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Never Change by Elizabeth Berg from Atria Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 23) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A wry and beautifully distilled portrait of one woman's resilience in the face of loneliness."
You know people like me. I'm the one who sat in a folding chair out in the hall selling tickets to the prom but never going, the one everybody liked but no one wanted to be with.
A self-anointed spinster at fifty-one, Myra Lipinsky has endured the isolation of her middle life by doting on her dog, Frank, and immersing herself in her career as a visiting nurse. Myra considers herself reasonably content, telling herself, It's enough, work and Frank. And it has been enough -- until Chip Reardon, the too-good-to-be-true golden boy she adored from afar, is assigned to be her new patient. Choosing to forgo invasive treatment for an incurable illness, Chip has returned from Manhattan to the New England home of his childhood to spend what time he has left. Now, Myra and Chip find themselves engaged in a poingnant redefinition of roles, and a complicated dance of memory, ambivalence, and longing.
From the author whose work The New Yorker calls "strong" and "timeless" comes a wry and beautifully distilled portrait of one woman's resilience in the face of loneliness, and of a union that transcends life's most unexpected and challenging circumstances. With effortless warmth, and loving respect for characters that defies easy sentiment, Never Change melds the emotional depth and gentle intensity of poetry with the rich satisfactions of finely wrought fiction.
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Forbidden by Syrie James and Ryan M. James from HarperTeen ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 19) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A suspenseful paranormal romance about trust, discovery, and love."
She should not exist.
He should not love her.
Claire Brennan has been attending Emerson Academy for two years now (the longest she and her mom have remained anywhere) and she’s desperate to stay put for the rest of high school. So there’s no way she’s going to tell her mom about the psychic visions she’s been having or the creepy warnings that she’s in danger.
Alec MacKenzie is fed up with his duties to watch and, when necessary, eliminate the descendants of his angelic forefathers. He chose Emerson as the ideal hiding place where he could be normal for once. He hadn’t factored Claire into his plans. . . .
Their love is forbidden, going against everything Alec has been taught to believe. But when the reason behind Claire’s unusual powers is revealed and the threat to her life becomes clear, how far will Alec go to protect her?
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Three epic fantasies in Daniel Arenson's Dragonlore series (Moonclipse) are $1.99 or less each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Today only, three epic fantasies in the Dragonlore series.
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Faery Tales & Nightmares by Melissa Marr from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This chilling collection of short stories perfectly blends fairy tales and folklore, horror and fantasy."
Faery Tales & Nightmares is an anthology of short stories by Melissa Marr, many set in the world of her Wicked Lovely series.
Marr revisits favorite fan characters such as faeries Niall and Irial, and introduces fascinating new beings, including a vampire, a pair of selchie brothers, and a goblin. The strange creatures can appear anywhere, coming from the sea, from the woods, from inside storms; they may come seeking to bring destruction or to find a passionate encounter…
Lush, seductive, and chilling, the stories in Melissa Marr’s Faery Tales & Nightmares blend fairy tales and folklore, horror and fantasy, and allow us to revel in the unseen magic that infuses the world as we know it.
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A Moveable Feast by Anthony Bourdain, Andrew Zimmern, Mark Kurlansky and Don George from Lonely Planet Publications ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 20)
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Food and travel go hand in hand, the former making the latter possible. Celebrate the very best of foodie travelogue in this collection of tales from Anthony Bourdain, Mark Kurlansky, and dozens of other great writers (and diners.) You'll never look at your own dinner plate quite the same way again.
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A Moveable Feast by Anthony Bourdain, Andrew Zimmern, Mark Kurlansky and Don George is $1.99 (
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