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What’s better than Book 1 in a series for 99 cents?

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Answer: Books 1 and 2 🙂

Book covers for Unknown Enemy and Hidden Secrets. Text: Summer ebook sale ends Aug. 2, 99 cents each, Start the Green Dory Inn Mystery series today! Link address: books2read.com/janetsketchley
Click the image to reach the buy links.

If you haven’t read my Green Dory Inn Mystery series, now’s the time to get started! 

And if you have, now’s the time to share this sale with your mystery-reading friends.

The digital versions of books 1 and 2 are reduced to 99 cents each until August 2 (AU, CA, NZ, UK, US). Find them wherever* you buy ebooks, or use these links:

Unknown Enemy https://books2read.com/unknownenemy

Hidden Secrets https://books2read.com/hidden-secrets

*[Kindle, Kobo, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Smashwords, and more.]

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99-cent Ebook Sale: Unknown Enemy

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Unknown Enemy: The short read that kicks off the Green Dory Inn mystery/suspense novels. A young woman with a traumatic past... A lonely widow... And a prowler who's up to no good. 99 cents for Kindle, Kobo, etc until September 24, 2021. books2read.com/unknownenemy

About the Book

Landon Smith vowed never to return to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Despite her faith, the memories might undo her.

But a shadowy figure has been skulking around the Green Dory Inn—seen only by her friend Anna.

Loyalty demands she stand by this woman who’s been a second mother to her. No matter the cost.

With the police unable to find solid clues, and the incidents escalating, Landon must help Anna discover the truth about the prowler and stop him. Before he turns violent.

Unknown Enemy is a novella-length read. Hidden Secrets and the books to come after are all novel-length.

99-cent ebook sale ends September 24, 2021
Get your copy now!
International buy links: books2read.com/unknownenemy

Hidden Secrets: Sale Pricing + You’re Invited!

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I posted earlier how happy I am that Hidden Secrets (Green Dory Inn Mystery #2) is one of three suspense novels short-listed for The 2020 Word Awards. Here’s a link to that post, which tells you more about the other two finalists: )

In celebration, the ebook version of Hidden Secrets is on sale for 99 cents this week (ends June 14, 2020). This link will take you to international links for Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and Nook: books2read.com/hidden-secrets.

One unexpected side benefit of The Word Awards ceremony not being held in a conventional venue is that readers can join the live-stream and enjoy the action! 

Winners will be announced Saturday, June 13, at 7pm EDT (that’s 8pm here in Nova Scotia). Here’s a link to a time zone converter if you, like me, struggle with doing time conversion in your head. 

You are invited to join in if you can. You might find some good new summer reads! 

The livestream will be available on Facebook and YouTube. A little before start time, head to The Word Guild Facebook page or The Word Guild YouTube page.  Can’t stay for the whole celebration? Check out the schedule to see when you’d most like to join in: 2020 TWA Celebration Program.

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99-cent Ebooks While We’re Self-isolating

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I hope you’re doing okay in these uncertain days. The most important things we can do are to pray for one another (and for our leaders!) and to care for one another in whatever way we can.

One small thing I can do is to reduce the price of my ebooks — people who are spending more time at home need distractions from the never-ending news loops. Books are great for that, and books that remind us of God’s care are extra-valuable now. Many Christian authors I know have been able to reduce their prices, and we all seem to be saying “it doesn’t seem like much, but it’s something I can do.”

So for the rest of March and into April, each of my ebooks will be 99 cents worldwide.

For convenience, the buy links on my Books2Read page should lead to the appropriate country for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Apple. Link: https://bit.ly/Books2ReadJanetSketchley

This applies for the three Redemption’s Edge novels (suspense/romantic suspense), the two Green Dory Inn Mysteries, and my daily devotional book. Feel fee to share this offer with your reading friends.

Hidden Secrets Giveaway and Interview

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Book cover: Hidden Secrets
A Green Dory Inn Mystery, book 2

Here’s your chance to win a print copy of Hidden Secrets (or an ebook if you prefer them) anywhere in the world. Just pop over to A Christian Writer’s World – Characters Who Grip Your Heart and leave a comment. Click here. Draw ends January 17, 2020.

Already read the book but you like reading author interviews? Click the link above and join the conversation. Host Lena Nelson Dooley always has interesting questions.

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Print Giveaway, Interview, Review Option, and a Price Drop

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Book cover: Hidden Secrets

There’s a print book giveaway this month for Hidden Secrets. Unfortunately, it’s only available in continental US and Canada, but if that works for you, check it out at The Suspense Zone. There are a few other suspense giveaways at the same link, for continental US residents only. [Giveaways end October 31, 2019]

And Susan Sleeman from The Suspense Zone also interviewed me. You can check out that conversation here.

If, by chance, you’re a NetGalley reviewer or if you know someone who is and who enjoys mystery/suspense, Hidden Secrets is available there during the month of October. Link: NetGalley. I’m really excited about this chance to get the book in front of some new-to-me reviewers.

Also, I’d be remiss if I didn’t tell you I’ve dropped the price of the ebook version of Unknown Enemy to 99 cents USD ($1.32 CAD and the equivalent worldwide). It’s available for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Apple, so please let your mystery/suspense-reading friends know! International buy link: Unknown Enemy.

Text: "A young woman with a traumatic past... A lonely widow... And a prowler who's up to no good. $0.99 for Kindle, Kobo, Nook and iBooks. #Christiansuspense #books2read.com/unknownenemy

Hidden Secrets Release Week

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Book cover: Hidden Secrets

This is the official release week for Hidden Secrets, with a physical book launch tonight and the ebooks releasing on Thursday. Print copies are available online now, too.

Why am I telling you this? To let you know the sale pricing for the ebooks will end after August 8. Right now, Unknown Enemy is reduced to $0.99 and Hidden Secrets to $2.99. They’ll move to $2.99 and $4.99 USD respectively. Save money while you can! (Or ask your library to order a copy, and let them pay for it!)

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Survivors and Overcomers—In Fiction and in Real Life

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Violence against women, especially sexual violence, scares me. Even in fiction. So why is the heroine in my Green Dory Inn Mystery series a survivor of human trafficking? Short answer: I don’t know. Longer answer. I don’t know, but the idea kept popping up until I decided I’d better cooperate in case there was a …

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Hidden Secrets Now Available for Preorder

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Both ebooks in the Green Dory Inn series are discounted this month!

First, Unknown Enemy is 99 cents CAD/USD or equivalent. For that price, you can start the series at the beginning.

Second, Hidden Secrets is now available for preorder at $2.99 CAD/USD or equivalent (digital list price $4.99 USD).

Cover art for Hidden Secrets, A Green Dory Inn Mystery, Book 2, with text: "The secrets of Captain Hiltz may not have died with him."

International buy links for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Apple:

Or visit your favourite online ebook seller.

Hidden Secrets will release August 8, 2019 in ebook format, and I hope the print release will be close to that. There’s no preorder option for the print version. 

Don’t want to wait another month to start Hidden Secrets? You can read the first two chapters here: sample chapters.

Meanwhile, the characters are starting to talk to me… time to start brainstorming book 3!