Author: Craig A. Hart
FREE
Vigilante Justice Action Thriller
🥊 Northern Michigan. A cold winter’s night. A tragic death.
Retired prizefighter Shelby Alexander finds his quiet life in Northern Michigan shattered when a local girl collapses by his barn and dies in his arms.
Drawn into a dangerous web of turf wars and family feuds, Shelby reluctantly accepts ten grand to investigate the young woman’s death, only to find himself in the crosshairs of a killer.
As bodies drop and bullets fly, Shelby must rely on his street smarts to navigate a treacherous landscape of backwoods justice.
With newcomers threatening to upset the balance of power and old wounds reopening, Shelby’s retirement becomes a fight for survival in this explosive men’s adventure tale.
A must-read for fans of hard-nosed heroes, adrenaline-fueled suspense, and gritty, small-town noir. The first book in the Shelby Alexander Thriller series, “Serenity” promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats as they follow Shelby’s quest for justice in a world where every shadow holds danger.
For fans of Lee Child and hard-boiled heroes: Craig A. Hart introduces Shelby Alexander—a retired prizefighter whose quiet Northern Michigan life ends when a local girl dies in his arms by his barn. What follows is classic men’s adventure: turf wars, family feuds, ten grand to investigate a murder, and a former fighter using street smarts and fists to navigate backwoods justice. Bodies drop, bullets fly, and Shelby’s retirement becomes a fight for survival. Hart delivers gritty small-town noir with an adrenaline-fueled pace and a hard-nosed hero who doesn’t ask for trouble but knows how to handle it. This FREE series starter is perfect for readers who want their thrillers lean, mean, and full of action.
Author: J.M. Cannon
FREE
Crime Thrillers
🍊 Money.
Power.
God.
Catherine Cross is the most successful female televangelist in the country. Her congregation in the western suburbs of Orlando one of the wealthiest. She’s comfortable and charismatic in front of a camera, but when her youngest daughter goes missing not even she is ready for the media firestorm that follows.
With her mother more concerned about the family’s public image than bringing her daughter home, it’s up to Emily, the oldest child and black sheep of their christian family, to try to discover the truth.
But when a strange series of deaths on an orange orchard outside of town seems to be connected to her missing sister, the case is turned on its head, and Emily must face the shocking family secrets it took to build her mother’s empire.
Dark secrets behind the megachurch: J.M. Cannon delivers a crime thriller that exposes the rot beneath religious empire. Catherine Cross is the country’s most successful female televangelist—wealthy, charismatic, media-savvy. But when her youngest daughter disappears, she’s more concerned with public image than finding the girl. That leaves Emily, the black sheep of the family, to investigate on her own. The trail leads to strange deaths on an orange orchard outside Orlando, and Emily must confront the shocking secrets that built her mother’s empire. This is a story about money, power, and religion—the unholy trinity that creates compelling crime fiction. The Florida setting, the televangelist world, and the family dysfunction combine into a FREE thriller that asks what people will do to protect their kingdoms.
Author: Annmarie Boyle
FREE
Romantic Comedy
🎵 She thought her story was over. Then he walked in and challenged everything.
A mantle lined with Grammys, a string of stadium-filling hits, and one epic love story. Songwriter Grace O’Connor had it all—until the music died. Now she’s back in her hometown with nothing but a coffee addiction, a beat-up songwriting journal, and a to-do list that can’t fill the silence left in the wake of the man who was her everything—on the page and in her heart. Maybe it’s time to face the music: her career is over.
But walking away isn’t so simple. When a powerful music executive threatens to blacklist her from the industry, Grace is pushed back into the work she’s been avoiding—and paired with Andrew Hayes, the brooding bass singer of Storyhill, country music’s rising a cappella sensation.
But, he doesn’t want her help and she can’t afford to fail. And neither of them is ready for the spark that catches the moment they collide.
Thrust into marathon studio sessions, creative clashes, and one very close-quarters overseas tour, Grace and Andrew are about to discover that the best collaborations don’t always start in harmony.
Music industry romance with real chemistry: Annmarie Boyle pairs a Grammy-winning songwriter who’s lost her muse with the brooding bass singer of a rising a cappella group—and neither of them wants to work together. Grace O’Connor had it all until her personal life collapsed and took her creativity with it. Now she’s being forced back into the industry by blackmail and paired with Andrew Hayes, who resents having a collaborator imposed on him. The setup is classic romantic comedy: creative clashes, marathon studio sessions, a close-quarters overseas tour, and two people who strike sparks from the first moment. The music industry setting gives it texture and authenticity, and the slow-burn tension promises satisfying payoff. This FREE series starter is perfect for readers who love when professional friction turns personal.
The Infinity Between Us
Author: N.S. Perkins
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99
Contemporary Romance
🌊 Eighteen years of summers spent in a beach house in Ogunquit, Maine, have brought Violet Mitchell and Will Seaberg together. For two perfect, beach-filled months every year, they spent every waking minute together. First as friends, until one summer changed everything.
But before the two even had a chance to claim the love they’d spent their entire lives creating, disaster struck, tearing the two lovers—and their families—apart.
Heartbroken and haunted by the memories of that fateful summer, Violet struggles to move on from the past. Still, she promises herself to never contact Will again. But five years later, when Violet arrives to finalize the sale of the property, she finds Will right where she left him: sun-kissed, loving, and so incredibly sorry.
At first, she wants nothing to do with him, but Violet soon realizes that it’s inevitable and that the past she was running away from might actually hold the key to the love and the happiness she believed was stolen away from her five summers ago.
This is summer love done right: N.S. Perkins captures the bittersweet ache of eighteen summers of growing up together in a Maine beach house—Violet and Will spending every waking minute together until one summer changed everything. Then disaster struck before they could claim the love they’d built over a lifetime, tearing apart both the lovers and their families. Five years later, Violet returns to finalize the property sale and finds Will exactly where she left him: sun-kissed, loving, and desperately sorry. The setup is pure romantic tension—she wants nothing to do with him, but being back in that place forces her to confront whether the past she’s been running from actually holds her future. This is contemporary romance with real emotional weight, exploring how tragedy can steal love and whether time can return it. At $1.99, it’s a beach read that goes deeper than the surf.
Author: Louis Bayard
Regularly $14.99, Today $3.99
LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction
🎭 In this singularly powerful novel, bestselling author Louis Bayard brings Oscar Wilde’s wife Constance and two sons out from the shadows of history and creates a vivid and poignant story of secrets, loss, and love.
In September of 1892, Oscar Wilde and his family have retreated to the idyllic Norfolk countryside for a holiday. His wife, Constance, has every reason to be happy: two beautiful sons, her own work as an advocate for feminist causes, and a delightfully charming and affectionate husband and father to her children, who also happens to be the most sought-after author in England. But with the arrival of an unexpected houseguest, the aristocratic young poet Lord Alfred Douglas, Constance gradually—and then all at once—comes to see that her husband’s heart is elsewhere and that the growing intensity between the two men threatens the whole foundation of their lives.
The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts takes readers on the emotional journey of this family, moving from the Italian countryside, where Constance Wilde flees from the aftermath of Oscar’s imprisonment for homosexuality, to the trenches of World War I and an underground bar in London’s Soho, where Oscar’s sons Cyril and Vyvyan must both grapple with their father’s legacy. And in a brilliant feat of the imagination, act 5 reunites the entire cast in a surprising, poignant, and tremendously satisfying tableau.
The untold story behind the legend: Louis Bayard takes Oscar Wilde’s wife Constance and their two sons—people history has mostly forgotten—and gives them the story they deserve. Set in five acts (perfectly theatrical for Wilde’s family), it begins in 1892 Norfolk during a family holiday that gets disrupted when Lord Alfred Douglas arrives. Constance watches her marriage crumble as she realizes her husband’s heart belongs elsewhere. Then Bayard follows the family through Oscar’s imprisonment and its aftermath: Constance fleeing to Italy, the sons Cyril and Vyvyan navigating WWI trenches and Soho bars while grappling with their father’s scandalous legacy. The fifth act reunites everyone in a surprising tableau that promises emotional catharsis. This is LGBTQ+ literary fiction that explores the collateral damage of fame and scandal, giving voice to those who loved Oscar Wilde and paid the price. At $3.99, it’s historical fiction with real heart.
Author: Barbara Taylor Bradford
Regularly $4.99, Today $1.99
Women’s Romance Fiction
💔 Seeking some much-needed rest and relaxation after a long stint as a TV-news war correspondent in Bosnia, 33-year-old Bill Fitzgerald travels to Venice. There he is struck by the dark beauty of a young American woman, Vanessa Stewart, a 27-year-old glass designer from New York.
Unhappily married, she welcomes a no-strings friendship with Bill. Soon they embark on an illicit affair and find themselves desperately in love. They vow to see each other whenever and wherever they can. But on their third meeting, one of them does not show up.
Once again, Barbara Taylor Bradford weaves a love story of uncompromising ardor, this time taking readers through secret trysts in Venice, Manhattan and Southampton. In A Secret Affair, she touches on subjects that will stir the hearts and minds of her readers—unconditional love and devotion, loyalty and loss.
Classic sweeping romance: Barbara Taylor Bradford delivers the kind of passionate, globe-trotting love story she’s famous for. War correspondent Bill Fitzgerald meets unhappily married glass designer Vanessa Stewart in Venice, and what begins as a no-strings friendship becomes a desperate, illicit love affair. They vow to meet whenever and wherever they can—Venice, Manhattan, Southampton—stealing moments between their complicated lives. Then on their third meeting, one of them doesn’t show up. Bradford explores unconditional love, devotion, loyalty, and loss with the uncompromising emotional intensity her readers expect. This is women’s romance fiction in the classic tradition: beautiful settings, forbidden passion, and the question of whether love can survive impossible circumstances. At $1.99, it’s an affordable escape into the kind of sweeping romance that doesn’t apologize for its emotional stakes.
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