Harmattan by Gavin Weston from Myrmidon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer Review: "The story manages to weave between dramatic tensions with gentle rhythms of a different world."
Harmattan (from an Arabic word meaning destructive wind ) tells the story of Haoua, a young girl growing up in a remote village in the Republic of Niger. Spirited independent and intelligent, Haoua has benefitted from a stable home life and a loving and attentive mother. She enjoys working and playing with her siblings and friends. Haoua worships her elder brother, Abdelkrim, a serving soldier who sends money home to support the family. But, on his last home visit, Abdelkrim quarrels with their father accusing him of gambling away the money he sends and being the cause of their mother s worsening health. It also emerges that their father plans to take a second wife. Despite this Haoua finds contentment in her schoolwork, her dreams of becoming a teacher and in writing assiduously to the family in Ireland who act as her aid sponsors. But for Haoua, there are new storm clouds on the horizon. As civil strife mounts in Niger, Haoua begins to fear for Abdelkrim s safety. Haoua s mother s illness is much more serious and further advanced than anyone had recognised and her father s plans are turning out to be far more threatening than she could have ever imagined. Approaching her twelfth birthday, Haoua is alone and vulnerable for the very first time in her life.
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Three 'Scandalous Women of the Ton' Books by Nicola Cornick from MIRA (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK
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Step back in time with these lustful historical novels.
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Hush: A Novel by Kate White from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (June 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A compelling, pulse-pounding thriller that is both chilling and provocative."
The New York Times best-selling author - and Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief - returns with a sizzling thriller in which an ordinary woman flees the scene of a murder and realizes it's not just the law that's hunting her.
When Lake Warren learns that her husband, Jack, is suing for full custody of their two kids four months after their separation, she's pretty certain that things can't get any worse. The upside is that she's working with the Advanced Fertility Center as a marketing consultant, alongside the attractive, flirtatious Dr. Keaton. But the morning after their one-night stand, Lake finds Keaton with his throat slashed and discovers that things can indeed become worse - they can become deadly. So as not to jeopardize her case for custody, Lake is forced to lie to the police.
Having just been intimate with a man who has been murdered, and wanting to protect herself from being charged with the crime, she begins her own search for the truth. Meanwhile, the police start looking at her closely, people at the clinic start treating her with hostility, and strange clues begin dropping - quite literally - on her doorstep, and Lake realizes that she is dangerously close to dark secrets, both about Keaton and the clinic. But can Lake stop what she's started before it's too late?
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Wild Horses by D'Ann Lindun from Crimson Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (June 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A satisfying romantic suspense story with a contemporary western setting."
Her family ranch outside of Payson, Arizona, is the last place Castaña Castillo thought she’d ever see again. But when her mustang activist brother goes missing, Castaña returns home to lead the search. Years of bad blood between local law enforcement and the Castillo men lead Castaña to believe the local cops won’t put out much effort to locate her brother. Especially since they think he murdered two federal wildlife agents.
Disgraced FBI agent Jake Breton needs to bring in Martin Castillo to redeem himself and resurrect his career. Falling in love with someone related to the suspect is the last thing he can afford to do. The last time he followed his heart, and not his head, it nearly cost him his life.
Danger, adventure, and death push Jake and Castaña together. Will they learn to trust each other and leave their pasts behind?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
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Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut from Orbit ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (June 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This collection of stories is a must-read for any Vonnegut fan."
Kurt Vonnegut presents in Fates Worse than Deatha veritable cornucopia of Vonnegut's thought on what could best be summed up as perhaps "anti-theology", a manifesto for atheism that details Vonnegut's drift from conventional religion, even a tract evidencing belief in the divine held within each individual self; the Deity within each individual person present in a universe that otherwise lacks any real order.
Vonnegut was never a real optimist and with just cause: he had an incredibly difficult life (he had been a prisoner of war from which he drew the title for his book Slaughterhouse-Five) and suffered from failing health, which only showed him his own mortality even more than he already knew it. Still, most readers find that in the body of Vonnegut's work there is still a glimmer of desperate hope. Vonnegut's continued search for meaning surely counts for a great deal as he balances hope and despair.
Scholars and fans can read about Vonnegut's experiences during World War II and the after-effect he felt it had on him. His religious (or anti-religious) ramblings and notations are interesting and, by turns, funny and perceptive. The humor may be dark, but that does not make it any the less funny.
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Nobody's Secret by Michaela MacColl from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (June 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Highly recommended for readers interested in Emily Dickinson and her poetry."
One day, fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. "Nobody" until he turns up dead in her family's pond. She's stricken with guilt. Only Emily can discover who this enigmatic stranger was before he's condemned to be buried in an anonymous grave. Her investigation takes her deep into town secrets, blossoming romance, and deadly danger. Exquisitely written and meticulously researched, this novel celebrates Emily Dickinson's intellect and spunk in a page-turner of a book that will excite fans of mystery, romance, and poetry alike.
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Oceans Apart by Karen Kingsbury from Zondervan ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (June 28)
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What would you do if you discovered a secret from your spouse's past? That's the question Karen Kingsbury tackles with her trademark deft blend of faith and forgiveness in the story of Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, whose perfect life is turned upside-down with the arrival of a son -- seven-years-old -- that Connor never knew existed.
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