Happy Independence Day everyone! Here’s another roundup of 10 free highly-rated Kindle ebooks to help give you some good summer reading material.
There’s also this post with 10 free audiobooks if you want something to listen to instead of read.
Please note that the free Kindle ebooks listed below are free as of July 4th, 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.
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10 Free Kindle eBooks
Hanover House: Kickoff to the Evelyn Talbot Chronicles by Brenda Novak
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.4 stars, 406 reviews
Psychiatrist Evelyn Talbot has dedicated her life to solving the mysteries of the antisocial mind. Why do psychopaths act as they do? How do they come to be? Why don’t they feel any remorse for the suffering they cause? And are there better ways of spotting and stopping them? After having been kidnapped, tortured and left for dead when she was just a teenager—by her high school boyfriend—she’s determined to understand how someone she trusted so much could turn on her. So she’s established a revolutionary new medical health center in the remote town of Hilltop, Alaska, where she studies the worst of the worst…
Queen of Someday (Stolen Empire Book 1) by Sherry Ficklin
Historical Fiction, 4.5 stars, 245 reviews
Before she can become the greatest empress in history, fifteen-year-old Sophie will have to survive her social-climbing mother’s quest to put her on the throne of Russia—at any cost. Imperial Court holds dangers like nothing Sophie has ever faced before. In the heart of St. Petersburg, surviving means navigating the political, romantic, and religious demands of the bitter Empress Elizabeth and her handsome, but sadistic nephew, Peter. Determined to save her impoverished family—and herself—Sophie vows to do whatever is necessary to thrive in her new surroundings. But an attempt on her life and an unexpected attraction threatens to derail her plans…
Eversea (The Butler Cove Series Book 1) by Natasha Boyd
Romance, 4.5 stars, 569 reviews
When his co-star and real-life girlfriend is caught cheating on him by the tabloids, A-list hottie, Jack Eversea, finds himself in sleepy Butler Cove, South Carolina. Jack hopes the sultry southern heat in this tiny coastal Lowcountry town will hide him not only from the tabloids and his cheating girlfriend, but his increasingly vapid life and the people who run it. He doesn’t count on meeting Keri Ann Butler…
Ghostly Paws (Mystic Notch Cozy Mystery Series Book 1 by Leighann Dobbs
Mystery, 4.4 stars, 656 reviews
Middle age can be murder … At least that’s how it seems to former crime journalist, Wilhelmina Chance, whose near-fatal accident has given her a strange side effect … she sees ghosts. After a messy divorce sends her fleeing back to her hometown of Mystic Notch, nestled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Willa finds herself haunted by the tenacious ghost of the town librarian who insists Willa solve her murder. Luckily, she has lots of help, including a quirky cast of small-town characters, the cat she’s inherited from her grandmother, and her best friend, Pepper, who claims her herbal teas can work magic….
Burned by Magic: a New Adult Fantasy Novel (The Baine Chronicles Book 1) by Jasmine Walt
Dark Fantasy, 4.4 stars, 207 reviews
In the city of Solantha, mages rule absolute, with shifters considered second-class citizens and humans something in between. No one outside the mage families are allowed to have magic, and anyone born with it must agree to have it stripped from them to avoid execution. Sunaya Baine, a shifter-mage hybrid, has managed to keep her unruly magic under wraps for the last twenty-four years. But while chasing down a shifter-hunting serial killer, she loses control of her magic in front of witnesses, drawing the attention of the dangerous and enigmatic Chief Mage…
The Littlest Cowboy (The Texas Brands Book 1) by Maggie Shayne
Romance, 4.5 stars, 832 reviews
Baby on his Doorstep! Sheriff Garrett Brand has raised his entire brood of siblings single-handedly, and he’s done his best to teach them some values, to mold them into honorable, responsible, and trustworthy human beings. So when a baby lands on the doorstep of the Texas Brand, his first question is which younger brother is in for a butt-kicking? But the little fellow isn’t named after Ben, or Wes, or Adam, or Elliot. The little feller is named after him–Garrett Ethan Brand–according to the note his mama left behind…
Green Thumb Gardening: Make Your Home Garden Thrive by Charlie Tucker
Gardening, 4.7 stars, 23 reviews
This book will teach you exactly how to create a flourishing garden!
Growing your own vegetables at home has countless benefits. Avoiding unwanted chemicals is just one of them. It can be a challenging process to start, but don’t worry we have you covered. Everything from planning to building, germinating, planting, growing, and harvesting is included.
The Woman (Linda Darby Mystery Book 1) by David Bishop
Mystery & Suspense, 4.4 stars, 776 reviews
There are approximately one-hundred-and-sixty million women living in America. This is a story of just one woman. As the story unfolds Linda gradually learns that some people do deserve to die, but that she is not one of those people. Linda Darby is a seven-year divorcee, living quietly in a small let-the-world-go-by beach town on the coast of Oregon, who day trades for a living. Her only close friend is a widowed elderly woman who manages a small consulting company, which, as is later discovered, never has visitors, sends and receives its business correspondence only by courier, and is not listed in any phone directory. No one in town knows what kind of consulting the company does, but the rumor is that whatever they do is done for the government…
Down for the Count (Dare Me Book 1) by Susan Grant
Romantic Comedy, 4.4 stars, 225 reviews
Truth or dare… When Lacey Garrity finds her groom in flagrante delicto in the reception hall closet with her bridesmaid, she’s saved by her best friend’s older brother–childhood tormentor, crush, and boxing bad boy Galen Thomas. Galen’s solution to her problem is both exciting and dangerous. What better way to forget the mess of her life than go on her honeymoon with a hot guy who can’t promise anything beyond today?
My Own Mr. Darcy by Karey White
Romance, 4.3 stars, 382 reviews
After being dragged to the 2005 movie Pride and Prejudice by her mother, sixteen-year-old Elizabeth’s life changes when Matthew Macfadyen’s Mr. Darcy appears on the screen. Lizzie falls hard and makes a promise to herself that she will settle for nothing less than her own Mr. Darcy. This ill-advised pledge threatens to ruin any chance of finding true love. During the six intervening years, she has refused to give any interested suitors a chance. They weren’t Mr. Darcy enough….