Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-20-21

Murder at Archly Manor (High Society Lady Detective Book 1)

By Sara Rosett / Genre: Historical, Mystery, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Murder at Archly Manor (High Society Lady Detective Book 1)

London, 1923. Olive Belgrave needs a job. Despite her aristocratic upbringing, she’s penniless. Determined to support herself, she jumps at an unconventional job—looking into the background of her cousin’s fiancé, Alfred.

Alfred burst into the upper crust world of London’s high society, but his answers to questions about his past are decidedly vague. Before Olive can gather more than the basics, a murder occurs at a posh party. Suddenly, every Bright Young Person in attendance is a suspect, and Olive must race to find the culprit because a sly murderer is determined to make sure Olive’s first case is her last.

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Best Fake Fiancé: A Single Dad Romance (Loveless Brothers Book 2)

By Roxie Noir / Genre: Romantic Comedy, Romance

Best Fake Fiancé: A Single Dad Romance (Loveless Brothers Book 2)

My life has room for exactly two women: my daughter Rusty and my best friend Charlotte — known to everyone as Charlie.
One is a feisty, tomboyish firecracker. The other is my seven-year-old. I can’t imagine life without either.
So when my ex springs a custody hearing on me, I find myself telling the judge that I’m engaged to Charlie.

The only problem? I’m not.
Time to fake an engagement.
Pretending we’re a couple will be no big deal.

We’ve been friends for years. We used to sneak cigarettes behind the bleachers. We turned cans of hairspray into flamethrowers. We got drunk on stolen malt liquor.
She’s beautiful, vivacious, spontaneous, and she loves my daughter to death. It’s the perfect answer: we fake it for a few months, then go back to our lives.
Until we touch, and sparks fly. Until I can’t take my eyes off her. Until I can’t stop thinking about what she’s got on under her coveralls.

It takes one kiss.
One touch.
One shared secret and suddenly, I’m not pretending anymore. I want her, I need her in ways I didn’t know I could.

But there’s a lifetime of friendship between us, and falling in love with Charlie could mean risking everything.

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Fear No Truth: A Faith McClellan Novel (The Faith McClellan Series Book 1)

By LynDee Walker / Genre: Serial Killers, Crime, Thrillers & Suspense

Fear No Truth: A Faith McClellan Novel (The Faith McClellan Series Book 1)

As the rebellious daughter of a Texas political dynasty that groomed her to be a trophy wife, freshly-minted Texas Ranger Faith McClellan is determined to carve her own path. She’s grinding away each day, hoping to land one of the coveted assignments on the cold case unit.

But when a young woman is murdered in one of Texas’ most affluent communities, Faith uncovers a series of shocking connections.

Secrets that could destroy the carefully curated reputations of those in power.
And they will do anything to stop her.

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Road to Peace (Dogs of Fire Book 6)

By Piper Davenport / Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Road to Peace (Dogs of Fire Book 6)

Widowed young, Maisie Mann was left to raise her daughter alone. Now, nine years later, she thinks she might have life as a single mom mastered…until her car breaks down on the wrong side of town. All she requires is a little roadside assistance and she’ll be on her way. But when her help comes in the form of a gruff but alluring biker, it sparks emotions she hasn’t experienced since her husband died.

Connor ‘Hatch’ Wallace is nobody’s hero. The Sergeant-at-Arms for the Dogs of Fire MC has a bitter past and has sworn off anyone threatening his independence. But fate has other ideas.

Maisie has no intention of getting involved with a man like Hatch and, despite her overwhelming attraction to him, pushes him away… until her life, and that of her child, are threatened.

Is Maisie’s only chance of survival in the hands of a badass biker?
Will Hatch be able to put aside his past and protect a woman and her daughter at the risk of losing everything?

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Betrothed to the Beast: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Reformed Rogues Book 1)

By Elina Emerald / Genre: Romantic Comedy, Romance

Betrothed to the Beast: A Scottish Medieval Historical Romance (Reformed Rogues Book 1)

The Reformed Rogues series follows the lives of three fearsome Highland Warriors who form a bond stronger than any blood tie. It is set in 11th Century Scotland during the reign of ‘The Red King.’ Books can be read as a standalone but recommend reading books in order.

Highland Chieftain Beiste MacGregor is a ruthlessly ambitious warrior with the viciousness of a beast. He has little interest in women beyond the bedchamber. On the order of the Red King, he reluctantly travels with his men to the Lowlands to formalize a Betrothal to a woman from clan Dunbar. He is not prepared for the troublesome but striking clan healer he meets on the way, who not only infuriates him but stirs something deep within his soul.

Amelia Dunbar is a clan healer and the illegitimate daughter of the Earl of Dunbar. When she is not serving as a companion to her half-sister, she is tirelessly attending to the sick in her clan. Amelia has plans to find her mother’s people in the Highlands and is about to embark on her journey when she is waylaid by the arrival of fearsome warriors. One warrior, they call ‘the Beast’, rouses her ire and sets her heart racing at the same time.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-19-21

A VOW OF SILENCE an utterly gripping nun whodunnit (Sister Joan Murder Mystery Book 1)

By VERONICA BLACK / Genre: Crafts & Hobbies, Cozy, Mystery

A VOW OF SILENCE an utterly gripping nun whodunnit (Sister Joan Murder Mystery Book 1)

The sisters at a lonely Cornish convent share a chilling secret they cannot confess . . . Sister Sophia is dead.

One nun is dead.
Another disappears.
And a mysterious last letter from a dying nun is sent to the prioress.

Sister Joan has faced her own demons. Now she is sent to the convent to investigate, as well as teach the local children.

WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE NUNS?

There are whispers of virgin sacrifice and suicide, and the mother prioress certainly wears pink nail varnish. And who is the young man hiding in the bracken?

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The Cosega Sequence – Books 1-3: An Archaeological TechnoThriller

By Brandt Legg / Genre: Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Action & Adventure

The Cosega Sequence - Books 1-3: An Archaeological TechnoThriller

The only thing bigger than his discovery
is the conspiracy to stop it!
Will he unlock the secrets in time?
Ripley Gaines, a brilliant archeologist, with an insane theory, has risked his life searching for an extraordinary artifact. What he finds is beyond imagining.
It must be suppressed.
The discovery unleashes a mystery older than recorded time, rewrites human history, and promises to change the planet’s future.
The most powerful forces in the world align against him.
Who can he trust?
A deadly competition for the artifact ensues. Capturing Gaines is not enough–everyone who has seen it must be killed.
Can he stay alive long enough to decode the Cosega Sequence?

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The Circle (The Sidhe Book 1)

By Cindy Cipriano / Genre: Dark Fantasy, Horror

The Circle (The Sidhe Book 1)

Calum Ranson is sure of three things: his cousin Finley is alive, Calum will find him, and no one knows Calum and his family are Sidhe.

That is until Laurel shows up at his mother’s bookstore wearing a dark clan’s mark. When Calum learns the details surrounding the disappearance of Laurel’s brother, he suspects the evil Hobayeth clan. Calum and Laurel work together in the Realm of Man and the Otherworld to rescue her brother, revealing a connection between Calum and Laurel that may cost Finley his life.

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The Tomb: Exposed (A Dark Dystopian Prison Romance)

By Ella Burns / Genre: Gothic, Romance

The Tomb: Exposed (A Dark Dystopian Prison Romance)

Ana

The Tomb. A prison run by inmates; it is home to the most despicable scum of the earth.
And me.
Ana, but call me Josh. My life depends on it.
After disguising myself as a man for years, a fluke landed me in the worst possible prison. I may know how to fight but nothing could have prepared me for the depravity of The Tomb.
When the leader of this horrid place, Ax, discovers my secret, I assume that is it—I’m done for. Ready to be tossed to the savages of The Tomb, he instead claims me as his own and teaches me things about my body I never knew possible.
I know I need to use Ax and his desire for me if I’m ever to escape this place and be safe again. But I never expected it would be my heart I needed to protect most.

Axle

Incarcerated as a child, I’ve spent most of my life in The Tomb and the last ten years leading it. When a new batch of prisoners come in, I discover a woman hiding in their midst. Her fearlessness intrigues me, and I decide to keep her for myself, and her secret.
Bloodthirsty and ruthless are how I have been described, but I can tell Ana is going to change things. My darkness and addictions seem to dissipate when she’s close, and I fall harder than I ever thought possible. Now to keep her hidden, keep her mine, and ensure no one learns her secret.

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Follow Her Home

By Emerald O’Brien / Genre: Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Follow Her Home

Lynda McGowan knows all about stalkers. Her father, a jaded musician with local acclaim, was brutally killed by his.
When a friend begs her to play a few shows with his band after their lead singer’s sudden departure, she can’t resist the opportunity to live out the dream she left behind after her father died.
But it isn’t long before a series of mysterious and disturbing events occur, and she senses she’s being watched—just like her father was. Still, Lynda forces herself to refute the connection. After all, his killer is dead.
Is she paranoid? Or is she being followed as part of a dangerous game? And how far must things go before someone believes her?

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-18-21

An Unexpected Bride for the Betrayed Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel

By Emma Linfield / Genre: Regency, Romance

An Unexpected Bride for the Betrayed Duke: A Historical Regency Romance Novel

Left at the steps of Dewdale Manor as a baby, Vivien Crawford has been Lady Isadora’s companion all her life. And that means one thing: when her Lady is invited to her future husband’s home, Vivien must follow.

Though vexed with his stepmother’s machinations to have him married, Gerard Kahler, the Duke of Hartwick, vows to be the perfect gentleman. What he never accounted for is Lady Isadora’s beautiful companion.

But as both Vivien and Gerard soon realize, the past is a peculiar thing, with a mind of its own. Vivien has been living a lie facilitated upon her birth, and the key to the riddle is a single old pendant. A sapphire as bright as the moon the night she was taken…

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Water, Stone, Heart

By Will North / Genre: , ,

Water, Stone, Heart

Forty year-old Nicola Rhys-Jones is a woman in hiding. Fleeing an abusive husband, she finds refuge in Boscastle, a village on the rugged coast of Cornwall, England. Andrew Stratton is an American professor of architectural theory. Shocked out of his academic bubble when his ambitious wife leaves him, he signs up for something tangible: a course in the art of stone wall-building—in Boscastle.

From the moment they meet, Nicola and Andrew are attracted to each other, but at daggers drawn. Nicola, sexy yet sarcastic, is an expert at fending off men. In Andrew, she meets her match: quick-witted, funny, yet gentle—he gives as good as he gets. When a nine year-old sprite named “Lee” befriends them both, she sees straight through their defensive armor.

What none of them know is that a ferocious storm is brewing, one that could destroy them, and the entire village they call home. And that storm is about to hit.

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They Never Saw It Coming: Book Two in A Jewish Family Saga

By Roberta Kagan / Genre: Biographical, Historical Fiction

They Never Saw It Coming: Book Two in A Jewish Family Saga

Goldie Schatzman is nearing forty, but she is behaving like a reckless teenager, and every day she is descending deeper into a dark web. Since her return home to Berlin, she has reconnected with her childhood friend, Leni, a free spirit who has swept Goldie into the Weimar lifestyle that is overflowing with artists and writers, but also with debauchery. Goldie had spent the last nineteen years living a dull life with a spiritless husband. And now she has been set free, completely abandoning any sense of morals she once had.

As Goldie’s daughter, Alma, is coming of marriageable age, her grandparents are determined to find her a suitable match. But will Goldie’s life of depravity hurt Alma’s chances to find a Jewish husband from a good family?

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The Substance of All Things: a novel

By Sam Harris / Genre: , ,

The Substance of All Things: a novel

Theo Dalton is six years old when his hands are irreparably damaged in a horrific car accident that takes his mother’s life. Six years later, during the sweltering summer of 1968 in rural Oklahoma, Theo meets Frank, a Native American outcast, and learns that he has the ability to heal through his disfigured hands.As he explores the extraordinary, Theo desperately attempts to remain an ordinary boy. But when word of his gift spreads, Theo is shunned by the church for doing “the devil’s work.” He is immediately swept away by his Auntie Li, and into a world which ultimately threatens his life as he saves others’. Told from Theo’s perspective some fifty years later, it is through his work as a therapist with a broken woman that he musters the courage to relive the summer that haunts him.The Substance of All Things is the gripping, heart-wrenching, and often humorous tale of mentors and mothers and fathers, love and redemption, prophets and charlatans, miracles and faith.

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Always Mine (Coming Home To The Grove Book 1)

By Hope Ford / Genre: Short Stories, Contemporary Fiction

Always Mine (Coming Home To The Grove Book 1)

I have one more chance, and I’m not going to mess it up.
My high school sweetheart—the one that I broke up with after my parents passed away—is back in town.
And she’s here for good.
I had let her go.
We had planned to leave our small town, but I knew I couldn’t. Not when I had to help my brothers take care of the family ranch.
So I broke it off with her, wanting her to chase after her dreams.
But now she’s back.
And I’m going to find a way to make it right.
Because losing her again is not an option.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-17-21

The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles Book 1)

By Farah Oomerbhoy / Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Teen & Young Adult

The Last of the Firedrakes (The Avalonia Chronicles Book 1)

Sixteen-year-old Aurora wishes she were anyone else. Mistreated by her adopted family and bullied at school, she believes things can’t get any worse. But when she’s kidnapped and dragged through an ancient tapestry into the magical world of Avalonia, she soon discovers that some dreams can easily turn into nightmares.

Hunted by the evil tyrant Queen Morgana, who will stop at nothing to get rid of the last surviving heir to the powerful Firedrake dynasty, Aurora struggles to fit into her new life as a mage at the prestigious Academy of Evolon. Threatened by treachery at every turn and desperate to prove herself worthy, she uncovers a dark, complicated web of political intrigue that threatens the very existence of the seven kingdoms of Avalonia.

Aided by the powerful Duke of Silverthorne, a fae friend, and a handsome but mysterious outlaw called the Black Wolf, Aurora struggles to master her magic and get her rare powers under control before it’s too late.

If she fails, her new home and her family will be enslaved forever…

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Forget You, Ethan (Sincerely Yours Book 2)

By Whitney G. / Genre: Contemporary, Romance

Forget You, Ethan (Sincerely Yours Book 2)

I’ve hated Rachel Dawson since I was seven years old. My next door neighbor and number one sworn enemy, she’s the reason why almost all of our childhood fights ended with me setting something of hers on fire. (Or, vice versa.)

She snitched on me when I broke curfew.

I snitched on her when she lied about having a boyfriend.

We went back and forth like this throughout high school, both vowing to never talk to each other again when we went off to college.

But that was until she showed up at my apartment during my senior year and asked me for a temporary place to stay. Until I realized just how much between us had changed, and the line I thought we’d never cross became harder and harder to ignore…

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Bitter Sweet: A Sweet’s Sweets Bakery Mystery (Samantha Sweet Mysteries Book 5)

By Connie Shelt / Genre: Amateur Sleuths, Mystery, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bitter Sweet: A Sweet’s Sweets Bakery Mystery (Samantha Sweet Mysteries Book 5)

It’s the height of the wedding season at Sweet’s Sweets and Sam has all she can do to stay ahead of the rush of bakery orders. Plus, her side job—breaking into houses—isn’t allowing much summer time off either. Not to mention that her mother is pressuring Sam and Beau to set their wedding date.

When Sam encounters two older women who then die suddenly, it appears that there may be a serial killer on the loose. Sam and Beau are shocked to consider that Beau’s own mother may have been an earlier victim of someone who operates by preying on the women’s trusting natures. As they begin to investigate, a number of suspects emerge and it looks like someone is out to keep Sam quiet.

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Billionaire Cowboy’s Runaway Bride (Billionaire Cowboys of True Love, Texas Book 1)

By Hope Moor / Genre: Westerns, Genre Fiction

Billionaire Cowboy's Runaway Bride (Billionaire Cowboys of True Love, Texas Book 1)

After confirmed bachelor, Cole Tanner catches the garter at his friend’s wedding he finds a dazed and confused runaway bride limping along the back roads of his hometown of True Love, Texas and stops to help.

Tulip Jones obviously can’t say no to public marriage proposals—this is her second time to be a runaway bride! She needs help in more ways than one—can Cole teach her how to become a confirmed bachelorette and learn to say no?

They’re a perfect match until love gets in the way!

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Paranormal Division: Awakening

By Ellie J Duck / Genre: Teen & Young Adult, Kindle eBooks, Categories

Paranormal Division: Awakening

Recruited to a supernatural squad that hunt down paranormal creatures when they break the law, sassy and woefully human, Anna Cane is just your average every day girl. You know, except for the ability to take out a target from twenty-five hundred yards and her ill-fated habit of finding herself in the most inconvenient situations. Unfortunately for Anna, joining the team might just turn out to be the biggest in a line of inconveniences when she becomes a target among the paranormal community. After all, a human assassinating a paranormal for killing humans feels more like revenge than justice, doesn’t it?
Grisly death threats and a too-friendly vampire are the least of her worries when Anna learns that those holding their grudges with her humanity include fellow Paranormal Division agent and sexy as the devil werewolf, Tobias Hilton.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 05-16-21

Mist and Magic: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Death Before Dragons)

By Lindsay Buroker / Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction

Mist and Magic: An Urban Fantasy Adventure (Death Before Dragons)

She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.
But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.

The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back. All she knows is that it’s the only witness to her friend’s kidnapping.

Val can kick the butts of ogres, trolls, and wizards, but she has no experience taking care of pets—certainly not magical tigers. And as she quickly learns, the cub has teeth like a chainsaw. Soon, everything from her apartment to her seat belts to the hair on her head is in danger.

But if Val can’t forge a bond with the cub, figure out what it knows, and find her missing friend, more than her belongings—and her hair—may be at risk.

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Say It’s Not Fake: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance (Southport Love Stories Book 3)

By Sarah J. Brooks / Genre: Billionaires, Romance

Say It's Not Fake: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance (Southport Love Stories Book 3)

When hot single dad Kyle Webber asks me this question, I’m in shock.
After all, it’s been years since we’ve seen each other.
Although I’ve never been able to forget him.
That’s what your first big love does to you, right?
I made the biggest mistake of my life when I left our small town to chase my dreams in LA.
He went on to marry Josie, the biggest b*itch in town.
A woman who gives selfish a whole new name.
No surprise that it didn’t last.
But now she wants to get sole custody of their sweet little daughter Katie.
To convince the court that he has a stable family life, Kyle asks me for help.
He wants us to fake a marriage. To pretend to be in love.
Really? Live with him in the same house? Sleep in the same bed?
It sounds like a plan destined to end in misery. My misery.

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Arcane Kingdom Online: The Chosen (A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1)

By Jakob Tanner / Genre: Steampunk, Science Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Arcane Kingdom Online: The Chosen (A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1)

Clay is running out of options. He can sit back and let the ZERO virus kill him or he can make the gamble of a lifetime.

The world’s most advanced virtual reality video game, Arcane Kingdom Online, is now accepting new players in a one-way ticket to digital reincarnation. But here’s the catch: the process isn’t guaranteed.

Worse, the game is buggy beyond belief, and a patch is far from done.
Even worse than worse, no one has seen the game’s creator in years.

So yeah: the odds aren’t great. But if the alternative is mutating into a mindless flesh-eater on an increasingly depopulated Earth, might as well give the game option a try, right?

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A Mate To Protect: Paranormal Dragon Reverse Harem Romance

By Lilly Wilder / Genre: Paranormal & Urban, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy

A Mate To Protect: Paranormal Dragon Reverse Harem Romance

I Had No Idea What Was About To Happen On Dragon Shifter Island

I never won anything in my life.
So, when I realize that I won the shifter lottery, I can barely believe it.
My prize is a weekend on Dragon Shifter Island!

I go there, my heart racing, my mind blank.
I meet two gorgeous dragon shifters, both of whom are looking for a mate.
They come on to me strong, and I know I can’t fight their advances for long.
Maybe, I don’t even want to.

But, when a third dragon shifter from a rival clan appears, all Hell breaks loose.
The clock is ticking, and danger is just around the corner.
I feel we all want the same thing, but something is holding me back.

I know they will give their lives to protect me, but can our worlds ever make peace?

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Blessedly Bound (An Elemental Witch Trials Novel Book 1)

By Lucretia Stanhop / Genre: Werewolves & Shifters, Romance

Blessedly Bound (An Elemental Witch Trials Novel Book 1)

Dark Secrets. Bound Magic. A Determined Witch.

Elemental witch, Gwen Hensley, wants answers. Why was her grandmother burned alive? Was it because she was witch? Did it have something to do the with the dark secrets of the family that orphaned her? Those answers won’t come easy and time is ticking.

Behind the smiling faces of the locals lies a killer whose sights are set on her. Is it one of the friendly shopkeepers? The mysterious neighbor she’s drawn to? Or is someone closer to her behind the gruesome murder? None appear capable of such evil. With the target on her, she can’t be wrong. How will she decide who she can trust?

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