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FREE | Romantic Comedy | by Olivia Jaymes 🎬
Purely Business. No hearts involved… That’s how this public relations romance—a showmance—was described to best-selling author Paige Mitchell.
Dating Hollywood heartthrob Nate Mason is all for the publicity. He’ll hold her hand down the red carpet, and in return, she’ll let him star in the movie based on her book. It’s a win-win for both of them. 📸
Nate is charming and sexy with perfectly polished cheekbones and a smooth as chocolate British accent. She’s an American soccer mom who has had less than good luck in the love department. They shouldn’t have anything in common except ambition. 🔥
The more time they spend together, the more Paige begins to see the man behind the spoiled movie star façade. In private, he’s a different person, and things are starting to get very personal. It’s going to be difficult to remember… They’re only kissing for the cameras. 💋
Why I’m including this: This is fake dating with Hollywood glamour and genuine heart. ⭐ Olivia Jaymes delivers the ultimate showmance setup—bestselling author agrees to fake-date a British heartthrob so he can star in her movie adaptation. The contrast (soccer mom vs. movie star, American vs. British accent, private vs. public personas) creates delicious tension. The “man behind the façade” reveal is perfectly executed—in private, he’s different, and suddenly the fake relationship feels dangerously real. Perfect for fans of romantic comedy, readers who love fake relationship tropes, Hollywood settings, or anyone who wants swoony British actors and the blur between performance and reality. And it’s FREE! 🎥
FREE | Crime Caper Animal Mystery | by Adrienne Giordano 🐕
“Absolutely hilarious! I want more Lucie!” —Denise Swanson, NYT Bestselling Author
Dog walking seemed like an innocent job… but the mob has its paws in everything.
Lucie Rizzo, investment banker. Status: unemployed. It’s a hard fall from grace for Lucie to move back in with her mother until she lands on her feet again. Everything she did before was to get as far away as possible from her mob-infested family. 😱
Still, Lucie’s determined to make things work. She begins with a part-time gig walking dogs for wealthy clients, and it inspires her to start her own pet accessory line. Frankie Falcone, her smoking-hot ex, wants to start again as if they never stopped. He’s no stranger to family ties with “the Family,” either. 🔥
What does concern Lucie is the kidnappings. Well, petnappings. Someone local is abducting innocent dogs, and all of them belong to her upper-crust clients. One pilfered pooch is bad enough. Three is a pattern. At this rate, Lucie will be out of business in days and on the ASPCA’s Most Wanted list. Unless she solves the mystery herself—and sends the dogjacking culprits straight to the pound. 🐾
Why you might like this: This is cozy mystery meets mob family with dogjacking chaos. ⭐ Adrienne Giordano creates a hilarious premise—former investment banker trying to escape her mob family becomes a dog walker, only to get caught up in petnappings. Lucie’s determination to go legitimate while surrounded by “the Family” (including smoking-hot ex Frankie who’s also mob-connected) creates constant comedy and tension. The dog mystery is genuinely engaging, and the “ASPCA’s Most Wanted list” quip shows the humor throughout. Perfect for cozy mystery fans, readers who love animal-related mysteries, mob family dynamics with heart, or anyone who wants Janet Evanovich energy with dogs. And it’s FREE! 🕵️
FREE | Marriage of Convenience Inspirational Romance | by Melanie D. Snitker 💍
A marriage of convenience might be crazy… or an answer to both of their prayers.
Mandy Hudson swore she’d never marry. Abandoned by her parents and raised by her grandparents, she has a hard time trusting that real love will last. When her grandmother dies, Mandy is shocked to discover a stipulation in the will. Considering marriage to her best friend may be the only way to keep her family’s beloved bed-and-breakfast. 😢
The loss of his job threatens Preston Yarrow’s shaky financial stability. Besides, he can’t watch his best friend give up the only real home she’s ever known. Frustrated by Mandy’s stubborn refusal to let him help, he’s certain they are stronger together than they are apart. 💪
A marriage of convenience sounds like the perfect solution until love enters the equation and complicates everything. 💕
What makes this essential: This is marriage of convenience with best friends and faith. ⭐ Melanie D. Snitker writes inspirational romance with genuine emotional stakes. Mandy’s abandonment issues making her swear off marriage, then needing to marry her best friend to keep her grandmother’s B&B, creates perfect internal conflict. Preston losing his job but still wanting to help her (they’re stronger together!) shows selfless love. The “perfect solution until love complicates everything” is the marriage of convenience trope done beautifully—falling for your spouse when it was supposed to be practical. Perfect for inspirational romance fans, readers who love best friends to lovers, marriage of convenience with emotional depth, or anyone who wants faith-filled stories about trust and home. And it’s FREE! 🏠
FREE | Amateur Sleuth Mysteries | by Nova Walsh 🎂
A wedding, a body, and a best friend who insists on playing detective—Abby Hirsch’s homecoming just got complicated.
She came back to Sugar Creek to cater a wedding, not crash a crime scene. But when the bride’s biggest rival turns up dead at her aunt’s charming B&B, the big day is suddenly on the brink of disaster—and Abby is caught in the middle. 😱
With the wedding on the brink of disaster and her best friend Cassie all too eager to play detective, Abby suddenly has more on her plate than just hors d’oeuvres. The town is buzzing with secrets, the bride is about to snap, and someone is willing to kill to keep the past buried. 💀
As if a murder investigation weren’t enough, the distractingly handsome new sheriff seems determined to keep her out of trouble—or maybe just close to him. Now, Abby will have to juggle friendship, food, and finding a killer before the wedding turns into a funeral. 👮
Why I’m including this: This is Southern cozy mystery with wedding chaos and culinary charm. ⭐ Nova Walsh delivers everything cozy mystery fans love—caterer returns to small town, murder at the wedding she’s catering, best friend eager to play detective, secrets everywhere, and a handsome sheriff who’s both protective and attracted. The “more on her plate than hors d’oeuvres” and “wedding turns into a funeral” show the humor balancing the mystery. Perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke, Tonya Kappes, Ellie Alexander, or anyone who loves culinary mysteries with Southern charm, wedding settings, and amateur sleuths with romantic complications. And it’s FREE! 🕵️♀️
FREE | Regency Romance Adventure | by Collette Cameron 💕
Could she ever love the unrepentant rake who won her in a wager?
He didn’t gamble on losing his heart when he won her at the gaming tables. Pierce, Earl of Wainthorpe has finally thwarted his worst enemy. Except, he can’t revel in his victory after winning his foe’s ward in a winner-takes-all wager. If Pierce refuses to assume Bianca Salisbury’s guardianship, the fiery-haired beauty with a matching temper may very well find herself sold to the highest bidder. 😱
The shameful secret she guards makes it impossible to love a rogue. Desperate to escape her blackguard cousin, Bianca Salisbury ventures to London to find a husband or employment. Instead, she’s bartered to a notorious rakehell. She either risks being compromised and accepts The Earl of Wainthorpe’s protection or flees him and her guardian. But without money and a place to go, she fears she’ll face the same tragic fate as her mother. 💔
What makes this essential: This is Regency romance with high stakes and redemption. ⭐ Collette Cameron creates compelling drama—rake wins a woman in a wager (classic trope), but discovering she’s his enemy’s ward with nowhere else to go complicates his victory. Bianca’s “fiery hair with matching temper” and shameful secret she guards add depth beyond typical damsel in distress. The threat of being “sold to the highest bidder” or facing her mother’s “tragic fate” raises genuine stakes. The rake with a conscience vs. the desperate woman who can’t trust rogues creates perfect tension. Perfect for Regency romance fans, readers who love rakes with hearts of gold, or anyone who wants arranged guardianship turning into genuine love. And it’s FREE! 👑
FREE | Romantic Suspense | by Juliet Keane ☕
I was about to close the cafe for the day when Nash Tucker strolled through the door and right into my heart.
Maybe if our interactions had been limited to morning coffee, I wouldn’t have fallen so hard for the handsome new police chief. But no, he had to go and buy the house next to mine and prove himself to be an amazing neighbor in addition to being incredibly hot. 🔥
When Nash finds out that someone is sending me threatening letters, he takes his duty to serve and protect to the extreme. Nash is determined to keep me safe, but at what risk to my heart? 💕
Why you might like this: This is romantic suspense with small-town charm and protective hero. ⭐ Juliet Keane delivers the perfect setup—cafe owner falls for the new police chief who becomes her neighbor, then he discovers she’s receiving threatening letters and goes into protector mode. The “strolled through the door and right into my heart” and “amazing neighbor in addition to being incredibly hot” capture the swoon factor. The threatening letters add genuine danger beyond just romance. Perfect for readers who love protective heroes, small-town romance with suspense, neighbors to lovers, or anyone who wants coffee shop meetings and police chief heroes who take “serve and protect” seriously. And it’s FREE! 👮♂️
The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence
Regularly $5.99, Today $2.99 | Human Geography | by Stephen Kurczy 📡
“Captures the complex beauty of a disconnected way of life.” —The Nation
Deep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America.
Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It’s home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory’s telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. 📵
But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker. Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents his neighbors. He shopped at the general store, attended church services, went target shooting, square-danced with locals, sampled the moonshine. 🌲
Why I’m including this: This is fascinating exploration of America’s last truly disconnected town. ⭐ Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, WV—where WiFi and cell phones are banned to protect the radio telescope. The contradiction (futuristic observatory vs. no digital connectivity, idyllic surface vs. darker undercurrents) creates compelling tension. The immersive journalism (living there, becoming neighbors, experiencing the culture) provides authentic insight into life without constant connectivity. Perfect for readers interested in technology’s impact on society, Appalachian culture, unique American communities, or anyone curious about what life without WiFi actually looks like. Under $3! 🏔️
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99 | Women’s Humorous Fiction | by Sarah Pekkanen 👯
Twenty-nine-year-old Lindsey Rose has, for as long as she can remember, lived in the shadow of her devastatingly beautiful fraternal twin sister, Alex.
Determined to get noticed, Lindsey is finally on the cusp of being named creative vice president of an elite New York advertising agency, after years of eighty-plus hour weeks, migraines, and profound loneliness. But during the course of one devastating night, Lindsey’s carefully constructed life implodes. 😱
Humiliated and desperate, she flees the glitter of Manhattan and retreats to the time warp of her parents’ Maryland home. As her sister plans her lavish wedding to her prince charming, Lindsey struggles to maintain her identity as the smart, responsible twin, while she furtively tries to put her career back together. 💔
But things get more complicated when a long held family secret is unleashed that forces both sisters to reconsider who they are and who they are meant to be. ✨
What makes this essential: This is women’s fiction about twin sisters, identity, and family secrets. ⭐ Sarah Pekkanen explores the “smart twin vs. beautiful twin” dynamic with depth—Lindsey worked eighty-hour weeks for years to get noticed, then her life implodes in one night. The retreat home while Alex plans her perfect wedding creates painful contrast. The “long held family secret” that forces both sisters to reconsider everything promises genuine transformation beyond typical sibling rivalry. Perfect for women’s fiction fans, readers with sisters, anyone who’s felt overshadowed, or those who love stories about finding yourself after everything falls apart. Under $2! 💕
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99 | Family Life Fiction | by Charlene Carr 👶
Two women. Two eggs. One life-altering mistake.
Katherine finally has it all. After seven difficult years of trying (and failing) to conceive, Katherine gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child, and at last has the one thing she’s wanted most. But one thing isn’t quite perfect. Rose’s pale skin doesn’t match Katherine’s complexion, and an irritating doubt begins to grow. 😱
Tess never got the happy ending she wanted. She underwent IVF at the same clinic as Katherine, but after finally conceiving, Tess’s daughter was stillborn. Now, nearly one year later, she’s divorced, broke, and stuck in a dead-end job. 💔
But shortly before Rose’s first birthday, Katherine and Tess get a call from the fertility clinic: Their eggs were switched. ⚡
What makes this essential: This is devastating premise with impossible choices. ⭐ Charlene Carr asks the unthinkable—what if the IVF clinic switched your eggs? Katherine has the baby she desperately wanted, but it’s genetically Tess’s child. Tess lost her baby (stillborn), grieved for a year, and now discovers her genetic daughter is alive and being raised by someone else. The moral, legal, and emotional complexity (who is the “real” mother?) creates heartbreaking tension. Perfect for women’s fiction fans, readers interested in bioethics and motherhood, or anyone who wants emotionally complex stories about impossible situations. Under $2! 💗
Surrendered Sexuality: How Knowing Jesus Changes… Everything
Regularly $12.99, Today $4.99 | Christian Social Issues | by Juli Slattery ✝️
The purpose of our sexuality is not self-discovery but to understand God’s love.
We tend to have pockets of our lives dominated by the flesh and driven by cultural wisdom. For many, sexuality is one of those pockets. Christians are confused about God’s views on sex and intimacy. We struggle to grasp the meaning or purpose of our sexuality, don’t know how to make sense of temptation, shame, brokenness, longings, or desires. 💔
Recognized expert in biblical sexuality Dr. Juli Slattery brings years of experience, biblical knowledge, and passion for the Lord in applying the call of Christians to surrender their views, questions, and pain to the God who changes everything. Surrendered Sexuality provides clear, biblical understanding of the significance of our sexuality and the transformational power of Christ. ✨
Readers discover how Jesus gave His life not primarily to change behavior, but to renew our identity—which is rooted in our union with Christ, not our wounds, feelings, desires, past or present sins, or purity. 🙏
What makes this essential: This is biblical sexuality teaching from a recognized expert. ⭐ Dr. Juli Slattery addresses confusion in Christian communities about sex, intimacy, and identity with clarity and compassion. The core message—identity rooted in union with Christ, not wounds/desires/purity—shifts focus from behavior modification to transformation. The acknowledgment of temptation, shame, brokenness, and longings without easy answers creates space for honest struggle. Perfect for Christians grappling with sexuality questions, church leaders seeking biblical framework, or anyone wanting to understand sexuality through theological lens. Under $5! 📖
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99 | Children’s Mystery & Detectives Books | by Lindsay Currie 🔐
Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house.
From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes an action-packed adventure about three friends who team up to find hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950’s funhouse.
Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah’s front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad… until now. 😢
Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in the walls of an abandoned funhouse. According to legend, three orphaned brothers built the most epic funhouse in existence, creating elaborate riddles and secret passages, and claimed to have hidden a treasure inside. ✨
Why you might like this: This is middle-grade adventure with escape room puzzles and real stakes. ⭐ Lindsay Currie (acclaimed author) delivers kid-friendly treasure hunt—Sarah needs to find treasure to save her house from foreclosure, abandoned 1950s funhouse with elaborate riddles and secret passages provides the perfect setting. The escape room angle appeals to modern kids, while the orphaned brothers’ legend and hidden treasure create classic adventure. Perfect for middle-grade readers, fans of escape rooms and puzzles, anyone who loves treasure hunts with emotional stakes, or kids dealing with family financial struggles. Under $2! 🗝️
Regularly $3.99, Today $1.99 | Space Marine Science Fiction | by K. B. Wagers 🚀
K. B. Wagers’ military SF novel introduces the Near-Earth Orbital Guard—NeoG—inspired by the U.S. Coast Guard’s real-life mission.
For the past year, their close loss in the annual Boarding Games has haunted Interceptor Team: Zuma’s Ghost. With this year’s competition looming, they’re looking forward to some payback—until an unexpected personnel change leaves them reeling. Their best swordsman has been transferred, and a new lieutenant has been assigned in his place. 😱
Maxine Carmichael is trying to carve a place in the world on her own—away from the pressure and influence of her powerful family. The last thing she wants is to cause trouble at her command on Jupiter Station. With her new team in turmoil, Max must overcome her self-doubt and win their trust if she’s going to succeed. Failing is not an option—and would only prove her parents right. ⚔️
Why I’m including this: This is space military SF inspired by the Coast Guard with found family. ⭐ K. B. Wagers creates unique military SF—NeoG modeled on Coast Guard (not Marines!), annual Boarding Games competition adding sports element, new lieutenant (Max) trying to escape powerful family’s shadow while winning hostile team’s trust. The “failing would prove her parents right” adds personal stakes beyond team dynamics. Perfect for military SF fans who want something different from typical space marines, readers who love found family and team dynamics, or anyone who wants competence porn with heart. Under $2! 🛸
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