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Read a free sample of our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day, Lessons And Other Morbid Drabbles, by Michael Crane, without leaving your browser!

Here’s the set-up for Michael Crane’s Lessons And Other Morbid Drabbles:

A man learns a painful and valuable lesson… one finger at a time.

An old couple bickers over disgusting leftovers.

Kids go ignored when they tell their parents about the horrors that lurk in their bedrooms, until it’s too late…

LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES is a collection of 25 100-word shorts that range from darkly comic to downright terrifying and wrong. Some shorts feature ghouls and monsters while others are simply about people behaving very, very badly. 


Which is scarier? Find out in this sick and twisted collection.


They may only be a few words long, but that doesn’t lessen the bloodshed any…


Reviewers said:

You will laugh when you read LESSONS. You will shiver. You may not sleep again.”  –John Fitch V, author of A GALAXY AT WAR and OBLOERON: THE RISE OF THE DARK FALCON (coming soon)

“It’s hard to write a good story in exactly 100 words. It’s even harder to do it twenty-five times in a row. But Michael Crane pulls it off. He really knows how to hit you in the gut and keep on swinging. I loved this little collection, and I think you will, too.”  –Daniel Pyle, author of DISMEMBER and DOWN THE DRAIN

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Kindle Nation Bargain Alert: Six More Great Reads at 99 Cents Each!

Editor of Kindle Nation Daily

Bargain Books mentioned in this post:
When I posted a special bargain book alert yesterday featuring a dozen great reads for about 99 cents apiece in the Kindle Store, I closed with a bit of a tease:

And here’s a promise: tomorrow we’ll let you know about an entire storefront full of novels by a favorite Kindle Nation author, all priced at just 99 cents for a limited time only!

I’m back to keep that promise, and this is a treat.
Cheryl Tardif has already proven herself a favorite with Kindle Nation readers with terrific novels like her YA suspense novel WHALE SONG and her romantic thriller LANCELOT’S LADY. Think “Canadian Suspense with a Killer Twist,” and there’s a good chance it may remind you of one of her novels that you have already enjoyed.
But now she’s really gone and done it!  
Cheryl has arranged with her publisher, Imajin Books, to offer six of her most popular novels at the bargain price of just 99 cents each for a limit time through the holiday season!
It’s all well and good to have such a really cool sale, but it wouldn’t matter unless people hear about it, so Cheryl has really stepped up by sponsoring this post to let the citizens of Kindle Nation in on all the details. 
(Ed. Note: What she might not mention herself is that she is one of the highest rated authors ever to make an appearance on Kindle Nation, with over 100 5-star ratings and terrific 4.7 and 4.8-star averages that range across all of her work. And at 99 cents each, there’s very little reason not to give each of these a try and add them to your Kindle library for the time that’s just right for each book. -S.W.)
Here are the six novels that will be priced at just 99 cents through January 10, 2011: 
(YA/mystery novel – 2010 edition – movie deal and 3rd print edition pending)
Sarah Richardson’s family moves from the Montana countryside to Vancouver Island just as she’s about to enter sixth grade. Sarah soon finds that island life suits her perfectly–thanks, especially, to her new best friend, Goldie, whose Native American heritage Sarah finds fascinating, especially the wisdom passed to the girls from Goldie’s grandmother, Nana. Sarah is also intrigued to learn that her marine-biologist father shares a passion with her new Indian friends: killer whales, which the natives revere and her father studies. 
Life isn’t all native spirituality, however, as Sarah must confront a family tragedy that will change her life forever. Though overly melodramatic in places, Tardif’s story has that perennially crowd-pleasing combination of sweet and sad that so often propels popular commercial fiction, especially coming-of-age stories. Tardif, already a big hit in Canada, may soon be a name to reckon with south of the border. Mary Frances Wilkens, BookList Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
STEM CELL RESEARCH, CLONING, AND WORLD DOMINATION–WITH A TWIST…
A Bahamas holiday from dying billionaire JT Lance, a man with a dark secret, leads palliative nurse Rhianna McLeod to Jonathan, a man with his own troubled past, and Rhianna finds herself drawn to the handsome recluse, while unbeknownst to her, someone with a horrific plan is hunting her down.

Thirteen stories take you from one hold-your-breath chapter to the next. 
In this dark, suspenseful and somewhat comical look at one man’s desires, Remote Control, a novelette by bestselling author Cheryl Kaye Tardif delivers a strong message: Be careful what you wish for!
SOMEONE IS LEAVING A BLAZING TRAIL OF CORPSES BEHIND…BUT WHO?
Learn more at Amazon’s Cheryl Tardif Page, including:

Cheryl Kaye Tardif is a bestselling Canadian suspense author who enthusiastically tackles sensitive questions and terrifying scenarios that most people don’t like to even think about. From psychic investigators, abuse in the foster care system, serial killers, fountain of youth serums, nanotechnology, conspiracies, bullying, racism, assisted suicide, child abductions, sexual assault, alcoholism, drug addiction, mind control and more, she delves into the human psyche and picks at our worst fears.

“One doesn’t simply read a Tardif story, one experiences it!” –Betty Dravis, author of Dream Reachers

Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Thursday, December 23: Dead Drop, Tick Tock, The Year She Fell and A Dog Named Slugger Top a Dozen New Additions to Over 200 Free Book Listings! plus … Six Clicks Away, Bestselling Author Bonnie Rozanski’s Totally Absorbing Fictional Take on the Social Networking World of “MyFace” (Today’s Sponsor)

Just in time for the launch of our new book KINDLE FREE FOR ALL, Amazon and its authors have stepped up the flow of new freebies for our daily Free Book Alerts to a dozen a day! Good move! And we’ll always have your back with the details on a list that has now grown to over 200 free contemporary titles….

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor


Has Mark Zuckerberg read this? How About Kevin Bacon?

A college girl named Rachel and her geek buddy Jeremy dive into the social networking world of “MyFace” looking for the Dalai Lama. Can this award-winning author get them where they’re headed in just six clicks?



“The straightforward writing style made for an effortless read. While the descriptions were sparse, the spirited dialogue and absorbing narrative kept me reading when I should have been doing other things.” –Red Adept Reviews


Six Clicks Away
by Bonnie Rozanski
4.5 out of 5 stars   5 Reviews
Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
Don’t have a Kindle? Get yours here.

“I find the concept that any two people in the world can be linked in 6 or less steps fascinating. This idea, first established in the 1920s, is even more likely today with the effect of social media.

“In Six Clicks Away, Rozanski follows the connections between her characters with an exploration of the tenous links that most people forge everyday. The links Rozanski makes are logical and it made me think about just how connected, and how small, the world has become in the age of instant communication.” –Shelleyrae, Reviewer



Here’s the set-up:
 

As miraculous as our wired world may be, everything connected to everything else eventually shows its downside. A rumor, a virus, a financial crisis – these days, they all cascade throughout the world in record time. Six Clicks Away tells the story of a single ripple through a tangled web, and how one person can affect us all.


In Bonnie Rozanski’s captivating novel, the social network becomes a stage for six indelible, interconnected characters: a lonely writer in Toronto, pining for her lost love; an unemployed engineer in Seattle who finds himself working at the Pike Place Fish Market. There is a young collections operator in Bangalore, India, who can’t stop caring about the people from whom she collects; and a seedy real estate magnate who gets his just desserts. Finally, there is a down-on-his-luck actor, an old friend of the Dalai Lama, who finds enlightenment from a most unlikely source.


A chain of falling dominoes is set in motion when Jeremy and Rachel, an unlikely duo of a geek and a Jersey girl, contact a friend on Myface.com, the largest social network on the planet. That friend contacts another, and another, each link bringing the pair one step closer to the goal of reaching the Dalai Lama, their choice of exotic target on the other side of the world. What they expect is that their simple classroom project will demonstrate “six degrees of separation,” the idea that everyone on this planet is connected in six short links to everyone else. What they get, however, is a cascade of the unexpected. 

About the Author

Bonnie Rozanski is an author and prize-winning playwright currently living in New Jersey. Born in Queens, New York, she has lived in Hong Kong, Canada and all over the US. With degrees in Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, always fascinated by the human mind, Bonnie writes on matters touching on consciousness and the human condition.



BANANA KISS, Bonnie’s debut novel, told from the point of view of a young schizophrenic girl, came out to excellent reviews in 2005. To the many who ask whether the author is writing from experience, Bonnie says, “Not at all. BANANA KISS is based entirely on the application of imagination to months of research on schizophrenia and quantum theory.” “On the other hand,” she adds after a pause, “I did hear Robin’s voice.”


Her second novel, BORDERLINE, was a YA finalist at the 2007 Foreword Book of the Year, as well as a silver medalist at that year’s Independent Publisher Books awards. Bonnie has several other equally wonderful manuscripts in the wings, awaiting the perspicacious publisher who recognizes their brilliance.

Click here to visit the Amazon author’s page
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Free Contemporary Titles in the Kindle Store 
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Who could resist the set-up for our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day, Torment by Jeremy Bishop? Read a free sample now right in your browser!

Can you resist this? I couldn’t, and neither could thousands of other readers! Which is why Torment by Jeremy Bishop is streaking toward the Top 100 in the Kindle Store!


Here’s the set-up:

Small town reporter, Mia Durante, finds herself having brunch with the President of the United States on the day civilization comes to an end. An electromagnetic pulse blinds the U.S. Cars crash. Planes fall. Chaos reigns. Power is restored within minutes, but it’s already too late. Russian nukes are falling. U.S. allies around the world are all ready wiped out. The United States will cease to exist inside of five minutes.

After giving the order to launch a full-scale retaliation, dooming the planet, the president, White House staff, Secret Service and those lucky enough to be visiting the White House, are whisked below ground where they board several Earth Escape Pods. As the EEPs launch into Earth orbit, missiles descend.

Less than forty survive the end of the world. When they return, they’re greeted by survivors of a different sort. The bloodbath that follows leaves Durante and nine other survivors on the run. They find themselves fighting for survival in a world in which only torment remains and where death is the only escape.

PRAISE FOR TORMENT:


“Jeremy Bishop takes a terrifying bite out of the zombie genre with TORMENT. This is a dark and devious post-apocalypting thrill-ride!” -Jonathan Maberry, NY Times Bestselling authr of PATIENT ZERO and ROT & RUIN

TORMENT is a nightmarish descent through Armageddon. With barely a pause for breath, Bishop drags you out of normality, straight into the depths of a devastated post-apocalyptic landscape. Dreamlike, disturbing and never predictable, once you start reading, you won’t want to put it down.” — David Moody, author of HATER, DOG BLOOD & the AUTUMN series.

“Jeremy Bishop explodes onto the zombie scene with TORMENT, a thought-provoking gorefest that turns the genre on its head. Both shocking and riveting, this is a debut novel that leaves the reader hungry for more.” — Steven Savile, #1 International bestselling author of PRIMEVAL and SILVER


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Just in time for the holidays: KINDLE FREE FOR ALL! The Most Complete Resource Yet for Getting Free Content for Your Kindle

I may have mentioned once or twice at Kindle Nation that I’ve been working hard lately, behind the scenes, on a valuable new resource for Kindle Nation citizens. This morning I’m pleased to announce the Kindle Exclusive publication of my new book, KINDLE FREE FOR ALL: How to Get Millions of Free Kindle Books and Other Free Content With or Without an Amazon Kindle (For Use with the Latest Generation of Kindles and Kindle Apps). For a limited time through the holiday season it will be available only in the Kindle Store for just 99 cents.

Thanks to some great help from talented editor and author April Hamilton, we have worked hard to hit the sweet spot in making this book the most complete and easy-to-use resource yet for finding all kinds of free content for your Kindle and other Kindle-compatible devices, with useful information on millions of free ebooks, free audio books, and free periodical, blog, and research content for Kindle. Here’s the Table of Contents:

* Ch 1: How Can This Be? Amazon May Be Making Billions, But Kindle is the Key to “Free”
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Best Resources for Kindle Owners
* Ch 2: Use Kindle Nation Daily’s Free Book Alerts
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: No Kindle Required! How to Download and Use Free Kindle Apps for the PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android and, Soon, the Windows Phone 7 and Other Devices
* Ch 3: Find and Download Thousands of Free Books Directly From the Kindle Store
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Using Wi-Fi, 3G, or a USB Cable to Connect Your Kindle
* Ch 4: Find and Download Free Books From Kindle-Compatible Free Book Collections
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Easily Find Free Kindle Store Classics Arranged by Author and Title
* Ch 5: Find and Download Free Book Samples and Free 14-Day Periodical Trials From the Kindle Store
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Free for You: How to Ask for and Use a Kindle Gift Certificate
* Ch 6: Use Calibre to Manage Your Kindle’s Free Books and Other Kindle Content
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Email eBooks, Memoranda, Scripts, Manuscripts, Directions, Recipes, Legal Briefs and Other Personal Documents to Your Kindle
* Ch 7: Read Blogs, Periodicals, and Other Web Content for Free on the Kindle
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Use eReadUps to Collect Research on Your Kindle or Build Your Own eBooks from Web Sources
* Ch 8: Why Your Kindle’s Free Wireless Web Browser is a Revolutionary Feature, and May Be the Key to What’s Next from Amazon
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Use Your Kindle to Check Your eMail
* Ch 9: Unlock the World Of Free Audio on the Kindle
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: How to Contact Kindle Nation
* Ch 10: Ten Reasons the New Kindle 3 or Kindle Wi-Fi Is a Must if You Love to Read … And a Few Minor Drawbacks
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: Kindle Periodicals and Your Battery
* Ch 11: The Politics of “Free” Books In the Age of the Kindle
* Between the Chapters, and Just Between Us: The Future of Free in the Kindle Store
* Ch 12: The Myth of the Kindle’s “Standard” $9.99 Price, the Agency Model, and the ABCs of Kindle Store Pricing

 

Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Wednesday, December 22: Over a dozen brand new free listings! plus … Want more Swedish suspense after Steig Larsson? Try FINDING MARGO author Susanne O’Leary (Today’s Sponsor)

The free books are coming in by the dozens now, with a Santa satchel full of new listings this morning and over 200 freebies to stock everybody’s shiny new Christmas Kindles. As always, we’ve got your back with our automatically updated Free Book Alert….


But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor


When we see 5-star reviews from 9 out of 10 reviewers, we’re going to find out why.  And with Susanne O’Leary, the author of Finding Margo, we may just be the first to discover the latest soon-to-be-bestselling author from the land of Lisbeth Salander!


“Good read. I enjoyed Finding Margo. At one time or another, haven’t we all felt like leaving our current lives behind and embarking upon a new one? That’s exactly what Margo does ~ and it opens up a whole new world to her. The book takes place in France, needless to say, I couldn’t resist…Love international settings, so I’m definitely looking forward to reading Swedish for Beginners by this author.” –Ursula Grey, Reviewer


Finding Margo
by Susanne O’Leary
4.9 out of 5 stars   10 Reviews
Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
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Here’s the set-up…
When Margo misreads the map while traveling through France, her husband Alan flies into a rage. Tired of his constant bad moods, Margo walks out on him in the middle of the motorway, into the French countryside. She hitches a lift with a woman truck driver and what follow are adventures and romance far beyond her wildest dreams.. Will Alan find her before she finds herself

What the reviewers are saying
“I read this book over the course of 2 days. I was drawn to purchase this book because of the reviews I read. I would like to know – what will Margo’s future hold?! Let us know, Susanne! I would love to read more!” –L. Hartz, Reviewer

“Margo has been married for ten years when she finally gets enough of her husband’s emotional abuse. He blows up at her one time too many and, without making any plans, she simply walks away at a rest stop in France. From there Margo learns how to make her way in the world and discovers what she really wants out of life. Over a period of months she grows as a person and learns she can survive even when she’s removed from her former life of privilege.

“The setting and the customs of France were really interesting to me since I’ve never been there. The characters were well-drawn and all of them, including Margo, had their flaws as well as their good points.

“Although there were no real surprises in the plot, the solid writing and the characters drew me in and I stayed up late finishing the book, which came to a satisfying conclusion. Ms. O’Leary is a talented writer, and I look forward to reading more of her books.” –L. C. Evans, Author and Vine Voice


About the Author
I am a Swedish author based in Ireland and all my novels reflect the globetrotting life I led as the wife of a diplomat. Most of my books are set in France, where I spent four wonderful years. ‘Fresh Powder’ is about a group of glamorous people stuck in a chalet in the French Alps during a snow storm. The glitz and glamour soon disappears when there is no food or electricity. ‘Finding Margo’ is about a woman who walks out on her husband right in the middle of a French motorway. Have you ever felt like stepping out of your life?

Click here to visit the Amazon author’s page


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Read a free sample of our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day, Terrence O’Brien’s The Templar Concordat, right in your browser with free “Kindle for the Web”

If you loved the ideas behind Dan Brown’s bestsellers, but weren’t so crazy about all the arty esoterica, here’s a book that could hit your sweet spot….



Here’s the set-up for Terrence O’Brien’s The Templar Concordat:


When the truth is your greatest danger, and the enemy knows the truth, things can only go downhill when the enemy finally gets the proof. And that’s the proof the Hashashin get when they steal what the Vatican doesn’t even know it has.

Now the infallible decrees of two Twelfth Century popes and three kings, stolen by the Hashashin, threaten to catapult the bigotry, bias, and religious blood baths of the Third Crusade straight into the Twenty-First Century.

When Templars Sean Callahan and Marie Curtis are drawn into the mess, they face an ancient enemy that has already nearly won the battle, a newly elected Mexican pope being undermined by entrenched Vatican powers, world class scholars who will sell their prestige to the highest bidder, and terrorists lingering over lattes in sidewalk cafes.

Moving from Rome to London, Switzerland, and Saudi Arabia, Callahan and Curtis are desperate to find some way to stem the success the Hashashin are having enlisting the majority of moderate Muslims in their Jihad.

Outmanuevered at each step by the Hashashin, only a last ditch roll of the dice has any chance of success. But it’s the only chance they have.

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