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Amazon's famous Prime Day events are huge for so many reasons, and for bookworms, it's even better: books aren't high-ticket items to begin with, so when they're on sale, and our book-buying budgets go farther, we get to PAR-TAY!

Here are some of book bargains for Prime Days October 13 & 14 that you won't want to miss: 

Books 99-cents for Prime Day:

Drops of Gold, by Sarah M. Eden

My Dearest Enemy, by Jennifer Moore

Not a Word, by Stephanie Black

The Gem Thief, by Sian Ann Bessey

A Guarded Heart, by Heidi Kimball

Wager for a Wife, by Karen Tuft

 

If Your Like Audio Books, You'll Love These

Apple AirPods: only $114! 

That's seriously cheap for AirPods, and if you're like every person I know who owns a pair (including my teen, who saved up her own money to buy a more expensive pair), you'll get a ton of use out of them, more than justifying this super low price. 

 

Echo Buds

These are Amazon's version of AirPods. They include Alexa, so you can tell your ear buds to play specific things. Ask questions, add things to your shopping list and calendar, and more. And for Prime Day they're only $79. 

Audible Trial Membership: FREE! 

Includes 1 book of your choice. (I suggest The Girl in Gray!) Plus, members get to listen to Audible-only podcasts, newspapers, and more.

Kindle Readers on Sale

They start at $59 and can hold thousands of books! 

The Paperwhite is $79 for Prime Day.

And I have the Oasis, which is a DREAM of a device. It's dropped in price dramatically to $199.

If you get a Kindle reader for Prime Day, you'll get a $5 ebook credit to go with it! Depending on how you spend it, that five bucks could get a few books!

That's one of the semi-secret joys of ebooks: you can buy SO MANY MORE because they're cheaper than DTBs (dead-tree books/paper books). 

CHECK OUT THE KINDLE READERS HERE

Other Cool Stuff

Swhatty Cell Phone Stand Universal Tablet Dock

This is a super cool stand made of sturdy aluminum alloy. Adjust the angle and height. Use with any tablet or phone. 

The black one is just $12. Two other colors are available for $17.

Ring Video Doorbell

My parents have one of these, and I love that; they can see who is at their door before answering. $69 for Prime Day. 

Echo Studio

The highest-quality of devices in the Amazon Echo family. This one has amazing 3D sound with high-fidelity speakers. $149 for Prime Day, down from $199.

 

Echo Dot

I love, love, love our Echo. If you're looking for something with the same functionality as the big ones, and the amazing sound of the tall Echo isn't your primary concern, you'll want the Echo Dot, only $18! (DUUUDE.) 

© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

Timeless Romance Anthology: Happily Ever After


Sale!

The collection is just $1.99 through January 17th.

You'll get SIX romantic re-tellings of classic fairy tales, including one from New York Times bestseller Jessica Day George!

SNAG THE SALE PRICE HERE.




THREE Sarah M. Eden Novels on Sale! 

Don't miss this sale! Each of these three novels is on sale for just $1.99 each!


Buy Links: 
Love Remains
The Kiss of a Stranger 
Drops of Gold


Timeless Western Anthology: Big Sky

Price drop! 

This collection of three romances in a modern-day Western setting, by Kimberly Krey, Cindy Roland Anderson, and Annette Lyon (me!) is a blast.

Previously $4.99, the collection is now just $2.99 (that's less than a hamburger!), and you can read it for FREE through Kindle Unlimited.


Get BIG SKY at the new low price of $2.99






COVER REVEAL: A NOTE OF CHANGE

The next Timeless Victorian Collection will be out on February 25th!

It features stories by Nichole Van, Esther Hatch, and Annette Lyon (me!)




Order Your Copy of A NOTE OF CHANGE Here.



***Always double check prices before purchase.***© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! It had 6,594 entries . . . wow! 
Here are the winners! I'll send an email using the address provided during the giveaway. 
Congratulations!
Winner of Fujifilm Instax Mini
Cindi Knowles
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Paperback Book WinnerOne copy each of The Girl in Gray and Lost Without You
Linda Romer

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$15 Gift Card Winner
Sara Zielinski
Congratulations to all!

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Winners have through Thursday, December 19th, midnight MST to claim their prize via email and to provide a shipping address within the contiguous United States. Prize winner decisions are final. Any prize unclaimed by the deadline will be forfeit.

© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

As I discover new book deals for the holiday season, I'll continue posting them to social media, but I'll also add them to his post so you can find them in one spot! 

Be sure to check back for new deals. And confirm that the deal hasn't ended; the prices will be valid when I add them to this post, but it's the reader's responsibility to check that the price is still discounted before purchase. 

And to follow me each day as I post new deals, do so here: 

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Timeless Romance Anthology: Under the Mistletoe Six contemporary romantic stories with a Christmas theme. 
Authors included: Cindy Roland AndersonAnnette LyonJulie Coulter BellonHeather B. MooreSarah M. EdenJennifer Griffith$1.99 Sale Here. 
Amy Harmon 3-Book SaleTHREE of Amy Harmon's novels are on sale, each for just $1.99. Stock up! 
Click on a title to get any of the books for just $1.99: 
From Sand and Ash
The First Girl Child
What the Wind Knows






The Marsh King's Daughter, by Karen Dionne

One of my favorite books from the last couple of years! 
It's won a ton of awards around the world. If you enjoy suspense, women's fiction, and/or anything Nordic, this book is for you. It's set in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where a lot of Finnish immigrants settled. 
You'll love this one! 
Get it for $1.99.




Marilla of Green Gables, by Sarah McCoy
The story of Marilla Cuthbert, who went on to adopt Anne Shirley!

Get if for $1.99






Long Journey Home, by Sarah M. Eden
History of the American West, Irish immigration, and Sarah M. Eden? Yes, please! 
This is book is part of the Longing for Home series, but if you haven't read the others, you can read this one; you won't be confused. 
Snag it here for $1.99.© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

To celebrate the release of The Girl in Gray,I'm giving away a camera!
Yes, you read that right.

And more prizes, too!
Confession: I keep wanting to call this a Polaroid, but it's technically a Fujifilm Instax Mini. Behold: 


Two of my daughters have them, and they adore these cameras!

Create instant pictures perfect for dorm rooms, scrapbooks, decorating a teen's bedroom, and more.

(Okay, they take a couple of minutes to fully develop, but still!)

Two More Prizes Will Be Drawn for Two More Winners: $15 gift cardPaperback copies of BOTH The Girl in Gray and Lost Without You.
The latter will be newly in paperback with its brand-new cover, which matches the Harvest Valley series!


For a chance to win any of those prizes, simply enter using the Rafflecopter form below! You can do a many or as few action items as you like, but the more you do, the higher your chances of winning will be.

Make sure to come back daily to stock up on the items you can get daily entries on!

The more you enter, the better your chances of getting  a prize.

And with Christmas around the corner, you know you want to have prizes to use as gifts . . . even if that means gifts for yourself!

Rafflecopter begins November 10th.

Ends on December 10th.
Winners will be notified shortly thereafter.
Additional Rules: 
Any prizes unclaimed after a week of the announcement will be forfeit. Decisions on winners are final. Void where prohibited.

Enter away! 

a Rafflecopter giveaway© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

A country fighting to stay free.
A woman with an impossible decision.

In November of 1939, Sini Toivola is sure of two things: she loves Marko Linna, and she has a comfortable life in Helsinki. But when the massive Soviet army invades her beloved homeland and Marko spurns her affections, her life is turned upside down. Needing a fresh start, Sini decides to join the female volunteer corps—the Lotta Svärd—and is sent to serve near the front lines. Service at a field hospital proves a good distraction—until Sini discovers a Russian soldier lost behind their camp.

Duty requires her to turn him in, but her heart begs to keep him safe and help him escape. Torn between love for her country and love for her enemy, Sini must choose—but no matter what choice she makes, heart-wrenching consequences await them all.

Get the ebook here.

Get the paperback here. 

#CommissionsEarned© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

Not just links, either; tons of news!
Tailor Made goes live on Tuesday, September 3rd, but it's already available for pre-order.

Snag your copy for just $2.99, and it'll download automatically to your Kindle!

It's the first in what will be a series set in 1800s Finland. Long-time readers may recognize it as a story I wrote for the now-defunct Kindle Worlds program, but it's bigger and different and better than ever!


CLICK HERE TO FIND IT ON AMAZON




About the book: 

Two people. An impossible Task. A traitor in their midst.

Sofi’s mother desperately needs medicine, and Sofi will do anything to get it—including a one-month stay at the Brunberg mansion in Helsinki, the capitol. There she’ll spend her days at the Kangas Tailor Shop, knitting silk stockings and other items from sunup to sundown for the biggest wedding of the decade. If she can do it, Sofi will have the ability to get the medicine her mother needs, with money to spare.

But Sofi’s safe world of knitting needles and thread is turned upside down when she finds herself in the middle of political intrigue. Antti, tailor and owner of the shop, Sofi uncover a plot to sabotage the Brunberg daughter’s wedding and threaten to bring Russia’s fist onto the Grand Duchy, removing the Finns’ self-governance, and possibly lead the countries into war.

As Sofi and Antti work together to save their country, she can’t help falling in love with the unassuming and attractive head tailor, though she knows she can’t have him. Her country and her family need her, and when her job is done, she’ll go home to Porvoo, never to see him again.

As they race to stop the traitor, the battle in her heart intensifies, and she fears that the victor won’t be love.

Here's the purchase link one more time.


TAILOR MADE FACEBOOK LIVE-STREAMED EVENT
Log on to Facebook at noon Mountain Time on Wednesday, September 4th (that's the day after Tailor Made releases).

For an hour, I'll chat with readers, draw prize winners (including one participant who will win PayPal CASH), and more.

RSVP for the event here.


~~~COVER REVEAL!!!~~~ The Girl in Gray is my World War II novel.

It's women's fiction and set during the little-known Winter War, a relatively short but amazing conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland.

The Winter War had big effects on the war, and I had relatives who fought and died in it.

I worked on this book for years and years. It's truly a labor a love, and I can't wait for my readers to get their hands on it!

Stay tuned for the back cover copy, pre-order, and release date, all coming soon!





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New Releases You Won't Want to Miss

The Warning,  by James Patterson and my awesome friend Robison WellsAbout the book: 

Two roads lead to Mount Hope. None leads out. There's no place to run in a community that's been taken―and is being intentionally kept―off the grid.

A small southern town was evacuated after a freak power-plant accident. As the first anniversary of the mishap approaches, some residents are allowed to return past the national guard roadblocks.

Mount Hope natives Maggie and Jordan quickly discover that their hometown is not as it was before. Downed cellular networks fail to resume service. Animals savagely attack humans. And the damaged power plant, where Jordan's father is an engineer, is under military lock down.

As friends and family morph into terrifying strangers, the Maggie and Jordan increasingly turn to each other. Their determination to discover who―or what―has taken control of Mount Hope soon has them in the cross hairs of a presence more sinister than any they could have imagined.

GET YOUR COPY HERE.

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The Marquess Meets His Match, by Julie Coulter Bellon About the book: 

Lord Christian Wolverton―known as Wolf in a covert group operating during the war against Napoleon―has been called home from his military duties. For the moment, his family responsibilities require him to suspend his more clandestine activities. But information falls into his hands that a traitor will soon try to tip the scales back into French favor and Christian doesn't have much time to stop it from happening.

Going to the one person who can help him, the powerful Duke of Huntingdon, Christian comes face to face with Lady Alice. She’s a beautiful member of the ton with a very big secret―she’s also a trained agent and already on the case. Forced to partner with her to lure the traitor out of hiding, Christian wants to quickly close the case himself, before Lady Alice is more closely involved. But Lady Alice has ideas of her own and she’s going to prove her theories correct―with or without him.

Danger is closer than they think, however, and it’s a race against time to expose the traitor’s identity before British lives are endangered. Both Christian and Alice have strong opinions on who he is, but which one will be proven right?

GET YOUR COPY HERE. © 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

An old book of mine, Tailor Made, is no longer available through Amazon, because the Kindle Worlds program has ceased to operate.

As a result, I have regained rights to the story, provided I remove all elements of the kingdom of Monterra, which is the Kindle World the story was originally part of and written for.

At the same time, the more I write about Finland, the more I want to write about it, so I am going to take the original story, retool it so it's set in 1800s Finland instead of the Alps, and create a brand-new series of books set in the century when Finland was a Grand Duchy of Russia.

My awesome cover designer has even updated the cover to reflect the Finnish setting (note the cathedral!) and the new series name under the title: The Grand Duchy of Finland.

(Plus the Finnish crest of a lion at above the title. How cool is that?!)


The new Tailor Made cover.
Isn't it great?!

Watch for an announcement of the release of the new Tailor Made, as well as other stories to come set in the same era!


 © 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

We're excited to announce that the next Timeless Regency Collection, A Week in Brighton, will launch on Tuesday, July 30.


And here is the gorgeous cover: 


This collection features Regency romances set in Brighton, England, by Jennifer Moore, Annette Lyon (me!), and Donna Hatch.

Pre-order your copy HERE

© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved

This collection from the original Timeless Romance Anthology series is the third one ever released (it came out in 2013!) and it's now on sale for only 99 cents! 
Even better, if you get the ebook, you can snag the Audible version for only another $1.99.

HERE'S THE SALE! 
CLICK ON THE VERSION YOU WANT:

Ebook: Only 99 cents 

Audible: $1.99 after purchase of ebook

Paperback


Remember that the sale prices are good only through Saturday, June 22.

Note: the paperback is not discounted, but I'm including that link for those who prefer paper books!



© 2012 Annette Lyon, all rights reserved