Kindle for Samsung Free Selections

[Froide]

I bought Descending Son.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by Froide

I bought Descending Son.

That's what I went with too, but it's very much a "this book sounds like it sucks the least" choice. Three definite romances, two of which involve abusive spouses, and then Descending Son, which mentions a girl who broke the protagonist's heart, so romance may play a big role in that one too. I'm starting to think Samsung thinks the only people who buy their phones are those that are heavily into romance novels.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by Manabi

That's what I went with too, but it's very much a "this book sounds like it sucks the least" choice. Three definite romances, two of which involve abusive spouses, and then Descending Son, which mentions a girl who broke the protagonist's heart, so romance may play a big role in that one too. I'm starting to think Samsung thinks the only people who buy their phones are those that are heavily into romance novels.

This.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Froide

I bought Descending Son.

Same here

[sakura-panda]

Originally Posted by Froide

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Shadow's Edge (A Night Prowler Novel Book 1), by J.T. Geissinger (normally $4.99)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,821 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#87 in Books > Romance > Fantasy
#104 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Paranormal > Werewolves & Shifters
#106 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Fantasy

Corrected Link: Shadow's Edge (A Night Prowler Novel Book 1) by J.T. Geissinger

(I'm going with Dunaway's Crossing.)

[Froide]

Independence Day/Week greetings.

They're out! Here are the July 2018 Samsung Book Deals selections (in the order in which the Amazon Kindle for Samsung app presented them). I've also posted each selection's series (if any), usual Kindle book price, book description, Amazon rank, and genre(s).

To learn how Samsung Book Deals works:

• Click on Samsung Book Deals
• Or read the earlier, related Mobileread thread: Kindle for Samsung launched in 90 countries

To obtain the Kindle for Samsung app:

• You can download and then sideload it from: https://www.sammobile.com/apk/kindle-for-samsung/

If interested in the audiobook versions of these books:

• See GtrsRGr8's Cheap Whispersync Deals thread

1
A Double-Edged Blade, by Julie Moffett (normally $1.49)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,356 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#341 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Time Travel
#411 in Books > Romance > Time Travel
#3249 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Historical Romance

Lovely British agent Faith Worthington is sent on a mission to expose a ruthless IRA terrorist. But a bullet to the thigh knocks her back to seventeenth-century Ireland...and into the arms of rebel leader Miles O'Bruaidar. Known as the Irish Lion, Miles immediately suspects the modern-day beauty of being a spy. He takes Faith as his hostage, only to discover her feminine wiles are incredibly alluring. But desperate to return to the future, Faith has no time for love, especially with a mutton-feasting, ale-quaffing brute like Miles. Yet with each passing day away from her own time and staying with the charming rogue, Faith knows her heart has been pierced to the quick, but she wonders if their love will always be a double-edged blade.

2
Pretty Little Things, by Jilliane Hoffman (normally $4.49)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,092 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#217 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Legal
#802 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Crime
#2194 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Crime

Thirteen-year-old Lainey Emerson is the middle child in a home police are already familiar with: her mom works too much and her stepfather favors his own blood over another man’s problems—namely Lainey and her wild older sister. When Lainey fails to come home from a night out with friends, her disappearance is dismissed by the Coral Springs Police Department as just another disillusioned South Florida teen running away from suburban drama and an unhappy home life.

But Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent Bobby Dees, who heads up the department’s difficult Crimes Against Children squad, is not quite so sure. Nicknamed “The Shepherd” by colleagues, he has an uncanny ability to find the missing and bring them back home—dead or alive. After a search of Lainey’s computer and a frank talk with her best friend reveal the teen was involved in a secret internet relationship, Bobby suspects she may be the victim of an online predator. And when chilling evidence of other possible victims is sent to a local Miami television station, he fears she may not be the only one.

The faceless monster from cyberspace, who has gone to remarkable lengths to stay invisible, now seeks a captive audience. And it’s Bobby Dees he wants watching. Haunted by the still-unsolved disappearance of his own teenage daughter, Bobby will find himself pulled into a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most prolific killer he’s ever encountered. But will he be able to save Lainey and the others before it’s too late?

3
Daughters for a Time, by Jennifer Handford (normally $4.49)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,047 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#507 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Sisters
#589 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Mothers & Children
#790 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Literary Fiction > Women's Fiction

When Helen Francis was a child, her mother died and her father walked out, leaving her to be raised by her older sister. Now thirty-five, married, and trying to start a family of her own, Helen has moved on but never really healed from her traumatic childhood. She has always believed that a new baby would help fill the loss of what was taken from her at such a young age. After four years of trying to become pregnant, however, she is resigned to the fact that she will never be able to bear children. Halfheartedly accepting adoption as an alternative, Helen gradually embraces and grows excited over the prospect. And when her new baby is finally in her arms, true happiness washes over her. But her unimaginable bliss is dashed when she learns that Claire, the sister who raised and loved her throughout her childhood and adult life, has been diagnosed with cancer.

For Helen, the pain of her childhood returns and the old wounds of abandonment are once again torn open. Balancing the joy of her new daughter with the painful experience of watching her sister, the physical embodiment of unconditional love in her life, slowly die, Helen must reconcile her inner feelings and heal her broken spirit. A heart-wrenching exploration of the ties that bind us and the lasting pain of childhood loss,Daughters for a Time is about longing for a family to heal a broken heart, experiencing unconditional love as a parent, and finding solid ground to stand on when suffering and elation have equally powerful holds on our life.

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Gods of Earth, by Craig DeLancey (normally $1.49)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,521 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#304 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#450 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#559 in Kindle Store > Whispersync for Voice > Children's eBooks

Thousands of years after a war against the gods drove humanity nearly extinct, something divine stirs. It awakens the Guardian, an ancient being pledged to destroy the gods—a task it believes long-accomplished. Through deep caverns, he makes his way to the desolate surface of Earth and stalks toward the last human settlements, seeking the source of this strange power.

Far away, the orphan Chance Kyrien is turning seventeen and will be confirmed as a Puriman. Ambitious, rebellious, but fiercely devout, Chance dreams only of being a farmer and winemaker…and marrying the girl he loves, the Ranger Sarah Michaels.

But violence and destruction turns Chance and Sarah’s peaceful world upside down. Aided by his loyal friends and the Guardian, the young man must travel through time and space to battle the last remaining god. For the destinies of Chance and this final deity are fatally intertwined, and only one of them can survive.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Froide

Independence Day/Week greetings.

They're out! Here are the July 2018 Samsung Book Deals selections (in the order in which the Amazon Kindle for Samsung app presented them). I've also posted each selection's series (if any), usual Kindle book price, book description, Amazon rank, and genre(s).

Thanks - got Gods of Earth.

[Froide]

I bought Pretty Little Things. Gods of Earth looks interesting, too.

[sufue]

I would have gotten A Double-Edged Blade, since I like Moffett's Lexi Carmichael series, but I already have it...must have been really cheap/free at some other point in the past.

So then I went for Pretty Little Things, although I agree with @Froide that Gods of Earth looks interesting too.

[Froide]

They're out! Here are the August 2018 Samsung Book Deals selections (in the order in which the Amazon Kindle for Samsung app presented them). I've also posted each selection's series (if any), usual Kindle book price, book description, Amazon rank, and genre(s).

To learn how Samsung Book Deals works:

• Click on Samsung Book Deals
• Or read the earlier, related Mobileread thread: Kindle for Samsung launched in 90 countries

To obtain the Kindle for Samsung app:

• You can download and then sideload it from: https://www.sammobile.com/apk/kindle-for-samsung/

If interested in the audiobook versions of these books:

• See GtrsRGr8's Cheap Whispersync Deals thread

1
Fatal Hearts, by Norah Wilson (normally $1.99)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,991 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#256 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Mystery & Suspense > Mystery
#1279 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Romance > Mystery & Suspense > Suspense
#1302 in Books > Romance > Romantic Suspense

The reports stated Josh McBride’s death was from sudden cardiac arrest, but homicide detective Boyd McBride can’t shake the idea that his identical twin brother’s death was somehow connected to his search for the adopted boys’ birth parents. Josh must have been close to the truth…and it cost him his life.

When Boyd comes to medical resident Hayden Walsh’s ER looking for answers, she agrees to help with his investigation because Josh was a friend. As unnerved as she is by her attraction to the detective, she knows it will be impossible to avoid romantic entanglement…and the mess that comes with it.

The investigation uncovers dangerous secrets, and Boyd and Hayden’s passion ignites. Only they can keep each other safe from a threat that lurks inside a life-long mystery.

2
A Fine and Dangerous Season, by Keith Raffel (normally $3.99)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,596 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#27 in Kindle Store > Prime Reading > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers
#33 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers > Historical
#34 in Kindle Store > Prime Reading > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction

The phone rings in the California home of businessman Nate Michaels before the sun is up on October 24, 1962. An hour later he's on an Air Force jet to Washington. Michaels hasn't seen or spoken to President Kennedy since they met at Stanford in the fall of 1940, but now JFK needs his help to defuse the threat posed by Soviet missiles in Cuba. In both the Pentagon and the Kremlin, pro-war generals want a showdown, not a humiliating compromise.
As the world races toward nuclear holocaust during a fine and dangerous autumn, Michaels finds himself spinning in a maelstrom of statecraft, espionage, love, and betrayal.

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Sing for Us, by Steven Wise (normally $2.49)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,774 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#249 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > Military
#349 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War
#535 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War

During the dying days of the Civil War, Letha Bartlett lovingly tends to the wounded in a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Virginia. A widow herself, her gentle touch and fiercely protective personality bring comfort and courage to the soldiers in her care. When Granville Pollard, a Northerner who spurned his Union father to fight for the Confederacy, enters the ward, Letha is captivated by his cultured bearing and singing voice. Granville has lost both his fiancée and his feet to the war, leaving him emotionally and physically crippled. Together with a gruff patient named Sergeant Crump, Letha mends Granville, restoring his hope for a future. But the war is not over and death hovers, striking a blow that will plunge Letha and Granville into an abyss from which only the most faithful love can save them.

Based on a true story, Sing for Us is a riveting tale of love and hope in the last days of the Civil War.

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Joan the Made (Throwback Series Book 1), by Kristen Pham (normally $3.99)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,095 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#94 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Teen & Young Adult > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#168 in Books > Teens > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Dystopian
#214 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Genetic Engineering

On her eighteenth birthday, Joan discovers that she is cloned from the famous Joan of Arc.
But being cloned in America comes at a steep price. Segregated and oppressed, clones are forced to act as docile servants to the rest of the Evolved population. Follow Joan as she decides whether to run from her Cloned fate and spend the rest of her life in hiding, or to join a Throwback rebellion populated by clones of the greatest leaders in history. Her decision will lead her down a path of intense danger, new friendships, and epic love.

[Manabi]

I decided to go with A Fine and Dangerous Season. I briefly considered Joan the Made, but it sounds like a cookie-cutter dystopian young adult novel du jour. I'm pretty much sick of those.

[Froide]

Originally Posted by Manabi

I decided to go with A Fine and Dangerous Season.

Ditto

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Manabi

I decided to go with A Fine and Dangerous Season. I briefly considered Joan the Made, but it sounds like a cookie-cutter dystopian young adult novel du jour. I'm pretty much sick of those.

Originally Posted by Froide

Ditto

Double dog ditto

[sakura-panda]

Like everyone else (apparently), I eventually chose A Fine and Dangerous Season, but my second consideration was Sing For Us.

[sufue]

I already had A Fine and Dangerous Season from several years ago, when I had read Raffel's Dot.Dead and liked it, and then picked up Season on sale, but still in my TBR pile. As a second choice, I went for the romantic suspense (or suspenseful romance), Fatal Hearts.