Wednesday’s Top eBooks
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Fetching
by Kylie Gilmore
FREEBIE
Romantic Comedy
Rating: 4.6
Wyatt – I’m a self-made billionaire with a soft spot for damsels in distress, so when I move to the quirky lakeside community of Summerdale, I immediately zero in on the woman I most want to…ahem, rescue. Only the stubborn woman refuses to cooperate.
Sydney – When Satan, aka Wyatt Winters, moves to town, I do my best to be welcoming. After all, I’m the owner of the historic restaurant and bar that he keeps showing up at, despite criticizing nearly everything about it. Deep breath. I might’ve lost my cool and made a rude gesture in his direction. And told him off. How was I to know he was considering investing in my place? #ad
King Arthur & His Knights
by Howard Pyle
FREEBIE
History
Rating: 4.1
“King Arthur & His Knights” tells the legend of the mythological first king of Britain King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. First part of the book tells how young Arthur pulled a sword out of an anvil, how he learned of his royal lineage, and how he thus became king. Second part tells the stories of Merlin, Sir Pellias, Sir Gawaine and other noble knights.
The characters are legendary: King Arthur, Lady Guinevere, the wizard Merlin, the sorceress Morgan le Fay, the knights of the Round Table. Their stories are rich in magic and intrigue. #ad
Tyrant’s Tomb: The Trials of Apollo
by Rick Riordan
BARGAIN
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.8
It’s not easy being Apollo, especially when you’ve been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo (aka Lester Papadopoulos) has faced both triumphs and tragedies.
Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the Roman demigods are preparing for a desperate last stand against the evil Triumvirate of Roman emperors. Hazel, Reyna, Frank, Tyson, Ella, and many other old friends will need Apollo’s aid to survive the onslaught… #ad
Wicked: Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
BARGAIN
Fantasy
Rating: 4.4
This is the book that started it all! The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire’s breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens.
Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn’t nearly as Wicked as we imagined. #ad
Verity’s Overlander
by Marisa Masterson
BARGAIN
Christian Historical Fiction/Romance
Rating: 4.7
Poor Mrs. Ella Milton! The matchmaker bends her rules and interviews this bride and groom by letter. No matter the disaster that follows, she still feels the Lord’s blessing in the mess. Verity Vaksdal wants adventure, just like her Viking ancestors. After reading dime novels, she knows that adventure will only come her way if she finds a dark and handsome hero.
Mrs. Ella Milton helps her find that hero, arranging for her to be a mail-order bride. To make her plan happen, Verity neglects telling Mrs. Milton her real age. At fifteen, Verity sneaks away from home and leaves a panicked older sister behind her. This sets in motion a series of events that will bring her sister, Veronica, to St. Louis… Check out the Brides of Pelican Rapids series! #ad
Don’t Trust Her
by Elizabeth Boles
BARGAIN
Thriller
Rating: 4.5
The blackmail letter reads, I know what you’ve done. Court Lane has worked hard to create her fairytale life–loving and trusting husband, well-adjusted kids, safe neighborhood. So when the letter arrives at her doorstep, the message is clear–pay up or have your world destroyed. With nowhere to turn, Court succumbs to the blackmailer’s demands. But she can’t forget about the letter. It haunts her.
A girls’ trip offers the perfect distraction. She and her three closest friends head to a remote cabin in the Appalachians for a weekend full of massages and wine. But the fun comes to an abrupt end when an unexpected ice storm strands them without electricity and phones. And then one friend never wakes up… #ad
Helix Genesis
by Chris Lofts
FREEBIE
Thriller
Rating: 4.7
2039 Great Britain is socially fractured. The London elite enjoy a life of privilege, comfort and plenty, while those outside forage, hunt and dig for survival.
Major Nathan Helix has survived twenty years of service to his country at the cost of one brother and almost the second. Doctor Gabrielle Stepper, wife of the Chancellor and venerated scientist credited with defeating the virus, craves normality and anonymity. Her dream is shattered along with her reputation when she is accused of murdering of her lover. Helix is assigned to investigate… Check out Chris Lofts’ Nathan Helix Thrillers! #ad
Own Your Story
by Raya Yoeli
NO LONGER FREE
Non-Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Many of us feel we are prisoners in golden cages. At the start of our careers we feel happy and free. We all love to learn, experiment and find excitement in what we do. This feeling, however, does not last very long. Pretty soon, many of us feel stifled, unable to move or create, and most of all, that we don’t have any real power to make the desired change.
Through her vast experience as a therapist, Dr. Raya Yoeli, has become an expert in the development of professional identities and change leadership. In her book she presents a unique method for dealing with the challenges of mid-life career change, by observing the individual’s personal story. #ad
Imago
by Octavia E. Butler
BARGAIN
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Human and Oankali have been mating since the aliens first came to Earth to rescue the few survivors of an annihilating nuclear war. The Oankali began a massive breeding project, guided by the ooloi, a sexless subspecies capable of manipulating DNA, in the hope of eventually creating a perfect starfaring race.
Jodahs is supposed to be just another hybrid of human and Oankali, but as he begins his transformation to adulthood he finds himself becoming ooloi–the first ever born to a human mother. As his body changes, Jodahs develops the ability to shapeshift, manipulate matter, and cure or create disease at will… #ad
Connections, Conflict & Murder
by Christa Nardi
BARGAIN
Mystery
Rating: 4.7
A walk in the park, online connections, and dangerous discoveries.
When the cybersecurity expert who checked out Stacie’s computer turns up dead, Stacie and her good friend and IT whiz, Trina, find themselves entangled in the ensuing murder investigation. Who killed Sam and why? Was the motive personal or was Sam silenced because he discovered potentially illegal activity as part of a client’s routine security audit? With Stacie at her side, Trina reaches out to other tech people who knew Sam in an effort to connect the dots and, in the process, places both women in the sights of a killer. Check out Christa Nardi’s A Stacie Maroni Mystery series! #ad
The Father-Daughter Picnic
by Carla Rossi
BARGAIN
Sweet Romance
Rating: 4.7
Two natural enemies, one smart kid, and a horse named Tilly. Will they all get it together in time for the Father-Daughter Picnic? Visit Cardinal Point in this enemies to lovers sweet romance.
Caroline Bishop has a plan. She intends to find a father for her six-year-old daughter Ava, and she’s going to use an online dating service to do it. Who needs romance when you have the internet? Only problem is, no one meets her requirements, and no one will ever measure up to the husband and father they lost. But Caroline’s job as a medical administrator leaves little time to find a match, especially when one of her patients is the cantankerous Cooper Hollister, whose arrogant son Graham fights her every step of the way… Check out the Cardinal Point Romance series! #ad
7 Attitudes of the Helping Heart: How to Live Out Your Faith and Care for the Poor
by John Christopher Frame
BARGAIN
Christian Non-Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Want to shower the world with God’s love? Feel like you should do more for the poor but aren’t sure where to start?
In this book, author John Christopher Frame, PhD, having encountered poverty around the world, will help you on your journey of putting your faith into action. With Frame’s thoughtful, down-to-earth, deep dive into Christian living, you’ll feel closer to God and more empowered to care for others.
7 Attitudes of the Helping Heart: How to Live Out Your Faith and Care for the Poor is a captivating, easy-to-read book designed to show you how to keep your faith central in all you do. Through compelling stories and practical teaching, you’ll learn how to better love and support those in need. #ad
The Idiot
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
FREEBIE
Literary Classics
Rating: 4.4
After several years in a Swiss sanatorium, twenty-six-year-old Prince Myshkin returns to Russian society to collect his rightful inheritance. But he soon crosses paths with the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose desire for Nastasya Filippovna will set the three of them on a tragic course.
As author Fyodor Dostoevsky traces the effect of Myshkin’s innocence on the people around him in St. Petersburg, scandal escalates to murder… #ad
ReZist
by David Viergutz
FREEBIE
Horror
Rating: 4.7
The Z-Virus toppled the state in a week, the country in a month, and the world in a year. But that won’t stop Brock Skeller’s retirement.
In the colonized west, a final resistance, the United Militarized Front, is working to control the virus. A rapid response team of telekinetic soldiers, led by Brock at the UMF Kinetic Academy, destroy the dead before they can herd. But three days into retirement, Brock learns that the UMF has been taken out by anarchists who like the world in ruins. Forced from his mountain retreat, Brock travels to Deep Vale, Texas, in search of safe haven. #ad
The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
by David Nasaw
BARGAIN
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.5
The definitive and “utterly absorbing” biography of America’s first news media baron based on newly released private and business documents (Vanity Fair).
William Randolph Hearst, known to his staff as the Chief, was a brilliant business strategist and a man of prodigious appetites. By the 1930s, he controlled the largest publishing empire in the United States, including twenty-eight newspapers, the Cosmopolitan Picture Studio, radio stations, and thirteen magazines. He quickly learned how to use this media stronghold to achieve unprecedented political power. #ad
Season of the Witch
by Jessica Lynch
BARGAIN
Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.3
He never wanted a mate. Until he found her–and now she’s all he wants. In a world where paranormals live side by side with humans, everybody knows about Ordinance 7304: the Bond Laws. Or, as the Paras snidely whisper to each other, the Claws Clause–a long and detailed set of laws that bonded couples must obey if they want their union to be recognized. Because it wasn’t already damn near impossible to find a fated mate in the first place. Now the government just has to get involved… I won’t…
Colton Wolfe has never liked witches. There’s something about their magic. With a snap of a finger, a witch can cancel out his brute strength, razor-sharp claws, and inch-long fangs. It just isn’t natural… Check out Jessica Lynch’s Claws Clause series! #ad
The Surgeon
by Tess Gerritsen
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.5
He slips into homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, about to awaken to a living nightmare. The precision of his methods suggests that he is a deranged man of medicine, prompting the Boston newspapers to dub him “The Surgeon.”
Led by Detectives Thomas Moore and Jane Rizzoli, the cops must consult the victim of a nearly identical crime: Two years ago, Dr. Catherine Cordell fought back and filled an attacker before he could complete his assault. Now this new killer is re-creating, with chilling accuracy, the details of Cordell’s ordeal… #ad
Art & Grace
by Catherine E. Chapman
BARGAIN
Women’s Romantic Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.5
Bristol, England, in the early Nineteenth Century. The slave trade has been abolished but slavery itself has not yet been outlawed.
Bess, a young woman of mixed heritage, has an ambiguous position in the home of the once-eminent Liston family. Raised and educated alongside the family’s children, Richard and Artemisia, she has been increasingly confined to the role of a domestic servant since the death of Joshua Liston, the household’s head. When Richard Liston instigates an introduction between Captain Adam Bryce, a Royal Naval officer of repute, and his sister, Artemisia, Adam shows greater interest in Bess. Pressed by Artemisia to stalk Adam, Bess’s problems begin… #ad