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The missing Nostradamus quatrains and a modern terrorist attack entwine in our eBook of the Day, John Medler’s thriller Quatrain. Here’s a free sample!

August 22, 2011March 24, 2011 by Steve Windwalker

The legend and mystery of Nostradamus have fascinated people for 500 years. The author combines the historical information on the famed seer with a fascinating fictional tale built around missing quatrains.

Here’s the set-up for Quatrain:

In 1557, Nostradamus published his famous prophetic opus entitled Les Propheties–a collection of four-line, rhyming verses called “quatrains.” The original set was supposed to have 1,000 prophecies.

However, only 942 have survived. 58 quatrains have been lost in the annals of time…..until now.

Can a cynical college professor and his two rebellious teenagers find the missing 58 quatrains of Nostradamus in time to stop a terrorist attack on the United States, and will anyone believe them?

From the Reviewers:

Daniel Brown meets Clive Cussler. Hope to see more from this talented new author. Highly recommend.

What a Find – This book keeps you on the edge from start to finish. Switching from the 16th century Nostradamus and his family to present day terror plot. Just when you think you have someting figured out – you haven’t. Secret codes and Raps – it’s all there. Can’t wait for a sequel.

This is the best book I have read in the last five years! I loved the character of the teenage son who annoys his dad by rapping all the time. It was as gripping as an episode of 24, with the fun of an Indiana Jones movie. It was similar to the Da Vinci Code in that you never know what is real and what is fiction. I love anything about Nostradamus, and I have to say I learned a lot about him that I did not know before.

I couldn’t put it down – enormous amount of work went into creating this fun and very educational book of fiction!

Click here to go to the web page for Quatrain

About the Author:

John Medler is an author and trial lawyer and lives with his wife Tammy in St. Louis, MO. He is the author of Quatrain, an historical fiction thriller about the lost prophecies of Nostradamus, as well as The Mommy Mole, an illustrated children’s book on international adoptions.

He is the recipient of the Golden Quill Writing Award, the William Pomerantz Trial Prize and the Lewis Powell Trial Award. He was recognized as one of the State’s Up and Coming Lawyers. He is the former General Attorney for AT&T and now works with his wife representing people who have been injured or killed in accidents.

He has three boys and three girls. One of his girls was adopted from Russia and another girl was adopted from Guatemala. He enjoys watching his daughter’s dance recitals and playing Scrabble with his sons. John is also the recipient of the American Red Cross Lifesaver Award, as a result of saving his boss’ life after the boss had a heart attack in the office.

John is not good at golf.

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Our KND eBook of the Day: Against a backdrop of universal chaos and violent sibling rivalry, the sweet love story of a changeling prince and East Village painter Blu Harris, a sensuous Afro-American with a tragic past and an unusual mystical energy

August 18, 2011March 23, 2011 by Steve Windwalker

Here’s the set-up for Nigia Stephens’ A Time of Blood and Fire:

Bred to blend in with humans, teams of Argon changelings spread across The Earth in order to hunt Mystics that sent the greater universe (The Harn) into near chaos. Ashdasoc, a changeling and one of the twin Princes from the world of Inathduard, meets Blu Harris, a painter, in New York’s East Village.

Blu is a sensuous Afro-American with a tragic past and an unusual mystical energy that Ash resonates to. The two become lovers until Ash reveals that he had been crafted from these fearsome creatures. Blu becomes trapped in the war between The Argon and powerful Mystics, who drained worlds of magical life to create a dangerously addictive drug that enhances creativity.

Yet the lovers never expect the explosive hatred and madness of Ash’s twin brother Set. As Ash goes on a desperate search for the only Mystic whom their father trusts, Set’s rage towards Blu detonates and his violence triggers centuries-old magic buried within her.

From A Reviewer:

Reading “A Time of Blood and Fire” is like unearthing a shard of ancient pottery, dark and beautifully ornate, with razor edges that cut deeply. Stephens’ work is reminiscent of Clive Barker fantasies, where unfathomably strange beings glide through the mundane streets of our world, full of mystery and mayhem. And, like Barker’s works, ATOBAF draws the reader into a spiraling fantasy world of strangeness and beauty and dark passions.

But where Barker sometimes gets bogged down in digressions, Stephens sets a blistering pace that jumps from one thundering scene to the next with barely a pause for breath. I look forward to the sequel!–John F. Schiff

About the Author:

Nigia is an artist, event promoter and poet. She has performed her prose and short stories around the New York City area since 1989. In that time, she published with numerous small presses in the East Village and Williamsburg Brooklyn.

She has explored writing Alternative Fiction and Fantasy for the past several years. A Time of Blood and Fire is her first published novel.

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Paris, mystery, romance, and murder are an intoxicating mix in Angela Henry’s The Paris Secret – Just $4.69 on Kindle, and here’s a free sample!

August 18, 2011March 22, 2011 by KND

Let Kindle take you deep inside the City of Light with our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day!

Here’s the set-up for Angela Henry’s The Paris Secret:

Less than twenty-four hours after fleeing to Paris, Maya Sinclair is the prime suspect in a brutal murder—and targeted by the real killer. When she’s viciously attacked in the gardens of Versailles, Maya barely escapes with her life thanks to sexy French journalist Simon Girard.

Simon has been investigating the mysterious death of his brother, an art forger with ties to the woman Maya is suspected of killing. Still healing from heartbreak of his own, Simon reluctantly joins forces with Maya, who has awakened feelings within him he thought long dead.

Their search for answers uncovers the existence of a secret society, and puts them on a quest to find a missing crucifix rumored to hold the key to everlasting life. Together, Maya and Simon race through Paris one step ahead of a killer who will do anything to ensure some secrets remain buried forever…

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Reviewers said:

Besides the thrill of Maya and Simon’s getaway adventure and battle against time, the excitement of uncovering clues and the history of a secret society, and the steamy attraction between Maya and Simon what I enjoyed the most in the novel was the virtual tour of Paris Angela Henry gave the reader. I have been several times to Paris and through Angela Henry’s descriptions of Paris’ cobblestone winding streets, the métro or historical sights, I felt like I was really there with Maya, soaking up the athmosphere of the city with a café au lait and a pain au chocolat.

The Paris Secret is a roller coaster ride that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat! This book had elements of The Bourne books…mystery, intrigue, and romance.

Setting: Paris – I want to go. The book was like a tour of Paris, the food, the sights, the atmosphere.

Mystery: There was a lot going on- murders, the missing crucifix, a secret society. Henry did a good job holding it all together, keeping the suspense going. There definitely weren’t any slow spots.

Romance: Maya and Simon are both recovering from broken hearts, but they’re a well-matched couple. He’s passionate, grumpy at times, dedicated. She’s independent, feisty, and a librarian. Their relationship is not smooth sailing, but at least they don’t spend the first half of the book denying the attraction. The sex scenes were steamy without being overly graphic.

Overall it was an exciting story, heavier on the suspense than the romance, and I enjoyed it.

Paris, romance, and murder are an intoxicating mix.

If the DaVinci Code & Julie Kenner’s Play or Die series had a baby, I think it might be a little something like this. While it doesn’t entirely fill the shoes of these two greats (hey, those are mighty big shoes), it definitely satisfied my cravings for hot romance & historical mystery during the holiday season.

This really was fun to read.

This book has it all — a phenomenal setting, long-buried secrets, a present-day murder mystery and a dash of paranormal intrigue, not to mention a cast of characters that leap off the page. And while it is so much more than a romance book, the two main characters are absolutely unforgettable.

Visit Amazon’s Angela Henry Page

Angela Henry was once told that her past life careers included spy, researcher, and investigator. She stuck with what she knew because today she’s a mystery writing library reference specialist, who loves to people watch and eavesdrop on conversations.

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She’s the author of four mysteries featuring equally nosy amateur sleuth Kendra Clayton, and is also the founder of the award-winning MystNoir: African-American Mysteries website, which promotes African-American mystery writers, and was named a “Hot Site” by USA Today.com. MystNoir’s headline says it promotes mysteries by African-American authors, or books featuring African-American sleuths.

When she’s not working, writing, or practicing her stealth, she loves to travel, is a connoisseur of B horror movies, and an admitted anime addict. She lives in Ohio and is currently hard at work trying to meet her next deadline.

It’s 1935 in New York, and our KND eBook of the Day THE STORM KILLER delivers in every way, with every sense, and with an astonishing ability to freshly create times, places and characters – Here’s a free sample

August 18, 2011March 21, 2011 by KND

“Mike Jastrzebski’s 5-star thriller THE STORM KILLER has it all: hard-boiled narrative, gripping suspense, period detail, an unlikely hero battling his inner demons, and a stunning conclusion that you won’t see coming. Highly recommended!”–Miriam Auerbach

Here, from a few reviews, is the set-up for The Storm Killer:

“Time: 1935. Place: New York City. Crime beat reporter Jim Locke gets sucked into a quagmire of death, deceit, and danger when his actress sister is murdered – and he becomes the prime suspect. When he uncovers a pattern of similar murders, he is convinced that a serial killer is on the loose. But the police aren’t buying it, and it’s up to Jim to stop the madman.

“The hunt takes him from the grimy streets and smoke-filled bars of Manhattan to deceptively laid-back Key West, just as a killer storm bears down on the island. THE STORM KILLER has it all: hard-boiled narrative, gripping suspense, period detail, an unlikely hero battling his inner demons, and a stunning conclusion that you won’t see coming. Highly recommended!”–Miriam Auerbach, author of Dirty Harriet Rides Again

“Mike Jastrzebski’s stunning historical debut takes readers back into the hard-boiled world of Chandler and Hammett — and brings Ernest Hemingway back to life in a book as big as the man himself. The Storm Killer, a top grade thriller with a heavy dose of noir, hurtles you from New York to Key West at a pace that will leave you breathless.”-Christine Kling, author of Surface Tension, Cross Current, Bitter End, and Wrecker’s Key

“Jastrzebski’s hard-boiled thriller storms through New York’s gritty streets down to Prohibition-era Key West with Ernest Hemingway providing the tailwind. A crisp, fast-paced detective story, which Humphrey Bogart would have loved to play the lead in.”–Award-winning author Sharon Potts, In Their Blood

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When entire concepts of morals and convention are turned inside out, everything is perception. Charlie Warady’s 5ive-star novel 5IVE SPEED is just $2.99 on Kindle, and here’s a free sample

August 18, 2011March 20, 2011 by KND

Have you ever settled for “good enough” and, even if for just a moment, given up on your greatest dreams?

Is good enough what you really want? Is good enough really, in the end, good enough? A novel for everyone but one that Baby Boomers–and their kids and grandkids–will love for its look back at a special time in America.

Here’s the set-up for Charlie Warady’s novel 5IVE SPEED:

It isn’t until Donald Roth meets his son’s future in-laws that he realizes he is tired of a three-speed life. Time to move up.

When Donald was a kid in the late 60’s on the South Side of Chicago, he had a Schwinn Sting Ray bike. Everyone did. But everyone else had a five-speed. Donald’s was a three-speed. It was good enough, as was explained by his parents, just as their Ford Maverick wasn’t the neighbor’s Le Mans, but it was good enough. And that’s the way Donald was taught to live his life. It was a three-speed life. It was good enough.

He marries Emily because she’s good enough. Emily marries Donald because that’s what she had planned, and she is not going to experience divorce as did her parents. Donald opens a law practice with his two best friends and roommates from college because it’s good enough.

Then the Roths meet their son’s future in-laws and everything changes.

Donald wonders if, in fact, he could get that five-speed.

In this hilarious and thought-provoking novel, the whole concept of morals and convention is turned inside out. Everything is perception. If you like Richard Russo, Tom Perotta, and Jonathan Franzen, you’re going to love this book.

The Reviewers Said:

Growing up the 1960s, and in Chicago, I could not stop smiling as I read Mr.Warady’s wonderfully engaging novel about life, love, and the funny things that happen along the way.

This is a must read for all Baby boomers!

Written with both amazing humor and yet thoughtful characterizations, this fast moving novel is aptly named.

Charley Warady is a master of dialogue–there is no wasted energy, it reads down-hill (which is something that I always look for in what I read).

This very funny novel is a real delight–Charley Warady is a GREAT story teller and it’s a GREAT story.

Visit Amazon’s Charley Warady Page

Charley Warady was a stand-up comedian, headlining colleges and clubs across the United States before moving to Israel in 1996 because it was something he had never done before.

He continues to do stand-up comedy, as well as writing, blogging, and podcasting. As part of his stand-up comedy while living in Israel, he has toured the world as co-founder of the Israeli-Palestinian Comedy Tour.

Writing remains his primary passion; joy and incredible abundance his main goal.

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“Para-psychic, Para-psychotic, Para-captivating!” CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist: Cheryl Kaye Tardif’s DIVINE INTERVENTION is our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day and it’s just 99 cents on Kindle!

August 18, 2011March 19, 2011 by KND

A Pyro-Empath, a Psychometric Empath, and a Victim Empath team up to chase down an arsonist in this thriller praised widely as a genuine, uniquely Canadian mystery.

Rave Reviews For Cheryl Kaye Tardif’s Divine Intervention, available for just 99 cents for a limited time in the Kindle Store:

“Great imagination, fabulous imagery…This chilling page-turner is a genuine Canadian crime novel…Tardif gives her readers plenty of twists and turns before reaching a satisfying ending.” –Midwest Book Review

“An exciting book from start to finish. The futuristic elements are believable…plenty of surprising twists and turns. Good writing, good book! Sci-fi and mystery fans will love this book.” –Writer’s Digest

“A fan of J.D. Robb will thoroughly enjoy this one…a genuinely Canadian crime novel…leave(s) you smoldering…” — Kelly Christian, writer, WGA member and DF (Devout Fan)

“An action-packed book for summer readers! The story will keep readers turning pages.” — Bruce Atchison, freelance writer

“WONDERFUL! Riveting, with imagery almost agonizingly clear…nearly impossible to stop reading!” — Kate Leighton, Canadian editor and writer

“Sci-fi and mystery fans will love this book.” ―Writer’s Digest

“Para-psychic, Para-psychotic, Para-captivating!” ―Yale R. Jaffe, author of Advantage Disadvantage

“A genuine Canadian crime novel.” ―Midwest Book Review

Here’s the set-up:

CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan leads a psychically gifted team in the hunt for a serial arsonist―a murderer who has already taken the lives of three people.

Jasi and her team members―Psychometric Empath and profiler Ben Roberts and Victim Empath Natassia Prushenko―are joined by Brandon Walsh, the handsome but skeptical Chief of Arson Investigations. In a manhunt that takes them from Vancouver to Kelowna, Penticton and Victoria, they are led down a twisting path of sinister secrets.

Sifting through ashes and clues, Jasi realizes that there is more to the third victim than meets the eye. Perhaps not all of the victims were that innocent. The hunt intensifies when she learns that someone they know is next on the arsonist’s list.

Unleashing her gift as a Pyro-Psychic, Jasi is compelled toward smoldering ashes and enters the killer’s mind―a mind bent on destruction and revenge. And in the heat of early summer, Jasi discovers that a murderer lies in wait…much closer than she ever imagined.

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If your wife makes a date to meet after she’s dead, would you show up? Turn on all the lights before you check out this free sample of our Kindle Nation eBook of the Day, Scott Nicholson’s Speed Dating With The Dead

August 18, 2011March 18, 2011 by KND

A paranormal conference at a haunted hotel in the Blue Ridge Mountains goes haywire when the experts accidentally stir up the demons. “Keep both hands on your pants, because Scott Nicholson is about to scare them off.”– J.A. Konrath. Speed Dating With The Dead — just 99 cents on Kindle!

Here’s the set-up for Speed Dating With The Dead by Scott Nicholson, the bestselling author of The Red Church, Transparent Lovers, and Disintegration:

When Digger Wilson brings his paranormal team, Spirit Seekers International, to the White Horse Inn, he is skeptical that his dead wife will keep her half of the bargain. He doesn’t believe in ghosts, but just before she died, she promised to meet him there.

When one of the conference guests channels a mysterious presence and an Ouija board spells out a pet phrase known only to Digger and his wife, his convictions are challenged.

And when guests start to disappear, Digger and his daughter Kendra must face the circle of demons that view the hotel as their personal playground.

Because soon the inn will be closing for good, angels can’t be trusted, and demons don’t like to play alone . . .

“Where do authors get their ideas?” is a common question:

For Speed Dating With The Dead, Nicholson says:

The Green Park Inn in Blowing Rock, NC, kept a “ghost register” at the desk for recording encounters. I hosted a paranormal conference there in 2008 that inspired the novel.

About the Author:

“Scott Nicholson is the kind of writer who always thrills and always entertains.” –Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero

“Scott Nicholson understands that the best horror novels achieve primal fear through a combination of sustained atmosphere, richly drawn characters, and believable if uncanny evils that draw unholy power from everyday lives.” –Christopher Ransom, author of the international bestseller, The Birthing House

“A master of atmospheric suspense.” –Eric Wilson, NY Times bestselling novelist

“Scott Nicholson knows the territory. Follow him at your own risk.”–Stewart O’Nan, Boston Noir

“Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares.”–Bentley Little, His Father’s Son

“Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off.”– J.A. Konrath / Jack Kilborn

Scott Nicholson is author of 12 novels, five story collections, six screenplays, and four comics series. His first novel THE RED CHURCH was a Stoker Award finalist. Much of his work is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, where he works as a freelance editor and journalist.

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