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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Sunday

Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Sunday: 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!

A Matter of Trust
Author: Kat Faitour

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $0.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

She stole his heart.

But did she also steal his fortune?

British financier Bennett Sterling steers his world with iron control and cold determination. Burned by a lover long ago, he guards his heart and business with wary resolve.

Devon Sinclair is a brilliant economist, poised for sure success. Intent on making her own way, she tells no one of her complicated past and grifter family.

Passions explode when Devon meets Bennett and neither can deny their fiery attraction. But when corporate accounts are stolen, the evidence points to her and the stakes climb higher.

Will Bennett see beyond the lies to trust the woman he loves? Or will Devon condemn them both by doubting his loyalty?

In the powerful world of London finance, it turns out trust is the most valuable commodity of all.

Smart. Sexy. British.

Click here to pick up your free copy of A Matter of Trust in the Amazon Kindle store.








Chosen

Author: Christine Pope

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Rating: 4.1 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:

When a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world’s population, the survivors of what became known as “the Dying” believe the worst is in the past. Little do they know…

In the aftermath of the Dying, survivor Jessica Monroe searches for sanctuary in a world unlike any she’s ever known before. As fear and isolation envelop her, Jessica encounters the sensitive and helpful Jace, who she believes is another survivor. But Jace has a past and secrets of his own that’s he not ready to disclose. Soon Jessica realizes that the destruction of humanity might actually be the first step in a larger, more complicated plan — a plan that may very well involve her. Struggling to discover her role in a terrifying new world where everything has changed, she must decide who she can trust. But is the price for that trust just too high?

Click here to pick up your free copy of Chosen in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Sun God’s Heir: Return
Author: Elliott Baker

Genre: Historical Fantasy

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

For three thousand years a hatred burns. In seventeenth century France two souls incarnate, one born the child of a prosperous merchant, the other, determined to continue a brutal incarnation begun long ago.

In ancient Egypt, there were two brothers, disciples of the pharaoh, Akhenaten. When the pharaoh died, the physician took the knowledge given and went to Greece to begin the mystery school. The general made a deal with the priests and became pharaoh. One remembers, one does not.

The year is 1671. René Gilbert’s destiny glints from the blade of a slashing rapier. The only way he can protect those he loves is to regain the power and knowledge of an ancient lifetime. From Bordeaux to Spain to Morocco, René is tested and with each turn of fate he gathers enemies and allies, slowly reclaiming the knowledge and power earned centuries ago. For three thousand years a secret sect has waited in Morocco.

After ages in darkness, Horemheb screams, “I am.” Using every dark art, he manages to maintain the life of the body he has bartered for. Only one life force in the world is powerful enough to allow him to remain within embodiment, perhaps forever. Determined to continue a reign of terror that once made the Nile run red, he grows stronger with each life taken.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Sun God’s Heir: Return in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Deepest Grave
Author: Harry Bingham

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

An ancient battle. A dead researcher. And a very modern crime.

It’s been more than a year since Detective Sergeant Fiona Griffiths had any sort of murder case . . . when all of a sudden, she gets the call. A local archaeologist has been found bloodily murdered. Her head severed from her body. Her eyes apparently fixed on a fragment of Latin text.

The crime seems to summon the ghosts of Dark Age Britain – and the shade of King Arthur.

But why are those ancient enmities alive once again? Why are armed burglars raiding remote country churches? And how many more people will die before these clues are unravelled?

Fiona thinks she knows the answers to these questions . . . but the crime that underlies them all is so utterly unexpected, so breathtakingly audacious in its execution, that it hasn’t yet been committed.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Deepest Grave in the Amazon Kindle store.








Cherokee Mists: The Complete Set
Authors: Meredith Blevins & Win Blevins

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $7.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

THE PROMISED ONE

A young Shaman of the Galayi people has had a powerful and frightening vision: it is of the Eagle Feather Cape, the gift of the Thunderbird, which is worn by the Seer of the People to see the future and gain the guidance of the gods. The cape is torn and bloody, and it will no longer bring visions to the Seer of the People.

But the Shaman’s vision also tells her of the cure: a child will be born to the People, a hero who will restore the cape and return the goodwill of the gods to the People.

Dahzi may be that hero, if he can survive the hatred of his grandfather. He was born after his mother’s death, as she fled from her father’s anger. But Dahzi carries the hope of all of his People, along with the power to become a great Chief. He will be tested–by his family, by his people, and by the Gods.

SHADOWS IN THE CAVE

Let go of everything . . . fall into a young man’s thrilling quest to reach back in time, save his family, and return healing magic to his tribe. A dynamic combination of an ancient quest and Native American Spiritualism.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Cherokee Mists: The Complete Set in the Amazon Kindle store.








Flea Market Fatal
Author: Brianna Bates

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

WHEN YOUR EX ARRESTS YOUR MOM FOR MURDER, YOU…

(A) SET UP A GoFundMe FOR BAIL

(B) BUST HER OUT

(C) INVEST IN A MAGNIFYING GLASS… (ANSWER BELOW)

Missy DeMeanor, voluptuous craft queen extraordinaire, is big and beautiful, disciplined, ambitious, hard-working, resourceful, creative, and – yes, suspected of murder.

Not even a sighting of Missy’s hot ex-boyfriend at the bookstore where she works can deter her from her flea market quest. It’s a perfect September Saturday for garage sale shopping in tiny Grove City, Pennsylvania — blue skies, seventy-five degrees – and Missy DeMeanor is set on scoring that cabinet she’s had her eye on. Driving a hard bargain is one thing, but now the seller is dead – and the so-handsome investigating office says it’s murder!

Who should the investigating officer turn out to be but Tyler Brock, the boy Missy dated in high school, recently returned to Grove City after a decade in Philadelphia, with an undetermined marital status. And he’s acting like he still has feelings for her – when he’s not asking pointed questions and scribbling in his notebook. Surely Tyler doesn’t think she’s a killer!

But the whole town seems in on family secrets Missy’s just learning that could be a strong motive – secrets about a business deal gone bad between the murdered man and Missy’s own father, and about a violent incident involving her mother, whom even Tyler acknowledges to be “the sweetest woman on earth.” Even worse than being suspected of murder? Missy’s mother being suspected of murder. Things have gotten so out of hand that Missy deduces her friend Noreen, the avid mystery reader, is right: it’s up to Missy to find the killer! And like that: a talented amateur sleuth is born.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/fleamarket into your web browser to pick up your copy of Flea Market Fatal in the Amazon Kindle store.








Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks
Authors: Nick James & Mike Faricy

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

HE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NICE GUY…UNTIL ITS TOO LATE

Psychotic, sociopathic, and always charming Bobby Custer begins to crawl back up society’s ladder. Along the way a variety of people have his number, but Bobby has a special way of dealing with them, all of them. He’s the friendly next door neighbor, the guy at work who goes the extra mile just for you, only there’s always a price to pay, and baby, you are going to pay.

The average person, upon learning of his employer’s “heart problems, his apparently estranged wife, the rebellious daughter” thinks, “Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a shame.” Bobby merely smells opportunity.

And he intends to insert himself into the man’s difficulties at every level. Admittedly, part of his “boundaries issue” is legit; the feds did ask him to poke around, and the feds are the good guys … right? But the angles Bobby’s working are for the benefit of only one person: Bobby, as he destroys lives and careers with precision, and mops up the mess with the woman closest to hand. The truth is the man has cause to be bitter; have you met his ex-wife? This time, however, it seems he may have met his match in Angie.

The dark cloud hanging over the DASH law firm swirls into a murderous tornado, dispelling any doubt about the lying, rapacious, psycho the feds have unleashed. When will they figure it out, and – can they stop him?

Hang on to your seat as you read Corridor Man 2, maybe lock the door first because you’ll be awake in the middle of the night, wondering if he can get to you. …and he seemed like such a nice guy!

Click here or type in http://geni.us/corridorman2 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks in the Amazon Kindle store.








Some Dark Holler
Author: Luke Bauserman

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

Ephraim Cutler has blood on his hands and a hellhound on his trail.

When his mother forces him to kill an innocent man, Ephraim’s quiet life in the Appalachian Mountains is thrown into turmoil. With a bounty on his head, Ephraim flees to the hills and hollers where he discovers that his crime has drawn more than the law’s attention—the Devil’s in town with his eye on Ephraim’s soul.

Desperate to escape, Ephraim is torn between two clashing figures: an outcast granny doctor rumored to be a witch—and the local preacher. As the line between grim reality and the supernatural disappears, Death rides the ridgetops on a pale horse, and the Devil’s hound haunts the backwoods. Ephraim must decide who to trust, evade the hangman’s noose, and find redemption.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/darkholler into your web browser to pick up your copy of Some Dark Holler in the Amazon Kindle store.

Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors – hurry, as tomorrow is the last day to sign up! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!

The post Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Sunday appeared first on Free Kindle Books and Tips.

Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Monday

Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Sunday: 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!

A Matter of Trust
Author: Kat Faitour

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $0.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

She stole his heart.

But did she also steal his fortune?

British financier Bennett Sterling steers his world with iron control and cold determination. Burned by a lover long ago, he guards his heart and business with wary resolve.

Devon Sinclair is a brilliant economist, poised for sure success. Intent on making her own way, she tells no one of her complicated past and grifter family.

Passions explode when Devon meets Bennett and neither can deny their fiery attraction. But when corporate accounts are stolen, the evidence points to her and the stakes climb higher.

Will Bennett see beyond the lies to trust the woman he loves? Or will Devon condemn them both by doubting his loyalty?

In the powerful world of London finance, it turns out trust is the most valuable commodity of all.

Smart. Sexy. British.

Click here to pick up your free copy of A Matter of Trust in the Amazon Kindle store.








Chosen

Author: Christine Pope

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Rating: 4.1 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:

When a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world’s population, the survivors of what became known as “the Dying” believe the worst is in the past. Little do they know…

In the aftermath of the Dying, survivor Jessica Monroe searches for sanctuary in a world unlike any she’s ever known before. As fear and isolation envelop her, Jessica encounters the sensitive and helpful Jace, who she believes is another survivor. But Jace has a past and secrets of his own that’s he not ready to disclose. Soon Jessica realizes that the destruction of humanity might actually be the first step in a larger, more complicated plan — a plan that may very well involve her. Struggling to discover her role in a terrifying new world where everything has changed, she must decide who she can trust. But is the price for that trust just too high?

Click here to pick up your free copy of Chosen in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Sun God’s Heir: Return
Author: Elliott Baker

Genre: Historical Fantasy

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

For three thousand years a hatred burns. In seventeenth century France two souls incarnate, one born the child of a prosperous merchant, the other, determined to continue a brutal incarnation begun long ago.

In ancient Egypt, there were two brothers, disciples of the pharaoh, Akhenaten. When the pharaoh died, the physician took the knowledge given and went to Greece to begin the mystery school. The general made a deal with the priests and became pharaoh. One remembers, one does not.

The year is 1671. René Gilbert’s destiny glints from the blade of a slashing rapier. The only way he can protect those he loves is to regain the power and knowledge of an ancient lifetime. From Bordeaux to Spain to Morocco, René is tested and with each turn of fate he gathers enemies and allies, slowly reclaiming the knowledge and power earned centuries ago. For three thousand years a secret sect has waited in Morocco.

After ages in darkness, Horemheb screams, “I am.” Using every dark art, he manages to maintain the life of the body he has bartered for. Only one life force in the world is powerful enough to allow him to remain within embodiment, perhaps forever. Determined to continue a reign of terror that once made the Nile run red, he grows stronger with each life taken.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Sun God’s Heir: Return in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Deepest Grave
Author: Harry Bingham

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

An ancient battle. A dead researcher. And a very modern crime.

It’s been more than a year since Detective Sergeant Fiona Griffiths had any sort of murder case . . . when all of a sudden, she gets the call. A local archaeologist has been found bloodily murdered. Her head severed from her body. Her eyes apparently fixed on a fragment of Latin text.

The crime seems to summon the ghosts of Dark Age Britain – and the shade of King Arthur.

But why are those ancient enmities alive once again? Why are armed burglars raiding remote country churches? And how many more people will die before these clues are unravelled?

Fiona thinks she knows the answers to these questions . . . but the crime that underlies them all is so utterly unexpected, so breathtakingly audacious in its execution, that it hasn’t yet been committed.

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Deepest Grave in the Amazon Kindle store.








Cherokee Mists: The Complete Set
Authors: Meredith Blevins & Win Blevins

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $7.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
Click Here for Your Free Copy!








Book Description:

THE PROMISED ONE

A young Shaman of the Galayi people has had a powerful and frightening vision: it is of the Eagle Feather Cape, the gift of the Thunderbird, which is worn by the Seer of the People to see the future and gain the guidance of the gods. The cape is torn and bloody, and it will no longer bring visions to the Seer of the People.

But the Shaman’s vision also tells her of the cure: a child will be born to the People, a hero who will restore the cape and return the goodwill of the gods to the People.

Dahzi may be that hero, if he can survive the hatred of his grandfather. He was born after his mother’s death, as she fled from her father’s anger. But Dahzi carries the hope of all of his People, along with the power to become a great Chief. He will be tested–by his family, by his people, and by the Gods.

SHADOWS IN THE CAVE

Let go of everything . . . fall into a young man’s thrilling quest to reach back in time, save his family, and return healing magic to his tribe. A dynamic combination of an ancient quest and Native American Spiritualism.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Cherokee Mists: The Complete Set in the Amazon Kindle store.








Flea Market Fatal
Author: Brianna Bates

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

WHEN YOUR EX ARRESTS YOUR MOM FOR MURDER, YOU…

(A) SET UP A GoFundMe FOR BAIL

(B) BUST HER OUT

(C) INVEST IN A MAGNIFYING GLASS… (ANSWER BELOW)

Missy DeMeanor, voluptuous craft queen extraordinaire, is big and beautiful, disciplined, ambitious, hard-working, resourceful, creative, and – yes, suspected of murder.

Not even a sighting of Missy’s hot ex-boyfriend at the bookstore where she works can deter her from her flea market quest. It’s a perfect September Saturday for garage sale shopping in tiny Grove City, Pennsylvania — blue skies, seventy-five degrees – and Missy DeMeanor is set on scoring that cabinet she’s had her eye on. Driving a hard bargain is one thing, but now the seller is dead – and the so-handsome investigating office says it’s murder!

Who should the investigating officer turn out to be but Tyler Brock, the boy Missy dated in high school, recently returned to Grove City after a decade in Philadelphia, with an undetermined marital status. And he’s acting like he still has feelings for her – when he’s not asking pointed questions and scribbling in his notebook. Surely Tyler doesn’t think she’s a killer!

But the whole town seems in on family secrets Missy’s just learning that could be a strong motive – secrets about a business deal gone bad between the murdered man and Missy’s own father, and about a violent incident involving her mother, whom even Tyler acknowledges to be “the sweetest woman on earth.” Even worse than being suspected of murder? Missy’s mother being suspected of murder. Things have gotten so out of hand that Missy deduces her friend Noreen, the avid mystery reader, is right: it’s up to Missy to find the killer! And like that: a talented amateur sleuth is born.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/fleamarket into your web browser to pick up your copy of Flea Market Fatal in the Amazon Kindle store.








Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks
Authors: Nick James & Mike Faricy

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $4.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

HE SEEMS LIKE SUCH A NICE GUY…UNTIL ITS TOO LATE

Psychotic, sociopathic, and always charming Bobby Custer begins to crawl back up society’s ladder. Along the way a variety of people have his number, but Bobby has a special way of dealing with them, all of them. He’s the friendly next door neighbor, the guy at work who goes the extra mile just for you, only there’s always a price to pay, and baby, you are going to pay.

The average person, upon learning of his employer’s “heart problems, his apparently estranged wife, the rebellious daughter” thinks, “Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a shame.” Bobby merely smells opportunity.

And he intends to insert himself into the man’s difficulties at every level. Admittedly, part of his “boundaries issue” is legit; the feds did ask him to poke around, and the feds are the good guys … right? But the angles Bobby’s working are for the benefit of only one person: Bobby, as he destroys lives and careers with precision, and mops up the mess with the woman closest to hand. The truth is the man has cause to be bitter; have you met his ex-wife? This time, however, it seems he may have met his match in Angie.

The dark cloud hanging over the DASH law firm swirls into a murderous tornado, dispelling any doubt about the lying, rapacious, psycho the feds have unleashed. When will they figure it out, and – can they stop him?

Hang on to your seat as you read Corridor Man 2, maybe lock the door first because you’ll be awake in the middle of the night, wondering if he can get to you. …and he seemed like such a nice guy!

Click here or type in http://geni.us/corridorman2 into your web browser to pick up your copy of Corridor Man 2: Opportunity Knocks in the Amazon Kindle store.








Some Dark Holler
Author: Luke Bauserman

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

Ephraim Cutler has blood on his hands and a hellhound on his trail.

When his mother forces him to kill an innocent man, Ephraim’s quiet life in the Appalachian Mountains is thrown into turmoil. With a bounty on his head, Ephraim flees to the hills and hollers where he discovers that his crime has drawn more than the law’s attention—the Devil’s in town with his eye on Ephraim’s soul.

Desperate to escape, Ephraim is torn between two clashing figures: an outcast granny doctor rumored to be a witch—and the local preacher. As the line between grim reality and the supernatural disappears, Death rides the ridgetops on a pale horse, and the Devil’s hound haunts the backwoods. Ephraim must decide who to trust, evade the hangman’s noose, and find redemption.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/darkholler into your web browser to pick up your copy of Some Dark Holler in the Amazon Kindle store.

Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors – hurry, as tomorrow is the last day to sign up! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!

The post Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Monday appeared first on Free Kindle Books and Tips.

New Releases on Kindle

Included in this post are six 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!

Heat Lightning
Author: Michaela Thompson

Genre: Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

THIRTY YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND NOT ONE WORD ABOUT A CERTAIN LITTLE MURDER…

In all the years of their marriage, Clara Trent’s husband failed to mention his involvement in a murder—and now he’s not only dead himself, but accused of committing it. When St. Elmo sheriff’s investigator Aaron Malone re-opens the 40-year-old cold case, Ronan Trent’s named—posthumously—as the killer of his previous lover, a vivacious blonde with a jealous husband. Clara’s discovery of sensuous drawings of the woman, unlike any of her husband’s other work, reveals a carefully concealed obsession.

As she tries to reconcile her recently deceased husband with the facts of the brutal bludgeoning, she’s led back to the scene of the crime, a shabby 50s-style motor court where, as befits a dedicated detective, she takes a room to investigate.

Aaron tries to warn her she may be stirring up a hornet’s nest, but she proceeds to pursue the truth with the tenacious grip of a drowning swimmer on a lifeline. And the hornet’s nest materializes—folks are definitely riled up; some of them are even turning up dead.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/heatlightning into your web browser to pick up your copy of Heat Lightning in the Amazon Kindle store.








Finding Derek
Author: Noelle Marie

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

When Wisp wakes up in strange, oversized clothes, in a strange, oversized bed, in a strange (not-so-oversized) cabin that all belong to an even stranger (also stupidly handsome, bound in rippling muscle, and slightly cantankerous) man, she doesn’t know what to think.

Especially because she has no idea who she is.

She doesn’t know where she came from or how she got there, and the man – Derek, she quickly learns – is no help in the matter. Even her own name is a mystery. (Although she is happy enough to take on the one Derek unknowingly bestows upon her in an offhanded comment, calling her a “wisp of a thing”.)

Circumstances being what they are, Wisp is grateful when Derek agrees to shelter her until they can figure out who she is. Something innate – something other – tells her she can trust him. Even if Derek does seem more comfortable communicating through grunts and eyebrow raises than actual words. The attraction that buzzes between them doesn’t hurt either.

In fact, it’s almost enough to make Wisp wish that she won’t ever remember her past, and that she could just stay with Derek – and his affectionate chocolate lab, Thane – forever.

Well… if she could shake the feeling that someone – someone nefarious – was after her, anyway.

When Derek finds a half-drowned girl clinging to life on the shore of a river that runs through his land, he reluctantly brings her home with him, planning on being rid of her as soon as she gains consciousness.

A proverbial wrench is thrown into his plans, however, when she wakes up and claims to have no idea who she is. Her lack of memory certainly makes her hard to return, and against his better judgement, Derek takes her in.

From there, it doesn’t take long for Derek to find himself drawn to Wisp: to her ridiculously wide, doe-like eyes, to her honey-scent that seeps into every cranny of his cabin – of his life, to her innocent nature that simultaneously makes him want to hide her away from the world and wrestle her down into his bed and just…

But he can’t.

Because her identity isn’t the only thing Wisp’s in the dark about. She has no idea who, or what, he really is.

Secrets, though, have a way of coming to light.

Who would have ever guessed that Derek being a bear shifter wasn’t the most arduous one he and Wisp would have to overcome to be together?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/findingderek into your web browser to pick up your copy of Finding Derek in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Doctor’s Hope
Author: Faith Crawford

Genre: Historical Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

A young bride who experienced a great tragedy, a doctor who wants a family, and dangerous times that threaten to thwart their happiness…

Emily lives a happy, peaceful life together with her parents and three younger sisters. But then tragedy strikes: their house burns down and Emily’s parents die.

The sisters soon become a burden to their family and money runs out. In a moment of despair, and out of options, Emily agrees to become a mail order bride for a doctor in the west.

Geoffrey has only one passion: being a doctor and helping people. Although he is content with his life, one thing is missing: a wife and a family to call his own. When his cousin offers to arrange a bride for him, he agrees.

The handsome, quiet doctor and his young, naive bride slowly get used to each other and start to care for each other.

But when Emily finds out that her sisters are in a dire situation, she has to make a decision that brings her in danger as well.

The doctor may be the only one to save her.

Will Emily and her doctor have their happy ending, and find the love and safe home they so deserve?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/doctorshope into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Doctor’s Hope in the Amazon Kindle store.








Love’s Usury
Author: J.D. Reid

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $4.95

Today’s Price: $0.99
Click Here to Buy!








Book Description:

Thirty-year-old Beckett is an eccentric writer who, unpublished, and perhaps unpublishable, desperately needs a real job. Terminally destitute, he is forced to move in with his loving sister, Barb, who along with her irreproachable husband and their baby daughter rents out a few rooms in a large house above Ellicott City, Maryland. The tenants include the lovely and beautiful Marion, Barb’s best friend, who has lost at love too many times. Bill, the seemingly happy-go-lucky banker, recently caught with his hand in the till. The cold and aloof Janice, who treats her boyfriend with an icy contempt. The statuesque Davina, a transgender woman with a gay boyfriend. Finally, enter Beckett, kind-hearted and perhaps a bit eccentric, but above all, good-looking. Heartstrings are pulled and yanked about. Love is lost and love is gained. It’s a big mix-up, one you don’t want to miss.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/lovesusury into your web browser to pick up your copy of Love’s Usury in the Amazon Kindle store.








Santina Series: Books 1-3
Author: D. Thrush

Genre: Young Adult

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $8.95

Today’s Price: $1.99
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Book Description:

“The Daughter Claus” is where it all begins! Tina has daddy issues. Santa has always paid more attention to her brother expecting him to take over the family business but when Santa is forced to retire, her brother refuses to leave his rock band. Her parents insist it’s temporary when Tina leaves college and finds herself running the toy shop at the North Pole. It’s just until they can convince her brother to step up. Good luck with that! Adding to her problems are rowdy reindeer, her best friend’s romance with an elf, a long distance crush, an ex-boyfriend, and too many Peppermintinis. Christmas magic, romance and girl power make this a fun story any time of year!

“The Claus Cause” continues the story of the Claus family! Santa’s brother, Kris Kringle believes that a woman shouldn’t be running the family business at the North Pole and tries to install his incompetent son as Santa. Tina’s ex, Kai shows up again to disrupt her new romance with George. And her best friend, Lisa is unsure about her relationship with Walter, her elf boyfriend. In the meantime, Tina is surprised to discover the true history of the Claus family. Love triangles, more Peppermintinis, lots of girl power, and more Christmas magic continue this fun series!

“Merrily Ever After” brings back the Claus family and friends! Tina is worried that George is tiring of the distance between them and Nick is confused by Isabella’s suggestion that they pose as a couple for publicity. Tina’s assistant, Lisa is ready to panic and run from her relationship with Walter. Kai’s psychic mother summons Tina to relay an important message and all the while a reporter pursues Tina seeking a story. And as if Tina doesn’t have enough problems, Santa and Clara decide to visit the North Pole and help out! More girl power, Peppermintinis and merry fun!

Click here or type in http://geni.us/santinaseries into your web browser to pick up your copy of Santina Series: Books 1-3 in the Amazon Kindle store.








A Kink in the Road
Author: Sonia Parin

Genre: Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99

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Book Description:

Eve’s new inn is about to open, with or without a name. As a new local business owner, Eve thinks it would be a splendid idea to attend a local town meeting. Little does she know she’s been excluded from them for a good reason. She’s been labeled a troublemaker. Now there is a new resident in Rock-Maine Island and she’s been warned to stay away from him.

One look at William Hunter the Third is enough to convince Eve she wants nothing to do with the man. Despite everyone’s efforts to keep Eve away from him, the inevitable happens and he lands on her doorstep.

To make matters worse, the billionaire brings along an entourage which includes his ex-wives, his friends and… a killer.

There have already been two deaths at the house she’s turned into an inn. Another death makes it three. Thinking disasters come in threes, she hopes this will complete the cycle. But what if she’s on a treadmill and doomed to play host to murder and mayhem? The town will surely rise up against her…

Click here or type in http://geni.us/kinkinroad into your web browser to pick up your copy of A Kink in the Road in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Featured Kindle Book for Saturday

Classic Westerns Box Set
Author: Zane Grey

Genre: Historical Fiction

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $9.99

Today’s Price: $1.99

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Book Description:

27 Zane Grey books – from the master writer of the Western novel – in one easy-to-read Kindle book. With an active table of contents, you are certain to enjoy hours of reading pleasure by purchasing this collection vs. each book individually. Included are the following Zane Grey novels:

Betty Zane

Desert Gold

Ken Ward in the Jungle

Riders of the Purple Sage

Tales of Lonely Trails

Tales of Fishes

The Border Legion

The Call of the canyon

The Day of the Beast

The Desert of Wheat

The Heritage of the Desert

The Last of the Plainsmen

The Last Trail

The Light of the Western Stars

The Lone Star Ranger

The Man of the Forest

The Mysterious Rider

The Rainbow Trail

The Redheaded Outfield

The Rustlers of Pecos County

The Spirit of the Border

The U.P. Trail

The Young Forester

The Young Pitcher

To The Last Man

Valley of Wild Horses

Wildfire

Click here or type in http://geni.us/zane into your web browser to pick up your copy of Classic Westerns Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.

About the Author:

The father of the western novel, Zane Grey (1872 – 1939) was born in Zanesville, Ohio. He wrote 58 westerns and almost 30 other books. Over 130 films have been based on his work.

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Saturday

Here’s your listing of free and discounted Kindle book offers in a variety of genres for Saturday: 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!

The Dragon Blood Collection
Author: Lindsay Buroker

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

A thousand years have passed since a dragon has been seen in the world. Science and technology have replaced magic, which has dwindled until it has become little more than an element of myth and legend.

There are those who still have dragon blood flowing through their veins, distant descendants of the mighty creatures of old. These rare humans have the power to cast magic, the power to heal, and the power to craft alchemical weapons capable of starting wars… or ending them. But they are feared for those powers, and in recent centuries, they have been hunted nearly to extinction.

The few remaining survivors must find a way to change how humanity perceives them or be lost to the world forever.

The Dragon Blood Collection includes three full-length novels of action, magic, and romance:

Balanced on the Blade’s Edge

Deathmaker

Blood Charged

Click here to pick up your free copy of The Dragon Blood Collection in the Amazon Kindle store.








Dark Ride
Author: P.G. Kassel

Genre: Paranormal Thriller

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

Some criminals have all the luck, but Marty’s is about to run out…

Marty Wedlow needs one last score before he can skip town. It’s only a matter of time before two thugs he swindled point a finger… and their guns in his direction. But even when Marty is brought to the police station for his latest crime, he’s not worried. Marty is incredibly lucky.

After dodging the long arm of the law yet again, Marty looks for another illicit payday at a local amusement park. What he finds instead is a mysterious stranger who prophesies that his lucky days are running out. He ignores the warnings as he pursues a vicious conquest. But good fortune is a wheel, and Marty is about to find out what happens when it spins in the other direction.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Dark Ride in the Amazon Kindle store.








Living with Markus
Author: Florence Osmund

Genre: Literary Fiction

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

Forced to choose between cultivating a satisfying life for himself and rescuing his dysfunctional family members from their certain demise causes Marc to question the importance of family.

Having put an embittered past behind him, Marc builds a successful landscaping business with clientele from the affluent suburbs of Chicago and starts to appreciate the finer things in life—and he’s found the perfect woman to share in it. But when his alcoholic sister and her two young sons enter into the picture, Marc falls victim to their helplessness and temporarily puts his own life aside. When his despondent father is added to the mix, it doesn’t take long for Marc to completely lose sight of his own dreams—and his girlfriend.

Does Marc save his relatives from their ill-fated lives, or save himself from entering into a life of self-sacrifice and missed opportunities? Painful soul-searching and late-night talks with the captivating tenant downstairs guide him to an unexpected decision and discovery of his true purpose in life.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Living with Markus in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Christmas Contest
Author: Victoria Benchley

Genre: Mystery

Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

The Scots didn’t celebrate Christmas for 400 years and the village of Taye is about to make up for it! Hoping for a relaxing holiday and a chance to solidify his relationship with Angela, Duncan finds himself in the middle of numerous contests, ancient Hogmanay traditions, misunderstandings, and a jewel theft. Will Duncan win the contest for Angela’s heart? Joined by family and friends, Duncan is sure this will be a holiday no one will ever forget. Can Duncan solve the mystery and survive this romantic comedy? Snuggle up with a hot cider and find out!

Click here or type in http://geni.us/duncandewar into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Christmas Contest in the Amazon Kindle store.








Selling Out
Author: Zen DiPietro

Genre: Science Fiction

Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

It’s all just fun and games unless a profit can be made.

Cabot Layne is a trader, through and through. Some might call him a pirate, but he never breaks the law. He only bends it. One thing’s for sure–he’s certainly no hero. Except a certain BlackOps officer seems to think he is, and sends him off on a mission only a trader can pull off.

That only a very good trader can pull off.

War is good for business.

Cabot’s not concerned with the safety of an allied planet, or even the PAC itself–everyone knows guys like him are privateers who only care about themselves. But if he can save the planet and make a profit too…well, that might not hurt his reputation too much.

Sometimes a shady guy needs to play good guy.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/sellingout into your web browser to pick up your copy of Selling Out in the Amazon Kindle store.








Fairy Queens Box Set
Author: Amber Argyle

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $9.99

Today’s Price: $2.99
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Book Description:

Rule #1: Never bargain with the fae. Rule #2: Never fall for the enemy.

A dangerous bargain with the Fae pits four mortal against each other in a tale of forbidden romance, dark magic, and an immortal war. If they survive, they stand a chance at healing the rift between the magic and themselves.

Of Ice and Snow

Never bargain with the fae . . .

The fourth, throwaway son of the clanchief, Otec helplessly witnesses his faraway mountain village come under attack by raiders while all the other men are off to war. Cut off from his clan, he must trust a foreign woman stalked by a dark, mysterious magic as they race to save his people.

Dodging raiders, Otec soon discovers that what he thought was a mere raid is actually a full-scale invasion. The woman helping him—the one he’s developing feelings for—is not only one of the raiders. She’s also his best chance of survival.

Winter Queen

Winner of the Rone Award for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction of 2014

Mortally wounded during a raid, seventeen-year-old Ilyenna is healed by winter fairies who present her with a seductive offer: her soul in exchange for escape from the invaders stealing over the mountains. Refusing to abandon her family, she returns to her village and offers up herself as a hostage to save her father’s life.

Struggling to survive her captor’s cruelty, Ilyenna finds a measure of solace in her fellow prisoner, Rone’s, arms. But it isn’t long before she discovers the feud between their clans is merely a distraction from something far worse.

Ilyenna must decide whether to resurrect the power the fairies left behind. Doing so will allow her to defeat her captor and the other invaders, but if she embraces winter, she will lose herself to that destroying powers—forever.

Of Fire and Ash

One bargain can change everything.

The fairies must never know of Nelay’s sight, for the attention of such dark and terrible creatures brings more things dark and terrible. But when Nelay’s father is near death, the fairies are the only ones who can save him. All they require is a simple bargain that she’ll return the favor one day.

Some bargains are lethal.

Summer Queen

Nelay never wanted to be queen. Poised to become the most powerful priestess in Idara, Nelay doesn’t have time to become a pretty bauble for the king. She’s too busy saving her people from the invading army sweeping across her kingdom.

But in defeat after defeat, Nelay begins to realize a bigger power is at play than that wielded by mere mortals. Only she can stand between the cinders of her once-great nation and the vengeance of a goddess.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/fairyqueens into your web browser to pick up your copy of Fairy Queens Box Set in the Amazon Kindle store.

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New Releases on Kindle

Included in this post are six 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!

Promise Me
Author: N.T. Smith

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

As childhood friends, Richard and Cynthia were inseparable. But nothing remains the same forever, and Richard is forced to move to Queensland with his family. Maybe it is true what they say about distance and the heart growing fonder, because as the years start to speed by, Richard and Cynthia realize their feelings for each other go beyond simple, childish friendship.

Deeply in love, Richard decides to surprise Cynthia but instead of the happy reunion he envisions, Richard receives a devastating shock. One which changes everything and makes him disappear from Cynthia’s life.

Years later both of them are still trying to forget the other, and fate decides to play its hand. Under the guise of a party and too much drink, both Cynthia and Richard find each other again. Desires are spoken and fantasies come true and they both give in.

But everything has a consequence, even pleasure, and when Cynthia finds out she is pregnant, the truth of their identities is revived. Hard decisions and choices will be made, but even with his old feeling of betrayal, could Richard give up his first love again? And for Cynthia, is the boy she loved, the same as the man she marries? Can they survive their past to actually build a future under the stars?

Click here or type in http://geni.us/VY8Ociq into your web browser to pick up your copy of Promise Me in the Amazon Kindle store.








Alterni
Author: Sunshine Somerville

Genre: Paranormal

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

It’s hard to compete with a ghost…or eight…of yourself.

Ever have a nightmare where you’re naked in public? What if everyone else in the room was also naked…and also a version of yourself? That’s the reality Esme Kuchis finds herself in, and soon things get even weirder.

She’s not in her Kansas City anymore. This alternate world is home to an ancient, secret Order with a king, conjuri magicians, cavali fighters, and dozens of paranormal races. And the purpose of this magical Order? They protect an unsuspecting public from malevolenci, demonic beasts from otherworldly rifts.

As an alterni summoned to this world, Esme must partner with the king and fight using magic only an alterni can wield. Unfortunately, the model-perfect King Owen is broken by grief and guilt, the Order has little faith in her, and the malevolenci are worse than ever.

Eight alt-Esmes preceded her. Eight lost their lives. Can Esme use her unique gifts to master this world’s magic? If she can’t, the consequences might be more devastating than Owen is willing to say.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/alterni into your web browser to pick up your copy of Alterni in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Saint’s Rise
Author: Michael John Grist

Genre: Fantasy

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

No heroes endure…

Three thousand years ago the world fell into darkness, when the great black mouth of the Rot ravaged the land. Across the glorious library city of Aradabar its dark tongues hammered down, leveling the glass towers of learning and entombing the bookyards in a thick blanket of lava. Only a single child survived the devastation; an infant with a prophecy carved into his skin, promising the rise of a hero powerful enough to slay the Rot for good.

Now that child is a young man, beginning to question the meaning of his many scars…

Now those scars are hunted by a jealous King, ruler of a brutal industrial city, where a thousand bizarre castes toil away like slaves…

Now a dark beast is watching, an Unforgiven, seeking to fulfill a promise made long ago…

And now the Rot has returned, its great black mouth gaping large in the sky, bringing chaos and fear to a world where no heroes endure…

Click here or type in http://geni.us/saintsrise into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Saint’s Rise in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Siege of Sirius
Author: Eddie R. Hicks

Genre: Science Fiction

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

The dream to travel to the stars has become the nightmare to escape from them.

Rebecca’s passion for space exploration made her a captain. Living through an alien invasion made her strong enough to endure the harshness of the galaxy.

Rebecca has been given the opportunity of a life time, command of the ESRS Carl Sagan an exploration and colonization starship. She along with her trusted crew embark on an expedition to establish the human race’s most remote colony located in the heart of the Sirius system.

Upon awaking from their multiyear cryostasis sleep, Rebecca and her crew quickly discovers that what exists in the Sirius system isn’t what scientists had predicted.

Not even remotely close.

Their journey to the brightest star in the skies of Earth has now become a dreadful catastrophe with the potential to reach Earth if left unchecked. With innocent colonists at risk and no means of communicating with Earth, Rebecca must abandon her primary mission of exploration in order to take on a new one, survival.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/siegesirius into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Siege of Sirius in the Amazon Kindle store.








355
Author: Kit Sergeant

Genre: Historical Fiction

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99

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Book Description:

Culper Ring members such as Robert Townsend and Hercules Mulligan are well known for the part they played in the Revolutionary War, but who was the mysterious 355 that could “outwit them all?” Inspired by many of the same characters featured in AMC’s Turn and the Broadway musical Hamilton, 355: A Novel chronicles the lives of three remarkable women who use daring, skill, and, yes, a bit of flirtation, to help liberate America.

British sympathizer Margaret (Meg) Moncrieffe expects to find the carefree America she remembers as a youth when she returns from her Irish boarding school. Instead she finds the new country at war, with her father on one side and her new love, Aaron Burr, on the other. When her misguided attempt to end the war results in dire consequences for the Continental Army, Meg switches allegiances in order to amend the damage she caused.

After her husband Jonathan is captured by the British and dies aboard one of the notorious prison ships, a pregnant Elizabeth Burgin realizes she is stronger than she once thought. When a prominent member of the Culper Ring enlists her help on a heist of the prison ships, Elizabeth readily accepts, putting herself and her family in jeopardy in order to save the lives of strangers.

Patriot Sally Townsend wants nothing more than freedom for America. When her family is forced to take in enemy soldiers, Sally seizes the opportunity to garner information from them and pass it on to her brother, Robert, knowing that one false move could result in the noose for both of them. Instead of finding herself in danger when British intelligence officer Major John André shows up at her family’s doorstep, Sally finds herself falling in love. But Major André is playing the same dangerous game as her and Robert, albeit for the other side.

Told from the viewpoints of these three women—including the one operating under the code name 355—355: The Women of Washington’s Spy Ring is an absorbing tale of family, duty, love, and betrayal.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/355women into your web browser to pick up your copy of 355 in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Amish Widow
Author: Katie Fisher

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

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Book Description:

An Amish widow struggling to find her way. Can she have a new beginning while helping to solve a murder case?

When Cat Kaufmann lost her husband, leaving her with three young children, she did the only thing she knew: put her trust in God, roll up her sleeves, and get to work. Now, two years later she is struggling emotionally, financially and physically.

But life gets even rougher when she witnesses the murder of her neighbor.

Detective Kevin Fleming is certain that this case will be the same as all the others. The Amish might say that they’re different, but there are always skeletons in the closet. Being in such a close-knit community brings up old, dark memories, though, and he’s eager to get this case over with.

Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as he had hoped. His gruff mannerisms are met with closed doors. When Cat offers her help, he reluctantly accepts. Working with her has unexpected consequences, though, and her optimism and faith start to break down his walls.

But there can’t be anything between them. She’s Amish. He’s an Englisch man.

And there’s a murderer on the loose.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/amishwidow into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Amish Widow in the Amazon Kindle store.

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Friday’s Featured (and FREE!) Kindle Book

No Perfect Secret

Author: Jackie Weger

Genre: Suspense

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

Michael’s note: Jackie helped coordinated the majority of the items in our current giveaway (scroll to the bottom of this post to learn more about it).  She is also kind enough to offer her book for free today – give it a shot!

Anna Nesmith believes she has it all–a great marriage, a dream job and a home of her own. When an investigator begins asking questions, Anna’s ordered world crashes like Jenga blocks. Frank Caburn is man to the bone and manufactures testosterone like Frito Lay does chips, which seems not to impress Anna one whit as she picks through the rubble of her shattered life. Attracted to Anna, Caburn determines to make her his own–But how to tell her without tripping over a layer of secrets is beyond him. Falling in love has never been more difficult.

Click here to pick up your free copy of No Perfect Secret in the Amazon Kindle store.

 

About the Author:

Jackie Weger has been writing romance novels off and on for thirty years. When she’s writing, she’s anchored in a tiny room with a desk, a chair and an annoying cat. When not writing, blogging or chatting with fans, she’s traipsing around the Internet searching for recipes, but much prefers to travel the good earth by foot, boat, bus, train, plane or pickup–but usually only gets as far as Walmart.

You can visit Jackie’s Amazon author page if you click here.

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More Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Friday

Here’s your second group 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!

Storm Crazy
Author: Livia Quinn

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

Welcome to Destiny, or should I say Middle Earth…

I’m Sheriff Jack Lang. After an exciting career as a Navy pilot, Destiny seemed like the perfect place to settle down – safe, sane and secure. But that ship sailed when I met Tempest Pomeroy – sexy redheaded mail lady and trouble magnet. Tempe never fails to test the limits of my patience or the law. Every time I think it’s the last straw, up pops another haystack.

My name is Tempest Pomeroy, and my human job is delivering the mail. I’m also a Paramortal like my family, or I’m supposed to be. If I didn’t have a few little talents, I’d think I was adopted. To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on New Orleans. My brother’s genie bottle is missing, my mother’s AWOL, and the sheriff and my ex-lover are squaring off like yard dogs staking a claim over a poodle. I am no one’s poodle. I’ve denied my heritage for most of my life but all this chaos is a sign of my quickening Tempestaerie power.

Oh, and the sheriff? He thinks he’s settled in a normal, quaint small town—like Mayberry?! We’ll see how that turns out… Things better settle down soon, ‘cause I’m about to go…Storm Crazy.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Storm Crazy in the Amazon Kindle store.








This Plague of Days, Season One
Author: Robert Chazz Chute

Genre: Science Fiction

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

One autistic boy + elements of The Stand + 28 Days Later = A haunting protagonist versus the Running Dead

When the Sutr-X virus spreads globally, civilization falls. Jaimie Spencer, an autistic boy, is caught in the fight for survival. When the virus mutates the infected transform into rabid bio-weapons.

Jaimie tries to save his family first. Destiny calls him to fight for all of us.

Enter the mind of a selective mute whose world rarely touches our own. He becomes a hero like you’ve never experienced.

We are all trapped in the nightmares: survivors, looters, the wicked and the damned. Jaimie is our one hope. Look for him in your dreams.

Click here to pick up your free copy of This Plague of Days, Season One in the Amazon Kindle store.








New Orleans Festival Of Murder
Authors: Various

Genre: Mystery

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $6.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

JAZZ FUNERAL

Everybody loved easygoing Ham Brocato, producer of the famed New Orleans JazzFest. So how did he end up stabbed to death on his kitchen floor?

New Orleans Homicide Detective Skip Langdon just happens to be on hand when Ham’s body is discovered in the middle of his own party the evening before the Fest. To complicate the already murky case, the victim’s sixteen-year-old blues musician sister has disappeared, and Skip suspects that if the young woman isn’t the murderer, she’s in mortal danger from the person who is.

CITY OF BEADS

Tubby Dubonnet’s bored. Sure, researching licensing law for the new casino will keep trout meunière on the table, but what could be more tedious? (Unless, of course, the client turns out to be the mob.) Meanwhile, there’s the estate of an old friend who controls some dock leases on the wharf. And he agrees to help his daughter’s environmental group stop illegal dumping in the river. Ho-hum, thinks our hero. But suddenly all three cases begin to converge in an entirely ominous way. And Tubby’s running for his life.

MAKE ME DEAD

A Vampyres of Hollywood mystery by Adrienne Barbeau

As always in a Vampyres of Hollywood mystery, the biting wit is sharper than a nip from a passing vampyre—in a word, humor, wit, and satire are what this engaging series is really all about. Nobody’s better than Barbeau at skewering the foibles of Hollywood and its self-involved denizens, and nobody’s got a smarter mouth than her movie star heroine, vampye Ovsanna Moore, this time in New Orleans for a horror convention. (Fasten your seat belts—lots of fun to be had at the expense of horror conventions!)

PICK-UP LINE

A Love Story With Wit, Charm and Murder by Patty Friedmann

Cupid’s working overtime in the unlikely venue of N.O. Drugs, where plus-sized beauty Ciana Jambon works with dread-locked pharmacy student Lennon Israel, who’s so handsome, so meticulous, he just has to be gay. But she can’t help herself—she’s got the crush of the century. And a murder to unravel.

PI ON A HOT TIN ROOF

New Orleans’ most dynamic detective duo, poet/computer genius Talba and street-savvy Luddite Eddie Valentino, have a personal interest in this one—Eddie’s lawyer daughter Angie’s been set up for a drug bust.

PLUS a BONUS! M.A. Harper’s FIRE ON THE BAYOU, the second novel of an epic second-chance-at-love story in Louisiana—with plenty of its own mystery to solve. And Julie Smith’s short story PRIVATE CHICK—because every New Orleans mystery anthology needs at least a dash of detective-in-drag.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/Ax6cJ into your web browser to pick up your copy of New Orleans Festival Of Murder in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Vampire Wish
Author: Michelle Madow

Genre: Young Adult

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

He’s a vampire prince. She’s a human blood slave. They should be enemies… but uniting might be their only hope to prevent a supernatural war.

Annika never thought of herself as weak—until vampires murdered her parents and kidnapped her from our world to the hidden vampire kingdom of the Vale.

As a brand new blood slave, Annika must learn to survive her dangerous new circumstances… or face imminent death from the wolves prowling the Vale’s enchanted walls. But a dark magic is rising outside the kingdom, and when a handsome vampire prince disguised as a human steps into her life, Annika discovers that falling for the enemy is sometimes too tempting to resist.

Especially when becoming a vampire might be her only chance to gain the strength she needs to escape the Vale.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/vampirewish into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Vampire Wish in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Harmony Scroll
Author: Edita A. Petrick

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

Stella Hunter’s adopted son was born with a curse. The curse lies dormant within him and the amulets that awaken it have been destroyed, but the curse is still a death sentence shadowing Gabriel’s life. Stella discovers Gabriel can be free of the curse forever. But the golden scroll holding the incantation that can free him was lost twelve hundred years ago.

It’s why, almost a year to date from the time Carter braved a horrible blizzard just to be able to knock on Stella Hunter’s door, the two are following a trail again—this time searching for a mysterious scroll that a few unreliable historians documented in the course of time. The incantation seared into the gold or calfskin scroll (no two historians can agree on the medium) is a powerful tenet, thought to be capable of removing all curses, ancient and modern. Stella clings to her belief that she’ll be able to find the lost scroll. She’ll then read the incantation seared into it by the Almighty’s hand and the Peacetaker curse will dissipate. Carter thinks she’s being insanely optimistic, but follows in her footsteps because more than one life depends on his protection. He’s not wholly convinced that the eight year old boy Stella adopted is the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, but as a father who lost his teenage daughter to tragedy, he’s still struggling with guilt.

In this fast-paced, action packed adventure, nothing is as it seems and everyone Carter and Stella come across, seems to be wearing a mask…that seldom remains in place long enough for Carter to figure out whether they’re facing a friend or foe.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/harmonyscroll into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Harmony Scroll in the Amazon Kindle store.

Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!

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Free & Discounted Kindle Books for Friday

Here’s your first group 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!

Close Your Eyes
Author: Thomas Fincham

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

Martin Rhodes could not believe he was living the life of a vagabond. He had no money and no home. He was once a respected homicide detective for the Newport Police Department, but one single action had turned his life upside down. He had gone from catching criminals to becoming one. He had spent ten years in prison for murder.

Martin Rhodes is a former police detective who spent years in prison for murder. He is flawed but honorable. He always gets his man…

A serial killer is leaving dismembered bodies on trains for passengers to find and he will stop at nothing to get his message across.

Former Detective Martin Rhodes spent ten years in prison for murder. After traveling from town to town in search of employment, he arrives in the City of Bridgeton. Rhodes hopes to re-start his life and to leave his past behind him. Special Agent Jo Pullinger is searching for a man who killed her father over twenty years ago. Jo is suffering from a heart condition which she hides from the world. A series of dead bodies on the trains lead Rhodes and Jo to end up searching for the same person.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Close Your Eyes in the Amazon Kindle store.








Speaking in Tungs
Author: Karia M. Jay

Genre: Women’s Fiction/Humor

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: No

Regular Price: $2.99

Today’s Price: FREE!
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Book Description:

In this entertaining first novel, set in rural Pennsylvania, a young San Francisco woman searches for her birthparents and from the moment she arrives in the backwoods town of Tungston, she falls under the spell of unforgettable characters, the unexpected-but-real threat of a violent fugitive, and the unexpected-but-real charm of a local fireman—all leading her to discover the true meaning of family.

Click here to pick up your free copy of Speaking in Tungs in the Amazon Kindle store.








Personal Justice
Author: Dennis Carstens

Genre: Thriller

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

First she kills her husbands, then she destroys their families.

Mackenzie Sutherland is shrouded in black at her most recent late husband’s funeral. Just get through this, she tells herself. Then on to a family meeting regarding the deceased’s will—which was recently altered to leave his three grown children with a paltry share of his multi-million dollar grocery enterprise. Mackenzie’s not-so despondent face might tell more observant onlookers she’s not exactly your typical grieving widow—but then, no one can see through her veil. This is by design. Alluring and dangerously attractive, she’s been down this road before.

Three times, in fact. In Dennis Carstens’ FIFTH hard-boiled legal thriller, we meet the classic black widow. All of Mackenzie’s late husbands were millionaires. Each died suddenly and quite mysteriously of massive heart attacks (in spite of no history of heart trouble). And each left their children with nothing—and their young, beautiful bride (of about a year or so) with millions.

No one can resist Mackenzie’s charm. Not her current family attorney, not even sharp, successful lawyer Marc Kadella—who considered Mac his first childhood crush and just happens to run into her at their high school reunion (at which both parties are conveniently minus a plus-one).

After every death, Mackenzie’s stepchildren balk at the measly inheritance left by their fathers. And every time, they vow to get their due—with no consequence. But this time is different. The Sutherland family suspects foul play, and might even have cause to bring their evil stepmother to court (thanks to a quick exhumation and toxic analysis).

If only they can keep themselves alive long enough to get that far…

Click here or type in http://geni.us/vrB7y into your web browser to pick up your copy of Personal Justice in the Amazon Kindle store.








The Twilight City
Author: Gregory Mattix

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Free via Kindle Unlimited: Yes

Regular Price: $3.99

Today’s Price: $0.99
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Book Description:

“Most on this world know nothing of such a dark place…”

Nera, a plane-cursed thief, lives in Nexus, a city forever cast in twilight, constructed around a great Machine built by immortals to align all the planes together. Nera grew up an orphan on the streets, scorned and mistrusted for her fiendish heritage, and was sentenced to ninety-nine years of slave labor in the great foundry for a petty crime. She would like nothing better than find a way to somehow reduce her onerous sentence or remove altogether the cursed collar clamped around her neck.

Malek is a young apprentice mage with a bizarre and dangerous power that he struggles to control. After his teacher is kidnapped by a strange group of soldiers, he tracks the group to Nexus, seeking to rescue his master.

Their fates will be forever intertwined as they are swept up in events beyond their control. A fragile truce holds in Nexus, maintaining a balance where neither good nor evil can gain the upper hand. Yet all is not well in Nexus, for in the darkness festers the wicked ambitions of those who seek to swing the balance of power forever in their favor.

Click here or type in http://geni.us/twilightcity into your web browser to pick up your copy of The Twilight City in the Amazon Kindle store.

Enter to win a new Amazon Echo, Kindle Paperwhite, or one of eight other items including autographed copies of novels from bestselling authors! Just click here or point your web browser to http://geni.us/decgw and enter away!

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Kindle Unlimited Explained

Several years ago Amazon introduced a feature called Kindle Unlimited; in each day’s post, I have a line underneath each book title to let you know if a book is part of the Kindle Unlimited program or not.

However, I continue to receive quite a few emails each month from people asking me to explain Kindle Unlimited – so, what is it?

Basically, Kindle Unlimited is a program where for just $9.99 per month, you can read as much as you want from over 1 million Kindle books as well as listen to a little over 100,000 Audible audiobooks – as many or as few titles as you want for the $9.99 per month fee; for those books on the blog that say “Yes” in red as being part of the program, if you are a Kindle Unlimited member you can read that book for free. As I type up this post a little more than 50% of all Kindle titles are in the program.

I wouldn’t categorize these offerings as a bunch of books you’ve never heard of, as there are a lot of bestsellers on the list. Some independent authors love it as it has allowed more people to check out their work (and buy their other titles), some independent authors absolutely hate it as it cuts into their royalty (i.e., salary), and there are other independent authors who refuse to enroll their books in the program. The author does get paid for each page read by Amazon, and there are many authors out there who earn more per month on the number of pages read than they do on actual book sales.

There are also quite a few magazines you can read for free with Kindle Unlimited. I read several of them from time-to-time on my Fire tablet.

You can participate with your Kindle, Fire, or Kindle reading app – yes, that includes your iPhone, Android phone, etc., and Amazon will let you try it for free for 30 days. If you don’t like it or not using all of the benefits of the program, and having read as many books as you possibly can in that 30 days, just cancel it before the 30 days or up and you won’t be charged.

I’m a member of Kindle Unlimited and I certainly get more than $9.99 per month of books to read: since my family reads a lot, also, we’re really saving a lot of money each month. After paying the $9.99 per month, I actually signed up for a multi-year plan where, if you pay in advance, the average monthly cost is less than the $9.99 per month. You can check it out yourself if you click here or type in http://smarturl.it/kindleunlimited into your web browser.

Have fun trying out the free 30-day trial period!

Michael

 

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