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Friday’s Top eBooks
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Makin’ Bacon
by Mellanie Szereto
FREEBIE
Romantic Comedy
Rating: 4.0
Divorcée Tate Madison (42) wasted fifteen years of her life with a liar and a cheat. Now she’s returned to her hometown to open The Homegrown Café, address her ticking biological clock, and spend time with her family and new friends. Encouraged by her fellow middle-aged book-club buddies, she begs a favor from her younger brother’s best friend–father the child her ex-husband denied her. Complications abound when she discovers she’s attracted… #ad
Half Yard Sewing Club
by Debbie Shore
FREEBIE
Crafts & Hobbies
Rating: 4.2
Discover 12 seasonal projects from sewing superstar, Debbie Shore. From bags to bunting, there is something for everyone in this selection of projects from the best-selling Half Yard series! Projects include: Small Tote Bag, Draught Excluder, Zipped Pouch, Pocket Apron, Pincushion, Tray Mat, Picnic Place Mat, Fabric Bowl, Chair Pockets, Halloween Bunting, Mistletoe Wreath Pillow Cover, Present Sack… #ad
The Ember Blade
by Chris Wooding
0.99
Fantasy
Rating: 4.5
Empires rise, civilisations fall and one culture comes to subsume another. It’s the way of the world… sometimes ways of life are improved, sometimes they are not. But the progression of change is huge and – usually – unstoppable. In this story, the Ossian way of life is fading and the Dachen way is taking its place and Aren is comfortable with that. Even when his parents are accused of treason he supports the establishment… #ad
Burnt Letters
by Christina Ditchkofsky
0.99
Memoir
Rating: 5.0
Unveiling the Shadows of Trauma and Finding Strength in the Depths of Despair – This isn’t a healing journey. This is a takedown. You want to know the truth? The hardest part wasn’t leaving the abuser. It was admitting I was addicted to the pattern. Burnt Letters is not a love story. It’s a psychological excavation–of why we stay, how we fawn, and what happens when a woman finally realizes she’s been trained to mistake pain for devotion… #ad
Key Of Knowledge
by Nora Roberts
1.99
Paranormal Romance
Rating: 4.7
Dana Steele has always found her greatest passion in books. But now her boss is making her job as a librarian a living hell. Luckily, she now has a Plan B… High on a hill overlooking the town of Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania, sits the Warrior’s Peak estate. It’s where Dana was invited to meet Malory Price and Zoe McCourt–and where they learned that they were destined to find three keys to unlock a box holding the souls of three mythical demigoddesses… #ad
Now or Never
by Janet Evanovich
2.99
Women Sleuths
Rating: 4.7
The latest Stephanie Plum novel from #1 New York Times bestseller and “the most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times) Janet Evanovich. She said yes to Morelli. She said yes to Ranger. Now Stephanie Plum has two fiancés and no idea what to do about it. But the way things are going, she might not live long enough to marry anyone. While Stephanie stalls for time, she buries herself in her work as a bounty hunter… #ad
Attie’s Amazing Adventures, Book 2, Tick Tock, Take Charge!
by Loxley Browne
2.99 was 4.99 (discount August 1-10)
Young Adult
Rating: 5.0
Attie McAllister has never been one to sit still. With a NASA scientist mom training for a mission to the International Space Station, an FBI agent dad heading on a covert assignment in Europe, and her adventurous Aunt Loxley unraveling forgotten history, Attie is used to life moving fast. But when she stumbles upon an old photograph of students from Carnegie Mellon–The Six–her curiosity takes over… Check out the Charms Book Series! #ad
One Night in Tehran: A Titus Ray Thriller
by Luana Ehrlich
FREEBIE
Christian Thriller
Rating: 4.6
CIA operative Titus Ray is searching for answers. Meanwhile, an assassin is searching for him. Learning the truth… Veteran CIA officer Titus Ray–on the run from the Iranian secret police–finds shelter with a group of Iranian Christians in Tehran. While urging Titus to become a believer in Jesus Christ, they manage to smuggle him out of Iran to freedom in Turkey. Dealing with the past… Returning to the States, he discovers his Iranian mission failed… See full series! #ad
The Three Letters of John & Jude
by Christopher Coopersmith
FREEBIE
Religious & Inspirational
Rating: 4.6
Does your soul feel wounded and weary? Want to avoid teachers who stray too far from God’s truth? Hoping to lead a study that points others toward redemption? A missionary and teacher both in his local community and overseas, Christopher S. Coopersmith has been given a heart to share his understanding of the Word with the world. And by penning this honest, Spirit-led commentary, he’s provided an indispensable roadmap for some of the pithiest books of the Bible. #ad
Guardian Hero
by Jo Grafford
0.99
Romantic Suspense
Rating: 4.6
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… See full series! #ad
The Swarm
by Frank Schatzing
1.99
Science Fiction
Rating: 4.2
Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic eyeless crabs poison Long Island’s water supply. Around the world, countries are beginning to feel the effects of the ocean’s revenge. In this riveting novel, full of twists, turns, and cliffhangers, a team of scientists discovers a strange, intelligent life force called the Yrr that takes form in marine animals in order to wreak havoc on man for his abuses. The Day After Tomorrow meets The Abyss… #ad
A Crowning Mercy
by Bernard Cornwell & Susannah Kells
1.99
Historical Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Bernard Cornwell, the perennial New York Times bestselling author of the Richard Sharpe series and “perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today” (Washington Post) joins co-author Susannah Kells for A Crowning Mercy–a breathtaking romantic adventure set against the dramatic backdrop of the English Civil War. The exciting story of a rebellious Puritan woman on a perilous quest for love and fortune… #ad
Warming the Widow’s Frozen Heart
by Ellen Knightley
0.99
Historical Romance
Rating: 4.4
Martha Billings is desperate to outrun the shadows of her past, fleeing Ohio with her five-year-old twin boys in tow. But when the party she’s traveling with abandons her and a snowstorm begins to roll in, she’s forced to seek shelter in a crumbling barn. She expects nothing but cold and hardship until a rugged stranger appears through the swirling snow. Gideon Holland, a battle-scarred ex-Union soldier, is no stranger to pain or solitude… See full series! #ad
The Misery House
by David Kummer
0.99
Psychological Thriller
Rating: 4.0
Sometimes the quietest little towns are haunted by the darkest secrets. New Haven: This rural town has never seen a string of tragedies like this. A local store burns to the ground with two bodies inside. A newlywed couple goes missing, and all signs point to the abandoned house. With no answers, the townsfolk grow more and more worried. The Woods family has lived here forever. But when their friends and their own children are put in danger, the threat hits home… See full series! #ad
Take Us to a Better Place: Stories
by Multiple Authors
FREEBIE
Literary Fiction
Rating: 4.0
TAKE US TO A BETTER PLACE: Stories is a collection of powerful, perceptive, and seamlessly crafted fiction that tells multiple truths about the realities of our health and the world in which we live. Roxane Gay writes: “These stories are at once hopeful and cautionary tales. They are, above all, a call to action, offering all of us the opportunity to rise to the occasion of contributing, in ways we can… #ad
Seven Sisters
by M. L. Bullock
FREEBIE
Horror
Rating: 4.1
Historian Carrie Jo Stuart possesses a rare gift – she dreams of the past, revealing secrets long buried. When the enigmatic and wealthy Ashland Stuart hires her to unravel the hidden history of the majestic antebellum mansion, Seven Sisters, she’s drawn into a labyrinth of mysteries. As Carrie Jo delves deeper, her dreams guide her through the mansion’s faded corridors, where a series of unsettling visions and an untimely death… #ad
His Runaway Bride on the Bozeman Trail
by Nora J. Callaway
0.99
Western Historical Romance
Rating: 4.5
Daisy spent years surviving her outlaw uncle’s grip–until she stole his baby, his silver, and his last chance at legacy. Hiding her identity, she joins a wagon train under a false name, ready to survive, not trust. But when a protective cattleman stops a brutal accusation by calling her his bride, his steady gaze unsteadies her. “I don’t need saving,” she snaps. “I didn’t say you did,” he replies. Cole lost his wife in a gang raid and swore never to care that deeply again… #ad
The Anglo-Saxons
by Marc Morris
1.99
History
Rating: 4.6
A sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris. Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters… #ad
Confessions of a Grammar Queen
by Eliza Knight
1.99
Women’s Fiction
Rating: 4.4
Bernadette Swift, a young copyeditor at Lenox & Park Publishing, is determined to become the first female CEO in the publishing industry. But first she needs to take the next step up that ladder with a promotion that her boorish and sexist boss wants to thwart. Seeking a base of support, Bernadette joins a feminist women’s book club at the New York Public Library, and soon, she’s inspiring her fellow members to challenge the male gatekeepers… #ad
Out of Range
by Hank Steinberg
0.50 (Limited Time Deal)
Mystery/Thriller
Rating: 4.0
Hank Steinberg, the acclaimed creator, writer, and producer of the award-winning hit television series Without a Trace, makes his literary debut with this taut, driving thriller about a husband searching for his missing wife, a hunt that will lead him straight into a deadly world of spies, lies, and obsession. Six years ago in Uzbekistan, journalist Charlie Davis was wounded when government forces fired on a group of protesters he was covering on assignment… #ad
To Depression, With Love: A Memoir
by Marsha Jacobson
0.99
Biography & Memoir
Rating: 5.0
An intimate memoir on living a joyful life with mental illness. Marsha Jacobson was thirteen when her world shifted: Depression hit so severely that she could hardly eat. Once a spunky girl, Marsha became withdrawn, afraid to share her thoughts. Her parents, while loving, were not open to discussing mental illness. Marsha struggled with depressive episodes and anxiety throughout adolescence and at university, but at age thirty, she opened her heart to a different approach… #ad