Cheapish St Martin's Press Reads Stumbled Upon

[SensualPoet]

Stephen J Cannell - Hollywood Touch - St Martin's Press - 448 pgs
A Shane Scully Novel
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon $2.99
LAPD investigator Shane Scully agrees to return a favor to former snitch Nicky Marcella, a street hustler turned shady movie producer. But murder is around the corner.

Iris Johansen - Quicksand - St Martin's Press - 352 pgs
Kobo - $3.29
The action-packed 12th installment in bestseller Johansen's saga featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (after Stalemate) is also a sequel of sorts to Pandora's Daughter

Erica Hayes - Shadowfae - St Martin's Griffin Press - 288 pgs
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon $2.99
In the intriguingly dark version of modern Melbourne depicted in Hayes's debut, succubi and incubi tempt mortals with erotic rapture; vampiric mob families war over territory and women; and fairies are dying of an unknown cause.

Ann Cleves - Raven Black - St Martin's Press - 320 pgs
Kobo - $3.29
On the remote island of Shetland, teacher Fran Hunter is walking home when she spots a splash of red in the deep, white snowdrifts, with black ravens flying above. What a perfect picture it makes, she thinks. But on closer inspection, she finds that the "perfect picture" is the dead body of local teenager Catherine Ross, whose red scarf has been used to strangle her.

Celeste Bradley - Devil in my Bed - St Martin's Press - 352 pgs
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon - $2.99
The three-year-old girl sitting on the steps of Brown’s Club for Distinguished Gentlemen insists that one of its members is her papa. Aidan de Quincy feels obligated to help the wee thing, even though she certainly isn’t his—or is she? To find answers, Aidan must first track down the lovely widow he swore to forget when their passionate affair came to a painful end.

Sherrilyn Kenyon - Night Pleasures - St Martin's Press - 320 pgs
A Dark Hunter Novel
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon - $2.99
He is solitude. He is darkness. He is the ruler of the night. Yet Kyrian of Thrace has just woken up handcuffed to his worst nightmare: An accountant. Worse, she's being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there.

OK, so something of a mixed bag ... but everything abt $3 and all from St Martin's Press, certainly one of the more credible publishers out there.

These are from a Canadian e-book buyer location; availability may be different for your location. I consulted kobobooks.com and amazon.com from Toronto.

[sbtx99]

I just got this one, also from St. Martin's Press....

Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (432 pages)
$2.99 - Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Sony
Min Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Cal Morrisey knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans, and it’s not long before Min and Cal are dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kremes, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a mutant cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of including the biggest gamble of all - real love.

[SensualPoet]

I think it is a good sign that not everything is $9.99 from leading publishers ... or that even $7.99 or $5.99 is a de facto minimum price point.

I also see Steven Saylor's Roma from St Martins Press is still at kobobooks for $3.29 and amazon for $2.99; this was discussed in another thread.

[Diana495]

Just an FYI, I don't know if it's been fixed or not, but the Kindle version of Kenyon's book has some horrible formatting. I bought it awhile ago thinking to replace my hardcopy, but ended up returning it because it was unreadable. Hopefully this has been fixed.

[pendragginp]

The Ann Cleves/Raven Black Kindle book is 2.99 at Amazon now.

http://www.amazon.com/Raven-Black-Sh...6&sr=1-1-fkmr0

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by SensualPoet

Stephen J Cannell - Hollywood Touch - St Martin's Press - 448 pgs
A Shane Scully Novel
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon $2.99
LAPD investigator Shane Scully agrees to return a favor to former snitch Nicky Marcella, a street hustler turned shady movie producer. But murder is around the corner.

$2.99 from Sony http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/ste...00000000033224

Erica Hayes - Shadowfae - St Martin's Griffin Press - 288 pgs
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon $2.99
In the intriguingly dark version of modern Melbourne depicted in Hayes's debut, succubi and incubi tempt mortals with erotic rapture; vampiric mob families war over territory and women; and fairies are dying of an unknown cause.

$2.99 from Sony http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/eri...00000000223375

Celeste Bradley - Devil in my Bed - St Martin's Press - 352 pgs
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon - $2.99
The three-year-old girl sitting on the steps of Brown’s Club for Distinguished Gentlemen insists that one of its members is her papa. Aidan de Quincy feels obligated to help the wee thing, even though she certainly isn’t his—or is she? To find answers, Aidan must first track down the lovely widow he swore to forget when their passionate affair came to a painful end.

$2.99 from Sony http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/cel...00000000173524

Sherrilyn Kenyon - Night Pleasures - St Martin's Press - 320 pgs
A Dark Hunter Novel
Kobo - $3.29 • Amazon - $2.99
He is solitude. He is darkness. He is the ruler of the night. Yet Kyrian of Thrace has just woken up handcuffed to his worst nightmare: An accountant. Worse, she's being hunted by one of the most lethal vampires out there.

$2.99 from Sony http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/she...00000000033279

OK, so something of a mixed bag ... but everything about $3 and all from St. Martin's Press, certainly one of the more credible publishers out there.

These are from a Canadian e-book buyer location; availability may be different for your location. I consulted kobobooks.com and amazon.com from Toronto.

I consulted Sony in the USA.

[SensualPoet]

Thanks, Jon! Here's the Sony Reader Store as seen from Canada for these titles:

Stephen J Cannell - Hollywood Tough - $2.99
Iris Johansen - Quicksand - not for sale
Erica Hayes - Shadowfae - not available in Canada
Ann Cleves - Raven Black - not available in Canada
Celeste Bradley - Devil in my Bed - $2.99
Sherrilyn Kenyon - Night Pleasures - $2.99
Jennifer Crusie - Bet Me - not available in Canada
Stephen Saylor - Roma - not available in Canada

Only three of eight titles available -- but all the others from Kobo and/or Amazon. All eight are found at kobobooks. You can see why Sony's store is not that appealing in Canada.

Wacked, isn't it, geo-restrictions?