Escort

Romance > Contemporary > Multicultural & Interracial
Author: Skye Warren
FREE

Escort

A male escort. His virgin client. What happens when one night isn’t enough?

I’m an escort, which means this date is nothing more than a mutually enjoyable transaction. There shouldn’t be any surprises, not for one as jaded as me, but when I walk into the penthouse suite of L’Etoile, everything changes.

1) For one thing, Bea is heartstoppingly gorgeous. Pale green eyes and endless freckles. Curves I want to spend all night exploring, as if her body was made for me.

2) Her innocence makes me want to use my entire inventory of bedroom tricks on her and then invent a few more.

3) Except that… she’s a virgin.

Manannan Trilogy

Fantasy > Historical
Author: Michele McGrath, Sheri McGathy
FREE

Manannan Trilogy

Travel back in time to an age where knowledge was magic and people roamed the seas looking for a better life.

Praise for Manannan Trilogy:

The historical details are well-researched and the mood of the novels reflect the superstitions and hardships of the time. The characters are engaging and believable, and Ms McGrath really makes the reader care for them. These stories will stay with me for a while.

Elizabeth

I didn’t want it to end.

Ember

“He came in a long prowed boat, sea mist trailing after him like a swirling cloak.” This, the first sentence of Michele McGrath’s Manannan’s Magic, told me that I was going to read something just a cut above the average. The Manannan Trilogy is a series of three historical romances set in the Isle of Man at the time of the Viking settlement and incursions.

Howling at the Moon (Tales of an Urban Werewolf Book 1)

Romance > Paranormal > Witches & Wizards
Author: Karen MacInerney
FREE

Howling at the Moon (Tales of an Urban Werewolf Book 1)

Sophie Garou seems to have it all: a great job at a prestigious accounting firm, a closet that rivals a Nordstrom showroom, and a terrific boyfriend who isn’t afraid to use the “M” word. There’s just one little itty-bitty problem: Sophie is a werewolf – and HER time of the month has a whole new meaning.

Needless to say, life among yummy flesh-and-blood humans is no piece of steak… er, cake!, but regular doses of wolfsbane tea and a mother who runs a magic shop have helped Sophie keep her paranormal pedigree under wraps. Still, when a sexy, golden-eyed werewolf prowls into town, Sophie finds herself struggling to keep her animal impulses in check – not to mention trying to keep things on track with her super hot (and super HUMAN) lawyer boyfriend. What’s more, someone is threatening to expose Sophie for what she really is.

UNWELCOME GUESTS: An atmospheric, suspenseful thriller

Crime Fiction > Noir
Author: Anna Willett
FREE

UNWELCOME GUESTS: An atmospheric, suspenseful thriller

A weekend getaway in an isolated country house is just what Caitlin needs to fix her relationship with husband Eli…

Her spirits are up as they enter the spacious retreat and cool off in the nearby lake. With Eli’s easy-going brother accompanying them – the party was his idea – the barbeque lit and beers cracked open, everything should be set for a perfect evening.

But her husband is cold and dismissive so Caitlin decides to drown her sorrows, and heads into the wine cellar. What she finds there will change their lives for ever.

No peaceful sojourn from their daily worries, the house will stage an intense battle of wits: violent, claustrophobic and cruel. The danger the small group are in will put their trust in one another to the ultimate test. The question is, will anyone get out alive?

The Clockwork God (Aboard the Great Iron Horse Book 1)

Science Fiction > Steampunk
Author: Jamie Sedgwick
FREE

The Clockwork God (Aboard the Great Iron Horse Book 1)

Barreling through their post-apocalyptic world in a massive steam locomotive, River and her companions -the steam-powered ape named Socrates and his crew of warriors, miscreants, and genetic anomalies- travel from one unpredictable adventure to another.

On their first outing, the crew encounters a bizarre cult of isolationists and their strange “Clockwork God.” Meanwhile, several crew members have gone missing, and tensions are rising as mutineers conspire to overthrow Socrates and destroy the train. As the conflict comes to a boil, a power more ancient and sinister than anything they ever imagined threatens to destroy them all.

Crashed: (Casper’s Ghost) (Crashed Series Book 1)

Romance > Fantasy
Author: Kerri Ann
FREE

Crashed: (Casper's Ghost) (Crashed Series Book 1)

Casper Crown on a motorcycle is fearless. He’s the man everyone wants to be. Every woman wants to say they’ve had him and most have.
I swore I wouldn’t let it happen to me. That I wouldn’t fall prey to his dangerous charisma. Now standing at his race tent my resolve is waining.
It’ll take everything in me to win against his charm.
Did I think the rich racer that had everything could be so hollow? So broken inside?

Ten minutes ago two women graced his bed and now he wants me. Everything he does is to fill the hole in his soul that he cannot repair. It’ll take more than a few sweet words to prove I’m worth more than a quick one night stand.

Rules for Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

Humor > Parenting & Families
Author: Roger Rosenblatt
Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99

Rules for Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life

Prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt has commented on some of the most important trends and events of our time in insightful columns in Time and discerning commentaries on PBSNewshour with Jim Lehrer. But at the dawn of a new millennium, Roger found himself facing an issue that he couldn’t talk his way out of: getting old.

Luckily, aging couldn’t dull his wit, and he turned his sharp pen to creating a survival manual for the twilight of life. These fifty-four brilliant, funny, and indispensable rules range from how to handle a bad hair day (or a no hair day) to knowing the difference between humor and comedy to learning that, in the end, none of these little worries really matter. Practical, wise, and funny, Rules for Aging offers not only a new mantra for an older generation but “a guide for those in the younger generation who want to learn from the mistakes of their elders”

Be Expert with Map and Compass

Outdoors & Nature > Hiking & Camping > Instructional
Author: Bjorn Kjellstrom, Carina Kjellstrom Elgin
Regularly $21.95, Today $4.99

Be Expert with Map and Compass

The classic map and compass navigation guide-revised for the age of GPS

GPS devices are great, but they can break, get lost, or easily be hampered by weather conditions, making basic map and compass skills essential for anyone who spends time outdoors. This popular, easy-to-use orienteering handbook has been helping people find their way for more than fifty years. Now updated to include information on GPS as well as current Web sites, references, sources, and photographs, it remains the book of choice for professional outdoorsmen, novice orienteers, and outdoor organizations as well as teachers, scout leaders, recreational hikers, hunters, and others around the world.

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Family Relationships > Fatherhood
Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates
Regularly $11.99, Today $1.99

The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood

Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam vet who rolled with the Black Panthers, an old-school disciplinarian and new-age believer in free love, an autodidact who launched a publishing company in his basement dedicated to telling the true history of African civilization. Most of all, he was a wily tactician whose mission was to carry his sons across the shoals of inner-city adolescence—and through the collapsing civilization of Baltimore in the Age of Crack—and into the safe arms of Howard University, where he worked so his children could attend for free.

Damaged: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel

Mystery > Women Sleuths
Author: Lisa Scottoline
Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99

Damaged: A Rosato & DiNunzio Novel

Ten-year-old Patrick O’Brien is a natural target at school. Shy, dyslexic, and small for his age, he tries to hide his first-grade reading level from everyone: from his classmates, from the grandfather who cares for him, and from the teachers who are supposed to help him. But the real trouble begins when Patrick is accused of attacking a school aide. The aide promptly quits and sues the boy, his family, and the school district. Patrick’s grandfather turns to the law firm of Rosato & DiNunzio for help and Mary DiNunzio is on the case. Soon Mary becomes Patrick’s true champion and his only hope for security and justice. But there is more to the story than meets the eye and Patrick might be more troubled than he seems.

Heat and Light: A Novel

Fiction > Political
Author: Jennifer Haigh
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99

Heat and Light: A Novel

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town at the center of her iconic novel Baker Towers in this ambitious, achingly human story of modern America and the conflicting forces at its heart—a bold, moving drama of hope and desperation, greed and power, big business and small-town families.

Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the country. Then the mines closed, and the town wore away like a bar of soap. Now Bakerton has been granted a surprise third act: it sits squarely atop the Marcellus Shale, a massive deposit of natural gas.

To drill or not to drill? Prison guard Rich Devlin leases his mineral rights to finance his dream of farming.

Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus

History > Ancient Civilizations > Rome
Author: Lindsay Powell, Steven Saylor
Regularly $22.99, Today $1.99

Marcus Agrippa: Right-hand Man of Caesar Augustus

Marcus Agrippa personified the term ‘right-hand man’. As Emperor Augustus’ deputy, he waged wars, pacified provinces, beautified Rome, and played a crucial role in laying the foundations of the Pax Romana for the next two hundred years – but he served always in the knowledge he would never rule in his own name. Why he did so, and never grasped power exclusively for himself, has perplexed historians for centuries. In his teens he formed a life-long friendship with Julius Caesar’s great nephew, Caius Octavius, which would change world history. Following Caesar’s assassination on the Ides of March 44 BC, Agrippa was instrumental in asserting his friend’s rights as the dictator’s heir. He established a reputation as a bold admiral, defeating Sextus Pompeius at Mylae and Naulochus (36 BC), culminating in the epoch-making Battle of Actium (31 BC), which eliminated Marcus Antonius and Queen Cleopatra as rivals.

The Blinds

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Adam Sternbergh
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99

The Blinds

Imagine a place populated by criminals—people plucked from their lives, with their memories altered, who’ve been granted new identities and a second chance. Welcome to The Blinds, a dusty town in rural Texas populated by misfits who don’t know if they’ve perpetrated a crime or just witnessed one. What’s clear to them is that if they leave, they will end up dead.

For eight years, Sheriff Calvin Cooper has kept an uneasy peace—but after a suicide and a murder in quick succession, the town’s residents revolt. Cooper has his own secrets to protect, so when his new deputy starts digging, he needs to keep one step ahead of her—and the mysterious outsiders who threaten to tear the whole place down. The more he learns, the more the hard truth is revealed: The Blinds is no sleepy hideaway. It’s simmering with violence and deception, aching heartbreak and dark betrayals.

The Flight: Charles Lindbergh’s Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

Aviation > History
Author: Dan Hampton
Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99

The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing

On the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known American pilot named Charles A. Lindbergh climbed into his single-engine monoplane, Spirit of St. Louis, and prepared to take off from a small airfield on Long Island, New York. Despite his inexperience—the twenty-five-year-old Lindbergh had never before flown over open water—he was determined to win the $25,000 Orteig Prize promised since 1919 to the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris, a terrifying adventure that had already claimed six men’s lives. Ahead of him lay a 3,600-mile solo journey across the vast north Atlantic and into the unknown; his survival rested on his skill, courage, and an unassuming little aircraft with no front window.

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