Saturday’s Top eBooks
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Tru Blue
by Melissa Foster
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.7
There’s nothing Truman Gritt won’t do to protect his family–Including spending years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit. When he’s finally released, the life he knew is turned upside down by his mother’s overdose, and Truman steps in to raise the children she’s left behind.
Truman’s hard, he’s secretive, and he’s trying to save a brother who’s even more broken than he is. He’s never needed help in his life, and when beautiful Gemma Wright tries to step in, he’s less than accepting. But Gemma has a way of slithering into people’s lives and eventually she pierces through his ironclad heart… Check out The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Peaceful Harbor series!
My Reading Journal
by Y. Y. Chan
FREEBIE
Children’s Educational
Rating: 4.9
My Reading Journal is the ultimate guided journal for kids aged 9+.
This reading journal is packed with reading tips and strategies, together with a wide range of reflection tasks and questions to help kids dig deeper into what they are reading, and find meaning and relevance to their own lives. Activities include KWL charts, Venn diagrams, interview questions, diary entries, poster designs, as well as interactive activities with other readers and adults to foster a supportive, encouraging and engaging environment for reading and learning.
Red Rising
by Pierce Brown
BARGAIN
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children.
But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow–and Reds like him–are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class.
When Love Walks Into His Life
by Lilah Rivers
BARGAIN
Inspirational Romance
Rating: 4.8
Sarah Willis has no choice but to abandon her home, as her mother and father sadly refuse to give up their greed and gambling. Having nowhere else to go, she turns to the man she met through a mail-order bride ad, Judd.
To her horror, upon her arrival, she discovers that her husband-to-be has already married another woman! Broke and devastated, she feels hopeless, until she is offered a job by a handsome man, Simon, in his newspaper. Will he be the cure for her sad and lonely soul or another disappointment that will deeply stigmatize her? Will treacherous schemes and secrets keep her from following her heart?
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
by Joanne Fluke
BARGAIN
Women Sleuths
Rating: 4.4
First in the New York Times-bestselling mystery series: “A cleverly plotted cozy full of appealing characters and delicious cookie recipes.” -Publishers Weekly
Take one amateur sleuth. Mix in some eccentric Minnesota locals. Add a generous dollop of crackling suspense, and you’ve got the recipe for this mystery series featuring Hannah Swensen, the red-haired, cookie-baking heroine whose gingersnaps are almost as tart as her comments and whose penchant for solving crime is definitely stirring things up.
Colors of Salvation: Substance Abuse
by Brad Duncan
BARGAIN
Christian Self-Help
Rating: 5.0
Colors of Salvation: Substance Abuse shares the true life stories of people who have suffered through the dark trenches of addiction and have emerged victorious. A variety of people of all ages, races, genders, and social statuses share their remarkable journey of transformation, going from hopelessness and captivity, to freedom and victory!
As a way to join the fight against addiction, at least one dollar from every book sold will go directly to a recovery ministry. You’ll be inspired hearing the stories of how God is still miraculously changing lives today!
Stiff in the Sand
by Winnie Reed
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.4
New jobs can be murder… At least, that’s what it seems like to Emma Harmon of Cape Hope. She’s got a new job blogging about food and she’s super-thrilled to be traveling to a new resort to sample the fare and meet local celebrities. One of who is First-Kiss-Robbie. The first boy to kiss her, he’s a famous chef now.
She finds out her photographer is a hot guy with a major chip on his shoulder. More like an iceberg, considering the way Deke treats her. She’s not so thrilled when she discovers a body in the sand dunes. One with a knife sticking out of him. A chef knife. Robbie’s chef knife.
Chaos Awakens
by Megg Jensen
FREEBIE
Fantasy
Rating: 4.3
For hundreds of years, the orcs and humans of Doros have shared an uneasy peace. It shatters in an instant with the botched assassination of a human priest in the orc capital. Hell bent on revenge, the humans take up arms as the orc monarchy crumbles from outside interference.
Now Tace, the unlucky assassin, is on the run. It’s soon clear, however, that her mistake hasn’t only precipitated a war. It’s unleashed ancient powers, the stuff of legends and fireside tales–and not the cozy kind.
As The Stars Fall
by Steve N. Lee
BARGAIN
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.6
When a young girl suffering with her own tragedy comes across an abandoned dog, she can’t resist helping him. Both having braved the worst the world has to throw at them, the pair quickly form an unbreakable bond. They picture their future as an endless stream of adventures filled with love, laughter, and good times.
But life has one last cruel trick to play… If you’ve ever wondered what your dog is thinking, this is your chance to find out through a heartfelt tale about an ordinary dog. An ordinary dog just like yours.
Lincoln’s Melancholy
by Joshua Wolf Shenk
BARGAIN
History
Rating: 4.6
Giving shape to the deep depression that pervaded Lincoln’s adult life, Joshua Wolf Shenk’s Lincoln’s Melancholy reveals how this illness influenced both the President’s character and his leadership. Mired in personal suffering as a young man, Lincoln forged a hard path toward mental health.
Shenk draws on seven years of research from historical record, interviews with Lincoln scholars, and contemporary research on depression to understand the nature of Lincoln’s unhappiness…
The Samurai Inheritance
by James Douglas
BARGAIN
Action & Adventure
Rating: 4.1
April 1943 – A Mitsubishi transport plane, carrying Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War…
December 2011 – Art recovery expert Jamie Saintclair is offered a lucrative commission: he has been tasked to find the preserved head of a Solomon Island warrior, missing from a German museum since 1945?
Willie, My Love
by Judy Ann Davis
BARGAIN
Historical Romance/Mystery
Rating: 4.6
Award-Winning Finalist in the American Fiction Awards for Historical Mystery/Suspense!
The year is 1856. White pine is king of the forest. The last thing Jonathan Wain wants to do is ride miles through Pennsylvania’s wilderness to help his father’s logging partner in the small settlement of Clearfield. His family owns clipper ships in the Chesapeake Bay that carry the coveted logs to the markets each spring, and they can’t afford a loss.
The last thing Wilhelmina Wydcliffe wants is a handsome sea captain from Maryland meddling in her father’s logging operations under attack by unknown enemies. A feisty tomboy and better known as Willie to her crews, she has a dream to be the largest logging operator east of the Mississippi River. When both Willie’s and Jonathan’s lives are threatened, they are forced to work together…
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
FREEBIE
Literary Classics
Rating: 4.4
Brian Hooker’s brilliant 1923 blank-verse translation of the classic swashbuckling romantic French play by Edmond Rostand.
Long-nosed quick-witted master swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac writes love letters, on behalf of the good-looking soldier Christian de Neuvillette, to Roxane, the woman they both love. A paean to the power of words.
The Life Story of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
NO LONGER FREE
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.6
“Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” is a memoir on abolition written by Frederick Douglass. It is held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the 19th century.
Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Suskind
BARGAIN
Horror
Rating: 4.4
In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift–an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he lives to decipher the odors of Paris, and apprentices himself to a prominent perfumer who teaches him the ancient art of mixing precious oils and herbs.
But Grenouille’s genius is such that he is not satisfied to stop there, and he becomes obsessed with capturing the smells of objects such as brass doorknobs and fresh-cut wood. Then one day he catches a hint of a scent that will drive him on an ever-more-terrifying quest to create the “ultimate perfume”–the scent of a beautiful young virgin.
Upside Down
by Fern Michaels
BARGAIN
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.1
The men behind a squad of fierce female vigilantes form their own team in the first of this thrilling series from a #1 New York Times-bestselling author.
Through public triumphs and private sorrows, the men in the Sisters’ lives–husbands, friends, colleagues, and lovers–have offered invaluable aid and support. In the process, they’ve become an informal brotherhood of their own, able to relate to the unique challenges and rewards of life among the vigilantes…
The Movie Star Rescue
by Jenna Brandt
BARGAIN
Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.9
An expert mountain rescuer, a starlet filming in a remote location, and the blizzard of the century…
Master Sergeant James Franklin, and his K9 partner, Siku, are the most decorated mountain rescue officers of all time. They’ve found and helped over five hundred victims during their career, but after their last rescue went terribly wrong, their DCSR commander insists they need to take a break. James decides his boss can force him on vacation, but he can’t take the mountain out of him. He retreats with Siku to his cabin on Clear Mountain, but arrives just in time to get trapped by snow–a lot of it. Check out the Disaster City Search and Rescue series!
Anything For You
by Marissa Finch
BARGAIN
Thriller
Rating: 4.5
From the first moment single mother Nicolette Winchester held her daughter in her arms, she knew she’d do everything in her power to keep her safe. Now eighteen years old, Ella is bright, kind and a cello prodigy headed for Juilliard. Nicolette can’t help but feel proud of the young woman her daughter’s become.
Then Ella calls home one night. There’s been an accident. A classmate is dead. And Ella is the only one on the scene. To protect her daughter, Nicolette makes an unthinkable decision: hide the body, and ensure her daughter is kept out of the ensuing scandal. There’s only one problem. Someone knows what she did. And that person is going to make sure Nicolette pays.