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Monsoon Season by Katie O'Rourke from Canvas (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Highly engaging characters, compelling plot development, beautifully evoked scenes...it had me hooked from the start."

Riley refuses to call herself a battered woman - she doesn't fit the profile.

When her boyfriend Ben hits her, she doesn't know what to call it. She does know to pack her things and run to the one place that feels safe - home.

Riley discovers she's pregnant and her emotions become tangled. She can't shake the fact that she's still in love with Ben...

A horrific accident then turns Riley's world even more upside down, forcing her to accept help from those around her. Before she can begin to heal, she must learn the difference between being independent and being alone.

A gripping emotional drama, perfect for fans of Anne Tyler and Anita Shreve.

Fury of Fire (Dragonfury Series #1) by Coreene Callahan from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is the first book in a new paranormal romance series...The story is well paced and intense."

A clandestine race of half-dragon, half-humans known as dragon-shifters lives among us. Bastian, leader of the Nightfury dragon clan, is sworn to protect humankind at all costs. For him, honor and duty always come first. When the clan dictates he take a human mate to sire a son, he falters, aware that for a human to birth a dragon-shifter she must die. Myst, the woman given into his care, is the most extraordinary he’s ever met, and though he can’t bear the thought of harming her he is bound by duty.

Myst loves her life in the human world, but Bastian has captured her heart in an instant of electric connection. But Bastian and his warriors are in the middle of a deadly battle with the Razorback dragon-shifters, intent on killing every Nightfury clan member—and the humans they protect—the fate of their world and ours hangs in the balance.

An extraordinary blend of action, fantasy, and steamy romance, Fury of Fire brings to life a dangerous new world intertwined with the survival of humanity, all while exploring the meaning of honor and the nature of true love.

Keeping Quiet: Paul Nixon The Autobiography by Jon Colman and Paul Nixon from The History Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Biography Daily Deal (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "One of the best cricketing autobiographies I have read. Inspiring stuff from one of the game's great characters."

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing room with some of the most evocative names in international and domestic cricket - and often enraged them on the field of play. The wicketkeeper, known as his sport's most prolific 'sledger', has amassed more than 20 years of stories from his career at the heart of the game and now reveals them in typically outspoken style. From 'Fredalo' to match-fixing, Nixon has experienced some of the most notorious episodes in cricket history, possesses strident opinions on the game and has a track record of success in the English first-class game and the Twenty20 revolution. With an accent on off-the-field anecdotes, Nixon also lays bare the personality that led the Australian legend Steve Waugh to compare him to: 'a mosquito buzzing around in the night, that needs to be swatted by always escapes.'

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As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto by Joan Reardon from Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This collection of letters chronicles the creation of Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2010

With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia?

Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on Julia’s deepest thoughts and feelings. This riveting correspondence, in print for the first time, chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and the turbulent process of Julia’s creation of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, one of the most influential cookbooks ever written.
Frank, bawdy, funny, exuberant, and occasionally agonized, these letters show Julia, first as a new bride in Paris, then becoming increasingly worldly and adventuresome as she follows her diplomat husband in his postings to Nice, Germany, and Norway.

With commentary by the noted food historian Joan Reardon, and covering topics as diverse as the lack of good wine in the United States, McCarthyism, and sexual mores, these astonishing letters show America on the verge of political, social, and gastronomic transformation.

Fully Engaged by Eve Gaddy from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "If you love a story with a strong heroine and a to-die-for hero, this is the book for you."

Their passion is one fire they can’t put out.

Nine years ago, he left her alone and pregnant. Now he’s back.

When hotshot firefighter Callie Kilpatrick gets a new partner, he’s the last man she ever wanted to meet again: Rick Montana, the man she once loved and planned to marry, the man who left her without explanation. Rick resurrects all the old, unresolved feelings she had for him. Though she never told him about her pregnancy, she blames him for the loss of their child.

As for Rick, he's never forgotten Callie. But as her anger singes him, he wonders if he’ll ever be able to get past the walls she’s built around her heart. When they must work together to discover a murderer, they discover that passion still burns hot between them.

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A harrowing story that perfectly blends alternate history with original science fiction."

“The single most resonant and carefully imagined book of Dick’s career.” – New York Times

It's America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some twenty years earlier the United States lost a war—and is now occupied by Nazi Germany and Japan.

This harrowing, Hugo Award-winning novel is the work that established Philip K. Dick as an innovator in science fiction while breaking the barrier between science fiction and the serious novel of ideas. In it Dick offers a haunting vision of history as a nightmare from which it may just be possible to wake.

Winner of the Hugo Award

Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez from Simon Pulse ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An intensely romantic story about a fierce rivalry and a forbidden love"

An intensely romantic, “brilliant debut” (Kirkus Reviews) about a dangerous addiction, a fierce rivalry, and a forbidden love.
Now is not the time for Carmen to fall in love. And Jeremy is hands-down the wrong guy for her to fall for. He is infuriating, arrogant, and the only person who can stand in the way of Carmen getting the one thing she wants most: to win the prestigious Guarneri competition. Carmen’s whole life is violin, and until she met Jeremy, her whole focus was winning. But what if Jeremy isn’t just hot…what if Jeremy is better?
Carmen knows that kissing Jeremy can’t end well, but she just can't stay away. Nobody else understands her—and riles her up—like he does. Still, she can’t trust him with her biggest secret: She is so desperate to win, she takes antianxiety drugs to perform, and what started as an easy fix has become a hungry addiction. Carmen is sick of not feeling anything on stage and even sicker of always doing what she’s told, doing what’s expected.
Sometimes being on top just means you have a long way to fall….

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Shelter (Mickey Bolitar Series #1) by Harlan Coben from Penguin Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 15)

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Countless readers thrill to the adventures of Harlan Coben's sports agent Myron Bolitar. Myron's nephew Mickey has a knack for adventure, too, Investigating the disappearance of his girlfriend, Mickey quickly learns that everything he thought he knew was a lie. Intrigue, it seems, runs in the family.

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Shelter (Mickey Bolitar Series #1) by Harlan Coben is $2.99 (Amazon US)