Sleeping With The Write On: November 2013

Saturday, 30 November 2013

The Digital Reader

Amazon’s First Retail Store is Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:21 PM PST

Remember the Amazon retail store that was absolutely positively opening in Spring 2012?

The timing of the rumors were off by about 16 months, but the first store may have opened earlier this month in San Fransisco. The WSJ says that a pop-up store/kiosk opened up for a couple weeks in an SF-area mall:

The Seattle retailer has a pop-up shop within a San Francisco mall where it is selling the devices as well as branded covers and power adapters from vending machines. There are sample Kindles on display for shoppers to test.

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At the San Francisco popup store, Kindle Paperwhite e-readers were displayed on shelves beside well-worn hardcover books like a volume of Lord Byron's poetry and Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers." Two women staffed the site in Kindle-branded denim shirts.

Amazon reportedly set up booths in 2 locations at the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall, including a small booth and this larger installation shown below:

Both locations are temporary and it’s not completely clear whether they’re staffed by anyone from Amazon. While Amazon has been hiring Kindle field reps since June of this year, those reps would likely be more willing to talk than the one employee cornered by the WSJ reporter. She did not give her name, and said she is not an Amazon employee.

So, do you think this means Amazon might actually be interested in a retail store?

The rumors of the past couple years were pretty conclusively disproved last Fall when Jeff Bezos denied any interest in opening Kindle-branded retail stores, but he did also say that Amazon didn’t see how they could run a store that was better than existing retailers. Maybe these pop up stores are a sign that Amazon is testing a new idea for retail.

I don’t think so, but times change.

If nothing else, who would have guessed that Amazon would put their logo on a chain of retail kiosks in Brazil? Those kiosks sold Kindle gear, but were operated by the Brazilian cellphone retailer Superfone, which at one point had 9 Kindle kiosks. Perhaps Amazon is testing a similar idea for the US.

Many are probably going to point out that Amazon is short of retail partners now that Target, Walmart, and other major retailers have stopped carrying the Kindle, and even with the one or 2 indie retailers that Amazon manages to pick up under the Amazon Source program won’t be enough to fill the gap.

While that is true I am not convinced that Amazon’s own chain of retail stores can solve the problem either; there’s no way Amazon could open enough locations to match Walmart or Target.

And it’s not like the Kindle hardware has the profit margins of Apple gadgetry, so any retail location run by Amazon just to sell Kindles would probably be a money-losing operation.

With that in mind I am going to stick with my current disbelief. There just isn’t enough evidence to convince me to change my mind.

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Is the Internet a Greater Threat to Publishers than Self-Pub eBooks?

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:31 PM PST

Did you catch the article in The Telegraph today?

The well-known British horticulturalist and author, David Hessayon, is retiring at the age of 85. While this would not normally rate a post, I was intrigued by one of the quotes.

Dr Hessayon laments that the internet is having a negative effect on the market for non-fiction titles:

"My The Bedding Plant Expert was in the top 10 of all non-fiction books but that won't happen again. People don't have time for books when they're always on Google, Twitter or Facebook.

"The garden reference book market has declined because of the internet. In the future I'll offer people gardening advice but I won't write any more. If you have a problem you go on the internet. I pity anyone new coming into writing. Five years ago, all the bestselling gardening books were how-to-do-it books. Now it's look at my garden or look at other people's gardens.

"The how-to-do-it book has lost its absolute supremacy. To write a bestseller now you need to choose something that you can't look up on Google."

I’m not sure how much weight I would put a critique of the publishing industry from someone whose 40 plus books aren’t available digitally (with a single exception), but it is an interesting premise is it not?

It’s an idea that I have not heard mentioned very often but it has been rattling around publishing circles since at least 2000, when a prescient literary agent wrote:

I've done a lot of work lately researching the impact the Internet is having on writing and publishing. And, in doing so, I see a trend that could hurt the nonfiction writer's income. I don't have a lot of hard data to back up what I'm going to say here, but I think for many authors it may have the sting of recognition.

The free availability of information on the Internet may dilute the earning potential of nonfiction books. The Internet itself has become a competitor.

A similar criticism was expressed in Andrew Keen’s 2007 book, The Cult of the Amateur. Working from a viewpoint that had much in common with Robert Levine’s Free Ride, Keen argued that web companies didn’t actually create anything but instead were decimating the culture businesses (to use Levine’s phrasing) :

"What you may not realize is that what is free is actually costing us a fortune," Mr. Keen writes. "The new winners — Google, YouTube, MySpace, Craigslist, and the hundreds of start-ups hungry for a piece of the Web 2.0 pie — are unlikely to fill the shoes of the industries they are helping to undermine, in terms of products produced, jobs created, revenue generated or benefits conferred. By stealing away our eyeballs, the blogs and wikis are decimating the publishing, music and news-gathering industries that created the original content those Web sites 'aggregate.' Our culture is essentially cannibalizing its young, destroying the very sources of the content they crave."

Sidenote: If you’re not familiar with either author, let me add that I have yet to read Keen’s book but I was struck by how the quote (copied from an NY Times review) shared Levine’s viewpoint that culture is created not by people but by companies. Naturally I disagree.

Getting back to the main topic, I have come across yet another version of this lament on a blog post by Alan Canton dating to 2010:

Publishing was so, so, so much easier in the 80s and 90s before the internet killed off so much of non-fiction publishing. Back then if you wanted to fix your bicycle or plant a garden you bought a book on bike repair or gardening. Not anymore. Today you go to a website where you will find a video on how to take apart your exact bike or a website with an interactive fill-in-the-form program on how to design and plant a garden in the exact amount of space you have.

Everyone is sitting on the edge of their chair hoping and praying that ebooks will be their salvation. I too am hopeful, but not as optimistic as others.

Four different industry insiders have made the same argument over the past 13 years; is there any truth to it?

Yes and no – but mostly no.

Yes, the internet has made it easier and cheaper to find new info on a wide range of topics. While this has been to the detriment of some publishing entities, it has also enabled experts of all stripes to share what they know.

The technical expert with the Youtube channel, the hobbyist with a website, and the community of enthusiasts are all examples of expertise that the publishing industry used monopolize but cannot any more. (They also stand as examples of Levine and Keen being wrong when they argue that businesses create content, but that’s not strictly relevant here.) Many of these folks would never have made it through the old gatekeepers. Some don’t have time to write a book, while others don’t have the skills. But that doesn’t mean they’re not experts.

So yes, the internet has broken up the distribution monopoly, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing nor does it mean that existing publishing entities can’t survive or thrive in the new publishing industry.

Please note the distinction I made in the above paragraph; like indie authors those unpaid experts who are sharing their knowledge via Youtube, websites, or Wikipedia are arguably just as much a part of the new publishing industry as existing publishing entities.

And that’s why there are startups (and even legacy publishers) which are already looking for bloggers who are technical experts and might, with enough support, write a book. Hyperink is one such startup, and I’m sure there’s more. (For more details on how to go about it, check out Laura Matthews’ post on Joel Friedlander’s The Book Designer blog.)

Since I have wandered far afield, let me restate the original question:

Is the internet harming nonfiction publishing?

In some ways, yes, but in other ways it can help. A web presence can compliment book sales both as a promotional channel and a new revenue channel (and not just from sales or distribution). Some in publishing, including Seth Godin, have already figured that out.

Take F+W Media, for example. This thriving non-fiction publisher is divided into multiple business units, each of which focuses on a single topic or interest. All (most?) of the units include an online presence (blog and/or community) which compliments the content which is being sold to readers and to advertisers. They don’t show any sign of being harmed by competing sources of free information.

In conclusion, I really have trouble accepting the argument that the internet is ruining publishing. It is changing publishing, yes, but I predict that the long term effect will be closer to the what we see happening in the music industry.

All those experts I mentioned above are like the musicians who no longer have to go through a record label to reach an audience. While that is detrimental to the recording industry, the music industry as a whole has benefited.

Similarly, in the long run the experts will be able to make more from working around the legacy gatekeepers than they could by working with them. We are already seeing that happen with some indie authors and I expect the trend to strengthen.

And that’s why I think publishing will also gain more than it loses. Or at least that’s my 2 cents; what do you think?

P.S. I’d like to extend my appreciation to Mike Shatzkin and Brian O’Leary for helping gel my thoughts on this topic. Thanks, guys!

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More Bargain and Free Books for 11-30-13

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PST

Curl up with your Kindle and enjoy this collection of 2 bargain books and 2 free books. Please "LIKE" and share with everyone.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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The Boomerang Effect
by Lindy Spencer
Rating: 4.8 Stars
Genre: Mystery
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“Spencer has created lots of characters with overlapping and intertwining stories that combine to create a captivating whole that flows like real life.” -Jonel

Being in the wrong place at the wrong time can end your life – or worse, postpone it indefinitely.

In Aspen Grove, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Katy had everything going for her, until an innocent decision to walk home from school set the karmic wheels in motion. Katy suffered a brutal attack, leaving her comatose.

The legal system failed to convict the men responsible for this heinous crime, instead found them not guilty. They've gotten away with it, or so it seems.

Now, several years later, bad things begin happening to them one by one. Accident, coincidence, or payback?

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The Year-god’s Daughter
by Rebecca Lochlann
Rating: 4.8 Stars
Genre: Historical Fiction
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“Lochlann has a great flair for sensory detail and fills her novel with such a wealth of sights, sounds, smells and flavors…” -Historical Novel Review

Step into the Bronze Age. . . .Crete: A place of magic, of mystery, where violence and sacrifice meet courage and hope.

Aridela: Wrapped in legend, beloved of the people. An extraordinary woman who dances with bulls.

The north wind brings a swift ship and two brothers who plot Crete’s overthrow. Desire for this woman will propel their long rivalry into hatred so murderous it hurtles all three into an unimaginable future, and sparks the immortal rage of the Erinyes.

A woman of keen instinct and unshakeable loyalty. A proud warrior prince and his wounded half-brother. Glory, passion, treachery and conspiracy on the grandest scale.

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Mercy
by Pam Dingée
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Romance
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Eden has had a tough year and is trying to bounce back from the tragedy of her father passing recently, and she's also hoping to learn to love and trust again all while going through a sticky divorce with the Dick.

Dom is Eden's BFF's brother, he's also a bit of a player and a sexy distraction for Eden. He wants to earn Eden’s trust, but she’s been burned before and is skeptical. Can Dom help by being a good friend to Eden and steer her in the right direction?

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Lust
by Malia Jacobs
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Paranormal
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Ironically we called it my birthday…even though it was actually the day I died. On the night of Kate Windsor's centennial, she meets Lucas Wilde, a sweet and unassuming human.

Despite everything and everyone telling her to stay away from Lucas, Kate is inexplicably drawn to him. Her coven is not pleased. After all, it's bad manners to play with your food.

But as clues start to amass that Lucas is not what he seems, so does the presence of those unexpected and unwanted, and it's up to Kate to protect him.

As Kate's unique powers begin to manifest, she becomes deadly in a way she never anticipated.

Her powers are volatile and unpredictable – much like Kate herself – and should she fail to get control of them, the biggest threat to both she and Lucas is herself.

Caught between protecting the man she loves, loyalty to her coven and saving herself, Kate must make the most important decision of her life. And just as she realizes what she must do, she discovers she never really had a choice.

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More ENT Deals for 11-30-13

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 07:27 AM PST

Here’s another collection of 2 bargain books and 2 free books to add to your reading list. Remember to "LIKE" and let fellow book lovers in on your favorite source for Kindle books.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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Rose
by Alison Chaffin Higson
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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“This story is beautifully written. The whole cast of characters and storyline just flowed perfectly.” -N. Winningham

Mackenzie (Mack) Harper is a twenty-seven year old school teacher who moves to Rose Cottage in Cape Elizabeth for the summer. She arrives with her six year old nephew, Lucas, who's staying with her for a few weeks while his parents are in Europe.

Placing storage boxes on top of the kitchen cabinets, Mack finds a diary, opening it to the first page it reads, 'This is the diary of a Rose, dated March 4th, 1947'.

Settling down to read this diary, Mack discovers a love story between Rose and a man named Jacob Evans.

Realizing that Jacob is still alive and around eighty-eight years old, Mack tries to contact him to tell him Rose's story. She leaves a message with Jacob's housekeeper and hopes that he returns her call.

While talking to her sister on the phone, she watches a denim and leather clad guy dismount his Harley and move in next door.

Unbeknown to Mack, he's Jacob's thirty-two year old grandson, Dean, who has come to Cape Elizabeth to find out why she wants to talk to his grandfather about a diary and to make sure she isn't after his grandfather's money.

Within an hour of actually meeting Dean has his hands on her legs, although due to spilled coffee, he discovers he can't stop touching her.

Dean was only too glad to escape to Cape Elizabeth, away from his mother, who wants him to be married to Cynthia, her friend's daughter, who he has no interest in.

Together Mack and Dean try to unravel the mystery of what actually happened to Rose in 1947.

Thomas Degan the owner of Rose Cottage is a loveable eighty year old man who befriends Lucas, taking him fishing and spends time with him reading 'Our Gang' Comics.

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Eleanor Rushing
by Patty Friedmann
Rating: 4.1 Stars
Genre: Literary Fiction
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“A dazzling novel, capturing that complex mix of lightness and darkness that is New Orleans.” -Robert B.

Surrounded by the splendor and excess of old money in New Orleans, Eleanor Rushing is a wry and witty young woman who first locks eyes with the love of her life at a City Council meeting—or so we're led to believe.

What starts as an innocuous infatuation with Dr. Maxim Walters, a Methodist minister who just so happens to be married already, quickly turns into an outrageous and obsessive passion:

she orchestrates an automobile accident outside his house, volunteers to stuff envelopes at his church, follows him to Nashville on a business venture, sets up camp in the toolshed in his backyard…

Eleanor's voice is both acutely perceptive and macabrely unhinged. She considers herself blessed with the ability to "remember everything," except that her recollections and impressions seem to be at odds with everyone around her.

As her "relationship" with Dr. Walters begins to spin frantically out of control, we can’t help being her willing and faithful admirers.

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Winter’s Destiny
by Nancy Allan
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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Alone, with a fall gale howling around the rafters, Amy Johnstone turns to see a woman's rain-streaked face staring back at her through the dark window. The face is…identical to her own!

Instantly, Amy’s life crumbles. Something sinister surrounds her and those she loves. She is catapulted into a world she knows nothing about–a place where a killer rules, where her life is in constant peril, and where her child has been taken.

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Return to Pine Street
by Cassie Williams
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Genre: Horror
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Renee Walker is terrorized by nightmares of the haunted house she lived in twenty years ago at age fifteen. She can’t remember what happened the night she ran away and hasn’t seen her family since.

She only knows she’s deathly afraid of the dark and feels like everyone thinks she’s crazy. She’s the small town’s secret – even from herself. She starts to see a new young psychiatrist, Dr. Melissa Dagen, who begins hypnosis to try to help.

Things go from bad to real after the hypnosis’ start, only Renee can’t tell the difference between dreams and reality anymore. The house itself is out to reclaim her. Nowhere feels safe as the sessions seem to unlock a door.

Renee must face what happened that night, there’s no escape from it now…not that there ever was.

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More Kindle Deals for 11-30-13

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 07:24 AM PST

Check out this selection of 2 bargain books and 2 free books. Make sure to "LIKE" and share the deals with fellow book lovers.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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Come the Night
by Christina Skye
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Historical Romance
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“Well developed characters and story lines.” -Bond

Deadly secrets unfold on the lonely English heath where a highwayman pursues his dangerous vow of revenge.

Silver St. Clair has vowed to reclaim her family birthright at any cost, but the precious formula for a rare fragrance coveted by all of fashionable London is lost, hidden somewhere in the misty lavender fields of her Norfolk estate.

Now Silver must risk her reputation and her life, striking a wanton bargain with England’s most notorious highwayman, whose price will be her unconditional surrender, her unbridled passion — and her stubborn heart.

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Planetary Assault
by Various Authors
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Science Fiction
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“Good stuff! Well edited and well written books that are easily worth 5 stars.” -James A.

Sometimes defending those you love means risking everything and attempting the most dangerous task in the universe—making a planetary assault against a heavily entrenched enemy.

It’s grim and always ugly. But as long as men refuse to bow their heads to conquerors, they will take the fight to the enemy or die trying.

Three masters of military science fiction have come together to tell harrowing tales of high-tech mayhem. In BV Larson’s “Army of One” the Macros of the Star Force series invade from the skies, forcing a nanotized assassin into a deadly decision.

David VanDyke’s “First Conquest” tells of a bitter battle as EarthFleet smashes into an alien star system in a desperate first strike to save humanity.

Vaughn Heppner’s Space Marines of the Doom Star series race to the Oort Cloud in “Cyborgs!” For them, the hour of desperation has arrived.

Planetary Assault drips of glorious victories and grim defeats as humanity forces its way into the galaxy through sheer fighting ability. Despite their opponents, mankind will not be denied.

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Losing Faith
by Jeremy Asher
Rating: 4.7 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Seth Storm, a once famous musician from Nashville, is now nothing more than a fallen star. After climbing the music charts and making his dreams come true, his life took a turn that he'd never expected, causing him to lose it all.

Now Seth is determined to do whatever it takes to turn his life around, even if that includes doing the one thing he swore he'd never do.

After giving up music and the career he spent much of his life building, Seth embarks on a journey to get back what he cherishes the most: his daughter, Faith.

Trista Tilman, a single mother, finds shelter on the road as she and her daughter try to escape her abusive fiancé, Randall Tuck. As Trista struggles to repair her damaged relationship with her daughter, Tuck begins to close in on them.

Along the way, Seth and Trista encounter a storm that threatens their one chance at getting their lives back.

Forced to travel together, they discover that success lies not just at the hands of fate but also within each other, two unlikely travelers fighting to survive not only the storm but also the demons of their past.

As the road takes them deeper and deeper into the storm, Seth and Trista find themselves face-to-face with their worst fears. Can love help them pick up the broken pieces of their lives?

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The Insiders
by Craig Hickman
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
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Wilson’s father, Charles Fielder, one of the richest men in the world, has just murdered two women and tried to kill himself. Or did he?

Lying in a coma, Charles cannot help his only son understand the mysteries of his life nor his role in founding an exclusive club of the world’s most powerful CEOs–the ultimate insiders club with unparalleled perks.

Wilson must face this cutthroat world of concealed machinations, corporate espionage, international finance, and economic conspiracy on his own–in order to uncover his father’s real agenda, expose the secret society of insiders, and fight to change the face of capitalism.

That is, if he can stay alive. Take a plunge into this dangerous and deceitful world of the rich, the famous, and the powerful. Witness the unholy alliances between business and government and the real forces behind our recent financial crisis.

The Insiders is a heart-pounding tale full of twists and turns and eye-opening revelations that will make your adrenaline rush last until the very end.

Sometimes, the truth can only be told through fiction…

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Bargain and Free Books for 11-30-13

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 06:53 AM PST

Start your weekend off with these 2 bargain books and 2 free books. Please "LIKE" and share with friends and family.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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Favorable Consequences
by Tamra Lassiter
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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“Exciting plot with twists and turns keeping the reader fully engrossed.” -Mary F.

All actions have consequences…sometimes they're even favorable.

Jessica Scott awakens to the shock of a lifetime. A man holds her at gunpoint and makes her dress his gunshot wounds. He says he's an undercover agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but he looks more like a criminal.

Hammond Moore hid in the back of Jessica's minivan to escape a murderer. He never intended to harm her, only to stay alive. Now they're both trying to escape the web of corruption that has ensnared them.

Jessica feels closer to Hammond with each hour as he runs from not only the unknown assailants, but also the consequences that came from his decision to seek refuge with an innocent woman.

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Two Brothers: Origin
by Sofia Diana Gabel
Rating: 4.7 Stars
Genre: Young Adult
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“There’s humor, romance, action, danger and lots of adventure all wrapped up into one solid, well-written story.” -Jessica C.

What teenage boy doesn't want to fit in and have friends? That's what Argus Dachel, 17, wants more than anything, but because he's half alien, a New Breed, that's not as easy as it seems.

And it sure doesn't help that he and his brother, Tai, are being pursued by a secret government agency.

To top it off, now in their senior year at public high school, both boys risk exposure when Argus uses his extraordinary strength to defend himself against the school bully, falls for 16 year-old Lola and then learns that New Breeds are set for extermination by another group of hostile aliens.

As government agent Max Jackson gets close to discovering the brothers' identity and the hostile alien forces close in, what chance do Argus and Tai have of survival?

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Retreat To Folly
by Missy Fillion
Rating: 4.7 Stars
Genre: Christian Fiction
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What if you met Jesus on the beach? Susan, an exhausted mother of three, wonders if sleep deprivation has finally made her crazy after a beach walk turns into an encounter with Jesus.

She thought coming on this retreat on Folly Beach, South Carolina would give her some rest and renewal from her hectic life and maybe an attitude adjustment which she badly needs.

The retreat and a series of life-changing encounters with Jesus challenge Susan to leave behind her narrow view of herself and mothering.

The retreat sessions teach her to put her past in the past and embrace her present. Her time with Jesus magnifies these lessons with spiritual healings.

Can Susan accept that Jesus is interested in the state of her soul and the state of her motherhood, and they are more closely intertwined than she could possibly imagine?

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President Fionn
by Christine Mary Flemming
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Genre: Historical Fiction
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A piece of historical Irish fiction set in 1930′s Ireland, Fionn Connolly is an eight year old boy with the imagination to move mountains.

He lives in the Liberties, in South West Dublin, Ireland with his mother and his older sister, his father having absconded to America some time ago.

Naming him after Fionn Mac Cumhaill hero of Irish legend, Fionn’s grandfather has big plans for him, hoping that he will have the courage to make the trip to America that he wishes he’d made himself.

His Grandfather dreams of Fionn one day becoming President of the United States of America, which leads to the young boy gaining the nickname President Fionn.

Fionn’s childhood innocence is shattered by a horrifyingly violent incident at school, which transforms not only the life of Fionn, but everyone around him, leaving them scattered in all directions.

Fionn returns to Dublin in 1963, a different man. Damaged from his childhood experience, he leads a solitary, ordered life, his only act of daring the purchase of a motorcycle.

Bruised by his attempt to romance the enigmatic Teagan and held back by his shyness, Fionn is reluctant to begin a romance with the striking young, mother Bridget.

His quiet world does not last, with the return of members of his family to Dublin and the hysteria surrounding the historical event of visit of President Kennedy to Ireland in June of that year.

Unable to cope with his family’s problems and how they look to him to solve them, Fionn takes off on his motorbike and embarks on a fantastical adventure around Ireland, as he follows President Kennedy on his tour of Ireland and this adventure of a lifetime changes his life forever.

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Friday, 29 November 2013

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Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day is Next Saturday

Posted: 29 Nov 2013 09:45 AM PST

Black Friday is in full swing today and some are shopping up a storm, but you might want to set aside some of your gift budget for next Saturday, which is the 4th annual Take Your Child to a Bookstore Day.

“My hope,” said TYCtaBD founder and Cover of Snow author Jenny Milchman, “is that by drawing awareness to the pleasures of time spent in a bookstore at a young age, kids who take part will grow up to value and support bookstores in the communities of the future.”

This event has grown significantly since it was first held in 2010. 80 indie bookstores participated that year, and 3 years later over 600 bookstores are expected to take part, including more than one hundred Half Price Books locations as well as bookstores all 50 states, DC, 7 Canadian provinces, Australia, Germany, and England.

Many stores are using the occasion to encourage families to shop together during the holiday season. At Half Price Books, for example, the participating locations are planning special events to make the day memorable. The chain is also providing a coloring sheet for children who visit a store on 7 December.

I’m sure we all have fond memories of bookstores; it’s that place where (judging based on my last trip to B&N) one can go to buy music, games, toys, or an expensive cup of coffee, which also happens to stock a few books.

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Cybook Ocean eReader Delayed

Posted: 29 Nov 2013 07:54 AM PST

Bookeen’s new 8″ ereader won’t be coming out this year.

While French ereader maker Bookeen had originally planned to release the Cybook Ocean before Christmas, they recently announced that this device is going to be delayed by a few months, giving it a new launch date in the first quarter of 2014.

I must say, this is a lot of attention that no one has actually seen yet. No, seriously, all that Bookeen has released are a few clearly photoshopped images like the one below.

According to Bookeen’s past announcements, the Cybook Ocean has an 8″ screen with a resolution of 1024 x 768 (close to the same as on the latest 6″ screens). It comes with Wifi, a touchscreen, a frontlight, and 4GB Flash storage and a microSD slot. Battery life is expected to be around 10 weeks, though it’s not clear whether that is with the frontlight on or off.

Of course, none of these details have been confirmed by any blogger, but this is what bookeen has stated on their blog.

The Cybook Ocean was supposed to have shipped by now, with a retail price of 160 euros.

Assuming that price has not changed, the Cybook Ocean will cost about 10 euros less than the Kobo Aura HD. With a 6.8″ screen, Aura HD has a smaller but much higher resolution screen. It is also unfortunately crippled by being tied to Kobo’s servers (registration and account setup required), so I am torn between recommending the sharper screen and decrying the virtual chains.

The Cybook Ocean also costs about 20 euros more than competing 8″ ereaders like the Icarus8, most of which do not have a frontlight or touchscreen.

Bookeen

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Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:50 AM PST

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Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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The Patrician
by Joan Kayse
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Historical Romance
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“MS Kayse takes us back to the Roman Era with wonderful descriptions and a truly wonderful romance..” -Mrs. Helen S.

Jared of Alexandria shuns both his Roman and Hebrew blood, a curse that's kept him on the fringes of society, to become a powerful and successful merchant prince.

When his trading empire is threatened by an unknown enemy who not only wants to see him ruined but dead as well, he uses every means to put an end to it.

He turns to a beautiful barbarian seer, a slave with hair the color of firelight and eyes that shine like emeralds only to be betrayed into a fate worse than death—slavery.

Bryna of Eire lives each day burdened by the yoke of Rome and her own guilt for leading her beloved brother and clansmen into Rome's clutches.

She curses the gift of sight which her master exploits, keeping her under lock and key, telling fortunes and fattening his purse.

When an opportunity to be freed of her confinement comes, Bryna takes it, though her instincts warn that lying to the sensual, golden-eyed man that plagues her visions risks her very soul.

Betrayed into slavery, Jared labors under the lash envisioning revenge on the seer who sent him into this hell. But when fate throws Bryna into his arms, he finds exacting vengeance a different matter.

As they escape, evade bounty hunters and face their pasts, Jared must battle not only his enemy but his heart. Can the differences that separate them draw them together to save their lives and their love?

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Pet Noir
by Pati Nagle
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Humor
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“A fun, entertaining book. Well worth reading.” -Steven

Can a lowly gumpaw hope for love with a girl who rides in a jewel-encrusted carrier? Feline investigator Leon, with opposable thumbs and the ability to talk, is possibly the most dangerous cat in the galaxy.

Indentured to the Security department of Gamma Station until the cost of his creation is paid off, Leon alternates between harassing his human partner/roommate Devin and fighting sleazoid criminals, yet still finds time to flirt with the lovely Leila, an exotic Burmese who lives in the swankiest level of the station.

Will he win her heart, and more important—will he win his freedom?

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In Search of the Fuller Brush Man
by Douglas Carlyle
Rating: 4.7 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Sean Marcum is driven to find the meaning of his mother’s swan song. The last words she wrote in her journal were, “Fuller Brush Man”.

She always communicated life’s most important lessons via riddles, and he is convinced this is her finale. Sadly, Sean was never good at solving riddles, and his quest turns into an obsession, nearly costing him his marriage, and his life.

Sean’s high school sweetheart, Kim, had a special bond with his mother. She was also a master at riddles. The one-time lovers have been married to others for more than 30 years.

Kim’s marriage has been picture perfect, Sean’s not so much. Upon Kim’s death from breast cancer, Sean receives a memoir she penned celebrating their failed relationship.

Her book, The Road to Monticello, contains the secret to a long, happy relationship for which Sean so desperately searches. It is a lesson all of us should take to heart.

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Healing Creek
by Jaclyn M. Hawkes
Rating: 4.0 Stars
Genre: Romance
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Were they opposites? Or soul mates? Finding she had a perpetually unfaithful husband had been hard to cope with as a newly wed and newly certified marriage counselor.

Still, that wasn't as hard as finding her husband had a newborn daughter with a teenager—effectively ending both her marriage, and the career Monet McLaughlin had spent seven years building. That'll leave a mark.

It's why she absolutely knows not to trust the hunky male model who shows up two years later at her therapy horse stable to do a photo shoot for romance novel covers.

Certainly no one who looks like that, and makes a living being that intimate with that many women, has a shred of moral integrity—do they?

They both know they are far too opposite for even a casual relationship, so then what the heck is going on here?
Cynics can heal—if they're brave enough.

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Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:46 AM PST

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Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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Just Desserts
by Marquita Valentine
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Romance
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“Marquita Valentine does a marvelous job captivating readers and pulling her into her story of love, heartbreak and humor.” -The Chronicles of a Writing Mom

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What an earl wants isn’t always what he gets…British Billionaire and modern day earl of Spenserfield, Sebastian Romanov only wants one thing in life: To reclaim his position as president of Romanov Industries.

But first he has to clean up his reputation to convince the Board that he’s a dependable bloke who’s willing to put the company above everything, including his personal life.

Finally given an excuse to sort things out with his estranged twin brother, he boards a jet to Holland Springs, North Carolina, never dreaming he’d find the solution to his all his problems in the town’s sexy caterer, Daisy Barnes.

She’s going to serve him his just desserts…Daisy Barnes, owner of The Sweet Spot, has plans. Plans that don’t include posing as some arrogant–yet sexy as hell–earl’s fiancée.

But when unexpected insurance bills -to the tune of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars–from her mother’s unsuccessful battle with cancer come due, she’s forced to accept his offer and his money.

Only problem for Daisy–underneath that cold exterior is a man that can set her on fire with just one touch.

As Sebastian and Daisy spend more time together, they find it harder and harder to not give into temptation. Soon neither can tell where the fake romance ends and true love begins…

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Room of Tears
by Linda Merlino
Rating: 4.0 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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“The author does such a great job of weaving this story together and of developing her characters…” -Darlene M.

Out of tragedies come heroes and miracles…

At 9:59 a.m. on September 11, 2001, Diane O'Connor's life as a firefighter's wife changes forever, shattering her faith.

Four decades later, a note still hangs on her kitchen cabinet in Queens, the paper yellowed with age. Diane knows the scribbled sentences by heart; she’d left them the morning of 9/11 for her husband, Billy.

In the summer of 2041, Diane invites Friar Antonio Ortiz to her home. He is a man destined to become counsel to the first American pope—her son, Peter.

Antonio asks no questions and arrives in secret, promising to wait nineteen years before passing Diane’s journal to Peter. Only then will Billy's story be told, along with answers to Peter's questions about his father's last days.

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Light The Hidden Thing
by Don McQuinn
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Literary Fiction
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“Well written characters and engrossing story.” -Monica

Carter Crow has been wandering the country for years, denying and fleeing from the terrors of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

He doesn’t expect the quiet mountain town of Lupine to be any different from the hundreds of little towns he’s passed through in the years since he retired from the Marines, but he knows there must be something special about the place when he meets the strong and beautiful Lila Milam.

As the people of Lupine start to force their way into his solitary life, he will soon be faced with a choice: accept the help and support being offered or let the trauma of his past finally destroy him.

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The Untimely Death of Brody Walsh
by J.A. Howell
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
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Brody Walsh's life is left in disarray when his girlfriend is found brutally raped and murdered. But it completely shatters when his best friend, Nolan is arrested for the crime.

Even as the media is portraying him as a monster, Brody knows Nolan isn't capable of murder. That leaves the question: Who is?

Once the trial begins, Brody discovers just how little he knew about his girlfriend, spurring him to dig into her past for possible answers.

And as Aggie, his long time confidant and childhood crush, stands by his side through all of this, he finds his own past resurfacing when his feelings for her reignite.

But as the media and the prosecutors close in on Nolan, ready to convict him for a crime he didn't commit, Brody will be forced to make a choice. A choice that will lead to his untimely death.

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Kat McGee and The School of Christmas Spirit
by Rebecca Munsterer
Rating: 4.8 Stars
Genre: Children and Middle Grade
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If Kat McGee had one Christmas wish, she’d wish to be special.

Instead, she’s the boring middle in a family packed with sparkly siblings, including three sisters who have all starred as Mary in Totsville, Maine’s annual big-deal Christmas Pageant.

All Kat’s done is wet her pants on a rollercoaster and earn herself the horrible nickname, “Kat McPee.” When she doesn’t get the part of Mary, Kat’s convinced that Christmas will be just another Kat McPee failure.

But then Kat’s beloved Gram lets it slip that she went to school with Mrs. Claus. The Mrs. Claus.

Before Kat knows it, a magical snowglobe whisks her away to the North Pole, where she makes friends, checks naughty and nice lists, and takes classes in cookie baking, reindeer training, and toy designing. It’s a Christmas miracle …

But something is wrong. The North Pole is being threatened, and only Kat McGee can help.

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Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:39 AM PST

Check out more Kindle deals with this selection of 3 bargain books and 2 free books. Make sure to "LIKE" and share your #1 source for Kindle books with everyone.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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Reflection
by Kim Cresswell
Rating: 4.6 Stars
Genre: Thriller and Suspense
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“Action packed from page one…an impressively laid out passionate thrill ride!” -InD’Tale Magazine

Florida investigative reporter, Whitney Steel, has lived in the shadow of her legendary father long enough. To prove herself she needs to find the “Big” story.

She found it. Now it may kill her. After receiving a lead pointing to the world’s first cloned human, now a small child, Whitney vows to unravel the truth.

However, sifting through the facts proves to have dangerous results, including death threats and murder.

When she’s nearly killed, but is saved by undercover FBI Special Agent, Blake Neely, he refuses to let her get in the way of his own objective–at least not right away.

Caught in a lethal game between a billionaire obsessed with genetic perfection, his hit man’s thirst for retribution, and a Colombian drug lord fresh out of prison determined to make Blake pay for his twin brother’s death over a decade ago…

Can they save an innocent child before it’s too late? Faced with tough choices, with deadly consequences for many–Whitney soon realizes that sometimes a story becomes more than just a story.

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Rainfall
by Melissa Delport
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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“What an excellent story line – and the twist in the tale was so clever!” Lee-Anne S.

Paige's father has Alzheimers, and her fiancé is shot and killed in an armed robbery.

Paige fights her depression and pulls herself out of the dark place that she has succumbed to, with monumental effort and a new-found determination to live her life to the fullest, doing things that both terrify and exhilarate her.

When Paige meets Adam, the attraction is instantaneous. Adam grew up in an orphanage and has no recollection of his life before the age of six.

Paige falls head over heels in love and embraces a happiness she never dreamed possible. Until the day she finds Adam in bed with another woman.

Wanting nothing more to do with him, Paige cuts Adam out of her life, until she receives a mysterious visitor, who reveals secrets about Adam’s past that shock Paige to her very core.

Determined to fight for the man that she loves, Paige finds herself on a journey that will change her life forever.

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Legacy of the Highlands
by Harriet Schultz
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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“I found the characters to be well described with a great plot.” -L. Mohler

Young, good-looking, successful and wealthy — Will and Alexandra Cameron had it all until he went out to buy ice cream after an evening of passionate sex and never returned.

When his body is discovered in a Boston alley, the only clue to his murder is the Scottish sgian dubh dagger left beside it.

Will’s grieving widow finds refuge in the Miami villa of his best friend, sinfully handsome billionaire Diego Navarro, and the two join forces to unravel the Cameron family’s centuries-old secrets and to solve the crime.

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Deadly Stillwater
by Roger Stelljes
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Mystery
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An abduction is just the beginning in a case of betrayal and revenge that will ultimately strike at the soul of the St. Paul Police Department.

The ruggedly handsome Mac McRyan, a fourth-generation cop, is faced with a complicated brazen daytime kidnapping, a media storm surrounding the case, and political scrutiny.

It is a case of betrayal and revenge that will ultimately strike at the soul of the St. Paul Police Department.

From the searing streets of St. Paul to the murky waters of the St. Croix River, DEADLY STILLWATER is a book you won’t be able to put down until its last gripping minute.

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Jerky :The Ultimate Recipe Guide – Beef, Turkey, Vinison, Alligator
by Taylor Thompsan
Rating: 5.0 Stars
Genre: Cooking
Price: $0.00 Save $3.99
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Jerky is a fun treat you can enjoy just about anywhere. You can eat it at home. You can eat it while camping. You can eat it on a picnic or for a snack at work.

You can purchase jerky in almost any convenience or grocery store. The homemade kind, however, is cheaper and much more delicious. No, you don’t always have to use a dehydrator to enjoy homemade jerky.

It can actually often be cooked right in your oven! While the preparation takes work, the reward is yummy. We have collected the most delicious and best selling recipes from around the world. Enjoy!

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Book Of The Day – Haole Wood

Posted: 29 Nov 2013 06:09 AM PST

Today's Book of the Day is a Contemporary Romance by Dee DeTarsio and it's 25% off for a limited time. Haole Wood has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

“I was intrigued by the cover, and hooked by the third page.” Julie B. – Amazon Reviewer

Haole Wood
by Dee DeTarsio
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Price: $2.99 save $1

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When San Diego weathercaster, Jaswinder Park, is mysteriously summoned to the island of Maui in Hawaii to help her grandmother, she ends up losing her job. This fair-haired, light-skinned foreigner, called haole by the natives, decides to stay in Maui for a couple of days until she can figure out what to do with her life. She realizes that her quick trip to Maui may not be all she's hoping for when:

-She has to bail her Hawaiian/Korean grandmother out of jail for possession of pakalolo.

-The only thing she can understand her grandmother say is: "Not that."

-She can't decide which hurts worse, her sunburn, hangover, or memories of the night before.

-She's labeled the "Liquor Licker" on the front page of the Maui News in a photo that shows her doing a shot of tequila with a hunky Hawaiian who's been found dead.

-It seems she's had orgasms that have lasted longer than her career.

-She scrapes the bottom of the barrel to find her guardian angel.

Beautiful fabric found in her grandmother's closet unfolds a future for Jaswinder as she designs sensuous silky wraps called sunshminas that provide sun protection. She tries for a Hollywood connection, but her company, Haole Wood, has some growing pains. From trying to find a killer, to selling her sunshminas, to lusting after Dr. Jac, the island dermatologist, to trying to ignore her so-called guardian angel, can Jaswinder learn to embrace the island way of life? Aloha!

Here’s what the reviewers have to say:

An absolute delight! Funny and witty – I couldn’t wait to turn the page to see what was going to happen next.

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Enjoyed the characters, storyline and plot and how well they were woven together. Add to this the delightful way that the author paints pictures with her words and uses such humor and wit.

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A quirky novel that hits all the right notes and ends in the right place. One of the most charming books I have read in a long time. It kept me smiling!

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Dee is a master with the written word and knows how to play one off another – and marry them in humor.

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Evolved into a really fun, funny, and smart book, filled with poignant characters not easily forgotten.

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About The Author

DEE DeTARSIO is a TV writer living in southern California. After growing up in Ennui, Ohio, and graduating from The Ohio State University she vowed never to be cold again (in a tantrum more worthy of Suellen than Scarlett) and ended up in Tucson, Arizona, producing the news for the CBS affiliate, oddly enough called KOLD-TV. She moved to San Diego where she worked in the SeaWorld entertainment department as a producer/writer. (Penguins are mean!) She then became a producer/writer for the NBC affiliate.

Though her mother never beat her (that hard) and her father is not a celebrity, she suspects one of her four sisters is a vampire.

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Bargain and Free Books For 11-29-13

Posted: 29 Nov 2013 05:42 AM PST

TGIF! Here are 2 bargain books and 2 free books to get your weekend started. Please "LIKE" and share the deals with friends and colleagues.

Book Of The Day: Haole Wood, by Dee DeTarsio, has a 4.2 star rating and is on sale for only $2.99 – save $1!

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I’ll Settle for Love
by Michelle Lynn Brown
Rating: 4.3 Stars
Genre: Christian Fiction
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“I was very impressed with how a deep topic was handled.” -Sue Reviews

Leanne grew up under the steady trickle of the harsh and belittling words of her critical mother, in the shadow of her sisters' perfection, and under the weight of a dark secret.

With her self-confidence all but eroded, and her head hanging down, she is surprised when Mike McKinley notices her. With every kind word, Mike erases a little pain from her past, and for the first time, she feels as if she is standing on firm ground.

But seven years into their marriage, she realizes that her foundation is lying on shallow ground. As their marriage and family begin to settle, the cracks appear.

Mike McKinley is a fixer. From cars to people, he is the guy to go to when you have something that needs repair. But when their oldest daughter is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, he is sent into a tail spin.

As his daughter is struggling to stay afloat in her world, and his wife is drowning in her insecurities, Mike feels helpless to do anything to save them.

A wide chasm separates their marriage, and storms threaten to send them crashing through the pit.

Can Leanne fight her past, her insecurities and her failing faith to discover the difference between settling for the storm, and striving for the rainbow that comes after?

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Amari
by Steven Atwood
Rating: 4.2 Stars
Genre: Science Fiction
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“Steven Atwood has created a gripping sci-fi space adventure that will take you in and hold you throughout the tale.” -Shane

Amari Prokop murdered her first victim at age eight…She acquired her own starship at twenty-four…

She started smuggling people from Earth to the freedom on Europa for a price, but found that blackmail and murder paid much better. All that wealth should have made her happy. But it didn't, nothing could fill that void she felt. She had to get out and start over.

Now on her last job, all she has to do was kidnap Cloee Thompson from a government transport ship and hold her until Amari's employer was ready to take her.

The promise of a pardon from the United Nations was too good to pass up. It was the only way to leave that life behind.

Colin Ross was an Interplanetary Space Security Force (ISSF) agent, handpicked by the United Nations to recapture the mysterious terrorist Cloee Thompson and stop Amari, dead or alive. With his partner Marlie, they began the chase across the stars.

Can Amari escape Colin and the ISSF? Will she get her freedom? Who will steal Amari's heart? Why is Cloee Thompson so important? Who is pulling the strings and why?

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The Living Room
by Bill Rolfe
Rating: 4.4 Stars
Genre: Romance
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When success and even love are not enough, you need a miracle…Daniel Clay has good looks, money, and a rising career as a New York investment advisor. Meanwhile, his personal life is barren of love and family.

But when a distant relative dies and leaves him a house in England, Daniel embarks on a life-changing journey–toward love and his soul’s awakening.

He meets and falls in love with Claire, a children’s palliative care nurse. With her help, he opens his home and heart to comfort young patients in their final days.

As Claire tends to the children in a beautiful glassed-in room overlooking the sea, Daniel prays for miracles. Just when his prayers are answered, a mysterious illness strikes him down and relentlessly drains away his life.

With no hope for a cure, Daniel holds fast to a deep secret that he can never reveal. And now, he needs a miracle of his own.

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Strong Women, Strong Love
by Poonam Sharma
Rating: 4.9 Stars
Genre: Non-Fiction
Price: $0.00 Save $14.99
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Why do strong women struggle with marriage problems even though they are so successful in other areas of their lives?
How do you stop feeling trapped, resentful, and alone in your relationship?

Is it really possible for a woman to be strong and have a happy marriage too?

In Strong Women, Strong Love: The Missing Manual for the Modern Marriage, licensed psychologist, Dr. Poonam Sharma, reveals how to effectively navigate the marriage problems you may have encountered…all while maintaining your self-confidence and strength as a woman.

Use the practical and straightforward advice in this marriage manual to help you learn how to:

Avoid the common triggers that will instantly make your husband feel defensive. Eliminate the dangerous behaviors research confirms will ruin your marriage. Practice the essential habits necessary for creating deep intimacy and passion that last….and much more!!

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