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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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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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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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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

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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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