Content FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - March 2011

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The Last Drop ($0.99 US), by L. Ron Hubbard, is a repeat freebie (Jun '10) for Kindle customers, but this time it's for the UK (only). UK link

Book Description
A humorous tale about a New York bartender who receives mysteriously special potions from Borneo which can make people grow or shrink depending on which one they drink. When our hero uses the potion to deal with some unfriendly mobsters, the results are comic and riotously unpredictable—including an unexpected run-in with a dogfish.

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Wings Free with Bonus Material , by Aprilynne Pike, is free in the Kindle store, but so far it is available for Canada, Europe and Asian & Pacific regions only. If you want to sample first, you can get it from the current edition, but be careful not to click to order, as it is $8.99. The free edition is also showing up in the UK catalog and should be free, but so far it coming up as not available there, as well. UK link

Book Description
For a limited time, the book that Twilight Saga author Stephanie Meyer lauded as "a remarkable debut" is available for free.

Laurel was mesmerized, staring at the pale things with wide eyes. They were terrifyingly beautiful—too beautiful for words. Laurel turned to the mirror again, her eyes on the hovering petals that floated beside her head. They looked almost like wings. In this extraordinary tale of magic and intrigue, romance and danger, everything you thought you knew about faeries will be changed forever.

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Now free for US Kindlers:

Total Flirt: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Every Girl Needs to Get the Guy, by Violet Blue

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Wings Free with Bonus Material by Aprilynne Pike is now free at the US Kindle store!

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Bargain book:

Blood Game: An Eve Duncan Forensics Thriller by Iris Johansen is discounted to $2.99 (from $7.99) at the US Kindle store.

Product Description
Eve Duncan is back! Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a web of danger from which she may not be able to escape…

Eve Duncan returns in a thriller that pits her against the most evil mind she has ever encountered: a ruthless killer who taunts her with his every move…and who has a special affinity for blood. When a Georgia senator’s daughter is found murdered, and her body drained of blood, Eve Duncan is drawn into the web of Kevin Jelak—a serial murderer who is on Eve’s short list of killers who might know something about her missing daughter Bonnie. When a goblet of blood is found in Eve’s refrigerator, she knows the taunting is over…and the games have begun. As Eve and Jelak engage in a dance of death, Eve must call upon those she loves and trusts the most…even if it means bringing them into the game as well.

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The Last Drop by L. Ron Hubbard is now also free at the US Kindle store.

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Staying at Daisy's by Jill Mansell is free at the US Kindle store.

Product Description

Jill Mansell is a huge internationally bestselling author with 22 novels and over 4 million copies sold. Our first six U.S. editions have sold over 85,000 copies.

Hotel manager Daisy MacLean thinks she has people all figured out. When she meets cocky, sarcastic Dev Tyzack, it's a no brainer-stay away. But as guests come and go, Daisy realizes Dev is the one person she wants to stay.

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Millies Fling by Jill Mansell is free again at the US Kindle store.

*Staying at Daisy's is no longer free

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ETA: Not a full book afterall, the book page has now added "sneak peek" to the title.

The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan is free for pre-order at the US Kindle store

Product Description
In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
About the Author
Rick Riordan is also the author of the New York Times #1 best-selling Percy Jackson and the Olympians series: Book One: The Lightning Thief; Book Two: The Sea of Monsters; Book Three: The Titan’s Curse; Book Four: The Battle of the Labyrinth; and Book Five: The Last Olympian. He lives in San Antonio, Texas, with his wife and two sons.

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Bargain historical / mystery book:

The Janissary Tree (Yashim the Eunuch Series #1) by Jason Goodwin has been discounted to $2.99 at the US Kindle store (originally $9.99)

Product Description:

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel

It is 1836. Europe is modernizing and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world, an investigator who can walk with ease in the great halls of the empire, in its streets, and even within its harems--because, of course, Yashim is a eunuch. His investigation points to the Janissaries, who, for four hundred years were the empire's elite soldiers. Crushed by the sultan, could they now be staging a brutal comeback? And can they be stopped without throwing Istanbul into political chaos?

This first book in the Investigator Yashim series is a richly entertaining tale, full of exotic history and intrigue.

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Bargain apocalyptic novel:

Hater by David Moody has been discounted to $2.99 at the US Kindle store (original price was $9.99)

Product Description

Soon to be a major motion picture—produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by J.A. Bayona

REMAIN CALM DO NOT PANIC TAKE SHELTER WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS THE SITUATION IS UNDER CONTROL

Society is rocked by a sudden increase in the number of violent assaults on individuals. Christened 'Haters' by the media, the attackers strike without warning, killing all who cross their path. The assaults are brutal, remorseless and extreme: within seconds, normally rational, self-controlled people become frenzied, vicious killers. There are no apparent links as a hundred random attacks become a thousand, then hundreds of thousands. Everyone, irrespective of gender, age, race or any other difference, has the potential to become a victim - or a Hater. People are afraid to go to work, afraid to leave their homes and, increasingly, afraid that at any moment their friends, even their closest family, could turn on them with ultra violent intent. Waking up each morning, no matter how well defended, everyone must now consider the fact that by the end of the day, they might be dead. Or perhaps worse, become a killer themselves. As the status quo shifts, ATTACK FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER becomes the order of the day... only, the answers might be much different than what you expect....

In the tradition of H. G. Wells and Richard Matheson, Hater is one man’s story of his place in a world gone mad— a world infected with fear, violence, and HATE.

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Bargain murder mystery novel set in 1910 Detroit:

The Detroit Electric Scheme: A Mystery by D. E. Johnson is discounted to $1.99 at the US Kindle store (Original price was $11.99)

Product Description

Will Anderson is a drunk, heartbroken over the breakup with his fiancée, Elizabeth. He’s barely kept his job at his father’s company---Detroit Electric, 1910’s leading electric automobile manufacturer. Late one night, Elizabeth’s new fiancé and Will’s one-time friend, John Cooper, asks Will to meet him at the car factory. He finds Cooper dead, crushed in a huge hydraulic roof press. Surprised by the police, Will panics and runs, leaving behind his cap and automobile, and buries his blood-spattered clothing in a garbage can.

What follows is a fast-paced, detail-filled ride through early-1900s Detroit, involving murder, blackmail, organized crime, the development of a wonderful friendship, and the inside story on early electric automobiles. Through it all, Will learns that clearing himself of the crime he was framed for is only the beginning. To survive, and for his loved ones to survive, he must also become a man.

The Detroit Electric Scheme is populated with fascinating characters, both real and fictional, from a then-flourishing Detroit: The Dodge brothers and Edsel Ford come to life, interacting with denizens of the sordid underbelly of the Motor City, such as Vito Adamo, Detroit’s first Mob boss, and Big Boy, the bouncer at a saloon so notorious the newspapers called it “The Bucket of Blood.” This expertly plotted debut delivers with great research, wonderfully flawed yet likable characters, and a shattering climax.

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Word Search Volume 2 ($0.99), by Oak Systems Leisure Software

Book Description
Enjoy even more Word Search puzzles on your Kindle.

Locate and mark off words in the grid using the 5-way controller. Each word appears in a straight line, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in the grid - but be careful, sometimes the words are backwards! Play at your own pace or against the clock and see who can get the fastest time for each puzzle. You can pause partway through a puzzle and return to where you left it, as well as reset each puzzle and try it again as many times as you like. If you get stuck on a more challenging puzzle you can give up and see the correct solution.

Fun for all ages, with categories from Fruits to World War II Battles, there are 50 new themed 13x13 puzzles included in Volume 2 covering a wide variety of subjects. (Purchase of Word Search Volume 1 is not required to enjoy Word Search Volume 2.)

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I just finished reading this.
Truly a masterful piece of writing and I highly recommend it!

Elysium Burning by DDD Bryenton
http://www.amazon.com/Elysium-Burnin.../dp/B004ISLRX4

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Divine , by Karen Kingsbury, is free on Kindle courtesy of Christian publisher Tyndale House.

Book Description
Best-selling author Karen Kingsbury weaves another dramatic story of tragedy and redemption!

Mary Madison was a child of unspeakable horrors, a young woman society wanted to forget. Now a divine power has set Mary free to bring life-changing hope and love to battered and abused women living in the shadow of the nation's capital.

Mary is educated and redeemed, a powerful voice in Washington, D.C.—both to the politically elite and to other women like her. But she also has a past that shamed polite society. Her experiences created in her paralyzing fear, faithlessness, addiction, and promiscuity. At the crossroads of her life, only one power set Mary free and gave her a lifetime of love and hope. A power that could only be divine.