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A Mother’s Love, Against All Odds: Our eBook Of The Day is B.K. Mayo’s Tamara’s Child – 12 straight 5-star reviews, just $2.99 on Kindle, and Here’s A Free Sample

May 8, 2011 by KND

Here’s the set-up for B.K. Mayo’s Tamara’s Child – 12 straight 5-star reviews and just $2.99 on Kindle:

Mother-to-be Tamara Ames is 16, alone, and determined to make a better life for her child when she arrives in an Oregon lumber town. When she falls victim to a diabolical scheme to steal her newborn baby from her, she is not about to give her child up without a fight, even if she has to take on the wealthiest family in town.

But is Tamara fighting against her child’s own best interests? Only she can decide. And it’s a decision that she–and her child–will have to live with for the rest of their lives.

In “Tamara’s Child,” B K Mayo weaves from sensuous detail a storyline as gritty and complex as life itself. Loss, treachery, greed, even murder play roles in this riveting tale. But in the end, it is the redemptive value of unconditional love that drives the pivotal action of the novel.

Finalist in the Popular Fiction category of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.

Midwest Book Review says, “Tamara’s Child is a thought provoking and heart string jerking tale that should not be passed up.”

One part suspense, one part drama, and wholly satisfying, “Tamara’s Child” plumbs the psyche of a dynamic cast of characters, some motivated by self-interest, some by self-sacrifice, some by self-doubt, but all clinging to the hope that they can ultimately wring from life the happiness and fulfillment that has thus far been denied them.

From the Reviewers:

A thought provoking and heart string jerking tale that should not be passed up–Midwest Book Review

“It took me less than 24 hours to read this book because I couldn’t put it down.”
—Tricia Dias, Douglas County News

Deliciously Suspenseful

Be prepared to set aside the time to read this book!

Gripping Read

Suspenseful; it is hard to believe its fiction

I didn’t want to put this book down

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On his way to becoming a writer, B K Mayo worked as a door-to-door salesman, a college bookstore manager, an IRS tax auditor, a park caretaker, a school bus driver, a library aide, a special education teacher, and a high school detention room supervisor. His first novel, Tamara’s Child, inspired by his experiences working with at-risk youth, was named a finalist in the Popular Fiction category of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.

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Make this a memorable Mother’s Day with Kathleen Shoop’s The Last Letter – 8 straight 5-star reviews and just 99 cents on Kindle!

May 7, 2011 by KND

Here’s the set-up for Kathleen Shoop’s The Last Letter, just 99 cents on Kindle:

Katherine wouldn’t have believed it if she hadn’t found the letter…

Katherine Arthur’s mother arrives on her doorstep, dying, forcing her to relive a past she wanted to forget.

When Katherine was young, the Arthur family had been affluent city dwellers until shame sent them running for the prairie, into the unknown. Taking her family, including young Katherine, to live off the land was the last thing Jeanie Arthur had wanted. But she would do her best to make a go of it. For Jeanie’s husband Frank, it had been a world of opportunity. Dreaming, lazy Frank. But, it was a society of uncertainty—a domain of natural disasters, temptation, hatred, even death.

Ten-year-old Katherine had loved her mother fiercely, put her trust in her completely, but when there was no other choice, and Jeanie resorted to extreme measures on the prairie to save her family, she tore Katherine’s world apart.

Now, seventeen years later, and far from the homestead, Katherine has found the truth: she has discovered the last letter. After years of anger, can Katherine find it in her heart to understand why her mother made the decisions that changed them all? Can she forgive and finally begin to heal before it’s too late?

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Kathleen Shoop, PhD, is a language arts coach in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Last Letter is her debut novel.

She is published in four Chicken Soup for the Soul books and regularly places articles and essays in local magazines and newspapers. Kathleen is also married and the mother of two children.

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Our Kindle Nation eBook Of The Day, Little Girl Gone, is a 5-Star Thriller by Shamus Award Nominee Brett Battles: “Captivating characters, nail biting tension, breathtaking action – Little Girl Gone is pure gold” … and here’s a Free Sample!

May 6, 2011 by KND

Here’s the set-up for Brett Battles’ Little Girl Gone, just $2.99 on Kindle:

From the Barry Award-winning author of the Jonathan Quinn series comes

Logan Harper isn’t looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father’s best friend, Tooney.

The next thing he knows, Logan is on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney’s missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney’s Burmese past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.

As the odds stack up against him, Logan must fall back on old skills from the life he’d rather forget. He’s made a promise, and the only way to fulfill it is to bring the girl home alive.

Praise For Little Girl Gone:

“Captivating characters, nail biting tension, breathtaking action – Little Girl Gone is pure gold.”—ANDREW GRANT, author of EVEN and DIE TWICE

“Once again, Battles delivers everything a thriller reader wants. An irrepressible hero and breakneck pace combined with vibrant settings and a deftly drawn supporting cast place LITTLE GIRL GONE firmly at the top of the genre. A book to be devoured.”—TASHA ALEXANDER, author of the Lady Emily Mysteries

Praise For Brett Battles’ Jonathan Quinn Series:

“Brett Battles has established himself as one of today’s best thriller writers, right up there with Lee Child, Barry Eisler, and Thomas Perry.”—DEADLY PLEASURES magazine

“The best word I can use to describe his writing is addictive.”—JAMES ROLLINS, author of the Sigma Force series

“Quinn is one part James Bond, one part Jason Bourne.”—NASHVILLE BOOK WORM

“I’m on the edge of my seat, awaiting future installments of Quinn’s Adventures.”—JEFFERY DEAVER, author of the Lincoln Rhyme’s series

“Battles has a true gift for writing thrillers…”—CRIMESPREE magazine

“The action is heart-pounding, gripping, and always engaging.”—TUCSON CITIZEN

“Battles is a master storyteller.”—Sheldon Siegel, author of PERFECT ALIBI

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BRETT BATTLES lives in Los Angeles and is the author of four novels in the acclaimed Jonathan Quinn series, including THE CLEANER (nominated for the Barry Award for Best Thriller 2008, and the Shamus Award for Best Debut Novel), THE DECEIVED (winner of the Barry Award for Best Thriller 2009), and the latest installment, THE SILENCED. LITTLE GIRL GONE is the first of his new series featuring Logan Harper.

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Not since Catch-22 has there been a genre-busting “war novel” like Our eBook Of The Day, Steve Anderson’s The Losing Role – 4.7 stars and just 99 cents on Kindle! Here’s a Free Sample

May 5, 2011 by KND

“An excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy.” — The New Podler Review

“Finally, the book is fun.” — Historical Novel Review

Here’s the set-up for Steve Anderson’s The Losing Role, just 99 Cents on Kindle:

In the last winter of WWII a failed German actor, Max Kaspar, is forced to join an absurdly desperate secret mission in which he must impersonate an enemy American officer. So Max cooks up his own fanatical plan — he’ll use his false identity to escape tyranny and war and flee to the America he’d once abandoned.

The Losing Role is based on an actual false flag operation during 1944’s Battle of the Bulge that’s been made infamous in legend but in reality was a doomed farce. In all the tragic details and with some dark humor, this is the story of an aspiring talent who got in over his head and tried to break free.

Praise for The Losing Role:

“The Losing Role is a terrific book that deserves a wide audience. It is exciting and funny and keeps you thinking long after the action is over.” — Rose City Reader

“Excellent dialogue, well-crafted characters, and enough dramatic tension to saw a Panzer in half.” — Independent Novel Award, Best of 2010 (The New Podler Review of Books)

“Author Steve Anderson constructs a historical thriller in The Losing Role that should prove quite difficult to put down.” — Midwest Book Review

“An excellent WWII espionage thriller that transcends the genre, making it a story that you don’t have to be a history buff to enjoy.” — The New Podler Review of Books

“This is a well-researched and fascinating book … with a refreshing twist; it is told from the view point of a German soldier — and a likable one at that.” — Man of la Book: Review

“The book does a marvelous job of showing the ‘fog of war’ wherein no one truly understands what is going on once the attack has begun. Finally, the book is fun.” — Historical Novel Review

Indie 500 Booklist 2011 | Indie eBook Hall of Fame | Independent Novel Award, Best of 2010 (New Podler Review of Books) | Four Stars and Up: Hidden Gem

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Steve Anderson is the author of The Losing Role, False Refuge and Besserwisser: A Novel. His novels often mix crime, history, mystery, noir and humor, usually involving a determined underdog stuck between two worlds.

Anderson was a Fulbright Fellow in Munich, Germany, and has also written short stories and screenplays. He has worked in marketing, advertising and journalism. Other day jobs include language instructor, waiter and freelance copywriter. He’s a big soccer fan and lives in Portland, Ore.

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Aggie Villanueva’s Rightfully Mine, a 5-star novel ripped right from the pages of the Old Testament, and just $3.97 on Kindle! Here’s a free sample of our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day!

May 4, 2011 by KND

“Why should the name of my father be wiped from Israel like footprints in a sandstorm because he bore only daughters?”

Here’s the set-up for Aggie Villanueva’s Rightfully Mine, just $3.97 on Kindle:

The Promised Land – God’s precious gift to the Israelites through the conquest of Canaan. But for Rizpah, the promise seemed empty; only a male could inherit land.

She only has one option: to petition Moses on behalf of her self and her sisters.

Despite the odds against her, Rizpah must fight for what is rightfully hers!

From the reviewers:

The era between the Jews’ forty-year wandering and their victory over Canaan is the setting. Rizpah (referred in Numbers 27 as Noah) is the second eldest daughter of Zelophehad. Upon her father’s death due to the plague, Rizpah fears she and her sisters will lose everything because only sons can inherit land, not daughters. Rizpah insists she must fight for what is “rightfully hers”, believing there must be a way to petition Moses to allow them their inheritance.

In this unconventional historical love story, long-time author (and photographer) Aggie Villeneuva takes an thoughtful look at an event in the Bible that is often brushed over. History is changed forever when headstrong second-born daughter Rizpah (Noah in the biblical account) takes matters into her own hands and does the unthinkable by barging into the assembly and demanding an equal share of land with her father’s brothers.

Aggie Villanueva shares with us a compelling story of strong women in a time when women were not allowed to be strong. Her main character and her sisters must fight for what they feel is rightfully theirs without upsetting the male influences of their tribes.

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Aggie Villanueva is a bestselling novelist, non fiction author, and critically acclaimed photographic artist represented by galleries nationwide, including Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.

Writing since the late 70s, Aggie Villanueva’s first novel, Chase the Wind, Thomas Nelson 1983, was published before she was 30 and her second, Rightfully Mine, from Thomas Nelson in 1986.

Villanueva freelanced throughout the 80s, also writing three craft columns and three software review columns, both for national magazines. She was featured on the cover of The Christian Writer Magazine October 1983.

For decades peers have described Aggie as a whirlwind that draws others into her vortex. And no wonder. She was a published author at Thomas Nelson before she was 30, and commenced to found local writers’ groups, the Mid-America Fellowship of Christian Writers three -day conference, taught at nationwide writing conferences, and published numerous writing newsletters for various organizations. Over the years she has worked on professional product launches with the likes of Denise Cassino, a foremost Joint Venture Specialist in the area of author product launches.

Aggie founded Visual Arts Junction blog February 2009 and by the end of the same year it was voted #5 at Predators & Editors in the category “Writers’ Resource, Information & News Source” for 2009.

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