Daily Deals: From the magical to the unfathomable
Beneath the Thirteen Moons by Kathryne Kennedy. $ 1.99
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He’s a ruler in a divided world…
In the magical, watery world of the Sea Forest, the divide between the rulers and the people is an uncrossable chasm. Handsome, arrogant prince Korl Com’nder has lived a life of luxury that is nothing more than a fantasy to the people he rules. Until the day he is accidentally kidnapped by a beautiful outlaw smuggler and is forced to open his eyes to the world outside his palace walls.
She’s an outcast, but at least she has her independence…
Mahri Zin would stop at nothing to save her village, and when they needed a healer she didn’t think twice about kidnapping one. But when she realizes that the healer she so impulsively stole is none other than the crown prince of the Sea Forest, Mahri knows that this is her only chance to change the fate of her people…
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Various States of Undress Carolina by Laura Simcox. $ .99
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What happens when the president’s daughter and her sexy Secret Service agent find themselves snowbound? A little cabin fever, some serious forbidden attraction, and Various States of Undress …
When Carolina Fulton, daughter of the President of the United States, dumps her cheating fiancé, she knows she needs a break from life in Washington. Spending some quality alone time in her family’s Wyoming cabin seems like a perfect escape—except for the hot Secret Service agent who shadows her every move. Miles away from civilization, Carolina quickly realizes that ignoring the smoky eyes, carved chin, and mile-wide pair of shoulders is going to require more than a little self-control.
Elite agent Jake Baxter knows better than to develop feelings for his clients. After all, he’s not being paid to fantasize about running his fingers through Carolina’s dark hair, kissing her senseless, or waking up next to her petite, curvy body. But as a blizzard rages outside their all-too-cozy cabin, Jake knows he has to put the freeze on this attraction, in case his job—or his heart—is suddenly laid on the line.
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The Wind Is Not a River by Brian Payton. $ 1.99
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A gripping tale of survival and an epic love story in which a husband and wife–separated by the only battle of World War II to take place on American soil–fight to reunite in Alaska’s starkly beautiful Aleutian Islands
Following the death of his younger brother in Europe, journalist John Easley is determined to find meaning in his loss, to document some part of the growing war that claimed his own flesh and blood. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Helen, after an argument they both regret, he heads north from Seattle to investigate the Japanese invasion of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, a story censored by the U.S. government.
While John is accompanying a crew on a bombing run, his plane is shot down over the island of Attu. He survives only to find himself exposed to a harsh and unforgiving wilderness, known as “the Birthplace of Winds.” There, John must battle the elements, starvation, and his own remorse while evading discovery by the Japanese.
Alone in their home three thousand miles to the south, Helen struggles with the burden of her husband’s disappearance. Caught in extraordinary circumstances, in this new world of the missing, she is forced to reimagine who she is–and what she is capable of doing. Somehow, she must find John and bring him home, a quest that takes her into the farthest reaches of the war, beyond the safety of everything she knows.
A powerful, richly atmospheric story of life and death, commitment and sacrifice, The Wind Is Not a River illuminates the fragility of life and the fierce power of love.
A city of pyramid tents and Quonset huts has been built between wind-whipped puddles. Smoke flies wild from the tops of the tents. Men shuffle between shelters with shoulders hunched, picking their way through the quagmire. … Everything is the color of hay, smoke, and khaki green. The red of Gladys’s lipstick stands out from its surroundings like a desert bloom.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. $ 1.99.
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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells–taken without her knowledge in 1951–became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance. This phenomenal New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew.
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I’ve always wanted to try The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ever since reading the 5 heart review at TRR – God I miss them.
Books 1- 8 of the In Death series by JD Robb are $1.99 at Amazon today.
I liked The Wind Is Not a River, but I suspect it is one of those books readers will be very conflicted about. It is a war novel/survival story, but is not a romantic war novel (though the relationship between husband and wife is central to the plot). I actually was ambivalent about it until the end, which really threw me, but in a way that made me appreciate it (though I’m sure others will want to throw it at the wall). It’s the kind of book I’d recommend to those who like war fiction, but not to romance readers who need a love-heals-all-wounds resolution. The setting of the Aleutian Islands also made it unique as that doesn’t get much press even among WW2 fiction.