Free Book (noDRM) - Love Means... No Shame

Love Means... No Shame ($5.38 Kindle), by Andrew Grey, is free today from LGBT publisher Dreamspinner Press, in multiple DRM-free formats.

Book Description
Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm. Discovering a young Amish man asleep in his barn, Geoff learns that Eli is spending a year away from the community before accepting baptism into the church. Despite their mutual attraction, Geoff is determined not to become involved with him, but Eli has discovered that Geoff shares his feelings and begins to court him, neatly capturing first Geoff's attention and then his heart.

Their budding relationship is threatened by closed-minded, gossipy relatives and the society at large, a whole new world to Eli, and he must decide whether to return to the community, his family, and the world and future he knows or to stay with Geoff and have faith in the power of love.

A Love Means... story.

Click HERE to get the free book from Dreamspinner. You will need an account and full contact info is required, but no credit card number.

Free Book Update (Kindle/EPUB) - 2:46: Aftershocks

Previously free from Sony, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake ($9.99 Kindle), by The Quakebook Community, has dropped from $9.99 at Amazon and is now free there, as well.

Book Description
In just over a week, a group of unpaid professional and citizen journalists who met on Twitter created a book to raise money for Japanese Red Cross earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. In addition to essays, artwork and photographs submitted by people around the world, including people who endured the disaster and journalists who covered it, 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake contains a piece by Yoko Ono, and work created specifically for the book by authors William Gibson, Barry Eisler and Jake Adelstein.

“The primary goal,” says the book's editor, a British resident of Japan, “is to record the moment, and in doing so raise money for the Japanese Red Cross Society to help the thousands of homeless, hungry and cold survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. The biggest frustration for many of us was being unable to help these victims. I don’t have any medical skills, and I’m not a helicopter pilot, but I can edit. A few tweets pulled together nearly everything – all the participants, all the expertise – and in just over a week we had created a book including stories from an 80-year-old grandfather in Sendai, a couple in Canada waiting to hear if their relatives were okay, and a Japanese family who left their home, telling their young son they might never be able to return."

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of the price you pay (net of VAT, sales and other taxes) goes to the Japanese Red Cross Society to aid the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. If you'd like to donate more, please visit the Japanese Red Cross Society website, where you can donate either via Paypal or bank transfer (watch out for the fees, though!) or the American Red Cross Society, which accepts donations directed to its Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami fund (but only accepts donations made with U.S.-issued credit cards).

And of course, if you like the book, please tell your friends, and tell them to give generously as well! Thank you! Japan really does appreciate your help!

Click HERE for the free book from Sony.

Free Book (nook) - Heart of the Witch

Heart of the Witch ($2.27), by Alicia Dean, is this week's Free Friday book at Barnes and Noble. Although it isn't free at Amazon, is is currently discounted from it's $6.99 list price. If you want a paperback copy as well (perhaps to give to a friend), you can get one of those for only 2 cents more (and it's eligible for the 4-for-3 sale at Amazon).

Book Description
A beautiful young witch must choose between maintaining the anonymity of her coven and trusting the detective who would bring a heartless serial killer to justice.

Ex-homicide detective Nick Lassiter has seen a lot in his day, but the world-weary PI has never had a case like this. A merciless serial killer is on the loose, but his latest victim narrowly escaped with her life. Lassiter can tell from the start that Ravyn isn’t your typical crime victim—she has a steely resolve that is both frightening and intriguing in equal measure. As the two allies team up to pursue the killer, their relationship goes beyond the professional as the desperate circumstances lead to a very personal bond. And as Lassiter learns more about Ravyn, he begins to suspect that she may not be exactly who she seems.

Click here for the free book from B&N.

Free Book (Kindle) - Diary of the Displaced (UK)

Diary of the Displaced ($0.99), by Glynn James, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store (UK link). Looks like it is one of the self-published books that Amazon has dropped in price and so far has all five-star reviews.

Book Description
There is a place where nightmares come true.

It is a dark and terrifying place that is hidden from the world we know, by borders that only the most unfortunate of souls will ever cross.

James Halldon woke up in the dark, alone, without any food or water, and without a clue where he was.

And it only got stranger.

"Of all the places I had to end up, it had to be here."

The Journal of James Halldon is a Horror Fantasy novel, giving a detailed account of his struggle to survive, whilst trying to understand the strange, dark, terrifying world in which he is trapped.

If it's dark when you wake up, and you can hear growling, then close your eyes and maybe it will go away.

But maybe it won't.

Free Book (Kindle) - Operation Eichmann (UK)

Operation Eichmann: The Truth about the Pursuit, Capture and Trial ($13.77), by Zvi Aharoni and Wilhelm Dietl, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store. This is another Wiley book, so I don't expect it to be free for US customers. (UK link)

Book Description
On May 24, 1960, David Ben-Gurion, prime minister and founder of Israel, stood before the Knesset and made a startling announcement: "I have to inform the Knesset that, some time ago, Israeli security forces found one of the greatest Nazi criminals, Adolf Eichmann, who, together with other Nazi leaders, is responsible for what they termed the Endl?sung [Final Solution] of the Jewish question, in other words, the extermination of six million European Jews. Adolf Eichmann is already in this country under arrest and will shortly be brought to trial."

Operation Eichmann, as the pursuit, capture, and trial of the notorious Nazi official was known, stunned the world. Its success was due largely to the unceasing efforts of one man, Zvi Aharoni, an experienced Mossad operative who was a skilled investigator and interrogator. He tracked Eichmann to Argentina, secured photographs that established his identity, and was a key player in the plot to kidnap the exiled war criminal and bring him to trial. Above all, as the sole person to interrogate "the architect of the Final Solution" after his capture, and the man who convinced Eichmann to admit his identity and face trial in Israel, Zvi Aharoni is the only one who knows firsthand what Eichmann actually said—a controversial subject often misrepresented in previous accounts.

Now, for the first time in Aharoni's own words, comes the extraordinary true story behind one of history's most famous manhunts. Daring, dramatic, filled with episodes of breathtaking suspense and intrigue, Operation Eichmann is also a powerful chronicle of conscience and of the never-ending search for justice.

All the intricate planning and preparation, the relentless pursuit of evidence, the constant need to justify time and expense are related with exacting detail. As events unfold, various political, personal, and philosophical issues come into play, focusing not only on a top secret mission, but on the priorities of individuals—as well as nations—during the Cold War era. The startling complicity of those who gave refuge to and provided safe passage for fleeing Nazi leaders reveals an expansive network of global proportions, while the seeming indifference of others is equally chilling. Adding to the tension is the emotional toll imposed on the participants, for whom the operation became a constant exploration of the theme of justice vs. revenge.

A probing, deeply personal account of a real-life undertaking to rival the most breathless cloak-and-dagger fiction, Operation Eichmann is a powerful, compelling reading experience.