Monday’s Top eBooks
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Fighting Her Touch
by M.T. Cassen
FREEBIE
Romance
Rating: 4.3
New nurse Elizabeth Fletcher is excited to be finally following the career of her dreams even if it will only be for a few months. When she begins work at the Corrine Ann Pettrone Medical Center (CAPMED) in Chicago, she quickly realizes that she jumped in too deep. She loves the hospital environment, but things start to feel too real, too fast.
Dating Chad Hawthorne, her wealthy boyfriend of five years, Liz always believed she could have love and a career. Yet, when she accepts Chad’s marriage proposal, all bets are off. It is becoming clear to her that his views of what a Hawthorne wife should and should not do are pretty well set… Check out M.T. Cassen’s Healing Hearts Series. #ad
Her Vampire Prince
by Ines Johnson
FREEBIE
Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.3
Cari – How hard is it to die? Don’t ask me. I’ve been failing at it for a year. My father lost his life in a fatal car wreck while I walked away without a scratch. Now I taunt that bastard Death on a daily basis. Volcano hopping. Street racing. Skydiving. But then Death comes for me.
Hadrian – For centuries, I’ve been a dead vampire walking. No warmth, no feeling. No reason to live. Then she bursts into my life. A mortal daredevil with a carefree laugh. She literally falls from the sky and into my arms. She’s got a death wish and I’ve got a hunger only she can slake. She’s my prey, but she wants to leave? No way. She’s mine. And I’m never letting her go. Check out Ines Johnson’s Dark Vintage: Vampire Romance Series. #ad
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
by Jeanette Winterson
BARGAIN
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.3
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is a “singular and electric” memoir about a life’s work to find happiness (The New York Times).
It is a book full of stories: about a girl locked out of her home, sitting on the doorstep all night; about a religious zealot disguised as a mother who has two sets of false teeth and a revolver in the dresser, waiting for Armageddon; about growing up in a north England industrial town now changed beyond recognition; about the universe as a cosmic dustbin. It is the story of how a painful past, rose to haunt the author later in life, sending her on a journey into madness and out again, in search of her biological mother. #ad
The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells
by Andrew Sean Greer
BARGAIN
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.0
From the critically acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Confessions of Max Tivoli comes The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells, a rapturously romantic story of a woman who finds herself transported to the “other lives” she might have lived.
In this spellbinding novel by Andrew Sean Greer, each reality has its own losses, its own rewards; each extracts a different price. Which life will she choose as she wrestles with the unpredictability of love and the consequences of even her most carefully considered choices? #ad
Never Say Die
by Tess Gerritsen
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.3
Twenty years after her father’s plane crashed in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Willy Jane Maitland is finally tracking his last moves. She recognizes the danger, but her search for the truth is the only thing that matters.
Willy knows she can’t proceed without the help of ex-army officer Guy Barnard, who knows the mysterious land well. But in a place where truth has many faces, she suspects even Guy has hidden motives. What she couldn’t have prepared for are the shocking secrets and the undeniable attraction. #ad
The Husband Lottery
by Sofia T Summers
BARGAIN
Steamy Romance
Rating: 5.0
A fake marriage to my ex boyfriend’s older brother wasn’t what I had in mind all those years when I planned my wedding as a little girl. And yet, here I am… holding Logan’s hand and saying my vows. How did I get here? Two words – Lottery ticket. A literal lottery ticket, which let me buy the biggest stake in Logan’s father’s company.
But Logan, himself, was way more alluring than Barlow Technologies. We had it all planned in our heads. Get married, secure his position, fulfill my dream of owning a wedding venue. Did I forget about my ex boyfriend? Aka Logan’s younger brother? The guy had torn my heart into little pieces, stomping over each one without an ounce of care for me. Back then, I thought I’d become a part of the family. And now… I really am a Barlow. A fake Barlow. But the baby in my belly would be born into the family… Check out Sofia T Summers’s Forbidden Temptations Series. #ad
A Thyme To Die
by Jamie Lee Scott
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.3
Food blogger Willa Friday is excited to start training her new assistant to make recipes and style food. And she’s excited that her blog, A Dish in Thyme, is finally making enough money to hire an assistant. But she has other obligations too, like the food photography for the annual Whine & Roses Benefit poster.
Dreading her meeting, Willa gets a surprise when she arrives and the vineyard owner is dead. With her (ex)mother-in-law as the prime suspect, Willa reluctantly gets involved in the investigation. #ad
Manifest Your Miracle
by Shlomit Rozen
NO LONGER FREE
Self-Help
Rating: 4.6
In Manifest Your Miracle, Shlomit Rozen’s insightful autobiography, we’re exposed to the way in which everyday miracles affect the course of our lives. Through an extraordinary chain of events, Rozen leads readers on a wizening journey of a woman fearlessly following her own destiny.
From her time as an adventurous tourist exploring the exotic Indian subcontinent to building a new home of healing and enlightenment, Rozen shares her innermost emotions, desires, and thoughts. She shows how, by reading the signs left for her – and all of us – by the world, she was able to walk her truest path, and recognize her true needs and yearnings – and separate them from what society told her she should want. #ad
Keeper of the Light
by Diane Chamberlain
BARGAIN
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Dr. Olivia Simon is on duty in the emergency room of North Carolina’s Outer Banks Hospital when a gunshot victim is brought in. Midway through the desperate effort to save the young woman’s life, Olivia realizes who she is–Annie O’Neill. The woman Olivia’s husband, Paul, is in love with.
When Annie dies on the operating table, she leaves behind three other victims. Alec O’Neill, who thought he had the perfect marriage. Paul, whose fixation on Annie is unshakable. And Olivia, who is desperate to understand the woman who destroyed her marriage. Now they are left with unanswered questions about who Annie really was. And about the secrets she kept hidden so well. #ad
Poison Flower
by Thomas Perry
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.5
Jane Whitefield of the Seneca Nation has spent years helping desperate people disappear. But now she is about to become the hunted one. When James Shelby is unjustly convicted of his wife’s murder, Jane spirits him out of the heavily guarded criminal court building in downtown Los Angeles. Then, within minutes, Jane is kidnapped.
The person who killed Shelby’s wife now wants him dead, and Jane’s captors will put her through excruciating torment to discover his whereabouts. Though Jane manages to escape, she is wounded and weak, thousands of miles from home without money or identification … and hunted by both police and criminals. #ad
A Substitute Bride for the Mysterious Rancher
by Lydia Olson
BARGAIN
Western Historical Romance
Rating: 4.8
Virginia lived in her beautiful sister’s shadow her whole life, although she never minded. But Virginia and her dad are left hanging when her sister runs away three days before her marriage to the wealthiest rancher in the area. Now Virginia must take her place and protect her family’s honor. How can she face her destiny when she never imagined her life taking this turn?
Mark wants to have everything under control, even his feelings. A marriage of convenience with the most beautiful lady in town is another check on his list, but his plans turn upside down. When her feisty sister comes to bring him the bad news and offers herself in marriage instead, he laughs in her face, but there is no other solution. How can he keep his heart sealed when this mysterious lady is such a challenge for him? #ad
The November Girl
by Lydia Kang
BARGAIN
Young Adult
Rating: 4.4
LOCUS Magazine: A Best Book of 2017! Winner of the Nebraska Book Award in 2018!
I am Anda, and the lake is my mother. I am the November storms that terrify sailors and sink ships. With their deaths, I keep my little island on Lake Superior alive.
Hector has come here to hide from his family until he turns eighteen. Isle Royale is shut down for the winter, and there’s no one here but me. And now him. Hector is running from the violence in his life, but violence runs through my veins. I should send him away, to keep him safe. But I’m half human, too, and Hector makes me want to listen to my foolish, half-human heart. And if I do, I can’t protect him from the storms coming for us. #ad
The Rise of Universities
by Charles Homer Haskins
NO LONGER FREE
History
Rating: 4.5
The Rise of Universities is a historical survey on the foundation and progress of high education, whose origins can be traced to medieval times. Exploring the medieval universities, the author divided the book in three parts: “The Earliest Universities,” “The Medieval Professor,” and “The Medieval Student.”
The author starts with the question of the origin of modern university finding its roots in Medieval Europe. He then traces the humble beginnings of these early institutions with their itinerant professors and their rowdy students. Tracing the origin of an institution, the author finds the origin of Europe as a concept or as an idea, the precursor of modernism, democracy and human rights. #ad
Maverick Gambit
by Marjorie King
FREEBIE
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Space is a deadly business, a truth Knox has experienced first hand. That’s why he’s so protective of his ship and family. So when pirates plunder an impoverished town–a town that’s earned Knox’s guarded friendship–he’s going to do something about it.
Knox knows the pillagers will be back for more, so his town needs protection from any and all pirates, for years to come. Only one way to do that. His friends need shields to keep their town and children safe, and Knox will get those shields. Even if he has to steal them. #ad
Think Better, Live Better
by Joel Osteen
BARGAIN
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.6
Your mind has incredible power over your success or failure. Think Better, Live Better offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts that keep you down and reprogramming your mind with positive thinking to reach a new level of victory. As a child of the Most High God, you are equipped to handle anything that comes your way.
To claim your destiny, start thinking about yourself the way God does and delete the thoughts that tear down your confidence. When you train yourself to tune out the negativity and tune into your calling, you’ll begin to live the wonderful plans God has made for you. #ad
Hello, World! How Do Apples Grow?
by Jill McDonald
BARGAIN
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.9
Young children love to eat apples and go to orchards. Here’s a Hello, World! board book that teaches toddlers all about how apples grow–from seed to sapling to tree to applesauce.
Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms (“Apple seeds start to grow when they are planted in soil and given sunlight, water, and fresh air”) and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! is a perfect way to bring science, nature, and culture into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops. #ad
The Missing Daughter
by Emily Gunnis
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.3
Rebecca Waterhouse is just thirteen when she witnesses her mother’s death at the hand of her father in Seaview Cottage. But what else did she see?
Years later, Rebecca’s daughters Iris and Jessie know their mother will never speak of that terrible night. But when Jessie goes missing, with her gravely ill newborn, Iris realises the past may hold the key to her sister’s disappearance. With Jessie in trouble, Iris must unravel a twisting story of love and betrayal in her mother’s family history. Only then will Seaview Cottage give up its dark and tragic secret… #ad
BARRIE HILL REUNION
by Lisette Brodey
BARGAIN
Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.1
Eight people. One weekend. Eight lives forever changed.
In the mid-1960s, at an elite college in the quaint town of Barrie Hill, Connecticut, a group of literary-minded students met regularly off-campus at the Vanessa Grand Hotel. Often late into the night, they would discuss the day’s news, analyze literature, philosophize, trade barbs, and socialize.
Twenty years after graduation, in 1986, the group’s founder, Clare Dreyser, organizes a weekend reunion. Seven former Barrie Hillers and one guest get together, eager to re-create an extraordinary time in their lives and reunite with old friends. From the outset, and baffling the group, Leah Brent displays a brash, condescending attitude for nearly everyone and everything… #ad