Friday’s Top eBooks
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Dead of Night
by Emily Goodwin
FREEBIE
Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.5
Never trust a vampire.I might have learned that lesson the hard way. But when I find myself in a vampire-owned bar, I don’t have much of a choice.
With vampires still trying to assimilate into mainstream society, I’ve done Lucas King a favor by stopping one of his patrons from draining a human dry in the basement of his bar. A favor he’d prefer to repay in bed than in kind. Vampires and witches have had more than a jaded history, and when witches start showing up dead in surrounding covens, all signs point to something old and powerful. #ad
My People, the Amish
by Joe Keim
FREEBIE
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.2
In My People, the Amish, Joe Keim paints a detailed picture of life behind the bonnets and buggies. More than a biography, this is an honest look at the heart-warming traditions that mingle with the deep-rooted legalism of the Amish community in Ashland, Ohio.
Born, raised, and baptized in an Old Order Amish church, from childhood Joe Keim was taught that if he didn’t follow the twenty-two-page ordinance letter that governed his community, there was no way he could get to heaven… #ad
The Yawning Gap
by C.V. Vobh
BARGAIN
Fantasy
Rating: New Release
Invisible boundaries have isolated Cor’s village for centuries. He accidentally finds a way out.
What he finds outside is a violent and blighted world in decline. He learns that the entire world has been fragmented by similar boundaries, which are leeching their power from life itself. Unless something is done about the boundaries, what’s left of life will come to an end. That heavy task falls on Cor’s shoulders. Fortunately, he soon finds friends and fellow wanderers willing to share the load. Together, they venture across their small, fragmented world into the vast unknown beyond the boundaries. What they find there threatens their world … but also just might save it. #ad
Paperback Crush
by Gabrielle Moss
BARGAIN
Young Adult
Rating: 4.3
For fans of vintage YA, a humorous and in-depth history of beloved teen literature from the 1980s and 1990s, full of trivia and pop culture fun.
Those pink covers. That flimsy paper. The nonstop series installments that hooked readers throughout their entire adolescence. These were not the serious-issue novels of the 1970s, nor the blockbuster YA trilogies that arrived in the 2000s. Nestled in between were the girl-centric teen books of the ’80s and ’90s–short, cheap, and utterly adored. #ad
The Lost Apothecary
by Sarah Penner
BARGAIN
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientele. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives.
But the apothecary’s fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries… #ad
Birthday Island Series Box Set
by Jo Grafford
BARGAIN
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.7
Be swept away to an island paradise where upscale party planners strive to make the biggest, hardest-to-grant birthday wishes come true – a sweet billionaire romance box set full of love, second chances, and happily-ever-afters!
The Billionaire’s Birthday Date – He’s a billionaire CEO who never got over his first crush, and she’s a rising singer hoping for her big break. Can a last-minute singing engagement at his island birthday celebration make both wishes come true? Also includes: The Billionaire’s Birthday Blind Date & The Billionaire’s Birthday Secret #ad
Secrets of Honor
by Carol Kilgore
BARGAIN
Mystery
Rating: 4.5
By the end of a long evening working as a special set of eyes for the presidential security detail, all Kat Marengo wants is to kick off her shoes and stash two not-really-stolen rings in a secure spot. Plus maybe sleep wth Dave Krizak. No, make that definitely sleep with Dave Krizak. The next morning, she wishes her new top priorities were so simple.
As an operative for a covert agency buried in the depths of the Department of Homeland Security, Kat is asked to participate in a matter of life or death–locate a kidnapped girl believed to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas. Since the person doing the asking is the wife of the president and the girl is dthe daughter of her dearest friend, it’s impossible to say no… #ad
Sense and Scent Ability
by Renee George
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.5
My name is Nora Black, and I’m fifty-one-years young. At least that’s what I tell myself, when I’m not having hot flashes, my knees don’t hurt, and I can find my reading glasses.
I’m also the proud owner of a salon called Scents & Scentsability in the small resort town of Garden Cove, where I make a cozy living selling handmade bath and beauty products. All in all, my life is pretty good. Except for one little glitch… Since my recent hysterectomy, where I died on the operating table, I’ve been experiencing what some might call paranormal activity… #ad
Shine House
by Dean Rasmussen
FREEBIE
Horror
Rating: 4.7
Emmie’s spring break just started. Her idyllic getaway by the ocean is everything she dreamed of. Solitude. Friends. Sunshine. A chance to get away from her psychic past. But things take a chilling turn when she’s confronted by the ghost of a murdered girl.
As the restless spirit haunts her every step, Emmie soon realizes that delving into the past is attracting unwelcome attention. A mysterious presence stalks her, their intentions sinister and unknown… #ad
The Island at the Center of the World
by Russell Shorto
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History
Rating: 4.6
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, polyglot society began to disappear into myths about an island purchased for 24 dollars and a cartoonish peg-legged governor.
But the story of the Dutch colony of New Netherland was merely lost, not destroyed: 12,000 pages of its records–recently declared a national treasure–are now being translated. Russell Shorto draws on this remarkable archive in The Island at the Center of the World, which has been hailed by The New York Times as “a book that will permanently alter the way we regard our collective past.” #ad
Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe
by Jane Goodall
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.6
In honor of the field site’s fiftieth anniversary, Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe is a compelling pictorial tribute to Dr. Goodall’s life, her studies of chimpanzee behavior, and her unflagging efforts to motivate people to make this world a better place. With new photographs and updated text throughout, this revised edition retraces five decades of compassion and discovery.
Though the book covers a half century, the accomplishments of the past ten years alone have given the Jane Goodall Institute a great deal to celebrate… #ad
Queen Bee
by Dorothea Benton Frank
BARGAIN
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.5
Beekeeper Holly McNee Jensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivans Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother The Queen Bee because she’s a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she’s quite ill but that doesn’t stop her from tormenting Holly.
To escape the drama, Holly’s sister Leslie married and moved away, wanting little to do with island life. Holly’s escape is to submerge herself in the lives of the two young boys next door and their widowed father, Archie… #ad
The Viking Deception
by J. Robert Kennedy
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.5
In 989 AD, when informed of her impending arranged marriage, Fatima takes drastic action with her forbidden lover, Viking Prince Magnus, actions that not only have immediate consequences for her entire family, but reverberate a millennium later.
When Archaeology Professor James Acton receives an invitation from a friend to visit a new dig site where an unusual artifact has been discovered linking the Vikings to the Islamic Caliphate, he and his wife eagerly accept. But upon arriving in Stockholm, Sweden, their friend is nowhere to be found, last seen entering the Saudi embassy and not heard from since… #ad
My True Love
by Melissa Foster
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Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.6
Even war heroes need a little help sometimes…
After spending years fighting for his country and too damn long learning to navigate life with a prosthetic leg, Grant Silver returns to Silver Island to figure out a future he couldn’t fathom without fatigues and a gun in his hand. He’d almost forgotten how a man could suffocate from the warmth and caring community in which he’d grown up, and if that weren’t bad enough, his buddies’ beautiful and far-too-chipper younger sister won’t stop flitting into his life, trying to sprinkle happy dust everywhere she goes. As a cancer survivor, Jules Steele knows better than to count on seeing tomorrow… Check out Melissa Foster’s The Steeles at Silver Island Series! #ad
The Lancashire Witches
by William Harrison Ainsworth
FREEBIE
Literary Classics
Rating: 4.0
Widely considered to be a masterpiece of nineteenth-century gothic literature, William Ainsworth’s The Lancashire Witches begins in 1536 with a fateful confrontation atop the notorious Pendle Hill.
Falsely accused of witchcraft and condemned to death, Nicholas Demdike sold his soul to Satan in exchange for his escape and revenge. But even as he sees his rival executed, Demdike’s daughter is cursed to be a witch and a mother to witches. #ad
Me, Milli, and the mysterious island
by Jacob M. Ronsen
FREEBIE
Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.6
After crashing Milli’s homemade plane into the sea, our two friends manage to get ashore on a strange island. With a scared little dog, a flying lemon named Benny, and for some reason an old lute, they set out to discover the secret of the mysterious island.
So join Marius and Milli in this easy-to-read, funny adventure where they find themselves on the bottom of the ocean, climbing trees and flying through the sky, run into a horde of squealing, bouncing monsters, and somehow have to figure out how to get into big talking rock. #ad
The Scarred Duke’s Awakening Match
by Bridget Barton
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.4
Lavinia Maynard, a spirited and independent young lady, finds herself thrust into an unexpected predicament. Five years ago, her world shattered when she became the target of a heartless prank orchestrated by the otherwise charismatic Laurence Gladstone.
Now, her family’s dire financial circumstances dictate that she must wed the very man who once humiliated her. Trapped in a web of familial obligations, Lavinia is torn between duty and her own desires. Will she surrender to her role as a pawn, or will she summon the courage to forge her own path and claim the happiness she longs for? #ad
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
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Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Kirsten Raymonde will never forget the night Arthur Leander, the famous Hollywood actor, had a heart attack on stage during a production of King Lear. That was the night when a devastating flu pandemic arrived in the city, and within weeks, civilization as we know it came to an end.
Twenty years later, Kirsten moves between the settlements of the altered world with a small troupe of actors and musicians. They call themselves The Traveling Symphony, and they have dedicated themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive. But when they arrive in St. Deborah by the Water, they encounter a violent prophet who will threaten the tiny band’s existence… #ad
Lowcountry Boil
by Susan M. Boyer
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Women Sleuths
Rating: 4.3
Private Investigator Liz Talbot is a modern Southern belle. She blesses hearts and takes names. She carries her Sig 9 in her Kate Spade handbag, and her golden retriever, Rhett, rides shotgun in her hybrid Escape.
When her grandmother is murdered, Liz hightails it back to her South Carolina island home to find the killer. She’s fit to be tied when her brother–the chief of police–shuts her out of the investigation, so she opens her own. Then her long-dead best friend pops in and things really get complicated… #ad
Beauty for Ashes
by Kathleen Neely
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Christian Romance
Rating: 4.8
Nathan Drummond’s actions at the age of eighteen had devastating consequences. Writing became therapeutic, leading him into a successful career as a mystery writer. With seven novels to his name, Nathan is rapidly becoming a household name. When family responsibilities force him to return to his home town, he meets Angie Hernandez. Nathan doesn’t count on falling in love, and certainly not with a woman who has the power to shatter his peace.
Being at home pushes him too close to painful memories, and as guilt threatens and panic attacks set in, Nathan begins to write a novel paralleling the tragic event from his youthful folly. Will the novel be seen as a work of fiction, or will it expose his secret and threaten his future? #ad
The Ten Eternal Laws of Life
by Dorit Dvora Ben-Dor
BARGAIN
Non-Fiction
Rating: 4.6
Freedom, fulfillment, and meaning. The Ten Eternal Laws of Life offers a groundbreakingly contemporary answer, channeling ancient wisdom for the modern age.
As the world grows increasingly complicated and overwhelming, it is not uncommon for us to feel out of control, perplexed, and shackled – wandering in search of our individual path to freedom. But the answer might come not from any new method – rather from the ancient wisdom of The Ten Commandments. The Ten Eternal Laws of Life takes a revolutionary approach to the biblical Ten Commandments we all know, deciphering and reinterpreting them for the modern age… #ad