Monday, May 6, 2013

Free Kindle Books 5-6-13

PLEASE. Do everyone a favor and write an Amazon review if you end up reading a book (or trying to and giving up in disgust). It does not have to be much. Just tell what you think of the book.

From the top 100 free list

Little Girl Gone (A Logan Harper Thriller)
"The best word I can use to describe his writing is addictive."--JAMES ROLLINS, New York Times best selling author

Logan Harper isn't looking for redemption. He just wants to live in peace and forget his troubled past. But one morning his quiet life is upended when he interrupts the attempted murder of his father's best friend Tooney.

The next thing he knows, Logan is on his way to Los Angeles, searching for Tooney's missing granddaughter and uncovering a sinister plot connected not only to Tooney's past, but also to the boardrooms of corporate America.

As the odds stack up against him, Logan must fall back on old skills from the life he'd rather forget. He's made a promise, and the only way to fulfill it is to bring the girl home alive.


LITTLE GIRL GONE also contains bonus material from Zoƫ Sharp and Brett Battles


"Captivating characters, nail biting tension, breathtaking action - LITTLE GIRL GONE is pure gold."--ANDREW GRANT, author of EVEN and DIE TWICE

"Battles has a true gift for writing thrillers..."--CRIMESPREE magazine

5 star:(50)
4 star:(11)
3 star:(9)
2 star:(3)
1 star:(0)

[#1. An author who is regularly on the list. He wrote a couple books that I also got for free that I really liked. One got 4 stars and another got 5 stars from me. His stuff is a little out there on the edge of plausibility, if that bothers you any.]

The Last Disciple: 1
First-century Rome is a perilous city as Nero stalks the political circles and huddled groups of believers. To be safe, Christians must remain invisible.

Gallus Sergius Vitas is the only man within Nero’s trusted circle willing to do what it takes to keep the empire together. He struggles to lessen Nero’s monstrosities against the people of Rome—especially the Christians. But as three Greek letters are scrawled as graffiti throughout the city, Nero’s anger grows.

As the early church begins to experience the turbulence Christ prophesied as the beginning of the last days, an enemy seeks to find John’s letter, Revelation, and destroy it. Meanwhile the early Christians must decipher it and cling to the hope it provides as they face the greatest of all persecutions.

5 star:(9)
4 star:(1)
3 star:(0)
2 star:(0)
1 star:(4)

[#15. I am a fan of historical fiction, but not religious fiction. It is not described as being religious fiction but is published by Tyndale House that does exclusively religious material, so it probably is. Its free so if it turns out to be something I don't like, I will just pass it by.]

The Mating (Law of the Lycans)
[Still on the list at #40.]

101 best jokes
[Remains on the list at #43.]

Two Thriller Novels (Blademan's Return, The Outkast)
Two Thriller Novels (Blademan's Return, The Outkast) will be free on May 5th and 6th. Grab a copy while you can.

Blademan's Return:

When the body of a young woman is found in her apartment, with what looks like death by strangulation, Detective Dawson Johnson suddenly becomes caught up in a battle he thinks he's left behind.

Only one person can strangle his victim to death without any traceable prints left behind. But that same person is thought to have been killed months earlier, so Dawson tells himself the case has nothing to do with the past.

However, when more bodies begin to turn up, with victims slashed to death, Dawson's denial about the past monster's involvement begins to erode. He concludes no one else but Blademan kills his subsequent victims by cutting them.

He must have returned from the dead.


The Outkast:

He's young and lonely, a soul struggling for acceptance among his peers and the community at large. He's an outcast.

He's huge and dangerous, with a life wholly dedicated to executing bloody revenges on those who have spited his person. He's The Outkast.

Robert Smallwood is a loner, hated at school by the rest of the students--and teachers alike. He's the twelve-year-old suspect in a high school murder case.

At first, Sheriff Brian Stack has some doubt about the accusation. But when more bodies are found, with objects left on the scenes that point towards Robert, the police investigation intensifies.

Blademan's Return is a full-length novel of approximately 70,000 words in The Cutting Season Series.

The Outkast is a full-length stand-alone novel of approximately 65, 000 words.

[#46 - no reviews yet. ]


Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century
[#49. Its 15th day on the list. This one is definitely not for everyone, but as an electrical engineer, it caught my eye.]

Hard Duty: Merkiaari Wars 1
[#50. I got it Friday when it was also on the list. 4th day on the list. It started out slow with a confused 3 part storyline that seemed to have no connection but it got better as the book progressed. I have not finished it yet. It is not the book the 5 star reviews claim it is, but it got good enough for me to enjoy reading it. I might finish it today and post a review.
ETA: I finished it and gave it three stars.]

The Keeping (Sequel to The Mating)
[Remains on the list at #52.]

Bonded (Prequel to The Mating)
[#54. Back for a 3rd day.]

Vampire Moon (Vampire for Hire #2)
[#63. Its 3rd day on the list. A book from an author who is regularly on the list. I read the first book in the series and I found it enjoyable. I have not gotten around to writing a review about it yet as it came in an anthology and I have not finished the rest of it yet. In fact, it is still free so you might as well download it as well Rainy Nights: Three Novels .

Betrayed: Days of the Rogue
[#71. Back for a 3rd day.]

The Finding (Law of the Lycans #3) (The Law of the Lycans)
[#72. Back for a 3rd day.]

Foreign Deceit (A David Wolf Novel)
Sergeant David Wolf has put his Special Forces days long behind him, settling down as a cop in the small ski resort town of Rocky Points, Colorado. He's a good cop who's seen bad days before, but none quite like this.

As if narrowly escaping an attempt on his life, his addict ex-wife being back in the picture, and complications to his all-but-certain appointment to Sheriff weren't enough, he's just received word that his traveling blogger brother has committed suicide in the Alps of Italy.

Devastation and resentment over his only sibling's selfish act quickly gives way to a nagging suspicion that he isn't getting the whole truth. Conviction of his brother's character is enough to pull Wolf from his pressing situation at home to the entirely foreign land of Northern Italy -- into a more dangerous and volatile turn of events than he could have possibly imagined.

With the help of a beautiful young officer of the Caribinieri, Wolf must piece together what happened on that last fateful night of his brother's life without ruffling too many feathers, or paying the ultimate price.

A gritty tale of international mystery, Foreign Deceit is a cerebral, visceral and emotional ride that will keep you guessing until the final pages.

5 star:(25)
4 star:(27)
3 star:(7)
2 star:(3)
1 star:(0)

[#73. This was free back in early March. I got it then but never got around to looking at it.]

American Vampire (Vampire for Hire #3)
Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.

Now in AMERICAN VAMPIRE, private investigator Samantha Moon receives a heartbreaking phone call from a very unlikely source: a five-year-old girl who's been missing for three months. Now on the hunt, Samantha will use her considerable resources—including her growing supernatural abilities—to locate the missing girl before it's too late. And as she gets closer and closer to the horrible truth, she receives devastating news on the home front. Now with her world turned upside down, Samantha Moon is forced to make the ultimate choice of life and death.

And through it all, she discovers the identity of one mysterious man...a man she has grown to love.

5 star:(71)
4 star:(33)
3 star:(22)
2 star:(9)
1 star:(3)

[#81. The first two books in this series are also currently free. You might as well download them as well. See #63 above.]

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