Wednesday’s Top eBooks
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The Billionaire’s Marriage Bargain
by Melody Archer
FREEBIE
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.4
Billionaire Adam Stevenson, must marry in 30 days to receive his great-grandfather’s inheritance. The walls around Adam’s heart, won’t let him fall in love. Massive fears of another person he loves dying, has kept love strictly out of bounds. With his heart firmly caged in and with no intention of being tied down longer than a year, Adam proposes a marriage in name only to the girl-next-door, Elle Jennings.
Elle is desperate to save her dad’s ranch from foreclosure. She has 3 weeks to do it. All alone in the world, except for a stepmother and stepsister who dislike her, Elle wants to hold onto the one thing that brings her a sense of belonging… her father’s ranch… Check out the Clean Billionaire Fake Marriage Romance Series!
Minimalism
by Gwyneth Snow
FREEBIE
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.0
Ever been stressed out by the clutter on your desk? Or when you’re trying to find an important document, or a specific outfit from a messy closet? The truth is – the more stuff we have, the more difficult it is to keep them organized. The more clutter and mess we end up with as a result can lead to a stressful day, and this stress can build up over time. This has to stop.
Minimalism: The Path to an Organized, Stress-free and Decluttered Life is my humble attempt to help you realize the benefits of incorporating a minimalist lifestyle in order to rid your life of excess in a systematic and strategic way.
The Last Madam
by Chris Wiltz
BARGAIN
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.0
The “raunchy, hilarious, and thrilling” true story of the incomparable Norma Wallace, proprietor of a notorious 1920s New Orleans brothel (NPR).
Norma Wallace grew up fast. In 1916, at fifteen years old, she went to work as a streetwalker in New Orleans’ French Quarter. By the 1920s, she was a “landlady”–or, more precisely, the madam of what became one of the city’s most lavish brothels. It was frequented by politicians, movie stars, gangsters, and even the notoriously corrupt police force. But Wallace acquired more than just repeat customers. There were friends, lovers…and also enemies.
A Promise Given
by Michelle Cox
BARGAIN
Mystery
Rating: 4.3
Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love.
Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose–a situation that grows increasingly dark and confused as time goes on.
Meddlesome Madge
by Jo Grafford
BARGAIN
Western Romance
Rating: 4.7
A small-town spinster more concerned about the happiness of others than her own and a highly eligible bachelor determined to change her mind…
Madge Barra has a finger in every pie – managing her rascal half-brothers and their mail-order brides, feeding the diamond mining crew at Hope’s Landing, and helping fundraise for the Ladies Auxiliary. Now she’s being asked to serve as the church secretary until their handsome new pastor can hire full-time help. With her too-busy schedule spinning her straight for spinsterhood, Madge fears she’s long since missed her chance at love…
Within the Flame
by Jordan Crestwood
BARGAIN
Post-Apocalyptic
Rating: 4.7
Global explosions bring society to a screeching halt. Governments crumble, citizens must fend for themselves, and chaos reigns.
James is a martial arts student visiting a city thousands of miles from home when the world explodes around him, surrounding him with destruction and death. Charlotte is a young woman with a troubled past and a unique way with people. When society dies and chaos takes its place, her strengths prove invaluable both to her and the small group of survivors she leads. In a world where the evil seize power and the morals of the good are tested by what they must do to survive, the search for safety becomes paramount. As this group struggles just to live another day, they discover one truth. In the world after the Fall, you grow stronger or you die.
Dead at Third
by Gregory Payette
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.3
A straight-shooter who lives on a boat and likes a drink or two, Henry’s frustrated he can’t even land work as a dispatcher. And his job running security for a local baseball team is far from his idea of excitement. But it pays the bills.
The morning after the season ends, Henry’s at his friend’s bar with a Bloody Mary in one hand and a phone in the other. He takes a call that could change everything…
Heaven: The Place We Long For
by Dwight Lyman Moody
FREEBIE
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.6
The goal of this book is to whet your appetite for heaven. A careful look at Scripture reveals that heaven is what every born-again believer is longing for. Our time on earth is only in a temporary dwelling place, and heaven is the true home of all God’s children.
A study of heaven can change how you approach each day, and even how you view others around you. As real as this life is, we are assured that heaven is just as real…
The Mosquito
by Timothy C. Winegard
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History
Rating: 4.3
A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington’s secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito.
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl
by Stacy McAnulty
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Children’s Fiction
Rating: 4.8
Lucy Callahan was struck by lightning. She doesn’t remember it, but it changed her life forever. The zap gave her genius-level math skills, and ever since, Lucy has been homeschooled. Now, at 12 years old, she’s technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test–middle school!
Lucy’s grandma insists: Go to middle school for 1 year. Make 1 friend. Join 1 activity. And read 1 book (that’s not a math textbook!). Lucy’s not sure what a girl who does calculus homework for fun can possibly learn in 7th grade…
Primal Creatures
by Eric Wilder
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Paranormal Mystery
Rating: 4.3
“THERE ARE CREATURES ON THIS ISLAND THAT ONLY WALK AT NIGHT.”
In the most haunted and forbidden city on earth, no one disregards the supernatural, paranormal and the occult, especially private investigator Wyatt Thomas and his business partner voodoo mambo Mama Mulate. When a famous movie producer hires Wyatt to investigate a heinous death on an island resort for actors, artists, and writers, he thinks he’s earned a paid vacation. Strange monks, Cajun werewolves, and people in a fishing village that practice voodoo populate the island, and he quickly learns his paid vacation is anything but.
Bayside Romance
by Melissa Foster
BARGAIN
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.6
Gavin is about to find out that Harper really does exist–and she’s going to knock his socks off! Find out for yourself in USA Today bestseller Bayside Romance!
When screenwriter Harper Garner got a shot at the big-time in LA, she celebrated her brave cross-country move with her first and only one-night stand–connecting so deeply with the sexy, brilliant man, she broke the number-one rule of one-night stands and left her phone number. Not hearing from him was only the first in a long line of hope-shattering, confidence-busting blows. Ten months later, Harper is done with men and done with LA. She pulls up her big-girl panties and heads home to Cape Cod to start over. Check out the Bayside Summers series!
Heart of the West: Stories
by O. Henry
FREEBIE
Literary Classics
Rating: 4.5
America’s most popular short story writer saddles up and heads west in nineteen frontier-themed tales, including “The Caballero’s Way.” Known for his surprise endings, O. Henry turns his attention to the American West in tales of lawmen and outlaws, cowboys and prairie princesses–running the gamut from laugh-out-loud humor to tear-jerking pathos.
About the Author: William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry’s short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
Soup Cookbook
by Helen Simmington
FREEBIE
Cookbook
Rating: 4.1
It’s almost a renowned food in the colder months, and with good reason. If they are made right, they can be absolutely beautiful!
In this soup cookbook you will learn some of the best soup recipes that anyone can make, even if you are a beginner. All these recipes have a very short preparation time and you are guaranteed to find a soup recipe in here that you will love.
L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31
by L. Ron Hubbard
BARGAIN
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Rating: 4.6
The future is here…the future is now! Orson Scott Card, Kevin J. Anderson and Larry Niven have seen the future. Now, you can, too.
A constellation of the brightest lights in the Science Fiction and Fantasy firmament have judged these authors to be the best, the brightest, the truest emerging stars in the field. From Alien Invasion to Alternate History, from Cyberpunk to Comic Fantasy to Post-Apocalyptic Worlds, these are the winning writers who have mastered every version and vision of sci-fi and fantasy.
Tidelands
by Philippa Gregory
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Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.3
This New York Times bestseller from “one of the great storytellers of our time” (San Francisco Book Review) turns from the glamour of the royal courts to tell the story of an ordinary woman, Alinor, living in a dangerous time for a woman to be different.
On Midsummer’s Eve, Alinor waits in the church graveyard, hoping to encounter the ghost of her missing husband and thus confirm his death. Until she can, she is neither maiden nor wife nor widow, living in a perilous limbo. Instead she meets James, a young man on the run. She shows him the secret ways across the treacherous marshy landscape of the Tidelands, not knowing she is leading a spy and an enemy into her life.
Eve
by Iris Johansen
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.4
Eve Duncan’s mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing child. As a forensic sculptor, she is able to piece together bones, create a face, and bring an identity to a child who would have otherwise gone unidentified…maybe forever.
Eve is brilliant, and driven, and tormented–because her own daughter, Bonnie, was taken from her years ago. And Eve has never discovered what happened to her. But now a name from the past resurfaces, thanks to CIA agent Catherine Ling who knows all too well what it’s like to lose a child.
Assignment: Groom!
by Jacqueline Diamond
BARGAIN
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 3.0
Will she stop a scandal or create one? It’s a huge society wedding–a whole weekend’s worth–but the groom’s dogged by doubts. The bride’s pushy mother commands her harried assistant, Anne, to keep him in line, unaware that she’s his ex-girlfriend.
As for Anne, feelings she believed dead are stirring to life. Does Eric share them? And if he does, how much of a wedding catastrophe are they going to wreak? Don’t miss this hilarious romantic comedy by the USA Today bestselling author of The Bride Wore Gym Shoes and The Would-Be Mommy.