Best Free and Bargain Kindle Books: 03-15-13 [Part 1]

Doug and Carlie

By Lisa Smartt / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.9 out of 5 stars (107 reviews)

Doug and Carlie

Carlie Ann Davidson only has $167.29 in the bank. She’s 10 years late on college and 37 lbs. over the ideal weight chart. When she’s not in her college classes, she’s stocking shelves at the Dollar General Store in Commerce, Georgia, and wondering why SO many people eat pork n beans. But Carlie has dreams, dreams of love and literary success. With the humorous and engaging backdrop of small town characters and culture, Carlie realizes she’s not a loser at all. Just a late bloomer. The good news? Sometimes there are rewards for late bloomers.

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Top Kindle Freebies – 01/31/13

Just Evil

By Vickie McKeehan / Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (62 reviews)

Just Evil

Kit Griffin has finally overcome a painful childhood at the hands of her mother, former actress Alana Stevens. No longer living in the grasp of the cold, tyrannical woman, Kit’s life is finally on track. That is, until Alana is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day, pulling Kit back to the dark horrors of her past. To make matters worse, the police consider Kit the prime suspect.

Jake Boston is an old family friend and the man Kit has loved since she was a teen. He’s fighting his own demons as a suspect in his wife’s murder two years earlier. Despite his past, he’s determined to win Kit over once and for all. But before that can happen they need to convince the police there’s a killer working his way down a list with cold-hearted vengeance in mind.

Forced to delve into Alana’s dark past, Jake and Kit uncover a forty-year-old double murder leading them straight to the door of a legal dynasty. Soon they find out just how far the heirs will go to keep the past buried.

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Highly Rated Kindle Books for Free – 01/28/13

Riversong

By Tess Thompson / Genre: Romance / Rating: 4.1 out of 5 stars (158 reviews)

Riversong

When Lee Tucker’s husband commits suicide, he leaves her pregnant and one million dollars in debt to a loan shark. Out of options, she escapes to her deceased mother’s dilapidated house located in a small Oregon town that, like her, is financially ruined, heartbroken and in desperate need of a fresh start. Lee’s resilience leads to a plan for a destination restaurant named Riversong, to new chances for passion and love, and to danger from her dead husband’s debt as her business blooms.

Author Tess Thompson (formerly known as Tess Hardwick) assembles a colorful cast of endearing small-town characters and takes you on a journey that will make you believe in the possibilities of life – even in the face of overwhelming adversity and unimaginable grief. Lee Tucker is the kind of woman you find yourself rooting for long after the last page is read.

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Best Free Kindle Freebies 12-12-12

The Selkie Spell

By Sophie Moss / Genre: Romance / Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (102 reviews)

The Selkie Spell

In this modern-day fairy tale romance, American doctor Tara Moore travels to an enchanted Irish island and discovers she has the power to break a 200-year-old curse. At first, Tara laughs off the villagers’ speculation that she is descended from a selkie—a magical creature who is bewitching the island. But when a ghostly woman appears to her with a warning, Tara realizes it was more than chance that brought her to this island. Desperate to escape a dark and dangerous past, Tara struggles against a passionate attraction to handsome islander Dominic O’Sullivan. But the enchantment of the island soon overpowers her and she falls helpless under its spell. Caught between magic and reality, Tara must find a way to wield both when a dangerous stranger from her past arrives, threatening to destroy the lives of everyone on the island.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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Must Love Dogs

By Claire Cook / Genre: Humor / Rating: 3.8 out of 5 stars (85 reviews)

Must Love Dogs

The internationally bestselling novel that became a major movie starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.

Laugh out loud funny, this book is as much fun as a brand new puppy (without the messy cleanup and chewed up shoes). Claire Cook takes us on a life journey with Sarah Hurlihy, 40 year old divorcee, pre-school teacher, and member of a large, wild and rowdy Irish American family. In her first foray into the world of personal ads, Sarah manages to select a Mr. Right who is none other than her own widowed father. Will she have any better luck when her sound-alike sister writes a personal ad for Sarah, and records a voice message? The importance of family relationships and the dysfunction of same glows through every single page in this delightful and frothy little book. Fun, uplifting, and insightful, I highly recommend this charming book.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Baby Thief

By L.J. Sellers / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars (41 reviews)

The Baby Thief

As a thirty-two-year-old,single restaurant manager, Jenna McClure is all too aware of her ticking biological clock. Elizabeth Demauer, a fertility clinic doctor, helps her patients bear children–a joy she can never share.

But these two women have more in common than just a yearning for motherhood. When they cross paths, Elizabeth sees not only the sister she never knew existed but the
once-in-a-lifetime chance to realize her deepest desire…by any means necessary.
Together with her lover–a rogue physician and charismatic cult leader–Elizabeth masterminds the ultimate theft.

But their carefully laid plans could be derailed by Eric Troutman, the heroic reporter who’s fallen in love with Jenna and will stop at nothing to solve her sudden disappearance. And the more his relentless investigation tightens the noose around Elizabeth and David, the more their “victimless crime” threatens to become anything but.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Shekinah Legacy

By Gary Lindberg / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (70 reviews)

The Shekinah Legacy

In this controversial Amazon best-selling thriller, international cable TV journalist Charlotte Ansari and her Asperger’s son are caught literally in the crossfire of history when terrorists, the CIA, Mossad and the Vatican all converge in a pulse-pounding search for relics that could forever change the balance of power in the world.

Three decades ago, Charlotte’s mother suddenly vanished with no trace. The mystery was never solved. Then suddenly, on the same day that Charlotte’s home is attacked by terrorists, her son receives an email from the grandmother that he has never known. The coded message catapults Charlotte and her son on a dangerous mission to India and Kashmir to find the only objects that can save the old woman’s life. Unfortunately, Charlotte and her autistic son don’t know what they are looking for.

The Shekinah Legacy is a thriller in the tradition of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and James Rollins. In this provocative novel, author Gary Lindberg uses the form of the thriller to explore the limits and perils of belief.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Taking Flight

By Adrian R. Magnuson / Genre: Literary Fiction / Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars (50 reviews)

Taking Flight

Jeremy Walsh’s parents assume he’s been abducted by the elderly man he met on a cross-country flight, but it’s the other way around.

Share in the journey of two unlikely companions who meet in midair: 13-year-old Jeremy, sent against his will by his career-absorbed father to spend the summer with his bipolar mother in New York, and Harry Herndon, elderly, one-legged and afflicted with mid-stage Alzheimer’s, who escapes his the confinement of home for what may be his last adventure. Outcasts of sorts, they begin their cross-country getaway, trailed by Harry’s wife and Jeremy’s parents, each of whom threaten to cut their journey short. The story that follows is a race against time and circumstance as the two quickly bond over their mutual love of birding while experiencing the joys and growing pains of Taking Flight in their own, very different, ways.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Voynich Cypher

By Russell Blake / Genre: Action & Adventure / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (60 reviews)

The Voynich Cypher

When a sacred relic is stolen from its subterranean guarded vault, Dr. Steven Cross, amateur cryptographer, becomes embroiled in a deadly quest to decipher one of history’s most enigmatic documents – a 15th century parchment written entirely in unbreakable code; The Voynich Manuscript. Stalked by secret societies, and aided by the daughter of a murdered colleague, a trail of riddles catapults Cross from England to Italy to the Middle East, where a Byzantine web of ancient secrets leads him to a revelation so profound it will change the world order.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

The Last Honest Seamstress

By Gina Robinson / Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (35 reviews)

The Last Honest Seamstress

Seattle 1889

Too many rough, lonely men, too few respectable women; Brothels full of prostitutes who call themselves seamstresses;
Two sewing machines; One real seamstress who desperately needs a husband–of convenience And one man who will do anything to win her love… Even make a dangerous deal with Seattle’s most notorious madam. If you’re a fan of The Dressmaker, you’ll love the gripping historical details and emotional epic love story in The Last Honest Seamstress.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

OUTSIDE

By Shalini Boland / Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars (77 reviews)

OUTSIDE

A post-apocalyptic romance thriller.

The world of the future is divided by Perimeters: high-security gated communities where life goes on as normal. If you’re inside you’re lucky, if you’re outside life expectancy takes a nose dive.

Riley is fortunate to have been born on the right side of the fence. But her life of privilege comes crashing down when someone breaks through the Perimeter and murders her sister. She forsakes her own safety to go in search of the killer. Luc decides to go with her otherwise she’ll be dead before she’s past the security gate. But what awaits her outside is more unbelievable than she ever expected.

Cut to the present day where Eleanor’s world is falling apart. This time next year, civilisation won’t be quite so civilised . . .

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Sweet Venom

By Tera Lynn Childs / Genre: Fantasy, Mythology / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (122 reviews)

Sweet Venom

Grace just moved to San Francisco and is excited to start over at a new school. The change is full of fresh possibilities, but it’s also a tiny bit scary. It gets scarier when a minotaur walks in the door. And even more shocking when a girl who looks just like her shows up to fight the monster.

Gretchen is tired of monsters pulling her out into the wee hours, especially on a school night, but what can she do? Sending the minotaur back to his bleak home is just another notch on her combat belt. She never expected to run into this girl who could be her double, though.

Greer has her life pretty well put together, thank you very much. But that all tilts sideways when two girls who look eerily like her appear on her doorstep and claim they’re triplets, supernatural descendants of some hideous creature from Greek myth, destined to spend their lives hunting monsters.

These three teenage descendants of Medusa, the once-beautiful Gorgon maligned in myth, must reunite and embrace their fates in this unique paranormal world where monsters lurk in plain sight.

Free as of 12/12/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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8 Best Free Kindle Books for 12-09-12

Sky of Red Poppies

By Zohreh Ghahremani / Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Rating: 4.6 out of 5 stars

Sky of Red Poppies

Sky of Red Poppies begins with a casual friendship between two schoolgirls coming of age in a politically divided 1960’s Iran under rule of the Shah. Roya, the daughter of a prominent family, is envious of the fierce independence of her religious classmate Shireen. But Shireen has secrets of her own. Together, Roya and Shireen contend with becoming the women they want to be, and in doing so, make decisions that will cause their tragic undoing. In the unraveling of family secrets, Roya begins to question how she was raised and how to become the person she wishes to be. Set against the backdrop of a nation forced to mute its profound identity, Sky of Red Poppies is a novel about culture, politics and the redeeming power of friendships.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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Secrets to Die For

By L.J. Sellers / Genre: Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.3 out of 5 stars

Secrets to Die For

When social worker Raina Hughes visits the home of a young boy she’s been assigned to monitor, things quickly turn ugly with his meth-addicted dad. Later, when Raina is found brutally murdered,Detective Jackson thinks it’s an open-and-shut case against the boy’s ex-con father.

Complications develop when new evidence points to a serial assailant who’s becoming more violent with each attack. Raina’s friend, Jamie, knows what the victims have in common, but she won’t tell for fear of revealing her own secrets. When Jamie disappears,Jackson must uncover the truth before anyone else is murdered.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Still Life in Shadows

By Alice J. Wisler / Genre: Religion & Spirituality / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Still Life in Shadows

It’s been fifteen years since Gideon Miller ran away from his Amish community in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as a boy of fifteen. Gideon arrives in the Smoky Mountains town of Twin Branches and settles in at the local auto mechanic’s garage. He meets a host of interesting characters -the most recent acquaintances
are Kiki, an autistic teen, and her sister Mari. Known as the “Getaway Savior” he helps other Amish boys and girls relocate to life in modern America.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Chill Run

By Russell Brooks / Genre: Men’s Adventure, Mystery & Thrillers / Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars

Chill Run

Starving author Eddie Barrow, Jr., will do anything to get a book deal with a NYC publisher. Even if it means getting caught by the media while engaging in S&M with a female celebrity as a publicity stunt. What Eddie gets instead are details of a billion dollar fraud scheme from a suicidal client who’s fatally shot minutes later. Now on the run from the law and the killers, Eddie seeks help from two unlikely friends–an alcoholic and a dominatrix. With few resources, Eddie races to clear his name, unveil the fraud scheme, and expose the killers before he becomes their next victim.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Painted Blind

By Michelle Hansen / Genre: Mythology, Young Adult / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Painted Blind

Psyche Middleton has always been judged by her looks. When she meets a guy that can make himself invisible, she must decide if love is truly blind. He takes her a palace in an idyllic kingdom, but his affection has one condition—she may not see him.

Enchanted, intrigued and not wholeheartedly believing he’s real, she betrays his trust for a glimpse of his face, and ends up at the mercy of his controlling mother. Psyche must complete three impossible tasks to prove her love—or die trying.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Stirring Up Trouble

By Juli Alexander / Genre: Young Adult / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

Revised

Zoe Miller is a 15-year-old witch with a talent for potions. She’s working hard to find a substitute for toad slime. Since fat-free margarine has been found to be a substitute for dead man’s toe, she’s hopeful that she’ll find one.

Then there’s all the so-called normal stuff. Like high school, her annoyingly selfish “friend” Anya, and her crush on Anya’s ex-boyfriend Jake.

Now, Zoe’s dad is dating Jake’s mom, and things are getting more and more complicated. If only Zoe could brew a potion or two and set everything straight. Zoe can’t. If she brews a self-serving potion, bad things will happen to her appearance. Like a crooked nose, giant wart, green skin, rotting teeth–the whole ugly witch stereotype.

Zoe’s tired of fate interfering so cruelly in her life. Can you really blame her for putting her potions to not-so-good use and stirring up trouble?

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

So We Bought the Farm

By Steve Riddle / Genre: Humor / Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars

So We Bought the Farm

When Steve Riddle moved his family to the country, he never planned on starting a farm. Raised a military brat accustomed to the nomadic life, he never dreamed about putting down roots and raising animals. Most of all, he never imagined he’d write a book about it. In this collection of anecdotes about raising sheep, goats, cattle, and chickens, Mr. Riddle is a storyteller in the classic sense. He takes readers on a frank, personal, and rollicking ride through the challenges, missteps, and disasters he has faced as a beginning farmer. Hold on to your hat and suspend your disbelief, because these stories are so outrageous, they must be true. Includes illustrations by award-winning Native American artist Anita Caldwell Jackson.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

Follow Your Heart

By Andrew Matthews / Genre: Advice & How-to, Self-Help / Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars

Follow Your Heart

“Follow Your Heart” is about doing what you love and finding peace of mind. It is about dealing with disasters and not blaming your mother! It is about how happy people think, why rich people make money – even by accident – and it’s about what losers do, and how not to be like them! Easy-to-read and illustrated with Andrew Matthews’ famous cartoons. Almost two million copies sold in 42 languages.

Free as of 12/09/2012 for Kindle. Click here to find out if this book is still FREE.

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