Monday’s Top eBooks
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Working Stiff
by Blair Babylon
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.5
Everybody in the office said that Cash was a heartbreaker, that he’d bump her and dump her, so Rox decided not to become a statistic. She went out and bought herself some rings of the finest cubic zirconia so that she could work with Cash, who was several inches over six feet tall, emerald-eyed, ripped, gorgeous, his tailored suit clinging to his athletic body, sporting a British accent, and loaded. It had seemed like such a good idea at the time.
But now, three years later, she and Cash have become friends. They travel together for work often, and they’re the best of buddies. When Rox gets thrown out of her apartment, Cash insists that she come live with him until they can find her a place because that’s what friends do.
The Fuller’s Apprentice
by Angela Holder
FREEBIE
Fantasy
Rating: 4.3
All Josiah wants is a little excitement. His work as an apprentice fuller is boring, and playing in the mill’s machinery isn’t that dangerous. Everything goes fine–at first.
All right, he’s lucky the wizard Elkan and his familiar, a donkey named Sar, are there to save his life. Even better, when his furious master fires him, Elkan offers him a job as his assistant. Josiah jumps at the chance. Traveling around Tevenar for a year, meeting all sorts of interesting people, helping the dedicated young wizard and clever donkey serve them with the Mother’s healing magic–what could be more fun?
The Holy Bible: Literal Standard Version
by Covenant Press
BARGAIN
Christian Bible
Rating: 4.4
The LSV is finally here: A brand new, literal, easy-to-read translation of the complete Holy Bible–both Old and New Testaments. This is the first edition of the LSV available for Kindle E-readers… The LSV is published by Covenant Press, the publishing arm of the Covenant Christian Coalition.
A modern, literal, word-for-word (formal equivalence) English translation of the Holy Scriptures utilizing English word rearrangement when necessitated for readability. The LSV is the most literal translation of The Holy Bible, with significant improvement over previous literal translations, including Robert Young’s excellent Young’s Literal Translation.
Of Dust and Tides
by A.G. Russo
BARGAIN
Literary Fiction/Short Stories
Rating: 4.6
Awarded a gold star for July 2016 – “Ethereal and affecting, nicely done.”
Chance encounters, voices from the past, or challenging choices can change the course of a life. In this short story collection, told in different genres, young people starting on their journey to full adulthood find themselves on unexpected paths.
“Each very different tale presents stories of survival, confrontation and change; and each follows characters that grow from their encounters.” -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
A Plain Jane Mystery Box Set 2: Books 4 – 6
by Traci Tyne Hilton
BARGAIN
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.0
Three Plain Jane Novels in one collection!
Health Wealth and Murder: Popular prosperity preacher Josiah Malachi teaches that God will make us healthy and wealthy, so why did he just drop dead with a knife in his back? Spoiled Rotten Murder: A missing groom, a dead gamer, and a woman who had the nerve to design a popular video game. A case of possible insurance fraud turns into a bloody mess for Jane Adler and her new boss at the Senior Corps of Retired Investigators. Killer Honeymoon: After a stressful wedding full of surprises, Jane and Jake head off to a quiet honeymoon on the Oregon Coast where they receive a gift they hadn’t registered for: a corpse at the cottage.
The Millionaire’s Revenge
by Wendy Byrne
BARGAIN
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.2
Real estate tycoon Luke McCall has a plan to take down the underhanded competitor messing with his livelihood. He intends to romance the man’s daughter, gain her trust, and get the information he needs to put his rival out of business once and for all. He just didn’t plan for the way she makes him feel.
Grace Wilson is tired of men using her smarts, social position, or her father’s status for their personal gain. It’s time for a new philosophy: Test. Screw. Dump. But after she meets Luke, she’s not sure she’ll be able to walk away. Not only is he sexy and charming, but he’s survives every tests she puts him through. But can she trust a guy who seems too good to be true?
Then She Was Speechless
by Chana Calderon
NO LONGER FREE
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.6
What can children do when their mother asks them to help her die? Ruth, an extraordinary eighty-year-old with a PhD in the Arts, who has suffered a stroke that left her without the capacity to speak, read, or write, tries in vain to commit suicide.
Dumbstruck, her children realize that their mother’s situation requires 24/7 supervision and they jointly decide to move her into the bosom of the family. Each one of the children, however, has their own personal problems, and Ruth’s mental and physical deterioration make the whole situation unbearable and explosive.
Hearts of Darkness
by John Liebert & William J. Birnes
FREEBIE
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 5.0
From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds.
Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental illness to determine what exactly is going on with these individuals and society as a whole, and what action can be taken to slow this frightening trend toward mass violence…
Pete the Cat Goes Camping
by James Dean
BARGAIN
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.9
New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean takes readers along for an outdoor adventure with Pete the Cat!
In Pete the Cat Goes Camping, Pete can’t wait to go hiking, fishing, and eat s’mores by the campfire. But when he hears about the mysterious creature named Bigfoot, Pete can’t help but wonder: Is Bigfoot real? Pete the Cat Goes Camping is a Level 1 I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared reading with a child.
Creative Cakes Anyone Can Make
by Jill Foster
BARGAIN
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.0
Jill Foster makes cake decorating as easy as writing your name. With her unique write-way method, if you can write your name you can decorate a cake. Anyone can make beautiful homemade cakes like the ones seen in magazines.
This full-color, illustrated book offers tools, tips, and creative ideas for all sorts of holidays, including birthdays for all ages, religious events, baby showers, bridal showers, and weddings.
The Leper of Saint Giles
by Ellis Peters
BARGAIN
Historical Mystery
Rating: 4.7
Setting out for the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury, Brother Cadfael has more pressing matters on his mind than the grand wedding coming to his abbey. But as fate would have it, Cadfael arrives at Saint Giles just as the nuptial party passes the colony’s gates.
When he sees the fragile bride looking like a prisoner between her two stern guardians and the bridegroom–an arrogant, fleshy aristocrat old enough to be her grandfather–he quickly discerns this union may be more damned than blessed…
The Lord of the Highwaymen
by Elizabeth Bramwell
BARGAIN
Historical Romance
Rating: 4.0
Following his disastrous attempt to woo the woman he loves, the Honorable William Haddington and his friends retire to Brooks club to drown their sorrows, only to find themselves agreeing to a ridiculous wager: they must don masks and cloaks to begin temporary careers as highwaymen, or lose their fortunes to men they despise.
Confused and frustrated by the odd encounter with the man she adores, Lady Amelia Fellowes is in no mood to suffer fools when five well-dressed men try to hold up her carriage in the middle of Hyde Park. When a second group of thieves arrive moments later, her temper flares. After all, she knows better than to leave her fate in the hands of mere men, and decides to take charge of the situation. What she does not expect, however, is to recognize the handsome leader of one group of rogues, or that he will ask her to dance with him in the moonlight…
The Beam: Season One
by Sean Platt & Johnny B. Truant
FREEBIE
Technothriller
Rating: 4.3
In the year 2097, the only stable nation is the NAU: a dystopia exploding with new technologies and ruled by two political parties. The choices are Enterprise (sink-or-swim; effort and luck determine whether members prosper or starve) or Directorate, where members are guaranteed safety but can never rise above their station.
Above it all is The Beam: an AI-built computer network that serves every whim and connects citizens through implants and biological add-ons. The Beam anticipates every need and has created a world within the world. It permeates everything. And is everywhere. But the NAU’s power is shifting…
The Gift
by Margaret McHeyzer
FREEBIE
Young Adult
Rating: 4.0
New York Times Bestselling Author of UGLY and MISTRUST.
I have something people want. I have something they cannot take or steal. I have something they’d kill for. The something I have, isn’t a possession, it’s more.
Much, much more. It’s a gift. It’s part of me.
The Race to Save the Romanovs
by Helen Rappaport
BARGAIN
History
Rating: 4.4
The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today.
Like a modern day detective, Helen Rappaport draws on new and never-before-seen sources from archives in the US, Russia, Spain and the UK, creating a powerful account of near misses and close calls with a heartbreaking conclusion. With its up-to-the-minute research, The Race to Save the Romanovs is sure to replace outdated classics as the final word on the fate of the Romanovs.
More Than Human
by Theodore Sturgeon
BARGAIN
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Six misfits, one powerful entity. An award-winning novel about belonging by “one of the greatest writers of science fiction and fantasy who ever lived” (Stephen King).
Individually, they are a seemingly simpleminded young man living in the woods who can read the thoughts of others, a runaway girl with telekinetic powers, twin girls who can barely speak but can teleport across great distances, and an infant with a mind like a supercomputer. Together, they are the Gestalt–a single extraordinary being comprised of remarkable parts–although an essential piece may be missing…
The Secret Husband
by Lorhainne Eckhart
BARGAIN
Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.2
Small-town lawyer Karen O’Connell believes that all of her clients who have found themselves recklessly embroiled in scandal and trouble have done so foolishly because of love. She has heard far too many times that the heart wants what it wants.
But one night, Karen receives a call from Jack Curtis, her vengeful ex-husband, whom she’s never told anyone in her family about. He’s found himself in a world of trouble, arrested and in jail, charged with murder. He says he’s innocent, and he needs her help. Her first response is to say no, but Karen knows Jack isn’t the kind of guy to ask for help from anyone, especially not from the ex-wife he openly despises…
The Path of Silence
by Edita A. Petrick
BARGAIN
Crime Thriller/Romance
Rating: 4.2
Meg Stanton rides a desk in the cold case unit with the Baltimore PD. Her day starts like any other–with parent-child struggles, a dire need for a large coffee and a partner who is a conglomerate of neuroses. However, it ends like no other day…with a dead body on the hood of her partner’s car that signals a beginning of a strange journey of self-destructing bodies, all fitted with pacemakers that make them vulnerable to the killer.
Who is the mastermind behind all this? Who could callously use his fellow man as living guinea pigs for an ingenious new weapon? And how many people will have to die before Meg finds answers even as her life is unraveling around her…?