North Slope is a barren desert of ice in Alaska that stretches from the
Brooks Mountains to the Beaufort Sea, frozen during the winter clear to
the North Pole. It is in this wilderness that the Fyffe Oil Company
struggles in its search for oil. Andrew Fyffe, owner of the company,
finds time and money are running out. On the rig a man has been killed;
suspicion and fear are rampant among the drilling crews as they continue
their superhuman efforts before Fyffe goes bust. The one man who (Fyffe
believes) can save the company is McKinnon, once a famous wildcat oil
man, but now a drunk, a drop-out. Fyffe kidnaps McKinnon from a drinking
spree and flies him up to the oil rig, Fyffe One. When McKinnon sobers
up he quickly sees he will need all his old resourcefulness, skill and
courage to save the rig from catastrophe. The violent action of this
story takes place against the background, strongly conveyed, of Alaskan
Arctic winter and night. The rig and its crew confront dangers from
temperatures far below zero, from fire, and from a subtle and complex
intrigue ruthlessly executed by men whose objectives do not include the
welfare of Fyffe One. This first novel tells a powerful story with
conviction, a story to spellbind the reader and a mystery to be solved.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- North Slope by Michael Parker
FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- The Philanthropist's Danse by Paul Wornham
Twelve people. Five days. One fortune.
Johnston Thurwell, one of
the world’s richest men, dies unexpectedly. His family expects to
inherit his wealth, but instead discover the dying philanthropist has
spent his last days planning something called The Danse. The twelve most
important people in his life are brought together to decide the most
important question at the end of it. Who will inherit his fortune?
The
family is sequestered in the philanthropists’ remote country mansion
with a group that includes his best friend, his most loyal servants, and
his greatest rival. They must agree who among them will share the
fortune, but they must do it against the clock. Every twenty-four hours,
the fortune is reduced. In just five days, it will all be gone.
The
thin veneer of civility among the twelve is ripped away by naked greed
as their lust for money drives them into betrayal, blackmail and
violence.
The desperate family will do anything to save their inheritance. Except share it.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- From The Storm by Adrian J Walker
"We don’t know what his name is or where he came from, but he is living in my room."
In
the near future, a young man seeks adventure in the French Alps. Lost,
feverish and caught in a freak snowstorm, he finds refuge in a lonely
mountain farm where he stumbles upon a young girl’s diary from eighty
years before. Claudette tells of farm life disrupted by a blizzard and
the arrival of a stranger with a terrible injury. With her father sick,
the eight-year-old chronicles her struggle to look after the farm, and
its unwanted guest, alone.
In present day London, Joseph Martin
has screwed up. Once he was a lethal assassin, the best gun-for-hire.
Now, in his autumn years, even he has to admit he is losing it. His
failing skills have landed him in trouble with a dangerous client. Only
the successful completion of an eerily familiar mission can save his
skin; a mission which takes him into deepest Asia, where he must face a
past he has long tried to forget.
He’s not the only one on the
road in Asia. London city boy Ashley Gritten is traveling. Shedding the
challenges of his privileged life in Kensington, he’s off to ‘find
himself’ in the drugs, girls and debauchery of the backpacker trail. But
something else finds him. Something much, much worse.
Who would
have thought that a rich kid and an aging hit man would have so much in
common? And what does all of this have to do with Elmo, a pianist on
his death bed in Venice?
From The Storm is a dark and humorous story of how selves are lost and lives are found.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Killer Instinct: Charlie Fox book one by Zoe Sharp
KILLER INSTINCT is the first in Zoë Sharp’s highly acclaimed Charlotte
‘Charlie’ Fox crime thriller series, now available in e-format for the
first time, complete with Foreword by Lee Child, two previously deleted
scenes, Meet Charlie Fox and Meet Zoë Sharp extras, an excerpt from the
next Charlie Fox novel – RIOT ACT – and a bonus excerpt from Brett
Battles’ Jonathan Quinn novella, BECOMING QUINN.
‘Susie Hollins
may have been no great shakes as a karaoke singer, but I didn’t think
that was enough reason for anyone to want to kill her.’
Charlie
Fox makes a living teaching self-defence to women in a quiet northern
English city. It makes best use of the deadly skills she picked up after
being kicked out of army Special Forces training for reasons she
prefers not to go into. So, when Susie Hollins is found dead hours after
she foolishly takes on Charlie at the New Adelphi Club, Charlie knows
it’s only a matter of time before the police come calling. What they
don’t tell her is that Hollins is the latest victim of a homicidal
rapist stalking the local area.
Charlie finds herself drawn
closer to the crime when the New Adelphi’s enigmatic owner, Marc Quinn,
offers her a job working security at the club. Viewed as an outsider by
the existing all-male team, her suspicion that there’s a link between
the club and a serial killer doesn’t exactly endear her to anyone.
Charlie has always taught her students that it’s better to run than to
stand and fight, But, when the killer starts taking a very personal
interest, it’s clear he isn’t going to give her that option . . .
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Danger Danger by Gerry McCullough
Two lives in parallel – twin sisters separated at birth, but their lives
take strangely similar and dangerous roads until the final collision
which hurls each of them to the edge of disaster.
Katie and her
gambling boyfriend Dec find themselves threatened with peril from the
people Dec has cheated. Jo-Anne (Annie) through her boyfriend Steven
finds herself in the hands of much more dangerous crooks.
Can they survive and achieve safety and happiness?
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Split Decision (Hollywood Hills Series) by Traci Hohenstein
Meet Ava Spivey. She's a popular divorce attorney in Hollywood and is
known for her tenacity in the courtroom and her mega-million dollar
settlements for celebrity clients. However, her own marriage begins to
fall apart after a surprise encounter with her high school boyfriend.
When
hot action-adventure movie star, Sawyer Winston, retains Ava to
represent him in one of Hollywood’s biggest divorce scandals yet, she
finds herself in trouble after a media leak threatens to reveal a secret
that Sawyer had strictly confided only to Ava.
Will Ava be able to save her marriage and her career?
Split
Decision is the second book in the Hollywood Hill series. It features
your favorite characters from Special Delivery - Dr. Hope Love, Brad
Whitfield, and Venus Vanderbilt. However, this series can be read in any
order.
This book is approximately 25K words and is what I term a
"novellini". Perfect, delightful story for those who want to read a
light, funny book while at the beach, or in the tub with a bottle of
bubbly, or snuggled up in front of the fire sipping hot cocoa. Enjoy!
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Out of Mormonism: A Woman's True Story by Judy Robertson
When Judy and Jim Robertson felt a spiritual void in their lives, they found "the finest people in the world" to
embrace them and a beautifully packaged religion to entice them. Once
drawn into Mormonism, they quickly climbed to leadership positions and
became worthy temple Mormons, only to become disillusioned with the
teaching and demands of the LDS church. \
From her unique insider's
viewpoint, Judy shares her life as a Mormon woman, her rediscovery of
the Jesus of the Bible, and how she and Jim found freedom as they left
the LDS church in the face of persecution and confrontation.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- May Day (Murder-by-Month Mysteries, No. 1): A Murder-by-Month Mystery by Jess Lourey
Minneapolitan Mira James has been taking it easy since college
graduation--too easy. Due to a dead-end job and a cheating boyfriend,
the Twin Cities have lost their charm, and Mira decides to begin a new
life in rural Battle Lake. Right away she is offered jobs as an
assistant librarian and part-time reporter, and falls into an unexpected
romance with a guy who seems to be the perfect man until he turns up
dead between the reference stacks her tenth day on the job.
Anxious
to learn more about the man who had briefly stolen her heart, Mira
delves into the hidden mysteries of Battle Lake, including a old land
deed with ancient Ojibwe secrets, an obscure octogenarian crowd with
freaky social lives, and a handful of thirty-something high school
buddies who hold bitter, decades-old grudges. Mira soon discovers that
unknown dangers are concealed under the polite exterior of this quirky
small town, and revenge is a tator-tot hot dish best served cold.
A
hip, humorous, and gripping account of small-town murder, this novel is
the first in a series of cozies featuring Mira James, an urban woman
with rural Minnesota roots.
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FREE -- US ONLY Kindle Edition -- Underground Guardians: Healer by Lisa Renee Jones
The genetically enhanced elite Special Forces Unit The Black Knights
continues to battle to save the world from a rogue group of their own
men who wish to rule the world. Marcella Alexander, a woman considered
myth by most, is named the Witch Doctor for her unique healing powers
that the enemy wishes to use for evil. Diego, doctor of the Knights, is
enlisted to find Marcella and bring her to safety before she can be
captured. Marcella doesn’t know who to trust and she will not go with
Diego freely. Diego will have to become her captor to save her life, and
now, on the run through a danger infested territory inside Mexico, they
will find both obstacles, and burning hot passion. But Diego must earn
more than Marcella's passion. He must earn her heart and her trust, and
do so quickly if he is to save her from a madman who is determined to
possess her himself.
• Book 1 of the Underground Guardians is PROTECTOR. It is also available for download.
REVIEW:
Second
in the Underground Guardians series, this is a well-crafted and
imaginative story. The wonderful hero struggles to find a balance
between his needs and the heroine's need to make her own choices.
Marcella is rather naive, but she's also intelligent and strong. The
ending leaves you longing to learn more about these warriors and the
world they try to defend.
RT BOOKCLUB 4.5 stars!
Dear Reader:
The
Underground Guardians was originally published through Ellora’s Cave
many years ago. As time passed, though readers asked for the next book
in the series, I knew that there were things I should have done
differently, that I wanted to do differently. More time passed, and this
series stuck with me. I WANTED to write more stories. So finally, I sat
down and said – how do I write more? How do I get from where I started
to where I want to go? There was only one option. A spinoff series. So I
wrote a new series -- THE ZODIUS series -- which debuts in May 2011
with Sourcebooks Casablanca with the book THE LEGEND OF MICHAEL. But
these books – The Underground Guardians – inspired the Zodius series.
Without them, the Zodius series would never have taken form. So here is a
look into the young writer’s vision into a world that later became the
more mature writer’s world. You will actually meet my inspiration for
the Zodius version of Michael (LEGEND OF MICHAEL) in this book. In fact,
there will be many things in the Zodius series that you will find
familiar to the Underground Guardians series, but you will also find
many things very different.
I hope this look into the world of
the Underground Guardians will intrigue you enough to make you want to
read the Zodius series, starting with LEGEND OF MICHAEL.
Thank you for your support!
Lisa
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- The Rent-A-Groom by Jennifer Blake
Even though Gina cancels her wedding mere days before the ceremony,
she’s determined to keep her reservation for a famous honeymoon suite in
Dallas.
Enter Race, a Texas cowboy who cleans up rather well, and who declares himself her substitute groom for the week.
Thinking
her best friend hired Race, Gina goes along with the fun – at first.
But is Race really who he seems? Why is Gina’s ex-fiance staying at the
same hotel? And just how far is Gina prepared to go with Race and that
model-worthy face of his on their "honeymoon"?
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31,000 words - about 120 pages
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- River Rising by Kevin Kearney
"Ellie wheeled around again and saw him as he grabbed her with a
tattooed arm, stifling her scream with a forearm pressed over her mouth.
She struggled, twisted her head and saw that he held a jagged piece of
heavy branch in his free hand. He pressed harder, showing her he had
even greater strength he could bring to bear if he had to ..."
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When
Aaron Coleman hires Robert Lee Maggard to do a few odd jobs around his
remote farm, he has no idea that the soft-spoken kid with the altar
boy’s face has a violent temper, a history of assault and a taste for
crank -- and that these volatile elements will explode three days later
in a savage attack that will leave Aaron near death with a traumatic
brain injury.
Six months later, on the eve of Maggard’s trial, a
hundred year flood engulfs the rural Missouri county. The chaos of the
evacuation provides an opportunity for Maggard to engineer a violent
escape from jail. Intent upon settling scores, he makes his way to the
isolated farmhouse where Aaron -- still trying to recover from the
violent assault -- and his daughter Ellie are stranded in the middle of a
vast, flood-created lake.
In the ensuing death struggle, Aaron
Coleman has to call on physical and emotional resources he thought were
lost forever – his daughter’s life depends on it.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Six Moon Summer (Seasons of the Moon) by SM Reine
Rylie's been bitten. She's changing. And now she has three months to find a cure before becoming a werewolf... forever.
Rylie
Gresham hates everything about summer camp: the food, the fresh air,
the dumb activities, and the other girls in her cabin. But the worst
part is probably being bitten by a werewolf. Being a teenager is hard
enough, but now she's craving raw flesh and struggles with
uncontrollable anger. If she doesn't figure out a way to stop the
transformation, then at the end of summer, her life is worse than over.
She'll be a monster.
FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Night of Wolves (The Paladins #1) by David Dalglish
Wolf-men, savage creatures given humanoid form in an ancient war, mass
along the Gihon River. Led by their packleader Redclaw, they seek to
cross the river and claim a land of their own, slaughtering those that
would stand in their way. Two paladins, Jerico of the god Ashhur, and
Darius of the god Karak, must helm the desperate defense against the
invasion. Their friendship will be tested as their gods resume an
unending war, and their very faiths call for the death of the other.
Together, friend or foe, they must face Redclaw's horde.
NIGHT OF WOLVES by David Dalglish
Can faith remain when the gods call for blood?
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- The Emperor's Edge by Lindsay Buroker
Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter
thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an
eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged
bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices,
and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a
tad overwhelmed.
Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious
assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe
would be a fool to cross his path. Unfortunately, her superiors order
her to hunt him down. Either they have an unprecedented belief in her
skills... or someone wants her dead.
The Emperor's Edge is approximately 105,000 words (400 paperback pages).
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- The Sable City (The Norothian Cycle) by M. Edward McNally
Volume One of the Norothian Cycle. Muskets, Magic, and Matilda Lanai.
Tilda
Lanai has trained for years to take her place among the Guilders of the
Miilark Islands, but now the Trade House she is to serve is imperiled
by the absence of a legitimate Deskata heir. Scenting blood in the
water, rival Houses begin to circle. The desperate search for an exiled
heir takes Tilda across a war-torn continent and to the gates of the
Sable City, where centuries ago dark magic almost destroyed the world. Along
with a sinister sorceress, a broken-hearted samurai, and a miscreant
mercenary long on charm but lousy with a crossbow, Tilda must brave the
demon-infested ruins. Only then can she find John Deskata, who may not
want to be found at all.
(Only one thing worse than reading short
blurbs for long books, writing short blurbs for long books. ;-) The
above is very nuts and bolts: "Tilda must go here to do this," but of
course it is all a lot more complicated than that. I love the fantasy
genre and respect its classic elements. That said, this series is to
some extent about playing with what might be expected, and bringing some
humor, mystery, and a bit of flirty banter to what can easily turn only
too grim, when the stakes are so "fantastically" high. It isn't "Dark"
fantasy, but nor is it slapstick. It's basically a character piece
about Tilda Lanai, trying to hold down a job, help out her friends, and
survive the day-to-day. With a couple dragons thrown in, of course. -
Ed McNally)
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Diva Las Vegas (Book 1 in Raven McShane Series) by Caroline Dries, Steve Dries
Female detectives seem to have a knack for finding trouble. Lots of trouble. But imagine the kinds of mischief a female private eye would get into if she also sidelined as a stripper.
In Vegas.
Exotic
dancer Raven McShane doesn't want to be a stripper forever. She's
always wanted to be a cop, but the cops won't hire her... for obvious
reasons. When she launches a private detective business, no one takes
her seriously at first. But when a stripper friend needs help solving
the town's most notorious murder, Raven joins forces with a horny
bouncer and a smokin' hot Mormon to uncover the killer's identity. In
their romp through Vegas, they tangle with casino thugs and old-money
families, all of whom are determined to keep the murderer's name a
secret.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- Vantastic France. Follow the adventures of a family moving to France by Steve Bichard
What really happens in the heart of Brittany to everyday ex-pats?
We
have all read the 'air brushed' versions of the idyllic lifestyle down
in southern France and the ramblings of some authors with their cozy
life in their rural retreats, and the plethora of escapism TV programs
cleverly edited to make more exciting viewing!
But let us scratch beneath the surface as we follow the Taylor's from their mundane lifestyle in the UK to France.
What
will be the fallout when "white van man" and his family arrive in a
tiny hamlet in a small Brittany village? Will they upset the French
locals or will there be more sparks flying from other ex-pats!
A
White Van Man is probably better known as a 'Jack of all Trades' in the
US, a bit of a 'Jack the Lad'. There is also a series on BBC 3 called
White Van Man which is coming to the US. The main character in the book
Barry, is very much a 'White Van Man'
How much strain will it
put on their relationship, will they cope in a foreign country with so
many different laws and idiosyncrasies?
The Taylors in France
will give you a real insight into the real rural, ex-pats lives, so sit
back open a nice bottle of French wine and enjoy the ride.
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FREE -- US & UK Kindle Edition -- For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan by Sam Baldwin
Far from the high-tech, high-rise of the super-cities, there lies another Japan.
A
Japan where snakes slither down school corridors, where bears prowl
dark forests and where Westerners are still regarded as curious
creatures. Welcome to the world of the inaka – the Japanese countryside.
Unhappily
employed in the UK, Sam Baldwin decides to make a big change. Saying
sayonara to laboratory life, he takes a job as an English teacher in a
small, rural Japanese town that no one – the Japanese included – has
ever heard of.
Arriving in Fukui, where there’s ‘little reason to
linger’ according to the guidebook, at first he wonders why he left
England. But as he slowly settles in to his unfamiliar new home, Sam
befriends a colourful cast of locals and begins to discover the secrets
of this little known region.
Helped by headmasters, housewives
and Himalayan mountain climbers, he immerses himself in a Japan still
clutching its pastoral past and uncovers a landscape of lonely lakes,
rice fields and lush mountain forests. Joining a master drummer’s taiko
class, skiing over paddies and learning how to sharpen samurai swords,
along the way Sam encounters farmers, fishermen and foreigners behaving
badly.
Exploring Japan’s culture and cuisine, as well as its wild
places and wildlife, For Fukui’s Sake is an adventurous, humorous and
sometimes poignant insight into the frustrations and fascinations that
face an outsider living in small town, backcountry Japan.
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