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Everyone knows that Stephanie Bond is one of the most talented and prolific romance novelists around, but did you know she started out as a computer programmer? And despite her impressive academic credentials, she’s never had any formal training in writing.
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Fifteen years ago, after attending college on a presidential scholarship, Stephanie was deep into a career in systems engineering and working on her MBA at night school. When one of her instructors remarked on her flair for writing, Stephanie began writing a romance novel in her spare time. Two years later, she sold her first manuscript to Harlequin.

Stephanie sold 10 more titles before deciding to leave her corporate job and devote her full attention to writing. Today, with more than 60 novels already published, she’s continuing a sexy mystery series for Mira Books called Body Movers. The series is Stephanie’s favorite project because she enjoys its combination of dark humor with mystery and a bit of romance. Sony Pictures recently optioned Body Movers for development as a TV series.

Meanwhile Stephanie continues writing romantic comedies for Harlequin. A native of eastern Kentucky, she now lives in midtown Atlanta, but considers the whole city as her “office.” She often writes on her laptop at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, in coffee shops, and sometimes even on the subway.

Today’s top Buffet pick is Party Crashers, a romantic mystery Stephanie published with Avon in 2004.

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Party Crashers (humorous romantic mystery)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Stephanie Bond

Party Crashers (humorous romantic mystery)

Jolie Goodman never yearned for a life in Atlanta’s fast lane. All she wants is a career in real estate, and she’s willing to sell shoes in Neiman Marcus over the holidays to make ends meet. But recently, her boyfriend vanished — with her car — and her search for answers leads her to some very exclusive circles. Jolie hooks up with a pair of retail fashionistas and one of Atlanta’s most eligible bachelors. But she can’t shake the feeling that she’s being pursued … right into a dangerous clique where friends and enemies look the same, and flirtation is the preferred party favor.
Jolie and her gal pals become the toast of the town … until a body turns up at a sexy soiree the women have crashed. The fun and games come to a dead end when the “crashers” are fingered for the murder.

The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow: A Novel of Bright’s Pond

Religion & Spirituality

Author: Joyce Magnin

The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow: A Novel of Bright's Pond

The story of an unusual woman, Agnes Sparrow. No longer able or willing to leave her home, where she is cared for by her long-suffering sister Griselda, Agnes has committed her life to the one thing she can do—besides eat. Agnes Sparrow prays and when Agnes prays, things happen, including major miracles of the cancer, ulcer-healing variety along with various minor miracles not the least of which is the recovery of lost objects and a prize-winning pumpkin.

A stranger comes to town seeking a miracle from Agnes. The truth of Agnes’s odd motivation comes out when the town reels after the murder of a beloved community member. How could Agnes allow such evil in their midst?

Crazy Love

Romance

Author: Nicola Marsh

Crazy Love

Sierra Kent doesn’t do love. While she embraces the quaintness of her home town Love and delights in matchmaking her clients through her Internet dating agency Love Byte, she doesn’t trust her intuition when it comes to the one emotion that has repeatedly let her down.

City-slick Marc Fairley, CEO of LA’s premier acquisition company, doesn’t have time for Love. From the minute he enters the kitschy town he can’t wait to hotfoot back to LA with his deranged mother in tow. Instead, he gets roped into the town’s Love Fest hoopla, investigates the shady farmer his mom is engaged to, berates his butler for a mad crush on a brash Aussie waitress, and finds himself falling for the brazen red-head who continually baits him.

The Queen Gene

Contemporary Fiction

Author: Jennifer Coburn

The Queen Gene

After selling her home in the suburbs, Lucy Klein decides to pursue her lifelong dream of starting an arts community in the Berkshire Mountains. She envisions a creative oasis where struggling painters, sculptors and musicians visit from around the world. But the dream soon becomes a nightmare when the artists arrive and not a single one can create anything — except trouble, that is.

To make matters worse, Lucy’s ultra-high-maintenance mother, Anjoli is singularly focused on finding a holistic cure for her teacup Chihuahua’s obsessive compulsive, hair-pulling disorder.


Tell No Lies

Mytery & Thrillers

Author: Julie Compton

Tell No Lies

Idealistic St. Louis prosecutor Jack Hilliard appears to have it all: intelligence, good looks, a great job, and a solid marriage with his wife, Claire. But he finds himself at a crossroads when, on the same night his boss announces his resignation as DA, his simmering flirtation with his mysterious lawyer friend Jenny bubbles to the surface.

Jack soon learns how easy it is to compromise his values and comfortable life for ambition and desire. Despite Claire’s counsel to stand by his beliefs, Jack misrepresents his position on the death penalty to secure the top spot at the District Attorney’s office. As the pressures of the campaign mount, he struggles to deny his growing obsession with Jenny, who supports his ambitions at whatever cost.

Feels Like the First Time: A True Love Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Author: Shawn Inmon

Feels Like the First Time: A True Love Story

1975: Shawn meets Dawn, his one true love, when she moves into the vacant house next door. Many people spend their life searching in vain for happiness, but he was lucky; finding it at the tender age of fifteen.
1979: Shawn and Dawn are forbidden to see each other. Feeling he is harming her by being in her life, Shawn walks away from the love of his life, apparently forever.
2006: after decades of sadness and mourning the girl that got away, Shawn has a chance meeting with Dawn that might change his life forever… again. Can the sweet bond of first love not only survive, but flourish?

WINTER’S DESTINY

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Nancy Allan

WINTER'S DESTINY

Alone, with a fall gale howling around the rafters, Amy Johnstone turns to see a woman’s rain-streaked face staring back at her through the dark window.

The face is…identical to her own!

Instantly, Amy’s life crumbles. Her husband leaves, her only child is taken, and something sinister surrounds her and those she loves.

I’ll Watch the Moon (Historical Fiction Best Sellers)

Religious Fiction

Author: Ann Tatlock

I'll Watch the Moon (Historical Fiction Best Sellers)

The tender story of a polio victim and her friendship with an Auschwitz survivor who dreams of becoming the first man on the moon.

When polio stalked Minnesota in 1948, fear was every mother’s constant companion. Young Nova Tierney and her older brother, Dewey, live a mostly idyllic life despite sharing living space with a motley assortment of tenants at the boarding house run by their Aunt Dortha and mother, Catherine. Dewey, nicknamed “Galileo” for his love of astronomy, dreams of some day walking on the moon, and he and Nova spend many happy hours looking at the night sky together in their backyard. When Dewey is hospitalized with polio, Nova promises to watch the moon for him until he is well. But will he recover?

A battle of the sexes begins with a bang when a confirmed bachelor is roped into a dating game with a sexy talk show host out to tie him down.

Havoc: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller (Book 2 of the Betrayed Series)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Carolyn McCray

Havoc: An Extremely Controversial Historical Thriller (Book 2 of the Betrayed Series)

 

What if the Tablets of the Ten Commandments were not sent off in the Ark? What if they contained more than the Golden Rule?
Rebecca and Brandt go on their greatest adventure trying to stay one step ahead of a new viscous enemy, the Disciples of the Stone.

Oceans Between Us (A Cinderella Romance)

Romance

Author: Helen Scott Taylor

Oceans Between Us (A Cinderella Romance)

He’s a wealthy Italian celebrity accustomed to dating beautiful women. She’s a guesthouse cook without a penny to her name. When tragedy brings them together for a few weeks, an unlikely romance blossoms. But he has commitments that take him back to his jet-setting life, while her future lies in a remote English village. Is it possible for two people from such different walks of life to find a way to be together?

Little Lotus Flower

Education

Author: Roy Bar Ilan, Katya Bar Ilan, Katya Bar Ilan, James Poulter, Tzion Shiong

Little Lotus Flower

This children’s picture book offers an excellent way to educate children about the importance of truth-telling. If you can make your kids admire “little lotus” – they will choose to tell the truth, and will find out the joy and power of kindness.

The Paris Caper (full length romantic thriller)

Mystery & Thrillers

Author: Nina Bruhns

The Paris Caper (full length romantic thriller)

A rogue detective will do anything to catch the sexy international thief he’s fixated upon. When their titillating game of cat and mouse grows shockingly intimate, he must make the impossible choice between honor and duty…and the notorious woman he has unwittingly come to love.

Trouble In Paradise

Advice & How-to

Author: Stephanie Norris

Trouble In Paradise

Victoria is thankful for a lot of things- Joshua, the love of her life, a career change that starts a new chapter, and a condo in the suburbs of Chicago Illinois. Her jaw drops when she opens the garage and finds a brand new Cadillac wrapped in a huge bow. She is ecstatic and ready for the next steps towards her future.

7 Folds of Winter: A YA+ Epic Fantasy Adventure (The Mad God Series)

Arts & Entertainment

Author: Carolyn McCray

7 Folds of Winter: A YA+ Epic Fantasy Adventure (The Mad God Series)

The world of Strathos is in dire peril. The Winter God has gone mad, dragging the world into an eternal blizzard. Can a band of strangers fulfill a broken prophecy or will the prophecy break them and all they hold dear?

My Cheeky Angel – Angels Love Romance (Angels with Attitudes)

Fantasy

Author: Mimi Barbour

My Cheeky Angel - Angels Love Romance (Angels with Attitudes)

Woman-hater, tomboy and a Cheeky Angel. Sparks fly when the tomboy grows up and decides to make drastic changes to her boring life, and thanks to her helpful angel she goes all out. Instead of being a playmate for her bachelor
buddy, she’s turned into a real dazzler. Now what’s a guy to do?

The Use (Changing Magic Book One)

Romance

Author:  D.L. Carter

The Use (Changing Magic Book One)

In an Empire where Earth, Air, Fire and WaterMagic is taken for granted, the throne of the High King stands empty. The Magic Users of the High Court Elves are suffering a mysterious decrease in fertility. Soon there may not be enough Magicians to support an Empire dependent on Magic for clean water, for weather stability. . . for. . . everything!

Wild Irish (Book 1 of the Weldon Brothers Series)

Romance

Author: Jennifer Saints

Wild Irish (Book 1 of the Weldon Brothers Series)

 

Southern Bad Boy back in town to clear his name. Encounters the woman he can’t forget. As their passion ignites the noose around his neck tightens This time he’ll go down for murder one unless he can stop the killer who framed him years ago.

The Bet

Mysteries & Thrillers

Author: David Brown

The Bet

Richard Kepperman was on top of his game until blowing the whistle on his high powered Atlanta accounting firm. Black balled from the financial arena, on the verge of bankruptcy, he returns to his roots in coastal Georgia to be near his aging grandfather, Clayton. Frustrated and underemployed, he is an easy mark when approached by a stranger who offers to bet ten million dollars that he can capture Richard within a span of thirty days. In return, Richard will be required to risk all that he holds dear.

Finding Rebecca: A Novel of Love and the Holocaust

Historical Fiction

Author: Eoin Dempsey

Finding Rebecca: A Novel of Love and the Holocaust

Christopher would always be there for Rebecca no matter what it took, from the beaches of Jersey to the hell of the holocaust and Auschwitz.

The prisoners in Auschwitz called it Canada, the land of unimaginable riches, where the last possessions of those who perished in the gas chambers were gathered and counted. Christopher is the new head of Canada, the ‘Dollar King.’ He is the one who controls the river of dirty money flowing through the camp. But Christopher is on a different mission. He is not in Auschwitz to serve the Reich, but to find Rebecca, lost somewhere inside the sprawling system of concentration camps set up to murder the innocent victims of the holocaust.

… See the rest of today’s Editor’s Picks and the Kindle Daily Deal here on page 2