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It’s that time again, and we’re giving away our monthly eBook award. I’m posting this a couple of days early as I will be away over the next couple of weeks. Before we get to the award, I’ve got to say that this month choosing was harder than ever.

First of all, Trevas posted some unsolicited (he bought the books) reviews from some worthy e-authors, and we had to decide whether those qualified for this award or not. In this case simple copyright laws keep us from sharing the books amongst ourselves, and it doesn’t make sense for all four of us to buy a book just for the awards. With that out of the way you’d think we’d be ready to choose a winner, but then we had another problem.

When we decided to give away this award, our hope was to highlight one truly exceptional work each month, and give our readers one exceptional read each month. The problem this month is that we had four books submitted by authors that were outstanding and choosing between them was quite difficult. We did eventually come up with a winner though, and you’ll find it below. Be sure to check out the runners up as well. They were all excellent reads!

January’s eBook of the Month

This months eBook of the Month is The Chocolatier’s Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer. If you remember my own review of the book, it is a mystery suspense novel set in a fantasy world, and with a little romance thrown in. (read the original review here).

This book was completely original in it’s story line, expressively written, and it draws the reader into the story right away. When I read this one, I quite honestly couldn’t put it down. After conferring together, Trevas, and Clarice agreed with me that this one was the book to highlight this month.

You won’t want to miss this book, get the links to the book in the review, and you may want to visit the author’s web site to check out her other book as well.

Don’t forget to check out our runner’s up, which as I said were all great books

January’s Runners Up

Dark Nest – Leanna Renee Hieber

Dax Rigby, War Correspondent – John B. Rosenman

WyndRiver Sinner – Charllotte Boyett Compo

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To highlight writing from authors who don’t work in the mainstream world of publishing, we are going to be giving away an award each month for our top-picks. Each month we will confer on the books that we have reviewed as a team, and on the 1st of each month we will highlight one author. That author will get the eBook of the month award! The award winner will be selected by our writer’s, but if you’ve read something we reviewed you can vote as well (just leave a comment on the review).

This particular award will only be given to authors out of the mainstream (those with million-dollar publishing contracts do not qualify). By doing this we hope to gain some attention for authors who deserve it, and to promote the medium of eBooks in general.

If you’ve been looking for your next great read – be sure to grab a copy of our award winner’s eBooks, and don’t forget to check out the runners up. They were all great eBooks!

December’s Award Winning eBook

This month’s award goes to Keith Latch for his eBook Bestseller (horror genre). We reviewed a few books from new(er) authors last month, but according to Trevas this was the best-of-the-best. You can read his review of Bestseller here. This was the one book that he reviewed that he finished from front to back without stopping (he says he stopped once to sleep for a few hours).

Bestseller is a fairly new release, and is currently available from Champagne books only. You may also want to check out some of Keith’s other books in the Kindle Store: Other Books by Keith Latch from the Kindle Store

Runner’s Up (also highly recommended)

We also highly recommend the following eBooks. All of whom were close to winning our eBook of the Month Award.

Where the Fenceline Runs – Poetry by David Barber

Rowan of the Wood by Christine and Ethan Rose (Fantasy – YA Readers)

Shadows by Joan De La Hay (Horror)

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