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Featured $1.99 Kindle Books for Memorial Day (3-Day-Weekend)

Celebrate Memorial Day with this selection of Kindle books for $1.99 each.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov (Narrated by Kevin T. Collins) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$15.36)

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High above the planet Florinia, the Squires of Sark live in unimaginable wealth and comfort. Down in the eternal spring of the planet, however, the native Florinians labor ceaselessly to produce the precious kyrt that brings prosperity to their Sarkite masters. Rebellion is unthinkable and impossible. Living among the workers of Florinia, Rik is a man without a memory or a past. He has been abducted and brainwashed. Barely able to speak or care for himself when he was found, Rik is widely regarded as a simpleton by the worker community where he lives. But as his memories begin to return, Rik finds himself driven by a cryptic message he is determined to deliver: Everyone on Florinia is doomed . . . the Currents of Space are bringing destruction. But if the planet is evacuated, the power of Sark will end--so some would finish the job and would kill the messenger. The fate of the Galaxy hangs in the balance.

©1952 Isaac Asimov; (P)2009 BBC Audio

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Cell: A Novel by Stephen King from Scribner/Simon and Schuster ($2.99) is the KOBO Daily Deal (May 23)

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From international bestseller Stephen King, a high-concept, ingenious and terrifying story about the mayhem unleashed when a pulse from a mysterious source transforms all cell phone users into homicidal maniacs.

There’s a reason cell rhymes with hell.

On October 1, God is in His heaven, the stock market stands at 10,140, most of the planes are on time, and Clayton Riddell, an artist from Maine, is almost bouncing up Boylston Street in Boston. He’s just landed a comic book deal that might finally enable him to support his family by making art instead of teaching it. He’s already picked up a small (but expensive!) gift for his long-suffering wife, and he knows just what he’ll get for his boy Johnny. Why not a little treat for himself? Clay’s feeling good about the future.

That changes in a hurry. The cause of the devastation is a phenomenon that will come to be known as The Pulse, and the delivery method is a cell phone. Everyone’s cell phone. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization’s darkest age, surrounded by chaos, carnage, and a human horde that has been reduced to its basest nature...and then begins to evolve.

There’s really no escaping this nightmare. But for Clay, an arrow points home to Maine, and as he and his fellow refugees make their harrowing journey north they begin to see crude signs confirming their direction. A promise, perhaps. Or a threat...

There are 193 million cell phones in the United States alone. Who doesn’t have one? Stephen King’s utterly gripping, gory, and fascinating novel doesn’t just ask the question “Can you hear me now?” It answers it with a vengeance.

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Never Fall Down: A Novel by Patricia McCormick from Balzer + Bray ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 23)

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Torn from his family and assigned to a labor camp while watching others die before his eyes, a young boy will fight to survive the Khmer Rouge though playing music in the Killing Fields. Based on the true story of Arn Chorn-Pond, award-winning author Patricia McCormick tells an inspiring and powerful story of a child of war who becomes a man of peace.

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The Devil's Own by Garry Douglas Kilworth from Robinson (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The first of the colourful exploits of Jack Crossman, The Devil's Own sees him in the thick of the fighting during the notoriously brutal and bloody Crimean War. In an uneasy nineteenth century alliance with the French and the Turks, the British troops faced the dreaded Cossacks on the battlefield and debilitating diseases such as cholera in their campsites. Sergeant Jack Crossman, referred to by his admiring comrades as 'Fancy Jack', is a tough, shrewd and skilful soldier, part of the proud 88th Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, also known as 'The Devil's Own.' When Crossman is selected to lead a covert operation, he knows that his success or failure could determine the outcome of the war. Whether he and his men will survive their mission is another matter.

A Brilliant Little Operation: The Cockleshell Heroes and the Most Courageous Raid of World War 2 by Paddy Ashdown from Aurum Press (£1.09) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In 1942, before El Alamein turned the tide of war, the German merchant fleet was re-supplying its war machine with impunity. So Operation Frankton, a daring and secret raid, was launched by Mountbatten’s Combined Operations and led by the enigmatic ‘Blondie’ Hasler – to paddle ‘Cockleshell’ canoes right into Bordeaux harbour and sink the ships at anchor. It was a desperately hazardous mission from the start – dropped by submarine to canoe some hundred miles up the Gironde into the heart of Vichy France, surviving terrifying tidal races, only to face the biggest challenge of all: escaping across the Pyrenees. Fewer than half the men made it to Bordeaux; only four laid their mines; just two got back alive. But the most damage was done to the Germans’ sense of impregnability.

Paddy Ashdown, himself a member of the Royal Marines’ elite Special Boat Squadron formed as a consequence of Frankton, has always been fascinated by this classic story of bravery and ingenuity - as a young man even meeting his hero Hasler once. Now, after researching previously unseen archives and tracing surviving witnesses, he has written the definitive account of the raid.

The real truth, he discovers – a deplorable tale of Whitehall rivalry and breakdowns in communication – serves only to make the achievements of the ‘Cockleshell’ heroes all the more heroic.

True to the Highlander (The Novels of Loch Moigh) by Barbara Longley from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Treachery rules the Highlands of 1423. With their king captured by the English, Scottish nobles plot to ransom James behind the back of the brutal regent holding their land in his iron grip. But not every clan wishes to see King James back on his throne…

Sitting atop this powder keg of bloodthirsty rivalries, Malcolm of clan MacKintosh takes the mysterious, lone maiden he finds along his road as a bad omen…though an undeniably beautiful one. When he attempts to save her from a rogue within his own garrison, she deftly brings Malcolm to his knees. Who is this willful lass who has so quickly laid siege to his heart?

Alethia Goodsky has met all kinds working at the New York Renaissance Festival, but no one like the fortune-teller who tasks her with a cryptic life-saving mission and flings her into the fifteenth century. Now Alethia must rely on her wits to unravel the mystery in this violent land. Malcolm has sworn to protect her, but her gifts may soon make her his protector. With enemies closing in, Alethia must choose between finding a way home…and remaining true to her Highlander.

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Inés of My Soul: A Novel by Isabel Allende from Harper ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Allende has written another masterpiece that is richly textured with wonderfully developed historical characters."

Two sisters. Two voices. One Heart.

As the only sisters in rock who write their own music and play their own instruments, Ann and Nancy Wilson have always stood apart—certainly from their male counterparts but also from their female peers. By refusing to let themselves and their music be defined by their gender, and by never allowing their sexuality to overshadow their talent, the Wilson sisters have made their mark, and in the process paved the way for many of today's female artists.

In Kicking & Dreaming, Ann and Nancy recount a journey that has taken them from the back roads of Vancouver, where they got their start as a band, to the pinnacle of success—and sometimes excess. They reveal the truth about the relationships that inspired "Magic Man" and "Crazy on You," the reality of life on the road as single women and then as mothers, and the thrill of performing and in some cases partying with their rock idols. Through it all, the sisters draw strength from a family bond that trumps everything else.

Seven Day Fiancé: A Love and Games Novel by Rachel Harris from Entangled: Bliss/Macmillan ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "These characters were really well thought out and the writing was very compelling."

One bad boy. One good girl. One unforgettable week.

Angelle Prejean is in a pickle. Her family is expecting her to come home with a fiancé—a fiancé who doesn’t exist. Well, he exists, but he definitely has no idea Angelle told her mama they were engaged. Tattooed, muscled, and hotter than sin, Cane can reduce Angelle to a hot mess with one look—and leave her heart a mess if she falls for him. But when she ends up winning him at a charity bachelor auction, she knows just how to solve her fiancé problem.

Cane Robicheaux is no one’s prince. He doesn’t do relationships and he doesn’t fall in love. When sweet, sultry-voiced Angelle propositions him, he hopes their little fiancé game can finally get her out of his head. He doesn’t expect her to break through all his barriers. But even as Angelle burrows deeper into his heart, he knows once their seven days are up, so is their ruse.

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter from Harper ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The story is weaved together exceptionally well and the different worlds are strange and exciting."

An unmissable milestone for fans of Sir Terry Pratchett: the first SF novel in over three decades in which the visionary inventor of Discworld has created a new universe of tantalizing possibilities—a series of parallel “Earths” with doorways leading to adventure, intrigue, excitement, and an escape into the furthest reaches of the imagination.

The Long Earth, written with award-winning novelist Stephen Baxter, author of Stone Spring, Ark, and Floodwill, captivate science fiction fans of all stripes, readers of Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams, and Carl Hiaasen, and anyone who enjoyed the Terry Pratchett/Neil Gaiman collaboration Good Omens.

The Long Earth is an adventure of the highest order—and an unforgettable read.

Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business by Chris C. Ducker from BenBella Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Business & Money Deal of the Day (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Ducker opened my eyes and thanks to his book I am planning a big change in my organization."

Entrepreneurs often suffer from ”superhero syndrome”—the misconception that to be successful, they must do everything themselves. Not only are they the boss, but also the salesperson, HR manager, copywriter, operations manager, online marketing guru, and so much more. It’s no wonder why so many people give up the dream of starting a business—it’s just too much for one person to handle.

But outsourcing expert and ”Virtual CEO,” Chris Ducker knows how you can get the help you need with resources you can afford. Small business owners, consultants, and online entrepreneurs don’t have to go it alone when they discover the power of building teams of virtual employees to help run, support, and grow their businesses.

Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants.

With additional tactics and online resources, Virtual Freedom is the ultimate resource of the knowledge and tools necessary for building your dream business with the help of virtual staff.

Smoke by Ellen Hopkins from Margaret K. McElderry Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Hopkins does it again with her perfect flow and writing style, gritty characters with mysterious back stories."

Pattyn’s father is dead. Now she’s on the run in this riveting companion to the New York Times bestselling Burned.

Pattyn Von Stratten’s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated.

Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you’ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth?

Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.

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Audible Daily Deal - A Kiss Before Dying by Ira Levin (Narrated by Mauro Hantman) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$14.95)

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A Kiss Before Dying not only debuted the talent of best-selling novelist Ira Levin to rave reviews, it also set a new standard in the art of mystery and suspense. Now a modern classic, as gripping in its tautly plotted action as it is penetrating in its exploration of a criminal mind, it tells the shocking tale of a young man who will stop at nothing--not even murder--to get where he wants to go. For he has dreams; plans. He also has charm, good looks, sex appeal, intelligence. And he has a problem. Her name is Dorothy; she loves him, and she's pregnant. The solution may demand desperate measures. But, then, he looks like the kind of guy who could get away with murder. Compellingly, step by determined step, the novel follows this young man in his execution of one plan he had neither dreamed nor foreseen. Nor does he foresee how inexorably he will be enmeshed in the consequences of his own extreme deed.

©1953 Ira Levin (P)2011 AudioGO

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Emily and Einstein: A Novel of Second Chances by Linda Francis Lee from St. Martin's Press ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 25)

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When Emily's husband suddenly dies and she's threatened with eviction, life becomes more complicated once she learns of his infidelity. Fortunately, comfort comes in the form of a wacky dog named Einstein who makes her feel like Sandy isn't really gone, in this novel about second chances from Linda Francis Lee (The Glass Kitchen).

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Poppy Day (No Greater Love) by Amanda Prowse from Head of Zeus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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How far would you go to bring home the one you love? A gripping story of loss and courage, from an author who is also an Army wife.

Ever since hairdresser Poppy Day married her childhood sweetheart, Mart, she's been deliriously happy. Now Mart is fighting in Afghanistan, and Poppy is counting the days until he returns. It takes one knock at the door to rip Poppy's world apart. Mart has been taken hostage, and it's too dangerous for the army to rescue him. Poppy is determined to bring him home herself. But her journey will lead her to a heartbreaking dilemma. What price will she pay to save the man she loves?

Master Of War by David Gilman from Head of Zeus (£1.29) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasion of France.

As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone will learn the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfare.

Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life, a battle that is just the first chapter in a book of legend - Blackstone: Master of War.

March, Women, March by Lucinda Hawksley from André Deutsch (£1.09) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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March, Women, March explores the women's movement in Britain, from the Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792 to women attaining the vote in 1928.

Published to commemorate the centenary of the death of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, who was dragged under King George V's horse during the Derby and thus sustained fatal injuries, this fascinating book uses anecdotes and accounts by both famous and hitherto lesser known suffragettes and suffragists to explore how the voice of women came to be heard throughout the land in the pursuit of equal votes for females.

Using diary extracts and letters, the main protagonists of the women's movement are brought back to life as Lucinda Dickens Hawksley explores how they were portrayed in literature and art as well as the media reports of the day.

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A Small Indiscretion by Denise Rudberg from AmazonCrossing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The setting for this novel is mostly quite bleak and sparse, which adds an atmosphere that is very different from most contemporary crime fiction."

Marianne Jidhoff is having trouble getting back on her feet after the death of her husband, Hans. As Stockholm’s Attorney General, Hans was known as much for his marital indiscretions as his ability to solve complex cases. But Olle Lundqvist, Lead Prosecutor at the department and Marianne’s friend of many years, knows that she was the brain behind Hans’s success. He persuades her to come back to work, and she quickly shakes her grief as she finds herself at the center of a series of mysterious killings among Stockholm’s upper echelons. Marianne teams up with the brash and handsome investigator Torsten Ehn to find out who is behind the murders, and together they uncover a kinky secret society populated by the city’s elite.

This sexy twist on the Scandinavian crime tradition—dubbed Elegant Crime by the author—is both a colorful glimpse into the rarefied world of Sweden’s rich and powerful and a beguiling mystery featuring a cast of unforgettable characters.

Falling for Mr. Wrong: A Bencher Family Book by Inara Scott from Entangled: Indulgence ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A light and fun romance read that has really great chemistry."

Looking for Mrs. Right...

Single father of three, Ross Bencher, knows the kind of woman he wants: someone predictable, reliable, and safe, who can give his kids the security they deserve. Someone entirely different from high-altitude mountaineer Kelsey. Kelsey bewitches him with her long legs and wild passion and is about as far from his ideal as a woman can get, but try telling that to his body. Or his heart...

Falling for Mr. Wrong...

When Kelsey agreed to fill in as a temporary nanny for her best friend’s agency before a big climbing expedition, she had no idea she’d be working for drop-dead sexy Ross Bencher, a man she can’t seem to keep her hands off. She knows if she wants to bring herself—and her father—back alive from the Himalayan Mountains, she can’t afford second-guessing, attachments, or distractions. But Ross’s blue eyes and strong hands leave her gasping...and questioning everything she’s ever known about love...

'The Split Worlds' fantasy series by Emma Newman from Angry Robot are $1.99 each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 'The Split Worlds' fantasy series by Emma Newman are $1.99 each.

Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar by Kelly Oxford from It Books/HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Humor Deal of the Day (May 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book is hilarious. She writes in a style that is quick to read, and is laugh out loud funny."

Kelly Oxford has been one of the most hysterical voices on the Internet since it was still a series of tubes. In 1997, she began sharing stories of her life as a young wife and mother on a Geocities page, then on an anonymous blog, then on a MySpace account; eventually she found her métier in the widely followed Tumblr blog Eject and in her raucous, often filthy, always hilarious Twitter feed, which has garnered 315,000 followers and adds 500 to 2,000 more each day. There is no mistaking Kelly’ s voice:

“ Something people in McDonalds have? Fries. Something people in McDonalds don’ t have? Ankles.”
“ Caught 2 yr old chewing on a corn kernel she found in her shoe; looks like my husband doesn’ t need that paternity test after all!”
“ When my dog smells someone’ s crotch I say, ‘ Sorry, she’ s one of those cancer smelling dogs.’ ”
“ Had my son’ s hearing tested because he’ s always yelling. Turns out he’ s just an asshole.”
Straight-talking and riotously funny, Kelly Oxford has a knack for seeing the hilarity in the everyday. Now, Kelly has written a side-splitting book of essays that shine her blindingly sardonic light on life as she sees it.

April Fools by Richie Tankersley Cusick from Open Road Media Teen & Tween ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Revenge is no joke

On their way home from an April Fools’ party, Belinda and her friends mistakenly cause a horrible accident. Fearing they’ll be on the hook for murder, they flee the scene and vow to keep silent. But weeks later, Belinda’s conscience won’t give her any peace—and neither will the mysterious person who is terrorizing her with cruel pranks. After enduring a series of sickening jokes, Belinda fears that she and her friends aren’t the only ones who know their secret—and that these pranks may be a deadly warning in disguise.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

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Audible Daily Deal - We Will Survive: True Stories of Encouragement, Inspiration, and the Power of Song by Gloria Gaynor, Sue Carswell (Narrated by Gloria Gaynor) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$14.95)

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Gloria Gaynor’s number-one hit single "I Will Survive" debuted in 1978 to overwhelming success. Shortly thereafter, the single went double platinum. Over three decades later, it still strikes a chord among men and women everywhere.

Over the years, the disco legend has received thousands of personal messages from adoring fans whose lives have been transformed by this timeless song. Their remarkable stories reveal that "I Will Survive" has reached people from all walks of life and touched their lives in thousands of unique ways. From individuals triumphing over illness to those suffering from the painful loss of a loved one to others piecing their lives together after bearing witness to national tragedy, "I Will Survive" has become an emotional anthem for them and for millions of Gaynor’s adoring fans around the world.

In We Will Survive, Gloria shares 40 of these inspirational, true stories about survivors of all kinds - individuals who have found comfort, hope, and courage through the power of this one song.

©2013 Gloria Gaynor Fowles (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. "I Will Survive" written by Dino Fekaris and Frederick J. Perren. Universal-PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. on behalf of itself and Perren-Vibes Music, Inc. Used by Permission, all rights reserved.

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Her Last Breath (Kate Burkholder Series #5) by Linda Castillo from Minotaur Books/Macmillan ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 27)

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Before the next installment (The Dead Will Tell) of Linda Castillo's gripping Kate Burkholder series arrives July 8, catch up on the Chief of Police's last investigation in the quaint town of Painters Mill. What initially looks like a tragic car accident turns out to be the work of a dangerous, cold blooded killer living among the residents of this seemingly perfect Amish community.

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Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it. by Lynne Barrett-Lee from Thistle Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Got a burning desire to write a novel but don’t know where to start? If so, you’ve come to the right place. Written by bestselling novelist and creative writing tutor, Lynne Barrett-Lee, Novel: Plan it. Write it. Sell it, will teach you the skills you need to do that, step by step.

There has never been an easier time to get your work in front of readers – just look at the millions of self-published books uploaded to Amazon. But if you want success of a commercial kind – i.e. to write a novel that will sell – then you need to take the time to learn your craft. To ask yourself questions: what are the key components every novel needs? How can you make yours unputdownable? How should you approach planning? Where’s the best place to begin? How do you create memorable characters, and build effective plots and subplots? How can you use dialogue to best effect? How should you plan your chapters? How can you make it sing? Where should you end?

But going the distance as a novelist is not just about ticking boxes. Neither is it just about talent. It’s about nailing your theme, maintaining passion, about caring for your characters. It’s also about doggedness and resilience - continuing to write even when everything feels hopeless. How exactly do you find the wherewithal to go the distance with your novel? And assuming you have, how the heck do you find an agent?

Taking you right through the novel creation process and beyond, Novel aims to guide you towards the answers that will work best for you, pointing out the pitfalls that beset so many would-be novelists, and helping you to chart a course through the entire creative process. That book burning inside you - would you prefer to see it sitting in a bookshop? Then welcome – your journey starts here.

The Runaways by Elizabeth Goudge from Hesperus Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This charming, magical story from award-winning author Elizabeth Goudge beautifully depicts early twentieth century English country life while conjuring an air of magical adventure. Written by the author who inspired J.K. Rowling, it is full of vivid characters, battles between good and evil and wonderful spell-binding moments.

Locked away in separate rooms as punishment by their ruthless grandmother, Nan, Robert, Timothy and Betsy decide to make their escape – out of the house, out of the garden and into the village. Commandeering a pony and trap, the children and their dog are led away as the pony makes his way nonchalantly home. The pony’s destination happens to be a house that belongs to the children’s uncle Ambrose. Gruff but loveable Uncle Ambrose agrees to take them under his wing, letting the children have free reign in his sprawling manor house and surrounding countryside.

Befriending the motley collection of house guests including an owl, a giant cat and a servant who converses with bees, and getting to know the miscellaneous inhabitants of the village, the four siblings discover a life in which magic and reality are curiously intermingled and evil and tragedy lurk never far away.

Winner of Hesperus Press’ ‘Uncover a Children’s Classic Competition’, The Runaways is a truly charming story from a bygone era.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater from Scholastic Fiction (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From a dazzlingly talented young writer, a haunting and original supernatural romance in the vein of TWILIGHT.

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

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The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks from Harper Perennial ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Banks does a great job of presenting each chapter from a different character's view and the reader really becomes invested in the story."

In The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks tells a story that begins with a school bus accident.

Using four different narrators, Banks creates a small-town morality play that addresses one of life's most agonizing questions: when the worst thing happens, who do you blame?

Beauty for Ashes (A Hickory Ridge Romance) by Dorothy Love from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy historical fiction and romance."

She’s a beautiful young widow. He’s a Southern gentleman with a thirst for adventure. Both need a place to call home.

After losing her husband in the Civil War, Carrie Daly is scared she will never have the family she longs for. Eligible bachelors are scarce in Hickory Ridge, Tennessee, but Carrie has found love. Not the weak-in-the-knees kind, but something practical. Still, she isn't quite ready to set a wedding date with Nate Chastain.

Griff Rutledge is a former member of Charleston society, but has been estranged from his family for years. He’s determined to remain unattached, never settling in one place for too long. But when asked to train a Thoroughbred for an upcoming race in Hickory Ridge, he decides to stay awhile.

Despite objections from the townsfolk, and her fear that true happiness has eluded her, Carrie is drawn to Griff's kindness and charm. It will take a leap of faith for them to open their hearts and claim God's promise to give beauty for ashes.

The Hoard by Alan Ryker from DarkFuse ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The character's in this book are all very well realized and they make this book shine."

A new breed…a new evil…

Hidden deep beneath its landfill lair of trash and filth, a strange new organism has come to life. When an accidental fire drives it out, the mysterious creature escapes across the drought-blasted Kansas prairie and finds the home of elderly hoarder Anna Grish. In desperate need of shelter, it burrows in, concealed amidst the squalor and mess.

When Adult Protective Services force Anna to vacate her junk-riddled home, she moves in with her son and his family. But there is something wrong with Anna, something more than her declining mental condition and severe hoarding disorder. Something sinister has taken hold of her, and it’s not only getting stronger, it’s spreading.

Amidst the wide-open Kansas plains, with endless blue sky above and flat, open vista stretching from one horizon to the next, there is nowhere to hide from…THE HOARD.

Churchill By Himself (Winston Churchill's In His Own Words Collection) by Winston S. Churchill from RosettaBooks ($2.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A huge, wonderful collection of Churchill quotes."

“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!”

Who can deny feeling moved by these words—or by any of the hundreds of speeches given by Winston Churchill to rally the British public, spur its government to armament against Hitler, and defend the causes for which he believed?

Churchill By Himself is the first collection of quotations from a leader who had as much talent for wit as he had for inspiration and exhortation. Edited by renowned Churchill scholar Richard Langsworth, this volume is the definitive collection of important quotes from one of the 20th century’s most persuasive and brilliant orators.

The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage by Eric Greitens from HMH Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I feel the life lessons in this book are invaluable to teenage readers."

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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The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson from Harper ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 29)

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In her upcoming novel, The Sea Garden, Deborah Lawrenson uses the lush countryside of Provence as her inspiration, while she made it the star of her riveting novel, The Lantern. Transport yourself to the lavender fields of the South of France in this modern gothic ghost tale of love and murder.