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The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon from Grand Central Publishing/Hachette ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: This is a rare gem of a book. Do yourself a huge favor and pick up a copy as soon as you can. It's a beautiful story."

It is 1968. Lynnie, a young white woman with a developmental disability, and Homan, an African American deaf man, are locked away in an institution, the School for the Incurable and Feebleminded, and have been left to languish, forgotten. Deeply in love, they escape, and find refuge in the farmhouse of Martha, a retired schoolteacher and widow. But the couple is not alone-Lynnie has just given birth to a baby girl. When the authorities catch up to them that same night, Homan escapes into the darkness, and Lynnie is caught. But before she is forced back into the institution, she whispers two words to Martha: "Hide her."

And so begins the 40-year epic journey of Lynnie, Homan, Martha, and baby Julia-lives divided by seemingly insurmountable obstacles, yet drawn together by a secret pact and extraordinary love.

Spotless (Spotless Series Book 1) by Camilla Monk from Montlake Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Goofy and downright delightful, this pokes a little satirical fun at the romance category while also showing a love of the genre through its story-telling."

Island Chaptal—nerdy IT engineer by day, romance novel junkie by night—just walked into her messy New York apartment to find Mr. Right waiting for her. No, wait…Mr. Clean.

A gentleman professional killer with a bad case of OCD and zero tolerance for unsorted laundry, March isn’t there to kill her…yet. He wants the diamond her late mother stole for a sinister criminal organization. Island agrees to help him find it, facing the kind of adversaries who dismember first and ask questions later. Good thing she’s got March to show her the ropes. And the guns. And the knives.

The buttoned-up Island is soon having a blast racing from Paris to Tokyo following the clues in her mother’s will, and for the first time, she’s ready to get close to someone. But falling for a hit man may be the very definition of loving dangerously.

Spotless marks the beginning of Island and March’s ongoing adventures.

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman from Titan Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Science Fiction & Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an excellent alternative history and dark fantasy."

It is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders.

Anno Dracula is a rich and panoramic tale, combining horror, politics, mystery and romance to create a unique and compelling alternate history. Acclaimed novelist Kim Newman explores the darkest depths of a reinvented Victorian London.

This brand-new edition of the bestselling novel contains unique bonus material, including a new afterword from Kim Newman, annotations, articles and alternate endings to the original novel.

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto by Joan Reardon from Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A foodie friendship, one letter at a time, this collection of the correspondence between Julia Child and her friend Avis DeVoto is wonderful."

Amazon Best Books of the Month, December 2010

With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia?

Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie Julie & Julia, open the window on Julia’s deepest thoughts and feelings. This riveting correspondence, in print for the first time, chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and the turbulent process of Julia’s creation of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, one of the most influential cookbooks ever written.
Frank, bawdy, funny, exuberant, and occasionally agonized, these letters show Julia, first as a new bride in Paris, then becoming increasingly worldly and adventuresome as she follows her diplomat husband in his postings to Nice, Germany, and Norway.

With commentary by the noted food historian Joan Reardon, and covering topics as diverse as the lack of good wine in the United States, McCarthyism, and sexual mores, these astonishing letters show America on the verge of political, social, and gastronomic transformation.

The Guardian Herd: Starfire (The Guardian Herd Series Book 1) by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a fantastic good vs. evil novel for tweens."

Age Level: 8 - 12 Grade Level: 3 - 7

The first book in a gripping new tween fantasy series about winged horses—perfect for fans of the Warriors, Survivors, and Guardians of Ga'Hoole series.

Once every hundred years, a black foal is born, prophesied to either unite or destroy the five herds of flying horses that live in Anok—fated to become the most powerful pegasus in all of the land.

Star is this black foal.

Even though Star has malformed wings that make him unable to fly, the leaders of each herd will take no risks and want to execute Star before his first birthday. With the help of his friends, Star must escape the clutches of the powerful leaders, and his epic journey of self-discovery turns into a battle between good and evil that will keep readers eagerly turning the pages.