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~ The Cheap Kindle Daily read is Out of Time ~

by Deborah Truscott

The genre is Historical Romance with a 4.3 star rating at only $3.99!

“This story focuses on the physical and emotional journey of two lost souls, but it’s so much more than that. The author cleverly incorporates a fascinating history lesson on the revolutionary-era (with an incredible feel for period detail) and an examination of 21st century culture, amidst an intriguing love story. It kept my interest and attention to the very end AND I learned many new things without even trying. I wish history in high school had been this interesting!” –Deborah Truscott (Amazon Review)

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Kathleen Findlay is married to a cad, her mother is driving her crazy and her life is falling apart. Then her uncle dies, leaving her the family’s Revolutionary-era home and, she believes, an escape from her chaotic marriage. But one afternoon, while searching for a rake, she discovers a man in her garden shed — and a free fall through the centuries.

As her life spins wildly out of control, Kathleen finds her heart and in the process, her own place in time

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~ The Cheap Kindle Daily read is Whole Latte Life ~ 

by Joanne DeMaio

The genre is Women’s Fiction with a 4.5 star rating at only $2.99!

“DeMaio’s lyrical language, combined with her exploration of the lingering power of our expectations and our choices, create an inspiring novel of love and loyalty–loyalty to mothers, to spouses, to traditions, and to friends. Whole Latte Life is a beautifully articulated story of loss and redemption, lasting connections and unconditional love. Whole Latte Life offers beach lovers, stargazers and girlfriends a warm story to share at a favorite café.” –D. Hartman (Amazon Review)

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Would you leave everything behind to know who you are?

Sara Beth Riley never dreamt she’d walk straight out of her life. Actually she’d never dreamt a lot of things that had happened this year … From being kidnapped by her own best friend, to throwing her wedding rings into the Hudson River, to calling an old love in France, to getting inked with said best friend, painting the passionate constellation of these choices into permanence. But mostly, she could never have dreamt what started it all. How could it be that her mother’s unexpected death, and the grief which lingered painfully long, turned her into the woman she was finally meant to become?

Sara Beth’s escape begins a summer of change – of herself, of marriage, of the lives of those around her. In a story that moves from Manhattan to the sea to a quaint New England town, WHOLE LATTE LIFE looks at friends we never forget, at decisions we linger with, at our attempts to live the lives we love.

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About The Author

Joanne DeMaio is an author of contemporary women’s fiction, blending family, coffee and friendship on the page.  Her novel Whole Latte Life is an Amazon best seller in Women’s Fiction-Friendship as well as a Kirkus Reviews Critics’ Pick.  In addition, her music essays have appeared in literary journals, celebrating her passion for song, in print.  Joanne lives with her family in Connecticut, where the coffee and stories are always brewing.

To learn more about this author, visit http://www.joannedemaio.com/#!

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~ The Cheap Kindle Daily read is Six-Legged Soldiers : Using Insects as Weapons of War~

by Jeffrey A Lockwood

The genre is Nob Fiction with a 4.3 star rating at only $1.99!

“This book is simultaneously a fascinating piece of military history, applied entomolgy (the study of “bugs”), and contemporary security issues. All of that would be good enough to recommend this book but the fact that it is written in an engaging and conversational manner makes it an extremely fine intellectual diversion. From the ancient use of bees to block up the walls of cities against invaders to the potential use of plague-fleas and rats against civilian targets, this book brings the pespective of a professor and well-informed amateur historian to a mass audience. This is easily the best piece of popular science writing I’ve read this year.” –Peter J. Ward (Amazon Review)

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The emir of Bukhara used assassin bugs to eat away the flesh of his prisoners. General Ishii Shiro during World War II released hundreds of millions of infected insects across China, ultimately causing more deaths than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. These are just two of many startling examples found in Six-legged Soldiers, a brilliant portrait of the many weirdly creative, truly frightening, and ultimately powerful ways in which insects have been used as weapons of war, terror, and torture.Beginning in prehistoric times and building toward a near and disturbing future, the reader is taken on a journey of innovation and depravity. Award-winning science writer Jeffrey A. Lockwood begins with the development of “bee bombs” in the ancient world and explores the role of insect-borne disease in changing the course of major battles, ranging from Napoleon’s military campaigns to the trenches of World War I. He explores the horrific programs of insect warfare during World War II: airplanes dropping plague-infested fleas, facilities rearing tens of millions of hungry beetles to destroy crops, and prison camps staffed by doctors testing disease-carrying lice on inmates. The Cold War saw secret government operations involving the mass release of specially developed strains of mosquitoes on an unsuspecting American public–along with the alleged use of disease-carrying and crop-eating pests against North Korea and Cuba. Lockwood reveals how easy it would be to use of insects in warfare and terrorism today: In 1989, domestic ecoterrorists extorted government officials and wreaked economic and political havoc by threatening to release the notorious Medfly into California’s crops.

A remarkable story of human ingenuity–and brutality–Six-Legged Soldiers is the first comprehensive look at the use of insects as weapons of war, from ancient times to the present day.

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About The Author

Dr. Jeffrey Alan Lockwood (born 1960) is an award-winning author and University of Wyoming professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities. He writes both nonfiction science books, as well as meditations. Lockwood is the recipient of both the Pushcart Prize and the John Burroughs Medal.

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~ The Cheap Kindle Daily read is Almost Summer (Fool’s Gold)~

by Susan Mallery

The genre is Romance with a 4.1 star rating at only $2.51!

“The latest Fool’s Gold book Almost Summer was a great, fun read that gets you into gear for the up and coming summer books of Fool’s Gold. Fool’s Gold is a wonderful, heart felt series and Almost Summer is no different. It was the kind of book that I felt myself smiling and even laughing out load, which I loved! Susan Mallery delivers a great book again! It’s a must buy.” –S. Horton (Amazon Review)

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Ever since she was young, Paige McLean has longed to see the world. Still, she never imagined the world would land on her doorstep in the form of a charming British surgeon who needs a place to stay when his plans fall through.

After a devastating loss, Alistair Woodbury has vowed to live his life alone. But in all his travels, he hasn’t encountered a town as welcoming as Fool’s Gold, nor a woman as caring – or as beautiful – as Paige. Her compassion warms him almost as much as their stolen kisses.

When it’s Alistair’s time to leave, will his brief visit turn into a lifetime stay?

A Fool’s Gold series novella.

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About The Author

Join the Members Only area at www.SusanMallery.com for free excerpts, exclusive short stories, games, and more. And be sure to look for her on Facebook and Twitter. ***

New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery has entertained millions of readers with her witty and emotional stories about women and the relationships that move them. Publisher’s Weekly calls Susan’s prose “luscious and provocative,” and Booklist says, “Novels don’t get much better than Mallery’s expert blend of emotional nuance, humor and superb storytelling.” While Susan appreciates the critical praise, she is most honored by the enthusiastic readers who write to tell her that her books made them laugh, made them cry, and made the world a happier place to live.

Susan lives in Seattle with her husband and her tiny but intrepid toy poodle. She’s there for the coffee, not the weather.

To learn more about this author, visit www.susanmallery.com

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~ The Cheap Kindle Daily read is A DANGEROUS HARBOR ~

by R.P. Dahlke

The genre is Romantic Suspense with a 4.4 star rating at only $2.99!

“`A Dangerous Harbor’ is a fast paced, sexy sizzler, with a little mystery and intrigue added to the mix, not to be taken too seriously and great as a book to cozy up with on a cold winters evening, or as a summer beach read.” –Yvonne (Amazon Review)

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Dangerous Harbor is a seriously dangerous romantic suspense novel that will keep you up well past your bedtime! The heroine, Katy, is a beautiful and appealing San Francisco cop, whose solo sailing vacation down to Ensenada turns into a busman’s holiday, complete with a dead body, ex-boyfriend, sleazy business tycoon, drug Cartels, and a seriously sexy Mexican lawman. –M. Louisa Locke, author of Maids of Misfortune & Uneasy Spirits“Take a San Francisco police officer who is on leave for shooting a man who threatened her sister, send her on a sailing trip into Mexican waters where she finds the body of a murdered teenage girl, and you’ve got the mix for an intriguing mystery. Add an irresistible Mexican-Italian man who happens to be the lead investigator on the case and the romance begins to sizzle. I loved the vivid descriptions of this coastal Mexican town, and the methodic way in which officer Katy Hunter helps with the investigation. A satisfying ending in which all the threads come together into a neatly plotted book.” – Connie Shelton, author of the best-selling Charlie Parker mysteries and the new Samantha Sweet mysteries

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About The Author

This book was the result of several years in Ensenada,Mexico  aboard our cutter rigged Hylas 47 sailboat. Ensenada is, as most California sailors know, first port of call into Baja, Mexco after San Diego. Most of the town is clustered around the harbor where working marinas like Baja Naval still service American boaters.
I found this sleepy little town to be fascinating, full of endless stories, with a culture that was, and still is, struggling to gain a foothold in the 21st Century. The irony is that I started this book ten years ago, based on a local news story, which at the time was staggering in its brutality. This story is no longer unique as the Mexican Cartels daily murder with impunity. But, just as the cartels are not all that is Mexico, this story isn’t all about them, it’s about what happens when you try to run away from your problems and it’s about Americans, the ones passing through and the ones stuck in A Dangerous Harbor.

To learn more about this author and her books, visit http://rpdahlke.com/

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 The Cheap Kindle Daily read is Confession Is Murder (The Patron Saint Mysteries)

by Peg Cochran

The genre is Mystery with a 4.5 star rating at only $3.98!

“Peg Cochran’s writing sparkles with humor and wit in this charming cozy starring “Jersey girl” Lucille Mazzarella. Lucille might not be able to stay on her diet, but she sure knows how to track down a killer! The characters in this book were so well-sketched that I felt I’d known them all my life. Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to this charmer of a mystery. You’ll laugh from beginning to end.” –Mystery/suspense lover (Amazon Review)

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For middle-aged “Jersey girl,” Lucille Mazzarella, only two things in life really count–her family and her friends. When her brother-in-law’s body falls out of the confessional at church, everything she holds dear is threatened, especially when the police arrest her husband for the murder. Plagued by hot flashes, a thickening waistline, a mother addicted to the home shopping channel and tempted by a sexy old flame come back to town, Lucille really has her hands full. But while Lucille may not know much about solving crimes, she does know her patron saints. With some prayers, fast thinking and even faster talk, Lucille manages to nail the killer and restore order to her life.

Lucille’s number one favorite patron saint: St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes. Because Bernadette is pregnant and unmarried, her boyfriend is in jail, Lucille’s husband might be playing around, her best friend could be a murderer, and Lucille has gained ten pounds thanks to her latest diet.

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About The Author

Peg grew up in a New Jersey suburb about 25 miles outside of New York City.  After college, she moved to the City where she managed an art gallery owned by the son of the artist Henri Matisse.  When her first daughter, Francesca, arrived, the new family moved back to the New Jersey suburbs where her second daughter, Annabelle, was born.

After her husband died, Peg remarried and her new husband took a job in Grand Rapids, MI where they now live (on exile from NJ, she likes to joke).  Peg managed to segue from the art world to marketing and is now the manager of marketing communications for a company that provides services to seniors.

Her greatest love though has always been writing-particularly mysteries!  Besides the Patron Saint Mysteries, she has two cozy mystery series debuting from Berkley Prime Crime-the Gourmet De-Lite series set in Connecticut, and the Sweet Nothings Vintage Lingerie series, written as Meg London, set in Paris, TN.

To learn more about this author and her books, visit http://pegcochran.com/