Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 01-24-14

Whispers of Murder (Till Death do us Part Series, Book One)

By Cheryl Bradshaw / Genre: Espionage, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (22 reviews)

Whispers of Murder (Till Death do us Part Series, Book One)

It was Isabelle Donnelly’s wedding day, a moment in time that should have been the happiest in her life…until it ended in murder.

Three women, three motives to kill:

–A jealous sister
–A company CFO
–A newfound friend

But which one is plotting against her? Which one wants her dead?

Think you know who did it? Think again.

Free as of 01/24/14 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Mystic Saga (Volume I – the first 3 books)

By Scott McElhaney / Genre: Space Opera, Science Fiction / Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars (45 reviews)

The Mystic Saga (Volume I - the first 3 books)

For those who may want to catch up on the international bestselling Mystic Saga quickly now that books 4 (Judgment) and 5 (Convergence) have been released, this book offers you the first three installments in one very affordable book. Here you’ll find Indentured, Legacy, and Violation in a single affordable edition.

Indentured introduces you to the crew of the USS Pioneer – the world’s first superluminal spacecraft. It eventually leaves you with a question as to what happened to the majority of the crew of that ship when it became stranded in the Beta Hydri system.

Legacy brings you the tale of those descendants of the original Pioneer colony in the Beta Hydri System, introducing for the first time, the Mystics. When Legacy is invaded by a fleet of spacecraft, the primitive colony, nine-hundred years in the making, reacts in the only way it knows how. When it comes to the Mystics, this reaction could be quite deadly.

Violation finishes up the overall “introduction” to the true Mystic Saga, bringing you the tale of about a dozen USSC assassins sent to a 1940’s Earth. Their sole purpose is to slip in, kill their list of targets, and slip out as quietly as possible. Unfortunately, a disgruntled soldier and a vengeful Mystic raise a significant amount of ruckus along the way.

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Holly and Her Naughty eReader

By Julianne Spencer / Genre: Fantasy, Romance / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (62 reviews)

Holly and Her Naughty eReader

What if all those brooding teenage vampires, hunky 19th-century aristocrats, and gorgeous dominating billionaires on your Kindle came to life as real people?

Holly Pritchett is a high school English teacher by day, and avid reader by night. Romance, erotica, sci-fi, horror, and more, Holly’s Kindle is packed with thousands of titles and she reads a new novel every day.

But when she returns to her hometown for her 10-year reunion and meets up with an old friend who dabbles in witchcraft, Holly’s Kindle becomes much more than an eReader. No longer a passive observer to the many stories from the Amazon store, Holly becomes an active participant in the books on her Kindle, living the experiences of the characters.

That hot billionaire with a troubled past? Now it’s Holly who’s donning the leather and lace so he can teach her how to live. That beautiful werewolf with the heart of gold? Now Holly is the one who will help him find his true self.

For Holly, life with a magic eReader is a dream come true, until one domineering billionaire takes too keen an interest in her, and the fantasies on her Kindle start spilling over into reality.

Part romance, part adventure, and part satire of literary culture in a digital age, Holly and Her Naughty eReader is a novel for anyone who ever got so lost in a good book they forgot where reality ended and fantasy began.

Free as of 01/24/14 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Bone Orchard (Book Two of The Gin Palace Trilogy; Revised March 2013)

By Daniel Judson / Genre: Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (93 reviews)

The Bone Orchard (Book Two of The Gin Palace Trilogy; Revised March 2013)

Caught up in a blood feud with Southampton’s chief of police, one-time PI Declan “Mac” MacManus must these days tread lightly. Working for minimum wage as a dishwasher, Mac is too busy making ends meet to find trouble—that is until a power-player named Frank Gannon approaches him with a job his conscience won’t let him refuse. And when that job sets him up to witness a back-road car crash—a crash that was clearly no accident—Mac must once again choose between taking action or letting the innocent suffer. As he follows a trail of clues, dodging enemies, old and new, Mac struggles to uncover a truth that could very well bring an end to all his troubles—and may also hold the shocking answer to a haunting question about his own tragic past.

Free as of 01/24/14 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Brotherhood of the Snake (The Glass Wall – A YA Urban Fantasy Romance)

By Carmen Caine / Genre: Fantasy, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (26 reviews)

The Brotherhood of the Snake (The Glass Wall - A YA Urban Fantasy Romance)

What if humans were more powerful than they thought? What if an alien race had a reason to keep humanity entrenched in fear? And what if ancient beings that we’ve met before were still trying to protect us?

And just what if the fate of Earth depended upon an average 17-year-old girl with a few secrets of her own?

Would she discover that the power of love was truly the strongest of all?

After breaking the Glass Wall, Sydney finds herself on the run with Rafael. And as her feelings for him awaken, danger arrives in the form of Mesmers, agents of evil sent by the Brotherhood of the Snake.

But when Jareth struts back onto the scene, it isn’t long before Sydney finds herself immersed in sinister secrets, and the subsequent whirlwind of events leaves her wondering just who is right and who is wrong?

Join Sydney as she journeys through romance, humor, and adventure into the mysterious world of Tulpas, the Fae, and the Brotherhood of the Snake.

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

Three Wishes (a romantic comedy)

By Stephanie Bond / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (401 reviews)

Three Wishes (a romantic comedy)

Be careful what you wish for… When a lowly antiques dealer who’s in love with the governor’s girlfriend releases a genie from a magic lamp, he unwittingly wishes himself into a hole the size of the Grand Canyon!

Free as of 12/13/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Mrs. Tuesday’s Departure: A Thrilling Historical Family Saga of World War Two

By Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson / Genre: Religious & Inspirational Fiction / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (271 reviews)

Mrs. Tuesday's Departure: A Thrilling Historical Family Saga of World War Two

A heart-wrenching historical novel spanning seventy years, two continents, and an undying love that holds the power to create a safe future for a young girl. This page-turning family saga soars to a breathtaking ending that redefines the meaning of love.
When Natalie and Anna, sisters and life-long rivals, hide an abandoned child from the Nazis, their struggle re-opens a star-crossed love triangle, threatening their safety and testing the bonds of their loyalty.
Hungary’s fragile alliance with Germany insured that Natalie, a best selling children’s book author, and her family would be safe as World War Two raged through Europe. The Holocaust that has only been whispered about until now becomes a terrible reality for every Jewish family or those who hide Jews.
Beautiful but troubled Anna, a poet and university professor is losing her tenuous hold on reality, re-igniting a dangerous sibling rivalry that began in childhood.

Free as of 12/13/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Forever His: A Time-Travel Romance (Stolen Brides Series)

By Shelly Thacker / Genre: Medieval, Historical Romance, Romance / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (83 reviews)

Forever His: A Time-Travel Romance (Stolen Brides Series)

On New Year’s Eve, she tumbles 700 years back in time–and into the bed of a darkly dangerous knight.

Sir Gaston de Varennes wanted a docile bride who would fit into his plans for vengeance and justice, but a trick of time finds him married to a thoroughly modern American lady who turns his castle, his life, and his heart upside down. Will her desperate secret tear them apart after only a few bittersweet weeks of stolen passion–or will they conquer mistrust, treachery, and time itself to discover a love that spans the centuries?

The Stolen Brides Series: One falls through time and finds herself married to a dark stranger… one may never reach her royal wedding if she can’t resist her rugged protector… one is abducted by a mysterious swordsman and swept away to a secret island paradise. Three regal brides are about to discover that falling in love with a warrior is the most dangerous adventure of all.

Free as of 12/13/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Illumine (The Illumine Series)

By Alivia Anders / Genre: Angels, Paranormal, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (60 reviews)

Illumine (The Illumine Series)

Every action comes with a price. Let the flames begin.

For the past five months Essallie Hanley has been trying to forget about the frightening murder of her boyfriend. Haunted by vivid nightmares and hallucinations of the event she does anything she can to pretend she’s like every other normal girl in High School.

Only Essallie is far from normal. Able to conjure blue fire and a shimmering silhouette of wings from her body, she seeks the only known solace left to her name; her first home in Belfast, Maine.

But she soon realizes that her return home is only the beginning of a long and twisted road taking her as far from her humanity as possible, with Kayden, the demon originally summoned to slaughter her, leading the way. Unable to touch her but oddly curious, he joins Essallie in her search to find out just what she is. But neither of them were prepared for the secrets they’ve begun to unravel, secrets that will change Essallie and everyone around her forever.

Free as of 12/13/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Last Chance To Run (Slye Temp)

By Dianna Love / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (80 reviews)

Last Chance To Run (Slye Temp)

To an undercover agent, she’s a Person of Interest. He’s interested.

Escaping the compound of a deadly international felon–with a fortune in rare, stolen coins hidden on her body–elite athlete Angel Farentino has to make the most important run of her life. Literally. With her father in prison, where he belongs, and a prior undeserved conviction hanging over her head, she has nowhere to turn and no one to trust. Definitely not law enforcement who railroaded her through a judicial nightmare. One step ahead of lethal men and dogs on her trail, she runs into the arms of a dark stranger willing to help her if she’d let him. But that would only get the sexy pilot killed.

Between figuring out who’s sabotaging his undercover work for the DEA and trying to save his baby sister from herself, Zane Jackson has enough on his plate. The last thing he needs is to get entangled with a woman who’s treading on the wrong side of the law. But when the long-legged distraction races into the middle of his operation and stows away on his plane, a primal need to protect forces Zane to risk everything, starting with his heart.

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Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 09-08-13

Summer of Promise (Westward Winds Book #1): A Novel

By Amanda Cabot / Genre: Romance, Religious Fiction / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (96 reviews)

Summer of Promise (Westward Winds Book #1): A Novel

Though she had planned to spend the summer in Vermont with her sweetheart, Abigail Harding cannot dismiss her concerns over her older sister. Charlotte’s letters have been uncharacteristically melancholy, and her claims that nothing is wrong ring false, so Abigail heads West to Wyoming. The endless prairie seems monotonous, but when her stagecoach is attacked, Wyoming promises to be anything but boring. Luckily, the heroics of another passenger, Lieutenant Ethan Bowles, save the day.

When circumstances–and perhaps a bit of matchmaking–put Abigail and Ethan together, there’s certainly attraction. But Abigail is planning to marry another man and return to life in Vermont as soon as she is finished attending to her sister. And Ethan loves his life in the Army and the wilds of Wyoming. When summer ends, will Abigail go back East? Or will she fall in love with this rugged land herself?

Free as of 09/08/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Surrender

By Melody Anne / Genre: Family Saga / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (376 reviews)

Surrender

Raffaello (Rafe) Palazzo takes what he wants with no regrets. Arianna (Ari) Lynn Harlow has led a charmed life until tragedy strikes her family. He’s looking for a no-emotions attached mistress, she’s looking for redemption.

They are not a pair that should ever work, but undeniable attraction and devastating tragedies bring them together in the city by the bay where he fights to keep their relationship nothing more than an enjoyable way to meet his needs, and she battles to not lose herself in him. Spending time with Ari starts cracking the hard shell that Rafe has built around his heart, but he denies the affect she has on him until it’s too late to stop the inevitable conclusion that their relationship is headed for.

Rafe once believed in happily ever after, coming from a large Italian family. He’s got the Midas touch, since every endeavor he tries turns to gold. That all ends when his wife walks out the door and leaves him blindsided. His devastation quickly turns to steel when he decides no woman will fool him again. From that point on he treats relationships as nothing more than business transactions where both party’s come out mutually benefited.

Just when Ari has sunk to the lowest she’s ever been she finds an ad in the paper announcing a job that’s too good to be true. It turns out she’s right. She makes it through the intense rounds of interviews only to find out the job is for a mistress to the powerful Rafe Palazzo, owner of Palazzo Enterprises. Rafe gives her a day to think about whether she wants the position or not, and she’s sent on her way, only to find out her mother’s near-terminal position has taken a turn for the worse. Her mom’s only in the hospital because Ari messed up, and her mother’s the one who paid the price. Is Rafe her savior, or will he take her with him straight to the depths of hell?

Free as of 09/08/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Sea Glass Sisters: Prelude to The Prayer Box

By Lisa Wingate / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (31 reviews)

The Sea Glass Sisters: Prelude to The Prayer Box

Elizabeth Gallagher has been balancing on the ragged edge for a while now. Then a rough case on the boards of her 911 operator’s job collides with a family conflict at home, and Elizabeth finds herself finally coming apart at the seams. A four-state road trip—trapped in a car with her mother—is the last thing she needs. Their destination may be beautiful Hatteras Island, but the reason for going is anything by pleasant. After one disastrous hurricane, and with a second one working its way up the coast, it’s time to convince Aunt Sandy to abandon her little seaside store on North Carolina’s Outer Banks and return to the family fold in Michigan. But when the storm sweeps through, the three women will discover that sisterhood and the sea can change hearts, lives, and futures . . . often in the most unpredictable of ways.

Free as of 09/08/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Chili-Slaw Dogs (Austen Takes the South 2)

By Mary Jane Hathaway / Genre: Romance / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (46 reviews)

Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Chili-Slaw Dogs (Austen Takes the South 2)

Caroline Ashley is a journalist on the rise at the Washington Post until the sudden death of her father brings her back to Thorny Hollow to care for her mentally fragile mother. The only respite from the eternal rotation of bridge club meetings and garden parties is her longtime friend, Brooks Elliott. A professor of journalism, Brooks is the voice of sanity and reason in the land of pink lemonade and triple layer coconut cakes. But when she meets a fascinating, charismatic young man on the cusp of a brand new industry, she ignores Brooks’ misgivings and throws herself into the project.
Brooks struggles to reconcile his parents’ very bitter marriage with his father’s devastating grief at the recent loss of his wife. Caroline is the only bright spot in the emotional wreckage of his family life. She’s a friend and he’s perfectly happy to keep her safely in that category. Marriage isn’t for men like Brooks and they both know it… until a handsome newcomer wins her heart. Brooks discovers Caroline is much more than a friend, and always has been, but is it too late to win her back?
With a scheming playboy, a feisty grandmama, a crooked antiques dealer, some contra dancing and a returning cast of Civil War re-enactors, ‘Emma, Mr. Knightley, and Chili-Slaw Dogs’ brings you back to a modern South only Jane Austen could have imagined.

Free as of 09/08/13 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Upon Your Return

By Marie Lavender / Genre: Contemporary, Romance / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (12 reviews)

Upon Your Return

Fara Bellamont has been back in society for a year after leaving Cluny Abbey, where her uncle sent her long ago. When he chooses a suitor for her for marriage, she fears that she will be forced to marry a stranger and live a miserable life.

But, Fara finds herself thrust into an adventure of a lifetime when unforeseen circumstances cause her to place her trust in a strange man for protection. His intervention not only saves her, but puts her in an even more compromising position.

Grant Hill, a trading captain, is enchanted by the young heiress not only because of her beauty, but because she is hardly conventional. Underneath her ladylike exterior lies a tigress. Grant cannot help but offer his protection as she is in need and he is far from immune from her charms.

Fara just never bargained on the passion that she feels for Grant Hill. As events unfold, she must decide whether her desires and the dictates of her heart should trump the rules of society in this exciting tale.

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Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 03-22-13 [Part 1]

Tough Cookie (Maggie Sullivan mysteries)

By M. Ruth Myers / Genre: Historical, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (166 reviews)

Tough Cookie (Maggie Sullivan mysteries)

When Depression-era private eye Maggie Sullivan is invited to dine with a millionaire, she doesn’t expect the first course to be a gun in her face. It draws her into a gold-plated web of theft, revenge, double crosses and murder.

A big-time swindle has made fools of some of the city’s wealthiest businessmen. The man behind it has vanished. When Maggie begins asking questions, he reappears – dead in the river. But she’s already learned too much. Someone’s out to silence her too.

Armed with her .38 and a nip of gin, Maggie closes in on a killer as a mobster offers a hint, a cop unsettles her with his chemistry, and a woman with deadly potential plays a game by her own rules.

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Top Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 03-04-13

The Light Of Eidon (Legends of the Guardian-King Book #1)

By Karen Hancock / Genre: Religious Fiction / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (217 reviews)

The Light Of Eidon (Legends of the Guardian-King Book #1)

Book 1 of Legends of the Guardian King which follows the life of Abramm Kalladorne in his turbulent search for truth and self–a search that will transform him from a sickly, head-in-the-clouds youth to a legendary hero of strength and courage. Set in a world of swords and cloaks, of glittering palaces and mystical temples, of galley ships and ancient, mist-bound cities, his journey illustrates how God pursues and how He uses suffering to mold His children into something greater than was ever thought possible. Written by Karen Hancock, the acclaimed author of Arena.

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