Today’s Kindle Deal of the Day is Eileen Goudge’s bestselling Garden of Lies. It has an average review rating of 4.5/5 stars across 29 customer reviews, and the Kindle edition’s normal list price is $14.99. But today only, you can get it for $1.99. From Amazon:
Goudge’s blockbuster classic: A new mother’s desperate decision sets in motion a dramatic series of events leading to an epic romance
Sylvie wants to be a good wife to Gerald, who offers the privileged life she could only dream of, growing up. When they wed eight years ago, the country was in the throes of the Depression, and she thought she’d made the right choice. She wants to please her new husband, and bear his children. But no matter how hard she tries, she cannot give him her whole heart.
She thinks something is wrong with her until Nikos, the earthy Greek handyman, shows her what real passion is — and gives her a child. Sylvie knows Gerald will never accept the newborn, with her black eyes and dark hair, and she despairs until a fire in the hospital gives her a way out. In the confusion she switches her daughter for another’s, a bold act that resonates through the decades and culminates in one of the most passionate love stories portrayed in contemporary fiction.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Eileen Goudge including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Over in the Instant Video department, Amazon’s offering Disney Pixar’s Ratatouille as an Instant Video rental for just 99 cents, today only. This movie is rated G, has an average review rating of 4.75/5 stars across 744 reviews, and is normally priced at $2.99 to rent. From IMDB:
Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant’s new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy’s family’s skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.
Amazon reviewer Gerard D. Launay says:
…the idea of rats in an upscale restaurant would normally have us run for cover. Nevertheless, the movie successfully blends the themes of the Ugly Duckling with Cyrano de Bergerac to come up with a fantastic story. Remy is a simple rat with an extraordinary nose. His idol is a great French chef who lectures on the Food Channel. “Anyone Can Cook” is his mantra. So when Remy and his rat family have to leave their homes, Remy accidentally ends up in the very kitchen of this great Chef.
Alas, the great chef has passed away, and the food standards are falling, as well as the Michelin stars. To reverse this trend, Remy – the rat – teams up with a clueless scullery boy in the kitchen to whip up some wonderful recipes. Indeed, the rat’s food creations are a hit with the customers. The problem, as in all Cyrano stories, is that no one knows who is really behind those wonderful recipes. And most important, will the most difficult restaurant critic in Paris condemn or praise the food that Remy prepares?
Ratatouille: rent the Instant Video for 99 cents, today only.