Authors: Lauren Esker, Zoe Chant
FREE
Humorous Werewolves & Shifters Romance
He takes care of other people’s kids … but he craves a family of his own.
Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.
Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame. He didn’t come to Autumn Grove to be a babysitter, but before he knows it, he’s got a job changing diapers and braiding hair.
Now if he could just catch the eye of the beautiful woman who makes his bear stand up and say “Mine.”
But Paula has been burned one too many times. With two kids to worry about, Autumn Grove’s only diner to run, and a deadbeat ex, she’s not ready to open her heart again.
Even to an amazing guy who’s great with kids, with shoulders to die for and amazing eyes and …
Okay. Maybe she’s not holding back her feelings as well as she hoped. 🐻
What makes this special: A disabled veteran bear shifter who’s amazing with kids meets a twice-burned single mom—sweet, funny, and emotionally resonant. The “three-legged bear” detail adds vulnerability to the alpha hero, and the small-town diner setting keeps it grounded. Free paranormal romance with heart.
Author: Christopher Smith
FREE
Psychological Thriller
THE SERIES WITH MORE THAN THREE MILLION BOOKS SOLD WORLDWIDE
Stephen King: “Put me down as an enthusiastic Christopher Smith fan. Smith is a cultural genius.”
Look beneath all the power and all the wealth that represents New York City’s Fifth Avenue, and you’ll find greed, blood, revenge. In the international best-selling thriller “Fifth Avenue,” each intermingles within a revered society that’s shaken to its core when one man finally decides to destroy another man for murdering his wife thirty-one years ago.
Louis Ryan is that man. George Redman, his wife, two daughters, and their close friends are his targets. The moment Ryan hires an international assassin to literally rip the Redman family apart, a series of events that can’t be stopped catapults them all through a fast-paced, hard-edged thriller in which nobody is safe.
Secrets are revealed. Sex lives are exposed. The Mafia get involved. And George’s two daughters, Celina and Leana Redman, are suddenly caught in the throes of their father’s past as Louis Ryan’s blind desire to kill them all takes surprising turns in his all-out effort to see them dead. 💥
Why I’m including this: A revenge thriller set among Manhattan’s elite with Stephen King’s endorsement and three million books sold worldwide. The thirty-one-year wait for vengeance adds psychological weight, and the “nobody is safe” promise delivers high-body-count tension. Free introduction to a popular series.
Author: Beth Wiseman
FREE
Amish Romance
FROM A BESTSELLING & AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR WHO HAS SOLD OVER 3 MILLION BOOKS.
Catherine Lapp doesn’t have time for a romantic relationship. Her parents fled her Amish community and left her to tend to her ailing grandmother who suffers from dementia. Often embarrassed by her grandmother’s off-the-wall behavior, Catherine mostly stays to herself.
When an unseasonal winter storm sends visitors to Catherine’s farmhouse for shelter, she has no choice but to take them in as borders. She is rattled by the unexpected company who witness her grandmother’s odd behavior right away. But instead of judgment, her new friends not only help her with her grandmother, but they provide an opportunity to learn what real unconditional love can be–both romantically and through friendship.
As two romances blossom, Catherine finds hope in her circumstances, and an opportunity to have the Thanksgiving she’s always wanted. 🦃
“A perfect read for the holiday season, or any time.”
What makes this special: A compassionate story about caregiving, dementia, and finding love in unexpected places. The winter storm setup creates forced proximity with heart, and the dual romances add dimension. Wiseman’s three million books sold speaks to her ability to deliver emotional, faith-centered stories that resonate.
Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
Author: Dan Lyons
Regularly $11.99, Today $2.99
Biographies of Business Professionals
An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons’ “hysterical” (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “the best book about Silicon Valley,” takes readers inside the maddening world of fad-chasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today’s tech startups.
For twenty-five years Dan Lyons was a magazine writer at the top of his profession–until one Friday morning when he received a phone call: Poof. His job no longer existed. “I think they just want to hire younger people,” his boss at Newsweek told him. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was, in a word, screwed. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the vague role of “marketing fellow.” What could go wrong?
HubSpotters were true believers: They were making the world a better place … by selling email spam 📧. The office vibe was frat house meets cult compound: The party began at four thirty on Friday and lasted well into the night; “shower pods” became hook-up dens; a push-up club met at noon in the lobby, while nearby, in the “content factory,” Nerf gun fights raged. Groups went on “walking meetings,” and Dan’s absentee boss sent cryptic emails about employees who had “graduated” (read: been fired). In the middle of all this was Dan, exactly twice the age of the average HubSpot employee, and literally old enough to be the father of most of his co-workers, sitting at his desk on his bouncy-ball “chair.”
What makes this special: A devastating, hilarious takedown of startup culture by a seasoned journalist who lived through the absurdity. Lyons exposes the age discrimination, cultish groupthink, and hollow mission statements behind the ping-pong tables and free beer. Essential reading for anyone who’s ever rolled their eyes at tech-bro culture—or wondered what it’s really like inside these companies.
Author: Francis Ray
Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99
Romantic Erotica
The New York Times–bestselling author takes readers on “a mesmerizing journey of drama and love” in the first Grayson Friends novel (A Romance Review).
Nothing gets to Shane Elliott. A former Army Ranger, now head of security for a wealthy real estate tycoon, Shane can handle whatever life throws at him—until he meets the beautiful, kindhearted Paige Albright. She’s about to inherit a fortune, and Paige’s mother has asked Shane to investigate her boyfriend. It should have been a simple, standard assignment for Shane . . . if only Paige’s seductive mix of strength and vulnerability didn’t leave him wanting her for himself.
All her life, Paige has put others’ needs before her own, even going so far as choosing a man to please her father. Now her mother’s mysterious houseguest is tempting her to go after what she truly wants . . . even if it’s the cool, assertive, irresistible Shane himself. But is he who he appears to be? And how can Paige know whether to trust her own judgment—and their red-hot attraction? 🔥
Why I’m including this: Francis Ray delivers suspense and steam in equal measure with this security expert/heiress romance. The “is he investigating me or falling for me?” tension drives the plot, while Paige’s journey from people-pleaser to self-advocate gives the story emotional depth. First in the Grayson Friends series at an irresistible price.
Author: Terry Kay
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99
Family Life Fiction
In this “hauntingly beautiful story about love, family, and relationships,” a mysterious dog helps an elderly man in his final days (Archbishop Desmond Tutu).
After Sam Peek’s beloved wife Cora dies, his children are worried about him. After fifty-seven years of marriage, they are unsure how their elderly father will survive on his own. They talk about him as if he can’t hear them, questioning how he’ll run a farm, drive his truck, or live by himself.
When Sam tells his children about a white dog who visits him, yet seems invisible to everyone else, they are sure that grief and old age have taken a toll on their father. But, real or not, the creature soothes Sam’s grief and ultimately reconciles him with his own mortality.
In this bittersweet story of love, grief, and coming to terms with death, “master storyteller” Terry Kay takes readers on Sam’s journey with his white dog, bringing solace and comfort to the inevitable transition that all must make (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). ✨
What makes this special: A deeply moving meditation on grief, aging, and the comfort we find in mysterious places. Kay handles the ambiguity of the white dog—real, imagined, or spiritual?—with grace, never cheapening the story with easy answers. Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s endorsement speaks to the book’s universal themes of love transcending death.
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