{"id":27362,"date":"2015-12-16T09:29:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/?p=27362"},"modified":"2015-12-16T09:29:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T14:29:56","slug":"free-kindle-books-bargains-for-wednesday-december-16-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/2015\/12\/16\/free-kindle-books-bargains-for-wednesday-december-16-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Kindle books & bargains for Wednesday, December 16, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chances<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Romance > Contemporary<\/div>\n
Author: Jackie Collins<\/div>\n

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Lucky, Lady Boss, Vendetta: Lucky\u2019s Revenge, and Dangerous Kiss\u2026Jackie Collins\u2019 sizzling Lucky saga all began with CHANCES.The book that made Jackie Collins one of America\u2019s favorite authors sweeps you from the sophisticated playgrounds of Europe to the glittering gambling palaces of Las Vegas. It plunges you into the reckless, dangerous world of the Santangelo crime family. It introduces you to Gino Santangelo, the street kid who makes it all the way to the top. And then brings you Lucky\u2014his sensual, stunningly beautiful, and passionate daughter; a woman who dares to win her father\u2019s empire for herself; a woman unafraid of taking\u2026CHANCES.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Divine Arsonist: A Tale of Awakening<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Fantasy > Paranormal & Urban<\/div>\n
Author: Jacob Nordby<\/div>\n

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Why would author, Jacob Nordby, ask you to read his new novel, then burn it?<\/p>\n

This is no ordinary book.<\/p>\n

Fact and fiction weave together in this autobiographical tale of spiritual awakening.<\/p>\n

The main character is a burned-out businessman who takes an unplanned retreat to his cabin in the mountains of Idaho.<\/p>\n

On the first evening of his getaway, a mysterious stranger appears beside his campfire and delivers a summons: “Drop everything and attend a rendezvous of destiny…the fate of the world may depend upon it.”<\/p>\n

He is confronted with a terrifying choice: believe this stranger and take a journey into the unknown, or ignore the whole thing and perhaps miss his call of destiny?<\/p>\n

Join the main character on an adventure of the spirit. With him, you will meet a cast of divine helpers, shaman monks and ragged teachers who will captivate your imagination. Rich with insights, quotations and teachings of sources ranging from ancient to modern, this book is a breath of fresh air for the soul.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Death in the English Countryside (Murder on Location Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Mystery > Cozy<\/div>\n
Author: Sara Rosett<\/div>\n

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Location scout and Jane Austen aficionado, Kate Sharp, is thrilled when the company she works for lands the job of finding locations for a new film adaptation of\u00a0<\/span>Pride and Prejudice,<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>but then her boss, Kevin, fails to return from a scouting trip to England. Afraid that Kevin has slipped back into some destructive personal habits he struggles with, Kate travels to England to salvage Kevin\u2019s and the company\u2019s reputation before word gets out that he is missing.<\/p>\n

Things go from bad to worse when Kate arrives in Nether Woodsmoor, a quaint village of golden stone cottages and rolling green hills, only to find no trace of Kevin except his abandoned luggage. Even the rumpled, easygoing local scout they consulted, Alex, doesn\u2019t know where Kevin might be.<\/p>\n

Increasingly worried about Kevin and with an antsy director waiting for updates about the preproduction details, Kate embarks on a search that includes a pub crawl and cozy cottages as well as stately country manors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oceans Of The World In Color: Marine Life and Oceanography for Children<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Children’s Books > Science, Nature & How It Works<\/div>\n
Author: Speedy Publishing<\/div>\n

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As our children flip through television channels, they are sure to stumble upon on a TV channel that displays the wonderful waters of our world. They may become quite excited upon seeing some of our world’s greatest, largest, and beautiful creatures, including, but ot limited to: whales, dolphins, sharks, seals, sea otters, and fish. Also, they may wonder how the oceans are able to produce such great waves. Their curiosity will end up becoming attained knowledge when delving into an Oceans of the World in Color picture book. The book will teach them about our oceans; covering basic facts, such as names, locations, size, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sally of Monticello Founding Mother<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Fiction > Historical<\/div>\n
Author: N.M. Ledgin<\/div>\n

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Teenaged Sally Hemings, mixed-race slave and sister-in-law to widower Thomas Jefferson, captured his heart while serving his daughters in Paris where he was U.S. Minister.<\/p>\n

It was there a 38-year relationship began.<\/p>\n

The historical novel, Sally of Monticello: Founding Mother, by Jefferson lecturer N.M. Ledgin, portrays a bright, assertive woman. She resolved his \u201cinner conflict,\u201d according to historian Winthrop D. Jordan, by ridding him of \u201chigh tension concerning women and Negroes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ledgin based the novel\u2019s timeline on Jefferson\u2019s precise recordkeeping and collection of letters. Controversy over the affair and over recent DNA findings continues to fuel books and articles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Perfect Gift (Three Wise Men Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Romance > Holidays<\/div>\n
Author: Serenity Woods<\/div>\n

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Q. What could be better than getting a billionaire for Christmas?
\nA. Getting THREE billionaires for Christmas!<\/p>\n

Three Wise Men is a series of three books set in the sub-tropical Northland of New Zealand following the stories of three billionaire brothers and the single mums they fall in love with. Each book has a happy ending, but there will be a final conclusion to all three stories at the end of book 3.<\/i><\/p>\n

As a single mum who can barely afford to put food on the table, let alone fill her son Ryan\u2019s Christmas stocking with presents, Erin Bloom isn\u2019t particularly looking forward to the festive season. When Ryan has an asthma attack and ends up in hospital, she\u2019s convinced it\u2019s going to be the worst Christmas ever. Sure, Christmas is a time for miracles, but everyone knows wishes don\u2019t really come true.<\/p>\n

Consultant pediatrician Brock King lost his wife to cancer two years ago, and he\u2019s convinced the love he felt for her only comes around once in a lifetime. Then, while visiting the children\u2019s ward, he meets single mum Erin, and suddenly his future doesn\u2019t seem so bleak.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stalking Sapphire: A Sapphire Dubois Mystery (Sapphire Dubois Mysteries)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Mystery > Women Sleuths<\/div>\n
Author: Mia Thompson<\/div>\n

FREE<\/strong><\/span>
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Sapphire Dubois is keeping a deadly secret.<\/p>\n

While the young and obscenely wealthy of Beverly Hills spend their nights with trendy celebs and drugs at the hottest clubs, 22-year-old Sapphire Dubois has a different hobby: she hunts serial killers. Luring, trapping, and anonymously handing over So-Cal’s most wanted to the police is a better high than any drug.<\/p>\n

But Sapphire’s secret may not be so safe, as one of the very people she hunts is watching her every move. Aware of her true identity and her unconventional activities, he’s determined to put an end to Sapphire once and for all. Paired up with her involuntary crush Detective Aston Ridder for her own protection, Sapphire now has to rethink her strategy not only to keep Aston in the dark, but to figure out how to capture a killer who already knows she\u2019s coming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Blackhouse: The Lewis Trilogy<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0International Mystery & Crime<\/div>\n
Author: Peter May<\/div>\n

Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99
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From acclaimed author and dramatist Peter May comes the Barry award-winning\u00a0<\/span>The Blackhouse<\/i><\/i>, the first book in the Lewis Trilogy–a riveting mystery series set on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.<\/div>\n
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When a grisly murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis that bears similarities to a brutal killing on the mainland, Edinburgh detective and native islander Fin Macleod is dispatched to the Outer Hebrides to investigate, embarking at the same time on a voyage into his own troubled past.<\/div>\n
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As Fin reconnects with the people and places of his tortured childhood, the desolate but beautiful island and its ancient customs once again begin to assert their grip on his psyche. Every step toward solving the case brings Fin closer to a dangerous confrontation with the dark events of the past that shaped–and nearly destroyed–his life.<\/div>\n
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Wicked Game (Wicked Series Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Crime > Murder<\/div>\n
Author: Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush<\/div>\n

Regularly $6.39, Today $1.99
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One By One, They\u2019ll Die\u2026Twenty years ago, wild child Jessie Brentwood vanished from St. Elizabeth\u2019s high school. Most in Jessie\u2019s tight circle of friends believed she simply ran away. Few suspected that Jessie was hiding a shocking secret-one that brought her into the crosshairs of a vicious killer\u2026Until There\u2019s No One Left\u2026Two decades pass before a body is unearthed on school grounds and Jessie\u2019s old friends reunite to talk. Most are sure that the body is Jessie\u2019s, that the mystery of what happened to her has finally been solved. But soon, Jessie\u2019s friends each begin to die in horrible, freak accidents that defy explanation\u2026But Her\u2026<\/div>\n
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Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Self-Help > Creativity<\/div>\n
Author: Austin Kleon<\/div>\n

Regularly $12.95, Today $2.99
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In his\u00a0<\/span>New York Times<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>bestseller\u00a0<\/span>Steal Like an Artist<\/i>, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by \u201cstealing\u201d from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey\u2014getting known.\u00a0<\/span>Show Your Work!<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is about why generosity trumps genius. It\u2019s about getting\u00a0<\/span>findable<\/i>, about using the network instead of wasting time \u201cnetworking.\u201d It\u2019s not self-promotion, it\u2019s self-discovery\u2014let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples,\u00a0<\/span>Show Your Work!<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.In chapters such as You Don\u2019t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user\u2019s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity\u2014 what he calls the \u201cecology of talent.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Self-Help > Creativity<\/div>\n
Author: Austin Kleon<\/div>\n

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You don\u2019t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That\u2019s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age,\u00a0<\/span>Steal Like an Artist<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side.When Mr. Kleon was asked to address college students in upstate New York, he shaped his speech around the ten things he wished someone had told him when he was starting out. The talk went viral, and its author dug deeper into his own ideas to create\u00a0<\/span>Steal Like an Artist<\/i>, the book. The result is inspiring, hip, original, practical, and entertaining. And filled with new truths about creativity: Nothing is original, so embrace influence, collect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path. Follow your interests wherever they take you. Stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring\u2014the creative you will need to make room to be wild and daring in your imagination.<\/div>\n
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Threads of Deceit (Vineyard Quilt Mysteries Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Mystery > Cozy<\/div>\n
Author: Mae Fox, Jan Fields<\/div>\n

Regularly $5.99, Today $1.99
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Former antiquities bounty hunter, Julie Ellis, accepts a position as manager of the Quilt Haus Inn in Missouri wine country, thinking it the perfect place to keep a low profile and start a new, less-dangerous career. And it is\u2014until the ruggedly handsome Daniel Franklin walks through the front door and asks for a room. Daniel claims to be a historian overseeing the recovery operation of a famous sunken ship that he believes to be buried, of all places, in a nearby farm field. Though Julie finds his story odd at best, news of the \u201ctreasure ship\u201d spreads like wildfire through the small town of Straussberg, and Julie and her guests are soon caught up in the melee. The discovery of a dead body at the dig site makes it clear that someone else believes in Daniel\u2019s theory too and doesn\u2019t want the ship or its secrets unearthed.<\/div>\n

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King<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Romance > Mystery & Suspense<\/div>\n
Author: T.M. Frazier<\/div>\n

Regularly $3.99, Today $0.99
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Homeless. Hungry. Desperate.Doe has no memories of who she is or where she comes from.A notorious career criminal just released from prison, King is someone you don\u2019t want to cross unless you\u2019re prepared to pay him back in blood, sweat, sex or a combination of all three.King\u2019s future hangs in the balance. Doe\u2019s is written in her past. When they come crashing together, they will have to learn that sometimes in order to hold on, you have to first let go.<\/div>\n
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Shadow Lover<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0 Romance > Mystery & Suspense<\/div>\n
Author: Anne Stuart<\/div>\n

Regularly $9.99, Today $1.99
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Victim. Lover. Both? His dark game is seducing her– just as it was when they were young.\u00a0How can he still have that power over her? Eighteen years ago, she saw him die.Wealthy, selfish, and greedy, the McDowell family raised Carolyn McDowell–a foster child–like a modern Cinderella. Neglected and ignored, good-hearted Carolyn adored scion Alexander despite it all, though even he tormented her.When Alex ran away one night, Carolyn followed and witnessed his murder, though she never told anyone. Her beloved Alex died when he was seventeen. There was no doubt.Eighteen years later, Carolyn returns to the decadent milieu of the McDowell clan to care for her dying foster mother, Sally. As greedy relatives gather to claim their inheritances, a stunning stranger arrives, claiming to be Alexander. To Carolyn’s utter shock, Sally greets her “son” without question, and no one but Carolyn believes he’s a fraud.<\/div>\n
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Prada and Prejudice (Dating Mr Darcy, Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Romantic Comedy<\/div>\n
Author: Katie Oliver<\/div>\n

Regularly $6.99, Today $3.99
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He\u2019s a man in possession of a large fortune\u2026.but is he in want of a wife?!It is a truth universally acknowledged that Natalie Dashwood loves to shop. After all, as the heiress to the renowned London department store\u00a0<\/span>Dashwood & James<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>she\u2019s been wearing designer shoes since she could walk! But a socialite\u2019s life isn\u2019t as perfect as you might imagine\u2026 Natalie\u2019s spending is spiraling slightly out of control, her rock star boyfriend is engaged to someone else, and it seems the family business is in financial crisis. New high-flying business exec Rhys Gordon has been brought in to save the company from ruin, but what are his motives? And\u00a0<\/span>infuriatingly<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>even a shoe-shopping spree can\u2019t take her mind off his distracting and oh-so-charming smile\u2026\u00a0<\/span>Couture and confetti mix with scandal and intrigue in this wonderful tale of retail, romance and redemption.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Fill-In Boyfriend<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Romance > Contemporary<\/div>\n
Author: Kasie West<\/div>\n

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When Gia Montgomery’s boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable\u2026convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.The problem is that days after prom, she can’t stop thinking about her fill-in boyfriend. But can Gia turn her fake boyfriend into a real one without exposing her lie and possibly destroying her friendships and her newfound relationship?Smartly observed and wonderfully romantic, Kasie West’s talent shines in this tale of one girl’s unexpected quest to find love\u2026and possibly herself.<\/div>\n
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Jam<\/a><\/h3>\n
\u00a0Hard Science Fiction<\/div>\n
Author: Yahtzee Croshaw, Various<\/div>\n

Regularly $7.99, Today $1.99
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We were prepared for an earthquake. We had a flood plan in place. We could even have dealt with zombies. Probably.But no one expected the end to be quite so… sticky… or strawberry scented.Yahtzee Croshaw (Mogworld<\/i>, Zero Punctuation Reviews) returns to print with a follow-up to his smash-hit debut:\u00a0<\/span>Jam<\/i>, a dark comedy about the one apocalypse\u00a0<\/span>no one<\/i>\u00a0<\/span>predicted.<\/p>\n