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Post by Mythica » Thu June 14th, 2012, 8:41 am

Freebie: The Red Rooster by Michael Wallace
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Post by Vanessa » Fri June 15th, 2012, 8:37 am

To Turn Full Circle by Linda Mitchelmore is £1.99 on Amazon UK. It seems to have quite a few good reviews.
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Post by Mythica » Fri June 15th, 2012, 9:19 am

US Kindle Daily Deal: A Gay and Melancholy Sound by Merle Miller and Nancy Pearl - $1.99 Today Only
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Post by Mythica » Sat June 16th, 2012, 8:57 am

Freebies:
Olga - A Daughter's Taleby Marie Campbell
Of Moths and Butterflies by V.R. Christensen

Bargains:
We Hear the Dead by Dianne K. Salerni (young adult) - $1.99
Seahawk Hunting by Randall Peffer - $1.99
A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic (Casebooks in Criticism) by John Ferling (non-fiction) - $2.99
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Post by Mythica » Sun June 17th, 2012, 12:19 pm

Freebie: Just Deceits: A Historical Courtroom Mystery by Michael Schein

Bargains:
Wicked Company by Ciji Ware - $1.99
Stupid History by Leland Gregory - $1.99
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Post by SonjaMarie » Sun June 17th, 2012, 5:07 pm

Forever Queen by Helen Hollick is at 2.99.

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Post by Mythica » Mon June 18th, 2012, 8:28 am

[quote=""SonjaMarie""]Forever Queen by Helen Hollick is at 2.99.

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One of my favs! The sequel I Am the Chosen King looks to be the same price too.

The US store is featuring The Big Deal - unfortunately there's no historical fiction category so you just have to view Fiction & Lit and then browse for anything historical. There is a Historycategory though.
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Post by Misfit » Wed June 20th, 2012, 7:30 pm

Some deals from Sourcebooks, some of which have already been mentioned here. Sorry, but the chart in the email pastes odd here.

FICTION

$ 1.99
The Brothers of Gwynedd by Edith Pargeter

$ 1.99
A Crowded Marriage by Catherine Alliott

$ 1.99
Desiree by Annemarie Selinko

$ 1.99
Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw

$ 1.99
Mr. Darcy's Secret by Abigail Reynolds

$ 1.99
Pillow Talk by Freya North

$ 1.99
Wicked Company by Ciji Ware

$ 1.99
Wish You Were Here by Phillipa Ashley

$ 2.99
Plain Fear: Forsaken by Leanna Ellis

$ 2.99
Song of Slaves in the Desert by Alan Cheuse

$ 2.99
A Weekend with Mr. Darcy by Victoria Connelly

$ 2.99
The Forever Queen by Helen Hollick

$ 2.99
I Am the Chosen King by Helen Hollick
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Post by SonjaMarie » Thu June 21st, 2012, 2:06 am

Not much of a deal, yet, but "A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England" by Suzannah Lipscomb, which had been at $16.09 for awhile on Kindle is now at $12.99.

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Post by Mythica » Thu June 21st, 2012, 8:36 am

Freebies:
Daughters of Iraq by Revital Shiri-Horowitz
Far Away Home by Susan Denning

Bargain:
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brien - $1.99
The Basque History of the World by Mark Kurlansky - $3.03
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