A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of January 6, 2016
1. A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest: “On the evening of Sofia Claremont’s seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake. A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.”
2. The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle: “Read the novel that started it all: The Atlantis Gene is the first book in A.G. Riddle’s bestselling Origin Mystery trilogy, which has sold OVER ONE MILLION COPIES, is being translated into eighteen languages, and is in development to be a major motion picture!”
3. A Very Dirty Wedding by Sabrina Paige: “Caulter Sterling is the tattooed, pierced bad boy I used to hate. Now, he’s cockier and filthier than ever. And now that I’m knocked up, this bad boy can’t keep his hands off me. It’s going to be a very dirty wedding.”
4. Tough and Tender (Bad Boy Romance Box Set) by Dez Burke: “Don’t miss the Facebook Poll reader favorite Flint Mason in both Safe House & Liberated! Second place goes to Shane Davis in Skin Deep, a stock car racing champion burned in a fiery car crash.”
5. Tough and Tender (Bad Boy Romance Box Set) by Dez Burke: “Don’t miss the Facebook Poll reader favorite Flint Mason in both Safe House & Liberated! Second place goes to Shane Davis in Skin Deep, a stock car racing champion burned in a fiery car crash.”
6. Wife Me Bad Boy by Chance Carter: “Lacey thinks she wants a husband, she thinks she wants a nice man to settle down with. She has no idea. The guy she has in mind is all wrong. He doesn’t have the balls. He doesn’t even come close to being man enough for a girl like her.”
7. A Shade of Vampire 2: A Shade of Blood by Bella Forrest: “Having been delighted by the bestselling debut, A Shade of Vampire, readers are begging for more. In A Shade of Blood, Bella Forrest transports you deeper into a unique, enthralling and beautifully sensitive story. Prepare to be lost in its pages…”
8. RIDE: The Complete Delancey Brother Trilogy by Joanna Blake: “I do whatever I want, when I want to. Chasing women doesn’t interest me. Not with the responsibility of running the famed Delancey Stables falling squarely on my shoulders. Until I meet her. Or rather, until she slams into me hollering about some tree that’s on the border between our property lines. Oh yeah, my new next door neighbor is hell on wheels.”
9. Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart: “Bailey Ruth Raeburn has always been great at solving mysteries. Why should a little thing like her death change anything? In fact, being dead gives her more of an opportunity to be on top of events. Bailey Ruth is delighted that her unique position as a ghost makes it possible for her to lend a helping hand, sometimes seen and sometimes not.”
10. F*ck Love by Tarry Fisher: “Kit Isley is everything she’s not unstructured, untethered, and not even a little bit careful. It could all be so beautiful … if he wasn’t dating her best friend. Helena must defy her heart, do the right thing, and think of others.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of January 6, 2015
1. Daughter of The Sun by Michael Lane
2. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills by George J. Siedel
3. A Simple Cup by Michael Lane
4. LEFT Brain Trading Forex e-course by Lewis Evans
5. Naturally Flawless: A holistic approach to clear skin by Andisheh Farahmand
6. Social Security Sense by Dana Anspach
7. Dragonoak: The Sky Beneath The Sun by Sam Farren
8. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. by Usama Dakdok
9. Chaos Of A Demon War – Book Three of The Nexus Of Kellaran Trilogy – USA Edition by Wayne Edward Clarke
10. Private Practice Preparedness – The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability by Rob Reinhardt, LPCS, M.Ed., NCC & Anne M. “Nancy” Wheeler