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January 25, 2020
New Releases on Kindle
Included in this post are relatively new Kindle book releases by independent authors in a variety of genres: I’m certain you will find something to enjoy in the offerings below. Also, similar to what I tell you in the daily posts, while the pricing is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could change at any time!
Wicked Magic
Authors: Candace Osmond & Rebecca Hamilton
Genre: Fantasy
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Every Wicked Born must accept whatever fate the Sorting Ceremony grants them…
Being the Daughter of a Light High Priestess means Lydia Laveau has one fate: the life of a light witch. But when her ceremony choses her for the Dark Faction—something deemed impossible—her world crashes down around her.
Soon, Lydia finds herself wrapped up in a clandestine whirlwind of blackmail, illegal magic, and betrayal. She has one goal: keep her head down, get through her five year pledge at the school for dark witches, and return to the human world she calls home.
But when she meets Anson Abernathy, a drop dead gorgeous third year Wicked Born accused of murder, she finds herself drawn to him…and all the danger that comes with their attraction.
Can Lydia survive her five-year pledge without unraveling centuries of tradition? Or will her own secrets unlock answers that threaten her very existence?
Click here to pick up your copy of Wicked Magic in the Amazon Kindle store.
Not His to Take
Author: J.S. Ellis
Genre: Thriller
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
The Poker Player…
Acey Summers has a problem. A big one. He made a play and now danger is breathing down his neck. He needs to act, fast. And he knows just the person the help him out of the quagmire he’s dug for himself. Her.
The Dancer…
After getting her heart ripped out of her chest and stomped on, all Elena Gomez wants is a fresh start. To toss the past over her shoulders and move on to greener pastures. Elena started to do just that in Devon—start anew—when a piece of her past shows up in her neighborhood, and brings trouble right along with it.
The Gangster…
Rich, handsome, and calculatingly vicious, Sinclair Diamond is out for blood. Swindled out of one million pounds by that double-dealing dirtbag of a poker player, Sinclair is determined to find him and teach him a lesson he would never forget. Locating the bastard was easy, but who’s that stunning young beauty he’s been spending all his time with? Hello gorgeous. Interest piqued, Sinclair changes tactics. To get his money back, he will first need to get through her.
In a dangerously tangled web of lies, deceit, and twisted revenge among a hunter, a prey, and a pawn, who will emerged unscathed?
If anyone.
Click here to pick up your copy of Not His to Take in the Amazon Kindle store.
All That Glitters Box Set
Authors: Various
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Lifestyles of the rich, famous, royal, and glamorous! This brand new collection of SEVEN contemporary romances includes three never before released stories from New York Times & USA Today Bestselling award-winning authors.
A socialite fraternizing with her bodyguard, a kindergarten teacher dancing for a prince, sexy billionaires, cosplay mistaken identity, falling in love with a Hollywood heartthrob, and so much more!
Something Wild (new): Michele Hauf, USA Today bestselling author: A wild child socialite’s fantasies about her sexy bodyguard become reality, but will their affair compromise his ability to protect her?
A Dance For Prince Eric (new): Mona Risk, USA Today bestselling author: A ballerina with a promising career on the run for her brother’s sake. A charismatic prince who saved them both, but never speaks of commitment.
Diamonds Aren’t For Everyone (new): Dani Haviland, USA Today Bestselling author: Money, jewels, and good looks don’t mean anything to the lonely beauty who just wants a companion. Will she spurn him just because he does ‘have it all’?
Billionaire Extraordinaire: Leanne Banks, NY Times & USA Today Bestselling author: Billionaire Damien Medici plans to avenge his family by seducing privileged information from his new assistant Emma Weatherfield. But can he romance Emma without falling for her himself?
Color Me Yours: Jen Talty, USA Today Bestselling author: Hawk Jefferson never anticipated he’d fall in love, much less want to settle down and give his parents the grandchild they’ve always wanted. Only, getting Kennedy Monroe on board with that plan seems to be harder than anticipated.
Celebrity: Melinda De Ross, USA Today Bestselling author: The Journey of a young writer who trades her simple existence in Chicago for the glamorous Hollywood life, full of luxury and scandal.
Just For The Weekend: Susanne Matthews, Amazon Bestselling Author: When a Kindergarten teacher decides to play dress-up in Vegas, she gets far more than she bargained for.
Click here to pick up your copy of All That Glitters Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.
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January 24, 2020
Friday’s Featured (and FREE!) Kindle Book
Kelly’s Koffee Shop
Author: Dianne Harman
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Her goddaughter’s life seemed perfect. It wasn’t.
This is the first book in the Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery Series by a two-time USA Today Bestselling Author.
The residents of Cedar Bay come to Kelly’s Koffee Shop for breakfast, lunch, and lots of gossip.
Kelly serves it all up as she works to solve the murder of the high school Homecoming Queen, her goddaughter. The townspeople can’t believe what’s happened in their sleepy little Oregon seaside town. Kelly identifies five prime suspects, but which one did it?
Follow Kelly, her boxer dog, Rebel, and her boyfriend, Sheriff Mike, as they hunt for the killer in a murder that’s shocked the small town.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Kelly’s Koffee Shop in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
Two-time USA Today Bestselling Author and seven time Amazon All Star Author, Dianne Harman, draws her stories and characters from a diverse business and personal background. She owned a national antique and art appraisal business for many years, left that industry, and opened two yoga centers where she taught and certified yoga instructors. She’s traveled extensively throughout the world and loves nothing more than cooking, playing backgammon with her husband, Tom, and throwing the ball for their dog, Kelly.
Being a dog lover and having attended numerous cooking schools, she couldn’t resist writing about food and dogs. Dianne is the author of several cozy mystery series.
You can visit Dianne’s Amazon author page if you click here.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Friday
Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Friday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!
Rescued
Author: Stephanie St. Klaire
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $0.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
It isn’t just love on the line, it’s lives too…
Dawson and Sam agree on one thing…relationships are more work than they’re worth. But in their darkest hour they couldn’t deny their attraction to each other and now that he’s in her life, he’ll do whatever he can to stay there.
Dawson can’t shake the feeling that they are being watched and soon learns their small town has a fatal secret when it becomes clear Sam’s car crash was no accident — someone is trying to kill her…
He’s in a race against time to protect her from a stalker determined to finish their task. They won’t need to look far to find what they’re searching for as they walk right into the cross fires of a crime that’s anything but random and brings their community to its knees.
Secrets and lies are revealed when tragedy strikes putting everything on the line, including lives, as a deranged criminal hides in plain sight.
Love, fear, and impossible choices have him charging to her rescue, but will it be in time…
Click here to pick up your free copy of Rescued in the Amazon Kindle store.
If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Karma and Fear
Authors: Various
Genre: Horror
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Sometimes, Karma’s a Bitch!
Don’t deny it. Your mind has dwelled for hours on the things you would do if your name was Karma. Malevolence towards those that wronged you festers and there is no relief—until now. Plunge headfirst into these sinister tales where karma finally takes control and vengeance is a dish that is best served hot.
The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!
Contains stories by Peter Rocha, Steven Pajak, RJ Roles, Red Lagoe, Jane Alvey Harris, Charlotte Munro, R.E. Sargent, Eleanor Merry, Kayla Krantz and Chris Wilkerson.
Click here to pick up your free copy of If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Karma and Fear in the Amazon Kindle store.
Bystanders
Author: Phillip Murrell
Genre: Fantasy / Science Fiction
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
“Intrepid reporters end up dead.”
That’s what Claire Kennedy’s boss told her. Claire doesn’t care. She’s prepared to risk her life to land an interview with her city’s superhero. The mysterious vigilante is a demolition force against the criminal empire operating inside Colberton. He won’t identify himself to the public, so Claire will assign him a name herself. She’s willing to create other “facts” as necessary, anything to get a promotion at Data to Information News.
The hero, Votary, cares not for her goals. Nor does Votary worry about the actions of the police or criminals. The city must be protected from itself and outside threats. Votary is the only person capable of this, though the methods used will lead to death and trauma for many citizens of Colberton. Most will debate the methods of this crusader. Some support Votary, others fear the vigilante, but none will know the person beneath the armor, despite trying.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Bystanders in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Rise of Renegade X
Author: Chelsea M. Campbell
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Sixteen-year-old Damien Locke has a plan: major in messing with people at the local supervillain university and become a professional evil genius, just like his supervillain mom. But when he discovers the shameful secret she’s been hiding all these years, that the one-night stand that spawned him was actually with a superhero, everything gets messed up. His father’s too moral for his own good, so when he finds out Damien exists, he actually wants him to come live with him and his goody-goody superhero family. Damien gets shipped off to stay with them in their suburban hellhole, and he has only six weeks to prove he’s not a hero in any way, or else he’s stuck living with them for the rest of his life, or until he turns eighteen, whichever comes first.
To get out of this mess, Damien has to survive his dad’s “flying lessons” that involve throwing him off the tallest building in the city–despite his nearly debilitating fear of heights–thwarting the eccentric teen scientist who insists she’s his sidekick, and keeping his supervillain girlfriend from finding out the truth. But when Damien uncovers a dastardly plot to turn all the superheroes into mindless zombie slaves, a plan hatched by his own mom, he discovers he cares about his new family more than he thought. Now he has to choose: go back to his life of villainy and let his family become zombies, or stand up to his mom and become a real hero.
Click here to pick up your copy of The Rise of Renegade X in the Amazon Kindle store.
Flashback
Author: T.R. Davis
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $1.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Thirteen year old Sarah has a unique gene that allows her to remember everything that happened to her ancestor thousands of years ago.
A random DNA test brings her to the attention of a secretive old man whose company offers her a chance for a better life. But unknown to her, they want to harvest her ancestral memories for profit. Increasingly intrusive and brutal experiments culminate in a shocking finale that reveals Sarah is in a fight that may cost her every thought she has ever had.
Click here to pick up your copy of Flashback in the Amazon Kindle store.
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January 23, 2020
Thursday’s Featured Kindle Book
Witches and Wine Box Set
Author: Morgana Best
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $9.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Books 4-6 of Witches and Wine witch cozy mystery series
Book 4 Witches’ Magic
Since her arrival in Lighthouse Bay, Pepper has faced one adversary after another and come out winning. Yet what happens now will test her faith in everything she thought she knew and someone she trusted.
Book 5 Witches’ Spells
Pepper discovers an unopened letter addressed to the aunts in the attic. The letter holds the secret to her parents’ disappearance. The only trouble is, the trail leads straight to murder.
With Lucas called away on mysterious business, can Pepper keep a clear head and solve the murder with the help of her aunts and her cat?
Book 6 Witches’ Charms
Pepper Jasper finally discovers what happened with her parents. But with another murder at Mugwort Manor, and someone close to home spying on the Jaspers, danger lurks around every corner.
Can Pepper solve the murder and escape a near-death experience?
Or has Pepper’s luck run out?
Click here to pick up your copy of Witches and Wine Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
USA Today Bestselling author, Morgana Best, survived a childhood of deadly spiders and venomous snakes in the Australian outback. Morgana Best writes cozy mysteries and enjoys thinking of delightful new ways to murder her victims.
You can visit her Amazon author page if you click here.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Thursday
Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Thursday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!
Cabal of the Westford Knight
Author: David S. Brody
Genre: Action & Adventure
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4.74
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
A modern-day adventure/mystery based on artifacts left by Templar Knights during a secret mission to North America in 1398. Attorney Cameron Thorne is thrust into a bloody tug-of-war involving secret societies, treasure hunters and keepers of the secrets of the Jesus bloodline. Joined by Amanda, an enchanting British researcher with secrets of her own, Cam races around New England with only two choices–unravel the 600-year-old mysteries encoded in the ancient artifacts, or die trying.
Based on actual historical artifacts, and illustrated.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Cabal of the Westford Knight in the Amazon Kindle store.
Exile Hunter
Author: Preston Fleming
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
EXILE HUNTER, the third book in the Kamas Trilogy, begins in 2023, one year before the Kamas revolt, in a dystopian America ruled by a tyrannical President-for-Life who turns America’s military and intelligence assets against his domestic enemies. The protagonist, an undercover officer specializing in targeting exiled political opponents, becomes the scapegoat for a failed operation and is sent to die in a corrective labor camp near the Arctic Circle. But, defying all odds, he survives, escapes and devotes his remaining energies to finding and aiding a woman whose family he has ruined.
Beirut, 2023: When undercover intelligence officer Warren Linder agrees to lure an exiled opponent of the President-for-Life back to impoverished, low-tech, post-Civil War II America, Linder is unaware that the target is his childhood sweetheart’s father. On learning this, he ignores his better instincts and plunges ahead. But a surprise encounter with the woman who rejected him years before triggers a change in Linder that derails the operation. His bosses, suspecting treachery, capture Linder along with the target and his daughter and spirit them back to the U.S. aboard a secret rendition flight. Linder’s ensuing journey takes him from Beirut to a Virginia interrogation center and on to an Arctic labor camp; then, after a nearly impossible winter escape, on a 2000-mile trek to the Utah Security Zone, where his onetime love was last held. Though he finds her, their respective ordeals have changed them. The story reaches a climax in the couple’s home town of Cleveland, where Linder aims to recover his former target’s last cache of rebel funds and use it to take his loved ones beyond the regime’s reach. EXILE HUNTER is a tragic yet life-affirming saga of a man who risks everything to set right past wrongs, regain lost love and resist the tyranny he once served.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Exile Hunter in the Amazon Kindle store.
Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel
Author: Judith Keim
Genre: Romance
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
When Ann Rutherford’s husband dumps her for the bimbo in his office, unfairly leaving her without a home or a job, she reluctantly joins forces with Rhonda DelMonte to convert Rhonda’s Florida seaside estate into the small upscale hotel it once was. Ann, quiet and reserved, is no match for brash, bossy Rhonda, who left the family’s New Jersey butcher business after she won the lottery. Amid their struggles to succeed, The Sins of the Children, a soap opera, films a number of episodes at the hotel and things get complicated in unexpected ways when Ann falls for Vaughn Sanders, the star of the show.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Breakfast at the Beach House Hotel in the Amazon Kindle store.
Bubbles: Big Stink in Frog Pond
Author: Ben Woodard
Genre: Children & Middle Grade
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Bubbles is causing a stink. And the other frogs are not happy. They tell him to stop bubbling the water or he’ll have to leave Frog Pond. But he can’t help it. He’s been bubbling since he was a little tadpole. Will Bubbles have to leave Frog Pond? Where will he go? And what happens when danger comes? Find out in this fun picture book for all ages.
Click here to pick up your copy of Bubbles: Big Stink in Frog Pond in the Amazon Kindle store.
Finn Again
Author: Lynda Meyers
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
When love drives you to war and war drives you to addiction,
the journey home can be long and twisted.
A half-Irish, half-English playboy, Finn McCarthy soon finds out there are some things that can’t be bought, and some people who don’t play by his rules.
Raised in the pubs and educated at Oxford, Finn never did know which half to favor. His Irish half loves women and booze, while his English half is wicked smart and damned polite. And then there’s Regan, the one girl who never did succumb to his charms.
When war beckons, Finn takes action and answers the call, but there are some casualties even a soldier can’t prepare for. Injured, addicted to painkillers and abusing alcohol, Finn begins to question the strange nighttime dreams and daytime visions that surface, haunting him with premonitions of things he can’t control. To heal his wounds he must banish his demons, a journey that leads him to a sleepy fishing village, where he meets three men that change his trajectory. Death, loss, and grief converge as the mysteries of his Celtic roots begin to take hold. Will he be lost to the sea? Or lost within his own heart? The battle for balance might just take everything he’s got left.
War does things to a man. But Finn isn’t just any man.
Click here to pick up your copy of Finn Again in the Amazon Kindle store.
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January 22, 2020
Wednesday’s Featured Kindle Book
Blood on the Stars Collection I
Author: Jay Allan
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $9.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Michael’s note: I have read each of the books in this series (there are over a dozen so far) and I can’t wait for the next one. If you like military-based science fiction, I would highly recommend you grab this box set while it is on sale. I won’t apologize for you getting hooked on the series!
A Duel in the Deepest Dark of Space
Two ships, two crews, two veteran captains. An epic confrontation in the deepest reaches of the Rim. A last chance to prevent total war. Captain Tyler Barron and his aging battleship Dauntless have one chance to forestall invasion, and save billions from the ravages of total war.
Read the first three books of Jay Allan’s epic Blood on the Stars series, in one discounted volume. Also available in Kindle Unlimited.
The Confederation battleship Dauntless has spent ten months patrolling the border, alone, watching for an attack from the enemy Union. The crew is exhausted, and the aging vessel needs repairs.
The fleet is mobilized, ready for the war it knows is coming. The forward bases are overloaded beyond capacity, and Dauntless is sent clear across the Confederation, to a base along the peaceful and sleepy sector known as the Far Rim.
But the quiet frontier isn’t quite what it seems, and a distress call from a mining colony at the edge of Confederation space, sends Captain Tyler Barron and his ship forward into the unknown.
Barron and his crew have their ship—and each other—but they can expect no reinforcements. His superiors believe that Union deceit is at play, that the attack is merely a diversion, intended to draw Confederation forces from the disputed border. Their orders are clear: no ships will be transferred from the main front. Stopping whatever is happening on the Far Rim is Barron’s responsibility, and his alone.
Barron is the grandson of the Confederation’s greatest hero, and his name has always carried great privilege, along with crushing responsibility. Now he must prove that he has inherited more than just a name from his famous ancestor.
He must face the enemy, and win the victory.
Before the Confederation is caught between two enemies and destroyed.
Click here to pick up your copy of Blood on the Stars Collection I in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
I’m a lifetime Northeasterner, and I currently live in New York City, where I write from my apartment…and continue to fill small notebooks with ideas for future books. I’ve been reading science fiction and fantasy for just about as long as I’ve been reading, so, of course, when I started to write, that’s where I ended up. It’s been a great ride so far!
My tastes as a reader are fairly varied and eclectic, but I’d say my favorites are military and dystopian science fiction, space opera, alternate history, and epic fantasy, usually a little bit gritty. I also read a lot of non-fiction, mostly history. I write a lot of science fiction with military themes, but also other SF and some fantasy as well. I like complex characters and lots of backstory and action. Honestly, I think world-building is the heart of science fiction and fantasy, and since that is what I’ve always been drawn to as a reader, that is what I write.
Among other things, I write the bestselling Crimson Worlds series and the Far Stars series published by Harper Voyager.
I’ve been an investor and real estate developer for a long time (mostly retired from it now), a fiction author more recently. When I’m not writing, I enjoy traveling, running, hiking, reading. I love hearing from readers and always answer emails. I think you stop growing as a writer if you stop listening to those who read your books.
You can visit Jay’s Amazon author page if you click here.
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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Wednesday
Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Wednesday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!
Baby Stetson
Author: Nikki Lynn Barrett
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!
Book Description:
In small Texas towns, strangers come and go…
Left in a Stetson hat on the steps of the local bed and breakfast, Avery Callimer came into the world on a wing and a prayer. Raised by loving adoptive parents, she’s never lacked for love … only the knowledge of her past.
By day she works at the inn, but by night … Avery comes alive as the lead singer in a band. Life was good … stable, until new guests blew into town.
Some strangers come with secrets and lies.
Lucas Bennett is one such stranger. Drifting from one mess to another has left him jaded. Doesn’t matter the dramas are never his doing. Giving it one last shot to make a fresh start lands him Harmony’s Echo, Texas and smack dab in front of the tantalizing Avery.
Every time they’re near each other, things heat up like a brushfire on a dry Texas prairie.
He’s intent to keep his distance, but finds it difficult to ignore the burn Avery’s ignited within. Secrets have followed him. Secrets he doesn’t want Avery to know.
Maybe, after the dust settles and the smoke clears, love can bloom with a fresh start.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Baby Stetson in the Amazon Kindle store.
A Good Man Gone
Author: A.W. Hartoin
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
It’s summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents. The great detective and his nosy wife are on a cruise and Mercy thinks she’s off the hook for doing any investigating for them. But when a family friend has a fatal heart attack, Dad has one of his famous feelings and orders Mercy to look into it. Mercy tries not to get sucked in. She really does, but she’s her father’s daughter. Soon Gavin’s death leads to a more grisly one, the death of a bride on her wedding day. Can the two be connected? Was Gavin murdered? Now Mercy can’t stop. You do for family. That’s all there is to it.
Click here to pick up your free copy of A Good Man Gone in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Grave Man
Author: David Archer
Genre: Mystery
Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Meet retired cop, Sam Prichard.
Sam Prichard was a cop, and a good one, until the bullets took out the joint of his right hip. Now he’s trying to learn to live without being a cop, and getting to know his neighbors, learning to walk again and even ride a motorcycle. Life is bearable, barely, but then he gets asked to find a missing child, and the lure of getting back into some kind of police work is too much for him to resist. When he teams up with computer whiz Indiana Perkins, he suddenly becomes one of the best investigators he’s ever even known.
Now, he’s found the missing child, but it’s thrown him right into the middle of something that may be a drug war–or could be a chance to stop the next 911! There’s no way out for Sam, so he’s in for the ride of his life, but when the girl he’s becoming fond of is suddenly drawn into the line of fire with her own little daughter, Sam is ready to forget all the rules and do whatever is necessary to win the day.
Click here to pick up your free copy of The Grave Man in the Amazon Kindle store.
Shade
Author: Marilyn Peake
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Thanks to her offbeat mother, Shade’s full name is Galactic Shade Griffin. Having a name like that while being the new girl in school is pretty much catnip for bullies. The summer before Shade’s junior year of high school, her mother breaks up with yet another boyfriend and moves them once again to a new town.
This time, they move into a dilapidated old house where Shade has an entire attic bedroom to herself—at least until she discovers it’s haunted by the ghost of a teenaged boy named Brandon Yates. When Shade’s best friend goes missing, her life becomes even more complicated. With the help of Brandon who’s struggling with his own issues in the world beyond, Shade faces the question of whether or not she has what it takes to become a true hero.
Although this novel deals with a number of serious issues—drug and alcohol abuse, cutting, and disturbing world events—it’s primarily a novel about a teenaged girl finding out who she really is and that she’s capable of so much more than she ever thought possible.
Click here to pick up your copy of Shade in the Amazon Kindle store.
Black Dragon Boxed Set
Author: Jada Fisher
Genre: Fantasy
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Magic has returned to the land. And so has the Black Dragon.
An epic dragon riding adventure from Jada Fisher, author of the popular Brindle Dragon series.
Blessed with a magic she doesn’t understand, Ukrah must find her way in a world that doesn’t always embrace her and her gifts. Accompanied by a talking bird and a strange young man who took her in, she must find the legendary dragon rider who saved the world from the Blight. Can Ukrah escape from those who would enslave her, or worse, and find the only person who can help her realize her destiny?
The Black Dragon Boxed Set contains the first three stories in the Rise of the Black Dragon series which follows the story of a young girl blessed—and cursed—with a magic she doesn’t understand and a dragon who will save—or destroy—the world.
Stories Included:
Escape
New Beginnings
Black Dragon
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January 21, 2020
Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Tuesday
Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Tuesday: for those books listed as being free in this post – while the pricing of the free status is valid at the time of this posting, please make sure you check the pricing carefully before you press the “buy” button as it could revert back to paid status at any time!
An Unlikely Alliance
Author: Rachel John
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Two strangers. One impossible situation…
When Corrie Windsor’s roommate dies in a car accident, she leaves behind her four-year-old daughter, Ella. Corrie loves the little girl and hopes to adopt her, but instead, she has to stand by while Ella’s uncle takes custody.
But Corrie’s not about to walk away.
She’s been taking care of Ella for most of her life, and that won’t stop now. If it means following Preston to Arizona, Corrie will do it. If it means being the nanny, and watching his girlfriend bond with Ella, she’ll do that too … despite her growing attraction to him.
Preston Ford was not prepared for fatherhood, but once he meets Ella there’s no other choice. Corrie’s help is heaven sent, but she’s also a distraction that’s messing up all his carefully laid plans.
With more than one heart hanging in the balance, how long can their platonic teamwork really last? Romance has never been this complicated.
Click here to pick up your free copy of An Unlikely Alliance in the Amazon Kindle store.
The Warm Machine
Author: Seth Rain
Genre: Science Fiction
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $0.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Scott Beck knows he will die on April 22nd.
What he doesn’t know, is which year.
Artificial Intelligence can read the deterministic nature of reality and has predicted the deaths of 144,000 Chosen men. When the first dates are shown to be accurate, many begin to question whether these dates have been predicted, or are due to the intervention of an administrative religious organisation called the Watchers.
England, like every other country on the planet, must come to terms with what appears to be humanity’s desire to bring about its own end.
But when Scott Beck is told the date of his predicted death is wrong, he sets off on a journey that explores the true nature of free will, sacrifice, and what it means to be human.
It’s not the end of the world … only humanity.
Click here to pick up your free copy of The Warm Machine in the Amazon Kindle store.
Illusions
Author: Katherine Stone
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $5.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
It didn’t matter to Victor Kincaid which twin son he kept and which one he gave away. But it mattered very much to the tiny infant who was left near the altar of the church in the middle of that cold and moonless November night . . .
Chase Carlton has been alone all his life. Yes, there have been women, many women, with whom he has shared the smoldering passion that comes from the dark danger that lies deep within him. But he has never known love, and with every case, every solitary journey into the unspeakably evil minds of the killers he pursues, his heart becomes ever colder. When he makes the stunning discovery that he has a twin who may have been murdered by his wife, he sets out to entrap the murderess, never imagining that it will be he who becomes entrapped, enchanted, by the most daring illusion of all . . .
In the beginning, Jillian’s marriage to celebrated filmmaker Victor Kincaid was picture perfect. But over time everything changed. And on a fateful night he is lost at sea, presumed dead in a sailing accident. Then the news comes that he has miraculously survived. The man who returns to her looks like the husband who was lost, but there is something very different about him, and she finds herself falling in love again. But there is such danger for her heart with this man . . . and there’s another danger, a lethal one, a psychopath who chooses as his victims women who look like her.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Illusions in the Amazon Kindle store.
Political Dirty Trick
Author: James R. Callan
Genre: Suspense
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:
Not a political book. But a tense, suspense novel, played out during an election campaign.
Crystal Moore’s good friend Ron Drake is running for governor of Texas. Polls show he has 70% of the votes. But, fake news begins pouring out, and with two weeks left before election day, his numbers are now below his opponent’s.
Only Crystal believes that an art theft at Ron’s house is related to the election. She begins to search for clues which might tie the theft and a dead man to a political dirty trick and the fake news. She finds the first clue, and quickly she is attacked and almost killed. But a pair of red boots changes everything. Two more attacks land her in the hospital. It looks like Ron may lose the election. And Crystal may lose her life.
Click here to pick up your free copy of Political Dirty Trick in the Amazon Kindle store.
Confrontation
Author: Nathan Hystad
Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $3.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
A new flagship. An unfamiliar crew. An old nemesis.
Thomas Baldwin has been appointed captain of the state-of-the-art cruise ship Constantine, named after his heroic grandfather. When their first diplomatic mission turns deadly, all signs point to the return of a former adversary, one the Concord claims to have defeated five decades earlier.
No one has seen Baldwin’s commander, Treena Starling, since her previous ship was destroyed in a gruesome battle, leaving her the sole survivor. Can her secret help them rescue one of their crew members from captivity at the enemy’s hands?
When the Concord advises Baldwin to walk away from a fight, he must rely on his new crew, including the AI based on his younger grandfather, Constantine, to make the right decisions. One wrong step, and Captain Baldwin could be throwing the entire Concord into another intergalactic war…and this time they might not be so lucky.
Click here to pick up your copy of Confrontation in the Amazon Kindle store.
Dogs Don’t Lie
Author: Lisa Shay
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
On call at Crater Emergency Animal Hospital, I, Doctor Kallie Collins, receive a curious request from the sheriff’s department. I’m to meet with a detective at a small ranch outside of town.
You see, there’s this dog with a bone he’s not willing to part with.
On scene, the dog tells me the bone is human. Actually, he shows me the location of the body, complete with a human skull, through an animal-communication technique I learned a couple years ago. Now I have to explain how this works to the detective, convincing him I’m not the murderer.
Who knew a simple farm visit would put me in the middle of a murder investigation? Well, I did kinda jump into this mess. I had to. I know what happened. The two four-legged witnesses to the murder told me.
And I’m the only one listening.
Click here to pick up your copy of Dogs Don’t Lie in the Amazon Kindle store.
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January 20, 2020
A Quick Reminder About Freebies
Here’s a quick reminder – if I or anyone else tells you about a book being offered for free or discounted on the Amazon Kindle website and you are interested, please jump on it immediately. Don’t wait a few days or even a couple of hours, or you may see the book being offered for sale vs. what you thought was free! I’ve seen it happen many times over the years.
Why does that happen? Sometimes there is a glitch to the Amazon system, an author may have forgot to set the book’s promotion on the Amazon website, or who knows?
Bottom line here is don’t wait – log on to the website frequently (www.fkbt.com) or check your email shortly after 8:00 a.m. Central time for the daily digest if you are subscribed to the free daily email. Grab them now as once the book is yours, no matter if you paid nothing or $100 for a book, it is yours forever!
I should say something similar about books discounted to 99 cents: the author, for example, has told me their book(s) will be discounted for a particular day and I set the posts up in advance. The same issue that can cause titles to not be free can also apply to the discounting for a particular day. Please make sure you verify the pricing on the Amazon website before you click the “buy” button.
Hope that helps!
Michael
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Monday’s Featured Kindle Book
Shadows Among Us
Author: Ellery A. Kane
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars
Free via Kindle Unlimited: No
Regular Price: $4.99
Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:
Evil is closer than you think.
Psychologist, Mollie Roark, had it all. A hotshot husband, a beautiful daughter, a successful career, and a fancy house on the Napa hillside. She’d finally made it. Left her troubled past and her crazy father far behind her.
But two years ago, the unspeakable happened. Her daughter’s burned body turned up on the shores of Lake Berryessa just days after her fifteenth birthday. The police seem certain Dakota fell victim to the Shadow Man, the prolific serial killer who had terrorized the Napa Valley for two decades. Mollie’s normal life is now anything but. Childless, divorced, and unemployed, she’s barely staying afloat. She’s got one mission. To find the scumbag who killed her daughter and make him pay.
When a mysterious old man shows up at her door seeking absolution and promising answers, it’s impossible to resist. But the deeper she goes inside his mind, the shakier her sanity becomes. Everyone is a suspect. No one is innocent. Because Mollie knows evil may be as close as her own shadow.
Click here to pick up your copy of Shadows Among Us in the Amazon Kindle store.
About the Author:
Forensic psychologist by day, novelist by night, Ellery Kane has been writing–professionally and creatively–for as long as she can remember. Just like many of her main characters, Ellery loves to ask why, which is the reason she became a psychologist in the first place. Real life really is stranger than fiction, and Ellery’s writing is often inspired by her day job. Evaluating violent criminals and treating trauma victims, she has gained a unique perspective on the past and its indelible influence on the individual. And she’s heard her fair share of real life thrillers. An avid short story writer as a teenager, Ellery recently began writing for enjoyment again, and she hasn’t stopped since.
Ellery lives in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, a picturesque setting that provides the backdrop for many of her novels. If you don’t find Ellery interviewing murderers behind prison walls or pecking away at her latest novel, she is probably at the gym landing a solid jab-cross to a punching bag; riding bicycles with her special someone; or enjoying a movie the old-fashioned way–at the theater with popcorn and Milk Duds.
You can visit her Amazon author page if you click here.
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