Saturday Special Deals

How is your Saturday going? Hope everyone is having fun. Reading anything intriguing? 

I know I said I wasn’t going to blog on Saturdays, but when I come across interesting books and they’re offered at a special price, how can I resist?

Sourcebooks is sharing several eBook specials. These deals began yesterday and will run through the end of July. Check out the books below and follow up while the special prices are available.

LADY ANNE AND THE HOWL IN THE DARK by Donna Lea Simpson

SALE PRICE: $1.99
Deal Date: July 17 – August 2
Genre: Historical Romance
ISBN: 9781402227301

Message: Price drop alert for a Historical romance with a twist! Lady Anne and the Howl in the Dark by Donna Simpson is on ‪#‎sale starting today for only $1.99!

A fascinating and exasperating young lady…

The Marquess of Darkefell has enough to worry about with a bloodthirsty wild beast rampaging the countryside and sinister family secrets to protect. Then Lady Anne Addison arrives, with unquenchable curiosity and intelligence that drive him to distraction…

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1HxnIfG
Apple: http://apple.co/1Kt6qAM
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/1Hv8jKV

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TOUCH IF YOU DARE by Stephanie Rowe

SALE PRICE: $1.99
Deal Date: July 17 – August 2
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781402267895

Message: We dare you to check out Stephanie Rowe's Touch if You Dare -- on ‪#‎sale for only $1.99!

He's just about the hottest warrior she's ever seen...

Reina Fleming really appreciates a man who's on a mission-especially when he's a badass warrior doing his best to impress her. And Jarvis is charmed by the way Reina's magic touch can soothe his dark side.

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Kt70yA
Apple: http://apple.co/1GNGYPb
Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/1ejFwgM

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HOW TO WORSHIP A GODDESS by Stephanie Julian

SALE PRICE: $1.99
Deal Date: July 17 – August 2
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781402251511

Message: Love paranormal romance? Then don’t miss out on How to Worship a Goddess by Stephanie Julian -- on ‪#‎sale for only $1.99 across e-retailers!

He's Exactly What She's Always Wanted.
And She Unleashes Him Like a Force of Nature...

Lucy was once the beloved Goddess of the Moon, and she could have any man she wanted. But these days, the goddesses of the Etruscan pantheon are all but forgotten. The only rituals she enjoys now are the local hockey games, where one ferociously handsome player still inflames her divine blood.

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1Jwd9qK
Apple: http://apple.co/1CK93pY
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1HxqPEi

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CHASE ME by Tamara Hogan

SALE PRICE: $1.99
Deal Date: July 17 – August 2
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ISBN: 9781402246067

Message: The gritty, fast-paced, paranormal romance Chase Me by Tamara Hogan is only $1.99! Don’t miss this fantastic #pricedrop!

THE SECRETS SHE'S UNCOVERING WILL BE HIS TO KEEP...

Centuries ago, when their ship crashed to Earth, paranormals of all types settled secretly into our world, quietly going about their business with humans none the wiser. Self–ruling and careful to stay below the radar, all is threatened when Valkyrie archaeologist Lorin Schlessinger and her werewolf geologist partner Gabe Lupinsky inadvertently draw evil attention to Earth and its treasured natural resources.

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1H08c8G
Apple: http://apple.co/1f1P9Sf
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1GOoCyJ

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UNDONE by Cat Clarke

SALE PRICE: $2.99
Deal Date: July 17 – August 2
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781402292255

Message: This gripping YA will have you on the edge of your seat! Grab your copy now for just $2.99.

Jem Halliday is in Love with Her Best Friend.
 
doesn't matter that Kai is gay, or that he'll never look at her the same way she looks at him. Their friendship is all she needs. But when Kai is outed online by one of their classmates, he does the unthinkable: he commits suicide.

Amazon: http://amzn.to/1LmsonR
Apple: http://apple.co/1J2yERr
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1Kau2uf

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope I’ve enticed you to check out one or all of these tantalizing books (especially since they’re on sale now)! Have a great weekend.

Guest Blogger, Donna Lea Simpson

It’s my pleasure to welcome author Donna Lea Simpson as the special guest blogger here today at Thoughts in Progress.

Donna’s current book, LOVE & SCANDAL, releases today and I’m thrilled to have her here to celebrate that occasion and tell us how the publication came about. In addition, Donna has a surprise from her book’s heroine, Collette, to share with us.

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I’ve been with a few publishers over the years, with varying experiences. I’ve had run-ins with copy editors and line editors; I’ve felt the sting of rejection; I have wailed into the vastness of space, ‘Why no promotion? Why?’

But I was publisherless last fall (Autumn 2009) for the first time in many years. I was taking time to rethink my career, making some serious changes, and I was even kind of between agents; we hadn’t officially broken up yet, but we weren’t exactly ‘seeing each other’ any more. Then I made the momentous decision to send my book, Love & Scandal (a Victorian-set historical romance) to this new eBook start-up I had heard buzz about.

This was on the heels of sending it to another new eBook start-up that never got off the ground; the other publishers folded up their tents and slipped quietly into the night before they even published their first book. Those around me were skeptical about yet another eBook company, let me tell you, but I was not hesitant. Not in the slightest.

Why no hesitation? eBook companies are notoriously poorly planned, right? Few sell many books, and even those that do, have shaky accounting at best. So goes the common wisdom anyway. I know differently; I know there are many eBook companies with solid sales models and professional accounting practices. But the real reason I had absolutely no hesitation over the new eBook start-up was that ‘Carina Press’ was to be the all-digital imprint of Harlequin Enterprises, and Harlequin is as solid as they come, in the publishing world. They are proactive and ahead of their times, but never enter any venue without due deliberation. And they give their imprints a chance to succeed.

So I sent Love & Scandal to Carina and kind of forgot about it. I had a lot on my plate, and I was busy with other things. And then I got a wonderful letter from the acquisitions editor, Angela James, and she told me those words that every writer longs to hear; ‘Love the book… we want it!’

Then the real fun started. I must say, never, in all my years, have I been through such a thorough editing, proofing, planning and advertising process! They have every detail nailed down tight, and though they demand a lot of their writers, they also give a lot in the way of feedback, editorial support, advertising support and a deep well of knowledge about the romance publishing industry from which the author is encouraged to dip.

Bottom line, I would recommend Carina Press highly for any author who is thinking about sending out their baby to a publishing company. Once you’re accepted, you won’t be sorry! And they publish more than romance; they are up for paranormal, suspense, mystery… you name it.

Soooo, what about Love & Scandal my June 21st release from Carina Press? Well, I’ve always been interested in Victorian literature--I’ve read quite a bit of it—and I find female authors (Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters) most in tune with my reading likes, so a novel about both seemed a no-brainer, even though Love & Scandal is the only book I have ever written set in the Victorian era!

Love & Scandal is a romance. Set in 1855, London, England, the heroine is Collette Jardiniere, a female author who has written a scandalous bestseller using a male pseudonym. But an infamous gossip rag has speculated that ‘Colin Jenkins’, ostensibly the author of The Last Days of a Rake, is the well known man-about-town Charles Jameson.

When she learns about this, Collette takes the train to London (she meets a handsome and intriguing man on the train and they share a passionate kiss) and confronts her publisher, but he refuses to do anything about it, since Last Days is selling again like hotcakes. So Collette vows to find Charles Jameson and make him admit to the world that he is not the author. But when she meets him face to face she’s in for a surprise; Charles is the mysterious man on the train, the very same one who left her breathless from his expert kiss.

Will she tell him she is Colin Jenkins, author of The Last Days of a Rake? Will he believe that this slip of a young woman, to whom he is fiercely attracted, has written the book he is so enamored of?

Love & Scandal is being released today, June 21st, 2010, and readers can download FREE The Last Days of a Rake, the scandalous novel by ‘Colin Jenkins’!

Hope you enjoy both books! Best regards, Donna Lea Simpson.

Donna, thanks so much for guest blogging here today. It’s interesting to see how LOVE & SCANDAL came about and that you wrote a novel for your novel. How neat.

For more information on Donna and her writing, visit her at http://www.donnaleasimpson.com  She plans to have a link on her site where visitors will be able to buy Carina Press eBooks directly! In addition, visitors can read Chapter One of Love & Scandal at: http://donnaleasimpson.wordpress.com/love-scandal-chapter-one/