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Amazon Whispersync -- Kindle for Samsung -- exp 31 May

All four selections for May have Whispersync pairs. For those with Samsung devices, your first Kindle selection is free (1st Kindle price) and the remaining selections are $1.99 or less (2nd Kindle price). Purchases must be made from a Samsung device using the Kindle for Samsung app to qualify for this pricing. For those without Samsung devices, the Kindle books are the current selling price (3rd Kindle price). After purchasing the ebooks, the audiobooks are available for $1.99 each. See this post for additional details and discussions about this month's ebook selections.

For those with Kindle Unlimited and/or Prime Reading, some of the selections may have Whispersync pairs. After borrowing the "free" ebooks, the audiobooks are available for $1.99 each.

Can't find the Kindle for Samsung app? --> see this discussion posts 320~332


Tidewater -- Libbie Hawker/ Scott Merriman, et al --> 17.9 hrs --> historical

• Whispersync --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free/$1.99/$3.99)
  
• Kindle Unlim --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free)
  
• Spoiler:

  Tidewater: A Novel of Pocahontas and the Jamestown Colony
  
  In 1607, three ships arrive on the coast of Virginia to establish Jamestown Colony. One girl's life - and the lives of her people - are changed forever.
  
  To Pocahontas and her people, the Tidewater is the rightful home of the Powhatan tribe. To England it is Virginia Territory, fertile with promise, rich with silver and gold. As Jamestown struggles to take root, John Smith knows that the only hope for survival lies with the Powhatan people. He knows, too, that they would rather see the English starve than yield their homeland to invaders. In the midst of this conflict, Pocahontas, the daughter of the great chief, forges an unlikely friendship with Smith. Their bond preserves a wary peace - but control can rest only in one nation's hands. When that peace is broken, Pocahontas must choose between power and servitude - between self and sacrifice - for the sake of her people and her land.
  
  Revised edition: This edition of Tidewater includes editorial revisions.

No Peace for the Damned -- Megan Powell/ Christina Traister --> 7.5 hrs --> paranormal

• Whispersync --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free/$1.49/$1.49)
  
• Kindle Unlim --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free)
  
• Prime Read ---> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free)
  
• Spoiler:

  Magnolia Kelch Series --> book 1 of 2
  
  Magnolia Kelch is no stranger to pain. Beautiful and powerful, she’s spent her entire life at the mercy of her sadistic father and the rest of the Kelch clan, who have tortured her and tested the limits of her powers. After one particularly heinous night that leaves Magnolia nearly dead, she finally sees her chance for escape….
  
  But this first taste of freedom is short-lived when she collides with Thirteen, head of the Network - a secret organization dedicated to fighting supernatural criminals - who recruits her into the group. Even as she’s coming to grips with this new life and the horrific memories that still haunt her, she’s conflicted by her growing attraction to fellow team member Theo and the emergence of new, untested abilities. After months of grueling training, her loyalty to the team is tested when she learns her target is the Network’s most wanted: the Kelch family.
  
  Revenge may course through her veins, but so does the blood of the Kelches. And opposing her family may cost her the thing she treasures most. After all, Magnolia is still a Kelch. And the Kelches are damned.

Old Gold -- Jay Stringer/ Ralph Lister --> 6.6 hrs --> suspense

• Whispersync --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free/$1.49/$1.49)
  
• Kindle Unlim --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free)
  
• Spoiler:

  Eoin Miller Series --> book 1 of 3
  
  When gangland detective and former cop Eoin Miller wakes up to realize his almost-one-night stand has gone cold as a corpse in his bed, his gypsy heritage screams for him to do the easy thing and run. Having abandoned his morals, ambitions, and relationships for a life of alcohol, denial, and dirty work for local crime bosses, escape seems to be the only option left. But Eoin is surprised by a compulsion to root out his unknown enemies and fight for survival.
  
  All too soon, he finds himself caught in the crossfire between nearly every faction in town: rival crime lords, drug dealers, politicians, cops - even his estranged wife has a card in play. His quest to uncover the truth - and prove his innocence - resurfaces deep pains, old scars, and shattered relationships that threaten to bury him under regret. That is, if the killer doesn’t bury him first.

Portrait of a Girl -- Dörthe Binkert/ David deVries --> 10.2 hrs --> romance

• Whispersync --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free/$1.99/$1.99)
  
• Kindle Unlim --> Audible ($1.99) | Kindle (free)
  
• Spoiler:

  In the summer of 1896, a grand Swiss spa hotel becomes a refuge for Nika, a penniless beauty whose tortured past has left her unable to speak. While working in the manicured gardens, she becomes a muse to the celebrated painter Giovanni Segantini, who takes her under his wing.
  
  Although he’s married, the two bond closely, and beneath his gaze Nika blossoms. She opens her heart to Segantini, serving as the muse for his luminous masterwork La Vanità, and through his patience recovers her voice. The secret between them is her sole material possession: a golden locket with clues to her mysterious heritage.
  
  How will Nika learn the hidden secrets of the locket and uncover her origins? And what path awaits her once the facts are revealed? As her ties to Segantini grow ever more complex, her search for love and truth becomes as perilous as the quest for an alpine summit - and her destiny is rewritten on the journey.

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