Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 01-09-14

Ruined By You (The By You Series)

By Kelly Harper / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (77 reviews)

Ruined By You (The By You Series)

Can one summer change your life?

Maggie Simpson has one summer left before college starts. And the last place she wants to spend it is in Green Falls, TX with her mother’s family. She was annoyed when her mother announced the change of plans at the last moment, but as she reconnects with her cousin Sarah, she realizes a summer away might be exactly what she needs.

Maggie decides to find a summer job to keep herself occupied, and to help pay for college. She is ecstatic when Scottie gives her a job at a local watering hole, The Hill Country Saloon, to find a band to headline the annual Battle of the Bands competition.

One night, Maggie meets sexy and mysterious Haden, and he agrees to help her find a band for the competition. As Maggie and Haden work side by side, secrets are unleashed that make Maggie question everything she thought she knew about Haden, and the reason for her summer in Green Falls.

Secrets, so powerful, that her life may never be the same.

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Cold Blue (a Jonathan Thorpe novel)

By Gary Neece / Genre: Crime, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (63 reviews)

Cold Blue (a Jonathan Thorpe novel)

Tulsa Police Department Sergeant Jonathan Thorpe finds his wife and young daughter slain in their home. Frustrated by the department’s failure to solve the crime, Thorpe conducts his own covert investigation. As Cold Blue opens, a brutal interrogation leads to a shocking revelation that requires Thorpe to mete out a very personal form of justice. A lone man against a rogue group, Thorpe sets off a controversy that brings the FBI into the midst of the city’s police department. And the FBI’s beautiful Ambretta Collins seems to have zeroed in on him as the prime suspect. Still, Thorpe fights on. But is he really alone?

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Cried For No One

By Hubert Crouch / Genre: Legal, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (62 reviews)

Cried For No One

WHO WOULD STEAL A BODY FROM ITS GRAVE AND WHY? A beautiful University of Texas Student, A Wild Night of Partying, A Mysterious Death, A High-Stakes Courtroom Drama Where Truth is Elusive and Justice Hard to Find.

In this best-selling debut, flamboyant Fort Worth trial lawyer Cal Connors is hired by distraught parents after their daughter’s body is found beneath an inverted crucifix on the altar of a rural church. Hard-nosed in the courtroom and well-connected to the local media and judiciary, Cal sues the cemetery for millions. Hot on Cal’s trail is Leah Rosen, a young journalist closing in on the truth and willing to put her career on the line for justice. Defense attorney Jace Forman takes on his rival Cal and won’t rest until he finds out who could have committed this macabre crime and why.

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No Turning Back (Full Circle)

By Casey Peeler / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (61 reviews)

No Turning Back (Full Circle)

After getting involved with Dylan, the bad boy of the Dixon High Swim team, Charley decides to stay close to home for college. It’s just safer that way. Later, she realizes it’s a mistake, just like dating Dylan. She decides to put the past behind her and leave the small hick town of Grassy Pond. There is only one problem; she makes this decision three weeks before the fall semester begins.

Charley packs up her Honda and heads to Southern College. On the morning she’s about to leave, Cash walks back into her life. He has been her best friend since they were four and is the only one who knows the REAL Charley. She leaves her farm in Grassy Pond with all kinds of “what if” questions.

Charley decides to live her college career to the fullest. She finds a great group of friends, joins the swim team, and meets a guy named Joe. He’s got eyes that make ya wanna melt!

At college, she encounters a new problem. Charley has been away from home for only forty-eight hours before she breaks the two promises she made to herself. Will she be able to overcome her past? Find new love? What will happen with Cash now that he is back in her life? Will she find what she is wanting in Jackalope Joe? How will her first semester of college end? Joe, Cash, or alone?

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Hush (A Tangleheart Romantic Suspense)

By Carey Baldwin / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (26 reviews)

Hush (A Tangleheart Romantic Suspense)

Anna Kincaid was the turned-down page corner in the book of Charlie Drexler’s life. When the reformed bad boy returns to his hometown of Tangleheart, Texas to make peace with his dark past and make amends to those he’s wronged, he’s also hoping for a second chance at love with the girl he left behind.
Charlie “Drex” Drexler was the love of Anna’s life but she never found the courage to tell him. Not surprising, since silence was a way of life for Anna. When her mother left town, abandoning seven-year old Anna and her big sister Simone, Anna didn’t speak above a whisper for years. Now Charlie’s back looking to reconnect and Anna’s big sister and infant nephew have suddenly gone
missing.
Will Anna find her voice in time to save her beloved sister? And can Drex and Anna mend their broken hearts while dodging bullets and racing to bring mother and baby home safely?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 01-08-14

Swift (Swift Series)

By Heather London / Genre: Paranormal & Urban, Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (75 reviews)

Swift (Swift Series)

A girl totally unaware of her destiny.

Two men who will stop at nothing to take her power.

One family who will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.

After graduating from high school, Meredith is ready to leave the place that has been a constant reminder of what happened to her as a child. She was just eight years old when her family died in a mysterious car accident, taking the secret of her destiny with them. It’s not until a new family moves to town that she realizes leaving may not be as easy as she once thought.

Meredith feels an instant connection towards the Harpers, especially the good-looking, mysterious Blake and his overly friendly sister, Abby. After a series of bizarre events that happen too often to be coincidence, Meredith begins to realize that she is at the center of something larger than herself—possibly the same thing that killed her parents and twin sister many years ago. Nightmarish visions and resurfacing memories push Meredith closer to Blake, leading her to discover her destiny and other buried secrets.

As Meredith tries to understand her new world, she will be put to the ultimate test, and her strength and courage will be challenged more than she ever imagined.

Swift is full of romance and mystery, keeping you guessing until the end.

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Fighting the Impossible

By Selina Bodur / Genre: Short Stories, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (26 reviews)

Fighting the Impossible

Tara Whyley is young, beautiful and successful, and you would say that she has everything, everything but a heart. It’s broken. The sadness blankets her soul and the fire in her eyes is long gone. She is desperate to find her path back to life, but the only way to do it, is to get lost in the memory of Him – Peter McClain.

How long can she go on before her heart breaks?

For the past three years she is going back to the one place she found happiness. Letting the reminiscence of her one true love in her soul, she is finally free, free to forget the horrors and savor the greatest moments of her relationship.

This is a story of immense happiness and erodent grief, of love and darkness, passion and the power, hidden in each of us; it’s about finding the road back to life… fighting the impossible.

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CAPE MAYBE

By Carol Fragale Brill / Genre: Women’s Fiction, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (13 reviews)

CAPE MAYBE

Sometimes the toughest journey is the one that takes you back to your roots. For Katie, navigating life and love is trickier than walking barefoot on a beach full of broken shells. Maybe Katie will break the family cycle of alcoholism. Maybe she won’t. Set against the backdrop of picturesque, seaside Cape May, Cape Maybe traces the push and pull of Katie’s conflicting love for her erratic mother and steadfast grandfather and her ever-growing attraction to her best friend, Dennis. Katie’s life is shaped by her vow to be nothing like her alcoholic mother. Her reckless teenage choices test the strength of family ties, friendship, and first love. Ultimately about hard-earned hope, what we inherit, and what we choose to let go, in Cape Maybe, Katie discovers what she never expected about motherhood, forgiving yourself, and creating your own second chances.

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INFECTED (Click Your Poison)

By James Schannep / Genre: Action & Adventure / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (44 reviews)

INFECTED (Click Your Poison)

3 Unique Storylines. Over 50 Possible Endings. Just one question… Will YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?

Everyone has their plan; what they’d do to survive if and when the zombies come. Now you can see how you’d hold up against the legions of undead–without needing to call the CDC because crazed bath salts users are trying to eat your face off.

Here’s how it works: You, Dear Reader, are the main character of this story. Live, die, and rise again based solely on the merit of your own choices. Each link represents a choice, and there’s no going back, so choose wisely.

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Compelled (The Adam Chronicles)

By Carla Krae / Genre: Historical, Fantasy / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (33 reviews)

Compelled (The Adam Chronicles)

A secluded monastery should be the safest place for a blind man, and it is, until a vampire and her gang come calling. After meeting the femme fatale, Adamo receives the gift of sight, but it comes with a terrible curse, one that might have damned his soul. He’s the newest vampire in a clan of ruthless killers and his maker, Juliet, is determined to turn him into another remorseless demon – even if she has to strip his free will.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 01-05-14

Rescue Team (Grace Medical)

By Candace Calvert / Genre: Romance / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (86 reviews)

Rescue Team (Grace Medical)

Tired of running from her past, nurse Kate Callison intends to become Austin Grace Hospital’s permanent ER director and make Texas her home. Despite staff friction, she’s moving ahead. Then unthinkable tragedy wraps the ER in crime tape, bringing swarms of media, legal chaos—and a search-and-rescue hero who seems determined to meddle in her life.

For Wes Tanner, nothing beats finding someone who’s lost; he’s known that helpless terror firsthand. So he’ll expand his team’s lifeline of hope: K9 tracking, swift water rescue, even horse-mounted searches. He’s ready for anything—except Austin Grace’s prickly and dismissive ER director.

As Kate and Wes discover more about each other, new respect becomes something deeper. Kate wonders if her heart might have finally found a home. Then an unsolved missing persons case—and a startling new one—become catalysts that threaten the loss of all she and Wes have found.

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Trust: A New Beginning

By Cristiane Serruya / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (55 reviews)

Trust: A New Beginning

They are beautiful and rich. They are strong willed and successful. They have everything, but love.
Sophia is a 25-year-old Brazilian and a widow. After a tragic incident, she flees from her own country. Despite her beauty and charm, she hides from everyone and everything and remains alone, torn between the love for a dead man, the torment of living without part of her memory and the fear of moving on. 
Ethan is one of the most important tycoons in the steel industry. Traumatized by an awful event in his adolescence, he searches for an elusive woman whom he could love – and who would love him – as he never has in all his 35 years… Until he finds Sophia. 
Alistair is a 34-year-old powerful banker, searching only for one–night stands. Devilish and ravishing, and also guilt-ridden and angry, he has no trouble finding women who will indulge him in his desire to physically punish them to abate his own tortured soul.
In Europe, in the months after October 2009, their paths will cross and clash. Who will win the prize of love?

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C.R.O.W. (The Union Series)

By Phillip Richards / Genre: Military, Science Fiction / Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars (114 reviews)

C.R.O.W. (The Union Series)

Book One of The Union Series

Andy Moralee knew that life with his new company of Dropship Infantry would be hard, but nothing could prepare him for life in one of the toughest units in the Union army. New arrivals, nicknamed ‘Crow’ by their platoons, are the lowest form of life in his Company, and he finds himself at the mercy of unforgiving commanders and bullies, all the time knowing that the real enemy are waiting for him at the end of his journey through the void. The enemy know that the Union are coming, they have dug in and fortified, and they are ready.

C.R.O.W is a Military Science Fiction novel that follows Andy Moralee across the cosmos, and into combat against a well-equipped enemy prepared to fight to the very end.

Phillip Richards is a soldier serving in the British Army, and an avid fan of science fiction. He has served in the army for twelve years since enlisting as a 17 year old boy, and since having done so he has served on eight operational tours. This includes operations in Kosovo as a peacekeeper, the Iraq Invasion of 2003, and several tours of Afghanistan. During this time he has promoted through the ranks to sergeant and has spent two years instructing infantry recruits in North England.

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Casting Shadows Everywhere

By L.T. Vargus / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (49 reviews)

Casting Shadows Everywhere

In his own words, 15 year old Jake is a “huge pussy.” He flinches. Always. He’s too timid to make a move on Beth, the buxom girl of his dreams, and too busy getting face-slammed into lockers by bullies to do much else. He seeks the guidance of the biggest badass he knows, his cousin Nick.

Nick is a professional burglar and makes Jake his apprentice. They stalk suburban neighborhoods night after night, ransacking houses for jewelry and sweet valuables. Nick teaches Jake the finer points of breaking and entering along with his dark philosophy – that there is no right or wrong in the world, just a series of events that happen without meaning.

At first, adopting Nick’s callous worldview helps Jake get over his fears and confront his tormentors, but he also unleashes an aggression in himself he never thought possible. And as he learns more about his cousin, he realizes that Nick’s crimes go way beyond burglary.

In the end, Jake must face not only the monster in his cousin but also the one in his own heart.

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Isabella Barella

By Carol Garton / Genre: Action & Adventure, Teen & Young Adult / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (20 reviews)

Isabella Barella

“Star light, star bright

First star I see tonight;

I wish I may, I wish I might

Not be such a weirdo tonight.”

“Universe, it’s me again, Isabella…I know I’m different. I can see and feel things that other people can’t…if you could see through my eyes you’d be amazed. My mother hopes my intuition is just a passing phase, but it’s getting stronger every day. So far, my life’s been a complete disaster with no friends. I’ve been tormented, judged, and ditched my whole life—until we moved to the island. Now everything’s changed. Finally, I met my first real friend. He’s cute, funny and surprisingly…hot. If he finds out who I really am, he’ll run like all the others. Things were looking up until I made one mistake. Now I’m on a collision course with bullies, killers and ghosts, and I’m in trouble…deep trouble!” Once in a great while, we read an incredible story about a hero…a modern day sleuth who is truly “adorkable.”

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 01-04-14

On A Night Like This (Callaways #1)

By Barbara Freethy / Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (189 reviews)

On A Night Like This (Callaways #1)

The second oldest of the Callaway clan, Aiden Callaway veered from the family tradition of urban firefighting and became a smokejumper, never questioning his choice until the job took the life of his friend, Kyle, and left Aiden with injuries and fractured memories. Everyone blames Aiden for what happened, but he doesn’t remember, nor is he sure he wants to remember. The truth may clear Aiden of blame but destroy Kyle’s reputation and hurt the people he left behind. ? ?

Aiden seeks help from an unlikely ally … ? ?

Sara had always been untouchable, sweet, innocent, his sister’s best friend, and the girl next door. But one reckless night in their youth took their relationship to a new level. Sara has never forgiven or forgotten the way Aiden brought it crashing down, but she’s no longer that girl with the crazy crush. She’s a woman in search of her own truth.

The sparks between Aiden and Sara have been smoldering for a very long time. Sara is afraid to take another chance on a man who broke her heart, and Aiden knows better than anyone how dangerous an intense fire can be.

As teenagers they weren’t ready for each other. Are they ready now?

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Haunted

By Willow Cross / Genre: Supernatural, Occult / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (161 reviews)

Haunted

Have you ever heard something go bump in the night and wondered if someone was there? Only to go looking for the cause of the noise and find nothing at all. Or how about unexplainably feeling like you’re being watched when you’re completely alone? Things disappearing for no reason or strange ghostly footsteps in the hall?

This book is a collage of short stories about a few of the otherworldly experiences I’ve had. Although they are not movie worthy, you may find them interesting. All the stories are %100 true. Nothing has been added for dramatic effect.

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Amish Blizzards: Volume One: A Winter Surplus

By Sicily Yoder / Genre: Short Stories, Religious & Inspirational Fiction / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (46 reviews)

Amish Blizzards: Volume One: A Winter Surplus

Volume One of the Amish Blizzards short story series opens up with Amish schoolteacher, Abby Yoder, unpacking and settling into her new rented farmhouse. Suddenly, a knock on the front door brings an agitated visitor, Nathan Yoder, but Nathan has the right to be uneasy about Abby’s arrival. The last three teachers found love and didn’t stay at teaching for a full year.
Nathan has two special-needs children, and is a widower, so he needs a teacher that will stay put.
Abby has taken the job to help her blind season, but she has to keep pushing her selfish needs back as she finds Nathan very intriguing. However, Nathan is battling his affection for Abby because he can’t see God answering both of his prayers: the prayer for a good schoolteacher and a good wife.
Will Abby stay focused as a schoolteacher, or will she let her heart slip away. Will Nathan be able to help keep Abby work-centered, or will his manliness make him error?

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Heirs of Mars (Special Edition)

By Jordan Lockhart / Genre: Technothrillers, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (44 reviews)

Heirs of Mars (Special Edition)

It was supposed to be a paradise, but the dream that was Mars has become a nightmare for the children born there.

Asher roams the vast canyons of Mars in search of dying souls ready for digital reincarnation. But those who fear the newborn clones have hunted Asher for years, claiming the lives of countless innocents, including his daughter.

Claudia hosts the two most popular shows on two worlds to educate the children of Mars and to raise the morale of their parents. But when her co-host is brutally murdered, she’ll stop at nothing to avenge him and make Mars safe again for everyone.

Brought together in a moment of tragedy, Asher and Claudia lead a group of scientists and refugees across frozen deserts and over raging volcanoes to end the first war on Mars and save the fragile world they call home.

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Least Wanted (A Sam McRae Mystery)

By Debbi Mack / Genre: Crime, Mystery & Thrillers, Action & Adventure / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (38 reviews)

Least Wanted (A Sam McRae Mystery)

Stephanie Ann “Sam” McRae’s busy, but orderly life as a Maryland lawyer takes a chaotic turn when two clients are accused of murder. A poor, black girl is accused of killing her mother. A young man suspected of embezzlement is accused of murdering his boss. The cases collide in a bizarre way involving girl gangs and computer pornography.

Sam ventures into the heart of DC’s suburban ghettos to find answers. A maniacal killer who’ll do anything to hide them stalks her. After a nearly disastrous confrontation, Sam must do business on the run. As the body count grows, Sam races to learn the truth and clear her clients before she becomes the next victim.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 12-28-13

Entangled (Evolve Series Novella 2.5)

By S.E. Hall / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (103 reviews)

Entangled (Evolve Series Novella 2.5)

Things heat up, and not just the Georgia summertime, when Dane and Laney go head to head over plans for her new duplex. But Laney’s got his number, and knows just how to coerce her bossy, domineering man. Spend the summer with the gang and find out…just how many is a crowd?

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Love and Betrayal

By Coco J / Genre: Urban / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (62 reviews)

Love and Betrayal

In the city of Detroit Michigan there’s a lot of lying and betraying going on. Je’leese and Katherine never thought they’d be lied to and betrayed by people they loved. Daivon is in it by herself and wants other people to feel her pain. Giovanni and Chris are trying to keep their secrets under wraps before their women find out about them and Jasmine is just a gold digger looking for a man with deep pockets.

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Love and Betrayal 2

By Coco J / Genre: Urban / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (41 reviews)

Love and Betrayal 2

After Je’leese finds out that her best friend Daivon has been sleeping with the love of her life, What will she do? Will Katherine find out that her husband also slept with Daivon? Will Jasmine leave Michigan,or will she cause more havoc in Detroit?

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Take Revenge or Die

By David Pierce / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers, Action & Adventure / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (42 reviews)

Take Revenge or Die

The epic story about a young mother, Marilyn Ledbedder, and her illegitimate son, Leon, who through unfortunate events were forced to leave their home in rural Arkansas. Taken in by a middle aged man and his wife in Louisiana, they settle in for seemed like a happy normal existence. Soon, many tragic events take place in Leon’s world, which takes away the serene life that he enjoyed. Witnessing a brutal attack on his mother, Leon plots revenge, not on just one perpetrator but also on another. Does he seek revenge or allow the justice system to run it’s course? Much of this story is told by Leon to his psychiatrist, thirty years after the fact, in hopes of regaining his sanity and freedom.

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Raptor Apocalypse (The Raptor Apocalypse)

By Steve R. Yeager / Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (21 reviews)

Raptor Apocalypse (The Raptor Apocalypse)

A. J. “Jesse” Prieo, a small town Deputy Sheriff, led a life of comfort with a loving family by his side. All that changed in an instant when genetically engineered creatures were set loose on an unsuspecting world. The creatures, terrifyingly similar to velociraptors, were cynically designed to remove humanity’s surplus numbers. The situation soon spiraled out of control, and these ‘Raptors’ quickly became the new apex predator.

In this lawless new world ‘Justice’ has become a forgotten term. Small pockets of civilization remain, but they are few and far between. Most are run by those ruthless enough and mad enough to claw their way to the top.

Jesse Prieo still holds on to a personal code. He is not a ruthless man. He is not interested in gaining power. But he will do whatever it takes to lay his ghosts to rest and bring justice to the world.

Helped by Cory Melkin, a former radical; Evelyn Phelps, a woman of many hidden talents; and Kate, a lost child who knows more than she is saying, Jesse must survive long enough to uncover the dark secrets that led to The Raptor Apocalypse and prevent the extinction of the human race.

The Raptor Apocalypse is the first book in The Raptor Apocalypse series and contains mature themes and violence.

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