Friday’s Top eBooks
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Good Cop
by Liz Kelly
FREEBIE
Romantic Comedy
Rating: 4.3
Local sports heroes Brooks Bennett and Vance Evans are used to being part of a winning team. Yet when it comes to romance their good cop, bad cop images have them handcuffed. They want a woman’s point of view to help unshackle their reputations, and they’ve picked out one pretty, pony-tailed firecracker to do it.
Lolly DuVal longs for a summer fling that can set off all her bells and whistles. So she agrees to tutor Henderson’s hunkiest heroes on what women really want. But now she finds herself caught between two cops and a hard place… #ad
The Signal
by Nick Cook
FREEBIE
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.3
Could it be we really are alone in the universe? Or is it that the truth has been withheld from us by a global conspiracy of silence?
When radio telescope operators Lauren Stelleck, a woman with a special gift enabling her to literally see certain sounds, and Steve Andrews, a diehard sci-fi geek, detect a signal like no other at Jodrell Bank in England, a chain of events is unleashed that propels Earth towards all-out nuclear war. Can Lauren and Steve unlock the secret of the signal before our species tears itself apart? #ad
Self-Care Cross-Stitch
by Stephanie Rohr
BARGAIN
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.5
Crafters will love this snarky book with its 40 witty cross-stitch patterns that focus on promoting a healthy, self-affirming relationship with yourself.
Whether you want to proudly announce that “Self-Care Is Not Selfish” or remind others that “You Are More Than Your Productivity” or “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay,” you’ll find edgy slogans and sharp one-liners that make fabulous wall art or gifts. #ad
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk
by Ben Montgomery
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Biography & Memoir
Rating: 4.6
Emma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person–man or woman–to walk it twice and three times and she did it all after the age of 65.
This is the first and only biography of Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, who became a hiking celebrity in the 1950s and ’60s. She appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter, and on the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented… #ad
I Almost Forgot About You
by Terry McMillan
BARGAIN
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.5
Dr. Georgia Young’s wonderful life–great friends, family, and successful career–aren’t enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love.
Georgia’s bravery reminds us that it’s never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile… #ad
The Given Day
by Dennis Lehane
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.3
Dennis Lehane, the New York Times bestselling author of Live by Night–now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck–offers an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future.
This beautifully written novel of American history tells the story of two families–one black, one white–swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power at the end of World War I. #ad
Shifter Wolves of Pleasant Valley
by Serena Meadows
BARGAIN
Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.7
A small Texas town is bursting with secrets, deceptions…and forbidden relationships with the enemy. When a wolf shifter sets eyes on his one and only–there’s no turning back. He’ll do anything to protect the woman that brings him to his knees.
Book 1: Moving to a new town and falling for the enemy was not my plan. My dangerous ex led me to Pleasant Valley. One that I needed protection from. Little did I know that my wolf shifter enemy would be the one to save my life. Rude, ridiculously handsome, and full of mystery. Will Matt destroy my heart before my ex gets to me? CLICK above to read more! #ad
The Black Daiquiri
by KC Walker & Karen Sue Walker
FREEBIE
Cozy Mystery
Rating: 4.5
I’m Whitley Leland, but you can call me Whit. I was out of work and low on funds when I took a job bartending at a rooftop lounge with an ocean view. What seemed like a cushy job turned deadly when a creep tampered with the boss’s sister’s drink.
Maybe jumping off the side of a three-story building was a bit dramatic, but I wanted to catch the guy. Too bad he jumped into a car and sped off. While I decided what to do next, Bobbie, my grandmother, showed up wanting to play detective… #ad
The Train Journey
by Simone Gigliotti
FREEBIE
History
Rating: 4.0
Historians have estimated that between 1941 and 1944 up to three million Jews were transported to their deaths in concentration and extermination camps.
In his writings on the “Final Solution,” Raul Hilberg pondered the role of trains: “How can railways be regarded as anything more than physical equipment that was used, when the time came, to transport the Jews from various cities to shooting grounds and gas chambers in Eastern Europe?” #ad
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
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Young Adult
Rating: 4.4
“My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973.”
So begins the story of Susie Salmon, who is adjusting to her new home in heaven, a place that is not at all what she expected, even as she is watching life on earth continue without her — her friends trading rumors about her disappearance, her killer trying to cover his tracks, her grief-stricken family unraveling. Out of unspeakable tragedy and loss, The Lovely Bones succeeds, miraculously, in building a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, even joy. #ad
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
by Grady Hendrix
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Horror
Rating: 4.3
Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about a women’s book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town.
Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller. Her husband is a workaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thing keeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united by their love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Manson family as they are about their own families. #ad
Local Girl Missing
by Claire Douglas
BARGAIN
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.1
The old Victorian pier was a thing of beauty until it was allowed to decay. It was where the youth of Oldcliffe-on-Sea would go to hang out. It’s also where twenty-one-year-old Sophie Collier disappeared eighteen years ago.
Francesca Howe, known as Frankie, was Sophie’s best friend, and even now she is haunted by the mystery of what happened to her. When Frankie gets a call from Sophie’s brother, Daniel, informing her that human remains have been found washed up nearby, she immediately wonders if it could be Sophie, and returns to her old hometown to try and find closure… #ad
Second Chance Romance
by Alexa Verde
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Christian Romance
Rating: 4.5
Ten sweet, clean, and heartwarming stories featuring a second chance at love. Hours of reading enjoyment — real emotion, faith, humor, and a dash of danger!
“Alexa Verde’s books are always great, whether you like straight out clean romance or romance with a bit of mystery or intrigue. This set is no different.” -Amazon Customer
Reunions, small towns, cowboys, amnesia, mistaken identity, childhood sweethearts, single moms, single dads, marriage of convenience, fairy tale retellings, humor, faith, mystery and suspense abound in these inspiring romances. Each is a complete romance with an uplifting, feel-good, happily-ever-after. #ad
The Munich Girl
by Phyllis Edgerly Ring
BARGAIN
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.2
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did–that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. The secret surfaces with a mysterious monogrammed handkerchief, and a man, Hannes Ritter, whose Third Reich family history is entwined with Anna’s.
Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante–and a tyrant’s lover–Anna finds her every belief about right and wrong challenged. With Hannes’s help, she retraces the path of two women who met as teenagers… #ad
Watching Glass Shatter
by James J. Cudney
FREEBIE
Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.4
After 40 years of marriage, Olivia’s husband unexpectedly passes away. But when Ben’s will reveals a life-altering secret, she suffers a blow no widow should ever experience.
Olivia learns that she gave birth to a baby who later died in the nursery. Instead of telling his wife what happened, Ben switched the child with another. And as if that’s not enough, Ben’s will doesn’t reveal which of their five sons is truly not hers… #ad
Sleeping Beauty
by Lisette Starr
FREEBIE
Children’s Fiction
Rating: New Release
SLEEPING BEAUTY: When sleeping beauty is cursed to only wake up upon true loves kiss, so many princes try to wake her but she just won’t awaken. Only one wise young prince can see the problem clearly.
“The problem dear fairy is quite plain to see, as the princess is sleeping she cannot agree. For no handsome prince who is of good intent would dare kiss a princess without her consent.” #ad
The Faith of Elvis
by Kent Sanders
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Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.8
From the day Billy Stanley arrived at Graceland and received a bear hug from the King of Rock and Roll to the last conversation they ever had, one thing stayed the same: Elvis’s passion for sharing God’s love with as many people he could.
In The Faith of Elvis,Billy illuminates Elvis’s Christian journey–from the notes Elvis made in his beloved Bible to his struggles with sin as his fame increased to his remarkable generosity toward fans and movie stars alike. #ad
Unlocking a Beastly Duke’s Heart
by Bridget Barton
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Historical Romance
Rating: 4.6
Lady Arabella Hodgkinson has never been one to judge people by appearances. Therefore, meeting the heavily scarred Duke of East Anglia at a masked ball, leaves her totally undeterred, and yet somehow intrigued. Her tender heart flutters like never before when she receives an invitation to the Duke’s estate, which she decides to accept, despite the discouraging warnings from her family…
Alexander Meadows, the brooding Duke of East Anglia, has been living in a self-imposed exile since a fire killed his parents and disfigured his face… #ad
The Blackhouse
by Peter May
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Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.3
“No one can create a more eloquently written suspense novel than Peter May….” -New York Journal of Books
A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deep-rooted faith. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case represents a journey both home and into his past. Something lurks within the close-knit island community. Something sinister. As Fin investigates, old skeletons begin to surface, and soon he, the hunter, becomes the hunted. #ad
Cowboy Foreman in Love for Christmas
by Jo Grafford
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Sweet Contemporary Romance
Rating: 5.0
Tess Caldwell isn’t sure why she says yes to her best friend’s invitation to join her in a remote mountain town that celebrates Christmas year-round. After her ex-boyfriend leaves both her heart and bank account flat broke, she can’t afford a vacation. And she certainly can’t afford to extend her visit indefinitely when a winter storm shuts down every road leading out of town.
She has a job to get back to and bills that aren’t going to pay themselves, no matter how tempting it is to stay and explore her unexpected attraction to the hunky foreman at Christmas Tree Farm. Check out Jo Grafford’s A Very Country Christmas Wish Series! #ad
The Blood Witch Saga Omnibus Collection: Books 1-8
by Theophilus Monroe
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Paranormal Fantasy
Rating: 4.8
“Lots of breath holding suspense, twists and turns, with a bit of humor, will keep your attention from page one til the epic ending!” -Amazon Reviewer, Wraiths & Warlocks
I’m Hailey Bradbury: Hedge Witch and Vampire. My sire was staked moments after I was turned. As a youngling, the Voodoo Queen adopted me. She taught me her art. I’ve been working with the new Mistress of the Vampire Council. She trained me in the ways of vampirism, the path of the night. Witchcraft + Voodoo + Vampirism = what I call bloodwitchery. Most witches won’t mess with the power latent in blood. It’s dark. It’s dangerous. But if you can master it… You can harness the power of life itself. #ad