founder of a country that existed and thrived in pre-history. It may be the most profound archeological find ever. Shortly after the first Gulf War, an ancient gold-paneled tomb is discovered in Baghdad. Dr. Elman Darshi, the world’s leading Sumerian language authority, is ordered by Saddam to translate the find. Warned of Saddam’s paranoia over ancient prophecies, the professor smuggles his translation to his daughter Alexandria, a doctoral student at University of California, Berkeley. Shortly after completing the translation, Dr. Darshi, his wife, and youngest daughter disappear. When Iraq is liberated and Saddam deposed, the secret tomb is rediscovered. Only Alexandria can read the esoteric writing inscribed on its walls. Together with Dr. Ibrahim Feroz, a young and handsome associate professor at University of Chicago, they present the ancient poem, called The Song of Ayuba, to the world on a global National Geographic TV special.
When the inscribed panels are removed from the underground crypt, a scroll incased in an urn is discovered. It is an autobiography of a warrior poet named Ayuba and proves to be the oldest writing in the world. Publication of the scroll reveals profound life lessons that foment fear and anger in radical Muslims and hope for the majority throughout the Middle East.
Ayuba’s message makes In the Shadow of Babylon hard to put down—each page reveals a new adventure brimming with danger. Ayuba’s message echoes through several millennium. A stanza of his epic poem inscribed on the gold panels now on display in the Museum of Ancient History located on the ruins of the storied city of Babylon sums up the vision of his life.

Sleep, and in the veil of night
Dream of valor in the light
When comes the awakening dawn
It is your dreams you act upon

In The Shadow of Babylon is a story about the modern world of Jihad, terror and suffering wrapped in an ancient message of bravery, wisdom and joy. The lessons learned by the warrior poet Ayuba as he transitions from an ignorant orphan held in captivity by a band of brutal nomads into a heroic leader of an ancient country are as critical to the 21st century as they were 10,000 years ago.

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Gods and Kings: Chronicles of the Kings #1 by Lynn Austin has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars out of 5 stars based on 66 customer reviews.  I read this one and rated it a 5 out of 5 stars: if you would like to read my review of this book, you can click here or type in http://amzn.to/KQsxjl into your computer’s web browser.  If you think the review was helpful, I would appreciate your clicking the “Yes” button on the Amazon website immediately below the review!

Category: Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction

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Gods and Kings is the story of King Hezekiah, heir to the throne of King David. When his evil father plots to sacrifice him, Hezekiah’s mother, Abijah, searches frantically for a way to save him. But only two men can help her, and neither of them seems trustworthy. In a time and place engulfed by violence, treachery, and infidelity to Yahweh, Abijah and her son must discover the one true Source of strength if they are to save themselves and their country. Book 1 of Chronicles of the Kings.

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Never Smile at Strangers by Jennifer Minar-Jaynes has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 129 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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WHEN TEENAGE GIRLS VANISH in what was once considered a safe, Louisiana bayou town, the lives of four desperate young locals take unexpected turns, begging the question: Do you every truly know those closest to you?

When nineteen-year-old Tiffany Perron vanishes from rural Grand Trespass, Louisiana, best friend HALEY LANDRY’s relationship with her boyfriend becomes increasingly strained. To make matters worse, her impressionable younger sister BECKY has begun idolizing an impetuous, seductive 15 year old who’s encouraging her to do dangerous things.

Meanwhile, ERICA DUVALL, a reclusive 19-year-old aspiring writer, befriends Haley. Ten years earlier, Erica’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with the womanizing used car salesman father she loathes. She’s decided to write a novel based on Tiffany’s disappearance; a novel that she hopes will lead to a reunion with her estranged novelist mother.

RACHEL ANDERSON, a 36-year-old mother of two, is having trouble coming to terms with her husband, TOM’s, affair with the missing girl—a relationship that supposedly ended shortly before Tiffany’s disappearance. What’s more, she comes to the blood curdling realization that someone is watching her through the large back windows of her house.

A DISTURBED MAN also lives in the area. Ever since his mother’s murder four years earlier, he’s been raising his insolent teenage sister, ALLIE, who sleeps with truck drivers for money. He considers women to be dangerous—and his world revolves around his fear and hatred for them. He’s terrified of his sister, knowing she’s intent on pushing him over the edge.

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Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 149 customer reviews.

Category: Contemporary Fiction / Historical Fiction

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Karleen Koen’s sweeping saga contains unforgettable characters consumed with passion: the extraordinarily beautiful fifteen-year-old noblewoman, Barbara Alderley; the man she adores, the wickedly handsome Roger MontGeoffry; her grandmother, the duchess, who rules the family with cunning and wit; and her mother, the ineffably cruel, self-centered and licentious Diana. Like no other work, Through a Glass Darkly is infused with intrigue, sweetened by romance and awash in the black ink of betrayal.

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Rx – Episode 1: The Blackouts by Robert Brockway has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 78 customer reviews.

Category: Science Fiction

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Red is a user. Red is a pusher. Red is a drug addict.

And that’s not a problem.

Everybody in the Four Posts is nursing an addiction to something. In fact, their entire economy is based on the ‘feed: An officially sanctioned, omnipresent drug delivery system with terminals in every home. Red’s talent for mixing new and interesting narcotic concoctions isn’t an issue, but the fact that he accidentally ran while testing an expensive new prototype just might be. Now, with the help of QC, a walking nanotech factory, and Byron, an upper-class slacker literally addicted to the past, Red has to figure out what the strange experimental drug is doing to his mind before the sinister, faceless recovery agents tear him apart.

That is, if his frightening and increasingly real hallucinations don’t do it first.
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Exit Unicorns by Cindy Brander has received a perfect 5out of 5 stars based on 25 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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It is the spring of 1968 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and James Kirkpatrick has just lost his father under suspicious circumstances, Casey Riordan is released from prison after five years and Pamela O’Flaherty has crossed an ocean and a lifetime of memories to find the man she fell in love with as a little girl. All three lives are on a collision course with each other against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement and a nation on the brink of revolution.
They come from disparate backgrounds- Jamie a wealthy industrialist whose life is like an imperfect but many faceted jewel- brilliant, flawed and with a glitter that is designed to distract the observer. Casey- a card carrying member of the Irish Republican Army, who must face the fact that five years away has left him a stranger, a misfit in his own neighbourhood where not everyone is sympathetic to a convicted rebel. Pamela- who has come to Ireland in search of a memory and a man who may not have existed in the first place.

Through it all runs the ribbon of a love story; love of country, the beginning love of two people unable to resist the pull of each another regardless of the cost to themselves and those around them and the selfless love of one man who no longer believes himself capable of such emotion.

Ultimately this is the story of Ireland herself, of how nation is bound to one’s identity, woven into the weft of all we become. And whether, finally, freedom and peace can walk down the same road, hand in hand.

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is The Manhattan Project, a Non-Fiction / History book by Cynthia C. Kelly and Richard Rhodes, and is normally $9.07 in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted to just $1.99 for today only.  It has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 19 customer reviews, and you can pick up your copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kddeal into your computer’s web browser.

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Born out of a small research program that began in 1939, the Manhattan Project brought together the cream of the scientific community and the military to create and perfect a weapon more powerful than any the world had known. Racing against time as the war raged in Europe and Asia, and against our enemies, whom we feared were pursuing similar ends, the Project would eventually employ more than 125,000 people and cost a total of over $2 billion—and the entire operation was conducted under a shroud of secrecy, at remote sites around the country.

This groundbreaking book—the first of its kind—collects the writings and thoughts of the original participants in the Manhattan Project, along with pieces by the most important historians and interpreters of the subject. It is a rich and comprehensive compilation of documents, essays, articles, and excerpts from histories, biographies, plays, novels, letters, oral histories, and more, and is the freshest, most multi-faceted exploration yet of the topic. Including material by and about J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, Leslie Groves, Klaus Fuchs, Henry Stimson, Vannevar Bush, Harry S. Truman, Niels Bohr, and many other key figures, it also collects the writings and testimony of those in the trenches at the Project, their families, and local eyewitnesses. Finally, the book includes thoughts and concerns about the bomb, set down in the aftermath of its deployment, by politicians, writers, artists, and others who saw that the world would never again be the same.

Assembled with authority and care by the president of the Atomic Heritage Foundation—in cooperation with a team of advising historians that included the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Rhodes—The Manhattan Project is an invaluable addition to the historical record as well as a gripping narrative of scientific discovery, military strategy, and moral reflection.

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Today’s App of the Day is Score It (Word) and this game is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://tinyurl.com/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Show your word power with Score It (Word), a challenging word game. Stimulate your brain while having fun. Score It (Word) is a great way to improve word building skills that you can apply to many other word games.

Guess the Word

The object of the game is to guess the word from the first given letter. After each guess, a letter is placed in the word that is in the correct position. Any letter in the red ball is in the word but not in the correct position. If an invalid word is entered, you lose a turn, and the word is displayed in red. When you run out of time, the answer is displayed.

Extra Credit

The number of turns to guess the word is equal to the number of letters (five, six, or seven letters). If you solve the word in fewer tries, you earn bonus points. You start with three credits; with every five correct words, you earn an extra credit.

Score It (Word) helps warm up your brain before you hit that next Scrabble or Boggle game. Can you beat the clock?

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Angel in the Shadows, Book 1 by Lisa Grace has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars out of 5 stars based on 27 customer reviews.  I received a message from the author who said this would be free through June 4^th – I’ve read it and thought it was very good and rated it a 4 out of 5 stars.  I also think Lisa is one of the “nice guys” out there so if you try out her book, how about writing a review?

Category: Young Adult / Religious Fiction

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The difference between vampires and angels? Angels are real.
Books 1 and 2 are in preproduction for a major movie through Motion Picture Pro Studio, which has been involved with five academy award winning movies.
AOL recommends the Angel in the Shadows series as the alternative to the Twilight series on the “ALA’s Top Ten Most Challenged Book List of 2010″
Fifteen-year-old Megan Laughlin has a gift–or what seems like a curse at times. Megan sees angels and demons.
Megan knows her destiny is to protect her friends against dark angels who try to sway them into situations that can destroy their lives, their souls, and their eternity.
At school, she recognizes Judas, an über popular boy, as an evil angel hell-bent on destroying her and everyone she loves. As Judas spreads horrible rumors and overdoses two of her classmates at a rave, Megan realizes the enormity of his power. While classmates die, Megan, with the help of an angel, Johnny, and a team of friends will face the fight of their lives as they battle Judas.

Megan thinks God hasn’t given her any “special” powers, but discovers she has what she needs as she confronts Judas and his seemingly unconquerable power.
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The Annihilation of Foreverland by Tony Bertauski has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 30 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Fantasy

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

When kids awake on an island, they’re told there was an accident. Before they can go home, they will visit Foreverland, an alternate reality that will heal their minds.

Reed dreams of a girl that tells him to resist Foreverland. He doesn’t remember her name, but knows he once loved her. He’ll have to endure great suffering and trust his dream. And trust he’s not insane.

Danny Boy, the new arrival, meets Reed’s dream girl inside Foreverland. She’s stuck in the fantasy land that no kid can resist. Where every heart’s desire is satisfied. Why should anyone care how Foreverland works?

Together, they discover what it’s really doing to them.

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Iron Branch: A Civil War Tale of a Woman In-Between by Kelby Ouchley has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 12 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Historical Fiction

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Iron Branch explores cultural conflicts of the American Civil War era as experienced by those not often elevated to lead roles. Abita Carter, a half-Choctaw woman who describes herself as always “in-between,” tells the story of her life and that of the young lawyer/soldier, Minor Barrett, in north Louisiana during the Civil War. The core of the tale involves Abita’s journey to find Minor, who is reported to have been wounded during the siege of Vicksburg. Along the way she faces a cast of characters with varying intentions. General Grant’s wife, a family of slaves with compassion beyond reason, and a small blind mule are among those encountered in the rich, Deep South setting. None, though, is more distracting than Minor’s blue-blooded wife, who seeks her husband for a different purpose. Abita’s state of “in-between” takes on new meanings as she is drawn ever deeper into the turmoil of the times. Passion, self-doubt, and malice finally threaten her existence in any condition.

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‘Scuse Me While I Kill This Guy by Leslie Langtry has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 23 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Humor

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You Can’t Pick Your Family…
Death by Chocolate is her favorite dessert.  And those knitting needles aren’t just for craft projects. To most people, Gin Bombay is an ordinary single mom.  Then again, they don’t know she’s from a family of top secret assassins.  Somewhere between leading a Girl Scout troop for her kindergartner – would nooses count for a knot badge? – and keeping their puppy from destroying the furniture, Gin now has to take out a new target.

But You Can Pick Them Off…
Except this target has an incredibly hot Australian bodyguard who knows just how to make her weak in the knees.  But with a mole threatening to expose everything, Gin doesn’t have much time to let her hormones do the happy dance.  She’s got to find the leak and clear her assignment…or she’ll end up next on the Bombay Family hit list.

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Earth Shaker by Richard Guimond has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 18 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Earth Shaker—a sensual, chilling take on Beauty and the Beast. An unscrupulous curator, Douglas Hackett and his beautiful associate, Naomi Slocum, discover the legendary Greek Minotaur Asterius, cocooned in a perpetual sleep. Imprisoned deep in a labyrinth by his father King Minos, this demi-god roamed through the darkness hungering for what gave him life. His violent rages were subdued only by the continued sacrifice of young maidens, especially those with crimson hair. After smuggling the completely intact body from Crete to D.C., it isn’t long before all hell breaks loose as Asterius comes to life. Deep below Hackett’s Museum of the Unnatural, Asterius is completely obsessed with Naomi and claims her as his beloved—destined to bear him a son. Naomi finds herself increasingly mesmerized by Asterius and his abilities as a “bone-waker”—a creature with a life force so strong—he can revive the dead. Naomi must choose between being truly human or succumbing to the beast within…. The depth of human passion sets this terrifying thriller apart from just another monster story. The relationship between Naomi and Asterius, while exploring her disturbing dark side, reveals the raw emotions of humanity. Naomi soon learns the importance in heeding those words: Rest in Peace.

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Scorpio Rising by Monique Domovitch has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 27 customer reviews.

Category: Historical Fiction

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Set in New York and Paris amid the glamorous and competitive worlds of art and real estate, Scorpio Rising takes the reader from the late 1940s to the 1960s through the tumultuous lives of its heroes.

There is Alex Ivanov, the son of a Russian immigrant and part-time prostitute. He yearns to escape his sordid life and achieve fame and fortune. His dreams of becoming a world-class builder are met with countless obstacles, yet he perseveres in the hope of someday receiving the recognition he craves.

Half a world away, Brigitte Dartois is an abused teenager who runs into the arms of a benefactor with an agenda all his own. When she finds out that her boss has an ulterior motive, she flees again, determined to earn her living through her art. This career brings her fame, but also the unwanted attention of her early abuser.

Monique Domovitch’s debut novel, Scorpio Rising, is a compelling tale filled with finely etched characters and a superb understanding of the power of ambition. Scorpio Rising promises to resonate with all who once had a dream.

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Churchill & Roosevelt: The Alliance that Saved the Free World by Charles River Editors.

Category: History / Education

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

*Includes pictures of Churchill, Roosevelt, and important people, places, and events in their lives.
*Includes full length biographies of both leaders woven together into one chronological narrative.
*Explores the personal and professional relationship between Churchill & Roosevelt.
*Includes a list of Churchill’s greatest quotes.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.

“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,000 bottles of champagne…And of course, by resisting Hitler, he saved Europe and perhaps the world.” – Mark Riebling in “Churchill’s Finest Hour”.

One has been considered America’s greatest president of the 20th century. The other was voted the Greatest Briton of All Time by his own countrymen.

Winston Churchill led an astonishing life as a soldier, world statesman, historian and Noble Prize Laureate. When he died at 90 in 1965, one of the most important figures in modern history had left the stage. From providing some of the 20th century’s greatest soundbytes to successfully navigating Great Britain to victory in World War II against great odds, Churchill was at the forefront of global events for decades, becoming one of the most influential Britons in history. In 2002, he was named the Greatest Briton of All Time, and 40 years earlier he was the first person to be made an Honorary Citizen of the United States.

The tenacious Bulldog was joined in the war effort by Roosevelt, America’s most unique president if not the greatest. A well-connected relative of Theodore Roosevelt, FDR was groomed for greatness until he was struck down by polio. Nevertheless, he persevered, rising through New York politics to reach the White House just as the country faced its greatest challenge since the Civil War, beginning his presidency with one of the most iconic lines ever spoken during an inaugural address. For over a decade, President Roosevelt threw everything he had at the Great Depression, and then threw everything the country had at the Axis powers during World War II. Ultimately, he succumbed to illness in the middle of his fourth term, just before the Allies won the war.

Although the two men are remembered as the erstwhile leaders of the Allies in World War II, their up-and-down relationship directed the Allied war effort in North Africa, Sicily, and ultimately D-Day. Churchill & Roosevelt analyzes their relationship during the war, but it also covers the rise of both men to their respective positions as heads of state, weaving their stories together into one narrative. This book also humanizes Britain’s greatest Prime Minister and America’s ongest serving president, one who had to overcome a stutter to become his century’s most quotable speaker and the other who overcame polio to capture the presidency and defeat Depression and the Axis powers. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in their lives, you will learn interesting facts about FDR and Churchill you never knew, and you will learn about the men who saved the free world like you never have before.

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Slumber by Samantha Young has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 45 customer reviews.

Category: Young Adult / Romance

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Slumber – A Romance

Molded by a tragic childhood, nineteen-year-old Rogan finds it extremely difficult to trust people. Now Haydyn, her best friend and the one person she does trust, is dying and only Rogan can save her.

Setting off on a journey to retrieve the plant that will cure Haydyn and subsequently the ills that will befall them all if she dies, Rogan is stuck in close quarters with a protector she distrusts above all others.

Wolfe Stovia.

The son of the man who destroyed Rogan’s family.

At a constant battle of wills with the handsome Captain of the Guard, Rogan just knows this adventure together will be fraught with tension. She never imagined, however, that the quest would be so dangerous… not least of all when she finds herself falling for a man she could have sworn was her no.1 enemy…

Mature YA fantasy romance (for older readers).

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British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales by Charles River Editors.

Category: Documentary

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

*Includes pictures of Diana and important people, places, and events in her life.
*Discusses the controversies surrounding her life and the conspiracy theories about her death.
*Includes lesser known details of her life.
*Includes a Table of Contents

“Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.” – Diana

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors’ British Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of Great Britain’s most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

Born in 1961, the woman who would become Princess of Wales and one of the most famous people in the world was literally nameless for a week. Expecting a boy, the parents finally came to grips with the fact that she was a girl and eventually named her Diana. Fittingly, even though Diana had been born into one of Britain’s most historic and prominent families, the world came to know her better for her first name than her last name, Spencer.

Diana’s first brush with Prince Charles came when the prince was dating her older sister, but the world met Lady Diana after Charles began courting her from 1980-1981. The two were married in the most famous and watched wedding of the 20th century, with nearly 750,000 tuning and over half a million standing outside to see the Royal Wedding. From then on, Diana became one of the most famous people in the world, with every step she took and every decision she made heavily scrutinized across the world. Though she stayed busy with international charities, human rights work, being a mother, and all of the necessities being part of the Royal Family required, Diana remained a tabloid fixture all the while.

Thanks to her fame, the life and tragic death of “Princess Di” are known the world over, and despite all of the controversies that swirled around her during her final years, Considered a saint by some and a traitor to the established order by others, Diana nevertheless remains one of the most famous and popular Britons in history. Ranked the 3rd Greatest Briton of All Time in a nationwide poll, Diana ranked ahead of icons like Isaac Newton and William Shakespeare, and she continues to be the standard by which all future women in the Royal Family will be judged. British Legends: The Life and Legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales details Diana’s life and career, including its famous ups and infamous downs, but it also humanizes her and intimately explores what Lady Di was like before Legend Di enveloped her legacy. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, here is the story of an extraordinary life.

Along with pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Diana like you never have before, in no time at all.

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Today’s App of the Day is Clown Ball and this game is normally $0.99 in the Amazon App Store.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://tinyurl.com/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…

Run away and join the circus

Fans of marble rolling games like Super Monkey Ball, Labyrinth, and Neverball will love Clown Ball with its fantastic tilt controls. If you enjoy playing marble maze or marble labyrinth games you’ve got to give it a try. You’ll be tickled pink.

Swerve through mazes as you roll your ball past hammers, through tunnels, and over balance beams in this 3D circus game. Try your acrobatic skills on the trampoline, or dare to be fired from a circus cannon. Challenge your mind as you unravel some deviously tricky puzzles.

Kids love Clown Ball because the intuitive tilt control is easier to use than a touch screen. Parents love the game because it’s good, clean circus-themed fun for the kids…and for the adults. Children can simply play through each level, while adults can attempt the more difficult challenges, such as getting all the stars or finishing before the bonus timer runs out.

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is The Naming: The First Book of Pellinor, a children’s book by Alison Croggin, and is normally $3.49 in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted to just $1.99 for today only.  It has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 76 customer reviews, and you can pick up your copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kddeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Grade 7 Up–In this first volume in a projected quartet, Croggon has created a world that is both authentic and exotic, welcoming and frightening. When 16-year-old Maerad meets a man named Cadvan, she is catapulted from her life as a slave to an epic destiny. Cadvan is a Bard, one of the magically gifted Starpeople, and he begins to teach her about her own gifts and abilities. He believes her to be the prophesied One who will oppose the Nameless, the dark power working toward the destruction of the Bards and the Balance of the world. As Maerad and Cadvan travel, they join forces with Hem, a mysterious orphan, and learn that the Nameless’s influence reaches far into the world of the Bards. Encounters with great mythic figures of their world and threatening evil forces add to the epic flavor of their journey. Maerad’s story is presented as a translation of the great epic of a lost civilization, and explanatory appendixes add to this fantasy’s realistic feel. Maerad is a strong, bold, and appealing character, and her lack of knowledge about her world provides a framework for Croggan’s background explanations. Supporting characters, including the Bards and those who oppose them, are given realistic traits and flaws. While some coincidences in the plot may stretch readers’ belief, they are integral to the story. Maerad seems a kindred spirit to Tamora Pierce’s Alanna, and her story will find a welcoming audience among readers looking for a challenging and fully realized epic adventure.

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Atticus for the Undead by John Abramowitz has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 27 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this would be free through June 1^st.

Category: Thriller / Fantasy

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The next chapter in the struggle for equal rights begins!

Hunter Gamble is an idealistic young attorney in a very special area of the practice: arcane defense. Funded by enigmatic billionaire Charles McClain and aided by shy-but-energetic research attorney Kirsten Harper, he’s making the world a better place — one vampire, zombie, or werewolf client at a time. After all, they deserve their day in court too, right?

When a young zombie walks into Hunter’s office accused of murder (by brain-eating), Hunter’s idealism is tested as never before as he struggles to secure the man’s freedom. To do so, he must square off against a savvy and ambitious district attorney, contend with a judge who is deeply biased against arcanes, and stand up to a human-supremacist group which will stop at nothing — not even Hunter’s own death — to see his client convicted.

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Ragan O’Reilly, Private Investigator by Margaret Lake has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 5 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

May, 1942 – Regan O’Reilly comes from a long line of police officers. She would have followed her father and brother into the Force but women officers are rare and usually relegated to the status of social workers.

Now she’s a private investigator with her own agency and the freedom to live her life the way she wants. That is until she meets widower Mark Harris and his delightful son, Patrick, who have plans of their own for Regan.

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Red Leaves and the Living Token by Benjamin David Burrell has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 19 customer reviews.

Category: Fantasy / Science Fiction

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Doctors tell Raj that his son Emret won’t survive his illness. As Raj struggles to prepare himself and Emret for the inevitable, he’s confronted by Moslin, his son’s nurse, who’s been filling Emret’s head with fairytales about heroic quests and powerful disease curing miracles. Emret now thinks that all he has to do is find the mythical Red Tree from the nurse’s stories, and he’ll live.

In an attempt to protect his son from further emotional damage, Raj asks Moslin to stay away from Emret. He returns hours later to find them both missing.

Now, he has to dig into the loathed fairytales to figure out where they may have gone. He’d also like to know why he keeps blacking out and having visions of a temple on a mountain with a vat of glowing weapons, a vaporous black creature emerging from a lightning storm, himself in glowing armor leading an army, and the same mythical Red Tree hidden in a dense forest.

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Jockeys and Jewels by Bev Pettersen has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 59 customer reviews.  I received an email from the author saying this book would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Mystery / Romance

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Racehorse trainer, Kurt MacKinnon, resents being yanked into undercover police work. But when his ex-partner is murdered, Kurt is determined to find the killer and moves his third-string Thoroughbreds to the backwater track where his partner was last seen alive.

Julie West, a struggling and dedicated jockey, pins her dreams of an elusive win on the new trainer in town, never suspecting she’s a person of interest–and not because of her riding skills.

Kurt didn’t expect his contrary colt to flourish under Julie’s feminine touch nor for his own rusty heart to soften. However, his deceit sucks them both into the cross hairs of a killer, and suddenly much more than their love is in danger.

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Kindle Keyboard Giveaway

Tomorrow is the last day to sign up for the free Kindle Keyboard / Kindle 3, which I launched to promote the Kindle Books for a Buck (or Less) blog (you can click here or go to http://ebooksforabuck.wordpress.com to see this blog).  The Kindle Books for a Buck (or Less) blog was designed to promote the many independent, self-published authors that typically fall under the radar screen amidst all of the noise from the “headline” authors I have really enjoyed.  I think you will, also, and to me the purchase price of one dollar or less is a pretty easy price point vs. throwing down ten bucks or more for something untested.  Hopefully, many of you have had a chance to check out some of the offerings of this blog.

As I type this post, there are almost 12,500 entries so far in the giveaway.  You can enter once each day so if you haven’t signed up – or if you haven’t completed today’s entry – I encourage you to signup.  To enter, just click here or you can go to your computer’s web browser and type in http://wp.me/p2b82w-2F9 and enter away!

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Rock and Roll Rip-Off Freebie

This morning, I posted about the Rock and Roll Rip-Off book being free – you can click here or type in http://bit.ly/JuseYM into your computer’s web browser in case you missed it or want to see it again.  I received a note that another book in the series, Rock and Roll Homicide, is also free from blog reader Penandra.  Thanks for the update, Penandra, and if you would like the next book in that series you can click here or type in http://amzn.to/M8619z into your computer’s web browser.

Collections Question

Earlier this month, I had a post about how to organize your Kindle books into collections – you can click here or type in http://bit.ly/MYnyjS into your computer’s web browser in case you missed it or want to see it again.  I received this note from William, as well as several other people along the same lines:

I can put books into collections, but the book also stays outside the collections. E.g., If I put “Rome” into the collection, “History,” then when I select History, Rome will show up. BUT Rome is also on the screen outside of the collection. How can I organize so the only thing on my home screen is the list of collections? And thanks for a great job on free books and tips!!

This happened to me when I first started organizing things into collections, and it drove me nuts until I was able to figure it out – I still had my collections shown on the Kindle, but I also had each and every book on my Kindle going on for page after page after page: all I wanted to see was the name of the collection!

It sounds like you need to just show all of your titles by collections: underneath the battery power status bar and the wireless signal bar of my Kindle Keyboard, yet above the first book or category name, your Kindle tells you how it is organizing your content.  Your options are (a) Most Recent First, (b) Title, (c) Author, and (d) Collections.  In order to arrange your books by the collection title(s) you have created, here is how you do it:

• Click the Home button to go to the home screen.
•  Using your five-way controller click the “up” portion of the five-way controller one time until the “Showing All…” items has been highlighted – this should be the line-item immediately below the battery power status bar and the wireless signal bar of your Kindle.
• Right-click the five-way controller one time to display the sorting options mentioned in (a) – (d) above.
• Move your five-way controller to the “Collections” option, and select it by pressing the middle portion of your five-way controller.

Assuming you have organized your books into collections, all of the categorized books should now be in their respective category and the collection name / category should be all you see with a number in parenthesis of each collection name to let you know how many titles are in each category.  If your Kindle is like mine, you will also have several books that haven’t been categorized yet immediately following all of the various Collections you have created.

Of course, you can use the same procedures to organize your content by author, etc.

Kindle Fire Stylus

I am looking to buy a stylus for my and my kids’ Kindle Fire, in the hope it will be a lot smoother – and less grimy – than my index finger.  Has anyone tried out the Amazon Basics’ Style (click here or type in http://amzn.to/firestylus into your computer’s web browser)?  If you have, and care to share the good and the bad before I drop $33 for three of them, I’d appreciate your thoughts – just use the comment form at the bottom of this post the blog’s web page.
Reader Survey

I’m almost done going through the results of the reader survey – while seeing the multiple choice answer results is fairly easy, what is taking me some time is reading (and hopefully understanding correctly) the additional comments many of you put in the narrative sections.  I’ll be sending out the results to each of you via a blog post over the weekend.  For those of you who took the time to share your thoughts, ideas, and suggestions I appreciate it!

Anyway, that’s all for now – I hope each of you have a great rest of the week!

Michael

Here’s what you need to do – go to www.freepartay.com and surf away.  If you find something that interests you, just click on the book’s cover and you will be taken to the appropriate page on the Amazon Kindle website.  Make sure you check the pricing to verify the price is still free, and have fun!

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is The Last Good Day, a mystery / thriller by Peter Blauner, and is normally $10.09 in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted to just $1.99 for today only.  It has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 32 customer reviews, and you can pick up your copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kddeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

When a decapitated corpse washes up on the banks of the Hudson River, a New York suburb is sent into an uproar

Commuters waiting for the morning train into Manhattan in the small Hudson River town of Riverside are the first to see the body. She drifts out of the river, naked and headless, shocking the onlookers before they board their train to work.

Riverside Police Chief Harold Baltimore can’t get away from her so easily. A black chief in a white town, he’s new to his job and not at all sure he’s suited to it. At first it looks like a routine mob murder, but when one of his detectives identifies the corpse as a local woman, the news rocks quiet little Riverside—and the town won’t ever be quiet again.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Blauner including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

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In addition to your Kindle Fire, these apps will also work with your Android-based smartphones and tablet computers.

Today’s App of the Day is Homerun Battle 3D and this game is normally $4.99 in the Amazon App Store.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://tinyurl.com/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

You’re on deck! Are you prepared to go head-to-head with more than ten million big sluggers in Homerun Battle 3D? The incredible graphics, realistic sound effects, and real competition will make you feel like you’ve joined the big leagues. Take a couple of practice swings because you’re about to step up to the plate.

Uniforms and Equipment

Outfit your rookie with more than 100 items from hats and uniforms to cleats and bats. As you move up in the ranks, earn better equipment. Choose from official baseball wear like DeMarini CF4, Voodoo, and other M2M bat equipment.

Statistics and Game Modes

Play in 4 different game modes: Online Match up, Arcade, Training, and Classic. Login to the Com2uS hub and your play data will automatically be saved in. Enjoy a game on multiple devices with the same ID and all data is saved in your personal hub account. Guest Play allows you to play a game without logging in.

Recognition

• More than 10 million players in more than 300 million match-up games
• The Best of the Best Apps Awards Winner
• Nominated as IMGA’s Best Game

PLEASE NOTE: This app lets you purchase digital content using actual money. You can configure parental controls for in-app purchases, which will require your Amazon account password or a 4-digit PIN, by tapping the Menu icon and then Settings.

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Now, some of you may be saying “only three?!?”  Yep, but stay tuned later this morning for quite a few more in another post…

Rock & Roll Rip-Off by R.J. McDonnell has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 13 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through June 1^st.

Category: Mystery / Thriller

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Jason Duffy thought he had accepted a routine burglary case when a career studio musician hired him to recover a memorabilia collection featuring unusual treasures from some of the top performers in the music industry. But Jason quickly finds himself at the top of a hit list that has nothing to do with The Top 40 and everything to do with a table for one at the San Diego Coroner’s Office.

While the facts of the case point to an emo band that the victim was helping at the time of the theft, the lethal force that Jason encounters in his investigation feels more like death metal. He finds himself imperiled by a hitman known as The Heartbreaker, due to his signature of shooting his victims through the heart at close range. With danger also threatening his staff and girlfriend, Jason must continue to mend fences with his retired police detective father, in spite of a recent riff that caused a major setback to their relationship.

Everyone thought The Tactile Tattoo was a “can’t miss” band. The pre-release buzz for their first CD was tremendous. But a bad review from a key industry critic, who didn’t care for their lyrics, left the album stillborn at record stores across the country.

The group soon learned that second chances in the current state of the music business are practically nonexistent. One band member discovered that money talks in an industry strapped for cash, and a bribe was entirely possible. However, funding that bribe meant getting involved with all of the wrong people.

In the midst of this action whodunit, the reader is treated to an insider’s view of the music industry that captures the new obstacles that today’s bands must overcome in order to succeed. Some musicians handle the pressures, opportunities, and disappointments more effectively than others. Some still succumb to the mesmerizing allure of sex and drugs and rock & roll.

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Sprig of Thyme by Jenna Dawlish has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 4 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through June 3^rd.

Category: Historical Fiction / Romance

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/JM1WYd into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

England, 1853. Jilted five years ago by a man masquerading as a tutor, Adella believes she has come to terms with her loss. She has moved on with her life, no longer a governess, she is happy in Bath helping her brother, a doctor.
That same man moves to Bath under his true identity; a rich landowner. Fate throws them together and she discovers the secret behind his betrayal. Can she live with the consequences it holds for both of them? Can she learn to forgive him?

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Keys to the Spirit World by Jennifer O’Neill has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 14 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through May 31^st.

Category: Non-Fiction

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Who are your Spirit Guides?

This book does not only cover “who” your Spirit Guides are, but you will also learn “why” you have Spirit Guides.

Keys to the Spirit World covers:

What do Spirit Guides look like?
How do Spirit Guides communicate?
What is it like to receive communications from spirits or Spirit Guides?
Chakras and spirit communication
10 Tips for working with spirits and Spirit Guides
Communication with Spirit Guides through writing
Spirit communication through dreaming
Spirit Guide communication meditation
5 Common “blocks” that keep people from developing spirit communication

Not only does “Keys to the Spirit World” teach you what roles Spirit Guides play in your own life, but it also teaches you how to communicate with them yourself. You will learn how to develop your own communication system with spirits and Spirit Guides, as well as develop an understanding of what they are trying to communicate with you right now!

Spirit Guides are always trying to communicate with you; many times you just do not have a complete understanding of how this communication system works. There are many forms of spirit communication and it is important for you to find out what particular system works best for you. This will allow you to communicate with your Spirit Guides most effectively.

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Hollowland by Amanda Hocking has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 366 customer reviews. 

Category: Young Adult / Fantasy

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Hollowland – the first book in the young adult dystopian series The Hollows..

“This is the way the world ends – not with a bang or a whimper, but with zombies breaking down the back door.”

Nineteen-year-old Remy King is on a mission to get across the wasteland left of America, and nothing will stand in her way – not violent marauders, a spoiled rock star, or an army of flesh-eating zombies.

This is a young adult title with some language, violence, and mild sexual situations recommended for ages sixteen and up.
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Empire by Michael R. Hicks has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 173 customer reviews. 

Category: Science Fiction

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

EMPIRE is the coming-of-age story of Reza Gard, a young boy of the Human Confederation who is swept up in the century-long war with the alien Kreelan Empire. Nightmarish female warriors with blue skin, fangs, and razor sharp talons, the Kreelans have technology that is millennia beyond that of the Confederation, yet they seek out close combat with sword and claw, fighting and dying to honor their god-like Empress.

Captured and enslaved, Reza must live like his enemies in a grand experiment to see if humans have souls, and if one may be the key to unlocking an ages old curse upon the Kreelan race. Enduring the brutal conditions of Kreelan life, Reza and a young warrior named Esah-Zhurah find themselves bound together by fate and a prophecy foretold millennia before they were born. 

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The Emperor’s Edge by Lindsay Buroker has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 144 customer reviews. 

Category: Fantasy

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed.

Worse, Sicarius, the empire’s most notorious assassin, is in town. He’s tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her skills… or someone wants her dead.

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The Awakened: Book One by Jason Tesar has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 202 customer reviews. 

Category: Fantasy

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://goo.gl/lGjxP into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

THE HISTORY: Over five thousand years ago, a renegade faction of angels abandoned the spiritual realm and began their inhabitation of earth. Worshiped as gods for their wisdom and power, they corrupted the realm of the physical and forever altered the course of history.

THE PROPHECY: Amidst the chaos of a dying world, a lone voice foretold the awakening of a warrior who would bring an end to this evil perpetrated against all of creation. But with the cataclysmic destruction of earth and rebirth of humanity, the prophecy went unfulfilled and eventually faded from the memory of our kind—until now!

THE AWAKENED: The physical dimension is fractured. What remain now are numerous fragmented worlds moving simultaneously through time, sharing a common history, connected only by a guarded portal. On a parallel earth, in the city of Bastul, Colonel Adair Lorus disappears while investigating the death of an informant, triggering a series of events which will tear his family apart and set in motion the resolution of an ancient struggle. Kael, sentenced to death after rising up against the cruel leadership of his new step-father, is rescued from prison and trained in the arts of war by a mystical order of clerics. Excelling in every aspect of his training, Kael inwardly struggles to give himself fully to the methods of his new family, or the god they worship. Maeryn, bitter over the disappearance of her husband and supposed execution of her son, fears for her life at the hands of her newly appointed husband. Finding comfort and purpose in her unborn child, she determines to undermine his authority by reaching out to an underground social movement known as the Resistance. After being forced from his home, Kael’s former mentor, Saba, uncovers a clue to Adair’s disappearance. Sensing a connection to his own forgotten past, Saba begins an investigation which leads to the discovery of a secret military organization operating within the Orudan Empire.

In book one of his debut series, Jason Tesar delves into the heart of an ancient legend, embarking on an epic saga that will journey from earth’s mythological past to its post-apocalyptic future, blending the genres of fantasy, sci-fi, and military/political suspense.
 

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Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload by Mark Hurst has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 148 customer reviews.

Category: Advice & How-To

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Bit Literacy offers a solution to email overload, media overload, and other kinds of information overload. The daily flood of e-mail, multiple todo lists, a cluttered desktop, documents in various file formats, and the constant distraction of cell phones are all problems that people desperately need help with. More than a quick fix or another “how-to” guide, Bit Literacy offers an entirely new way of gaining productivity, and lowering stress, that users at any level of expertise can put into action right away. Mark Hurst – who has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his Good Experience blog and Uncle Mark guides, has revealed the way to survive, and thrive, in the digital age: “Let the bits go.”

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The Book of Deacon by Joseph Lallo has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 146 customer reviews.

Category: Fantasy

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://goo.gl/4wjji into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Myranda is a young woman more interested in staying alive than being a hero. Orphaned by a continent-spanning war that has gone on for decades too long and shunned for failing to support it, she has been on the move since she was only a child. One can hardly blame her when she thinks that the chance discovery of a fallen soldier’s priceless cargo is the moment that will change her life. No one could predict just how great that change would be. It will lead her through an adventure of rebels and generals, of wizards and warriors, and of beasts both noble and monstrous. Each step of the way will take her closer to the truth of her potential, of the war, and of the fate of her world.

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Today’s Kindle Daily Deal is The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, a non-fiction book by Rye Barcott, and is normally $8.38 in the Amazon Kindle Store but has been discounted to just $1.99 for today only.  It has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 61 customer reviews, and you can pick up your copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/kddeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her uncommon encounter with a Neohelix albolabris -a common woodland snail.

While an illness keeps her bedridden, Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence on her nightstand. As a result, she discovers the solace and sense of wonder that this mysterious creature brings and comes to a greater under standing of her own confined place in the world.

Intrigued by the snail-s molluscan anatomy, cryptic defenses, clear decision making, hydraulic locomotion, and mysterious courtship activities, Bailey becomes an astute and amused observer, providing a candid and engaging look into the curious life of this underappreciated small animal.-

Told with wit and grace, The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating is a remarkable journey of survival and resilience, showing us how a small part of the natural world illuminates our own human existence and provides an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive.

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In addition to your Kindle Fire, these apps will also work with your Android-based smartphones and tablet computers.

Today’s App of the Day is First Puzzles HD Pro and is normally $1.99 in the Amazon App Store.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://tinyurl.com/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Fun Puzzles for Young Minds

Clever Kids First Puzzles HD Pro is a fun and simple educational game for children from 2 to 10 years old. Kids will learn new words, shapes, and correct spellings as they explore such exciting places as the farm, the ocean, and the world of the dinosaur.

Playing is simple: drag the pieces of each puzzle around to create a picture, and fill in the animals that inhabit each scene. This app will also help your child spell each word.

Choose from 3 fun puzzle environments

On the Farm, Under the Sea, or Back in Time

Kids can choose from three fun puzzle worlds to work in. Down on the farm, familiar characters like cows, pigs, and hens are waiting to be placed in their correct puzzle positions. In the ocean, you’ll find lots of friendly undersea creatures like an octopus, crab, starfish, and sea turtle.

And if you’re feeling especially brave, go back in time to the domain of the dinosaurs! This prehistoric world features a smiling Stegosaur, affable Apatosaurus, and remarkably un-scary Tyrannosaurus Rex, along with several other lovable dinos.

Whichever puzzle your child decides to work first, she or he is sure to have fun. Get started now and see which puzzle becomes your kid’s favorite!

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Cries in the Dark by P.A. Woodburn has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 19 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through May 30^th.

Category: Mystery / Thriller

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/KMnyB5 into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

A serious head injury induces premed student Alex Buchanan to telepathically communicate with animals. She is stunned to actually experience the enraged emotions of a chimpanzee when he attacks her friend–all this on her first day as a lab technician in an American Sign Language primate research center.

Ales is highly secretive about her unwelcome gift, because she is sure that revealing it will squash her plans for achieving her dream: medical school. Taught by her parents to support scientific/medical research, she feels that her opinions about vivisection (cutting on live animals) may be challenged.

Sean Murphy, her lawyer boyfriend is snatched away. Could the FBI have realized he was on their most wanted list? Now alone, Alex is certain that she is being stalked by a serial killer. She maintains constant vigilance. The mounting body toll puts her in a panic. Do all of the dead have something in common? What could it be?

Terrified, Alex abandons her support for scientific/medical research, instead using her newfound paranormal ability. She works ferociously to uncover the killer before he destroys her human and animal friends. Will she have the strength and courage to defeat the killer? Failure will lead to certain death?
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King of Swords by Russell Blake has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 23 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through May 30^th.

Category: Mystery & Thriller

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/Habw1d into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

King of Swords is an epic assassination thriller framed against a gritty backdrop of brutal drug cartel violence in modern Mexico.

The G-20 Financial Summit is planned for San Jose Del Cabo. The world’s pre-eminent finance ministers will attend, along with the presidents of the U.S. and Mexico.

Captain Romero Cruz of the Mexican Federal Police uncovers an assassination plot against the attendees. In a roller-coaster race against the clock, Cruz must track and stop El Rey, the “King of Swords” – a faceless super-assassin responsible for a string of the world’s most spectacular killings, before he turns the G-20 into a slaughterhouse.

King of Swords is an intelligent, rule-breaking rush that shatters convention to create a richly-drawn story that’s sure to shock and delight even the most jaded intrigue/adventure thriller fans.

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Echoes by Jason has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 16 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through May 31^st.

Category: Action & Adventure

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/KBZzDY into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

What if the thoughts in your head were not your own?

When Lieutenant Asher Benson suffered a traumatic brain injury while stationed in Iraq, his doctors warned him that the symptoms would be life altering. They had no idea. As Ash recovered, a never ending barrage of voices began echoing in his mind, effectively crippling his life. Mistakenly treated for PTSD, Ash was honorably discharged and now lives in self-imposed, drunken isolation.

Five years later, Ash is still struggling to rejoin society. His desperate, lonely existence is maintained by a meager disability check and gallons of alcohol. As he’s finally learning to control his burden, and making progress with the girl next door, Ash is thrust back into a life he thought he’d left behind. When unidentified intelligence agents abduct him from his apartment, he is plunged into a world of espionage and assassinations.

A unique terrorist is operating on U.S. soil, and the government needs Ash, and the malady that has plagued him for half a decade, to find him.
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Nephilim Genesis of Evil by Renee Pawlish has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 43 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through May 30^th.

Category: Horror

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/KAuIqY into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

A dark power described in Genesis revisits a small mountain town.
A journalist who witnessed an evil presence searches for answers.
He finds a town succumbing to supernatural forces.
Now, an evil prophesy may be fulfilled by the Nephilim.

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Irreperable Harm by Melissa F. Miller has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 106 customer reviews.  I received a note from the author it will be free for today only.

Category: Mystery

USA subscribers: you can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/Ate7iA into your computer’s web browser.

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

After eight long years, attorney Sasha McCandless is about to make partner at a prestigious law firm. All she has to do is keep her head down and her billable hours up.
When a plane operated by her client slams into the side of a mountain, killing everyone aboard, Sasha gears up to defend the inevitable civil lawsuits. She soon realizes the crash was no accident: a developer has created an application that can control a commercial plane’s onboard computer from a smartphone.

Sasha joins forces with a federal air marshal, and they race to prevent another airline disaster. But when people close to the matter start turning up dead, Sasha must rely on both her legal skills and her Krav Maga training to stop the madman before he kills her.

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Wings of Steele – Destination Unknown by Jeffrey Burger has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 51 customer reviews.

Category: Science Fiction / Adventure

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Jack Steele is an ex big-city cop that left the department after losing a friend in the line of duty. Recovering from a tough divorce, he reinvents himself with a love of flying and restructures his life as a pilot for hire. Accompanied by his ever-present German Shepherd, Fritz, Jack will fly almost anything, anywhere, shuttling new & used planes for clients all over the world. He had never been a Boy Scout, but he is a man who likes to stay prepared and in control of whatever life throws at him. But nothing could have prepared Jack and his co-pilot when life suddenly goes drastically and violently sideways… in a direction and magnitude that no one could have ever anticipated. Wanted men, it seems like everyone on the planet is hunting for them and their only option is to run… but to where?

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Shasta Summer by Teresa Geering has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 17 customer reviews.

Category: Romance / Fantasy

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‘Shasta Summer’ is an entrancing addition to Teresa Geering’s romance / fantasy series ‘Erasmus, Shasta & Merlin’ in which the cunning and resourceful Erasmus continues his devilish attempts to secure the beautiful and enchanting Shasta as his own, while she and Merlin renew their enduring love for each other, impeded by the unfortunate fact that a spell from a previous century has transformed Merlin into a cat.

Written in seductive and mesmerising prose which gives it the feel of an authentic time-honoured fable, ‘Shasta Summer’ continues the tradition of the much-acclaimed ‘The Eye of Erasmus’ which records another such attempt by Erasmus when he espies Shasta across the centuries in a vision.

The books in the series can be read and enjoyed in any order and by readers of any age from six to ninety-six.

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Renegade Rising by J.C. FIske has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 31 customer reviews.

Category: Children / Action & Adventure

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Life’s tough if you’re a boy named Gisbo. Besides having a name that means “dog” in a barbaric tongue and being forced to live all alone in a manure shack outside the city walls, Gisbo has also never soared on a flying sword, raised a boon animal, or made a single friend.

When he isn’t washing the graffiti off his shack, Gisbo’s time is spent dodging insults from his spoiled classmates and fighting for his life against the city’s arrogant clash team.

But all of that is going to change. Gisbo is finally sixteen and ready to try out for Elekai’ training in hopes of becoming an Elekai’ warrior, his biggest dream. However, when the tryouts go terribly wrong, Gisbo is whisked away to a life he never dreamed possible and learns that sometimes, truth can be stranger than legend when you’re Renegade born.

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Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story by Jerry Weissman has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 20 customer reviews.

Category: Non-Fiction / Business & Investing

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Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly…discover common ground… and, together, decide to act.

In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world’s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences…and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for the audience.

Weissman’s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it’s your turn!

• What you must do to tell your story

Focus before Flow: identifying your real goals and message

• The power of the WIIFY: What’s In It For You

Staying focused on what your audience really wants

• Capture your audience in 90 seconds… and never let go!

Opening Gambits and compelling linkages

• Master the art of online Web conferencing

Connecting with your invisible audience

• From brainstorming through delivery

Crafting the Power Presentation, one step at a time

Named by FORTUNE Magazine as a “Must-Read”

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Cloning Christ: The Second Book of Daniel by David Scott Hay has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 15 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thrillers

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

It is a story of two kings and a holy war.

One man, J. Wane Kazuo, head of a private genetics company is driven by an angelic vision. He believes he is God’s chosen instrument in bringing about the Second Coming of Christ. And that’s exactly what he’s going to do.

CLONING CHRIST from blood samples taken from Christ’s burial cloth, the Shroud of Turin, combined with DNA from a direct descendant of the Magdalene bloodline.

Unless Michael Resnick, founder of one of the largest political movements in the US, the American Coalition for Life, can stop him. The ACL’s attempts range from simple legal actions to terrorist acts to covert abortion squads.

And caught in the middle are a group of people as diverse and unlikely as you will find: a scientist torn between two faiths, a talk show host crawling out of the media sewer, a writer in love, a cartoonist with the darkest of secrets, a fallen priest, and a skinhead graced by God.

Secrets spanning centuries will be uncovered. Life-long beliefs and dreams will be shaken, challenged and destroyed.

It is a story of what may be the greatest event or failure in the history of mankind; a story of sacrifice, horror, faith, betrayal and love.

“Let us not forget it was a holy war, and like all wars, it was bloody.”

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Today’s App of the Day is Bedside Alarm Clock and is normally $1.99 in the Amazon App Store.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://tinyurl.com/appdeal into your computer’s web browser.

Here is the app’s description from the Amazon App Store website:

Your alarm clock shouldn’t just be an alarm clock anymore. With the Bedside Alarm Clock app, your Android device can double as your new-and-improved, feature-packed, wake-up call. Fall asleep and wake up to your favorite music and enjoy a gorgeous LED display, among many other features that your old alarm clock could only dream of.

Customize Your Clock

It could be the last thing you see before you drift off to sleep, so you should at least like the way it looks. The Bedside Alarm Clock app has a stylish LED display with customizable LED color. Display the day of the week, and choose to use a 12-or 24-hour time display. Additionally, it looks great in either portrait or landscape orientation.

As you drift off to sleep, play music from your music library or choose from five relaxing soundtracks. Set the timer to play the sleep- inducing sounds for up to three hours.

Wakey, Wakey

Just as pleasantly as it sends you off to sleep, it should wake you from your peaceful slumber. Choose from 14 high-quality alarm sounds, or use a song from your music library. Set unlimited, customizable repeatable alarms. For those notorious for accidentally turning off their alarm, the slide stop helps to prevent over-sleeping. Don’t worry, you can always use the snooze button, and set the duration for your preference.

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The Bones of Boulder Creek by S.H. McCord has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 29.

Category: Contemporary Fiction / Young Adult

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Chris, Nathan, and Halley Kate are three middle school outsiders contending with the daily rigors of what seems to be an ordinary life, but destiny has other plans. The miracles and the subtle magic of childhood go mostly unnoticed as the friends embrace fate and are forced to come to terms with The Bones of Boulder Creek.

Written to be enjoyed by both adults and young adults, The Bones of Boulder Creek takes an unsparing look at the trials of coming of age and provides perspective to the story of growing up.

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Secondhand Jesus by Glenn Packiam has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 51 customer reviews.

Category: Religion

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

God has offered us firsthand knowledge of His love, His grace, and His power. Yet so often, we too easily settle for someone else’s descriptions, the Cliff notes from another’s spiritual journey. We are content for “God-experts” to do the heavy lifting and then give us the bottom line. And like any secondhand information, after enough times through the grapevine, the truth about God deteriorates and crumbs of rumor are all that remain.

But when life derails, and things don’t go as we had planned, our thin view of God is challenged. In those critical moments, we can choose to walk away from God, or to let our questions lead us home. When we choose to wrestle with God, to engage Him for ourselves, we-like Jacob and Job and David-will see rumors die and revelation come alive.

It’s time to hear the magnificent, Divine Invitation. It’s time to take God up on His offer and embrace the mystery and majesty of knowing Him for ourselves.

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The Savannah Project by Chuck Barrett has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 53 customer reviews.

Category: Mystery & Thriller

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The truth can be a dangerous thing.

Terrorism, duty, and personal safety collide when Jake Pendleton, an investigator for the NTSB, is called to investigate an aircraft accident in Savannah, Georgia during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The accident, which at first appears to be quite run-of-the-mill, turns out to be anything but. Since Jake is not willing to pretend there are no suspicious circumstances and more than the usual share of rather unlikely “coincidences,” he sets off a veritable avalanche of secrets, violence and treachery. Aided by an unlikely partner, Gregg Kaplan, the air traffic controller who was the last person in contact with the airplane that crashed, Jake sets out to untangle the webs of deceit and to find a vicious killer.

Nothing is as it seems, nobody is who you thought them to be.
Nothing is sacred.
Nobody is safe.

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Diary of the Displaced: The Journal of James Halldon by Glynn James has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 57 customer reviews.

Category: Horror

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Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

There is a place where nightmares are real. It is a dark and terrifying place, hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross.

James Halldon woke up in the dark, alone, without any food or water, without a clue where he was, and with no memory of where he came from.

It only got stranger.

For James has somehow found his way to The Corridor. A place where zombies stumble in the darkness, ever seeking the flesh and blood of the living. A midnight land where tentacled behemoths spawn in the fetid swamps. Nightmares that no human should ever see. The prison of a creature that has destroyed entire worlds.

Somehow James has to learn to survive. But he is not alone. The lost souls of others who have drifted into this infernal place and died, also haunt this world. Trapped forever in the afterlife.

They have been waiting a long time for someone to come along.

Anyone.

“Of all the places I had to end up, it had to be here.”

The Journal of James Halldon is a dark fantasy novel (with occasional humour) and the first in a series of interconnected dark tales. The novel follows Halldon’s struggle to survive whilst trying to understand the strange, dark, and terrifying world in which he is trapped.

If it’s dark when you wake up, and you can hear growling, then close your eyes and maybe it will go away.

But maybe it won’t…

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Journals of a Wannabe Basketball Player by Lovely Whitmore has received a perfect 5 out of 5 stars based on 17 customer reviews.

Category: Children

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9 year old Kayla loves the sport of basketball, it’s all she dreams about is becoming a WNBA player. While her twin sister Kela is better at everything basketball is the one thing that Kayla feels is her “thing”. Every day she faces ridicule from her peers, coaches, and even her friends. If she’s gonna play basketball Kayla must overcome some of her most inner secret obstacles.
Kayla was given a journal as a birthday present on her 9th birthday. It is unique in that it’s the only gift she received that her twin sister Kela did not get too. She uses this journal to document her adventures and daily life. All of her most inner secrets are recorded in this journal. Sit back and see the world through the eyes of this ambitious 9 year old as she quickly learns that the real world is full of let downs and disappointments.

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