My latest podcast is up on the New Books Network website! In it, I interview David Miller about his new biography of the 18th century scientist and inventor James Watt. Enjoy!

Thanks to Maureen Miller, USA Today bestselling romantic suspense author, for having me as a guest blogger

Amazon prime members get to choose one of these free and ahead of their publication date.  As has been true all of this year and last year, every choice has been published under an Amazon imprint.

For myself, nothing appeals (not even the dystopian that I can easily see happening -- ugh -- the description on product page is just quoted praises if you don't click to see more).

 So for June, I've downloaded "none of the above."

• The Man of Legends - Kenneth Johnson - Supernatural Thriller
• Soho Dead (The Soho Series Book 1) - Greg Keen - Crime Fiction 
• Stillhouse Lake - Rachel Caine - Psychological Thriller
• Wives of War - Soraya M. Lane - Historical Fiction 
• The Man Who Could Be King - John Ripin Miller - Biographical Fiction
• Lost in Arcadia - Sean Gandert - Dystopian Fiction

Not new (been around long time), but in case any SF/F fans overlooked, publisher Baen offers The Baen Free Library -- a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where e-books can be downloaded free in a number of formats.

Often it's the first book in an ongoing or a backlist series.

(They also have for sale eARCs of brand spanking new books well before available at retailers at http://www.baen.com/baenebooks#eARC  )

Links to the download the ones I featured (they offer many more):

• http://www.baen.com/on-basilisk-station.html to download;  (#1 of Honor Harrington series) On Basilisk Station - David Weber  to see/shelve on booklikes.
• http://www.baen.com/cobra.html download  ; Cobra - Timothy Zahn booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/fledgling.html download; Fledgling booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/there-will-be-dragons.html download; There Will Be Dragons booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/caliphate.html download; Caliphate booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/starliner.html download; Starliner booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/draw-one-in-the-dark.html# download; Draw One in the Dark booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/the-honor-of-the-queen.html download; The Honor of the Queen booklikes page

I included a few at top of this post but see the entire list at https://www.fictfact.com/BookReleaseCalendar by clicking on Tuesday, May 2.

Guess gearing up for spring vacations and summer reading?