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.

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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: 07-21-13

Skip Rock Shallows

By Jan Watson / Genre: Historical Fiction / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (58 reviews)

Skip Rock Shallows

Lilly Gray Corbett has just graduated from medical school and decided to accept an internship in the coal camp of Skip Rock, Kentucky. Her beau, Paul, is doing his residency in Boston and can’t understand why Lilly would choose to work in a backwater town. But having grown up in the mountains, Lilly is drawn to the stubborn, superstitious people she encounters in Skip Rock—a town where people live hard and die harder and where women know their place. Lilly soon learns she has a lot to overcome, but after saving the life of a young miner, she begins to earn the residents’ trust.

As Lilly becomes torn between joining Paul in Boston and her love for the people of Skip Rock, she crosses paths with a handsome miner—one who seems oddly familiar. Her attraction for him grows, even as she wrestles with her feelings and wonders what he’s hiding.

Free as of 07/21/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Bringing Down Sam (Temptation In The City)

By Leslie Kelly / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (65 reviews)

Bringing Down Sam (Temptation In The City)

High school teacher Eve Barret has a secret–she was once a child modeling superstar. She’s left that life far behind, and has no intention of returning to it. At least not until her best friends talk her into a crazy scheme to “bring down” Public Enemy Number 1: Sam Kenneman.

Sam Kenneman has every woman in the country up in arms about his new bestseller, 101 Ways To Avoid Commitment. The book’s supposed to be a joke–but women aren’t getting it. Now he just wants the frenzy to die down so life can go back to normal.

Her goal? Teach him a lesson.

His goal? Don’t fall for the sexy blonde.

The problem? They can’t resist each other!

Free as of 07/21/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Into the Arms of a Cowboy

By Isabella Ashe / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (44 reviews)

Into the Arms of a Cowboy

Cassie Carlisle is on the run — and wanted for murder. When she hides in the back of a pickup truck, it’s just her luck that the truck belongs to a cowboy-turned-sheriff.

Jess Logan, with his dark eyes and bruised heart, just wants to to win a few more saddle bronc competitions and then go home alone to his cabin in the woods. But he can’t resist his sexy blonde stowaway, secrets and all.

Could this be love — or just a recipe for disaster?

Free as of 07/21/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Searching for Glory

By Hunter J. Keane / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars (26 reviews)

Searching for Glory

Gloria Star is rich and famous. She’s on a hit television show and engaged to one of the most desired men in Hollywood. Her life is perfect. But then she gets a letter in the mail that changes everything. The past she has been trying to forget for so long has finally come back to haunt her.

Gloria Star hasn’t always been an A-list celebrity. She used to be just a regular Midwestern girl named Glory Stark. Now she is forced to reconcile her two lives because Johnny Carter, the only man she ever loved, has asked her to return to her hometown, and she can’t say no. Ten years ago, one night changed everything for Gloria and Johnny. Not only did Gloria lose Johnny, but she also lost herself.

Now she’s headed back to Princeton, Missouri, to reconnect with her sister and make amends with Johnny. She quickly realizes that returning to Glory Stark’s life isn’t going to be easy. As she faces painful truths about her past and an uncertain future, Gloria learns that forgiveness is essential, family is everything and love is forever.

Free as of 07/21/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Thin Places

By Diane Owens Prettyman / Genre: Action & Adventure / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (39 reviews)

Thin Places

Just days before his execution, Calvery Thomas has reason to believe in thin places. He looks at the world through the eyes of someone who has already passed on. When he promises Finn Tully a reward to find his daughter and prove his innocence to her, Calvery knows the request is unreasonable. He also knows Finn needs his help, and Calvery’s daughter needs the money. Finn is clean, sober, on the downside of a prison term and not about to get swallowed up in Calvery’s problems until a series of unexplainable events propel Finn into the middle of the mysteries surrounding Calvery’s execution. When Finn finds the daughter, Chloe, in Clam Harbor, Washington, he soon realizes she is in danger. Chloe is a tough, no-nonsense charter boat captain involved in a smuggling operation with the very man who framed her father. Finn and Chloe join forces to find the truth behind Calvery’s execution and, in the process, discover the power of a father’s love and the miracles of the world beyond this one.

Free as of 07/21/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 07-20-13

April Showers

By Karli Perrin / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (25 reviews)

April Showers

What happens when your head and your heart pull you in completely opposite directions?

April Adams is about to find out the hard way.

When April enrols at Manchester University, it feels like a whole new life. New city, new house, new friends…new crush.

Isaac Sharpe is the hottest guy on campus – with an even hotter reputation. After a chance meeting, April quickly finds herself wrapped up in all that he is. But what if all that he is isn’t what it seems?

Caught up in a battle between what she wants and what she thinks she needs, April meets Lukas Roberts. Lukas is the security blanket that she craves so desperately and she finds solace in their friendship. But what happens when she finds more than she bargained for?

April has always been a big believer of fate, but will she learn that she’s in control of her own destiny before it’s too late?

Join April as she embarks on a life changing journey of love and loss, which will have you laughing and crying until the very end.

Free as of 07/20/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Sovereign Hope (The Hope Series)

By Frankie Rose / Genre: Fantasy, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (56 reviews)

Sovereign Hope (A Young Adult Paranormal Romance) (The Hope Series)

Everyone has a soul.

Some are just worth more than others.

Farley Hope was seventeen when her mother disappeared. In the last six months not much has changed, except that her eighteenth birthday came and went and still no sign of Moira. Her life is just as complicated as it always was: since her father died in a car crash before she was even born, she’s officially parentless, and to top it all off she’s still suffering from the hallucinations. Mind-splitting, vivid hallucinations- the kind prone to induce night terrors and leave you whimpering under your covers like a baby.

The last thing on her mind is boys. Farley is on break from St. Judes’ when she meets Daniel. It’s not some casual run in at a party, or even a blind date with friends, though. Daniel is the guy stalking her in his 1970′s Dodge Charger; the guy standing at her window in the LA lunch hour traffic, determined on dragging her out of her truck.

The moment Farley lays eyes on Daniel, everything changes. However, regrettably for Farley, her life isn’t set to change for the better. She is drawn into a world that will shake apart everything she thought she ever knew. There are truths out there that she must learn: who her father really was, and what it means to have his blood flowing through her veins; that a person’s soul is their only real currency, and there are people who would do anything to take hers; that loving someone can hurt so much more than hating them; but, most importantly, when your future is predestined, there is little you can do to change it.

Farley Hope is prophesied.

Her coming has been awaited for hundreds of years.

She is destined to end the tyranny of the Soul Reavers.

To do so she must die.

Free as of 07/20/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Murder à la Carte (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series)

By Susan Kiernan-Lewis / Genre: Women Sleuths, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (32 reviews)

Murder à la Carte (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series)

When her boyfriend inherits an ancient vineyard in France, Maggie Newberry quits her job in Atlanta to accompany him for a year abroad. They settle in the tiny village of St-Buvard, but murder has gone long before them and follows close behind.
Murder a la Carte brings Atlanta copywriter and southern belle Maggie Newberry to the brink of two connected murders—both committed in her home—and both poised to threaten everything she holds dear. When Maggie agrees to move to France with her boyfriend—a French ex-confidence man who has just inherited a house and vineyard—she doesn’t expect her year of French market shopping and weekend trips to Paris to be interrupted by a vicious murder in her living room. Or that the bloody violence that occurred on their front doorstep sixty years earlier after the end of the Second World War might be connected. If you want to save the price of a ticket to the south of France this year, pick up Murder a la Carte instead. It will give you a delicious escape into the sights, sounds, tastes and smells of Provence—all tucked nicely within the framework of a tightly woven mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page.

Free as of 07/20/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Woman on Top

By Deborah Schwartz / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (19 reviews)

Woman on Top

Introducing: Woman on Top, a sexy, romantic self-empowerment novel tucked between two covers.

Falling prey to Len, a very wealthy Wall Street banker hell-bent on acquiring her as his next deal, Kate struggles after the death of her husband to keep control amidst the detours of a tempestuous New York romance.
Woman on Top is the captivating tale of the seduction of enormous money, heady excitement, and luxurious glamour. As witness to a world of power and greed that life in New York offers to a vulnerable woman, can Kate ultimately rescue herself from the lure that is Len’s world?

While following her quest for a reaffirmation of life and love, including a surprising adventure, Kate’s story touches on the unexpected pleasures and decisions we face throughout our lives. Readers who have dreamed of, or have survived a “Len” in their lives, will recognize themselves in Kate as she searches to find what matters most in her new life.

Free as of 07/20/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Prank Wars

By Stephanie Fowers / Genre: Humor / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (22 reviews)

Prank Wars

All war. No love. Madeleine’s been hurt too many times in the dating scene to let Byron beat her in some huge prank war. They’ve had their deserters, their POWS, their casualties, but no one can risk losing the battle of the sexes.
Except now something strange is happening at the college…and it’s not just the students. Buried deep beneath the pranks is real danger, and the only other person who suspects is Byron. Should Mad join sides with him or does that mean forfeiting her heart to the enemy?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 07-19-13

The Sweetest Revenge

By Dawn Halliday / Genre: Historical Fiction / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (109 reviews)

The Sweetest Revenge

~~~Three Determined Women… Seven years ago, Leo, the Earl of Leothaid, took Isabelle Frasier’s innocence. Now Isabelle is in London, where she befriends two other ladies who were similarly ruined by Leo, and the three women join together to seek their vengeance. Soon, however, Isabelle is given an impossible choice: stand by her friends…or betray them by surrendering to her reawakening feelings for the wicked earl.
One Fallen Man… When Leo lost the woman he loved, he sank into a life of depravity and vice. But when three mystery women abduct him and shackle him in a dark cellar, Leo just might rediscover his humanity…and a love that may lift him back into the light. 

Free as of 07/19/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Vampire Elite (Vampire Elite Series, Volume 1)

By Irina Argo / Genre: Vampires, Paranormal, Romance / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (156 reviews)

Vampire Elite (Vampire Elite Series, Volume 1)

A millennia-long war between two immortal races is about to come to an end. Long ago, the Vampire Elite began capturing the immortals called the Amiti, attracted by their unique blood properties. Now most Amiti live in underground cells, forced to serve as vampires’ bloodstock. The few surviving free Amiti, preparing a final strike, have declared their Queen a traitor. Her execution makes possible the rise of a new Queen, her young daughter Arianna, who will inherit her mother’s mystical powers. Working with the Keepers of the Key, Arianna may be able to eliminate the vampires, once and for all, from the face of the earth.

The new Queen is the last hope to save her dying race–and she’s ready to fight to the last drop of her blood.

But the King of the Vampires has other plans.

Based on an ancient Egyptian legend, Vampire Elite is the epic story of a bitter conflict between two immortal races–and the effect of that conflict on everyone living in its grip. The characters are driven to love and betrayal, vengeance and sacrifice in a world without easy black-and-white answers.

Free as of 07/19/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Gone (Parallel Trilogy, Book 1)

By Christine Kersey / Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (82 reviews)

Gone (Parallel Trilogy, Book 1)

What if everything you knew was suddenly gone?

Sixteen-year-old Morgan Campbell runs away from home and when she returns the next day her world is turned upside-down. Not only is her family missing, but another family is living in her house and claims to have lived there for weeks. 
As Morgan desperately works to figure out what has happened, she finds society has become obsessed with weight in a way she has never seen before. The more she searches for answers, the more she begins to wonder if she has somehow ended up in another world–a world where it is illegal to be overweight.

Can she survive in this world until she can get home?

Gone does not contain any profanity or sexual content and is appropriate for all ages.

Free as of 07/19/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Many and The One (The Reynolds Family Saga-Book 1)

By Donald Wells / Genre: Family Saga / Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars (49 reviews)

The Many and The One (The Reynolds Family Saga-Book 1)

When Lindsay Parker catches her boyfriend Derek Stern cheating, she wants only one thing–Revenge!

Knowing of Derek’s hatred for Jason Reynolds, she begins dating Jason simply as a way to hurt Derek. However, something happens that Lindsay didn’t count on. She falls in love. Derek schemes to get Lindsay back into his life, however, his obsession goes too far,
and leads to a violent and life-altering confrontation with Jason.
When Derek’s beautiful, but conniving mother Charlotte enters the fray, the stakes escalate into a decades long struggle that tests Lindsay and Jason’s bond, while redefining the boundaries of love.

Free as of 07/19/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Gemini Factor

By Philip Fleishman M.D. / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (50 reviews)

The Gemini Factor

Murders are common. Serial murders are less common. Serial murders committed in two different countries at exactly the same time, in exactly the same way, are unheard of. ..until now. 

In Toronto, Inspector Raid McTavish stares at the body of a young woman carefully posed in a bed of purple iris, her throat slashed, almost beheaded, her hands placed to cover her empty eye sockets. He knows this is not a random murder, but the first of more to come. What he doesn’t know is that 2,000 miles away in Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant Gary Ronstadt is viewing an identical crime scene.
Months later, McTavish and Ronstadt meet at a seminar on telepathy between identical twins, where they are shocked to discover that not only are they investigating identical murders, but their lives are intimately linked by a number of inexplicable similarities and coincidences.
 
While working together to unravel the clues purposely left by the killers, the detectives realize they have but five days to find the killers before they strike again, only this time the killings will be much closer to home.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 07-18-13

The Spice of Life

By Jennifer L. Jennings / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 3.9 out of 5 stars (93 reviews)

The Spice of Life

Success can be a tricky proposition, intoxicating one moment and toxic the next. Vanessa Roth, CEO of her own advertising firm, is about to get the shock of her life; her husband of eight years has left her for another woman. As a result, Anna, her niece and only friend provides her with a healthy distraction. However, six weeks of Burlesque lessons is the last thing Vanessa saw coming as a gift for her fortieth birthday. Ultimately, she accepts the challenge against her better judgment and gets a lot more than she ever bargained for.
The Spice of Life is a heartwarming, humorous and inspiring novel about love, friendship, self-discovery, and letting go.

Free as of 07/18/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Wicked Games

By Jill Myles / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (272 reviews)

Wicked Games

Abby Lewis never pictured herself on the survival game show, Endurance Island. She’s just not the ‘survival’ type. But when her boss offers her a spot on the show and the opportunity of a lifetime, she packs her bags and heads to the tropics to be a contestant.

Once in the game, it’s clear that Abby’s in over her head. The game itself is full of competitive, aggressive people, and no one’s more aggressive than sexy, delicious – and arrogant – Dean Woodall. Sure he’s clever, strong, good at challenges, and has a body that makes her mouth water. He also hates Abby just as much as she hates him. That’s fine with her; she’ll just ignore the jerk.

But the rules of Endurance Island are working against them. Abby and Dean are teamed up – alone – on the beach. It’s either work together, or go home. Stuck with no one else’s company but their own, they learn they do make a good team after all.

And that with just a little bit of kindling, the flames of hate can quickly turn to flames of passion. This book features enemies, lovers, enemies who become lovers, and lots and lots of tropical heat…

Free as of 07/18/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

A Beautiful Struggle: A Beautiful Series Novel

By Lilliana Anderson / Genre: Coming of Age / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (141 reviews)

A Beautiful Struggle: A Beautiful Series Novel

Katrina Mahoney has a very full life attending university to study a law degree, training for triathlons and now she is working part time as well. She couldn’t possibly find time for a relationship, especially after her last one ended so catastrophically.

Right now she is content focusing on work, study and training while hanging out with her best friend David Taylor, a womaniser with a heart of gold that would do anything for Katrina – except watch her get hurt again.

That is, until the dashing Elliot Roberts, a junior solicitor from her work, shows an interest in her despite their office’s ‘No Dating’ policy.

Katrina struggles with following her heart or following her mind and has trouble seeing where her heart truly lies.

Free as of 07/18/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Larkstorm (The Sensitives)

By Dawn Rae Miller / Genre: Fantasy, Teen, Young Adult / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (32 reviews)

Larkstorm (The Sensitives)

In the years following the destructive Long Winter, when half the world’s population perished, the State remains locked in battle against the Sensitives: humans born with extra abilities. As one of the last descendants of the State’s Founders, seventeen-year-old Lark Greene knows her place: study hard and be a model citizen so she can follow in her family’s footsteps. Her life’s been set since birth, and she’s looking forward to graduating and settling down with Beck, the boy she’s loved longer than she can remember. However, after Beck is accused of being Sensitive and organizing an attack against Lark, he disappears. Heartbroken and convinced the State made a mistake, Lark sets out to find him and clear his name. But what she discovers is more dangerous and frightening than Sensitives: She must kill the boy she loves, unless he kills her first.

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Honeymoon For One

By Chris Keniston / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (32 reviews)

Honeymoon For One

To escape local gossip, jilted bride Michelle Bradford embarks on her honeymoon cruise —alone. Coaxed by a thrill seeking hunk she never expects to see again, she slowly sheds her good girl persona to have some well deserved fun.

But unlike Vegas, what happens on the high seas doesn’t always stay there.

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