Saturday, April 27, 2013

Bookish Deals (18)




Happy Saturday, everyone! Welcome to today's biweekly edition of Bookish Deals where I (Julia) try to scour the Internet to find you guys an array of deals to fit in with any budget!


So first off, Amazon is having a deal where if you are a new subscriber to their daily Kindle emails, you can get a free book. Apparently, I have heard of some people getting charged full price accidentally though, so make sure that if you do this you don't get charged. If you do, you just have to contact their customer service and they should reimburse you. 


The Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak - $1.99  
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Her name is Barbara—in Russian, Varvara. Nimble-witted and attentive, she’s allowed into the employ of the Empress Elizabeth, amid the glitter and cruelty of the world’s most eminent court. Under the tutelage of Count Bestuzhev, Chancellor and spymaster, Varvara will be educated in skills from lock picking to lovemaking, learning above all else to listen—and to wait for opportunity. That opportunity arrives in a slender young princess from Zerbst named Sophie, a playful teenager destined to become the indomitable Catherine the Great. Sophie’s destiny at court is to marry the Empress’s nephew, but she has other, loftier, more dangerous ambitions, and she proves to be more guileful than she first appears.

What Sophie needs is an insider at court, a loyal pair of eyes and ears who knows the traps, the conspiracies, and the treacheries that surround her. Varvara will become Sophie’s confidante—and together the two young women will rise to the pinnacle of absolute power.

With dazzling details and intense drama, Eva Stachniak depicts Varvara’s secret alliance with Catherine as the princess grows into a legend—through an enforced marriage, illicit seductions, and, at last, the shocking coup to assume the throne of all of Russia.

Impeccably researched and magnificently written, The Winter Palace is an irresistible peek through the keyhole of one of history’s grandest tales.

This one was on my Goodreads TBR pile, so I added it to my nook collection :)


Nightwalker by Jocelynn Drake - $.99  
AZ | BN

For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker--an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest shadows. But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her night-prowling breed . . . and may be all that prevents her doom.


The foe she now faces is human: the vampire hunter called Danaus, who has already destroyed so many undead. For Mira, the time has come to hunt . . . or be hunted.




Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson - $1.99  

AZ | BN
Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair. . . .

Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the alluring teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland and immediately falls under his spell.

Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything—her family, her future—to be with him. When she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter.

With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Peaches comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.
Personally, I couldn't stand this book and it was a DNF. But Jamie really liked it. So your mileage may vary.


Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins - $1.99  
AZ | BN
Embrace the Forbidden

What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences?

This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels.
Tenderhearted Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel emotions of other people. She's aware of a struggle within herself, an inexplicable pull toward danger, but it isn't until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put to the test. He's the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone had warned Anna.

Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?

5 comments:

  1. Amazon Canada is really hit or miss with these deals. I wanted The Winter Palace...12.99! I loved Tiger Lily and checked out the price even though I have it already...9.99! I am tempted to complain to them.

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    1. Oh no! I hate that I can't figure out which of these deals apply internationally. It's so frustrating with these retailers (and probably more so for you) :(

      And it's not like Canada is so far out of the US's market anyway..

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  2. Awesome deals! The Winter Palace looks really interesting!

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  3. Ohhh awesome! Thanks for the heads up. :)

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  4. I picked up Sweet Evil as well! Thanks for the info about the free kindle book! I will have to check that out. :)

    Sabrina @iheartyafiction

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