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ATDrake · 06-23-2015, 05:33 PM

Free again from the author('s republishing consortium) BooksBNimble via Kobo & Amazon:

Love Bites by screen actress (and voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series & DCAU spinoffs, which TBH, is the only place I've ever actually seen her work) Adrienne Barbeau (IMDB, Wikipedia), 2nd in her Vampyres of Hollywood series of humorous tinseltown paranormal police procedurals, originally out from Thomas Dunne in 2010, @ Amazon (KDP Select, so should be available worldwide for another day or so).

NOT YOUR MAMA’S POLICE PROCEDURAL--A COP STORY WITH BITE…AND ROMANCE!

Not to mention sharp, cutting wit. Detective Peter King and movie star Ovsanna Moore are the sexiest tongue-in-cheek crime-solving duo since MOONLIGHTING hit the air waves in the ‘80s. But they may remind you more of TRUE BLOOD’s Sookie and Eric than Maddie and David—because one of them’s a vampire. And like Sookie’s Bon Temps, their Los Angeles has its fair share of shapeshifting sometime-humans.

Ovsanna’s the successful owner of her own Hollywood film studio and the star of 17 blockbuster horror films, plus three, sadly, that went straight to video. But even vampires have bad days. Though never fat days or bad hair days—she looks pretty great for 450. And in those four and a half centuries she’s pretty much seen everything, formed an opinion about it, and developed the kind of worldly-wise wit Joan Rivers only dreams about.

Peter, on the other hand, is a Beverly Hills cop firmly rooted in human affairs, from the domestic issues of his lively Italian family to the romantic ones of his neighbor, snake dancer Suzie Q. Though Ovsanna’s had flings with everyone from Genghis Khan to Errol Flynn, Peter’s got what it takes to catch her eye and hold her interest. And he’s one hell of a detective. He's also a consummate master of spin, concealing what he knows about the world of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters while solving the crimes they commit.

These ones have been repeats from within the past year which have gone off KDP Select exclusive-ization and have since become available in other stores as introductory 1st-in-series freebies for a while now, so just the titles with brief descriptive linkage:

Samson's Deal by Shelley Singer (SYKM), 1st in her Vicente & Samson series of cozy-ish mysteries starring a Jewish ex-cop and his lesbian carpenter sidekick in Berkeley, California, originally out from St. Martin's Press in 1983 @ Kobo and thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (new ASIN, I think, which now makes it a DRM-free version, available to Canadians).

Dead Sober by Elizabeth Zelvin (SYKM), 1st in her Bruce Kohler series of humorous mysteries starring the eponymous recovering alcoholic in Manhattan, originally out under the title Death Will Get You Sober from Minotaur in 2008, @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians).

Crooked Man by Tony Dunbar (SYKM), 1st in his Edgar Award-nominated Tubby Dubonnet series of humorous murder mysteries starring the eponymous foodie lawyer in New Orleans, originally out from Putnam in 1994 @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians).

Louisiana Hotshot by Edgar Award-winner Julie Smith (SYKM, Wikipedia), 1st in her Talba Wallis series of humorous PI procedurals starring an African-American poet and computer whiz in New Orleans, originally out from Tor's Forge imprint in 2001 @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians).

Just a reminder that if you happen to enjoy any of these and wish to read more, now that BBN's catalogue has started filtering back into non-Amazon venues, they're couponable @ Kobo (and mostly, but not all, DRM-free), and there are currently two of Julie Smith's backlist titles on sale for just 99 cents each (at least one of them has previously been recently free within the past 2 years, IIRC).

06-23-2015, 05:33 PM	#445
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free again from the author('s republishing consortium) BooksBNimble via Kobo & Amazon: Love Bites by screen actress (and voice of Catwoman on Batman: The Animated Series & DCAU spinoffs, which TBH, is the only place I've ever actually seen her work) Adrienne Barbeau (IMDB, Wikipedia), 2nd in her Vampyres of Hollywood series of humorous tinseltown paranormal police procedurals, originally out from Thomas Dunne in 2010, @ Amazon (KDP Select, so should be available worldwide for another day or so). NOT YOUR MAMA’S POLICE PROCEDURAL--A COP STORY WITH BITE…AND ROMANCE! Not to mention sharp, cutting wit. Detective Peter King and movie star Ovsanna Moore are the sexiest tongue-in-cheek crime-solving duo since MOONLIGHTING hit the air waves in the ‘80s. But they may remind you more of TRUE BLOOD’s Sookie and Eric than Maddie and David—because one of them’s a vampire. And like Sookie’s Bon Temps, their Los Angeles has its fair share of shapeshifting sometime-humans. Ovsanna’s the successful owner of her own Hollywood film studio and the star of 17 blockbuster horror films, plus three, sadly, that went straight to video. But even vampires have bad days. Though never fat days or bad hair days—she looks pretty great for 450. And in those four and a half centuries she’s pretty much seen everything, formed an opinion about it, and developed the kind of worldly-wise wit Joan Rivers only dreams about. Peter, on the other hand, is a Beverly Hills cop firmly rooted in human affairs, from the domestic issues of his lively Italian family to the romantic ones of his neighbor, snake dancer Suzie Q. Though Ovsanna’s had flings with everyone from Genghis Khan to Errol Flynn, Peter’s got what it takes to catch her eye and hold her interest. And he’s one hell of a detective. He's also a consummate master of spin, concealing what he knows about the world of vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters while solving the crimes they commit. These ones have been repeats from within the past year which have gone off KDP Select exclusive-ization and have since become available in other stores as introductory 1st-in-series freebies for a while now, so just the titles with brief descriptive linkage: Samson's Deal by Shelley Singer (SYKM), 1st in her Vicente & Samson series of cozy-ish mysteries starring a Jewish ex-cop and his lesbian carpenter sidekick in Berkeley, California, originally out from St. Martin's Press in 1983 @ Kobo and thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (new ASIN, I think, which now makes it a DRM-free version, available to Canadians). Dead Sober by Elizabeth Zelvin (SYKM), 1st in her Bruce Kohler series of humorous mysteries starring the eponymous recovering alcoholic in Manhattan, originally out under the title Death Will Get You Sober from Minotaur in 2008, @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians). Crooked Man by Tony Dunbar (SYKM), 1st in his Edgar Award-nominated Tubby Dubonnet series of humorous murder mysteries starring the eponymous foodie lawyer in New Orleans, originally out from Putnam in 1994 @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians). Louisiana Hotshot by Edgar Award-winner Julie Smith (SYKM, Wikipedia), 1st in her Talba Wallis series of humorous PI procedurals starring an African-American poet and computer whiz in New Orleans, originally out from Tor's Forge imprint in 2001 @ Kobo & thence price-matched in selected regions @ Amazon (available to Canadians). Just a reminder that if you happen to enjoy any of these and wish to read more, now that BBN's catalogue has started filtering back into non-Amazon venues, they're couponable @ Kobo (and mostly, but not all, DRM-free), and there are currently two of Julie Smith's backlist titles on sale for just 99 cents each (at least one of them has previously been recently free within the past 2 years, IIRC).