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LAST CHANCE: 99c Sale and more

May 7, 2020 by Author Leena Clover Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and healthy and doing well.

I have some great news. As you know, I recently discounted my latest Pelican Cove Box Set to 99c. The sale has been fantastic and the book has earned many accolades and is number 1 in several categories. Here are some milestones achieved –

Top 20 Amazon Kindle Store

#1 Cozy Mystery

#1 in Cozy Culinary Mystery, Cozy Crafts & Hobbies Mystery, Cozy Animal Mysteries and Amateur Sleuths

#1 Mystery Anthology

All this would not have been possible without your love and support. So I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

The Box Set is still on sale TODAY ONLY for 99c. And the first set is also on sale at $2.99. If you want to grab EIGHT Pelican Cove books for $3.99, this is your last chance.

Want to check out some NEW free cozy mysteries? Head over to the Mystery Block Party where cozy mystery authors are bringing the party to You. Makes staying at home more easy! Just click in the image below.

Author friend Dianne Harman is doing a spectacular 90 day sale of her books. A new book free or 99c every day!! Check out the latest offering in this extravaganza.

A lifelong dream about to be realized
A clothing designer’s debut line goes missing
A high-end fashion house in turmoil
Was it greed, ambition, or jealousy?

Brigid accompanies her sister to Los Angeles for the culmination of Fiona’s life-long dream – to be a fashion designer. But when Fiona’s fashions go missing on the day they’re to be debuted, Brigid’s determined to find the culprit.

No one had access to the design room but Green Butterfly employees, so Brigid’s certain it must have been an inside job. But just which one of the employees is responsible, and why?

This is the 10th book in the Cottonwood Springs Cozy Mystery Series by a USA Today Bestselling Author and Amazon All-Star.

Okay peeps! I think you have plenty to keep you busy until next time. I’m heading back to write my current book, which is almost done. Until next time, take care!!

November Cozy Mysteries on my Reading List

November 14, 2018 by Author Leena Clover Leave a Comment

If you are here, you probably love reading cozy mysteries. That’s one thing we share, our love for books, especially a juicy pageturner. I read cozies for years, long before I ever imagined I would take a stab at writing them.

November and December are big release months in the book world. I have had my eye on a few new releases and have lined them up on my Kindle already. My Kindle Unlimited subscription makes it very easy to do so. (If you are not in KU yet, you should definitely read my post about it.)

Kindle Unlimited is a boon for someone like me who reads at least 3-4 books a week. Here are some brand new cozy mysteries from authors I like. I can’t wait to sink my teeth into them.

Check these out, maybe you will find a good mystery to add to your reading list. Many of these books are later books in the series. So if you are unfamiliar with the series, you have an entire set of books to binge read during the long weekend.

Spa Retreats and Secrets in Las Vegas: A Humorous Tiffany Black Mystery by A. R. Winters

This series is set in one of my favorite cities – Las Vegas! Tiffany Black is a blackjack dealer at one of the casinos and also likes to do some sleuthing. I read a few early books in the series but I have a lot of catching up to do.

Fresh off a shift of slinging cards, blackjack dealer and private investigator Tiffany Black takes a frenzied call from Mary Bilford, the services manager at ritzy Spa Renauld.

Mary needs someone to prove she didn’t kill spa client Gina Welling—which means it’s time for Tiffany and Ian to go undercover and infiltrate the spa.

Who stood to benefit from Gina’s death? Was it ex-husband Harry, who was coincidentally visiting the spa while his ex-wife was there; nurse Jasper, who’s intent on looking out for himself; or even part of the spa’s security detail? Or was it Mary Bilford all along, concealing her ulterior motive, just as the LVPD suspect?

Of course, once Nanna learns of the investigation happening in the swanky spa, she insists on joining them! Ian and Tiffany make a new four-legged friend, and Ryan has an important message for Tiffany…

Meanwhile, someone at the spa is out for blood… will Tiffany survive being in the den of the killer?

Murder at the Church by Dianne Harman

A new series by Dianne Harman. This is just the second book in a new series set in the mountains. I can’t wait to start reading.

A troubled woman. A prayer. A murder in a church. An orphaned daughter.

When she moved back to Cottonwood Springs after a divorce and the publishing company she was working for went bankrupt, Brigid never thought she’d have a ready-made teen-age daughter, a huge Newfoundland dog, and a hunky neighbor who wants to get to know her better, a lot better.

But first she has to solve Maggie’s murder. When a woman has stolen money and someone else’s husband, finding her murderer is not everyone’s top priority.

Pineapple Gingerbread Men: A Pineapple Port Mystery by Amy Vansant

She had me at pineapple!

Give yourself an early Christmas present and delve into this holiday themed cozy. Touted wild and funny, you must check out this whodunit set in a retirement community in Florida.

Sheriff Frank asks newly-minted private detective Charlotte to help him crack the case, but she has no idea those darn gingerbread men will start showing up everywhere. What did Santa do that made them so angry? And what’s the secret in his colorful Christmas-themed bureau?

Charlotte is forced to split her time between searching for Santa’s killer and helping Declan’s crazy ex-Stephanie stop a corrupt district attorney in exchange for a book that could help solve more crimes in the future. She never thought she’d help calculating Stephanie with anything…but as this story comes to it’s shocking ending, you’ll find it could be Stephanie who’s finally bitten off more cookie than she can chew…

The Guilty Party by Susan Harper

What attracted me to the Backroom Bookstore Cozy Mystery series is the bookstore. I am very picky about my witch cozies (a post on them soon). I can’t wait to dig into this one.

Monica Montoya and her sister Mona are heading to a party at Dracula’s spooky mansion. When a guest turns up dead with incriminating bite marks, Uncle Drac is dragged away to jail? Sure that their uncle is innocent, the girls must sort through a supernatural cast of suspects. Can they sort through the magic and find the guilty party?

So now you have plenty of November cozy mysteries to enjoy.

Until next time, Happy Reading! 🙂

Kindle Unlimited – the All You Can Eat Buffet for Books

January 20, 2018 by Author Leena Clover Leave a Comment

Love the ‘All You can Eat’ Buffet? I do. And I almost always eat too much pie or mac and cheese at these places.

What if there was an unlimited buffet for books? There is, and it is called the Kindle Unlimited program. Just like any buffet, only things that are on the menu are available for consumption. This means that every book in the Amazon store is not part of this program. But plenty of them are.

Authors need to sign their books up for this program and there are pros and cons for this. So authors might only enroll some of their books in the program or take them out after a time. This makes the Kindle Unlimited catalog volatile. But don’t worry. Plenty of new books are being added to it every day.

Is Kindle Unlimited Worth It?

Here are five things about the Kindle Unlimited program. You can decide if it is worth your while.

(You don’t need a Kindle device to read Kindle books. Find out how to read Kindle books without a Kindle.)

1) $9.99 a month or lower if you commit to a longer duration – there is a 30 day free trial you can sign up for.

2) You can read as many books as you want provided they are part of the KU catalog.

3) You can check out only 10 books at a time.

4) You may get access to audio books for free as part of the program.

5) You can cancel anytime.

So is this book subscription service worth your money? Let’s do some simple math. The cheapest book on the Kindle platform is 99 cents. $9.99 gives you 10 such books. If you read more than 10 books a month, this program is definitely worth your while. Another advantage is that you can test drive books without buying them.

Many of the books in the Top 100 are also part of Kindle Unlimited.

So what do you think about Kindle Unlimited? Are you willing to give it a try?

TRY KINDLE UNLIMITED FREE FOR A MONTH

How to Find Free Kindle Books on Amazon

December 29, 2017 by Author Leena Clover 1 Comment

Free Kindle Books? You heard that right.

I have been a reader longer than I have been an author. I still begin and end my day with a book. One of the things that lured me to the Kindle platform was free books. This was many years ago when e-readers were still a new concept. I found that the Kindle platform offered a legitimate way to download and read books without spending a single dime. Now if that isn’t music to a book worm’s ears, I don’t know what is.

(Pssst…you don’t need a Kindle device to read these free kindle books. Read my post on how to read Kindle books without a Kindle.)

You can find fiction and nonfiction books from every category free on the Kindle platform. There are thousands of such books available for readers like you and me. Some authors provide the first book in a series free so that readers can give it a try. They hope readers will buy the other books in the series if they like the first one. Some authors have promo days where they price a book for free for a limited number of days.

Now that you know these free books on the Kindle platform are above board, I’m sure you can’t wait to get your hands on them. There could be more than one way of doing this. I am going to tell you how I get my stack of free books.

How to find Free Kindle Books on Amazon

1. Log in to Amazon.

2. Enter any book name in the search bar like ‘Dan Brown Origin’. Click Enter.

3. Click on the book that comes up in the search results.

4. Once you are on the book page, make sure ‘Kindle’ is selected in the book format. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the ‘Product Details’ section. You will see a Bestsellers rank for the book.

5. Click on <See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store> in the parentheses next to rank.

6. Click on <Top 100 Free> on the best sellers list page.

7. Scroll through the free books from 1 to 100 and download anyone that strikes your fancy.

Want to dig deeper?

8. Click on <Kindle ebooks> in the left hand column. A list of different book categories will open up.

9. Click on any category like <Romance> for example.

10. Click on a sub-category like <Historical Romance>. You can navigate through the top 100 Free books at this level or you can dig deeper.

11. Click on <Regency> and browse through the Top 100 Free Regency Romance books and download the one you want.

As far as Amazon is concerned, you are buying the book for $0 so you own the book. You can do this exercise once a day or once a week or anytime your reading list is depleted.

Many of the free book deals are time sensitive so some readers like to check these free lists frequently. There are sites like Bookbub that send daily emails about books that are free or discounted on a particular day. You might want to sign in for some of those.

I hope you enjoyed this post. What do you think about free Kindle books? Do you prefer to read a book for free before you buy other books by an author? Please leave a comment and let me know.

How to Read Kindle Books Without a Kindle Device

December 28, 2017 by Author Leena Clover Leave a Comment

Read Kindle books without a Kindle device? Yes, you got that right. You absolutely do not need to buy a Kindle device in order to read Kindle books. Although a basic Kindle device is very affordable, you do not need to invest in it.

If you are an avid reader like me, you are always looking for the next good book. You make plenty of trips to the library and come back home loaded with bagsful of your favorite books. But you still can’t beat the Kindle platform. There are literally millions of books available on the Kindle and many of them are written by indie authors who are probably not available at your library. I have discovered many new authors who are now my favorites since I started reading the Kindle.

How to read Kindle Books without a Kindle device

We live in a gadget infested world. So it is highly likely that you own a computer, laptop, tablet or at least a smart phone. The Kindle software is available for a range of different platforms like PC, Mac, iOS, Android and Windows. Depending on whatever device you use, you can download the Free Kindle Reader software.

Here are the simple steps you need to do to get started.

1.Create an account on Amazon – you probably already have one if you shop at Amazon.

2. Go here -> https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/fd/kcp

3. Choose your platform. For example, if you want to download the software on your laptop, click on <Download for PC & Mac>

4. Save the .EXE file at any location on your computer such as your desktop.

5. After the file downloads, double click on it or click Run to run the installation software. Amazon Kindle Setup will run and install your Kindle Reader software.

6. You will now need to register your Kindle. You need this step in order to associate your account with the software you just downloaded. Sign in with your Amazon account. All your Kindle books will be loaded onto the screen. Now you just have to click on a book in order to read it. The software will automatically sync to the last page you were reading. You can easily navigate through the book using the arrows or the status bar at the bottom.

The software you just downloaded is like a virtual Kindle. You can download multiple such software versions for every device you own like your Android phone, your iPad, etc. Each of them will be named different like ‘Kindle for PC’.

Now when you buy a Kindle book, you just need to choose which Kindle you want to send it to. You can select different Kindles one by one and send the same book to your PC, your phone or your tablet.

Wasn’t that easy peasy?

As I am sure you know, there are thousands of FREE books on the Kindle platform every day. Authors like me have periodic promotions where they price their books for free on certain days. You can search for these free books, send them to your Kindle software and start reading.