Free Book - Three Minutes More

Three Minutes More ($2.99 Kindle), by Edward O'Dell, is free, for a limited time, at Smashwords. I don't know how long the "limited time" offer will be valid (his first sale was only an hour and I missed it). So far, the reader reviews at Amazon look good, but it does deal with adult subjects (child abuse and relationships, from what I can tell of the tags it's accumulated). One reviewer mentions that the initial pages appear as if it is going to be a preachy style religion-oriented book, but that turns out to be far from the case.

Book Description
Michael Steven's already troubled young life has taken a sudden, dramatic turn for the worse. Severely injured, he does not know if he will survive the night.

Reflecting on the evening's dreadful events, wondering if he could have done anything to alter them, his thoughts begin to drift. He begins to contemplate his remarkable life, his dysfunctional family, and the unfortunate prospect that he may have to soon answer for his life to God.

While vividly recalling the most amusing, distressing, bizarre, and disturbing events of his life, he soon comes to realize "the monster you know is far easier to deal with than the monster you don't!"

Will he get the miracle he needs to make it through the night? If so, will he finally find peace?

Author's Note: This book deals with sensitive topics, and is intended for mature audiences only.

Click HERE to get the book at Smashwords and use coupon code LT45U before checking out.

Free Book (nook) - I Will Carry You

I Will Carry You: The Sacred Dance of Grief and Joy ($9.99 Kindle), by Angie Smith, is free in the Barnes & Noble ebookstore.

Book Description
In 2008, Angie Smith and her husband Todd (lead singer of the group Selah) learned through ultrasound that their fourth daughter had conditions making her -incompatible with life.- Advised to terminate the pregnancy, the Smiths chose instead to carry this child and allow room for a miracle. That miracle came the day they met Audrey Caroline and got the chance to love her for the precious two-and-a-half hours she lived on earth. Upon receiving the original diagnosis, Angie started a blog (Bring the Rain) to keep family and friends informed of their journey. Soon, the site exploded in popularity, connecting with thousands who were either experiencing their own heartbreaking situations or simply curious about how God could carry someone through something so tragic. I Will Carry You tells the powerful story of a parent losing her child, interwoven with the biblical story of Lazarus to help those who mourn to still have hope-to find grace and peace in the sacred dance of grief and joy.

Click HERE for the free download from B&N.

Free Book (Kobo) - Comic LaRuse Is A S***

Comic LaRuse Is A Slut, by Stephanie Piercy, is free in the Kobo bookstore. I don't know anything about the author and the story appears to be about and oriented towards teens, but obviously has a bit of adult language (ok, more than a bit). I don't see the book for sale in any of the other major ebookstores, currently.

Book Description
Senior year is for skipping class, slamming beers, ripping skate tricks, and smoking bats, but when cucumber-cool Comic LaRuse and loud-mouth reject Laurie Bradshaw find themselves facing a devil’s three way for the heart of the shy girl in class, they have to either bring it to the pavement or play it out hot and heavy in the bedroom.

Strep Guthrie has never made shock waves on her high school’s Richtor scale of bangable girls, so when Comic and Laurie kick up their skateboards to see if they can score, she has to work out the rules for playing hard ball with the heart times two. Not only are there two horn dog heartbreakers to deal with and their see sawing emotions, she’s navigating an orbiting mine field of related problems: cat fights with jilted lovers, dreaded parties with make-out poker, and assholes looking to mack her while her star is bright.

Sex, drugs, and math class. By the end of senior year, a bizarre love triangle has formed, and three kids learn the hard way about not just teenage personas and politics, but also the logic and ethics of sexual attraction.

Free Book (nook/Sony) - The Cheating Curve

The Cheating Curve ($9.60 Kindle), by Paula T Renfroe, is free from Kensington Press in the B&N and Sony stores.

Book Description
When two friends come clean about infidelity, what they learn will change everything. . .

Every other Sunday, best friends Aminah Anderson and Langston "Lang" Rogers get their nails done in trendy downtown Brooklyn and then go out for brunch. -The two share everything with each other--almost. Lang's been keeping a secret from Aminah. She's cheating on her husband. When Aminah learns about the affair, the news hits too close to home. For Aminah's husband has also been unfaithful. She thought Lang understood the hurt and humiliation infidelity causes. She was wrong.

Lang can see the disappointment in Aminah's eyes when she comes clean. But she and Aminah have different views. Lang only calls it cheating if she gets caught. Her spouse is devoted to her, yet she needs more. Though Aminah doesn't understand, her friend's admission leads her to finally confront her husband. Now their friendship, their marriages, and their self-respect, will be put to the ultimate test. . .

Free Book (nook/Sony) - Probation

I don't know about you, but my Kindle is groaning under the weight of the landslide of free books yesterday (29 just from Amazon). No new ones (yet) today, but there are four free books in the Sony store and in Barnes & Noble store for the nook. I'd assume they have DRM (as they are from Kensington Press), so are not Kindle compatible. They've been free a couple of days in the other stores and no sign they are going to go down in price at Amazon (although Robin and Ruby, by K.M. Soehnlein, is free at Amazon and at Sony, but not at B&N). Along with the slew of free books from HarperCollins at Amazon only (and only for those in the US), leaves me pretty confused about the publishers' supposed goal of a level playing field amongst all former bookstores (theoretically, there won't be any price differences in ebooks, no matter where you purchase them, unlike with physical books). Regardless, here's the first of four free books today for those of you who read on a non-Kindle device:

Probation ($9.60 Kindle), by Tom Mendicino, is free from Kensington Press (generally LGBT) in the B&N and Sony stores.

Book Description
All it took to destroy Andy Nocera's seemingly perfect life was an anonymous tryst at an Interstate rest area. Sentenced to probation and thrown out by his wife, he spends his week as a traveling salesman, and his weekends at his mother's house where no questions are asked--and no explanations are offered.

To clear his record, the State of North Carolina requires Andy to complete one year of therapy without another arrest. He attends his sessions reluctantly at first, struggling to comprehend why he would risk everything. Answers don't come easily, especially in the face of his mother's sudden illness and his repeated failure to live as an openly gay man. But as Andy searches his past, he gets an opportunity to rescue another lost soul--and a chance at a future that is different in every way from the one he had envisioned.

With profound honesty, sharp wit, and genuine heart, this debut novel portrays one man's search--for love and passion, acceptance and redemption--and for the courage to really live.