Kindle for Samsung Free Selections

[skinmaan]

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

I didn't like either list. I'll probably bow out this month.

Dittos, which is unusual for me - the Samsung selections have mostly been good month to month. Oh well, even a good hitter swings and misses from time to time.

[copyrite]

Not too enthusiastic with these or the Kindle First titles.

[tubemonkey]

Horrible selections. I went with Gravy Train.

[Froide]

Today's the last day to grab one of these February 2016 freebies.

[Froide]

They're out! Here are the March 2016 Samsung Book Deals selections, from the Kindle store (in the order in which Amazon presented them). I researched them a bit, to identify series (if any) each belongs to and its genre(s).

Click on Samsung Book Deals to learn how this works. You may also want to read the earlier, related MR thread: Kindle for Samsung launched in 90 countries


Chaos Quarter, by David Welch (normally $3.99) - Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, Galactic Empire, Genetic Engineering, Space Opera

Book Description:

For over five hundred years, humanity has sprawled across the galaxy, forming fractious empires and deadly regions of lawless space. In the midst of brewing tensions, disgraced pilot Rex Vahl is tapped for a suicide mission: infiltrate an interplanetary power known only as the “Hegemony” and discover what hides behind their veil of secrecy.

What does Rex have on his side? His co-pilot is a former prostitute with tiger-striped skin. His gunner is a traitorous ex-nobleman wanted by his countrymen. His engineer is a laid-back cyborg exiled for asking one too many questions about God. Add in a woman genetically engineered to have no free will, and you get his motley crew. Armed with only a souped-up freighter, Rex blasts off to pursue rumors of a mysterious Hegemony ambassador on the planet of Cordelia. To get there, he and his crew must cross the Chaos Quarter, a tumultuous territory defined by tyrants, pirates, and religious extremists. Even if they survive the journey, the ambassador could prove deadlier than any enemy they face along the way.

But when Rex discovers that the Empire of Europa—the Commonwealth’s greatest foe—has agents skulking in the shadows, he realizes his mission is no longer a secret. And if he secures his prize now, the intergalactic fallout could unleash the most deadly war the galaxy has ever seen.

Revised edition: Previously published, this edition of Chaos Quarter includes editorial revisions.

The Mercy of the Night, by David Corbett (normally $4.99) - Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > Hard-Boiled, Crime Fiction, Hard-Boiled

Book Description:

Phelan Tierney helps people who hope to start their lives over. When Jacquelina Garza, a young woman he’s taken under his wing, disappears, the former lawyer devotes himself to finding her—despite her secretive and puzzlingly unhelpful family.

Jacqi has been to hell and back. Abducted by a child predator when she was eight years old, she still, years later, bears the scars of the incident and its very public aftermath. Her life takes an even steeper downward spiral when she witnesses the murder of a man it seems everyone wanted dead. But no one, not even the police, wants to hear her version of what actually happened.

Can these two wayward souls find redemption amid the convenient lies and difficult truths that have followed them for so long?

David Corbett, award-winning author of four previous novels, has written his most personal and powerful work to date, a story of haunting suspense with characters you will never forget.

Through the Smoke, by Brenda Novak (normally $3.99) - Genre(s): Historical Romance, Gothic

Book Description:

Winner of the National Readers' Choice Award for Historical Romance

A shocking betrayal…

Riches. Power. An ancient heritage of pride. The Earl of Druridge wanted only for an heir. So when he learned that his wife was carrying another man’s child, he was filled with a thirst for vengeance.

But he wasn’t the one who caused Katherine’s death. Or was he? To his horror, he remembers nothing of that dreadful night, when their last shocking confrontation ended in scorching flame and cold blood.

A forbidden love…

Rachel McTavish, the beautiful daughter of a coal miner, knows something about the fire that took Lady Katherine’s life. In secret, the strong-willed girl strikes a bargain with the desperate earl: he must send his physician to help her dying mother or he may go to the scaffold—and the devil. The earl agrees, but Rachel is still unsure that her revelation will be enough to save him when so many wish him dead.

Passionately drawn to the nobleman, despite all the doubt and mystery that shrouds him, Rachel wonders if he can really be a murderer. Or if he is the only man who will ever own her heart…

The Threshing Circle, by Neil Grimmett (normally $3.99) - Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery

Book Description:

On the Greek island of Crete, traditions run deep and there are often secrets that are best left buried. Weaving myth and magic, history and adventure, The Threshing Circle is a powerful exploration of honour, betrayal and revenge.

Visitors Eleni and Patrick seek to uncover the story of a beautiful English woman who was executed on the island during the 1940s Nazi occupation. Their questions begin to unpick a web of forbidden love, betrayal and greed, murder and vendettas. Then they vanish.

A feisty Scottish woman and an irascible, Zorba-like Greek form a reluctant and unlikely alliance in a race to find them. The journey leads them to remote villages abandoned after decades of vendetta, hidden rituals and characters good and evil. Very soon though, the hunters become the hunted, as the murderous family behind the original crime seek to remove all threats to their honour and position of power.

Revised edition: This edition of The Threshing Circle includes editorial revisions.

[Dngrsone]

Chaos Quarter sounds interesting, though it seems like a stereotypical misfit team adventure... the ratings on Amazon are all over the place.

The Mercy of Night seems like second-tier, according to the ratings, as well...

I'm going to wait a while on this month's selection.

[Manabi]

I'm going with Chaos Quarter, but I doubt I'll be reading it any time soon.

[Froide]

I added all four selections to my TBR list but actually purchased The Threshing Circle.

[ATDrake]

Just a reminder that this will probably be the last day to pick up one of the freebie selections if you haven't already.

[tubemonkey]

Easy choice; it's sci-fi -- Chaos Quarter.

[Froide]

Tomorrow, I'll be hitting the road early, before the selections are posted, and out and about all day. I hope someone else will please post them.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Froide

Tomorrow, I'll be hitting the road early, before the selections are posted, and out and about all day. I hope someone else will please post them.

I gotcha covered if no one beats me to it.

...but it'll cost you some drunk banana cake

[Froide]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I gotcha covered if no one beats me to it.

...but it'll cost you some drunk banana cake

TubeMonkey, Thanks a bunch! (Get it?) Here, enjoy this drunk cake.


Surprise! The titles have been posted this earlier than usual. But, I'm on the fly. So...here's a short list. TubeMonkey - or whoever might beat him to the punch - will post the details and should drink this.

• The Curse Keepers (Curse Keepers Series, Book 1), by Denise Grover Swank
• Ghouls Rush In (The Peyton Clark Series Book 1), by H.P. Mallory
• In Cold Blood (A Beatrix Rose Thriller Book 1), by Mark Dawson
• The Final Piece, by Maggi Myers

[tubemonkey]

Kindle for Samsung -- Free Book of the Month -- exp 30 Apr

• The Curse Keepers -- Denise G Swank --> R-4.1 --> paranormal romance
• Ghouls Rush In -- HP Mallory --> R-4.2 --> paranormal romance
• In Cold Blood -- Mark Dawson --> R-4.5 --> revenge thriller
• The Final Piece -- Maggi Myers --> R-4.4 --> coming of age romance

The Curse Keepers --> Curse Keepers (book 1)

The wall between our world and that of vengeful spirits has protected humanity for more than 400 years. It’s about to come crashing down.

Ellie Lancaster has lived her whole life by the site of the mysterious Lost Colony of Roanoke, the North Carolina settlement that vanished without a trace around 1590. Only the descendants of the two men who banished the spirits of an enemy tribe from the material realm know what really happened to the colony. Ellie is one of those descendants—a Curse Keeper. Her father took pains to teach her what he knew of the curse and the responsibilities of its guardians. He taught her that if the two Curse Keepers ever meet, the curse will be lifted, the gate will open, and the raging Native American spirits will be unleashed to seek their revenge.

Despite her father’s seriousness, Ellie has always taken the legend for a harmless fairy tale. Until she meets the darkly handsome, but downright infuriating, Collin Dailey and realizes everything she was told is true. For when they meet, it’s like the air is sucked from the room. Collin’s presence is electrifying… and it’s not just attraction Ellie feels, but the inexorable pull toward her destiny. The prophecy is real, and now Ellie and Collin must battle supernatural forces and their loathing—and passion—for each other to set things right.

The Curse Keepers are all that stand between the world and its destruction.

Ghouls Rush In --> Peyton Clark (book 1)

Do you believe in love after life?

Looking for a fresh start, Peyton Clark becomes the proud owner of a piece of New Orleans history: an Antebellum-era two-story house in the Garden District. It’s going to take time and a fat wallet to restore the fixer-upper to its former glory, but after her recent divorce, Peyton could use the distraction.

It’s not long before Peyton discovers she’s moved into the haunted home of a flirtatious paranormal prankster. She’s receiving kisses from unseen lips and caresses from a ghostly hand, and soon she begins to have vivid dreams, bringing her face-to-face with the incomparably handsome ghost of Drake Montague.

When Peyton grows closer to her general contractor, Ryan Kelly—who is as charming as he is alive—the chill in the air could only suggest Drake’s jealousy from beyond the grave. But even though she’s definitely attracted to and interested in Ryan, Peyton also can’t get Drake out of her dreams, or her heart, as she begins to uncover the frightening truth behind his death a century ago…

In Cold Blood --> Beatrix Rose Thriller (book 1)

In the vein of Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher, action-packed In Cold Blood introduces readers to Beatrix Rose, an exciting new hero with a deadly vendetta.

As the most dangerous assassin in a government kill squad, Beatrix Rose isn’t the kind of person you want to upset. Ambushed and betrayed by her team, she’s driven underground and plans revenge.

Years later, she emerges from the Hong Kong underworld with payback on her mind and a list of six people who must pay for what they did to her. With their lives.

Revised edition: This edition of In Cold Blood contains editorial revisions.

The Final Piece

Life shouldn’t be about picking up the pieces. Beth Bradshaw has spent her life hiding from her tragic past. From the moment a trusted family friend steals her innocence until the moment another rescues her, she struggles to just survive. Surrounded by the comfort and protection of her extended family, Beth embarks on a journey of healing far from the horrors of her home. In her darkest moments, she meets a boy named Ryan. For one incredible summer, Ryan shows Beth what it’s like to act her own age. To feel free and let go. If only for a while. Years later, another tragedy threatens to shatter the life Beth has carefully crafted. When faced, yet again, with more pieces to pick up, Beth begins to question what her choices have cost her. Leaving her old life behind, she sets forth on a pilgrimage that will bring her back to the boy she could never forget. He wants to help her pick up the pieces of her life, but is she willing to do what it takes to become whole again? Can she trust him with a piece of herself?

[tubemonkey]

In Cold Blood - this was an easy pick. I like this genre. Besides, with 3 of the 4 choices being romance, this book would've won by default anyway. I most thoroughly hate romance!