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10 Free Kindle eBooks
Fatal Exchange (Fatal Series Book 1) by Russell Blake
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.5 stars, 304 reviews
Tess Gideon, a female Manhattan bike messenger with an appetite for the wild side, becomes embroiled in a rogue nation’s Byzantine scheme to destabilize the U.S. financial system. From the sweltering streets of Seoul to the sex-and-drug-driven underbelly of Greenwich Village, attempts at silencing a leak in an international counterfeiting operation leave a trail of butchery that leads inevitably to Wall Street, pitting a counter-culture heroine against a ruthless state-sponsored assassination team that will stop at nothing to achieve its lethal ends. As the body count climbs, Tess is assisted by Detective Ron Stanford, a NYPD homicide specialist tracking a brutal serial killer whose ritualistic cycle of murder and mutilation targeting bike messengers is escalating to fever pitch…
The Starlight Club (Starlight Club Series Book 1) by Joe Corso
Literature & Fiction, 4.3 stars, 97 reviews
Meet Trenchie, who is just released from his ten year prison sentence for manslaughter. A new life is waiting – complete with envelopes of money and a steak house to call his own. And hit man “Jimmy The Hat”, who finds unexpected fame in the most unlikely of places, yet he always stays true to “the boys”, especially Big Red. “Crazy Joey Gallo” and his brothers break away from the Profaci family and go rogue, on their own now. Just remember: don’t mess with “the boys”. It could be hazardous to your health. “The Colt 45 caliber bullet did its deed, taking with it a sizable portion of brain, forming a pink mist, mixed with bone and grey matter.” It is real. It is true. I should know…
The Shop on Main: Small Town Romance (Comfort Crossing Book 1) by Kay Correll
Romance, 4.3 stars, 82 reviews
Bella Amaud is desperate when she learns her business and the home she lives in with her two boys are about to be whisked out from under her. As she scrambles to maintain her fragile financial security and independence, she fears she may lose more than just The Shop on Main and her home. Nothing is working out like Bella planned—she finds out the man she is falling for, Owen Campbell, is the businessman at the center of all her problems. Owen has secretly longed to belong—somewhere—anywhere—his whole life. When he decides to give his long-lost brother, Jake, back his birthright, he unknowingly thwarts his briefly held hope of a place where he can put down roots and a family he longs for…
Hit the Road Jack (Jack Ryder Book 1) by Willow Rose
Mystery & Suspense, 4.3 stars, 221 reviews
Ben is supposed to be in school. It’s Monday morning but his parents are still asleep after a night of heavy drinking. Ben waits patiently, even though he knows he is missing out on today’s field trip to the zoo. But, when his black Labrador suddenly runs upstairs and comes down with a finger in his mouth, Ben knows he’s not making it to school today at all. Detective Jack Ryder is chaperoning his kids’ field trip when he gets the call from the head of the Cocoa Beach Police Department. A body has been found and they need his help. Soon, Jack finds himself up against a killer, a predator who ruthlessly chases women and kills them so they can never leave him. The case soon causes serious consequences for him and his family once the truth is revealed…
A Heartless Design (Secrets of the Zodiac Book 1) by Elizabeth Cole
Historical Mystery, 4.3 stars, 268 reviews
“Heartless” Cordelia Bering refuses every marriage offer she receives. Yet men still try to win her, drawn by her sharp wit and intoxicating green eyes. But Cordelia knows a marriage could reveal her deepest secret and truly endanger her life. Besides, she hasn’t met a man worth considering, until… Sebastien Thorne, a spy in the service of the Crown. One of the elite agents in the group known as the Zodiac, he comes to London determined to solve a mystery with roots on the Continent. He won’t let anything distract him. But is Cordelia a distraction, or the key to the mystery? As he learns more about the “heartless” woman, he becomes embroiled in secrets, plots, and a design that could change the future…and Cordelia is at the center of it all.
After The Fire (Hidden Cove Firefighters series Book 1) by Kathryn Shay
Contemporary, 4.4 stars, 261 reviews
Three firefighters from the Malvaso family are trapped in a burning building and almost lose their lives. After they are rescued, they decide to change the way they’ve been living. Mitch, the eldest, wants to make some decisions about his dysfunctional marriage and spend more time with his troubled teenagers. Jenn decides to have a baby—with her best friend, Grady. And Zach, the bad boy of the group, vows to make up for his past sins and become a better man. Read the whole family saga romance in these exciting stories.
Witch Is When It All Began (A Witch P.I. Mystery Book 1) by Adele Abbott
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 4.3 stars, 271 reviews
Private investigator, Jill Gooder, has been hired to find a serial killer because, as usual, the police can’t buy a clue. Jill, the not so proud owner of a crazy, one-eyed cat, probably can’t expect too much help from her PA/Secretary, Mrs V, who spends all day knitting. And just in case all of that wasn’t bad enough, Jill’s just about to discover she’s a witch.
Miranda Warning (A Murder in the Mountains Book 1) by Heather Day Gilbert
Literature & Fiction, 4.5 stars, 116 reviews
Child of the Appalachian mountains, Tess Spencer has experienced more than her share of heartache. The Glock-wielding, knife-carrying housewife knows how to survive whatever life throws at her. But when an anonymous warning note shows up in her best friend Miranda’s mailbox—a note written in a dead woman’s handwriting—Tess quickly discovers that ghosts are alive and well in Buckneck, West Virginia. Hot on a cold trail, she must use limited clues and her keen insight into human nature to unmask the killer…or the next victim might be Tess herself…
Interesting Times (Interesting Times #1) by Matthew Storm
Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4.5 stars, 252 reviews
Oliver Jones is the most dangerous man in the world. At least, someone out there believes he is. Oliver himself thought he was one of the world’s duller men, working as a financial analyst in San Francisco by day and eating microwave dinners by himself every night. That was until he befriended a stray cat, and then one lonely night the cat began to speak to him. Now Oliver is on the run, hunted by an inhuman assassin whose client believes Oliver is the “Destroyer of Worlds.” His only hope for survival rests with a trio of unlikely new allies: A werewolf with a fondness for Hawaiian shirts, an emotionless little girl who is much, much older than she appears, and a genocidal gunfighter with a serious anger management problem. And there’s that talking cat, of course. But that’s a little harder to explain…
3 LIES: A Masters Thriller (The Masters CIA Thriller Series Book 1) by Helen Hanson
Technothrillers, 4.5 stars, 314 reviews
On hiatus from the corporate treadmill, Clint finds love to last a lifetime in Beth. While she recovers from kidney failure through dialysis, Beth is kidnapped from her home. But Clint’s the only one who suspects foul play in her disappearance. In spite of the evidence, her family refuses to admit she’s in danger. And without routine dialysis, Beth won’t survive. Five hundred miles south, the case attracts the attention of spy trackers at the CIA. Can Clint find Beth before her kidneys fail or her abductors unload a bullet in his head?