It’s been too long since we’ve run a post about Kindle box sets, and we know you love ’em, so here you go!
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pick
Circle Series 4-in-1 by Ted Dekker (5/5 stars, currently priced at $14.99 for the set of 4 Kindle books)
Rare is the story that takes readers out of this world and into another.
Rarer still the story that captures heart, soul, and mind…leaving the reader forever transformed.
This is that story.
Dive deep and enter the Circle.
The Circle is an epic story of evil and rescue, betrayal and love, and terrorist threat unlike anything the human race has ever known.
It beings when a man named Thomas hunter finds himself being chased down an alley after working the late shift at a coffee house. When a bullet grazes his head, he awakens in an entirely different reality. Now every time he falls asleep, he wakes up in the other reality–and every choice he makes impacts the fate of two worlds.
At long last, all four novels in this groundbreaking series have been brought together in one adrenaline-laced volume.
Four novels. Two Worlds. One Story.
Paranormal / Steampunk Pick
The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger (5/5 stars, currently priced at $19.99 for the set of 5 Kindle books)
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire — and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate.
With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart?
The Parasol Protectorate is a comedy of manners set in Victorian London: full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.
This bundle includes the whole series: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless, and Timeless.
Nonfiction / Business Pick
Harvard Business Review’s Must Reads Digital Boxed Set – 6 Books (5/5 stars, currently priced at $49.99 for the set of 6 Kindle books)
You want the most important ideas on management all in one place. Now you can have them—in a boxed set of HBR’s Must Reads.
This six-title collection includes only the most critical articles from the world’s top management experts, curated from Harvard Business Review’s rich archives. We’ve done the work of selecting them so you won’t have to. From leadership and strategy to managing yourself and others, HBR’s Must Reads offer foundational articles on essential business topics to help you maximize your organization’s performance and your own. The series includes:
HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
This book brings together the best thinking from management’s most influential experts. Arm yourself with the insights of Michael Porter on competitive advantage, John Kotter on leading change, Daniel Goleman on emotional intelligence, Peter Drucker on managing your career, Clayton Christensen on disruptive innovation, Tom Davenport on analytics, Robert Kaplan and David Norton on measuring strategy with the “balanced scorecard,” Rosabeth Moss Kanter on innovation, Ted Levitt on marketing, and C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel on core competence. Once you’ve read these definitive articles, you can delve into each core topic the series explores: managing yourself, managing people, leadership, strategy, and change management.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
The path to your professional success starts with a critical look in the mirror. Here’s how to stay engaged throughout your 50-year work life, tap into your deepest values, solicit candid feedback, replenish your physical and mental energy, and rebound from tough times. This book includes the bonus article “How Will You Measure Your Life?” by Clayton M. Christensen.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Managing People
Managing your employees is fraught with challenges, even if you’re a seasoned pro. Boost their performance by tailoring your management styles to their temperaments, motivating with responsibility rather than money, fostering trust through solicited input, giving rookie managers the support they need, and building high-performing teams.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Leadership
Are you an extraordinary leader—or just a good manager? Learn how to motivate others to excel, build your team’s confidence, set direction, encourage smart risk-taking, credit others for your success, and draw strength from adversity.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategy
Is your company spending too much time on strategy development, with too little to show for it? Discover what it takes to distinguish your company from rivals, clarify what it will (and won’t) do, create blue oceans of uncontested market space, and make your priorities explicit so employees can realize your vision.
HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Change Management
Most companies’ change initiatives fail—but yours can beat the odds. Learn how to overcome addiction to the status quo, establish a sense of urgency, mobilize commitment and resources, silence naysayers, minimize the pain of change, and motivate change even when business is good.
Supernatural Thriller Pick
Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 2 Boxed Set (5/5 stars, currently priced at $5.99 for the set of 4 Kindle books)
A boxed set of four novels of supernatural suspense, fantasy, and mystery from a #1 Kindle bestselling author. More than 270,000 words of fiction, featuring the complete text of:
THE HARVEST: When an alien infection spreads in a small Appalachian town, an unlikely trio must find the source before all the residents are changed into something sinister and bizarre.
THE VAMPIRE CLUB: When a group of young vampire enthusiasts discover vampires are real, one of them must make a dark choice to preserve the undead kind they cherish. Written with J.R. Rain.
BURIAL TO FOLLOW: Roby Snow’s mission is to help the deceased cross to an afterlife he himself can never reach, and if he fails, he faces a fate worse than death.
DRUMMER BOY: One misfit kid is all that stands between a small Appalachian town and a chilling supernatural force.
Romance Pick
Grayson Brothers Series Boxed Set – by Wendy Lindstrom (5/5 stars, currently priced at $9.99 for the set of 4 Kindle books)
Prepare to fall in love with the Grayson Brothers in this award-winning series of “beautifully poignant, wonderfully emotional” historical romances. “Awesome underlying emotional power…guaranteed to move you to tears.” —Romantic Times
The box set includes:
Kissing In The Dark – A man of fierce integrity, Sheriff Duke Grayson is shocked when he discovers his beautiful wife Faith lied about her identity and is hiding from a man with the power to destroy their family—and Duke’s fine reputation as a lawman. Torn between his code of honor and his love for Faith, Duke must put everything on the line when the man from Faith’s past finds her.
Lips That Touch Mine – Playboy saloon owner Boyd Grayson is intrigued by Claire Ashier, and considers her temperance crusade to shut down his noisy tavern nothing more than a game. While matching wits with the beautiful, aloof widow, he uncovers her torturous secrets. Boyd never expected that the love of one abused woman would affect him so deeply and force him to face his own painful wounds.
The Longing – When staunch businessman Kyle Grayson confronted his competitor and friend Tom Drake, he only planned to stop the man’s suspect business practices; not be forced into marrying Tom’s daughter. Driven by guilt and his promise to Tom, Kyle enters his forced marriage to Amelia, burdened by secrets and an unwelcome desire for his beautiful, strong-willed wife.
Shades of Honor – Haunted by a gruesome war and his own dark secrets, Former Union Soldier Radford Grayson returns home, seeking a loving reunion with his brothers and a place where he and his young daughter can make a home. Desperate for peace, Radford is ambushed by his unexpected and forbidden love for Evelyn—his brother’s fiancée.
Mystery Pick
The Complete Mystery Novels of Agatha Christie, Vol. 1 (4/5 stars, currently priced at 99 cents for the collection of three complete novels and numerous short stories in Kindle format)
The collection includes –
Full novels: The Mysterious Affair At Styles, Secret Adversary, Murder On The Links
Short Stories: Adventure Of The Western Star, Tragedy At Marsdon Manor, Adventure Of The Cheap Flat, Mystery Of Hunters Lodge, Million Dollar Bond Robbery, Adventure Of The Egyptian Tomb, Jewel Robbery At The Grand Metropolitan, Kidnapped Prime Minister, Disappearance Of Mr. Davenheim, Adventure Of The Italian Nobleman, Case Of The Missing Will, The Veiled Lady, The Lost Mine, The Chocolate Box, Affair At The Victory Ball, Adventure Of The Clapham Cook, The Cornish Mystery, Adventure Of Johnny Waverly, The Double Clue, The King Of Clubs
Young Adult Pick
Legend of the Sky Darts Box Set by April Bosshard (no reviews yet, though individual volumes have been reviewed at 4/5 stars or higher, currently priced at $5.99 for the set of 9 Kindle short stories)
Fifteen and fearless, Caspine would do anything to escape her unwanted fate on a remote island at the edge of the Archipelago of Ligarel. She gets her chance when a mysterious six-foot, raven-like bird called a Sky Dart leads her a pair forbidden statues. There she finds and rescues a foreign prince left for dead.
Prince Torin is from Kabira, a savage nation on the brink of war with Ligarel, and by rescuing him, Caspine has not only ignited the war between their countries, she has also thwarted a vengeful magician’s search for the lost medallion that is the source of the world’s original magic.
With the help of a Sky Dart named Raya, Caspine embarks on a quest to recover Torin’s crown and put a stop to the war. When she learns she is part of an ancient prophecy concerning the Sky Darts and the medallion, she must travel deep into the heart of the Sky Dart nation to learn truths about herself and the world’s magic that have been long forgotten.
Everything she learns about love, intuition, loyalty, and courage is tested when she must choose whether to make a sacrifice that will alter the world’s destiny and fulfill her own.