Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan leads Self-published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 7, 2014
1. Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan: “When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees.”
2. Sleep Tight by Rachel Abbott: “When Olivia Brookes calls the police to report that her husband and children are missing, she believes she will never see them again. She has reason to fear the worst; this isn’t the first tragedy that Olivia has experienced. Now, two years later, Detective Chief Inspector Tom Douglas is called in to investigate this family again, but this time it’s Olivia who has disappeared. All the evidence suggests that she was here, in the family home, that morning.”
3. 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. She is kidnapped to an island where the sun is eternally forbidden to shine. An island uncharted by any map and ruled by the most powerful vampire coven on the planet. She wakes here as a slave, a captive in chains.”
4. Bender (The Core Four) by Stacy Borel: “All Keegan wanted was a roommate who was quiet, minded their own business, and paid for part of the rent. Instead, she got Camden Brooks. Camden, with his sinful body, sharp tongue, and the inability to stay out of Keegan’s personal space, couldn’t seem to curb his interest in the new girl who wouldn’t put up with his domineering ways.”
5. Beyond Desire Collection: “A Limited Edition Boxed Set of Alpha Males, Badboys and Billionaire Romance Novels.”
6. The Fixed Trilogy by Laurelin Paige: “All three books of the NY Times Bestselling Fixed Trilogy are included in this bundle.”
7. Obsessed by Deborah Bladon: “Independent jewelry designer, Ivy Marlow, had it all – the man, the security and the ring. Now, all she has to her name are a broken engagement, the crushing worry of a flailing business and the haunting feeling of complete betrayal. The last thing Ivy expected to find attending a posh New York art show, was him. Jax Walker is everything she doesn’t need but can’t resist. He’s gorgeous, brazen, unapologetic and powerful. He becomes the escape Ivy has been craving and longing for. He knows what she needs, anticipates her desires and offers it all to her, but at what price?”
8. Don’t Let Me Go by Catherine Ryan Hyde: “Former Broadway dancer and current agoraphobic Billy Shine has not set foot outside his apartment in almost a decade. He has glimpsed his neighbors—beautiful manicurist Rayleen, lonely old Ms. Hinman, bigoted and angry Mr. Lafferty, kind-hearted Felipe, and 9-year-old Grace and her former addict mother Eileen.”
9. Beautiful Ink by Nicole Reed: “This book is real, beautifully raw, and not for the faint of heart. It is the story of a young girl’s loss of innocence while growing up around a motorcycle club. It is not suitable for children under the age of seventeen due to language, sexual content, and intense subject matter. Based on true events.”
10. It Ain’t Me, Babe by Tillie Cole: “Sinning never felt so good… A fortuitous encounter. A meeting that should never have happened. Many years ago, two children from completely different worlds forged a connection, a fateful connection, an unbreakable bond that would change their lives forever…”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 7, 2014
1. Crossroads of the Gods: The Wiccan Way of the King By Bear Heart
2. Kevin Trudeau’s Road Kill Victims “He” Doesn’t Want You To Know About By John Foster
3. The Mary Russell Companion By Laurie R. King
4. Republic By Lindsay Buroker
5. Flip That Sh!t By Bonafide Hustler
6. Marketing Your Editing & Proofreading Business By Louise Harnby
7. Knight in Shining Suit By Jerilee Kaye
8. Spinward Fringe Broadcast 8: Renegades By Randolph Lalonde
9. Learning Punch Software(R): Basic & Advanced Training By Patricia Gamburgo
10. Coming Out Atheist: How to Do it, How to Help Each Other, and Why By Greta Christina