Amazon also has a number of discounted books for Read an EBook Week, but there the effort is being made entirely by the authors, who have lowered their prices (which generally takes their books off the market for a day or so, as Amazon gets around to pushing their changes thru). Here are a few of the ones I've noticed (but not read, so be sure to sample), which are 99 cents for a limited time; some are free on Smashwords, but for those who prefer to keep their library at Amazon, the small price seems little enough (especially if you download it to more than one Kindle).
Red Cloud Pistachios, by David J. Heslop, has all five-star reviews.
Book DescriptionWhen Carla Doyle got pregnant at 17, she had no intention of pressing J.J. into marriage. After all, even at 22 he could scarcely take care of himself let alone a whole family. Instead, she determined to keep the baby’s father a secret. But in a small rural town like Red Cloud, secrets have a way of getting out — sometimes for the better.
All I Ever Wanted and
In the Mood, by Ellen Fisher. Both have eye-catching covers and good reviews for the latter.
All I Ever WantedMaxfield Sinclair, the author of a popular science fiction series, is revered by fans everywhere as "The Creator." Drew Cooper, a snobbish literature professor, isn’t impressed with Max’s books, or with Max himself, for that matter. As Drew gets to know Max, however, she realizes there’s more to the shy, awkward writer than meets the eye. But can a woman who enjoys escargot and caviar fall in love with a guy who thinks fine cuisine means supreme instead of pepperoni?In the MoodJude Patterson is a sexy but shy romance novelist who discovers the flowery language he's always used in historical love scenes doesn't translate well to contemporary romances. Alyssa Stone is a beautiful fan who offers to help him learn to write better love scenes.
Jude is fascinated by Alyssa, whose confident and sensual demeanor conceals a very vulnerable interior. Before long, he's the one showing her how to write love scenes... and maybe even how to write happy endings.
With This Ring, I Thee Dread is only one of the eleven titles by
Ruth Ann Nordin
available. You can get some of them free as PDF's on her website, as I've reported earlier, and they are
free at Smashwords this week as well.
Book DescriptionRyan Jackson and Elizabeth Valentine can't stand each other. Unfortunately for them, their parents get along great and decide to play matchmaker in a very unusual way.
In order to keep their jobs, they agree to marry for four months and spend their honeymoon in a remote Alaskan cabin. But they are determined that their parents' ruse will never work. Nope. They will return to Omaha and get an annulment.
And it all goes according to plan...until Ryan decides to wants to stay married. Then all bets are off.
*This contemporary romantic comedy is rated R. 
Galaxy of Heroes, by Gus Flory
Book DescriptionA conspiracy against humanity. A breathtakingly beautiful cyborg. A battle like no other. An adventure you won't forget!
The lives of four space drifters intersect on a planet of hope as the most powerful war machine in the galaxy approaches, threatening to consume them all in a storm of metal and fire.
Capt. Jace Spade is a fighter pilot from the Roga System. He is determined to find his maker—the enigmatic Dr. Zander—even if his search means risking all in the conflagrations of the Inner Galaxy.
Capt. Mina Casey is also a fighter pilot, but from an advanced human civilization that arose in the Heliac System. Capt. Casey has drifted through the void for eons as visions of a warm planet where she can sink her feet in the sand and watch the sunset filled her dreams.
Sgt. Joe Grimes—a Heliac Ranger who once lived for the thrill of the fight—is now disillusioned after the total defeat and destruction of his home world. He would leave all humanity behind if he could only get away.
Genie is a beautiful and indestructible cyborg constructed by a technologically advanced civilization for the purpose of interacting with humans. Genie is programmed to love Joe Grimes, but she longs to be free.
Test Pilot's Daughter: Revenge, by Steve Ward
Book DescriptionRomance, adventure, murder and revenge, Christina Matthews does it all. An obsessed fly-girl with the Right Stuff and True Grit finds love in the oddest place, the cockpit.
A beautiful and brainy college girl born with jet-fuel in her blood is haunted by a gripping family tragedy and the violent murder of her best friend. The only thing she truly fears is sleep. Tortured by nightmares, this test pilot’s daughter has to find a way to save her sanity or die. Mike Clark, call name Lazer and a real Top Gun, look’s to be the best kind of therapy.
With dreams of becoming an Astronaut-Commander, Christina struggles through heart-stopping perils in the cockpit and crash-lands on a deserted island. Without hope for rescue, she concocts an oddball plan to get survivors back to civilization.
Risking her future at NASA, Christina decides to deliver on a promise to a dying friend and face her evil nemesis in the sky. Only by overcoming deep seated fears can she exorcise her ghosts and pursue a lifelong dream of flying in space.
Will true love conquer Christina’s curse, or will she auger in?
Mankind's Worst Fear (also
at Smashwords), by David L Erickson
Book DescriptionOn Mars, Air Force Colonel Kaider O’Brien leads scientists to a subterranean site containing an artifact of alien creation. On Earth, Professor George Schumer guides his experimental submarine through sudden, intense turbulence off the coast of Oregon. Through a twist of quantum physics, both men meet 300 years in the future on Earth, devastated by nuclear winter, to save mankind from extinction at the hands of an alien race fearful of the technological advancement of other worlds.
Right Ascension and
Declination , by David Derrico, are also 99 cents
at Smashwords.
Right AscensionHumanity's struggle to assume a place of dominance within the galaxy is suddenly called into question when a sleek alien vessel arrives unexpectedly at Earth. Admiral Daniel Atgard and the crew of the Apocalypse embark on a mission to find these enigmatic aliens, but the focus of the mission quickly turns from finding answers to exacting revenge. Meanwhile, a belligerent species of reptilian warriors, seeking to avenge a previous defeat at the hands of the human-controlled United Confederation of Planets, takes this opportunity to plan an all-out assault on Earth. Faced with overwhelming odds and the terrible knowledge of humanity's most horrifying secret, Daniel must choose between honor... and humanity's very survival.DeclinationA continuation of the saga begun in Right Ascension, Declination finds us in the year 3050, ten years after the dreadful Lucani Ibron have been driven from Earth. Now, the Confederation's crises are spawned from within, and one brave woman struggles against all odds to keep mankind united amidst a hailstorm of rebellion, war, and moral declination....
The Lucani Ibron have yet to return, but all is not well within the Alpha Sector. Internal strife, terrorism, and ever-escalating conflicts with several neighboring species have spread the Confederation's resources dangerously thin. Captain Anastasia Mason, together with an eclectic group of humanity's most decorated heroes, struggles to hold the Confederation together against powerful forces that threaten to rip it apart at its very core. Then, at what appears to be mankind’s most desperate hour, an old enemy returns from a ten-year hiatus, casting humanity to the brink of civil war... and outright annihilation.For all those who stuck with this post to the very end, there are four free books at Synergy as part of Read an Ebook Week,
HERE, all in PDF format, in addition to the short stories they normally have as free reads:
- Hold the Light
- Hollywood Ending
- A Dangerous Woman
- Breach of Worlds
Kill&Cure, by Stephen Davison, which was previously published in the UK, is currently free to download from the author's website in either PDF or PRC format.
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