Friday’s Top eBooks
The Icing on the Cake
by Linda Seed
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.3
Cassie Jordan has a sweet dream to open a bakery specializing in wedding cakes. The problem is, the Airstream trailer where she lives has a kitchen the size of a postage stamp, and her job as housekeeper for a vacation rental agency doesn’t pay enough for her to find other arrangements.
When the renters at one of the houses in her care cancel their stay, leaving the house empty and its top-of-the-line kitchen unused, who could blame her for seeing it as an opportunity? But Cassie’s unsavory plan starts to look like a mistake when the owner’s son shows up unannounced, catching her with her pants down–literally. Check out Linda Seed’s Otter Bluff series! #ad
Destiny
by Wilder Page
FREEBIE
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
After narrowly surviving The Gateway’s ordeals, the cybernetically enhanced Incarnate Number Seven and her companions find themselves enslaved by the ruthless Divine Plantations. They must now fight in the arena, battle after battle, in a perpetual game of survival – all in the relentless pursuit of Destiny Leagues’ glory!
Through all her ordeals, Seven continues her journey to piece together information surrounding the end of the world with random digital memories. But will she survive in the Destiny Leagues long enough to make any sense of it all? #ad
Ten Thousand Shells and Counting
by Nadija Mujagic
BARGAIN
Memoir
Rating: 4.4
Sarajevo 1992: a page-turning witness account of teenage life in a city at war that will immerse you in a world where survival is the only thought.
At the age of fourteen, Nadija watches from her window as tanks roll into the airport across the street. It’s the beginning of the Serbian siege of the Bosnian capital. When a sniper kills their next-door neighbor, Nadija and her family are forced to flee. Where can they find safe refuge? How does this young girl cope during the terrifying and seemingly never-ending war? Check out Nadija Mujagic’s Teenage War Survival series! #ad
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
BARGAIN
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.6
When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen.
However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane, and soon she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival: her sister, Anne. With her own destiny suddenly unknown, Mary realizes that she must defy her family and take fate into her own hands. #ad
I Am Pilgrim
by Terry Hayes
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.6
A breakneck race against time…and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying characteristics dissolved by acid. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard.
Smoldering human remains on a remote mountainside in Afghanistan. A flawless plot to commit an appalling crime against humanity. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey. Pilgrim. #ad
Bridges
by Linda Griffin
BARGAIN
Sweet Romance
Rating: 4.6
In 1963, Neil Vincent, a middle-aged World War II veteran and “Christian atheist,” is working at Westfield Court as a chauffeur. He spends most of his spare time reading.
Mary Claire DeWinter is a young, blind, Catholic college student and reluctant heiress. To secure her inheritance, she has to marry within a year, and her aunt is pressuring her to marry a rich man who teased and bullied her when she was a child.
Neil and Mary Claire shouldn’t even be friends, but the gulf between them is bridged by a shared love of books. Can they cross the bridge to more? #ad
In Common
by Norma Watkins
FREEBIE
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.8
In Common, a first novel from award-winning memoirist Norma Watkins (The Last Resort, That Woman from Mississippi), is the story of how much women willingly sacrifice for love.
Lillian Creekmore grows up at her family’s popular rural spa. She successfully runs an entire hotel, yet longs for a husband. Then she meets Will Hughes.
Velma Vernon accepts life on a small, struggling farm until a boy she barely tolerates proposes marriage. To accept means duplicating her parents’ hard life. Alone, she leaves for the city and triumphs, not as a wife, but by being the best at her job. Velma is content until the most beautiful man she has ever seen walks into her office. #ad
The Mean Girl Who Never Speaks
by Zuni Blue
FREEBIE
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Mya is investigating Libby, the new girl at school. Libby won’t speak, smile or play with anyone. The Children’s Police Force thinks she is mean, but they need proof.
Finding proof is Mya’s job. It won’t be easy. Libby isn’t just mean, she is sneaky, too. When Mya talks to her, Libby fake cries in class. Now Libby has a teacher on her side. Who will she trick next? #ad
Modern American History
by Captivating History
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American History
Rating: 4.5
American history has many twists and turns. Are you ready to take the journey?
Starting during the renowned 1920s, we’re going to look at what life in the United States was like back then and even find some remarkable mirror images that are a reflection of what life is like during this day and age. We’ll look at the importance of alcohol and at how much one decade could be the driving force for the next. We’ll take a look at how small inventions made a big difference in America and the idea of whether a nation should use its power to look after itself or make a mark internationally. #ad
Destined for A Life Together
by Lilah Rivers
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.8
Emily Benson loves her brother Travis dearly, but has begun to notice changes in his behavior lately. She is devastated to learn he has accepted a job with some dangerous men and that he will be leaving their family farm. How can she just let her brother go, knowing he could be in such great danger?
By some miracle from above, while Emily is in the midst of this predicament, an experienced bounty hunter offers to help her. Could this intriguing stranger be her chance at saving her brother, or will he be the one to bring him to justice? #ad
Blind Date
by Wendy Clarke
BARGAIN
Psychological Thriller
Rating: 4.0
When Mel is set up on a blind date by her best friends Chris and Simon, she’s as anxious as any woman would be. Her divorce came as such a shock and she’d been feeling lost and lonely, but that didn’t mean she was desperate to date again. It was a terrible day at work that made her say yes: it could be a bit of fun, a distraction at least. What did she have to lose?
When Mel meets Malik, she knows instantly that they could have more than just a fling. She tells him her deepest, darkest secrets and it doesn’t make him run away. He makes her feel wanted for the first time in years, and when she wakes up in his bed in the early hours she feels completely content. Until she notices that he’s no longer lying beside her. #ad
Magic Alias
by Fatima Fayez
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Fantasy
Rating: 5.0
What if the past two years of your life were a lie? Yesterday, I believed I was the smartest witch at the supernatural agency. My magic and power made me their most effective agent, reclaiming stolen artifacts and tracking down dangerous rogues. Today, I know the organization I work for is actually a front for a sprawling criminal network that threatens to upend the paranormal world. It only took a serial killer to break the news to me and turn my world upside down.
All this time, I believed the agency didn’t know about my dark secret but it turns out I was the mark all along. Now I have to figure out how deep I’m in. Tomorrow, I’m taking them down. I’m having a bad day and I have a feeling it’s about to get worse. Check out Fatima Fayez’s Paranormal Agent Mystery series! #ad
A Knead to Kill
by Chelsea Thomas
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.3
The Big Vermont Bake-off is in trouble … its sassy celebrity judge was found dead in the lake. If somebody doesn’t catch the killer, the event will have to close for the year and possibly forever.
Lucky for the Bake-off, Miss May, Teeny and Chelsea are in town. These wise-cracking sleuths are fresh off solving their first murder. They’re sure they can solve this mystery before the dough begins to rise. But can they do it before the Bake-off in 24 hours? #ad
Water in the Wilderness
by T. D. Jakes
FREEBIE
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.6
Bishop T.D. Jakes gives you proof positive that God not only supplies you with everything you need, but your heavenly Father wants to bless you with refreshing water that will sustain you throughout any wilderness experience.
According to Bishop Jakes, “Spiritually we must find a place where the Lord can minister to us in our wilderness-a place where He can instruct us about what to do next. The wilderness is a place of dying, where all the things that cause you to stumble in your walk with God are killed.” #ad
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen
by Hendrik Groen
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Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.4
A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove: a funny and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart.
Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is….elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel – on his own terms. He begins writing an exposé: secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow “inmates,” too seriously. #ad
The Taking
by Dean Koontz
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Horror
Rating: 4.4
In one of the most dazzling books of his celebrated career, Dean Koontz delivers a masterwork of page-turning suspense that surpasses even his own inimitable reputation as a chronicler of our worst fears–and best dreams. In The Taking he tells the story of a community cut off from a world under siege, and the terrifying battle for survival waged by a young couple and their neighbors as familiar streets become fog-shrouded death traps.
Gripping, heartbreaking, and triumphant in the face of mankind’s darkest hour, here is a small-town slice-of-doomsday thriller that strikes to the core of each of us to ask: What would you do in the midst of The Taking. #ad
Shopping for a Highlander
by Julia Kent
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Romance
Rating: 4.6
I’m a professional chickenblocker. Except “chicken” is a euphemism. I get paid to follow a womanizing troglodyte who thinks rules are for other people and that my pants are the next pair he’s getting into. Dream on.
Bet your first professional job didn’t involve babysitting an extremely hot, muscle-bound Scottish Highlander with an ego the size of a kilt and a libido bigger than his…well… Chicken. Keeping Scottish football (that’s “soccer” to us Americans) player Hamish McCormick away from inappropriate scandals while he does product endorsement campaigns is my mission. No problem. Until Hamish decides I’m his next scandal. And maybe more…. Check out Julia Kent’s Shopping for a Highlander series! #ad
Hanging In Temptation
by Jack R. Stanley
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Western Adventure
Rating: 3.7
A brand new Western series from acclaimed author Jack R. Stanley! This is action, fast-paced adventure and a full dose of the Old West!
Widower and rancher Ranson Nye stopped in Temptation, a “wide open” town on the Texas side of the Red River. He was headed to Oklahoma Indian Territory to find a new wife and mother for his two children. Inside The Red Slipper saloon, he meets a young widow beginning her first day as a prostitute. On the spur of the moment, he asked Genoveve Van Dorn to be his wife with no intimacy involved. In desperation, she accepts his offer to keep from actually becoming a prostitute. However, within moments, there is a shooting in the saloon, and three men are killed – one of them the town marshal… #ad