Mel LeBrun

In an effort to give my new book some traction, I decided to offer a giveaway on Kindle . Promotion ends May 25, 2020. I was on the fence about whether to offer a Countdown Deal or just give it away. Amazon only lets me choose 1 option during the 90 days I opt to publish exclusively with them. Since I don't have any reviews yet, I opted for the giveaway. Only a small fraction of readers actually leave a review. I'm hoping enough people will download it and read it so that I can get a couple reviews under my belt. I deviated a little from spy thrillers to write What Can't Be Bought but it's packed with suspense and drama. If you liked my other books, I do think you will enjoy this one, even if you're not a "romance" reader. I'm certainly not a romance reader myself. 

Many years ago, when I first published Black Pawn , ebooks were gaining momentum. But for a first-time, independent author, publishing it felt like a daunting task. Amazon made it super easy. Which was good, and bad. Good because now you could publish your work without being at the mercy of a publishing company and you could do it for FREE! (It was a no-brainer.) Bad because literally anyone could publish anything. With that said, Amazon had some great tools and help for indie authors and I was grateful for the help and initially sold many of my books on Amazon. Black Pawn and Forced Move both spent 4 weeks in the top 100 spy thrillers on Amazon, even making it to the top 10! I couldn't have been happier.  Over the years though, sales dwindled. Mostly my fault. I'm terrible at self-promotion and hate it with a passion. (This blog is an attempt to correct that failing.) At any rate, I think the market has changed and so I've decided to break away from exclusively publishin...