AUGUST NEWSLETTER  lots of e-books, mostly historical fiction.

AUGUST NEWSLETTER 

Discover Your Next Favourite Read

 

AUGUST NEWSLETTER

An interesting collection of books on offer this month. Some with unusual historical settings. I've notice a growing interest in Chinese and Japanese ancient and mediaeval history which is a hopeful sign for my sales as I've been writing stories set in the mediaeval and Edo period for several years. This is where my Young Adult novella, 'Salt Run: The Heir's Last Hope' is set, and at last, it's about to launch. It's only three years late! I do like my heroine, Akasuki. She's such a stoic, putting up with life's disappointments with hope. Pre-orders going up next week. Planned launch in early October. I'm not sure about the cover but my editor likes it. Comments welcomed. And any of you keen historical readers care to read my version of mediaeval Japanese history? I've e-book ARCs (Advanced Reading Copy) available. I'd love some comments from readers to quote. Also I'm not good at blurbs so anyone who wants to improve it before it hits the markets is welcome to email me their version. Here's the short blurb:

Join Akasuki, bound by oath and duty to protect the heir of a powerful daimyo, on her thrilling journey of survival and sacrifice in 'Salt Run: The Heir's Last Hope', a tale of courage, loyalty, and the enduring power of determination.

I hope you find some good reads this month. As usual watch the deadlines, there are several finishing before the 31st.

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HISTORICAL FICTION

12 mostly historical novels  WARNIBG, possible corrupt link and not working!!! Sorry!!

FREE  

August 12th

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HISTORICAL FICTION

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Paper Lantern Writers

have a few free books and short stories HERE at their website.

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JAPANESE HISTORICAL FICTION

The Samurai's Honor: The Heart of the Samurai

Book 0

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The Samurai's Heart: The Heart Of The Samurai

Book One

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Gripping Stories of the Past

BARGAIN PRICES

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URGENT URGENT

AUGUST 15TH DEADLINE

Travel Back in Time with Historical Fiction

BARGAINS

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Historical Fiction Giveaway

BARGAINS

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Gripping Stories of the Past

BARGAINS

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SINGLE HISTORICAL FICTION

some of my writer colleagues have books for free or at bargain prices.

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Cowboy style historical

BARGAINS

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Fanny Newcomb and the Irish Channel Ripper: A New Orleans Gilded Age Mystery

USA  MYSTERY

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Sweet, gritty Historical Fiction with a Contemporary feel. A story that touches the very heart of the Season.

ROMANCE

4

Hans Waldemar Remembers Normandy

WWII

5

In Knots Over You: Victorian Historical Romance (The Ladies Alpine Society

Book 1

1

MIXED GENRE NOVELS

SUMMER READS URGENT URGENT

ENDS AUGUST 20th 52 Books

Mostly FREE

SHORT STORIES

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All stories less than an hour's reading!

75 books

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MIX of ROMANCE stories

just for CHLOE

 

AUTHOR NEWSLETTER

The Victorian San Francisco Mysteries

NEWSLETTER

 

I've been reading old favourites. Catching up on those writers whose work is still a shining example of how to tell a story, like Author Ransom's 'Swallows and Amazon'

 

Keep Safe and Happy Reading

p.d.r.

The July newsletter 1,000s of free and bargain e-books

 

JULY NEWSLETTER 

Let the fireworks roar in celebration. For the entire month of July, you can stock up on books from your favourite indie authors and discover dozens of new favourites. Here’s what sets this sale apart:

• Nearly 250,000 participating ebooks

• Deep discounts of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% off

• 58,000 participating authors

• 17,000 free books during this sale only, in addition to nearly 100,000 books that are priced free every day

• 2,000 free series starters during this sale only, in addition to the 10,000 free series starters available every day

It’s a month-long, giddy, all-you-can-eat, bookish buffet with all the fixings and none of the guilt! Enjoy.

SMASHWORDS

 

URGENT! URGENT! ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT ends JULY 12th

Historical Fiction

Nine Books

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URGENT! URGENT REMEMBER JULY 12th

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HISTORICAL FICTION

A good mix of mainly free books

17 BOOKS

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HISTORICAL FICTION

9 Books

BARGAIN PRICES

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MOSTLY HISTORICAL FICTION

17 books

FREE

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HISTORICAL FICTION

17 FREEBIES

 

GENERAL READS

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SUMMER READS

31 books

BARGAINS

 

SHORT STORIES

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75 MIX GENRE stories

FREE

and BARGAINS

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SHORT MYSTERIES

27 books at $1.99 or cheaper.

STORIES

REVIEWS PLEASE.

Reviews are so important. It's how you chose your books so please help us writers make a few more sales.

FREE FOR A REVIEW

13 Books seeking a kind reader and a review

REVIEWS PLEASE

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NEWSLETTER

 

You might enjoy what I've been reading.

'The Undying of Obedience Wellrest' by Nicholas Bowling

This historical knocked me backwards. Talk about a brilliant without being cheesy with that gothic twist. Good tight writing, the author made it all seem quite possible.

'The Winter List' by S. G. Maclean

part of a series set in the 1680s - England after King Charles returns. Not a bad read! Good characters, typical spy plot and I sometimes felt I should have started with the first book. Nice tight writing and no gadzookery!

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Book Review

Seems about time I managed to get back to reviewing what I'm reading.

 Any McAll Smith fans here? Do read his novella/story collection - my library calls it short stories but they are really connected. It's a delightful read. He is so good at 3D characters.
'The Perfect Passion Company'
The Perfect Passion Company


In his gentle fashion he puts social media in its place, looks at what makes a good relationship and makes apposite comments re world politics and the state of things. Lovely man! Not a hate speech or destructive thought in sight.

JUNE NEWSLETTER LOTS OF FREE EBOOKS.

Goodness me, I missed posting May's newsletter. Too busy.Never mind here is June's newsletter with lots of free historical fiction. Use this link if the others won't work: https://preview.mailerlite.com/m5q4x4u0l8

JUNE NEWSLETTER 

Discover Your Next Favourite Read

JUNE NEWSLETTER 

This is the new cover for the new short story collection. It will be partner to 'Tales From Old Japan' and I hope it's like enough, yet different enough, to that cover. Your comments gratefully received as readers view things differently from writers. I rather like it but then I am told my taste in covers is not usually marketable.

A shorter selection of books this month, the northern hemisphere's summer relaxing time I expect so even writers are taking time off their work. The books are all historical. Most of them are free so enjoy filling your reader or mobile phone.

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Historical Fiction

9 Freebies

URGENT ENDS JUNE 10th

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HISTORICAL FICTION

A good mix of mainly free books

72 BOOKS

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SUMMER HISTORICAL FICTION READS

Some relaxing reads

27 FREE Novels

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HISTORICAL FICTION

Opens JUNE 15

9 BOOKS

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HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FICTION

13 BOOKS

Enjoy the Mix

 

SINGLE HISTORICAL MYSTERIES

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'Murder at Old St Thomas'

American 19thC story

Best-selling mystery and winner of a Historical Fiction Company “Highly Recommended” Medal for 2022

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'Loveda Brown: The Boston Burglar'

Loveda Brown is a governess for a wealthy 1911 Boston family, but things are about to get complicated.

FREE

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'The Caregiver's Curse'

England, 1545.

Ruth Tanner is a well-meaning girl who just wants to use her knowledge of herbs and potions to give care to people in her village. But when a young boy dies of the sweating sickness, Ruth finds herself accused of cursing him - which means she faces death by hanging as a witch.

FREE

REVIEWS PLEASE.

Reviews are so important. It's how you chose your books so please help us writers make a few more sales.

FREE FOR A REVIEW

REVIEW

I've just finished this novel. I learnt a lot about the early automobile creation. It's well written and wryly amusing.

'The Woman at the Wheel' by Penny Haw

Carl Benz may be known as the “Father of the Automobile,” but Bertha Benz was the woman behind the wheel driving the world into a new era. I enjoy novels which allow women a little glory, especially if they deserve it. Bertha could not be an engineer, but she should have been. She not only encouraged her husband and supported him, she drove the vehicles. Inspiring historical fiction based on the real life of Bertha Benz, whose husband built the first prototype automobile, which eventually evolved into the Mercedes-Benz marque.

Another peaceful humorous read which won't send you to bed to have nightmares.

 

Happy Reading

p.d.r. lindsay

Writer's Choice for p.d.r. lindsay-salmon author p.d.r. lindsay | 39, Lune street. South Hill, Oamaru

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APRIL NEWSLETTER: FREE AND BARGAIN BOOKS

APRIL NEWSLETTER 

 FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS for you.

The Yellow eyed Penguins have just finished their moult and can go back to sea. They've been starving for most of March and early April whilst their new feathers grew in and became waterproof. Their babies this year weren't healthy great fat fluffy grey offspring and had to be fed to raise them to survival weight – not enough fish - and inoculated against a new disease which arrived with the raised sea temperature. The local sea temps are so much higher we don't need wetsuits for a swim. We sure did 17 years ago when I retuned from Japan..

But there's a Hurray for April. The YA Edo period Japanese novella is with my editor, my human editor. It's already been to an A.I. editor who can do things very quickly that a human editor would not or could not do. A.I. can be a writer's friend for all those boring analytical tasks like trawling through Amazon algorithms, or checking all the key words of the best sellers in similar books to mine which A.I does in a flash, and which really help me. But it's the human editor who turns the story into a warm, emotional readable story, and corrects my misplaced commas!

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DEADLINE

HISTORICAL FICTION

SINGLE HISTORICAL FICTION NOVELS

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'Trolley Dodgers'

Need a laugh? Rumour has it a film is on its way. I'm looking forward to it.

It all started as a joke. Andy Bennett wrote a tongue-in-cheek article on how the town of Bloomington could buy the LA Dodgers. And they believed him! Now there's a hilarious scramble to raise $300 million in a very short time frame,

HUMOUR

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'The Indenture - a novel of early America'

Captured at Culloden. Imprisoned in Inverness. Sold at Norfolk.
CULLODEN

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'Ellie & The War On Powder Creek'

It’s 1891 and the feisty Ellie Dolan Parker, who finds herself caught up in the middle of the Wyoming Cattle Wars.

CATTLE WARS

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'Bad Blood'

Eunan Maguire lives in a small village in Fermanagh. He is mistreated by his parents and then taken to Enniskillen as a hostage to ensure his father's loyalty. He returns after being trained as a Galloglass warrior to confront his parents and to ensure his father pledges to the prospective new Maguire. But before he can do that the English raid his village, his parents are killed, he flees to save himself, and he blames himself for their death.

BAD DLOOD

GENERAL FICTION

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On top of the world

A collection of 7 books involving animals real or fantaSy.

PETS

2.

DEADLINE APRIL 16th

'StoryOrigin's Biggest All-Genre (Clean) Giveaway Ever'

one part of the giveaway.

A group of us authors got together to offer free books to help a charity.

DEADLINE

SHORT STORIES

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Take a New Adventure with Each of These Seven Stories by Seven Authors

FREE

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'Quick Reads for Busy People'

FREE

CRIME FICTION

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21 Books IN A PRIZE GIVAWAY

CRIME

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Chilling thrillers.

26 books

BARGAINS

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Searching for an action-packed thrill ride or a twisty whodunnit??

Look no further!

These mystery, thriller, and suspense writers
have teamed up o bring you these FREE books!

106 mystery novels

FREE

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Lost in a Cozy: A Cozy Mystery Book Fair

33 Bargains on offer

COSYS

SINGLE THRILLER NOVELS

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'Catch a Falling Star'

Stolen artifacts, criminals, cops, and murder—college towns are anything but quiet—or safe!

STAR

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'Renegrade'

a K9 cop story

DOGS

REVIEWS PLEASE.

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15 FREE books

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A new order of books has arrived at the library. I found the Australian historical novel 'The Star on the Grave' by Linda Margolin Roya. A fascinating read based on her family's WWII history and what happens when some family members try to hide the past. Alas traditionally published the Kindle is outrageously expensive.

 

Enjoy your Spring as I revel in Autumn colours
Happy Reading

p.d.r. lindsay

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Review

I'm back reviewing for fellow Story origin authors. 

I've just enjoyed:

The Prince and Dai

by Gloria Oliver

 'The Prince and Dai' is a pleasant easy read, a simple story simply told. Dai and her friend Jaques make a discovery during a thunderstorm. The story makes a useful addition to the Daiyu Wu mystery series revealing more about Dai and her friend Jacques.'The Prince and Dai' is a pleasant easy read, a simple story simply told. Dai and her friend Jaques make a discovery during a thunderstorm. The story makes a useful addition to the Daiyu Wu mystery series revealing more about Dai and her friend Jacques.'The Prince and Dai' is a pleasant easy read, a simple story simply told. Dai and her friend Jaques make a discovery during a thunderstorm. The story makes a useful addition to the Daiyu Wu mystery series revealing more about Dai and her friend Jacques.

FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS

 

FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER   FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS for you. The baby fur seals are back and living on the safe rocks whilst their mums go fishing. The water in the cove is too shallow to let sharks, orca, or dolphins get close. Even leopard seals have a problem hunting the babies here. There's a safe enclosed pool behind their rocks where they can cool off. It's been a sizzling summer so I've been in the sea too or under a shady tree with a book. Thank goodness there are some good books available.Check them out. AGAIN BEWARE, WATCH the deadlines! Most of the books are free and I hope you'll find a few to enjoy.   FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER Go to https://preview.mailerlite.com/z1q1u9m0c5 id the links don't work. HISTORICAL FICTION 1. Historical Fiction Giveaway Get these books fast! FREE 2. A group of mainly historical romance writers who offer free books. FREE 3. Fancy Seeing You here! Free mainly historicals Deadline February 16th URGENT 4. HISTORICAL FICTION bargain prices. BOOKS   SINGLE HISTORICAL NOVELS 1. A YA Apocalypse in Ancient Byzantium:Heroic young characters, a secret cache of scrolls, a mysterious conspiracy, & forbidden love. FREE 2. Britannia AD 61: The Battle of Mona A gritty historical fiction short story. Prequel to BRETHREN FREE 3. Acre (Hospitaller Saga Book 1) FREE 4. The Humbling of Meredith Martin: The biography of an Edwardian actress (Modern women: breaking the mould Book 5) FREE   DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY NOVELS 1. DEADLINE Feb 19th. A collection of crime fiction. MIXED PRICES 2. Mystery Extravagance Mostly free. BE QUICK! ENDS FEB 14th 3. Free Cosy Mysteries. URGENT DEADLINE only 2 DAYS 4. Crime Pays A Mix of Crime   SHORT STORIES March 2nd Deadline FREE ALSO I've found another source of free and bargain ebooks at BookRaid Discounted & Free Bestselling Ebooks AND G.J. Berger, best selling and prize winning historical fiction author, and my colleague in Writer's Choice (that's our writers' historical fiction publishing co-operative) is skiting away about the success of his mother's memoir, 'To Steal a Moment's Time'. It's been hitting the best seller lists. His mother was Katharina Berger, a most sought-after stage and film actress in Germany at the outbreak of WWII. I can genuinely recommend it as a fascinating read. 'To Steal a Moment's Time' AND Another book I've just enjoyed is an Australian historical novel set during the 1930s and 1940s. Called 'Limberlost' by Robbie Arnott it's a gentle, thoughtful read. Alas it is expensive but cheapest at Kobo.com   Dodge the shocking weather, keep warm and enjoy a good book. p.d.r. lindsay Writer's Choice for p.d.r. lindsay-salmon author p.d.r. lindsay | 39, Lune street. South Hill, Oamaru EMAIL ME TO CHAT AT PDRLINDSAY at SLINGSHOT.CO.NZ Website: www.pdrlindsay.co.nz This email was sent to | Unsubscribe | Forward this email to a friend