Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 08-17-13

The Sea and the Silence

By Peter Cunningham / Genre: Literary Fiction / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (44 reviews)

The Sea and the Silence

A powerful novel from one of Ireland’s best writers on the turbulent birth of a nation, and the lovers it divides

Ireland 1945. Young and beautiful, Iz begins a life on the south-east coast with her new husband. As she settles in to try and make her life by the ever restless sea, circumstances that have brought Iz to the town of Monument are shrouded in mystery. However, history, like the sea cannot stay silent for long. The war in Europe is over, and change is about to brush away the old order. Soaring across the decades that follow Ireland’s newly won independence, sweeping across the fierce class issues and battles over land ownership that once defined Irish society, The Sea and the Silence is an epic love story set inside the fading grandeur of the Anglo-Irish class.

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Forged in Grace

By Jordan E. Rosenfeld / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars (45 reviews)

Forged in Grace

Fire almost killed her as a teen. Will rekindling a dangerous friendship finish the job? At age 15, a horrific fire left Grace Jensen scarred and highly sensitive to the pain of anyone she touches. Thirteen years later, living with her hoarder mother and half-in-love with her former doctor, her long-absent best friend, Marly Kennet, returns to town and convinces Grace to make a leap-of-faith trip to Las Vegas. There, Grace discovers she not only feels others’ pain, she can heal it. This healing gift soon turns darker when the truth of Marly’s past and the fire that scarred Grace is revealed, pushing the boundaries of loyalty and exposing both women to danger. With the intensity of a thriller, and a touch of magic realism, Forged in Grace leads to a dramatic climax in which she must choose between healing and revenge.

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Cowboy Heat (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 1)

By Sable Hunter / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (28 reviews)

Cowboy Heat (Hell Yeah! Sweeter Version Book 1)

Aron McCoy has sworn off women, he has been burnt once and doesn’t intend to fall back into the matrimonial trap again. When Libby Fontaine arrives at Aron’s Tebow Ranch, she is determined to cram a lifetime of living into a few short months. The doctor has told her she can’t count on her remission from leukemia being a permanent one. Their attraction to one another is instantaneous and overwhelming. But when Aron finds out that Libby is innocent – he backs off. He has nothing to offer a girl who deserves white lace and promises. Then Aron catches Libby skinny-dipping in his stock tank and hears her cry out his name in pleasure and the heat is on.

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Chocolate Brown

By Coco Mixon / Genre: African-American Fiction / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (167 reviews)

Chocolate Brown

Chocolate loved her life as an only child, she never imagined having siblings. Growing up with the perfect parents was a plus. As lies and betrayals are revealed she learns life is not always sweet. Join Chocolate and her best friend Charmaine as they stumble upon the Brown’s family secrets.

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Bliss

By Maven West / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars (20 reviews)

Bliss

Falling in love and then losing the most important person in your life…

Was it fate? For three years Morgan was married to the love of her life, Eric. A perfect marriage, a perfect friendship everything she could want, everything she needed. But when Eric dies in a car accident, everything she ever wanted is taken on that same fateful day.
And then she meets Carter Sterling, he’s your typical player. And there is one serious problem–Carter is seeing her friend, Ana.
Morgan is desperately searching for someone to fill the emptiness inside of her. But getting involved with Carter or anyone may not be what she needs. But Carter has his own plans, and Morgan isn’t part of it.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 07-28-13

Broken Promises (Broken Series)

By Dawn Pendleton / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (43 reviews)

Broken Promises (Broken Series)

After three years in Boston attending college, Mallory Wells has come home to Casper, Maine to care for her father, who is dying from cancer. She left Casper without looking back, leaving her small-town life and everyone in it, behind. Including her sexy high school sweetheart.
Luke Bates was devastated when Mallory left him for the city life. He managed to pull himself together and move on, even if only just barely. When Mallory shows up in town, Luke vows to stay away from her at all costs. So why does he want to spend as much time with her as he can? He knows she’s going back to Boston eventually, but he just can’t resist the lure of Mallory. Even if it means he’s heartbroken again when she leaves.

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Camelot’s Cousin: An Espionage Thriller

By David R. Stokes / Genre: Political, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (47 reviews)

Camelot's Cousin: An Espionage Thriller (Spies and Intrigue/Kennedy Assassination)

When a Dad tries to dig a hole in his Northern Virginia yard to bury the remains of the family pet, he chances upon a mysterious briefcase. Its contents include a journal with cryptic writing. He turns to his friend, and boss, Templeton Davis, a Rhodes scholar, popular national radio talk show host, and best-selling author of spy novels and history books, for help figuring out what he’s found. They soon realize that they possess materials concealed more than 60 years earlier before by Soviet intelligence and espionage agent, Kim Philby–and also clues to the last great secret of the Cold War. There was another highly placed spy. Someone never discovered–until now. This traitor had unique access to the White House, and was perfectly positioned to influence President John F. Kennedy as he faced challenge after challenge in the era now remembered as Camelot.

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It’s Murder, My Son (A Mac Faraday Mystery)

By Lauren Carr / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (81 reviews)

It's Murder, My Son (A Mac Faraday Mystery)

What started out as the worst day of Mac Faraday’s life would end up being a new beginning. After a messy divorce hearing, the last person that Mac wanted to see was another lawyer. Yet, this lawyer wore the expression of a child bursting to tell his secret, which would reveal Mac as heir to undreamed of fortunes, and lead him to the birthplace of America’s Queen of Mystery and an investigation that will unfold like one of her famous mystery novels.

Soon after she moves to her new lakefront home in Spencer, Maryland, multi-millionaire Katrina Singleton learns that life in an exclusive community is not all good. For some unknown reason, a strange man calling himself “Pay Back” begins stalking her. When Katrina is found strangled all evidence points to her terrorist, who is nowhere to be found.

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Blood Bound (A Gallows Novel)

By Sharon Stevenson / Genre: Occult, Horror / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (17 reviews)

Blood Bound (A Gallows Novel)

19-year-old twin demon trackers Shaun and Sarah Gallows are used to running into trouble – mostly the kind with fangs – but while Sarah embraces her powers to their fullest extent, trusting her instincts implicitly, Shaun distances himself from his abilities and can do little more than despair at his sister’s reckless nature and idly back her up.
When they come across 17-year-old Melissa Carling, a demon tracker who’s been torturing innocent super-naturals, they know they have to stop her. Sarah is desperate to punish Melissa for what she’s been doing but Shaun’s instant attraction to the girl points to a soul-mate bond stronger than anything he’s ever had to fight before…

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Shelly’s Second Chance (The Wish Granters, Book One)

By L B Gschwandtner / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (18 reviews)

Shelly's Second Chance (The Wish Granters, Book One)

Shelly Wagner is in trouble but her fiancé, Ben, doesn’t know it. Broke and ready to gamble her last dollar on a Super Lotto ticket, she really needs some help.

It arrives in the form of Joe and Alanna—Wish Granters from another world. One problem: it’s their very first assignment and they’re fairly clueless about their new wish granting powers and how to best use them. Plus they have a few things to work out in their own lives—if only they were still among the living. They want to return to earth, but can only get back by helping Shelly first.

After Joe and Alanna show up, Shelly’s life takes a drastic turn. So drastic that Shelly sees she may have been wishing for the wrong thing all along.

Is Shelly doomed or will Joe and Alanna help her squeak through? And, once they grant her wish, will she truly be able to turn her life around?

The Wish Granters: They’ll grant your wish, but the rest is up to you.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 07-22-13

Hooking Up

By Jessica L. Degarmo / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars (102 reviews)

Hooking Up

Would you go out to a bar and pick up any random handsome man to spend the night with to mute the heartbreak of your long-term lover – your rock – walking out on you?

Caitlin Edison was so badly hurt by her boyfriend of ten years leaving her that she no longer wanted love, she wanted a cure for love.

After several drinks, one of her best friends suggested she indulge in a one-night stand, a mindless night of fun with absolutely no consequences, to help her heal.

At first, Caitlin scoffed at the idea, but one reckless night, she plucked up all her courage and actually followed through.

There was only one problem – how did Caitlin end up with the one guy in town who wanted more than a one-night stand?

‘Hooking Up’ is romance at its best – exhilarating, surprising, passionate, witty, moving, enraging, frustrating, sly, worldly and wise.

When Caitlin gets the ride of her life, so will you. Hook up with ‘Hooking Up’, place yourself in the safest of hands and let yourself go.

Free as of 07/22/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Providence: Once Upon a Second Chance

By Chris Coppernoll / Genre: Christian Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (56 reviews)

Providence: Once Upon a Second Chance

More than twenty years ago a drunk driver shattered Jack Clayton’s family. Angry, confused and as naïve as any college freshman, he trades his small Midwestern town for another, only to find that it too is too small to contain his dreams. Or is it? Now an instrumental part of the Campus Missions Office and a New York Times Bestselling author, he makes his home in that very college town, where the past and “the one that got away” relentlessly haunt him and the future becomes increasingly uncertain thanks to a big city reporter with a malicious agenda.Will he have to walk away from the ministry that he spent decades building? Or can he find a way to confront the rumors and set the record straight? In a race against the clock, Jack throws caution to the wind and finds that even he may deserve a second chance.

Free as of 07/22/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

All That Ails You: The Adventures of a Canine Caregiver

By Mark J. Asher / Genre: Literary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (47 reviews)

All That Ails You: The Adventures of a Canine Caregiver

Every dog deserves a forever home, and after being mistreated and given up several times, Wrigley has finally found his. The good-natured, smart mutt now spends his days as the house dog at SunRidge Assisted Living, comforting and doting on forty-five seniors. Happily, Wrigley has free run of the place, going where he senses he’s needed, but his preferred spot is beside his favorite resident, Marjorie Thompson.

A big shift comes to SunRidge, when a cranky curmudgeon named Walter Kepson moves in across the hall from Marjorie. Having arrived reluctantly, at the urging of his son, Walter can’t stand Wrigley or anything else for that matter.

But life has a way of making strange bedfellows, and after a series of dramatic, unforeseen events, Walter becomes indebted to Wrigley. His initial method of repayment—giving Wrigley lots of treats—perfectly suits the food-motivated house dog. But Wrigley is interested in more than just satisfying his unending appetite. He senses that Walter needs him and sees the old man as being similar to a neglected shelter dog, who if shown love, will reciprocate it.

Before long, Wrigley softens Walter in a way only a dog can, and eventually helps bridge the gap between him and his son. Walter responds in kind by allowing Wrigley onto his furniture, and ultimately, into his heart.

Told in Wrigley’s voice, All That Ails You is an endearing story about the power of a dog’s love, when we need it most, and healing the strained relationship between a parent and a child before it’s too late.

Free as of 07/22/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Prairie Prince

By Marcia Lynn McClure / Genre: Historical Romance, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (47 reviews)

The Prairie Prince

Favorite author/romance novelist, Marcia Lynn McClure, again leads readers through a delicious, western adventure in the best selling romance The Prairie PrinceThe Prairie Prince-further proof that Marcia Lynn McClure has well-earned the title “The Queen of Kissing” bestowed upon her by readers and fans everywhere.

Free as of 07/22/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Tease (The Darling Killer Trilogy)

By Nikki M. Pill / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (22 reviews)

The Tease (The Darling Killer Trilogy)

Anna Zendel is your average 32-year-old therapist, stressing about clinical exams and struggling to recover from an abusive relationship. But at night she transforms herself into the saucy burlesque dancer Velvet Crush, enchanting Chicago audiences with the art of the tease.

As Anna struggles to keep the therapy and burlesque worlds separate and get over her crush on the troupe’s emcee, a new danger threatens women across the city. The papers have dubbed him the Darling Killer, because after strangling his victims, he scrawls the word “darling” on their skin.

When one of Anna’s fellow dancers is murdered in the dressing room, she realizes that Darling Killer could be closer than she thought. Could Max, Anna’s new therapy client who confessed to fantasizing about dead girls and obsessing over the Darling Killer, have anything to do with the murders?

As more women are murdered, and Anna begins receiving mysterious gifts, this burlesque dancer pits feathers and sequins against foul play in the deadliest dance of all.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 06-22-13

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood

By Jane Leavy / Genre: Baseball, Sports & Outdoors / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (251 reviews)

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

Which is stronger, hate or love?

After a steamboat disaster, Angelica wakes in the bed of a man she doesn’t know, tied to him in a wedding she can’t remember. Yet his kiss is sweetly familiar…

Renold took Angelica in a moment of madness, and kept her for the sake of her dowry – the plantation stolen from his family. Yet living with her is daily, and nightly, torment.

What began as an act of vengeance becomes searing desire and heedless love. But what redemption, what possible sacrifice, can lead to forgiveness and the possibility of forever?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 06-07-13 [Part 2]

Chasing Victory (The Winters Sisters)

By Joanne Jaytanie / Genre: Paranormal, Romance / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (24 reviews)

Chasing Victory (The Winters Sisters)

Doctor Doolittle in female form creates X-Men on steroids. Murder, kidnapping, and blackmail follow as world-renowned geneticist Victory Winters is forced to pursue her research on canine DNA.

Victory possesses an unusual innate sense of communication, boarding on telepathic when relating to animals. This unique ability has elevated her status to world renowned genetic research specialist. She is kidnapped and blackmailed with threats to her family, forcing her to work for a rival corporation, Biotec and run by a madman CEO.

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