{"id":42879,"date":"2018-12-16T10:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/?p=42879"},"modified":"2018-12-16T10:12:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T15:12:48","slug":"free-kindle-books-bargains-for-sunday-december-16-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weberbooks.com\/kindle\/2018\/12\/16\/free-kindle-books-bargains-for-sunday-december-16-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Kindle books & bargains for Sunday, December 16, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thick as Thieves<\/a><\/h3>\n
Fiction > Humor & Satire > Dark Comedy<\/div>\n
Author: Grant Fieldgrove<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Thick<\/a><\/p>\n

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They say your life flashes before your eyes right before you die. Finnick Hollins might be finding that out the hard way. With a gun pointed at the back of his head, he retraces his life starting as a child running cons with his father and ending in a stranger’s house with a dead body at his feet and the chilling feel of cold steel pressed to his skull.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Over My Dead Husband’s Body (A Ghosts of Landover Mystery Book 1)<\/a><\/h3>\n
Mystery > Cozy > Animals<\/div>\n
Author: Etta Faire<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Over<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carly Taylor thought her luck was finally changing. Being broke, divorced, and living in her mother\u2019s basement wasn\u2019t where she thought she\u2019d be at thirty-one. So when her ex suddenly dies and leaves her his family\u2019s Victorian, she can\u2019t sign the paperwork fast enough.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when she realizes there\u2019s a catch. And it\u2019s a lying, cheating, annoying one she can\u2019t get rid of.<\/p>\n

Her ex is haunting the house and wants her to solve his murder case, which Carly figures is the only way to get the jerk to leave once and for all.<\/p>\n

Through channeling with his ghost, Carly is taken straight to the day her ex was poisoned at a strip club to relive the memory with him moment by moment, take down clues, and figure out what happened.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Influential Author: How and Why to Write, Publish, and Sell Nonfiction Books that Matter<\/a><\/h3>\n
Writing, Research & Publishing Guides<\/div>\n
Author: Gregory Diehl, Tom Morkes<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do you have something important to say? Are your knowledge and experience unique, valuable, and in demand? Do you want to write a book that changes the way people think and live?<\/p>\n

By combining his experience as an educator and entrepreneur, author Gregory V. Diehl teaches passionate thinkers how to turn unique messages into profitable books\u2014without sacrificing royalties or creative control to a publisher.<\/p>\n

With in-depth advice about all stages of book creation, publication, and marketing, The Influential Author takes a uniquely grounded and intellectual approach to nonfiction self-publishing. Unlike self-publishing guides that promise to teach you how to write a bestselling book quickly and easily, Diehl\u2019s book actually walks you through the complex details of planning, writing, editing, and promoting your work at the standards of traditional publishing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mistletoe Magic<\/a><\/h3>\n
Historical Romance > Medieval<\/div>\n
Author: Laurel O’Donnell<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Mistletoe<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mistletoe Magic is a medieval romance novella.<\/p>\n

A confident knight arrives home to find his childhood friend grown into much more than he remembered. The lady of the castle keeps a dangerous secret that threatens all she holds dear. Will Mistletoe Magic save them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Duet for Three Hands<\/a><\/h3>\n
Romance > Mystery & Suspense<\/div>\n
Author: Tess Thompson<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Duet<\/a><\/p>\n

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In life there are two choices: embrace the power of love, or be consumed by the power of hate…<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Fye’s marriage into the wealthy Bellmont family is one of convenience. Though he thinks his financial security is ensured, the brilliant concert pianist soon discovers he has no idea who his wife really is. But tragedy soon leaves Nathaniel with nothing more than memories of his fame and fortune, along with a single protege, the widow Lydia Tyler, to continue teaching.<\/p>\n

Jeselle Thorton’s heart has always belonged to one man. For her entire life she’s been in love with Whitmore Bellmont. And fortunately for Jeselle, Whitmore has always reciprocated her love. But because of the color of their skin, the couple can never have more than their dreams of a future together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ribbon of Years: A Novel<\/a><\/h3>\n
Religious & Inspirational Fiction<\/div>\n
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Ribbon<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 1936, 15-year-old Miriam Gresham of River Bluff, Idaho, wanted nothing more than to be a famous actress, just like Greta Garbo. But God had other things in mind. The remarkable story of her life of faith comes to light at an estate sale \u2026 and to restless Julianna Crosby, it\u2019s a priceless find!<\/p>\n

\u201c[Hatcher] ambitiously alternates between the past seven decades and the current one to show how the influence of a life of faith can shape the destiny of others. Juliana is 44, and wishing she could start over with a clean slate. When, at an estate sale, she happens across a box of old trinkets marked ‘My Life,’ she hears firsthand the saga of Miriam, the owner of the box, from those who loved her best \u2026 Hatcher progresses through Miriam\u2019s escapades as a teenager to her eventual death, interrupting her life story with the present-day reflections of Juliana, who comes to grips with her need for God.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Clio and Cy: The Apocalypse<\/a><\/h3>\n
Science Fiction > Post-Apocalyptic<\/div>\n
Author: Christopher Lee, Carol Ann Johnson<\/div>\n
FREE<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

\"Clio<\/a><\/p>\n

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A thousand years into the future \u2014 what would you do? Alone in an unforgiving and vicious planet, World War III starts and finds twelve-year-old Clio caught in the middle.
\nCrumbling on a global scale, fire spits in epic destruction, the height of civilization is cast into darkness. The few remaining Resistance forces battle against machine and monsters.
\nCy, a lone cyborg is mankind\u2019s closest thing to perfection. With flesh and graphene, he fights his own demons.
\nEvil would watch the last lights of a once great people smolder out and trail up in a gray smoke.
\nClio and Cy and the Resistance must battle to save the ones they love, to save the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

NOS4A2: A Novel<\/a><\/h3>\n
Thrillers & Suspense > Supernatural > Ghosts<\/div>\n
Author: Joe Hill<\/div>\n
Regularly $12.99, Today $2.99<\/div>\n

\"NOS4A2:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it\u2019s across Massachusetts or across the country.<\/p>\n

Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car, he can slip right out of the everyday world, and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing \u2013 and terrifying \u2013 playground of amusements he calls \u201cChristmasland.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Merriweather Sisters Medieval Time Travel Romance Boxed Set Books 1-3<\/a><\/h3>\n
Author: Cynthia Luhrs<\/div>\n
Regularly $5.99, Today $0.99<\/div>\n

\"Merriweather<\/a><\/p>\n

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Fall through time…<\/p>\n

Vacation to England.
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\nHaunting castle ruins.
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\nProper English lord for a boyfriend.
\nWell, almost check.<\/i><\/p>\n

Be careful what you wish for\u2026<\/p>\n

Lucy Merriweather\u2019s supposedly perfect boyfriend attempted to murder her during a visit to Blackford Castle. Falling through time to 1300s medieval England, she lands in a tangled heap at the feet of a tarnished grumpy knight with secrets of his own and no time to spare for a crazy damsel in distress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Always Room for Cupcakes<\/a><\/h3>\n
Romantic Comedy<\/div>\n
Author: Bethany Lopez<\/div>\n
Regularly $3.99, Today $2.34<\/div>\n

\"Always<\/a><\/p>\n

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One day I was be-bopping along jamming to the music in my head while wondering if my thighs could handle grabbing a cupcake on the way home. The next thing I knew, my entire world crashed and burned.<\/p>\n

I used to wake up at night in a sweat, crying because I\u2019d dreamt that my husband was cheating on me, or that he hated me, and resented my kids. He\u2019d always hold me close and tell me it was all just a dream, that he loved me and our family and that he\u2019d never let me go.<\/p>\n

He was a f*cking liar.<\/p>\n

Now I spend my days taking photos of scum just like him, trying to be a champion for other’s being taken advantage of by the losers in our town, and my nights being a single mom to my beautiful twins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Poppy War: A Novel<\/a><\/h3>\n
Fantasy > Myths & Legends > Asian<\/div>\n
Author: R. F. Kuang<\/div>\n
Regularly $10.99, Today $1.99<\/div>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

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A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China\u2019s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liu\u2019s\u00a0Grace of Kings<\/em>\u00a0and N.K. Jemisin\u2019s Inheritance Trilogy.<\/p>\n

When Rin aced the Keju\u2014the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies\u2014it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn\u2019t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin\u2019s guardians, who believed they\u2019d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard\u2014the most elite military school in Nikan\u2014was even more surprising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Autonomous: A Novel<\/a><\/h3>\n
Hard Science Fiction<\/div>\n
Author: Annalee Newitz<\/div>\n
Regularly $9.99, Today $2.99<\/div>\n

\"Autonomous:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Earth, 2144. Jack is an anti-patent scientist turned drug pirate, traversing the world in a submarine as a pharmaceutical Robin Hood, fabricating cheap scrips for poor people who can\u2019t otherwise afford them. But her latest drug hack has left a trail of lethal overdoses as people become addicted to their work, doing repetitive tasks until they become unsafe or insane.<\/p>\n

Hot on her trail, an unlikely pair: Eliasz, a brooding military agent, and his robotic partner, Paladin. As they race to stop information about the sinister origins of Jack\u2019s drug from getting out, they begin to form an uncommonly close bond that neither of them fully understand.<\/p>\n

And underlying it all is one fundamental question: Is freedom possible in a culture where everything, even people, can be owned?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Christmas Stories: Heartwarming Classics of Angels, a Manger, and the Birth of Hope<\/a><\/h3>\n
Religious & Inspirational Fiction<\/div>\n
Author: Max Lucado<\/div>\n
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99<\/div>\n

\"Christmas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Experience the true meaning of Christmas with beloved storyteller Max Lucado.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Christmas Candle\u00a0<\/em>shines with a radiant insight. Written with Max Lucado\u2019s signature style of sincerity and spiritual perception, this story will warm the reader\u2019s heart with the wonders of God\u2019s love and mercy.\u201d \u2014In the Library Reviews<\/em><\/p>\n

Heartwarming Classics of Angels, a Manger, and the Birth of Hope.<\/p>\n

These stories\u2014like your favorite Christmas ornaments\u2014come in all shapes and sizes. They unfold in a variety of settings, from ancient Bethlehem to rural England. From a small Texas town to the heavenly realms. Some are short. Others many chapters long. Some offer reflections. Others imagine Christmas through the eyes of a burnt-out candle maker, a lonely business man, or heavenly angels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska<\/a><\/h3>\n
Biographies & Memoirs > Journalists<\/div>\n
Author: Heather Lende<\/div>\n
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99<\/div>\n

\"If<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air\u2014and only when the weather is good. There’s no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace and funerals are a community affair. Heather Lende posts both the obituaries and the social column for her local newspaper. If anyone knows the going-on in this close-knit town\u2014from births to weddings to funerals\u2014she does.<\/p>\n

Whether contemplating the mysterious death of eccentric Speedy Joe, who wore nothing but a red union suit and a hat he never took off, not even for a haircut; researching the details of a one-legged lady gold miner’s adventurous life; worrying about her son’s first goat-hunting expedition; observing the awe-inspiring Chilkat Bald Eagle Festival; or ice skating in the shadow of glacier-studded mountains, Lende’s warmhearted style brings us inside her small-town life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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