Friday&#8217;s Top eBooks

Four Seasons of Creative Writing
by Bryan Cohen
FREEBIE
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.1

Writing prompts are questions and hypothetical situations that are able to cure writer’s block instantly. This book gives you exactly one thousand idea-generating prompts that focus on the coldest, warmest, toughest and funniest days of the four seasons.

These 1,000 story prompts work for blogs, scripts, stories, poems, essays, journaling, songs and anything else that requires you to stare down writer’s block and start writing! #ad

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir
by Reyna Grande
BARGAIN
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.7

In this inspirational and unflinchingly honest memoir, acclaimed author Reyna Grande describes her childhood torn between the United States and Mexico, and shines a light on the experiences, fears, and hopes of those who choose to make the harrowing journey across the border.

Funny, heartbreaking, and lyrical, The Distance Between Us poignantly captures the confusion and contradictions of childhood, reminding us that the joys and sorrows we experience are imprinted on the heart forever, calling out to us of those places we first called home. #ad

A Little Hatred
by Joe Abercrombie
BARGAIN
Fantasy
Rating: 4.6

The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown.

But King Jezal’s son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta — socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union — plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary… #ad

The Smuggler of Camden Cove
by Kasey Stockton
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Regency Romance
Rating: 4.5

Pippa Sheffield has a penchant for trouble. She doesn’t ask to be thrown into slippery situations, but they tend to find her. She has worked at maintaining good behavior–she owes that much to her sister–until her new neighbor, William Blakemore, moves in. Come to find out, he is nothing but trouble.

Book Five of the Ladies of Devon takes place ten years after the four friends in the literary society each find their soul mates. Mabel’s sister is all grown up, and ready for her own adventure. #ad

Nate Gore
by Jesse Storm
BARGAIN
Western Fiction
Rating: 3.6

Natasha Goering removed the knife from its sheath. In one fell swoop she cut her braid at the nape of her neck and let it fall to the ground like it meant nothing to her. She slashed at the straggling hair that remained until she could feel with her fingers that it was fairly close to the scalp. Satisfied, she put the knife away, and faced Pete Brewster. “We should get you proper clothes,” Brewster said. “And a hat.” Natasha nodded and climbed into her saddle. “You got a name to go with that haircut?” Brewster asked.

Natasha considered it a moment. Tasha was her family’s pet name for her, and only formally was she known as Natasha They were both dead now, burnt to ash. And buried with her loved ones, thanks to the ruthless Samuel Becket, one of the biggest ranchers in Texas. “Call me Nate. Nate Gore.” Check out Jesse Storm’s Classic Western Justice series! #ad

Run For Your Life
by C. M. Sutter
FREEBIE
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.4

With the weekend right around the corner, Homicide Detective Mitch Cannon is looking forward to Saturday night. It isn’t often he has a date, and this one will be particularly interesting. His new friend Liza is beautiful, edgy, outspoken, and somewhat odd.

But Mitch’s usual Friday-morning phone call to his mom sets the wheels in motion for five days of pure hell. Mitch’s sister, Marie, has gone missing without a trace. His date is canceled, and Mitch’s partner, Devon, and Liza also go missing the following night. The only clue is a call Mitch gets from someone whose number is blocked, the anonymous speaker saying, “Ticktock, ticktock.” #ad

The Harvest
by Sara Clancy
FREEBIE
Horror
Rating: 4.4

In Black River, Tennessee, everyone knows the legend of the Bell Witch… and the alleged curse that hangs like a dark shroud over the town. To some, it is just a local tall tale. But to others, it is terrifyingly real.

For centuries, four families have been forced into the ritualistic tradition of sacrifice and terror. Every year, a member of each family stumbles upon an antique music box they need to lock before the time is up. And a horrible fate awaits them once the boxes open. #ad

World Engines: Destroyer
by Stephen Baxter
BARGAIN
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.1

In the year 2570, a sleeper will wake…

In the mid-21st century, the Kernel, a strange object on a five-hundred-year-orbit, is detected coming from high above the plane of the solar system. Could it be an alien artefact? In the middle of climate-change crises, there is no mood for space-exploration stunts – but Reid Malenfant, elderly, once a shuttle pilot and frustrated would-be asteroid miner, decides to go take a look anyway. Nothing more is heard of him. But his ex-wife, Emma Stoney, sets up a trust fund to search for him the next time the Kernel returns… #ad

Guardian Hero
by Jo Grafford
BARGAIN
Sweet Contemporary Romance
Rating: 5.0

A runaway bride from the big city, the small-town cop who heads up her search party, and the snowstorm that strands him in the woods where she was last seen…

When Emmitt McCarty receives the missing persons report, he immediately recognizes the woman in the photo as the last speeder he pulled over – a distraught city slicker he ultimately gives a warning instead of a ticket. That’s how he knows her fiancé’s claim that she’s been abducted is a load of bull. Sure, he’ll locate her if she’s in his town, but he won’t be notifying anyone of her whereabouts until he gets to the bottom of why she fled her wedding in the first place… Check out Jo Grafford’s Born In Texas series! #ad

Murder in the Locked Library
by Ellery Adams
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Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.4

With her twins, Fitzgerald and Hemingway, back in school, Jane Steward can finally focus on her work again–managing Storyton Hall, and breaking ground on the resort’s latest attraction: a luxurious, relaxing spa named in honor of Walt Whitman.

But when the earth is dug up to start laying the spa’s foundation, something else comes to the surface–a collection of unusual bones and the ragged remnants of a very old book. The attendees of the Rare Book Conference are eager to assist Jane with this unexpected historical mystery–until a visitor meets an untimely end in the Henry James Library… #ad

Seaside Whispers: Matt Lacroux
by Melissa Foster
BARGAIN
Contemporary Romance
Rating: 4.8

Having a mad crush on her boss’s son, Matt Lacroux–an intriguing mix of proper gentleman and flirtatious bad boy–is probably not the smartest idea for single mother Mira Savage. Especially when the company, and her job, is already on shaky ground. But as a Princeton professor, Matt’s life is hours away from Mira’s home on Cape Cod, keeping him safely in the fantasy-only zone. And as a single mother to six-year-old Hagen, with a floundering company to save, fantasies are all she has time for.

With hopes of becoming dean off the table, and too many months of longing for a woman who lived too far away to pursue, Matt’s publishing contract couldn’t have come at a better time. He heads home to Cape Cod on a brief sabbatical, intent on starting his book, and finally getting his arms around sweet, seductive Mira… Check out Melissa Foster’s Love in Bloom – Seaside Summers series! #ad

Firefly
by India Millar
FREEBIE
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.0

Keiko was born the daughter of a samurai. But as a mere younger sister, her future was to run errands for her lovely elder sister and obey her father. Until the day her brother thought it would be amusing to teach Keiko the way of an onna-bugeisha–a warrior woman of the samurai.

As a samurai, Keiko finds a new place in the world. One where it suddenly falls on her to defend the honor of her family. After her sister is disgraced, Keiko travels to the Floating World, Edo’s pleasure district, not only for vengeance, but for her first taste of the world outside her home. #ad

Girls Like Me: 12 Short Bible Studies About Biblical Women
by Shelbie Mae
FREEBIE
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.5

Have you ever wanted to read the Bible more but didn’t know where to start? Or have you wished you could relate to what you read in the Bible on a more personal level?

It’s not easy to find commonalities between us and Mary the mother of Jesus or Esther the queen. But what if we were more like them than we thought? What if their stories mirror our own lives? What if we were as trusting as Mary or as daring as Esther and we didn’t even realize it? #ad

The Great Mortality
by John Kelly
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History
Rating: 4.6

The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholarly and general readers. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story: how many people died; how farm output and trade declined.

But statistics can’t convey what it was like to sit in Siena or Avignon and hear that a thousand people a day are dying two towns away. Or to have to chose between your own life and your duty to a mortally ill child or spouse. Or to live in a society where the bonds of blood and sentiment and law have lost all meaning, where anyone can murder or rape or plunder anyone else without fear of consequence. #ad

A Match for Maggie
by Marisa Masterson
BARGAIN
Christian Historical Romance
Rating: 4.8

Maggie Jorgensen knows an escaped criminal is stalking her. U.S. marshal Reg Parker has a solution–send her to Denver as a mail-order bride. After his passionate kiss, Maggie is confused.

Why would Reg send her to another man? And why is her Denver groom missing?

“An absolutely marvelous story bringing characters forward to the early 1900’s Denver. A terrific plot intrigues and entertains. The characters are old friends except for Maggie and Reg. The HEA is well earned!” by Amazon Customer #ad

Her Final Confession
by Lisa Regan
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.7

When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a local Denton home, a photograph pinned to his collar, Detective Josie Quinn is first on the scene. The house belongs to Gretchen Palmer, a dedicated member of Josie’s team, missing for the last twenty-four hours.

Working around the clock, Josie is stopped in her tracks when Gretchen hands herself in to the police. She knows that there’s no way Gretchen could ever be a killer, so why would she confess to a murder she didn’t commit? #ad

When I Wasn’t Looking
by Annie J. Rose
BARGAIN
Romance
Rating: 4.6

I like my peace and quiet. I don’t need a woman. But she showed up when I wasn’t looking…

I’ve worked with Kelly for a long time at Recovery Ranch. It wasn’t until I carried her back to my cabin to check out her ankle That I really saw her. Big dark eyes, and a broken heart. Once I put my mind to it, I get what I want. She’s in my arms, in my bed, in my heart. When an accident triggers bad memories, She almost pulls away. But I won’t let her. Because now that I’ve seen how good happiness feels, I’ll fight with everything I’ve got to keep it, and her with me for good.

Check out Annie J. Rose’s Recovery Ranch series! #ad