Let’s start the week off with a roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks. There seems to be more good freebies than usual so make sure to check the bestseller list link below for more books.
In case you missed it, there’s also this post from yesterday with a list of 10 free audiobooks.
Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of May 23rd, 2016. Most of these titles are free for a limited time only and will expire in a few days before going back to the regular list price.
A good place to find more free Kindle books is on the free bestsellers list at Amazon.
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10 Free Kindle eBooks
Also, don’t forget about the free audiobook copy of Pride and Prejudice that Amazon is giving away this month.
When Night Comes (Jack Turner Suspense Series Book 1) by Dan Walsh
Mystery & Suspense, 4.5 stars, 251 reviews
Jack Turner comes back to Culpepper to give a series of lectures for his old history professor. Within days, he starts having bizarre experiences at night. Like he’s traveling back in time, experiencing the epic events in his lectures firsthand. He has no control over these experiences and can’t make them stop. Joe Boyd thought he’d left big city crime back in Pittsburgh when he took a detective job in Culpepper, Georgia, a sleepy southern college town. His peaceful life ends when two students turn up dead in two weeks. The coroner is saying natural causes, but something doesn’t add up….
Sweet Masterpiece: A Sweet’s Sweets Bakery Mystery (Samantha Sweet Mysteries Book 1) by Connie Shelton
Mystery & Suspense, 4.3 stars, 598 reviews
When she’s not baking her delectable pastries Samantha Sweet breaks into houses for a living. Sometimes, the things she discovers lead to trouble. When she finds an unmarked grave on a property in a remote spot in Taos County, New Mexico, Sam calls in the authorities. A small mural painted inside a closet in the abandoned house provides clues and Sam is caught up in an investigation alongside the good-looking Deputy Beau Cardwell. A fortune in artwork, a bogus will, and a wooden box that seems to give Sam powers she never dreamed she possessed–it all adds up to a dynamic paranormal romantic mystery.
Flowers in the Snow (Betty’s Book) (The Edenville Series Book 1) by Danielle Stewart
Contemporary Fiction, 4.6 stars, 949 reviews
Remembering the past can be like buying a return ticket for a train you aren’t sure you want to board. Rocking away on her peaceful front porch, Betty Grafton receives sad news which forces her to relive the darkest moments of her life. Surrounded by her family, a captive audience hanging onto her every word, she weaves the tale of how an unlikely and controversial friendship shaped her into the woman she is today. Exposing her own mistakes, fears, and soul deep heartbreak, Betty shares the hard truth about growing up in the South in the 1960’s….
Spirits in the Trees (The Spirits Trilogy Book 1) by Morgan Hannah MacDonald
Paranormal, 4.5 stars, 307 reviews
In abandoned house, a serial killer, and a victim reaching out from the grave. A woman races against time to unearth deeply buried secrets before she becomes a ghost herself. Madeline Anderson goes to Isabelle Island, Washington, to sell a family home abandoned over forty years before. Strange things occur the moment she arrives on the property. Inside the dilapidated old house, items move about on their own accord. Noises come from empty rooms. She has a vivid, recurring dream of a woman running for her life. The wind rustling through the trees sounds like urgent, murmuring voices. When the cacophony dies down, one single word emerges: Madeline, Madeline, Madeline….
Always Mine (The Barrington Billionaires, Book 1) by Ruth Cardello
Romance, 4.7 stars, 129 reviews
When it comes to getting what he wants, Asher Barrington is a hammer who is known for crushing his opponents. From the moment Emily walks into his office and challenges him, winning takes on a whole new meaning. The only thing standing between Emily Harris and her goal to open a museum for the blind is an arrogant, sexy as hell billionaire, who thinks sleeping with her will not complicate the situation. He won’t change. She won’t back down. But together they sizzle.
On the Run (Big Mike and Minnie Book 1) by Susan Amanda Kelly
Romantic Comedy, 4.4 stars, 663 reviews
Megan Vandemeer meant to tell her parents about her broken engagement, but a month and a half later she finds herself boarding a plane home to her wedding. Having stretched avoidance to its limits, it’s time to come clean–a terrifying prospect since her mother is sure to blame her rather than her cheating, emotionally frigid ex. A couple of drinks and two Dramamine later, Megan finds herself spilling her sob story to the tall, dark, and handsome stranger in the seat next to her.
Emerge (Evolve Series #1) by S.E. Hall
Romance, 4.5 stars, 735 reviews
“You never have to be without me, Laney, never.” He lied…my everything I ever knew, trusted, wanted…I am, in fact, without him. On my own and out of my shell, I learn new things about life, friendship and…myself. Like what you’ve always known may not be what you’ve always wanted. Dane Kendrick awakened things within me that I never knew existed, unraveling and uncovering the real Laney Jo Walker. I’m a NEW adult…so is my story.
The Good Soldier: Jack Noble Early Years Bundle by L.T. Ryan
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.3 stars, 995 reviews
In March of 2002, while the eyes of the world focused on Afghanistan, Jack Noble finds himself on the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq. A Marine in name only, Jack is on-loan to the CIA. Normally an integral part of the team, he finds that he is nothing more than a security detail in Iraq. Jack and his partner Bear have a run-in with four CIA special agents over the treatment of an Iraqi family. Within hours Jack and Bear are detained….
The Tour: A Trip Through Ireland by Jean Grainger
Historical Fiction, 4.4 stars, 357 reviews
Every week Conor O’Shea collects a new group of American visitors from Shannon Airport from where they embark on a high end voyage of the ‘Real Ireland.’ But this particular tour, with its cast of unintentionally hilarious characters, presents seasoned tour guide Conor with dilemmas that render him speechless for the first time in his life. Among this eclectic group are Corlene, a gold-digging multiple divorcée on the prowl; Patrick, a love-starved Boston cop; Dylan, a goth uilleann piper; Dorothy, a poisonous college professor who wouldn’t spend Christmas; Elliot, a wall street shark who finally shows his true colours; and then there’s Ellen, back on Irish soil after so many years, to discover a truth nobody could have guessed, least of all herself. And that’s just a few of the colourful cast….
Downfall (The Incorruptibles Book 1) by S.D. Wasley
Paranormal, 4.8 stars, 36 reviews
Travelling was Frankie’s life. As the daughter of a big-name evangelist, she’s been able to feed her hunger for new sights throughout most of her teenage years. Then a hushed-up scandal gets her thrown off the tour circuit and stuck at her uncle’s house in the town of Augur’s Well. Forced to repeat her failed senior year, it looks like a dismal existence for Frankie–until she’s invited to the bizarre meeting place of four mismatched people … and falls hard for the fascinating, secretive Cain Aleister….