Apparently Amazon's 1-click system imploded today for US customers, which I missed in part due to being stuck on campus all day, and probably also being Canadian as well.
Anyway, some late updates if you're still awake to see them before they expire (or Amazon once again tells you that they're not available to your country). Some nice backlist stuff if you like true crime or lesbian steampunk fantasy or just ever wanted to read Vikings vs Zombies. Enjoy.
Sara M. Harvey (
ISFDB entry) has a book out from LGBT specialty publisher Torquere Press (available via Fictionwise) and she offers a 2009-Apex apparently small-pressed steampunk fantasy/lesbian "romantic, necromantic" tale which has a favourable review from Publisher's Weekly and specific blurb praise from fantasy author Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel series) as well as praise for the sequel from Hugo nominee Cherie Priest (Clockwork Century series; you know, the one with the steampunk zombies):
The Convent of the Pure (1st in the "Penemue" series according to ISFDB)
Deb Houdek Rule has a short story in one of those L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future anthologies and a Robert A. Heinlein tribute essay listed in her very brief
ISFDB entry. The former is offered as part of her collection of sf/fantasy/zombie themed shorts:
Season of Marvels: Viking Tales
IMDBed screenwriter Ryne Douglas Pearson who had a Big-6-published thriller back in the 90s returns with a self-pub psychological thriller:
The Donzerly Light
L.T. Fawkes returns with two offerings, one the 2003-Signet debut of her working class amateur sleuth Terry Saltz mysteries, and the other an entry in her apparently comedic series:
Linkage for them both
The late William Diehl was an NY Times bestselling writer who was published by Ballantine and had favourable Publisher's Weekly and Booklist reviews on a randomly selected paperback, and apparently had two novels adapted into movies and met Martin Luther King. At some point he died and left notes for the following Native American cop vs serial killer thriller which was completed by Kenneth Atchity for you to enjoy:
Seven Ways to DIe
Speaking of which, Edgar-nominated true crime and thriller novel writer Anthony Bruno returns with the very book which got the Edgar Award nod, co-written with Joshua Armstrong:
The Seekers: Finding Felons and Guiding Men: A Bounty Hunter's Story
Karen Cantwell who had a short story in one of those Wildside Press anthologies returns with a set of mystery shorts with her comedic amateur sleuth from her previously-included self-pub novel series:
The Chronicles of Marr-nia (Short Stories Starring Barbara Marr)
ISFDBed horror editor Tracy L. Carbone returns with a supernatural short:
Scent of Lilacs
Bell Bridge Books-published Alicia Rasley returns with another historical romance:
Allegra's Song, A Regency Novella (The Drewe Sisters)
Minor erotic romance imprint BookStrand-published Lisa Greer returns with another of her Hutterite gothic romance novellas set in that small religious community:
A Hidden Desire (The Harmonists)
Christian fiction author Janice Thompson, who has an official romance currently permafreebied from Baker's Revell imprint, offers a mini-collection of two inspirational romance shorts:
Love, L.A. Style
Some time ago, I included some sort of thriller by otherwise self-pub Esteban Vega as an example of a different book by a non-spamming author, out from the same digital imprint that was publishing a very annoying known Amazon discussion boards backlist spammer who had absolutely no shame and no sense of boundaries and would not be appearing in these posts again. Well, if you happened to like Vega's book when it popped up, here's his cop vs serial killer thriller which has blurb praise from Scott Nicholson:
The Forsaken (A Thriller)
Offbeat mystery/historical repeats from Raymond Benson and Mark Wheaton if you missed something of theirs earlier and Books We Love/BWLPP once again have a mix of new and old stuff across various genres. I think one of them is a YA romance out from an ex-Harlequin author. For Christian fiction/non-fiction readers, Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas has a mix of new and repeat books, including some devotionals and self-help guides.
ETA: Kensington-published Kate Perry, from whom we recently got an official freebie, offers a contemporary romance:
Perfect for You (A Laurel Heights Novel) Apparently the others in the series are still
available via Smashwords.