Kindle Nation Daily: Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Saturday, August 14, 2010: From a Distance (Historical Romance), plus the latest installment in the Portal Chronicles by Today's Sponsor

Today you get a popular religious novel with tons of 5-star reviews -- and a memory of a great old Nanci Griffith song -- with our latest addition to our Free Book Alerts....

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EQUILIBRIUM (Portal Chronicles)

by Imogen Rose, author of PORTAL (Portal Chronicles)

It’s not every day you see a naked body slumped by the side of the road…

This ominous sight is just the beginning of a mystery that will span two dimensions.

When California teen Arizona Darley and her siblings go missing, their mother, Dr. Olivia Darley, discovers that the time-travel portal she invented has been hijacked.

Is the hijacker responsible for the disappearance of her children? Have the children been transported to another dimension? If so, the police and FBI will never be able to find them, and Olivia Darley must find a way to rescue her children on her own.

How will she do this without access to the portal?

EQUILIBRIUM is book two of the Portal Chronicles.

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From a Distance (Timber Ridge Reflections, Book 1)

What happens when the realization of a dream isn't what you imagined... and the secret you've spent a lifetime guarding is finally laid bare? Determined to become one of the country's premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook travels to the Colorado Territory to capture the grandeur of the mountains surrounding the remote town of Timber Ridge. She hopes, too, that the cool, dry air of Colorado, and its renowned hot springs, will cure the mysterious illness that threatens her career, and her life. Daniel Ranslett is a man shackled by his Confederate past, and he'll do anything to protect his land, and his solitude. When an outspoken Yankee photographer captures an image that appears key to solving a murder, putting herself in danger, Daniel is called upon to repay a debt. He's a man of his word, but repaying that debt could reveal secrets from his past he would prefer remain buried.
Forced on a perilous journey together, Daniel and Elizabeth's lives intertwine in ways neither could have imagined when first they met from a distance.

And Thereby Hangs a Tale - Free Short Story
by Jeffrey Archer
Pre-order for free, automatic download to your Kindle on September 1

Once Upon a Fastball
by Bob Mitchell
From Publishers Weekly: Seth Stein is a Harvard history professor whose grandfather, Papa Sol, disappeared two years earlier at Yankee Stadium, during Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship series. Left behind were a cryptic poem and a baseball, but Seth cannot figure out the meaning of either until he grips the ball. He is catapulted back in time, where he silently witnesses his grandfather at the New York Giants' Shot Heard 'Round the World game of 1951. The ball takes Seth on further trips to historic games as he tries to learn Papa Sol's present whereabouts. Sports novelist and nonfiction writer Mitchell (Match Made in Heaven) keeps the baseball action exciting and loaded with lore, but the two-hanky denouement is unconvincing.

Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs

The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price

Mania
Suspense Thriller - by Craig Larsen

Your Money Milestones: A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life

Flowers For Elvis
by Julia Schuster
"Quirky Southern fiction with a literary edge, surprising humor and an uplifting spirit."

Ronald Reagan's Leadership Lessons

Premiere
Young Adult
by Melody Carlson (the Diary of a Teenage Girl series)

A Little Death In Dixie
By Lisa Turner

"Memphis, the Mississippi River, and the underbelly of human nature they're all exposed in the dark brew of this fast-paced Southern Gothic suspense. Page-turning and atmospheric, this tightly-plotted novel turns the screws and sends readers racing to its surprise conclusion." ~Michael Finger, Senior Editor, Memphis Magazine

The Blues were born out of need, anger and pride. Murder comes from those same dark places. Memphis has both. One of Memphis' most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished. Either she's off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more frightening. What begins as an ordinary day's work for Detective Billy Able quickly grows into a complex spider's web of tragedy, mystery, suspicion, and sordid secrets including a few of Billy's own. With the help of Mercy Snow, the estranged sister of the missing socialite, Billy follows a twisted trail of human frailty and corruption to disturbing truths that undermine everything he thought he knew about himself and the people he loves.

New from Harper Collins, Inc.

(Pre-Order Now and the Free Book Will Download

Automatically to Your Kindle on October 12, 2010):

Mysterious Profile #24: Ian Rutledge by Charles Todd

New from Harper Collins, Inc.

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Automatically to Your Kindle on September 7, 2010):

Buddha: With Bonus Material
by Deepak Chopra

New from Harper Collins, Inc.

(Pre-Order Now and the Free Book Will Download

Automatically to Your Kindle on August 31, 2010):
The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery
By Charles Todd,

author of A Duty to the Dead

and the forthcoming An Impartial Witness: A Bess Crawford Mystery

The Postcard Killers (Special Free Preview: Book One) by James Patterson and Liza Marklund
(About 87 pages in print)

(That's the good news. The bad news is that Patterson and his agency model publisher, Hachette, have priced pre-orders for the ebook's August 16 release at the exorbitant and unsustainable price of $14.99.)

Paris is stunning in the summerNYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him--he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter's killer.

The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.

Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm--and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson's most vivid and compelling thriller yet.