Jun 202012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Once Was LostArthor: Rosemarie Naramore

Holly Dunn reached into the storage chest. Large, with fleur-de-lis adornments, it held mementos from her past—including several duplicate wedding photos. She pulled out an eight by ten and studied the black and white portrait featuring her in profile, smiling lovingly, hopefully, at her groom. Paul stared at the camera straight on, his expression bold and confident. Confident of what? Holly wondered fleetingly. Confident the marriage would last?
“Give it to me,” her best friend Mary said, interrupting her thoughts.
She shook her head, wincing uncertainly. “I really don’t know about this…”
“Trust me. What we’re about to do is good for the soul. Give me the photo.”
She passed her friend the portrait, which she promptly ripped in two, severing Holly’s smiling face from Paul’s. In response to her horrified gasp, Mary said, “It’s just a piece of paper—meaningless, like Paul’s promises. Hold onto that thought.”
“Yes, you’re right. I’ll do it,” she said, surprised at her own audacity.

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Jun 192012
 

Arthor: Anna Jeffrey

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - The Love of a CowboyIf Dahlia Montgomery Jarrett ignored the fact that it was her husband she was burying three days before Christmas, it was as good a day as any for a funeral. Sky overcast but no rain, temperature not too hot for her black Ellen Tracy suit. Typical for December in North Texas.
As the obligatory graveside ritual ground to an end, she made a silent prayer of thanks. She had shaken enough hands, said “thank you for coming,” enough times, been the dutiful spouse.
Through it all, she hadn’t shed a tear, and was proud of herself.
Because she hadn’t screamed either.
The service had been short and un-crowded. Kenneth Jarrett’s family was small. He’d had few friends. Some of her friends from work had come, but most only sent flowers. Poinsettias. A touch of the bizarre. Fitting, Dahlia thought.
She moved toward a waiting black limousine, flanked by her father and her lifelong friend, Pegine Murphy. If someone asked her to define her feelings, she could not. How could she find words a mere five days after learning her husband, the man who had vowed to forsake all but her, had died in a violent car collision at four o’clock in the morning with another woman in the passenger seat of his car.

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Jun 182012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - California Schemin' (The Bree MacGowan Series)Arthor: Kate George

She was falling, plummeting toward the river. Her skirt billowed, then wrapped around her as she tumbled. I watched her through the viewfinder, an unnaturally pink anomaly in sharp focus against the grey background of the bridge. I’d never be able to look at that color again without feeling the horror of seeing a woman plunging from the Foresthill Bridge. Half my brain followed her descent with my camera while the other half was in a blind, screaming panic.
“No!” I tossed the camera into my camp chair and sprinted upriver.
The riverbank was rocky, stone ledge mixed with large rocks, boulders and pebble beaches. My heart pounded as I slipped and teetered, skidding over the smooth surfaces, tripping over loose stones. I scanned the river as I ran, watching for a splash of pink. Twice I stopped myself from falling by steadying myself on rocks, and my hands were stinging. I sucked air and held the stitch that developed in my side as I made my way up stream. The fall appeared horrific. Could she have survived? Please, let her be alive.

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Jun 172012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - At LastArthor: Barbara Bretton

The last person to actually see Graciela Taylor on the day she left Idle Point, Maine forever was old Eb at the Stop & Pump. Maybe if she’d planned her getaway a little better—or had any idea at all that she was going to leave her fiancé standing at the altar—she would have seen to it that her gas tank was full. As it happened, the needle on her fuel gauge hovered over the E and she was forced to make a right into Stop & Pump and pray Old Eb wasn’t in a talkative mood. She might have taken her chances that she’d make it to Portland before the engine sputtered then shut down, but that was too risky. The last thing she wanted was to run out of gas on Main Street and bump into Noah on his way home from the wedding that wasn’t.

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Jun 162012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Maid for Love (The McCarthys of Gansett Island, Book 1)Arthor: Marie Force

Madeline Chester retrieved her nine-month-old son Thomas from his crib and checked her watch. She was due at the hotel for the morning housekeeping shift in fifteen minutes. After a diaper change, she handed Thomas his bottle, grateful that he could now hold it himself.
He let out a squeal of delight that drew a smile from Maddie.
“You like that, huh, buddy?”
His pudgy legs bounced about on either side of her hips, and she tightened her hold on him while attempting to tame his soft blond hair. She grabbed the diaper bag, the tote she took to work, retrieved her lunch from the refrigerator and headed out the door. Across the yard, she entered her sister’s house through the screen door on the back deck.
“Morning,” she called out.
“In here,” Tiffany said from the living room where she sat amid three babies and a variety of toys. One of the babies was her daughter, Ashleigh, born just a month before Thomas. The other two Tiffany cared for as part of her in-home daycare business.
Maddie kissed Thomas, whispered that she loved him and plopped him down on the mat with the others. “I’m running late as usual.”

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Jun 152012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - The Book of Rules: The Right Way to Do Everything Arthor: Joshua Belter

The Book of Rules (BOR) was established to outline acceptable practices and procedures in various social situations. Many everyday actions, while not illegal or immoral, are generally considered improper and are outlined within this handbook. This manual establishes and reinforces life rules required to be a productive member of American society.
A. The BOR is applicable to all citizens of the United States and all of its territories. Although not specifically mandated for citizens outside of the United States, most BOR regulations are generally accepted worldwide.

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Jun 142012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Demon Hunter and BabyArthor: Anna Elliott

My grandfather used to say that humans created demons by labeling some forces of magic ‘evil’ and others ‘good.’ Sharks aren’t ‘evil’ for doing what sharks naturally do, even if one bites off your leg. Evil isn’t about action, it’s about choice.
Maybe he was even right.
But at the moment I wasn’t thinking about anything nearly that deep. I’d just woken up in a tangle of sweat-soaked sheets, and I was thinking that I kind of wanted to drive an ice pick into my temple if I ever had the dream about Kieran again.
Whatever demons are, I’m a Hunter, which means I fight them for a living. It also means that my subconscious should have plenty of other nightmare material to work with. I’d even take the old dream about my grandfather, just for a change.

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Jun 142012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Achieve Anything In Just One Year: Be Inspired Daily to Live Your Dreams and Accomplish Your Goals Arthor: Jason Harvey

The Simple Minds creep into John’s hazy blue dreams. They poke and prod him into wakefulness with their haunting drones that sound relaxed and confident at the same time. Don’t you forget about me. There is a hint of arrogance there. John smiles as the song takes him back to a time when he was fearless and hopeful. He sees himself waving goodbye to his parents in the rear-view mirror of his beat-up Honda Civic as he takes off in the direction of a brilliant sunrise.

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Jun 142012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Sugar & Spice: American edition of the controversial crime thriller Arthor: Saffina Desforges

“Target destroyed!”
The boy watched with satisfaction as the dented Coke can slid gracefully beneath the still water. He licked his forefinger and chalked an invisible point on an imaginary scoreboard.
His friend wiped a bare arm across a sweating brow. “Three all!”
Eager eyes roamed for their next adrenalin fix. What seemed to be a mannequin’s arm, brought into view in the wake of the barge, caught their attention, triggering fantasy mode.
“Alien attack!”
The onslaught of stones and pebbles churned the water around the target, but rarely managed a direct hit. The few that did made no discernible sound.
The first boy took a larger rock and with careful aim played a blinding shot that hit the target full on, sending it below the surface.
“Cool!”
The boy accepted the compliment gracefully. But when the object re-surfaced, bits seeming to flake off, it was time for closer inspection.
“Cease fire! Incoming wounded!”

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Jun 132012
 

Amazon Kindle Gift Card Idea - Jake's Bride (Search For Love)Arthor: Karen Rose Smith

Sara Standish’s heart thudded with excitement, but with trepidation, too, as she climbed the porch steps to the house where she’d lived all her twenty years. Surely, Jake would change his mind about not having children once he heard her news. With their wedding two days away and their future stretching before them, wouldn’t he feel joy over a life they’d created together?
But then she remembered the pain in his voice, on his face, in his hands, the night he’d told her about his wife and child…how he’d lost them…how he never wanted to experience that devastation again. Her empathy had turned into kisses that turned into making love for the first time. He’d needed her and she’d needed him. But afterward, he’d vowed he wouldn’t make love to her again until their wedding night, until she was protected, until they were truly husband and wife. He was that type of man.

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