Cold Comfort (Officer Gunnhildur Mystery 2) by Quentin Bates from C & R Crime (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "Quentin Bates writes with authority…the plot is very tight, rich in atmosphere, rife with tension."
Officer Gunnhildur, recently promoted from her post in rural Iceland to Reykjavík’s Serious Crime Unit, is tasked with hunting down escaped convict Long Ommi, who has embarked on a spree of violent score-settling in and around the city. Meanwhile, she’s also investigating the murder of a fitness guru in her own city-center apartment. As Gunna delves into the cases, she unearths some unwelcome secrets and influential friends shared by both guru and convict. Set in an Iceland plagued by an ongoing financial crisis, Gunna has to take stock of the whirlwind changes that have swept through the country—and the fact that at the highest levels of power, the system’s endemic corruption still leads, inevitably, to murder.
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Scandal in the Regency Ballroom by Louise Allen from Mills & Boon (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Wealthy heiress Lily is determined to trade her vulgar new money for marriage to a man with a respected title.
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Stop Talking, Start Doing: A Kick in the Pants in Six Parts by Shaa Wasmund from Capstone (£1.79) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "Beautifully produced and with testimonials from some truly great and inspirational names."
There’s never been a better time, or a more urgent time, to start doing the things you want to do.
Perhaps you feel your career is stuck in a rut – or maybe you’re in the wrong job altogether. Or maybe you have a great business idea but something is stopping you from actually getting started. You may already be running a business but struggling to get to it to where you want it to be. Or perhaps you just want to be more successful in general – without knowing exactly what your vision of success is - yet!
If you want to do something but secretly fear you’re never going to do it, whatever that might be, then this will help you.
Stop Talking, Start Doing is a short, clear and cleverly illustrated book that will inspire you to take action. Whatever you want to achieve, this is the kick in the pants you need to get to where you truly want to be.
It’s great that you know you can do more, but just thinking about it, won’t make it happen. It’s doing that makes the difference. DO IT. If you’ve got something you want to do… now is a good time to start.
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Hide and Snoop (The Odelia Grey Mystery Series, Book 7) by Sue Ann Jaffarian from MIDNIGHT INK ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A wickedly funny and engaging story for chick-lit fans who like feisty women."
A merger at Odelia Grey’s law firm has put her job in jeopardy, and her new icy-cold boss, Erica Mayfield, has it in for her. The humiliation doubles when Erica dumps her three-year-old niece with Odelia and disappears for the weekend. The nerve! Primed for a confrontation, Odelia impulsively goes to her boss’s house in the middle of the night—and finds Erica’s sister murdered. Before she knows it, Odelia’s madcap misadventure to prove her own innocence ends up in a cuddly cradle of crime.
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Coastal Summons by Katrina Thomas from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "An incredibly romantic story with wonderful surprises. Highly recommended!"
Laina Danvers was just a child when her parents died, and she was taken in by her father’s kindly foster mother, Gram. Though the rest of her adoptive family scorned her as an outsider, Gram and her grandson Ian always loved Laina like she was one of their own. Now Laina is all grown up and a foster parent in her own right, to a little girl named Jada whose upcoming adoption by strangers is sure to break Laina’s heart.
But Laina faces the prospect of another devastating loss when Gram’s health begins to fail. As she has so many times before, Laina turns to Ian for advice, only to find that her feelings for her handsome, warm-hearted friend have changed, deepening into a love that could transform her life...or ruin her dearest friendship.
When Laina and Ian come together at the family summer home on the windswept shores of Hatteras Island, the sparks igniting between them cannot be ignored. But with stakes as high as these, can they overcome their fear of heartbreak to claim the promise of love?
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Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This is profound statement on humanity's role in the Universe. An absolute must read."
In the near future, enormous silver spaceships appear without warning over mankind’s largest cities. They belong to the Overlords, an alien race far superior to humanity in technological development—and their purpose is to dominate the Earth. Their demands, however, are surprisingly beneficial—end war, poverty, and cruelty. Their presence, rather than signaling the end of humanity, ushers in a golden age—or so it seems.
But it comes at a price. Without conflict, humanity ceases to work toward creative achievement, and culture stagnates. And as the years pass, it becomes more and more clear that the Overlords have a hidden agenda for the evolution of the human race—that may not be as beneficial as it seems.
Originally published in 1953, Childhood’s End is Clarke’s first successful novel—and is considered a classic of science fiction literature. Its dominating theme of transcendent evolution appears in many of Clarke’s later works, including the Space Odyssey series. In 2004, the book was nominated for the Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel.
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Gandhi: A March to the Sea by Alice B. McGinty from Two Lions ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 8) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Great illustrations and lyrical writing--a winner!"
Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up
Mohandas Gandhi’s 24-day March to the Sea, from March 12 to April 5, 1930, was a pivotal moment in India’s quest to become an independent country no longer ruled by Great Britain. With over 70 marchers, Gandhi walked from his hometown near Ahmedabad to the seacoast near Dandi. The march was a non-violent means to protest the taxes that Great Britain had imposed on salt-not the salt that the Indians could get from the sea, but the salt that Great Britain forced them to buy. Gandhi believed that peaceful protests were an effective way to challenge British law, and his peaceful but ultimately successful movement became known as Satyagraha.
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