The recent trend of interesting books on personal finance and business continues with today’s additions to our Free Book Alert listings. My only concern is that you’ll follow these tips and become so wealthy that you’ll never bother with Free Book Alerts….
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by Daniel Arenson
Just $2.99 in the Kindle Store
With apologies to George Costanza, one thing I am fond of telling authors who jump up the Kindle bestseller list after a Free Kindle Nation Shorts appearance is “It’s not me, it’s you.” Kindle Nation may have provided the forum, but people bought the book after reading the excerpt and finding it compelling. The proof has got to be in the pudding. So it is with Firefly Island, which as of 5 a.m. Eastern today had jumped from #33,393 to #523 in the Kindle Store sales rankings.
Sometimes an author brings you into a fully imagined fictive world from the very first page. That’s how I felt about Daniel Arenson’s Firefly Island. Arenson is a story teller of unusual skills, and from the start he creates a complex narrative in which the unexpected can be rendered believable.
Here’s the set-up, from BookList:
When six-year-old Aeolia was sold into slavery to an ogre, her brother vowed he would find and free her some day, and she promised to never use her unique talent for making others feel exactly what she felt. Ten years later, men from the kingdom of Stonemark search her out because she is the only one who can hurt their king, who has become stone so that no physical weapon can harm him. Their arrival gives Aeolia the opportunity to flee the ogre and launches her on a quest that will bring friendships with the Firechild of the healing Helands and the shape-shifting Forestlands Firechild while she strives to free the Esirian refugees and liberate all Firefly Island from evil King Sinther’s despotic rule. The violent and gory world Arenson has created is filled with interesting details and cultures; although the characters never quite come alive, he is an author to watch.
“The author… brings a crispness and directness to his storytelling that propels his novel to its inevitable, though at times unexpected, conclusion. Intriguing characterizations of both heroes and villains make this a good choice for most fantasy collections.” — Library Journal
“The violent and gory world Arenson has created is filled with interesting details and cultures… he is an author to watch.” — Booklist
“Breathtaking… It’s all about pain and torment and horror and, at the end of the day, love. It’s a dark fairy tale about the lengths we will go to in order to prove our devotion to our siblings, our friends, our communities, our fathers… I LOVED THIS BOOK. I’m not usually one for fantasy, but I couldn’t stop reading it. It’s really that good. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed.” — Author Robert J. Duperre
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Free Listings in the US Kindle Store!
(For our UK Kindle Free Book Alerts click here.)
The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart – Gregory Karp
Fire Your Stock Analyst!: Analyzing Stocks On Your Own – Harry Domash
How to Design a Great Customer Experience – Fred Wiersema
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
Set against the backdrop of Winter Carnival in Quebec City….
The full book, Bury Your Dead, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here for download on September 28.
OUTTA THE BAG: A Prequel Story to ME, MYSELF AND WHY? – MaryJanice Davidson
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book, ME, MYSELF AND WHY?, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here
for download on September 28.
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book, ME, MYSELF AND WHY?, is priced at $11.99 and can be pre-ordered here
for download on September 28. 
Pre-Order Now and the Preview will be delivered free to your Kindle on September 7.
The full book is priced at $12.99 and can be pre-ordered here for download on September 14.
The Other Side of the Page – Romance Short – Terry Odell
Here’s the author’s description: “Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray–that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot? Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back–Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of Finding Sarah and Hidden Fire, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes of the romance writing process.” Sounds a little meta, but lots of fun.
Here’s the author’s description: “Finding the perfect hero and heroine for a romance novel can turn a writer’s hair gray–that’s why I advertise for them. Interviewing characters can be exhausting, and getting them to stick to the plot? Well, it doesn’t always work that way. And then you find out they’re talking about you behind your back–Meet Randy and Sarah, the hero and heroine of Finding Sarah and Hidden Fire, in a funny and illuminating look at what goes on behind the scenes of the romance writing process.” Sounds a little meta, but lots of fun.
I Thought It Was You: Grimm’s Circle, Book 2.5 – Romance Short Story – Shiloh Walker
Mystery/Thrillers/Crime/Suspense
- Hour of the Hunter: With Bonus Material – by J. A. Jance Pre-Order, August 24, 2010
- The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery – Charles Todd (Pre-Order, August 31, 2010)
Contemporary Fiction
- The Static of the Spheres – Eric Kraft
- The Wild’s Call – Jeri Smith-Ready
- The Hunters – Jason Pinter
Spirituality and Christian Fiction
- Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)
– Paramhansa Yogananda
Memoir, Biography, Personal Story
- More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
– Tom Reynolds
Erotica
- Seducing Jane Porter
– Dominique Adair
- All in Time
– Ciana Stone
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Samples and Sneak Previews
- Shaken (Teaser Chapters) (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries)
– J.A. Konrath
- The Lost Hero Chapter Sneak Peek
– Rick Riordan
- The Reincarnationist Series
– M.J. Rose
- The Last Song: Exclusive Free Kindle Content
– Nicholas Sparks and Touchstone Pictures
More Free Kindle Promotional Listings
Eros, Philia, Agape: A Tor.Com Original – Sci Fi/Frantasy
Baby Bonanza – Romance
When Night Falls – Romance