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Hard Magic: Book I of the Grimnoir Chronicles by Larry Correia from Baen Books is $2.11 (US Kindle)

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Jake Sullivan is a war hero, a private eye-and an ex-con. He's free because he has a magical talent, being able to alter the force of gravity in himself and objects in his vicinity, and the Bureau of Investigation calls on him when they need his help in apprehending criminals with their own magical talents. But the last operation he was sent along to help with went completely wrong, and Delilah Jones, the woman the G-men were after, who just happened to be an old friend of Jake's in happier times, had a lot of magical muscle with her, too much muscle for the cops to handle, even with Jake's help.

It got worse. Jake found out that the Feds had lied to him about Delilah being a murderer as well as a bank robber, and they had lied about this being his last job for them-he was too valuable for them to let him go. And things were even worse than Jake imagined. There was a secret war being waged by opposing forces of magic-users, and Jake had no idea that he had just attracted the attention of one side, whose ruthless leaders were of the opinion that Jake was far too dangerous to be permitted to live...

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Secondhand Spirits: A Witchcraft Mystery by Juliet Blackwell from NAL/Penguin Group is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Love the vintage- not the ghosts

Lily Ivory feels that she can finally fit in somewhere and conceal her "witchiness" in San Francisco. It's there that she opens her vintage clothing shop, outfitting customers both spiritually and stylistically.

Just when things seem normal, a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area. Lily has a good idea that some bad phantoms are behind it. Can she keep her identity secret, or will her witchy ways be forced out of the closet as she attempts to stop the phantom?

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I'm the One That I Want by Margaret Cho from Ballantine Books is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Comedian. Icon. TV star. Role model. Trash talker. Fag hag. Gypsy. Tramp. Thief. Margaret Cho displays her numerous sides in this funny, fierce, and honest memoir.

As one of the country’s most visible Asian Americans, she has a unique perspective on identity and acceptance. As one of the country’s funniest and most quoted personalities, she takes no prisoners. And as a warm and wise woman who has seen the highs and lows of life, she has words of encouragement for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider.

With I’m the One That I Want, Margaret Cho has written a book every bit as hilarious, shocking, and insightful as she is.

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Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is Joseph Wambaugh at his best. If you like police procedurals, you'll love this."

Back in print, the debut novel that redefined the coming-of-age genre, now with an introduction by New York Times bestselling author Maria Semple.

Ask today's favorite novelists what books influenced their writing and you'll hear Brother of the More Famous Jack again and again.Worn dog-eared copies of this long out-of-print novel are highly prized and shared enthusiastically in literary circles-its return to print is cause for celebration.

Stylish, suburban Katherine is eighteen when she is propelled into the heart of Professor Jacob Goldman's rambling home and his large eccentric family. As his enchanting yet sharp-tongued wife, Jane, gives birth to her sixth child, Katherine meets beautiful, sulky Roger and his volatile younger brother, Jonathan. Inevitable heartbreak sends her fleeing to Rome, but ten years later, older and wiser, she returns to find the Goldmans again.

Highland Velvet (The Velvet Montgomery Annals Quadrilogy Book 2) by Jude Deveraux from Pocket Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I absolutely love this! The story is filled with history, action, adventure, villains, love, and even humor!"

Jude Deveraux steps back to a time and place where revenge and rivalry rule men's hearts—and love conquers all—in this wonderful Montgomery novel.

Bronwyn MacArran was a proud Scot. Stephen Montgomery was one of the hated English.

He came to Scotland as a conqueror, saw her beauty and was vanquished. But still she would abhor him.
She owned a temper hot enough to forge the armors of battle or inflame a valiant soldier's passion. Yet still she would resist him.

She became his reason to live, his reason to love. And still she would deny him.

But while clan fought clan, while brother took up sword against brother, and the highlands ran with blood—their destiny was made...and this mighty warrior pledged himself to his woman's pride, her honor and her name—and made of their love a torch to burn through the ages!

After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress from Tachyon Publications ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "One of science fiction's greatest literary talents, Nancy Kress has written a captivating novella in this. Anyone interested in dystopian sci-fi should read this."

2012 Nebula Award Winner
2012 Locus Award Winner
2013 Hugo Nominee
2013 Sturgeon Award Nominee

In the year 2035, all that is left of humanity lives in the Shell.

No one knows why the Tesslies attacked in 2014, devastated the environment, and nearly destroyed humanity. Or why the aliens imprisoned twenty-six survivors in a sterile enclosure built on the barren remains of the Earth.

Fifteen-year-old Pete, one of only six children born in the Shell, is determined to lead humanity to a new beginning. But Pete struggles to control his anger as, one by one, the survivors sicken and die. Although the Earth appears to be slowly healing, the Shell’s inhabitants may not live long enough to see it. The only chance for humanity lies within brief time portals. Peter and the survivors hatch a desperate plan: to increase their numbers by abducting children from the past.

In the year 2013, a brilliant CIA consultant sees a pattern in seemingly unrelated kidnappings. As Julie Kahn’s predictive algorithms reveal that the world is in imminent danger, she discovers that she may also play a role in its possible rebirth. Julie and Pete are rapidly converging in time—a chance encounter between them may be the Earth’s only hope.

Spymistress: The True Story of the Greatest Female Secret Agent of World War II by William Stevenson from Arcade Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (May 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This a must read for anyone interested in the history of espionage or a little known story from World War II."

She was beautiful. She was ruthless. She had a steel trap for a mind and a will of iron.

Born Vera Maria Rosenberg in Bucharest, she became Vera Atkins, legendary spy and holder of the Legion of Honor. Recruited by William Stevenson—the spymaster who would later come to be known as “Intrepid”—when she was only twenty-three, Vera spent much of the 1930s running countless perilous espionage missions. When war was declared in 1939, her fierce intelligence, blunt manner, personal courage, and knowledge of several languages quickly propelled her to the leadership echelon of the highly secretive Special Operations Executive (SOE), a covert intelligence agency formed by, and reporting to, Winston Churchill. She recruited and trained several hundred agents, including dozens of women, whose objectives were to penetrate deep behind enemy lines.

The stirring exploits and the exemplary courage of the SOE agents and the French Resistance fighters—who in the words of General Dwight D. Eisenhower together “shortened the war by many months”—are justly celebrated. But the central role of Vera Atkins has until now been cloaked in silence. William Stevenson was the only person she trusted to record her life; he kept his promise that he would not publish her story until after her death. Here is the extraordinary account of the woman whose intelligence, beauty, and unflagging dedication proved key in turning the tide of World War II.

Insight (Beholders) by Terron James from Jolly Fish Press ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book is filled with adventure, romance, shocks, humor, realism, and fantasy. It even has a monster or two. I really enjoyed it."

Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

More than a thousand years ago, the king of Appernysia banished the Rayders to the Exile. The Beholders, men with the ability to see and harness the world’s energy, were slaughtered, and the Second Age began without magic. Now, ruthless Rayder scouts are searching Appernysia for a Beholder to lead their people to victory against the Appernysian king. When Rayders come to Pree, twins Lon and Mellai Marcs are caught in the middle of an ancient conflict. Seventeen-year-old Lon discovers he is a Beholder—the first of the Second Age—and the one the Rayders are searching for. Lon must learn to use his power before it kills him, but the only person who can help him is deep within Rayder territory. He must decide if keeping himself alive is incentive enough to betray his family, his king, and the woman he loves by joining the enemy.

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Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult, Samantha van Leer from EMILY BESTLER BOOKS/ATRIA/SIMON PULSE ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 5)

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Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

In this delightful companion novel to Off the Page, #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jodi Picoult and her daughter and cowriter, Samantha van Leer, present the YA novel that started it all! Filled with romance, adventure, and humor, the magic jumps off the page (literally) in a story you’ll never forget.

What happens when happily ever after…isn’t?

Delilah is a bit of a loner who prefers spending her time in the school library with her head in a book—one book in particular. Between the Lines may be a fairy tale, but it feels real. Prince Oliver is brave, adventurous, and loving. He really speaks to Delilah.

And then one day Oliver actually speaks to her. Turns out, Oliver is more than a one-dimensional storybook prince. He’s a restless teen who feels trapped by his literary existence and hates that his entire life is predetermined. He’s sure there’s more for him out there in the real world, and Delilah might just be his key to freedom.

A romantic and charming story, this companion novel to Off the Page will make every reader believe in the fantastical power of fairy tales.

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The Hanging Judge: A Novel by Michael Ponsor from Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Based on the experience of the author, a federal judge who in 2000 presided over the first capital case in Massachusetts in more than fifty years, this extraordinary debut thriller offers an unprecedented inside view of a federal death penalty trial

When a drive-by shooting in Holyoke, Massachusetts, claims the lives of a Puerto Rican drug dealer and a hockey mom volunteering at an inner-city clinic, the police arrest a rival gang member. With no death penalty in Massachusetts, the US attorney shifts the double homicide out of state jurisdiction into federal court so he can seek a death sentence.

The Honorable David S. Norcross, a federal judge with only two years on the bench, now presides over the first death penalty case in the state in decades. He must referee the clash of an ambitious female prosecutor and a brilliant veteran defense attorney in a high-stress environment of community outrage, media pressure, vengeful gang members, and a romantic entanglement that threatens to capsize his trial—not to mention the most dangerous force of all: the unexpected.

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1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke from Open Road Media is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Stephen Clarke’s hilarious and enlightening history of the love-hate relationship between Britain and France

Things have been just a little awkward between Britain and France ever since the Norman invasion in 1066. Over the subsequent thousand years of wars, treaties, and cultural rivalries, the strange relationship between these nations ranged from contentious to comic. From the Hundred Years’ War and Joan of Arc, to the American Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase, to the ascendance of Napoleon Bonaparte and dawning of the Victorian era, Clarke examines with insight and humor the misfortunes and missteps that marked British and French—and sometimes American—relations through the centuries.

Fast-paced and endlessly entertaining, 1,000 Years of Annoying the French is a riveting history of western Europe’s oddest couple.

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Dirty Magic (Prospero's War Book 1) by Jaye Wells from Orbit is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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MAGIC IS A DRUG. CAREFUL HOW YOU USE IT.

The Magical Enforcement Agency keeps dirty magic off the streets, but there's a new blend out there that's as deadly as it is elusive. When patrol cop Kate Prospero shoots the lead snitch in this crucial case, she's brought in to explain herself. But the more she learns about the investigation, the more she realizes she must secure a spot on the MEA task force.

Especially when she discovers that their lead suspect is the man she walked away from ten years earlier - on the same day she swore she'd given up dirty magic for good. Kate Prospero's about to learn the hard way that crossing a wizard will always get you burned, and that when it comes to magic, you should never say never.

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The Pearl that Broke Its Shell: A Novel by Nadia Hashimi from William Morrow is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi's literary debut novel is a searing tale of powerlessness, fate, and the freedom to control one's own fate that combines the cultural flavor and emotional resonance of the works of Khaled Hosseini, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Lisa See.

In Kabul, 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school, and can rarely leave the house. Their only hope lies in the ancient custom of bacha posh, which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age. As a son, she can attend school, go to the market, and chaperone her older sisters.

But Rahima is not the first in her family to adopt this unusual custom. A century earlier, her great-great grandmother, Shekiba, left orphaned by an epidemic, saved herself and built a new life the same way.

Crisscrossing in time, The Pearl the Broke Its Shell interweaves the tales of these two women separated by a century who share similar destinies. But what will happen once Rahima is of marriageable age? Will Shekiba always live as a man? And if Rahima cannot adapt to life as a bride, how will she survive?

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Four Fiction Classics by Flannery O'Connor ($2.99 Each) from Farrar, Straus and Giroux is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Four Fiction Classics by Flannery O'Connor are $2.99 Each.

Red River Deep by Carolyn Brown from Vintage Publishing ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Every time I pick up one of Carolyn Brown's books, I think this one can't be better than the last, but I am proven wrong. This one is short but sweet."

One fight ended it all…

And now Tracey has a secret, and bittersweet memories that she keeps close to her heart. Maybe a brand new start in a brand new town would help erase the memories. It was worth a try.

Building a new life…

Is what Austin is planning when he takes the position at Oklahoma State University. He planned on forgetting the past not rekindling an old love with Tracey Walker. But maybe a person has to put an end to the past to move on to the future.

He loved her Red River deep, but with their shattered past and present responsibilities it won’t be easy for either of them to learn to trust and love again, but miracles do happen.

If you liked Carolyn Brown’s Broken Road series: To Trust, To Believe, To Commit, To Hope and To Dream, you'll love Red River Deep.

The Song of Albion Trilogy Series by Stephen Lawhead ($0.99 Each) from Thomas Nelson is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, The Song of Albion Trilogy Series by Stephen Lawhead for $1.99 Each.

Customer Review: "These books are some of the best I have ever read!"

How to Hug a Porcupine: Negotiating the Prickly Points of the Tween Years by Julie A. Ross, M.A. from McGraw-Hill ($1.99) is the Kindle Parenting Deal of the Day (May 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an extraordinary book which changed the way that I think about and relate to my child."

“You never listen to anything I say!”

Yesterday, your child was a sweet, well-adjusted eight-year-old. Today, a moody, disrespectful twelve-year-old. What happened? And more important, how do you handle it? How you respond to these whirlwind changes will not only affect your child's behavior now but will determine how he or she turns out later. Julie A. Ross, executive director of Parenting Horizons, shows you exactly what's going on with your child and provides all the tools you need to correctly handle even the prickliest tween porcupine.

Find out how other parents survived nightmarish tween behavior--and still raised great kids
Break the “nagging cycle,” give your kids responsibilities, and get results
Talk about sex, drugs, and alcohol so your kid will listen
Discover the secret that will help your child to disregard peer pressure and make smart choices--for life

The Shark Whisperer (Tristan Hunt and the Sea Guardians) by Ellen Prager from Scarletta Junior Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (May 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an imaginative story line with appealing characters that also just might inspire some young marine biologists."

Age Level: 9 - 12 | Grade Level: 3 - 7

After his most klutzy move ever, falling into a pool of sharks, things for Tristan Hunt begin to look up. Tristan is invited to an ocean-themed summer camp in the Florida Keys where he discovers that he and the other young teens there have very special and rare talents when it comes to the ocean. After the camp receives a distress call from ocean animals, Tristan and his new friends get pulled into a daring rescue in the Bahamas. With the help of sharks, dolphins, a quick-escape artist octopus, and some seabird bombers, the campers must use their young talents in an attempt to outwit an evil shark-finning, reef-blasting billionaire.

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Marlene by Marlene Dietrich from Open Road Media is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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A fascinating self-portrait of one of the greatest entertainers of Hollywood’s golden age

Film star. Cabaret sensation. Recording artist. Writer. Marlene Dietrich was nothing short of enchanting—and remains so as she chronicles her fabulous rise to stardom in Marlene. From her early career in Germany as a chorus girl to her breakout role as Lola in The Blue Angel to her courageous wartime tours, Dietrich recounts a life that captivates on the page just as she smoldered on the screen. She writes passionately of her friends—including Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, and Edith Piaf, among many others—and she shares memories of what she calls her greatest accomplishment: entertaining the Allied troops during World War II. A sustained expression of her bold, sophisticated style, Marlene reminds us why Dietrich remains an international icon and a true Hollywood legend.

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Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul: Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Educators by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen from Chicken Soup for the Soul is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Most people recall a teacher or two who had a significant impact on their future. In fact, outside the family unit, teachers have more influence on our lives than anyone else. Good teachers help students believe in themselves with a glimpse of what they might become. They go the extra mile to make learning fun and meaningful, and they inspire students to dream and broaden their horizons. Teachers have the power to change lives.

Written by a wide range of teachers, counselors, administrators, educational consultants, and former students, the stories in Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul will convince teachers that they’re needed now more than ever.

Chicken Soup for the Teacher’s Soul is required reading for every teacher, student, and former student. Readers will learn treasured lessons on the importance of encouragement, the power of love, the value of taking a risk in the classroom, and the need for mentors and allies. Teachers will recognize themselves and their students in these stories of hope and love. They will see their growing challenges as newfound opportunities to transform lives.

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The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL by Eric Greitens from HMH Books for Young Readers is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

In this adaptation of his best-selling book, The Heart and the Fist, Eric speaks directly to teen readers, interweaving memoir and intimate second-person narratives that ask the reader to put themselves in the shoes of himself and others. Readers will share in Eric’s evolution from average kid to globe-traveling humanitarian to warrior, training and serving with the most elite military outfit in the world: the Navy SEALs. Along the way, they’ll be asked to consider the power of choices, of making the decision each and every day to act with courage and compassion so that they grow to be tomorrow’s heroes. Sure to inspire and motivate.

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Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick from Sourcebooks Landmark ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is Joseph Wambaugh at his best. If you like police procedurals, you'll love this."

Nothing worthwhile is easy. Not becoming a knight. Not when you don't fit in anywhere.

Brunin Fitzwarin knows this better than anyone. Lost in his own home, he's now a knight-in-training to the Lord of Ludlow—and still utterly alone. That is, until the youngest daughter of the house befriends him.

But England is in turmoil, and Brunin must fight with his lord to support King Stephen for the English crown.

As the war rages on and his particularly close to home, Brunin must defeat the shadows of his childhood and take on the mantle of knight, confronting the future head on.

A rich tale of coming of age in a world where chivalry is a luxury few can afford. Shadows and Strongholds is a tale of earning your place and finding your way home.

"The best writer of medieval fiction currently around."—Richard Lee, founder and publisher, Historical Novel Society

The Songbird's Seduction by Connie Brockway from Montlake Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This romance is beyond delightful. It's not just a love story, but an invitation to fall in love with the whimsical stylings of this fantastic wordsmith."

Effervescent bon vivant Lucy Eastlake is a young operetta singer whose star is on the rise in Edwardian London. Though struggling to maintain her beloved great-aunts’ household, she holds fast to the belief that “things will work out.” Now, with the fiftieth anniversary of a siege her great-aunt Lavinia lived through approaching, it looks like Lucy is right, because a fortune is due to be divided among the survivors. All Lucy and her great-aunts have to do is travel to a small Pyrenees town to claim Lavinia’s share of a fabulous treasure in rubies. What could be more simple?

Professor Ptolemy Archibald Grant is the brilliant, straitlaced grandson of a British lord who also withstood the siege. When his grandfather asks him as a matter of honor to escort his old love on the journey, the about-to-be married professor agrees, not expecting Lucy to be part of the bargain. Losing the great-aunts en route, the handsome, buttoned-down professor finds himself caught up in Lucy’s quirky, bewildering, and probably illegal efforts to reunite with them, as he is drawn further and further into an inexplicable infatuation with the free-spirited singer. What could be more complicated?

But when unwilling attraction gives way to sizzling passion, both will be forced to confront the ages-old question of whether love trumps honor…or the other way around.

Four Books in the Odyssey One Series by Evan Currie ($0.99 Each) from 47North is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Four Books in the Odyssey One Series by Evan Currie for $1.99 Each.

Humanity's quest for the stars brings the heavens down upon Earth.

Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth & Ernestine Gilbreth Carey from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (May 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A rare mix of inspiration and humor, this sequel to Cheaper By the Dozen is a must-read for everyone!"

The classic sequel to Cheaper by the Dozen

After Dad died, life at the Gilbreth house became more challenging to say the least. But with twelve kids, a resourceful mother, and an irrepressible blend of humor and sentiment, America’s favorite extra-large family will find a way to keep it all together. The Gilbreths happily rise to every occasion: Mother works to keep the family business running without Dad, and the kids tackle the adventures of growing up en masse.

With the clan struggling to make ends meet and stay together, everyone has to pitch in. Their attempts to pinch pennies frequently result in comical chaos, and everyday life at the Gilbreths’ is full of good cheer, even when confronted by tragedy. From the trials of the first year without Dad to the daily crises of a family with a double-digit headcount, the stories of Belles on Their Toes are wholesome, heartwarming, and always hilarious.

Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy from Mars by Daniel Pinkwater from Amazon ($0.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 7) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a masterpiece of comedy. I especially recommend it to anyone who feels that they don't fit in."

Leonard's life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.

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The Skin Map: A Bright Empires Collection by Stephen Lawhead from Thomas Nelson is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future.

Kit Livingstone's great-grandfather appears to him in a deserted alley during a tumultuous storm. He reveals an unbelievable story: that the ley lines throughout Britain are not merely the stuff of legend or the weekend hobby of deluded cranks, but pathways to other worlds. To those who know how to use them, they grant the ability to travel the multi-layered universe of which we ordinarily inhabit only a tiny part.

One explorer knew more than most. Braving every danger, he toured both time and space on voyages of heroic discovery. Ever on his guard and fearful of becoming lost in the cosmos, he developed an intricate codeùa roadmap of symbolsùthat he tattooed onto his own body. This Skin Map has since been lost in time. Now the race is on to recover all the pieces and discover its secrets.

But the Skin Map itself is not the ultimate goal. It is merely the beginning of a vast and marvelous quest for a prize beyond imagining.

The Bright Empires series from acclaimed author Stephen R. Lawhead is a unique blend of epic treasure hunt, ancient history, alternate realities, cutting-edge physics, philosophy, and mystery. The result is a page-turning, adventure like no other.