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Free Books for Kindle – 35+ New Free Books for Thursday 5-23-2013

May 23, 2013
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FEATURED FREE KINDLE BOOKS

Criminal Decision 4.8 stars on 20 reviews. A heroic mom battles a corrupt court to save her little girl from a wealthy pedophile. “Gripping and mesmerizing…” “…hard to put down…”

Another Dawn 4.4 stars on 82 reviews. A man with no future–a woman with no past–Another Dawn he wasn’t meant to see. Time Travel Romance at its very best. Deb Stover is back with another amazing tale of love and time travel!

We have a great list of Free Books for Kindle. These are proven winners based upon user reviews. Listed below are selected free Books from The Top 100 Best Free Kindle eBooks. Enjoy the best free online books to read with 35+ new Friday freebies.

All of our books listed today are free ($0.00)! Remember that many of the free kindle Books are priced at $0.00 for a very limited time (24-48 hours). As a service to our authors, if you read a free book please give the author a review on Amazon. Thanks.

Author Interview #183: Beauty Rising by Mark W. Sasse

May 22, 2013
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Author Mark W Sasse teaches drama and history in Malaysia. He lived in Vietnam for ten years which helped provide the rich setting for his first novel, “Beauty Rising.” Sasse is passionate about live theater. He has written, produced, published, and directed many different plays for the stage including the thriller “Spy Blue” and the poignant Hollywood comedy, “Life with Stewart.”

Mark W Sasse’s first novel, “Beauty Rising”, tells the remarkable tale of Martin Kinney, Jr. who tries to fulfill his father’s dying request of burying his ashes in Vietnam. As Martin steps out against his mother’s wish and travels to Vietnam, he has his wallet stolen by a beautiful, young, but troubled woman named My Phuong. This chance encounter changes both of their lives forever.

We caught up with Mark to find out more about his life and writing.

1.  What was unique about the setting of your book and how does it enhance the story?

The hustle and bustle of modern-day Vietnam makes the setting of “Beauty Rising” unique. There are many books written from the Vietnam War era, but I had the unique opportunity to spend ten years living in Vietnam from 1994-2003. This unforgettable experience certainly enhanced my novel greatly by providing a very uncommon setting – first by bringing the inexperienced Martin to Vietnam and then by explaining the story of My Phuong before she goes on her journey. Many readers have commented how the vibrant setting of Vietnam brings the story to life.

2.  What specific themes did you emphasize throughout the novel?

One of the common themes that many readers have mentioned is that of redemption. In the two main characters, Martin and My Phuong, we have two very battered souls who, because of unforeseen circumstances, go on two different types of journeys in order to find out who they really are and to make peace with their pasts.

3. How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events trigger such changes?

The change in Martin is triggered by the death of his father at the beginning of the book. His abusive, dying father, asks Martin to take his ashes to a place in Vietnam where he had a chance encounter with a woman during the war. Martin steps out on his own, determined to do something hard and something worthwhile for the first time in his life. As he does so, his life will never be the same. Read more »

Weekly Featured Great Reads for 5-22-2013

May 22, 2013
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A free listing we provide as a service to promote Great Reads from Independent Authors. Digital Book Today has posted our Weekly Featured Great Reads on the right and left hand side of our site. Today we have 8 great reads for Kindle Books that are highly reviewed. Take the time to check out the “Great Reads” and read more about them on Amazon.

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35+ of the Best Free Online Books for Wednesday 5-22-2013

May 22, 2013
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Featured Free Kindle Books

S’wanee: A Paranoid Thriller. 4.4 stars on 37 reviews. Suspense Thriller–Where Old Traditions Die Hard. Free 5/22-5/23.

Unintended Consequences. 4.4 stars on 180 reviews. A legal thriller that Scott Turow calls, “Most enjoyable.” Free 5/22-5/23.

The Hazards of Hunting While Heartbroken. 4.7 stars on 21 reviews. Smart, sexy, suspenseful chick lit. Don’t go to the beach without it. Free 5/22-23.

Selected free Online Books from The Top 100 Best Free Kindle eBooks. Enjoy the best free online books to read with 35+ new freebies.

Hybrid by Greg Ballan – 4.4 Stars on 48 Reviews!

May 21, 2013
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“Hybrid is an attention grabber from the first page; be prepared for a great one sit read.” ~ D.F. Levesque, Amazon Review

The Book Buzz segment today features Hybrid by Greg Ballan. The reviews for Hybrid has been outstanding resulting in an excellent rating of 4.4 stars on 48 reviews. How do you describe Ballan’s Hybrid? By taking a quoting a reviewer – “This book is a sci-fi fanatics/Super hero lovers dream! It goes from advanced beings from another planet to soldiers with M-16s and a down on his luck PI,this story is woven into an outstanding read. It had futuristic wars between aliens, beat them up fist-a-cuffs where human vs. Alien vs. Hybrid and of course a human interest plot on modern family dynamics.” The good news? It has a sequel that “is even better”. Another reviewer says “I enjoyed the fact that while the ending was left open enough that there could be more to come, it was wrapped up with a satisfying ending.” If this seem like your style of book they grab a copy of Hybrid. We are sure you will not be disappointed.

“Without giving too much away, what starts off as an entertaining crime drama quickly escalates into an all out sci-fi/fantasy slugfest, with page after page of intense action.” ~ Tommy Oliver, Amazon Review

“With Hybrid it doesn’t matter if you scream, the monsters like it that way.” ~ A Kid’s Review, Amazon Review

Book Description: ERIK KNIGHT, a small time private investigator, always knew he was different from everybody else. Keener senses, heightened awareness and an enhanced physical strength that could be called upon by his sheer will. Erik becomes involved with a team of high profile investigators and local police trying to locate a girl who was kidnapped in the middle of a playground amongst dozens of adults and children. None of the adults saw anything and what the children claim to have seen is too far fetched to be believed. The search evolves into a full-scale manhunt into the dark and desolate woodlands of the Hopedale Mountain. After a lethal encounter and a fatality, Erik, the investigators and police realize that what they’re dealing with isn’t a man and possibly isn’t of this world. What they’re dealing with is a sentient evil that has an appetite for young children..… Read more on Amazon.

About the Author: Greg Ballan is a graduate of Northeastern University holding Bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Management. He lives in Hopedale with his patient, tolerant and sometimes bewildered wife, Teresa and his three children; Tom, Rachel and Christie. Greg enjoys several outdoor activities such as hiking, archery and shooting. When he’s not working his full time job as a Financial Analyst or getting lost in some unknown woodlands, he’s crunched over his laptop putting his warped imagination into words or penning a column about politics, hunting humor or his latest tale about avoiding house work and yard work. Read more »

Best Free Online Digital Books – 40+ New Titles Tuesday 5-21-2013

May 21, 2013
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The Four Last Things 4.6 stars on 28 reviews. Mystery. Thriller. These books are definitely nineties, but the current Amazon reviewers seem to like them quite a bit.

A Family Affair Real families aren’t always the ones you know about…722 reviews, 4.2 stars!

Forgotten Soul 4.3 stars on 42 reviews. “If you like intrigue, twisted plots, a love story, and an elaborate con worthy of The Sting all rolled into one well written and developed book, you’ll love this one”

We have a great list of the best free online digital books for Kindle. These are proven winners based upon user reviews. Selected free online digital Books from The Top 100 Best Free Kindle Books. Enjoy the best free online books to read with 40+ new Friday freebies.

All of our books listed today are free ($0.00)! Remember that many of the free kindle Books are priced at $0.00 for a very limited time (24-48 hours). As a service to our authors, if you read a free book please give the author a review on Amazon. Thanks.

Author Interview #182: Brothers and Bones by James Hankins

May 20, 2013
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Before we turn to our interview with James, here’s a description of Brothers and Bones (4.3 stars, 324 reviews):  Charlie Beckham, a rising star among federal prosecutors, feels his world turn upside down when a deranged homeless man calls him by a secret nickname known by only one other person in the world—Charlie’s brother Jake, who went missing thirteen years ago.  Charlie has a hundred questions but the homeless man disappears before Charlie can ask a single one.

So begins Charlie’s search for answers, and for his brother, a search that leads him down Boston’s darkest streets, into its blackest alleys, and, finally, into its criminal underworld.  But if Charlie wants answers he’ll have to get them from some of the most feared and ruthless people in the city.

Interview with James Hankins:

1.  Why did you choose to write Brothers and Bones over other stories you may have conceived? 

It wouldn’t go away.  That’s how I decide which of my stories to write.  Ideas come to me all the time and the most persistent ones—the squeakiest wheels—become books.  Those are the ones that I can’t shake, the ones that keep running through my mind when I’m behind the wheel, in the shower, while I’m trying to fall asleep at night.  If there’s something in my mind that keeps pushing it into the spotlight, I pay attention to that.

For Brothers and Bones, it started when I used to see the same homeless man every day, near the same street corner, and he was always talking to himself as though he were arguing with someone only he could see.  He’d be very focused on whatever he was saying and to whomever he imagined he was saying it.  One day I wondered how strange it would be if, as I passed, he interrupted himself, looked up at me, and said—very clearly and lucidly—“Hi, James,” before resuming his argument with himself.  It was an odd thought that I couldn’t get out of my head.  Then I thought it would be even stranger if what he called me was something secret, something he simply shouldn’t know.  What would that be?  How could he know it?  These questions led to more until it was a mystery I wanted to solve.

2.  You used to write screenplays and later you practiced law.  Now you’re an author.  Does your experience in these different occupations help your writing?

One of my main goals as a writer of thrillers is to write in a way that makes my readers want to keep turning pages rather than to put my books down.  To the extent that I’m successful in that regard, I have to believe that my filmmaking/screenwriting education and experience at NYU film school and in L.A.—experience that helped me learn to tell stories “cinematically”—have helped me a great deal.  Read more »

New eBook Releases for May 5-20-2013

May 20, 2013
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We are highlighting three exciting New eBook Releases for May 2013 from our New Book Releases List (click to see all the new releases). If you are looking for something new to read this is a great place to start.

Memories With Maya by Clyde Dsouza. Memories with Maya – ‘The Dirrogate’ – has been appropriately described by an astute reader : “..If you are looking for a book with an amazing plot and surprises, maybe try a different one. If you’re looking for an interesting insight on what future technology holds, go for it…”

The story is heavy on science, yet it is two layered and aimed at audiences who like to geek out on the social aspects of near future technology such as upcoming iterations of Google Glass. Reading carefully, reveals what may be a ‘second story’ or philosophy. Giving examples might get into spoiler territory. I value my readers, and understand that it is counter intuitive to patronize you with suggestions. The above explanation is solely to motivate those audiences who might otherwise be tempted to skim through. Read more on Amazon.

Third Willow by Lenore Skomal. It’s the summer of ’54 in the sleepy midwestern town of Sand Flats, Nebraska. Four lonely misfits forge an unlikely friendship under the draping branches of the third willow–a safe place where humor, magic and sorrow coexist. There they discover that best friends can ease the pressures from the adult world that threaten to steal their innocence. Ringleader Hap–a poor man’s Peter Pan–is unwilling to let the abuse of his alcoholic father taint his boyish optimism while he secretly searches for his missing mother. Obsessed with his Indian roots, he constructs a carefree world on the outskirts of town. As the new kid in Sand Flats, tomboy Patsy joins him, eager to escape her father’s iron rule and the pain afflicting her wounded brother, a Korean War veteran. Together, Hap and Patsy befriend timid Beah, who struggles to earn the love of her cold mother following the death of her only brother. It takes levelheaded Raz, the eldest of the only Jewish family in town, to be the conscience of the group.  Read more on Amazon.

BRB, A CUL8R Time Travel Mystery by Bob Kat. Book #2 in the award winning CUL8R series! Book #1 OMG was named the Best Indie Book of 2013.

“It’s difficult to investigate a crime that hasn’t happened yet.” Kelly, Scott, Austin and Zoey have just returned from changing a girl’s life in 1966 and are a little battered and bruised from their adventure. But when a small voice pleads for their help to save her family from a murderer, they know they must respond. They research the story, but there is very little information to be found. All they know is that it takes place on Crystal Key, a small private island off the Florida Keys. Since it appears to be deserted, they decide to pop in, gather clues, then pop back. It was a good excuse to spend a lazy day on a beautiful beach.

But from the first step, their journey back to 1980 goes horribly wrong. The area is crawling with drug traffickers and tens of thousands of refugees fleeing Cuba. They accidentally meet the young girl and her family, but their intervention puts them in the direct path of the killer. Read more on Amazon.

See the complete list of all New eBook Releases for May 2013 (click to see all the new releases). If you are looking for something new to read this is a great place to start.

35+ Highly Reviewed Free Kindle Books For Monday 5-20-2013

May 20, 2013
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Featured Free Kindle Books

How To Stick To A Diet 4.7 stars on 22 reviews. Cutting edge tricks to increase your motivation.

Broken (Daughters of the Jaguar #2) 4.2 stars on 16 reviews. Paranormal Suspense from International Best selling Author Willow Rose. For those of you who have read Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar) this is a great chance to get bk #2 for free.

Flying Soup 4.9 stars on 37 reviews. A fun, intelligent satire on religion and politics. Fans of Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert will love it.

Selected highly reviewed free Kindle eBooks from The Top 100 Best Free Kindle Books. Enjoy the best free online books to read with 35+ new freebies.

All of our books listed today are free ($0.00)! Remember that many of the free kindle Books are priced at $0.00 for a very limited time (24-48 hours). As a service to our authors, if you read a free book please give the author a review on Amazon. Thanks.

You Never Know Who Might Show Up at Your Front Door

May 19, 2013
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Our guest blogger is Heidi Garrett author of The Flower of Isbelline (The Queen of the Realm of Faerie, #2).

You Never Know Who Might Show Up at Your Front Door

As long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with the truths that my physical senses cannot explain: the mystical things occurring on this planet. Writing fantastical stories is my testament to these other layers of reality.
There are many ways of looking at our world. Imagine sitting at home, perhaps in your living room. There’s a knock on the door. When you open it, a funny little woman is standing there. She is about half your height, and a plaid crimson kerchief—knotted under her hooked chin—covers her head. Her dress is sack-like over her square body. She’s wearing an apron that could use a good ironing and she’s carrying a battered brown suitcase that’s almost as big as she is.
“As long as you’re staring, a glass of water would be nice,” she says.
Despite her gruff manner, you sense something mysterious about this stranger, and to be honest, you’re dying to know more about her. When she crosses the threshold of your home, a strong wind slams the door behind her. You both jump. There hasn’t been a breeze all day. In fact, it’s sweltering and heat waves have been rising from the melting pavement for weeks.
When you offer it, she almost grabs the glass from your hand, and you can’t stop your staring—even though you know it’s rude—as she drinks in noisy gulps.
“What? You’ve never seen a spring faerie before?” she asks.
Before you can answer, she wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. “Guess not, there aren’t many of us left. And I haven’t been to the Mortal World, since…”
She stops. Her deeply etched face softens. Something like sorrow pools in her dark brown eyes. She waves her hand. “That’s not what I’m here to talk about.” Read more »

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