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Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn from Bloomsbury Paperbacks (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (June 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "Pharmakon is a novel bursting with ideas, and canny observation, but above all, it's an excellent read."

It is 1950s America and madness is in the air. In a world where the ‘cures' for craziness include coma therapy, cyanide treatment and full-frontal lobotomies, Dr. William T. Friedrich, a young and ambitious psychology professor at Yale, stumbles upon a tropical plant that seems to possess the secret ingredient of happiness. In Casper Gedsic, a fiercely intelligent, socially inept, near-suicidal maths student, he seems to have found the perfect guinea pig. But when his experiments goes awry, Casper's thirst for revenge turns murderous and his actions have consequences that will haunt Friedrich and his family forever...

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett from Atlantic Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Science Fiction & Fantasy Daily Deal (June 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2013

A marooned outpost of humanity struggles to survive on a startlingly alien world: science fiction as it ought to be from British science fiction's great white hope.

You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of Angela and Tommy. You shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest's lantern trees, hunting woollybuck and harvesting tree candy. Beyond the forest lie the treeless mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it. The Oldest among you recount legends of a world where light came from the sky, where men and women made boats that could cross between worlds. One day, the Oldest say, they will come back for you.

You live in Eden. You are a member of the Family, one of 532 descendants of two marooned explorers. You huddle, slowly starving, beneath the light and warmth of geothermal trees, confined to one barely habitable valley of a startlingly alien, sunless world. After 163 years and six generations of incestuous inbreeding, the Family is riddled with deformity and feeblemindedness. Your culture is a infantile stew of half-remembered fact and devolved ritual that stifles innovation and punishes independent thought.

You are John Redlantern. You will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. You will be the first to abandon hope, the first to abandon the old ways, the first to kill another, the first to venture in to the Dark, and the first to discover the truth about Eden.

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Michael Connelly's "Lincoln Lawyer" legal thrillers from Farrar, Straus and Giroux ($2.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, save on the Kindle editions of Michael Connelly's popular "Lincoln Lawyer" legal thrillers.

The Confession by Erin McCauley from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (June 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A heartfelt romance with strong family conflicts at its core."

A confession turns successful handbag designer Aimee Morrison’s world upside down and lands her on the doorstep of Emily Sinclair, the woman who could possibly be her birth mother. In a case of mistaken identity, Aimee impulsively accepts a job as Emily’s personal assistant. To complicate matters, Aimee falls in love with Marcus Lee, a sexy, moody, damaged man who is highly suspicious of her.

Marcus Lee has spent most of his life on the Sinclair estate, having lived there with his mother as a child, and returning after college to pursue his dream of becoming a writer and assume the role of estate caretaker. Growing up with the memory of his father’s betrayal, and his mother’s emotional isolation, he’s learned to trust no one. Watching woman after woman claim to be Emily’s long-lost daughter in an effort to be her sole heir, he also believes everyone has a hidden agenda. Upon meeting Aimee, he is surprised by his strong physical attraction to her, and even as he begins to fall in love, he knows she’s keeping secrets.

Tangled in her own deceptions, will Aimee lose everything she loves once the truth is revealed?

Sensuality Level: Sensual

Into the Black: Odyssey One by Evan Currie from 47North ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (June 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A thrilling and fast-paced sci-fi book that is well written and very accessible."

Beyond the confines of our small world, far from the glow of our star, lies a galaxy and universe much larger and more varied than anyone on Earth can possibly imagine. For the new NAC spacecraft Odyssey and her crew, the unimaginable facets of this untouched world are about to become reality.

The Odyssey’s maiden voyage is an epic adventure destined to make history. Captain Eric Weston and his crew, pushing past the boundaries of security, encounter horrors, wonders, monsters, and people, all of which will test their resolve, challenge their abilities, and put in sharp relief what is necessary to be a hero.

A first-rate military science fiction epic that combines old-school space opera and modern storytelling, Into the Black: Odyssey One is a riveting, exhilarating adventure with vivid details, rich mythology, and relentless pacing that will leave you breathlessly awaiting book two.

Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman from Two Lions ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (June 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A fun and playful back- to-school story."

Tinka is a cool dog, a school dog, a breaking all the rules dog.A hall dog, a ball dog, a crash-into-the-wall dog.

Join Tinka, a dandy, sandy Golden Retriever, as she unexpectedly visits her owner at school and helps his class learn to read. Bright illustrations rendered in acrylic paint add to the excitement in this playful back-to-school story about a boy and his "loves-to-hear-a-book" dog.

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Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (June 14)

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Award-winning novelist Michael Chabon examines modern manhood in this, his first major nonfiction work. Reflecting on his own messy moments as husband and father, he provides a funny, nuanced, unsentimental, and richly rewarding reading experience that's the perfect Father's Day companion.