Free ebooks for the Kindle & other ereaders – 4/2/2011 no comments
As seems usual at the beginning of the month, we have a bunch of new freebies:
Number Slide (5 stars/6 reviews) This is a free puzzle game for Kindle.
The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof your Organization by Scott Klososky (5 stars/1 review) Business.
Howling For My Baby: Cannon Pack, Book 1 by Beverly Rae (3 stars/2 reviews) Romantic fantasy. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Paper Roses (Texas Dreams Trilogy #1) by Amanda Cabot (4 1/2 stars/17 reviews) Historical fiction from a faith-based publisher. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Elisha’s Bones by Don Hoesel (4 1/2 stars/17 reviews) Thriller from a faith-based publisher. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
The Pursuit of Pleasure by Elizabeth Essex (4 stars/15 reviews) Historical romance.
The Homecoming by Dan Walsh (4 1/2 stars/34 reviews) Contemporary fiction from a faith-based publisher. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
Truth And Consequences: Hearts of the South, Book 1 by Linda Winfree (4 1/2 stars/8 reviews) Romantic suspense. Also free at Barnes & Noble.
The Edge of Light (At Home in Beldon Grove, Book 1) by Ann Shorey (4 1/2 stars/13 reviews) Religious fiction. Also free at Kobo.
Immortal by V. K. Forrest (4 stars/4 reviews) Vampires. Also free at Barnes & Noble and Kobo.
Stolen Hearts by Karen Erickson (no ratings) Romance.
Masks by Evangeline Anderson (no ratings) Romance.
Destiny by Design by Wylie Kinson (3 1/2 stars/2 reviews) Romance.
Complete Without Kids: An Insider’s Guide to Childfree Living by Choice or by Chance by Ellen L. Walker (4 stars/5 reviews). Also free at Kobo.
Ghostly Awakening by Lacey Savage (3 stars/1 review) Romance.
The Maverick Experiment by Drew Berquist (4 stars/17 reviews) Thriller. This one is also free at Kobo.
God’s War by Kameron Hurley is free for the moment at Barnes & Noble. This science fiction tale is $7.99 at the Kindle Store, where it gets 4 1/2 stars by 7 reviewers.
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Kobohas a coupon which is only good through today: buy any 3 ebooks and save $3 — use coupon code apr1us1.
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A few reads to consider that are not free:
The Citadel of Chaos (A Fighting Fantasy Adventure) (5 stars/1 review) is the second interactive title from developer Worldweaver that is based on the Fighting Fantasy game book series by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. $3.99.
The Innocent by Vincent Zandri (4 1/2 stars/17 reviews) $0.99. Also available at Barnes & Noble for the same price and $2.99 at Kobo.
It’s been a year since Jack Marconi’s wife was killed. Ever since, he’s been slipping up at his job as warden at an upstate New York prison. It makes him the perfect patsy when a cop-killer breaks out–with the help of someone on the inside. Throwing himself into the hunt for the fleeing con, Jack doesn’t see what’s coming.
Suddenly the walls are closing in. And in the next twenty-four hours, Jack will defy direct orders, tamper with evidence, kidnap the con’s girlfriend–and run from the law with a .45 hidden beneath his sports coat. Because Jack Marconi, keeper of laws, men, secrets, and memories, has been set up–by a conspiracy that has turned everyone he ever trusted into an enemy. And everything he ever believed in into the worst kind of lie.
The Patriot Paradox by William Esmont (4 1/2 stars/17 reviews) $0.99. Also available at Barnes & Noble for the same price and $2.99 at Kobo.
A plot to kill a nation, hatched by a secret cabal of ex-cold warriors intent on finishing the war that defined their existence.
One man, who in a crisis of conscience, passes information about the plot to his brother, a shattered soul living on the edges of society.
When Kurt Vetter learns of his brother’s murder, he has no idea how far he will travel, how much he will sacrifice, in order to uncover the truth. With the help of Amanda Carter, a shadowy figure from his brother’s past, he races across the globe, staying one step ahead of a trained assassin, in a desperate bid to prevent the unthinkable from becoming reality.
Implant by Michael Wallace and Jeffrey Anderson (5 stars/6 reviews) $0.99. Also available at Barnes & Noble for the same price.
Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices. One of her subjects, an operative named Ian Westhelle, suffers a psychotic break and kills his handler before he can be recovered.
Julia tracks Ian to an asylum where the CIA warehouses insane former soldiers, scientists, and others with security risks too great for conventional psychiatric wards. Agents from the national intelligence directorate discover her snooping and target her for elimination.
A collaboration between award-winning writer Michael Wallace and international bestselling author Jeffrey Anderson, Implant is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep readers guessing until the final, chilling conclusion.
Lost in Kandahar (Kindle Single) by Alex Berenson (4 stars/5 reviews) $1.99.
This title has just recently joined the Kindle bestseller list.
When novelist and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson traveled to Afghanistan for an embed with the 101st Airborne Division, he found great soldiers – and a seemingly hopeless mission. The gripping non-fiction tale of how the United States is spending $100 billion a year on a war that even the men on the front lines can’t explain.
The Righteous by Michael Wallace (4 1/2 stars/41 reviews) $0.99. This thriller is another rising star on the Kindle bestseller list. Also available at Barnes & Noble for the same price.
Medical student Jacob Christianson is sent by church elders to investigate a murder within the polygamist enclave of Blister Creek, Utah. He brings his young sister Eliza, who must choose a husband from three old men jostling for power within the church hierarchy.
Jacob discovers that the murdered woman has been killed in accordance with secret blood oaths taken within the polygamist temple. Together with his sister, he uncovers a plot to overthrow the church leadership, with murders that reach beyond the community and into the “gentile” world. The Righteous is a heart-pounding suspense-thriller with a depth that will haunt the reader long after the last page is turned.
