Killian: A West Bend Saints Romance by Sabrina Paige holds the lead spot on the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 25, 2016
1. Killian: A West Bend Saints Romance by Sabrina Paige: “Killian Saint is wild and untamed, gruff and solitary, an arrogant loner from a family that people in West Bend say is no good. I should know better. A man like Killian should have no part of my life, not with a kid to raise and a bakery to run.”
2. Blitzed: A Secret Baby Sports Romance by Lauren Landish: “I’m normally not into jocks, but when Troy Wood asks me out, I feel like I’m the Chosen One. After all, he’s hot as hell and Silver Lake’s best athlete, practically the King of Campus.”
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.”
4. Until June by Aurora Rose Reynolds: “June Mayson and Evan Barrister’s whirlwind courtship resulted in a secret marriage right before he left for boot camp. Evan knows deep in his gut that June is too good for him, but after getting a taste of the beautiful life they can have together, he’s unwilling to let her go.”
5. Beauty and the Blitz by Sosie Frost: “All-star linebacker Cole Hawthorne is a beast on the field, destroying offenses one broken quarterback at a time. Though he’s a gifted athlete, his violent reputation makes him a liability to his team and a villain in the league.”
6. Yours Truly by Krista Lakes: “Billionaire CEO AJ wants nothing more than to just get away from his busy life. So when he goes to an employee’s wedding and meets a beautiful girl, he feels like he can lose himself to her. Despite an intense night of passion, he wakes up in an empty bed.”
7. The Leigh Koslow Mystery Series Box Set by Edie Claire: “Put your puzzle-solving skills to the test as you follow the humorous travails of advertising copywriter Leigh Koslow, her veterinarian father, a certifiable cast of friends and relatives, and their motley assortment of pets. Set in the Pittsburgh borough of Avalon, these captivating, intelligent mysteries have sold nearly half a million copies worldwide.”
8. Pretend You’re Mine by Lucy Score: “Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy.”
9. Finding Snow by Alexa Riley: “Koda’s found his sister, Winnie, and now he’s made a life for himself in Gray Ridge, Colorado. As a bear shifter, he’s naturally a loner, and with so few females around, he’s resigned to never finding his mate. But when he stumbles upon a woman in the woods, his whole world changes.”
10. Mister O by Lauren Blakely: “Just call me Mister O. Because YOUR pleasure is my super power. Making a woman feel ‘oh-god-that’s-good’ is the name of the game, and if a man can’t get the job done, he should get out of the bedroom. I’m talking toe-curling, mind-blowing, sheet-grabbing ecstasy.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 25, 2016
1. GOA. Confession of the Psychedelic Oyster by Vasiliy Karavaev
2. Naturally Flawless: A holistic approach to clear skin by Andisheh Farahmand
3. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Burn: A Comprehensive Guide to Burning Man. by Sean Kemp
4. 被遺忘的埃及III ﹣ 阿卡那騰(Akhenaten) by Ruowen Huang
5. Our Universal Journey by George Kavassilas
6. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills by George J. Siedel
7. 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
8. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. by Usama Dakdok