Free books December 13, 2019

Some days are just full of treasures! This is one of those days. I didn’t mean to look for free books. I was just closing out an Amazon page left open from earlier, researching a book mentioned in my last post. My curiosity wouldn’t let me leave without checking the book ribbon at the bottom of the page. I’m so glad I took the time. I think I’ve found some gems.

Whisper – The Pete Zendel Suspense Series. A regular family. An old secret. And a dangerous enemy collide. Who will stand? (Amazon quote)

Whisper

Bespoke: a Tiny Christmas Tale

While the elusive Secret Symphony of Giovanni St. John captivated the world’s fascination, it left his daughter closed away in the Silent House – she, the one who holds the fullness of truth about the ninth symphony. Now Aria St. John is determined to not only break free of the loss that has defined her, but to honor her father through one final gift in his last days. (Amazon quote)

Bespoke

Redemption’s Edge – Redemption Mountain series book 1.

Someone says on Amazon – “A heartwarming, passionate story of loss, forgiveness, and redemption set in the untamed frontier during the tumultuous years following the Civil War. Ms. Davies’ engaging and complex characters draw you in from the start, creating an exciting introduction to this new historical western romance series.”

Redemption's Edge

Made For Each OtherGrandma Mandy Series book 1

When Lissa arrives in New Mexico, her grandmother is recovering from a mild illness so Grandma’s young friend, Jason, picks Lissa up from the airport. Though Lissa’s attraction to him is immediate, she refuses to be tempted into romance with a man in a creative profession. (Amazon quote)

Made for Each Oher

BookRunes has a FREE book today, A Merry Little Christmas, and it looks intriguing.

A Merry Little Christmas

A Merry Little Christmas is about Franny Martin—a woman who isn’t afraid to dream big. But most of all, A Merry Little Christmas is a love story about two people who come from different worlds. Charlie is all wealth and polish while Franny is a simple farm girl who has more spirit than money. In the process of making a “trading places” arrangement between them, they unearth some discoveries of the heart—that sometimes love comes when you’re least ready for it, and that love can bring the most impossible dreams within reach. (Amazon quote)

It seems crazy to mention more books than I can possibly read but… they have to be grabbed quickly, before they disappear, never to be found again. That happened to me yesterday. There were several suggested books I wanted to check out but when I clicked to a new screen by mistake – they were gone. Clicking the back button didn’t help. They slipped into the black hole… GONE. Grab them quick, while you can. That’s my daily cry of encouragement.

Happy Reading everyone!

Free and bargain books December 09, 2019

BookBub has a free one for us this morning.

Remembering Christmas is FREE. I’m drawing a blank on this one, although it seems I did read it in 2012. There are other Dan Walsh books in my collection of downloads too and I’ve read most of them by the looks of it. I’ll have to pay better attention this time.

Remembering Christmas

Rick has a life that doesn’t include his parents. He’s never liked his step father and when his mother begs him to come home he reluctantly agrees. Her husband’s stroke leaves her needing help running the family bookstore, a chore Rick is not thrilled about.

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As promised, here is another installment of the bargain book collections I found on Amazon yesterday.

A Date With Danger, a six book, 1406 page, Romantic/Suspense collection, a bargain at $1.32 CDN. Reading through the blurbs on Amazon, it looks as though this may be a fun read, in places. I think it may have to go the top of my TBR pile. Digging a little deeper into my reading experiences, it appears I’ve read several of these books along the way somewhere. I guess that’s not too surprising as contributors will sometimes go with manuscripts already published.

A Date With Danger

The fun one will be the last one. Delilah Morgan’s dying husband wants to protect her from future suitors lacking his approval so he arranges for the local judge to court her, when the time is right. Unfortunately, he doesn’t remember to share the news of this arrangement with his wife who is, decidedly, not looking to be courted.

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A Tuscan Legacy will keep us busy with nine books plus a novella. A good deal at $1.33

A Tuscan Legacy

Amazon quote:

When Isabella Rossi invites each of her adult grandchildren to her estate in the Tuscan hills for her eightieth birthday, she hopes to reunite a family fractured by distance, death, and secrets.

The birthday gift of a painting, arriving unsigned and with no sender’s details, rips open old heartbreak. One family secret has already been revealed, her youngest son Albertino’s illegitimate English daughter. Now it seems there could be yet more secrets.

Returning home, the cousins, scattered across three continents, each discover their lifetime love. When they gather again at the villa as summer ends, the remaining secrets are revealed. But can they be forgiven, or will the mistakes of the past be repeated?

Sounds interesting.

Happy Reading

 

 

 

More free and bargain books December 08, 2019

BookRunes had a FREE book suggestion for us late this morning. It’s new to me, both the book and the author. The first page catches my attention and looks like it could be a promising read.

The Renovation – Fulton Ridge Series book 3

The Renovation

He has adopted a no-dating policy after two disastrous attempts. Now, there’s a new girl in town and he’s tempted to rethink his decision.

She’s joined a volunteer renovation crew as a way of making new friends, he’s part of the crew. He seems appealing but her new best friend advises her to stay away from him. It’s not clear why she would say that.

Interest on both sides is undeniable but the gossips in town are making it difficult for them to explore a possible relationship.

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There were a number of bargain Amazon suggestions when I downloaded this free book. As a result, I gathered a bundle of interesting collections that will roll out nicely over the next few days.

The first one was offered a year ago and I read and enjoyed it then. A Christmas Romance collection that fits perfectly with the season.

Betwixt Two Hearts is a six book Romance Collection with six great authors. It’s a bargain at $1.31 CDN

Betwixt two hearts

The next one – Resort to Love is a five book collection with 1075 pages. A good deal at the bargain price of $1.31 CDN. I had to search for it as Resort to Love Angela Strong to get it to come up for me. Amazon is finicky like that sometimes, especially on collections- the way they are named.

This series follows five brothers in their quest for romance.

The cover for Finding Love at the Oregon Coast looks familiar, it turns out I’ve read it (a novella) and also Finding Love In Sun Valley Idaho (book 1). I’m not recognizing the authors name even though I have encountered her before.  Reading the rest of the series will serve to refresh my memory.

Resort to Love

Lots of reading material today. I love days like this.

Happy reading.

 

 

 

 

a few more books read & enjoyed

No bargains or interesting free books today but, tomorrow is another day.

There are a few books-read to mention, though, so we’ll go there for a minute tonight. You know they had to be good reads because it’s only been two days since the last post like this.

A Christmas Wish is still FREE. It was a fun read despite the tension caused by the threat on their life.

A Christmas Wish

Megan lives a busy life; growing her fancy-cake business while parenting her niece after the death of her sister and brother-in-law a few years back. She’s entirely unaware of two things. A terrorist group is targeting both Megan and Nora, and five-year-old Nora desperately wants Santa to bring her a daddy for Christmas.

It’s a shock when FBI agent William Parker shows up at her door admitting he’s been watching them for several days, and he’s insisting they need protection. There are more shocks in store when she discovers he knows things she had never heard about her life.

In the middle of it all, Nora is falling in love with this man who knows how to relate to little kids. Having his undivided attention for weeks at the safe house only serves to deepen her attachment. She’s convinced he’s the one to be her daddy. Megan is not on the same page about any of it. Relationships have not worked out well for her and independence feels like the safer way to go.

There are lots of twists and turns in this story. It was hard to put down and was quickly finished.


 

Beautiful Storm was a fascinating read too. I loved it. It is not free anymore but it’s worth the price if you feel drawn to the story.

Beautiful Storm

This Amazon quote says it all so well

Tori’s life was perfect—a successful job, a doctor for a husband, and a pristine loft in Chicago—until her husband left her for someone else. With her divorce comes a surprise cabin in the Deep South, and she wants nothing more than to get rid of it so she can get her life back in order.

Marcus is the self-appointed guardian of his sister and three brothers, while their mother lives a toxic lifestyle, but one call to his auto repair shop from an entitled city girl turns his world upside down. He’s a master of reading people, but the feisty newcomer poses an interesting challenge.


Plain Everyday Heroes is free if you have Kindle Unlimited. This book collection didn’t rate as high on my like meter as the first two books but it was still interesting and worth reading.

Plain Everyday Heroes

Another Amazon quote

Heroes
They come in all shapes, sizes, and temperaments. Sometimes they’re
larger-than-life wonders who do grandiose things, but more often than
not, they’re ordinary people who do something that feels extraordinary
to the person they help. They’re just “Everyday Heroes.”

Playing with Fire by Laura V. Hilton, An Unlikely Hero by Rachel J. Good, Racing the Slow Girls by Thomas Nye


I’m currently reading Wildflowers (Garden of Love book 3) it’s not free anymore either but it’s good. I’m having trouble putting it down.

Wildflowers

Another Amazon quote for you

“Wildflowers” is a story of new beginnings. In recent months, Natalie Matthews’ well-ordered, independent life has become one of chaos and uncertainty. Her career as a travel photographer is in limbo, and her relationships on several fronts are complicated. She knows what she wants, but she wonders if her hopes are realistic and if what she desires will lead to the happiness she longs for.

Happy Reading

 

Free and Bargain Books December 5, 2019

LPC has offered a couple of FREE  books today.

The first FREE book is Lord of Her Heart, we’ve seen this one before and it was a good one.

Lord of Her Heart

The next one FREE is a repeat as well but it is a good read too and definitely worth mentioning again. Jessie’s Hope

Jessie's Hope

BookBub has a couple of suggestions this morning.

A bargain at $0.99 The Christmas Dog a mangy stubborn dog and a new perspective for a bitter old woman.

The Christmas Dog

And a FREE book A Bid For Love. This one showed up for me in 2013 and I still remember reading it. A bidding war over a statue that even the FBI is looking at.

A Bid for Love

BookRunes has come through with a FREE book today too. One I’ve not read, but I do know the author. A story of betrayal and survival.

Flames

This has turned out to be a good day for books.

Happy Reading

Bargain book December 2, 2019

A Facebook post by Gospel eBooks, for their Daily E-Books Deals, gives us a bargain book  ($1.32CDN) today. Beautiful Storm, book four in the Unfailing Love series. I’ve not read  Mandi Blake before so can’t say whether this will be good or not, but as usual I hope it will be.

Beautiful Storm

Below is part of the Amazon synopsis. It sounds like it could be interesting.

Tori’s life was perfect—a successful job, a doctor for a husband, and a pristine loft in Chicago—until her husband left her for someone else. With her divorce comes a surprise cabin in the Deep South, and she wants nothing more than to get rid of it so she can get her life back in order.

Marcus is the self-appointed guardian of his sister and three brothers, while their mother lives a toxic lifestyle, but one call to his auto repair shop from an entitled city girl turns his world upside down. He’s a master of reading people, but the feisty newcomer poses an interesting challenge.

As a change of pace: A Cozy Mystery mentioned a number of weeks back is a fun read. Foreclosed: A Mitzy Neuhaus Mystery. It’s FREE.

Amazon describes this book as reminiscent of the Legally Blond movies.  She is well-intentioned, beautiful, slightly clueless, and really, really good at what she does – which is selling homes in Portland, Oregon.

This book showed up for me 6 years ago. I’m tempted to read it again.

Foreclosed

Currently, I’m reading Forget Me Now an Alana Terry thriller. It’s frustrating me. The timeline keeps moving back and forth, but the confusing action (or maybe it’s the description of the action) is causing the most frustration. I’m just not getting it. I’m going to move on, maybe try again later on just to make sure it really doesn’t work for me.

Forget me now

I think Sand Creek Serenade will be next up. Unfortunately it has gone back to full price, although, it is free if you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited. I’ve read the first chapter and so far I’m hooked.

Sand Creek Serenade

A female doctor in a male dominated, old time, Army Fort has to be strong. Sadie Hoppner can definitely hold her own with the soldiers, if given half a chance. She’s a good doctor and appreciates the chance to work alongside her brother.

She’s also curious, wanting to meet the women living and working in the recently appearing nomadic camp. Before an opportunity can present itself a dog steals her shoe and runs with it. Headed back to their camp to tease his owner. He plays keep-away with the shoe enticing Five Kills to follow him back to the fort where he will drop the shoe beside Sadie. The dog seems to be a bit of a match maker.

We’re off to a good start.

Happy Reading

 

 

Free & bargain books November 29, 2019

A FREE book mentioned by one of my regular author contacts is written by popular author, Pepper Basham. Chautona Havig and Pepper often contribute to the same collections and I always like what they come up with. I know I will enjoy this new story too.

Jane By The Book

Healing from the shame of a wedding day that didn’t end in a marriage, Jane relocated and spent the last four years working in the grand old B & B of a friend.

The job has grown with her and she’s become expert at successfully managing the housekeeping end of a thriving hotel business. This skill, while confidence building, has created a problem for her. Her boss/friend (Nora) has roped Jane into helping her fiancé (Ethan) train staff for his newly acquired hotel in England. He is paying all of her expenses and it’s been years since she’s done any travelling, maybe it’s time to step out and explore new places. With that decided, she’s feeling quietly excited.

It doesn’t take long for Titus to enter the scene and turn her orderly life upside down. Unexpectedly, he finds dramatic changes in his life as well. The fiction stories ever consuming his attention suddenly aren’t quite as alluring as real life.

This sounds like a fun read.

Jane by The Book

BookRunes FREE suggestion today is Orphaned Hearts (A Heart of Africa Romance) Conservationist, Simon Hartley is left with a daughter to raise when his wife dies in childbirth. In his grief, his daughter and orphan elephants become his whole life.

Lady Abigail Chadwick wants to escape English society and postpone an arranged marriage. A year spent teaching in Africa’s Good Shepherd Orphanage will make this happen for her.

He is not thrilled about having to rescue a traveller stranded at the airport but he does it.

Orphaned Hearts

Happy day. A pre-order book arrived on my Kindle this morning. Christmas on Breakers Point is now available for download and it’s still a bargain at $1.32 CDN

Christmas on Breakers Point

I’m currently reading book 2 of the Amish collection Love’s Thankful Heart. Unfortunately it’s not free anymore but I noticed another collection from the same authors and it’s free.

Love's Thankful Heart

Plain Everyday Heroes is FREE today and based on the enjoyable reading experience of Love’s Thankful Heart, this is now on my TBR list.

Plain Everyday Heroes

Happy Reading on this wintery day. Although, some parts of the world are moving toward summer. Enjoy the reading and the warmth if summer is in your life.

 

 

 

 

 

Bargain books November 26, 2019

BookBub started it all this morning with several bargain books.

The first bargain ($0.99) is from a new favorite author Alana Terry. Forget Me Now is the gripping suspense story of a young woman who’s lost a portion her memory through brain injury trauma. She’s has no idea what’s happened to her and no ability to retain new memories when she does figure things out. Everyone close to her is dead and it’s clear she’s next.  There are some tense moments in store for her and for us.

Forget me now

The second bargain book ($1.99)  is a change of pace. In The Field of Grace is a retelling of the story of Ruth and Boaz. This tale is popular with authors and there have been many versions written through the years. This one seems to be from a different point of view, which is new. It’s usually told from Ruth’s perspective with Boaz taking a minor role. This time, the story starts out from his point of view, immediately catching my interest.

I don’t know this author but I’m looking forward to the experience.

In the Field of Grace

And finally, an Amazon suggested bargain book ($1.99) is a beloved collection from iconic Canadian author Janette Oke. We’ve been reading and watching movies of her pioneer stories for decades. This Canadian West Collection contains six of her most popular books.

Canadian West Collection

1 When Calls the Heart
2 When Comes the Spring
3 When Breaks the Dawn
4 When Hope Springs New
5 Beyond the Gathering Storm
6 When Tomorrow Comes

My video stash still has the movie box collection for three of these popular books. It’s nice to bring them out again every now and then.

Happy Reading.

Today is Grey Cup parade through the city of Winnipeg.  People are out in droves to honour the win of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team and the energy level is high. I’m loving the internet live stream for those of us not able to be there in person. I think I will wait awhile to read. It’s been twenty nine years since their last championship win so this could be the parade of a lifetime, definitely not is to be missed.

CJOB live is the place to find it if you follow Canadian football.

 

Free and bargain books November 18, 2019

It’s unbelievable. November is more than half-way gone already. It makes me want to yell slow down. Too bad that wouldn’t work. It’s probably partly my own fault anyway, the way time seems to fly past so quickly. Having my nose in a book for extended periods of time, completely unaware of the world around me, means the hours have flown by since the last time I looked at a clock. It’s an illusion. Although, some do say that time is moving faster than it did a century ago. Oh well, I’m sad but that’s not stopping me from reading. It’s too much fun.

So… this mornings BookBub suggestion sent me down another rabbit hole. The Deborah Raney rabbit hole this time. She has appeared on my radar many times through the years and it’s always been good from my perspective. Today there is one FREE full length novel and four BARGAIN books in her collection of published works on Amazon.

Almost Forever is book 1 in the Hanover Falls Series. I’ve not read this  Romantic/Suspense yet but plan on it. They’ve lost their firefighter spouses in the same tragic fire. They are drawn to each other but there are secrets that could drive them apart.

Almost Forever

A January Bride is book 2 in A Year of Weddings novella collection with various authors. This is a bargain at $0.99. The other books in this collection are $0.99 too, at least the ones I noticed. The full boxed collection is available but it is $19.99. It looks like it could be better to purchase them individually.

A January Bride

The next three novellas are unrelated and are all $1.25CD, (they may be lessor amounts in USD.)

Finally Home, Special Delivery, and Circle of Blessings.

Finally Home

Special Delivery

Circle of Blessings

All of these look interesting but my book budget for November is nearly blown (more quickly than usual, I might add) so it’s too early yet to use it all up. It’s very tempting though.

No one else has come through with suggestions for today but tomorrow is a new day, with new possibilities. In the meantime…

Happy Reading, all.

 

Free books November 17, 2019

Author Jennifer Youngblood has a FREE book today The Hot Headed Patriot. I’ve read this one as well as some of her other books and while her style of writing is not my favorite it is still a reasonable read. It all boils down to personal preference, I think. I prefer fewer romantic moments and more story substance, personally.

Hot Headed Patriot

I stumbled across several other FREE books as I was checking out Jennifer Youngblood’s book. Two popped up,  A Path Less Travelled and Always and Forever

A Path Less Travelled

A Path Less Travelled has been mentioned before, it is book one I in A Miller Creek series. I can definitely recommend this series.

Always and Forever

I’ve not read this book, Always and Forever but have read this author before. It’s been awhile though (2012) and I don’t remember too much.

Happy Reading