Codename: Chandler, The Beginning – Three Complete Stories (Hit, Exposed, Naughty)

  Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: J.A. Konrath, Ann Voss Peterson, Jack Kilborn
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Codename: Chandler, The Beginning - Three Complete Stories (Hit, Exposed, Naughty)

Codename Chandler: The Beginning

She’s an elite spy, working for an agency so secret only three people know it exists. Trained by the best of the best, she has honed her body, her instincts, and her intellect to become the perfect weapon.

CODENAME: CHANDLER

HIT
The world’s deadliest assassin just met her match…

Before special operative Chandler was forced to FLEE, she executed the most difficult missions–and most dangerous people–for the government. So when she’s ordered to eliminate a crooked corporate CEO in a manner that looks like natural death, it’s a regular day at the office… until she discovers she’s not the only assassin hunting this particular prey, and her competition is aiming to make this hit into a political statement that will shake the nation.

EXPOSED
Death is in her blood.

Before special operative Chandler was forced to FLEE, she executed the most difficult missions–and most dangerous people–for the government. So when she’s tasked with saving a VIP’s daughter from human traffickers, Chandler expects the operation to be by the numbers…until she uncovers a secret that will endanger the entire population of New York City, and possibly the world.

Murder at the Blue Plate Café (Blue Plate Café Mysteries Book 1)

 Mystery > Cozy > Culinary
Author: Judy Alter
FREE

Murder at the Blue Plate Café (Blue Plate Café Mysteries Book 1)

Small towns are supposed to be idyllic and peaceful, but when Kate Chambers returns to her hometown of Wheeler, Texas, she soon learns it is not the comfortable place it was when she grew up. First there’s Gram’s sudden death, which leaves her suspicious, and then the death of her married sister’s lover. Kate runs Gram’s restaurant, the Blue Plate Café, but she must defend her sister against a murder charge, solve the murders to keep her business open, and figure out where the café’s profits are going. Even Kate begins to wonder about the twin sister she has a love-hate relationship with. Gram guides Kate through it all, though Kate’s never quite sure she’s hearing Gram—and sometimes Gram’s guidance is really off the wall.

Swim Season

  Genre Fiction > Coming of Age
Author: Marianne Sciucco
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Swim Season

Sometimes winning is everything.

Champion swimmer Aerin Keane is ready to give up her dreams of college swimming and a shot at the Olympics. As she starts senior year in her third high school, Aerin’s determined to leave her family troubles behind and be like all the other girls at Two Rivers. She’s got a new image and a new attitude. She doesn’t want to win anymore. She’s swimming for fun, no longer the freak who wins every race, every title, only to find herself alone.

But when her desire to be just one of the girls collides with her desire to be the best Two Rivers has ever seen, will Aerin sacrifice her new friendships to break a longstanding school record that comes with a $50,000 scholarship?

Dark Eyes of London

 Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Author: Philip Cox
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Dark Eyes of London

Librarian Tom Raymond takes a phone call from the last person he expected to hear from: his ex-wife Lisa. She says she needs to talk. She can’t say what it’s about, and it has to be face to face.

However, Lisa does not show up for their meeting, and later that night Tom finds she apparently met with an accident earlier.

Tom later finds that his doubts about Lisa’s accident are shared by attractive but shy Amy Spicer, who worked with Lisa at CitiMarket – a market research company. He and Amy form an unlikely partnership as they try to get to the bottom of what really happened to Lisa, and what it had to do with her call to Tom.

Gods of the Dead: Explicit Edition (Rising Book 1)

 Horror > Dark Fantasy
Author: Tracey Ward
FREE

Gods of the Dead: Explicit Edition (Rising Book 1)

The Fever took hold of Portland first. They tried to contain it. They built barriers, brought in experts, promised cures. But the day they flew in bombers and burned Portland to the ground, the rest of the world knew the truth.

There was no containing it.

Soon panic spreads with the Fever, consuming everyone and everything in its path. Humanity is crumbling, the dead are rising, but out of the remnants two men will emerge.

Strangers.
Loners.
Heroes.

American P.I. (A Nicholas Colt Thriller)

 Thrillers > Pulp
Author: Jude Hardin
FREE

American P.I. (A Nicholas Colt Thriller)

October 21: just an ordinary day, unless you’re a former rock star…

The sole survivor of a plane crash…

A private investigator working out of a camper…

For Nicholas Colt, October 21 is an unlucky day. A day for nightmares. It always has been, and this year is no exception.

Someone is brutally murdering the offspring of an anonymous sperm donor, and Colt’s missing client is next on the list. With less than four days to find the young man—and, with a pair of drug-addicted study partners, a violent motorcycle gang, a stalker ex-girlfriend, and a host of other obstacles standing in his way—Colt faces the most challenging and deadly case of his life.

The Idea of You: A Novel

  Contemporary Fiction > Women’s Fiction
Author: Robinne Lee
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99

The Idea of You: A Novel

Solène Marchand, the thirty-nine-year-old owner of an art gallery in Los Angeles, is reluctant to take her daughter, Isabelle, to meet her favorite boy band. But since her divorce, she’s more eager than ever to be close to Isabelle. The last thing Solène expects is to make a connection with one of the members of the world-famous August Moon. But Hayes Campbell is clever, winning, confident, and posh, and the attraction is immediate. That he is all of twenty years old further complicates things.

What begins as a series of clandestine trysts quickly evolves into a passionate and genuine relationship. It is a journey that spans continents as Solène and Hayes navigate each other’s worlds: from stadium tours to international art fairs to secluded hideaways in Paris and Miami.

Just To Be With You (Seattle Sullivans) (The Sullivans Book 12)

 Romance > Collections & Anthologies
Author: Bella Andre
Regularly $5.99, Today $1.99

Just To Be With You (Seattle Sullivans) (The Sullivans Book 12)

Ian Sullivan, the powerful and wealthy CEO of Sullivan Investments, has never failed at anything in his life…apart from love and marriage. Certain that he’ll never take the plunge again, the last thing he expects is for a beautiful actress to turn his perfectly organized world completely upside down.

Tatiana Landon, one of the hottest talents in Hollywood, has been waiting for true love her whole life. When she meets Ian, she’s certain she’s finally found it…along with a passion that sizzles hotter than anything in her wildest dreams. All she needs to do now is find a way to convince him to take the risk of loving again.

Ian soon realizes that Tatiana is just as focused on winning his heart as he is on locking it away. But when unexpected circumstances thrust them into a world where real-life rules don’t apply, will Ian finally recognize Tatiana as his one true love?

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History

 Biographies & Memoirs > Journalists
Author: Katy Tur
Regularly $12.99, Today $4.99

Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History

Called “disgraceful,” “third-rate,” and “not nice” by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history.

Katy Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She visited forty states with the candidate, made more than 3,800 live television reports, and tried to endure a gazillion loops of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer”—a Trump rally playlist staple.

From day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. In return, Trump repeatedly singled Tur out. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her.

Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes

 Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Asian Cooking > Korean
Author: Robin Ha
Regularly $11.99, Today $1.99

Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes

A charming introduction to the basics of Korean cooking in graphic novel form, with 64 recipes, ingredient profiles, and more, presented through light-hearted comics.

Fun to look at and easy to use, this unique combination of cookbook and graphic novel is the ideal introduction to cooking Korean cuisine at home. Robin Ha’s colorful and humorous one-to three-page comics fully illustrate the steps and ingredients needed to bring more than sixty traditional (and some not-so-traditional) dishes to life.

In these playful but exact recipes, you’ll learn how to create everything from easy kimchi (mak kimchi) and soy garlic beef over rice (bulgogi dupbap) to seaweed rice rolls (gimbap) and beyond. Friendly and inviting, Cook Korean! is perfect for beginners and seasoned cooks alike who want to try their hand at this wildly popular cuisine.

Cinderella Undone

  Women’s Fiction > New Adult
Author: Nicole Snow
Regularly $3.99, Today $0.99

Cinderella Undone

I NEED A WIFE TO SAVE MY DAUGHTER. SHE NEEDS MY MAGIC.

I loved her like a sister forever ago.

Before life served us tragedy with a bitter cherry on top.

Before I learned love isn’t a damn fairy tale.

Before I became a single dad.

Protecting my little girl is all I still care about. Kendra is my lifeline if she’ll just play along.

Her job is easy.

Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death

  Biographies & Memoirs > Historical
Author: Flory Van Beek
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Flory: Survival in the Valley of Death

In 1939, as the Nazi occupation grew from threat to reality, the Jewish population throughout Europe faced heart-wrenching decisions—to flee and lose their homes or to go into hiding, hoping against all odds to avoid the fate of being discovered. Holocaust survivor Flory A. Van Beek faced this terrible choice, and in this poignant testament of hope she takes us on her personal journey into one of history’s darkest hours.

Only a teenage girl when the Nazis invaded her neutral homeland of Holland, Flory watched the only life she had ever known disappear. Tearfully leaving her family, Flory tried to escape on the infamous SS Simon Bolivar passenger ship with Felix, the young Jewish man from Germany who would later become her husband.

Next Victim (Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair Book 2)

Author: Michael Prescott
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Next Victim (Tess McCallum & Abby Sinclair Book 2)

Tess McCallum is a blonde, gray‑eyed, single, and totally dedicated FBI agent whose work and personal life have both been stuck in neutral since the traumatic night she came home to find her fellow FBI agent and secret lover ritually murdered by the slippery sex killer she had been pursuing. Her target, Mobius, is a crafty, complex, and completely insane serial killer. His unique scariness lies in his ordinariness; he is an Everyman who could be just about anyone . . . or anywhere. Now, two unnervingly inactive years later, Tess gets a summons from her former boss, Assistant Director Gerald Andrus, bringing her to L.A. to investigate a suspect who seems frighteningly similar to Mobius. He is back, with a new identity and, as a result of his latest opportunistic killing, a new weapon of mass destruction (a canister of VX nerve agent), as well as a nasty plan to kill thousands all at once.

The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

 History > Military > World War II
Author: Rick Beyer, Elizabeth Sayles
Regularly $9.99, Today $4.99

The Ghost Army of World War II: How One Top-Secret Unit Deceived the Enemy with Inflatable Tanks, Sound Effects, and Other Audacious Fakery

The Ghost Army of World War II describes a perfect example of a little-known, highly imaginative, and daring maneuver that helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. It is a riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way—ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously. – Tom Brokaw

In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs—including such future luminaries as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey—landed in France to conduct a secret mission. Armed with truckloads of inflatable tanks, a massive collection of sound-effects records, and more than a few tricks up their sleeves, their job was to create a traveling road show of deception on the battlefields of Europe, with the German Army as their audience.

The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation

 Christian Books & Bibles > Catholicism > Self-Help
Author: Thomas Merton, William H. Shannon
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The Inner Experience: Notes on Contemplation

Never before published except as a series of articles (one per chapter) in an academic journal, this book on contemplation was revised by Merton shortly before his untimely death. The material bridges Merton’s early work on Catholic monasticism, mysticism, and contemplation with his later writing on Eastern, especially Buddhist, traditions of meditation and spirituality. This book thus provides a comprehensive understanding of contemplation that draws on the best of Western and Eastern traditions.

Merton was still tinkering with this book when he died; it was the book he struggled with most during his career as a writer. But now the Merton Legacy Trust and experts have determined that the book makes such a valuable contribution as his major comprehensive presentation of contemplation that they have allowed its publication.

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