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If you haven’t read anything by Amanda Leigh Cowley, this is a great time to start! Her cozy, romantic mystery is free today on Amazon.

The Cold Hard Truth by Amanda Leigh Cowley

A murdered father, an estranged mother, a half-sister determined to heal family rifts and a drop-dead gorgeous boss who might be too good to be true … THE COLD HARD TRUTH has “a shocker of an ending” and readers are challenging you to guess it.

“… I looked forward to going to bed each night just so I could get back to reading it. I now have a serious book hangover and am eagerly awaiting the next one.”

— Bestselling author, Shalini Boland

Nothing could prepare Emily for what she witnessed that day.

With no money to support herself and suffering from panic attacks, she reluctantly moves in with her estranged mother and half-sister overseas. But as fractured relationships start to heal and a new one threatens to blossom, she uncovers a disturbing secret.

When the truth hurts this much, would you prefer not to know?

About the author, Amanda Leigh Cowley:

Amanda Leigh Cowley lives in Northampton, England with her husband and two fitness-mad sons, (they don’t get it from her!). When she’s not distracted by the four-legged visitors she looks after, she writes, and drinks way too many lattes from her Dulce Gusto machine.

Available now:
Soul Protector (Soul Protector series #1)
The Betrayal (Soul Protector series #2)
The Cold Hard Truth

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The Cold Hard Truth has 9 reviews on Amazon with an average rating of 4.4 stars. Here is what some of the reviews are saying.

“So many talented authors, so little reading time! Amanda Cowley is another author I have been introduced to and this book, Cold Hard Truth is a very well written, gripping thriller with a large dose of romance thrown in.”

“Wow! What a great book. The moment I started, I knew I had to finish it as soon as possible.”

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Academy Scarab Beetle Series Book 1

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Thief: The Scarab Beetle Series: #1 (The Academy Scarab Beetle Series) by C. L. Stone

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, read Thief, the first book in The Academy Scarab Beetle Series.

Kayli Winchester is a dirt-poor girl living out of a hotel, forced to be the parent for a drunken father and teenage brother who she’s desperate to keep in school. The only way she scrapes by is to utilize her one skill: pickpocketing. But even though she’s a thief she has a moral code: no kids or old ladies, only targets who can defend themselves. Not that they see her coming…

Thinking she’s been working under the radar, Kayli has no idea The Academy has been watching and taking notice. Now a team that needs her skill has offered her a way out of her predicament and it’s her last chance: work with them, or face jail time. Kayli resists at first, but slowly the boys reveal they can be trusted. With Marc, the straight man, Raven, the bad-boy Russian, Corey and Brandon the twins as different as night and day, and Axel their stoic leader, there’s a lot Kayli can learn from these Academy guys about living on the edge of the law. If only she can stay on the good side instead of the bad.

Especially when the job they offer her is more than any of them bargained for. After it’s done, the hunters have become the hunted and their target is now after Kayli. The Academy boys do their best to keep her hidden, but a thief like Kayli will never sit still for long.

Meet an all-new Academy team in Thief, the beginning of the Scarab Beetle series.

Warning: This is a new adult series. Readers of the other Academy series may need some caution as this series will contain mature sexual and violent situations and themes.

Meet the author of the Academy Scarab Beetle Series, C.L. Stone:

C. L. Stone likes :chocolate_bar: and #findingburiedtreasure.

Her books are about :revolving_hearts: and @dark_themes and #chocolatechippancakes.

IF LOTS OF BOOK BOYFRIENDS SCARE YOU…RUN. RUN NOW.

You can email her at clstone@arcatopublishing.com

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Baileigh Higgins Zombie Apocalypse Series

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Baileigh Higgins Zombie Apocalypse Series

Author Baileigh Higgins offers Book 1 of the Dangerous Days Series free today. It has 59 reviews on Amazon with and average rating of 4.2 stars.

Last Another Day (Dangerous Days – Zombie Apocalypse Book 1) by Baileigh Higgins

Trapped in the shower by the monster that was once her husband, Morgan’s survival hinges on her willingness to kill the man she loves. She escapes, only to find that the horror has spread and now threatens everything she holds dear.

Logan returns to his childhood home and teams up with Max, an army deserter who is racing against time to save his family. Together, they face the real possibility that everyone they know is already dead. Or worse, undead.

As the sun sets against the backdrop of the Free State veldt and living nightmares walk the streets in the shape of their loved one’s bodies, humanity’s last hope rests in the hands of ordinary men and women called to do extraordinary things. Can they Last Another Day?

Last Another Day is a Zombie Apocalypse adventure for all fans of Horror and Dystopia. Its blood-spattered pages are filled with gore and action, yet has a strong emotional heart that will leave you craving more. Get your copy today and join the fight for humanity’s survival.

About the author of the Dangerous Days – Zombie Apocalypse series, Baileigh Higgins:

South African writer and coffee addict, Baileigh Higgins, lives in the Free State with hubby and best friend Brendan and loves nothing more than lazing on the couch with pizza and a bad horror movie. Her unhealthy obsession with the end of the world has led to numerous books on the subject and a secret bunker only she knows the location of.

Visit her website at baileighhiggins07.wixsite.com/mybooks for more information on upcoming books, new releases, and giveaways.

When you sign up for her Newsletter on her website, you will also receive a Free Starter Library featuring 3 novelettes from her Death’s Children Series.

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Haven Series Book 1 is Free on Amazon

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This paranormal romance has 83 reviews on Amazon with an average rating of 4.4 stars. Download book one of the Haven series while it’s free now.

The Sixth Discipline (Haven Series Book 1) by Carmen Webster Buxton

Ran-Del Jahanpur is a warrior of the Sansoussy Forest, trained in both the mental and physical Disciplines of his people. He thinks he’s prepared for any danger the forest might hold, but his skills prove useless when he’s caught in a hi-tech trap. Soon Ran-Del finds himself in a city so alien it might as well be another world—machines speak, vehicles fly, and his captors’ weapons can inflict pain without touching him.

Every time Ran-Del tries to escape, he’s foiled by a technology he doesn’t understand. As terrifying as the city is, his kidnapper, the enigmatic Baron Hayden, exudes a jovial affability that worries the Sansoussy even more.

What can such a powerful man want with a Sansoussy warrior, who can neither read nor write and knows nothing of city ways? The Baron’s daughter Francesca clearly knows more than she’s saying, but Ran-Del’s psy sense tells him only she’s being truthful, not what she’s thinking. And it’s only after it seems that Ran-Del has escaped the city and its dangers, that he finds out how thoroughly he has been caught.

About the author of the Haven Series, Carmen Webster Buxton:

Carmen Webster Buxton spent her youth reading every book published by Ursula LeGuin, Robert Heinlein and Georgette Heyer. This combination of far-future worlds, alien cultures, and old-fashioned courting customs influenced her writing, especially in her ThreeCon series.

Carmen was born in Honolulu and experienced a childhood on the move, as her father was in the US Navy. Having raised two wonderful children, she now lives in Maryland with her husband Charlie, and a beagle named Cosmo. She writes science fiction and romance, mostly set in the far future, and the occasional fantasy.

She has published several books, including THE SIXTH DISCIPLINE and its sequel NO SAFE HAVEN. TRIBES, SHADES OF EMPIRE, and THE NOSTALGIA GAMBIT are in her ThreeCon series; these books are set in a shared universe but do not share any characters. WHERE MAGIC RULES (a novella) is her only published fantasy. KING OF TREES crosses genres, as it is a time travel/alternate history/science fiction novel with fantasy overtones. SARONNA’S GIFT is her first book to be available as a paperback as well as an ebook, and the first overt romance. TURNABOUT is young adult dystopian science fiction that starts in the real world.

Carmen often blogs about ereaders, digital publishing, writing, and speculative fiction. Visit her blog to see what’s coming out next! To send her feedback on her books, send email to carmen.webster.buxton (at) gmail.com.

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Click Farms Alter Amazon Ratings

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For those who haven’t heard about the click farms, they are services that can download free books, or borrow KU books so the author can get paid out of the communal KU pot.

Have Click Farms Broken Amazon?

Have you noticed an eBook on Amazon coming out of nowhere and suddenly hitting the #1 spot? Not just in the “Free” category, but also in the “Paid” spot. It’s possibly due to the author paying a click farm to get thousands of downloads. Amazon states that manipulating the stats is against their policy, but they don’t seem to be doing much about it.

David Gaurhran has documented evidence of a book using the click farms and has contacted Amazon. He was informed that the entire leadership team at Amazon was taking the scammer problem very seriously but felt the problem wasn’t quite as bad as he stated. It sounds like they are in denial!

Here is an article you should read on Kotaku.com. It has a video that shows in great detail actual banks of phones while in use. It’s hard to believe the amount of effort that’s put into this scam.

MotherBoard.Vice.com has an interesting article about a farm in Thailand where authorities seized over 500 cellphones and 350,000 SIM cards. A Chinese company reportedly supplied the phones and paid the men the equivalent of $4403 a month to run the scheme.

Besides Amazon, these farms also supply likes and followers on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest. App Store ranking manipulation is another service that’s widely used.

I can’t imagine it would take much effort to create a program to analyze these kinds of ratings and determine that they’re fake. I’m sure the farms would find ways around it but if it’s difficult enough for them they’d probably move on to other scams.

What are your feelings on this?

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