Monday’s Top eBooks
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Picking Up the Pieces
by Carolina Mac
FREEBIE
Contemporary Western Romance
Rating: 5.0
The McKenna brothers wake up one morning to find their prize bull has been stolen. Still grieving for their father, a champion bull rider, the boys pursue their own investigation.
With all of their love lives in a sad state, can they focus on finding Preso before the rustlers send him to the slaughterhouse? Read Picking Up the Pieces to find out. Check out the Broken Spur series!
The Super-Secret Science Club
by S.C. Davis
FREEBIE
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
I’ll never forget my science teacher’s words the day he recruited us as spies:
“I’m a member of a secret organization called the Rosalind Group, whose original mission was to find and prevent cases of stolen scientific research. But one day, everything changed, and I didn’t understand why. Eventually, I figured it out…we weren’t the good guys anymore…the Rosalind Group is no longer protecting scientists from having their research stolen. We’re now the ones who are stealing it.”
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.6
This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
Now a major motion picture from Universal, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
Unnatural Death
by Dorothy L. Sayers
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Amateur Sleuths
Rating: 4.5
When a terminally ill woman dies much earlier than expected, Lord Peter Wimsey suspects murder: “First-rate detection” (The Cincinnati Enquirer).
Though never quick-witted, Agatha Dawson had an iron constitution and a will to fight that never abated in her old age. Even after three operations failed to rid her of her cancer, she refused to give in. But as her body began to weaken, she accused lawyers, nurses, and doctors of trying to kill her and snatch her fortune. The town physician, an expert in cancer, gives her six months to live. Only three days later, she is dead.
The Outsider Series: The Complete Omnibus Collection
by Lorhainne Eckhart
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.6
Fall in love with the Friessen men and the women they love in New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Lorhainne Eckhart’s big family romance series.
In THE OUTSIDER SERIES: THE COMPLETE OMNIBUS COLLECTION, included are all the books and short stories of the hot and sexy Friessen men and the strong and vulnerable women they love. “Loved this book series! I just couldn’t get enough of the characters, and ended up reading the whole set in a day.” Reviewer – Jen
Beautiful, Frightening, and Silent
by Jennifer Anne Gordon
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Psychological Fiction
Rating: 4.9
Adam, a young alcoholic, slowly descends into madness while dealing with the psychological scars of childhood trauma which are reawakened when his son and wife die in a car accident that he feels he is responsible for. After a failed suicide attempt, and more group meetings that he can mention. Adam hears a rumor of a Haunted Island off the Coast of Maine, where “if someone wants it bad enough” they could be reunited with a lost loved one.
In his desperate attempt to connect with the ghost of his four-and-a half year old son, he decides to go there, to Dagger Island, desperate to apologize to, or be condemned by, his young son. Adam is not sure what he deserves or even which of these he wants more…
Mercy & Mayhem
by Ava Mallory
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.1
Mercy loves her job. Traveling is the fun part. New coworkers aren’t. She thinks she knows what’s in store for her at a Nebraska nursing home. But within hours of her arrival, a man is dead, and she’s in way over her head.
Sheriff Charlie Wagner is a no-nonsense guy. When he’s called to investigate a suspicious death, it doesn’t take long to figure out the situation is anything but ordinary, including the chatty, quick-tempered traveling nurse. He needs to find the murderer. She needs to prove her innocence.
Interim
by P.K. Lentz
FREEBIE
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.2
The Interim, enforcing a monopoly on faster-than-light travel, stands between the human race and extinction, or so its Founders claim. The crew of the sub-light freighter Lady of Chaos wants nothing to do with it.
But when two fugitives, one a scientist, the other a rogue agent of the Social Engineering Service, the Interim’s death squad, come aboard, Lady becomes the most wanted ship in the galaxy. And that’s even before the Interim learns the true identity of her captain…
The Girl on the Balcony
by Olivia Hussey
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.7
In 1968, Olivia Hussey became one of the most famous faces in the world, immortalized as the definitive Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. Now the iconic girl on the balcony shares the ups and downs of her truly remarkable life and career…
In this candid memoir, Olivia Hussey tells her story–from being an “It Girl” in swinging 60s London and her enduring friendship with Romeo & Juliet co-star Leonard Whiting, through three tumultuous marriages–including one with Dean Martin’s son, Dino…
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.4
Five prominent biophysicists have warned the United States government that sterilization procedures for returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, a probe satellite falls to the earth and lands in a desolate region of northeastern Arizona.
Nearby, in the town of Piedmont, bodies lie heaped and flung across the ground, faces locked in frozen surprise. What could cause such shock and fear? The terror has begun, and there is no telling where it will end.
A Western Flame to Redeem their Past
by Lydia Olson
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.5
Α woman who’s lost everything–a man who’s there for her. How can they save their growing love out in the West?
Selma has never expected that she’ll inherit a rough piece of land in California after her father’s tragic death. Along her journey to visit this ranch, she finds herself in a small town in Arizona, where a mysterious young boy seems to follow her everywhere she goes. And now an unknown strong man seems always to be close to her to protect her. How can she choose between her dream of leading a free-spirited life in California and her growing feelings for this man?
Investing QuickStart Guide
by Ted D. Snow CFP MBA
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Non-Fiction/Business
Rating: 4.4
The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide To Investing In 2020! “An excellent investment book for beginners!” -Amazon Customer
Best-selling author Ted D. Snow, CFP®, MBA has a knack for making complex ideas clear while endowing his readers with a wealth of powerful new knowledge. Whether you are a newcomer to investing or a veteran looking for a fresh perspective, you will enjoy the unique and practical vision for investing success offered in the Investing QuickStart Guide.
Bringing the wisdom of 30+ years in the finance industry to bear–much to the benefit of novice learners and experienced investors alike. Snow’s intrepid but practical asset-allocation investment philosophy is masterfully communicated and highly appropriate for market newcomers.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
FREEBIE
Literary Classics
Rating: 4.3
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story by American author Washington Irving.The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving is an eerie tale set deep in the forest.
This is a classic story and one which has inspired a recent motion picture and also one which has been enthralling people for generations. Along with Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Winkle”, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity.
A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County
by Stephen M. Ostrander
FREEBIE
History
Rating: 5.0
“A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County” is a comprehensive account of the New York City’s most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century.
Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, according to the new Municipal Charter of “Greater New York”, Brooklyn was consolidated with the other cities, boroughs, and counties to form the modern City of New York. The borough continued, however, to maintain a distinct culture.
A Week in Winter
by Maeve Binchy
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Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Stoneybridge is a small town on the west coast of Ireland where all the families know one another. When Chicky Starr decides to take an old, decaying mansion set high on the cliffs overlooking the windswept Atlantic Ocean and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, everyone thinks she is crazy.
Helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the house) and Orla, her niece (a whiz at business), Chicky is finally ready to welcome the first guests to Stone House’s big warm kitchen, log fires, and understated elegant bedrooms…
The Case for a Creator
by Lee Strobel
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Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.7
During his academic years, Lee Strobel became convinced that God was obsolete, a belief that colored his journalism career. Science had made the idea of a Creator irrelevant – or so Strobel thought.
But today science points in a different direction. A diverse and impressive body of research has increasingly supported the conclusion that the universe was intelligently designed. At the same time, Darwinism has faltered in the face of concrete facts and hard reason. Has science discovered God?
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
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Fantasy
Rating: 4.3
Although it had been mostly deserted since the Voodoo Wars, there hadn’t been any trouble out at the lake for years. Rae Seddon, nicknamed Sunshine, head baker at her family’s busy and popular café in downtown New Arcadia, needed a place to get away from all the noise and confusion–of the clientele and her family. Just for a few hours. Just to be able to hear herself think.
She knew about the Others, of course. Everyone did. And several of her family’s best regular customers were from SOF–Special Other Forces–which had been created to deal with the threat and the danger of the Others.
Wrong Question
by Edita A. Petrick
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Romantic Mystery
Rating: 3.8
Bree-Ann Carver is sent to work in New York Times’ makeshift satellite office, in Idaho. Her job as an intern is to write a blog about fictional murders–and get a million subscribers.
But her very first subscriber criticizes her efforts and then aggressively moves to take over her blog via his unsolicited input into her work. She invites him to unsubscribe and finds that she has no control over this particular cyber-entity. He follows her to her private chat-room, he hacks her colleagues’ email accounts and he terrorizes her through her desktop and her laptop. She knows he wants her to use his murder scenarios, but these sound like real-case murders that the police closed as accidents… Check out the Bree-Ann Carver Suspense Blog series!