May 2011 - Page 13 of 13 - Kindle Nation Daily

Eric Quinn Knowles’ Boltman: A Must-Read “for anyone who has ever wanted a super power or laughed at the antics of Hollywood’s A-list.” Our eBook Of The Day is Just $2.99 on Kindle, and Here’s a Free Sample!

May 2, 2011 by KND

“Boltman is more than just a hilarious superhero dark comedy. It is also an inspired parody of celebrity cult madness, a meditation on the impact of superhero mythology, and an exploration of different kinds of heroism and hero worship.” Eric Quinn Knowles’ novel Boltman – Find out why 9 out of 10 reviewers rave about it!

Here’s the set-up for Eric Quinn Knowles’ Boltman, just $2.99 on Kindle:

A hapless young man believes he is the incarnation of Boltman, a comic book superhero.

On a quest to unlock the secret of Boltman’s super powers and complete his transformation, Kevin must rescue his sidekick, Ampere, from the clutches of Tommie Boy and the Church of the Mind, an evil celebrity cult of energy vampires.

In his costume, Kevin is stronger and faster than anyone can believe; he becomes Boltman, but Boltman has a mind of its own. On the path to fulfill his destiny, Kevin begins to wonder if he is really just losing his mind, or if Boltman is a separate entity, bent on using Kevin for its own mysterious ends.

From the reviewers:

“Highly recommended for anyone who has ever wanted a super power or laughed at the antics of Hollywood’s A-list.”

“Boltman is more than just a hilarious superhero dark comedy. It is also an inspired parody of celebrity cult madness, a meditation on the impact of superhero mythology, and an exploration of different kinds of heroism and hero worship.”

Charge up your Kindles! Skip school. Call in sick. Send the kids to their grandparents’. Boltman‘s an electrifying read for less than the price of a latte in Seattle. Occasionally you find a gem on the eBook bargain racks–Boltman is definitely one of them. If Knowles can afford to pump out electronic pulp at these prices, Boltman‘s going to zap readers like you and me all over the world out of our economic malaise. I’ve never gotten so many bangs for my buck! And that’s what’s good about Boltman. Lots of laughs and lots of action.

Visit Amazon’s Eric Quinn Knowles Page

An author, journeyman techno-mage, massage therapist, business owner (hail to the King, baby), and former driver of your neighborhood ice cream truck, Eric hails from the Pacific Northwest where he continues to enjoy life in a quiet community near Seattle. When not writing, Eric enjoys reading a variety of genres from superheros to detective fiction, playing Magic The Gathering with his nephew, Dungeons and Dragons with the older crowd, and watching Real Housewives of Atlanta with his girlfriend (because he has to).

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Imogen Rose’s novel FAUSTINE is featured in today’s FREE KINDLE NATION SHORTS excerpt

May 1, 2011 by KND

At just 5 years old, Faustine discovered a secret that changed her life. At 12, she was sent to study in Switzerland to learn to control her increasing powers.

At 15, she returns to New York, hoping for the impossible: to be a typical, normal teenage girl. Her hopes are shattered when her father disappears.

And now she has to help prevent a war between vampires and demons, with both human and paranormal existence at stake.

Today’s 7,500-word Kindle Nation Free Short puts you right in the middle of the adventure.

FAUSTINE

Book One of the Bonfire Chronicles

by Imogen Rose

Just $3.99 on Kindle

4.7 Stars from 22 Reviewers!

(Ed. Note: Imogen Rose’s Portal Chronicles made her a favorite with thousands of Kindle Nation citizens, so it was natural for me to drop her a line, when she submitted a Free Kindle Nation Shorts excerpt that began with Chapter 20 of Faustine, asking her if she would write a brief intro to help set it up for readers. Imagine my surprise when, instead of Imogen, it was Faustine herself who emailed me back! -S.W.)

Dear Steve,

Sorry it’s taken me so long to write. I was hoping to get back home to New York and start high school, which I was stressing about. Well, school turned out to be pretty good. You won’t believe whom I bumped into there! Ryker-the guy I have been crushing on for… well, like-forever.

My world seems to have turned upside down since I got home. My dad is missing. We haven’t been able to find him yet, and there is stuff going on here that makes me afraid for his life. I have, in the meantime, been expected to just step in and take over! Yeah, can you imagine it? I am having to basically ‘Queen’ over the London demons, who seem to be creating havoc at the moment. It really sucks.

I have to head off, I’ll write again, soon. Are you still besotted with your Kindle or have you moved on to an iPad? I am thinking of getting some Kindles for my subjects. Maybe reading will keep them out of trouble! Take care, text me your new number!

Love,

Faustine

Who is Faustine? Begin your search for the truth with this short YouTube video, then venture deeper into the mystery in today’s 7,500-word Free Kindle Nation Short.

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Update on the New KINDEAL: So Far At Least, Kindle Deals Are Like a License to Print Money!

May 1, 2011 by KND

I mentioned in a post on Friday that in the first 24 hours with my new Kindeal, I was up $35.

Forty-eight hours later, the tally is up to $45, because today I responded to my Kindeal’s offer of a $20 Amazon.com gift card for $10.

Here’s the only tally that counts on these Kindle deals, in my view:

Cost of a Kindle Wi-Fi at Time of My Kindeal Purchase: $139
Direct Savings with Kindeal, as of May 11, 2011: $45.00
Number of Times a Kindeal Ad Has Interrupted My Reading: 0

Note to Amazon: I have no plans to buy a Buick or hundreds of dollars worth of Olay products, but keep those deals coming where I get what is essentially currency for half price and I’m your guy! At this rate, the Kindeal may save me $139 and pay for itself before it is one month old!

But that doesn’t mean that the Kindeal is the best deal currently on the table for a new Kindle. It’s strictly up to you, and here are the contenders including special “Mother’s Day” Gft Card deals:

Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Sunday, May 1: NINE (9) BRAND NEW FREEBIES to Ring in the Month of May! plus … What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who raped your twelve-year-old sister? No Judge. No Jury. No Witnesses. Leslie DuBois’s Guardian of Eden – Just 99 Cents! (Today’s Sponsor)

May 1, 2011 by KND

The Kindle Store has a wonderful way of celebrating the start of each new month with a big splash of additions to our 250+ Free Book Alert listings, and why should the Merry Month of May be any different?

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

Can 17-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony take the life of someone else and continue to live with himself? After all, this is not just anyone’s life, but that of the man who violated his sister. Find out for just $.99…

“I highly recommend this book. I read it for the first time over a year ago, and the story still haunts me.”
–Tina Hayes, Vine Voice

Guardian of Eden
by Leslie DuBois
5 stars Review

Kindle Price: 99 cents

Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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“Inspiring story of a teenage boy devoted to protecting his little sister”

Here’s the set-up:

What would you do if you had one chance to kill the man who raped your twelve-year-old sister?

No Judge. No Jury. No witnesses.

Seventeen-year-old child prodigy Garrett Anthony has to answer that question. As he holds a gun to the head of his sister’s rapist, he flashes back to his traumatic past: five-years-old in a foster home, seven-years-old stealing food to survive, and sixteen-years-old visiting his black father in prison for the first time.
After years of fighting to secure a stable life for him and his half-sister, he finally has a scholarship to a prestigious Washington DC private school and the love of a Virginia senator’s daughter. But this new found and tenuous happiness begins to unravel once he reveals the family secret which is the catalyst to the painful decision he must make. Can he take the life of someone else and continue to live with himself?

What the 5-Star Review Says

“The Guardian of Eden by Leslie DuBois is a touching novel about Garrett, a teenage genius, who from an early age takes on the responsiblity of caring for his younger sister Eden, since they share an unstable mother with addiction issues.

“Just when it looks like Garrett’s life is going better than it ever has before, with a new girlfriend by his side, he learns the unthinkable, that his little sister has been abused, a miscarriage telling the tale of misplaced trust and perversion. Garrett leaves the hospital to go after the man responsible, but will he ruin his own life in the process?

“I highly recommend this book. I read it for the first time over a year ago, and the story still haunts me.”
–Tina Hayes, Vine Voice

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Guardian of Eden

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5-star comic mystery with a contemporary spin on a classic tale! Barbara Silkstone’s The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters is a criminally funny fable that reads like My Cousin Vinny meets A Fish Called Wanda – Just 99 Cents on Kindle, and here’s a free sample!

May 1, 2011 by KND

Here’s the set-up for Barbara Silkstone’s The Secret Diary Of Alice In Wonderland, Age 42 And Three Quarters, just 99 cents on Kindle:

A murder by beheading sends Alice Harte, reluctant real estate broker for thugs, running into the arms of Nigel Channing, a charming British con man.

This comedy mystery, the first in a series of criminally funny fables, is set in Miami and London. Fans of Stephanie Plum will cheer for Alice as she watches her back in attempting to keep her head, while being stalked by Nigel’s daft ex-wife and inept, but dangerous mobsters. Alice’s world is filled with memorable characters strangely reminiscent of Alice in Wonderland. She’s guided through her dangerous adventure by her own Cheshire Cat.

Nigel, a chubby John Cleese with serious dress-code problems, whisks Alice to England. Alice sees him as her White Rabbit rescuer. The plot trips along at a cracking pace with Alice flinging zingers like a drive-by shooter.

After Alice discovers a gangster’s freshly beheaded body in his Miami mansion, she launches a desperate self-defense in a kangaroo court. The main witness against her is Algy Green, a bumbling cockney swindler who super-glues his bat wing ears to his head and commits perjury for theme park tickets. But in the middle of the trial a small piece of evidence opens her eyes.

From the reviewers:

There is a saying that there are no new stories, only new ways to tell old stories. Ms. Silkstone took the original Alice in Wonderland, and deftly wove it into something uniquely her own. This book was a fun, fast paced read and almost as strange as the original AIW, in a good way. I loved watching the courtroom scenes place out. Ohhh the dirty little secrets all coming to light and taking out the bad guys one by one… great!–Red Adept Reviews – 4 and ¾ Stars

The Author Nails a Brilliant Tongue-in-Cheek Spin on The Lewis Carroll Classic ~The heroine, Miami real estate broker, Alice Harte, is caught between her thug boss, Leslie Archer, and an angry mobster intent on exacting revenge for the death of his brother. Archer’s wife, Maris, is quite a character herself surviving on white wine and diet biscuits; she adds another slice of anxiety to Alice’s dire situation. Then there’s Nigel, a British charmer who may be the happily-ever-after man of Alice’s dreams. A who-dunnit with twists and turns coupled with quick witted humor. The story stands alone in the unlikely event the reader doesn’t know the original.–Review by Becky Littrell for Chicklit Club.com

Visit Amazon’s Barbara Silkstone Page

Barbara Silkstone is also the author of another 5-star 99-center, The Adventures of a Love Investigator, 527 Naked Men and One Woman – a humorous nonfiction account of her odyssey into the hearts and minds of over 500 men. Her writing has been described as perfectly paced and pitched – shades of Stephanie Plum and Carl Hiaasen without seeming remotely derivative. Fast moving action that shoots from the hip with bullet-proof characterization.

The author adds:

When you’re a freelance writer with a quirky sense of humor, being in the right place at the right time helps a lot. I’ve accidentally sky dived, been elected president of the Japan American Society (I’m not Japanese), been stalked by crazies, and ran off with a real life White Rabbit.

I’m a single mother, living on the edge in South Florida. My background includes parochial school, commercial real estate, public speaking, teaching, and church administration. My writing history is equally as diverse. I started an underground newspaper in grade school and was threatened with excommunication by the nuns.

After being published in the horror genre, I was fortunate enough to take part in writing workshops with Stephen King, Robert B. Parker, and James Michener.

I enjoy doing playful things with language, blending two distinct words to create a new word. If I’m laughing out loud when I’m writing, then I know I’ve hit the mark. I’m working on Wendy & the Lost Boys right now. I laugh so loud while I’m writing that the neighborhood committee has asked me to move.

For six years I traveled the United States listening to men reveal their darkest secrets for my book, The Adventures of a Love Investigator, 527 Naked Men & One Woman. When I was finished with my adventure, I realized the only man I should have interviewed was Lewis Carroll. Unfortunately he was long gone. So I set out to pay homage to his logic by re-telling Alice in Wonderland in a contemporary setting. The result is The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland, Age 42 and Three-Quarters, a comedy thriller that takes place between Miami and London.

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It’s Giveaway time! Get a free bonus entry into our monthly raffle and check out The Boarding House by Sharon Sala

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Imogen Rose’s novel FAUSTINE is featured in today’s FREE KINDLE NATION SHORTS excerpt

FAUSTINE

Update on the New KINDEAL: So Far At Least, Kindle Deals Are Like a License to Print Money!

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