Last Chance Entries to Win a Kindle or $125.00 Gift Certificate from Amazon

Today is your last chance to enter to win a Kindle or $125.00 Gift Certificate from Amazon. If you can't post on the blog below--please email me at: admin@prather-author.com or connect with me on Facebook. All previous participants for Day 1 through Day 6 have automatically been entered daily in the Kindle/Gift Certificate drawing--HOWEVER--if you want to participate in the prize drawings below you need to re-enter for that.

It's been a wonderful week, and I'd like to personally thank all the entrants.Pursuant to my blog related to claiming your gifts, I am taking last chance entries for the following books, gift certificates and will be drawing the winners at 5:00 p.m. on 6/1/2011 U.S. Eastern time. I will draw the Kindle/Gift Card winner from all entrants, and then draw the following prizes from those entering today following the rules below.

I realize a lot of people entered only to win the Kindle or $125.00 Gift Certificate. I don't have a problem with that, but if you're entering this last chance entry, and you don't want the gifts below, or you already have one or more of the books, then please put the following after your name on your entry i.e. Linda S. Prather 2348--Kindle entry only or (I would love one of the below books, but I already have (name of book). That way if your name is drawn for that book, I can trade it for one of the others.

I hope you've all had fun, and I hope you'll give a big shout out to all our participating authors. A fantastic group that came together to help me celebrate my birthday bash by giving you gifts to treasure.


1) The Gift of Joy by Valerie Maarten

2) The Secret Diary of Alice in Wonderland by Barbara Silkstone

3) Henrietta The Dragon Slayer by Beth Barnany

4) Doubleback by Libby Hellmann

5) David McAfee - Winners Choice

6) In Search of Lucy - Lia Fairchild

7) With Proud Humility - Jess Mountifield

8) Sands - Lili Tufel

9) Four Years From Home - Larry Enright

10) Burn Out - Traci Hohenstein

11) Forever Mine - Elizabeth Reyes

12) Not What She Seems - Victorine E. Lieske

13) Erich's Plea - Tracey Alley

14) The Gifts, A Jacody Ives Mystery - Linda Prather

15) The Portal Sundered - Sarah Barnard

16) Warrior Path of Destiny - Tim Ellis

17) What Luck - Alex Knight

18) Street Justice - Charlie's Angel - Samantha Fury

19) Creepier By The Dozen - Stephen Hise

20) Sacred Secrets, A Jacody Ives Mystery - Linda S. Prather

7 - $3.00 Gift Certificates

Amazon Kindle UK Bargain Bin - Ebooks for less than £3.00

Amazon Kindle Mysteries and Thrillers - Top 25

I typed in Mysteries and Thrillers on Amazon Kindle and these are the top 25 as of 4/26/11. Prices range from $.49 through $9.00. If you're interested in checking one out, click on the book picture and it will take you to the Amazon book page where you can download a sample or read a chapter before you buy. Happy Reading!

Featured Author - Faith Mortimer - New Release The Assassins' Village

Bound and gagged, the shocked and terrified victim recognises his assailant. Days later, another body is discovered. How many assassins stalk the village?

In a picturesque Cypriot village an expatriate theatrical group gather to discuss their next play; but when the curtain rises it'll be murder.
A blackmailer stalks the cast - a group riven with jealousies, rivalry, sexual tension and illicit affairs.

Unbeknownst to each other they all attempt to find solutions to their problems. Some believe it lies in murder. Can they find the blackmailer? And can they find that all important 'little black book' - the chronicle of their misdeeds.

When a body is discovered, Diana, a cast member, turns detective to draw up a suspects list. After the police get involved one of the suspects is found hanged - another murder or the suicide of a guilty person?

A visit to a villager's home uncovers an ancient assassin's weapon. Could this be the murder weapon? Is it possible that an assassin lives at the heart of this formerly peaceful and idyllic village?

Love, hate, murder and high drama all feature in this classic historical detective story. With a long list of suspects, some dramatic twists and the odd red herring, the reader is left guessing until the final curtain falls.

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Reviews - The Jacody Ives Mysteries - Words that Make Me Want to Keep Writing

When seeking a professional review an author always has moments of fear and anticipation. What if they hated it? And there are a million "what ifs" that follow that one. Most if not all authors write because we have stories to tell, and we want to share those stories with readers who would enjoy them. Reviews, especially "non-biased" professional reviews are essential in many ways. Ms. Heptinstall also reviews for Midwest Book Review. Her comments make me proud to be an author, and truly make me want to keep writing.

The Gifts, A Jacody Ives Mystery
Linda S Prather
Echelon Press Publishing
9735 Country Meadows Lane,
Laurel, MD 20723
www.echelonpress.com
978-1590804629
$12.99
288 pages


If you love a good mystery mixed with the supernatural, and suspense, then this is the book for you. It is a thriller that has you thinking one way, and then within the next few pages you are on a journey that will keep you going until the end. It is like being on a roller coaster. You slowly make your way up to the top, all the time watching how high you are going. Then as you reach the top you say to yourself, “What was I thinking?” Yet it is too late to get off. This book is like a roller coaster.

Once you start reading it, there is no turning back. The book will drawl you into the story and the characters. I thought I had it figured out half way through the book, and then sure as shoot I found out I was lost.
This is a great read.

I rate this book PG 13 for language and violence



“Sacred Secrets, A Jacody Ives Mystery”
Linda S. Prather
Create Space
7290 Investment Drive,
North Charleston, SC 29418
1-843-760-8000
9781456517489
Paperback $14.98 -- Digital $.99
384 pages
Sandra S. Heptinstall
Reviewer

This is one of the most fascinating books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. After reading the author’s first book “The Gifts, A Jacody Ives Mystery,” I did not feel like the next book could top it. But what I found was Ms. Prather is one of the most gifted writers of our times.

In the second installment of the “Jacody Ives Mystery,” the author takes us deeper into the depths of Jacody and Gavin. One person, with two different personalities.

I am so glad that the author has included some of the characters from the first book that I liked. The new ones are just as engaging. The elements of the supernatural, add to the suspense of this story.

I would also like to commend Charles W. Prather, Jr. for the poetry he has written in this book. He shows great promise as well.


rated pg for violence

Top 100 Kindle Psychological Thrillers for Under $3.00 on 4/23/11

All the books below are only $2.99 or less and as of 4/23/11 were on the Amazon Kindle Top 100 Psychological Thrillers. If you're interested in checking one out, click on the book picture and it will take you to the Amazon book page where you can download a sample or read a chapter before you buy. Happy Reading!

Featured Author - Karen Cantwell and Bargain Bin Books - 99 cents

My first novel, TAKE THE MONKEYS AND RUN, is a comedy-mystery, inspired, to some degree by a true monkey sighting in my own neighborhood. Because I love to laugh as well as make other people laugh, I have great fun writing the characters Barbara Marr, her friends and her adversaries. When I set out to write this book, I knew I wanted to write something that readers would say, "Now that was FUN." I HOPE I have achieved that goal. And if I did, please feel free to drop me a line at and let me know! I love to hear from readers. (especially if they LIKE the book!)

I've recently released a new book called FOXY'S TALE, co-written with my friend LB Gschwandtner. This is the first in a planned chick-lit series. And yes, I'm working on a second Barbara Marr novel, CITIZEN INSANE. You can find out more about these upcoming books at my website, www.KarenCantwell.com. I hope you'll stop by!

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All the books below are only $.99. If you're interested in checking one out, click on the book picture and it will take you to the Amazon book page where you can download a sample or read a chapter before you buy. Happy Reading!

Thursday's Tease--Just $.99

Lt. Samantha (Sam) Collins, a firefighter, vanishes after a warehouse fire the week before she was to testify at her estranged husband’s trial for drug charges. The only clue to her disappearance is a firefighter helmet that was left behind at the scene.
Rachel Scott founded Florida Omni Search after her own daughter disappeared when she was four. She has worked with law enforcement agencies all over the United States in locating missing people. Sam’s mother calls Rachel for assistance in locating her daughter. However, the search for Sam takes her on a journey that she never expected.
As she digs deeper into Sam’s past, she finds out more about the marijuana operation that her husband Ken, a former police officer, was involved with.
In her desperate, terrifying search for Sam, Rachel also discovers clues about her own missing daughter, Mallory.
Will she locate Samantha in time and also find out what happened to her own daughter?



I have this one on my TBR list, and having read several excerpts I'm pretty sure I'm going to love it. Check out a sample or buy now!

Amazon

SampleSunday - Mel Comley - Final Justice (A Lorne Simpkins thriller)

March 20, 2011 – Mel Comley – Final Justice (A Lorne Simpkins Thriller)
A Chateau in Normandy



September 2009.

Chapter One

A smug satisfied smile stretched across Baldwin’s handsome but menacing features as he surveyed his lavish surroundings, self-congratulation exuding from every pore. Tonight would be all about him, his ability to manipulate others, as months of meticulous planning came to fruition.

A couple of the scantily clad girls, all of Eastern-European extraction, giggled in the corner. He scowled at them, when he realised they’d been helping themselves to the potent punch, intended for his esteemed guests.

With its final tune-up complete the band drifted off to get changed. Meanwhile, the experienced agency waiting staff were tinkering, adding the finishing touches to the thirty-foot table laden with some of the world’s finest food, specially imported for tonight’s soiree.

His gaze drifted out over the large terrace and he took in the incredible view; the view that had sold the chateau to him. A view that took in thirty acres of manicured lawns, bordered by hedges shaped like animals; luxurious surroundings more suited to royalty than a lad brought up, or rather dragged up, in the boarded-up slums of Salford, Manchester. A lad with a rap sheet longer than the Seine.

Most of his men were already standing in position, their weapons safely concealed beneath their smart tuxedos, they would be joined by the others once the limos arrived.

Baldwin glanced at his watch for the tenth time in as many minutes, his irritation bubbling just below the surface. The guests should have arrived at seven, a full ten minutes ago; where the bloody hell were they? He marched over to the window and craned his neck to look up the long tree-lined drive. Nothing, not a limo in sight, nothing but the grey gravel, glistening in the evening sun. It didn’t bode well, not in his book, anyway. His blood began to pump harder, faster so much so that the vein in his temple jutted out, just as it always did when something didn’t go according to plan. His plans.

‘Well?’ he asked, when Julio, his second in command, joined him at the window.

‘Nothing as yet, boss. Everything’s ready though.’

‘That much I can see, you bloody moron. Now go and see what the fucking hold-up is. I want this evening to go smoothly. You understand, Julio, no cock-ups.’

‘Yes, boss. I’ll get onto it straight away.’

‘Never mind, I’ll see for myself, I know how those guys can twist you round their fingers.’

Baldwin stormed into the communications room located next door. The room was littered with pizza boxes and a bottle of scotch sat on the desk in front of his men. The three men, all built like bouncers, leapt to their feet. ‘Look at the bloody mess in here. Did I say you could drink on duty? This is supposed to be serious business tonight. I’m warning you, fuck this up and you’ll pay for it, with your lives. You got that? Now, what’s the bloody hold-up?’ his glare unnerved the men, and they nodded, like toy dogs in the back of a car.

Baldwin stepped forward, a menacing look in his eyes. He stopped in front of the youngest of the three men, their noses a few inches apart, ‘I said, have you got that, Benji?’

The man gulped, his eyes bulging with fear, he nodded again, ‘Yes, boss, I got it.’

‘This is your final warning, Benji. Screw this up and….’ Baldwin left the sentence unfinished on purpose.

The new recruit backed away and Baldwin let him go, for the time being; he’d had his eye on him for a while, and had come to the conclusion that the man’s attitude stank. It hadn’t escaped him that the man thought highly of himself and enjoyed strutting around as if he owned the place, ‘Now, let’s start again, shall we? Tell me, what the hell is going on?’ He sat on the corner of the desk, looking at the ten TV screens attached to the wall in front of him, each showing a different area of the chateau and its grounds.

‘The limos called in a few minutes ago. They got held up a couple of miles up the road. They should be here within ten minutes,’ Benji said.

‘Make sure they are. I’m getting anxious and I don’t need to tell you what that means, do I?’

The men nodded their understanding of the unspoken threat. His anxiety was notorious, and often resulted in bouts of violence. Despite his men having muscles ten times larger than their IQs, when Baldwin went on the rampage, they all turned into quivering wrecks.

With the threat still lingering in the air, Benji pointed to one of the screens, as a car pulled into the drive, ‘Here comes the first lamb now.’

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Justice-Lorne-Simpkins-thriller/dp/B004OEKFYO
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Justice-Lorne-Simpkins-thriller/dp/B004OEKFYO
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/43071 For other ereaders.

Final Justice (A Lorne Simpkins thriller)

www.amazon.co.uk
This is the sequel to Impeding Justice but is also a standalone thriller/adventure. After suffering a breakdown and quitting the force, former Detective Inspector Lorne Simpkins is contacted by a friend at MI6 to help in a covert operation. Against her will, Lorne is convinced to help track down an . . .

Whisper to me. . .

Another poem from Sacred Secrets. In this Chapter Billy and Katie enjoy a "moment in time" which may prove to be their last.







Whisper to me with eyes that cannot lie
Touch my cheek with truth
Sing unto my soul a soothing song
This moment is fleeting
Our masks have slipped
A short time of nakedness
Your smile is a razor
It cuts away the callousness
My breath is a baptism
Wash your unclean memories
The short embrace of our hearts
Fades like morning dew

Charles W. Prather, Jr.

Sacred Secrets, A Jacody Ives Mystery
The Gifts, A Jacody Ives Mystery

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Sacred Secrets, A Jacody Ives Mystery
The Gifts, A Jacody Ives Mystery