Free E-Books: 13.11.21

This is a weekly post that I am going to post a bit about the books I have sourced for free. Quite a few finds again this week 😊

I usually find out about these E-Books through social media, through emails I receive from Hello Books and authors newsletters.

In this weekly post, I would like to mention the books I have found and downloaded, so that others may have a chance to be introduced to new authors and the books are promoted before I get a around to reading them.

Hello Books – Amazon:

These books were sourced through emails I received by Hello Books and were purchased for free on Amazon. There are a number of genres to choose through this email service, and I pick the ones which sound like the type of books I would like to read. Please note these were free at the time of this posting on 13.11.21 and in the UK region.

Tea for Three – Melissa Crosby

Genre: Romance

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Three women. Three cups of tea. Three new beginnings.

Sarah Gardner’s husband went to sleep one night in November and never woke up. At forty-years-old, the new widow is left to care for their three children, all of whom are under the age of five.

Twenty-five-year-old Filipina, Kate Morgan, thought she had met the man of her dreams during what was a perfect summer vacation. Now married to the handsome American who had swept her off her feet, and over 8000 miles away from home, Kate soon realizes that her mother was right: vacations end and people change.

Louise Delaney couldn’t ask for anything more. At fifty-nine, she had enjoyed almost four decades of blissful marriage to Warren—may his soul rest in peace. But Louise’s seemingly perfect world is upended when she gets a visit from a sixteen-year-old who says she is Warren’s daughter.

Three exceptional women—each of whose hearts are broken into a million pieces—come together in this extraordinary tale of life, love, and true friendship.

Rating on Goodreads: 4.27

Get Out of my Dreams – Allan J. Lewis

Genre: Mystery/Crime

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Alice and John Timberlake lead a quiet life in the suburbs of California. John is a prison officer at the California State Prison, and Alice assists the Agony Aunt columnist, with big dreams of becoming a reporter. One morning they awaken to their lives turned upside down—John is on the couch with no recollection of how he got there, the front door lock is unbolted, and the alarm is disarmed. Alice’s underwear is neatly folded on top of her slippers––she knows she went to bed wearing them. Fearing they may have been victimized in their own home, they contact the authorities. John and Alice discover they have been the latest victims of “The Magic Man,” a rogue hypnotist that gets into people’s dreams, makes them do his bidding, and has them reveal their darkest secrets. The FBI considers him a threat to the country. Some departments within the Halls of Justice want him eliminated; others think his talents could help solve crimes. They ask John and Alice’s help to bring the Magic Man to heel. None of them realize that their intended target is manipulating them. Everyone has secrets, and the Magic Man knows them all. When a steamy fantasy shared between Alice and the Magic Man unveils a unique connection between them, it changes the rules of his game. All Alice and John had ever wanted was for the Magic Man to get out of their dreams––but now, they can never go back to the life they had before…

Rating on Goodreads: 3.78

Social Media finds:

When scrolling through Facebook & Twitter sometimes I find out about free E-books available. Sometimes these are through Amazon other times they are through newsletter sign ups. Please note again these were available free at the time I obtained them, they may not be free now.

Eyewitness – Marc Timms

Source: Author Email Newsletter – Purchase Amazon

(Currently 77p to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Synopsis from Amazon:

In the local park, Johanna Cole witnesses a murder. However, the police don’t believe her story, but they do check into the car found in the parking lot. That clue leads them directly to a murdered woman found in a locked room, a case that takes the police’s time and interest. Johanna and some friends have to find out who else was killed and why in order to solve a diabolical case that may hit very close to home.

Goodreads Rating: 4.19

Sealed with a Kiss – Leeanna Morgan

Source: Book Cave Email Newsletter – Purchase Amazon

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Synopsis from Goodreads:

A billionaire, an emerald lake, and a lifetime’s worth of happy endings. USA Today Bestselling Author, Leeanna Morgan, brings you a heartwarming Christmas story of unconditional love, its challenges, its risks and most of all, its rewards.

John Fletcher is used to living his life on the edge. He’s an ex-Navy SEAL and the owner of one of the most successful security companies in the world. When his daughter asks for the one thing he can’t give her, it breaks his heart.

Rachel McReedy isn’t impressed with John Fletcher’s money, fast cars, or jet-setting lifestyle. What she cares about is Bella, his eight-year-old daughter. She might not have had the type of life Bella has, but she knows what it’s like to be left on her own. Rachel is determined to show John the error of his ways, but she isn’t prepared for what she’s about to discover.

When a threat to John’s life turns deadly he will do everything he can to keep his daughter safe—even if that means saying goodbye to the one person who could have changed his life forever.

Goodreads Rating: 4.14

Dotty Dreads a disaster – Diane Ezzard

Source: Author Newsletter Email – Purchase Amazon

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Dotty spots men’s clothes floating in the duck pond then realises there’s a body still wearing them. Is foul play suspected? Of course. With Dotty’s bad luck, it couldn’t be anything else.
Jealousy, revenge, hatred and rage were all at work in nasty Nigel’s life. As head judge at the local spring fair he made many enemies but who hated him enough to kill him?
As Dotty and her friends get involved, they unravel more than expected.
Can you help Dotty solve this cozy mystery with its laugh out loud capers?
This is Book 2 in the Dotty Drinkwater Mystery Series but can be read as a standalone.

Goodreads Rating: 4.10

Dangerous Habit – Cynthia Rogan

Source: Author Facebook Post – Bookfunnel download

(Currently 77p to buy on Amazon)

Genre: Mystery

Synopsis from Goodreads:

On her way home from coaching Little League one night, Sister Minnie Chance is confronted by a man with a knife. She pulls a baseball from her satchel and stops him dead with her fast pitch. But her fast pitch can’t stop the chain of events that threatens her life, her family, and her truth. Someone is after Minnie. But who? And why?

Goodreads Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings)

His Lost Wife – A.J. Wills

Source: Author Facebook Post – Bookfunnel Download

(Available on Amazon for 99p currently)

Genre: Thriller

Synopsis from Goodreads:

His memory is missing – and so is his wife…

The last thing Victor remembers is dancing through the streets of Rome with his wife, Ruby, as they celebrated their honeymoon.

So why is he back at the airport alone?

There’s no sign of Ruby anywhere and he has no memory of their flight home.

All he knows is she’s in serious trouble and urgently needs his help.

But first he has to find her, while avoiding the police at all costs.

He has a strong feeling he can’t trust them – but he has no idea why …

Goodreads Rating: N/A (No Ratings Yet)

The School Mistress – Tess Thompson

Source: Bookcave Email Newsletter – Amazon Purchase

Genre: Historical Fiction

Synopsis from Goodreads:

How easily can an open heart unlock the door to happily-ever-after?
When Miss Quinn Cooper arrives in Emerson Pass, Colorado, her entire life is packed into one small suitcase. Her widowed mother and baby sister are depending upon her for their survival back home in Boston. And the self-appointed mayor of the rugged mountain community is counting on Miss Cooper to prove herself a fitful teacher for the young and old alike.
Lord Alexander Barnes is determined to bring a bit of English civility to the wild terrain of Emerson Pass. Using his own resources, the widower and father of five builds a schoolhouse and recruits a young teacher from the east to provide an education for both the adults and the children in his rapidly growing mining town. But when the lovely, and much younger than anticipated, Miss Cooper arrives to town, Lord Barnes finds himself providing more than just employment when the boarding house proves to be an unsafe accommodation for the school mistress.
As Miss Cooper takes a room in the Barnes’ home, the five Barnes children are delighted. They are sure Miss Cooper is the perfect woman for their lonely father. But when a friend of the Englishman turns up dead, the hope for progress in the untamed town seems immediately lost. Can Miss Cooper and Lord Barnes bring change to the closed-minded locals? And will their endeavor open their hearts to something more?

Goodreads Rating: 4.29

Kind of Book – Amazon

I have found another new notification site for free e-books, which you then purchase through Amazon. The site is Kind of Book, the link is for the UK site but they also have a site for the US and DE too which you can access from this link. Once again these were free when I purchased but they may not be now. I receive daily emails with deals, this is what I have found so far that has taken my interest:

Watching You – JA Schneider

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

(Currently £2.10 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

A serial killer texts his victims first. A detective vows revenge. He comes after her.

In the chill of an October night, Detective Kerri Blasco is called to a bizarre murder scene. Leda Winfield, a young volunteer for the homeless, has been shot. Her cell phone displays the frightening text, WATCHING YOU, and into her back, hideously pushed with a hat pin, is a note with the same awful message. Leda’s socialite family and friends insist that no one would have wanted to harm her, but Detective Kerri isn’t convinced.

Until another random young woman is killed in exactly the same way. Kerri and her team profile a monstrous killer who enjoys terrifying his victims before stalking and killing them. But how does he get their phone numbers?

Kerri soon finds that the killer is after her, too, and that the key to finding him may just be in the homeless shelter. When the body count rises, she vows to stop the madman – even if it means battling her own personal trauma, risking her job, her love relationship with her boss Alex Brand, and her life.

Goodreads Rating: 4.12

Dying For A Date – Cindy Sample

Genre: Cozy Mystery

(Currently £1.99 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

WOULD DATING BE THE DEATH OF HER?

Unsure if she is looking for Mr. Right, or Mr. Every Other Saturday Night, divorced mother of two, Laurel McKay reluctantly joins THE LOVE CLUB, a popular local dating service. Dressed to kill, she meets bachelor number one at a trendy restaurant. But the date is a bust, literally, when the guy decides Laurel is dessert, and she breaks his nose with her cell phone. It gets even worse when the man is found murdered the next morning, and Laurel has his blood on her clothes.

Despite her now being a person of interest to the police, Laurel bravely ventures out on date number two. When that unlucky bachelor disappears during dinner, Laurel’s only alibi is a bottle of Dom Perignon. The sexy investigating detective thinks she’s innocent and is worried she may be the next target. That’s more than enough motivation for Laurel to find a murderer determined to kill her social life––before dating becomes a dead end she can’t escape.

Goodreads Rating: 4.02

The Witch Squad – M.Z. Andrews

Genre: YA Cozy Mystery

(Currently £2.99 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Nineteen-year-old Mercy Habernackle is a witch gone off the rails. Causing problems with the law in her hometown, she’s faced with two options. Go to a correctional institution or get shipped off to witch boarding school, or as her mother prefers to call it, finishing school. Choosing the latter, Mercy’s mother, Linda, drives her daughter cross country to the Paranormal Institute for Witches, situated high in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains in cozy, Aspen Falls, Pennsylvania.

Upon arrival, Mercy is faced with cheerful smiles, friendly people, and a sticky sweet roommate who has turned their dorm room into an advertisement for the Pottery Barn. Mercy had hoped her fellow witches would be more like her, dark, dreary, and a little bit self-destructive.

When the murder of a local teenager takes place on the first day of class, Sorceress Stone, headmistress of the college for wayward witches, takes the class on a consulting job to help the Aspen Falls Police Department solve the murder. Mercy and her mismatched classmates find themselves in the heart of the murder investigation and when the body of the murder victim suddenly goes missing and an unexpected person is abducted, Mercy must put aside her feelings of resentment about her gift and put her paranormal abilities to good use.

Throw in a smokin’ hot cowboy wizard, a black cat that seems to be stalking her, and a reclusive, Black Witch and you’ve got the first book in the new Witch Squad Cozy Mystery Series where the twists and turns just don’t stop!

Goodreads Rating: 4.12

Darkness Peering – Alice Blanchard

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

(Currently £4.41 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

A riveting psychological thriller about a female detective’s quest to solve the disturbing cold case that took her father’s life. Keeps you guessing right up to the bloodcurdling, knife-edged ending.

The dead girl lay face-up on the edge of the pond, a snake coiled in the muddy hollow of one arm. For Police Chief Nick Storrow, it was a shocking reminder of the violence he thought he’d left behind when he moved his wife and children to Flowering Dogwood, a town where no one locks their doors. But his search for the truth leads to a chilling possibility… the killer might be his own son.

Many years later, Detective Rachel Storrow is obsessed with the unsolved case. When a young woman disappears, she realizes that a cunning psychopath is moving undetected through her hometown, plunging her into a terrifying world where darkness reigns.

Goodreads Rating: 3.82

Death of a Temptress – P.F. Ford

Genre: Thriller/Mystery

(Currently £1.99 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

When DS Dave Slater is the victim of a botched investigation, he quickly gets bored of sitting at home twiddling his thumbs, but when his boss hands him a case to be investigated ‘discreetly’, Slater sees a chance to redeem himself. As he delves into the missing person case, Slater discovers there could be some link between a girl leading a double life and the police officers who made him a scapegoat for their own failings. When he is nearly pushed under a London bus, he realises the stakes are even higher than he had imagined.
Joined by fellow scapegoat Norman Norman, Slater is plunged into a tangled web of corruption, blackmail, deception…and possibly the most cunning murder he has ever seen. But can he and Norman wade through the ever-widening pool of suspects to find the killer?

Goodreads Rating: 4.09

Nana – Brandon Massey

Genre: Thriller/Horror

(Currently £2.16 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Monica Stephens never knew her birth mother. Raised by a strict but loving adoptive parent, she blossomed into a woman with a thriving career as a pediatrician and a family of her own. But sometimes, she wondered about her origins. Especially her biological mother.

Until Grace arrives.

Confessing to be the birth mother Monica had long wanted to meet, Grace quickly becomes an indispensable member of the Stephens household. Cooking their meals. Looking after the children. Comforting Monica when the family dog is inexplicably killed. Tending to Monica as she falls ill to a mysterious sickness that, every day, makes Monica look and feel older.

Meanwhile, Grace is looking better. More vibrant. More youthful. More seductive . . .

Monica’s husband, Troy, knows something is up. He launches an investigation into the woman who demands to be called “Nana,” and has taken over his home.

But the truth is beyond their wildest imaginings.

It seems Grace has done this before . . .

Goodreads Rating: 3.97

The Bones of Others – Vickie McKeehan

Genre: Paranormal/Mystery

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Some monsters live in your head. Not this one.

Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice. Fighting the demons that have haunted her for years, she trusts only in herself—until she falls hard for a man for the first time in her life. Now, discovering her abductor is back with a vengeance, she becomes locked in a deadly race against time to stop the horrors of an evil human-trafficking ring that threatens to tear her world, and her newfound love apart.

Goodreads Rating: 4.00

The Meat Factory – Emmy Ellis

Genre: Thriller/Crime

(Currently £2.49 to buy or free on Kindle Unlimited)

Synopsis from Amazon:

Cassie Grafton has a tall order: take over The Barrington Patch, a housing estate in the north of England. She was taught by the best—her father, Lenny—so all she needs to do is make her mark.

Jason wants the Barrington for himself and will stop at nothing to get it—including lying to Cassie while pretending he’s got her back. He’s cruel beneath his sincere façade, his heart black to its core.

The past has come out to play, and along with burying her father and tying up loose ends from years ago, Cassie must ensure the residents are aware she’s as tough as her dad was. Tougher. She knows exactly how to get her message across, too, creating a homemade weapon that inflicts wicked damage. And she’ll enjoy wielding it.

And then there’s Grafton’s Meat Factory, where the dreaded Marlene lurks, ready to chew up bodies, the mince sent to Handel Farm where eager, greedy pigs wait to scoff it up.

Murder, gangland rules, and establishing her place in the top spot are Cassie’s main priorities. Grieving is for later. Nothing can come between her and the Barrington crown.

It’s time to step inside the meat factory, where blood and gore rule the roost and the walls hold secrets even the hardest of men find abhorrent. Welcome to Cassie’s world…

Goodreads Rating: 4.26

Witches’ Brew – Morgana Best

Genre: Cozy Mystery

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Pepper Jasper moves from Sydney to the cozy town of Lighthouse Bay, answering a desperate plea from her aunts to help with their failing Bed and Breakfast business. She discovers her aunts are more eccentric than she remembered, the Bed and Breakfast does not serve breakfast, and the cottages for lease have strange themes.

And what’s more, within minutes of her arrival, she stumbles across a dead body.

Pepper soon has her hands full, contending with a murder mystery, irritating guests including the enigmatic Lucas O’Callaghan who is convinced every woman wants to fall into his arms, and her aunts, who are hiding more than one dark secret. Who or what lurks in the forbidden room at the end of the dark corridor?

Why do the aunts insist she drink copious quantities of special label wine?

Find out what awaits Pepper Jasper at Mugwort Manor.

Goodreads Rating: 3.90

Vulnerable – April Wilson

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Beth Jamison had a rough start in life. She survived a childhood abduction, but her traumatic past still haunts her, and she suffers from anxiety and issues with intimacy. Beth doesn’t know it, but the man who kidnapped her has just been released early from prison. When Beth’s brother hires McIntyre Security, Inc. to protect Beth and conduct surveillance on her kidnapper, Beth has no idea she has secret bodyguards keeping her safe 24/7. With his money and good looks, CEO Shane McIntyre has never been short on feminine company, and he’s developed a reputation as a “love ‘em and leave ‘em” kind of guy. But that changes when Shane meets Beth. Their mutual attraction is instant and intense, and Shane falls hard for Beth. Shane has his work cut out for him if he’s going to gain her trust and get past her fears. This alpha protector is determined to keep Beth safe, but he’s also determined to make her his.

Goodreads Rating: 4.11

The Fressingfield Witch – Jacqueline Beard

Genre: Historical Mystery

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Scores of innocent women died during the Suffolk witch trials. Fear and uncertainty swept the land.

Years later and two unexplained deaths in the village of Fressingfield stir up rumours of witchcraft again. Private Detective Lawrence Harpham agrees to investigate. But Lawrence is still tormented by the loss of his family in a house fire. Can he overcome his own demons and discover who is behind the flurry of deaths?

The sins of the fathers return to haunt in this intricately plotted Victorian murder mystery.

Goodreads Rating: 4.01

Thriller/Crime – BookFunnel

I found this link in the newsletter of Kate Gable:

https://books.bookfunnel.com/pka-thriller-suspense/tp2ebt6gts

Save Her – Andrea M. Long

Synopsis from Goodreads:

She was a one-night-stand. I was the last person to see her alive…

Xavier

I met Eden in a club. We shared a moment, and then our bodies.
We went our separate ways.

Now she’s missing.
And so are her employers.

Things weren’t as they seemed and now all we can hope: myself, the detectives, and her best friend, is that we can find her before it’s too late.

If she’s found, can I help her; when my own dark past still haunts my waking moments?

Can I save her?

Rating Goodreads: 4.22

The Bleeds: A Knock At the Door – Danny Lenihan

(Currently available for free on Amazon)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Jaxon Leith was sleeping, with no plans to wake up, or leave his apartment.

An unexpected knock at the door starts him on a journey through The Bleeds with his friend, Mylo, to meet a mysterious girl.

As he sits and waits in the pub, a huge man, full of rage, enters and heads straight for a tiny woman in the corner of the bar.

If Jaxon doesn’t help, he’ll kill her. He steps up to protect her, and everything goes black.

Six hours later he wakes up in a cell, cold, in pain and alone.

A Knock At The Door is a tale of suspense and chance, as a single moment in time changes Jaxon’s life forever.

Rating Goodreads: 4.14

The Nurse, The Teacher, The Gardener – Vicky Jones & Claire Hackney

Synopsis from Bookfunnel:

You have motive. You have means. Do you take the opportunity?

Three innocent people from completely different walks of life are presented with an impossible decision. 

Rating Goodreads: 3.33

The Bleeds: Warning – Danny Lenihan

(Currently available for free on Amazon)

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Emily Harkness lived alone in The Bleeds. In sixteen years her world would end, and so would she.

Rather than fall into the mire of depression, and let the seeds of her misfortune grow wildly inside her, poisoning her mind and condemning her soul, she embraced her last years and lived for the moments that brought her joy.

Whilst walking home from the store, a body falls from the sky right at her feet, sending her tumbling backwards in shock and fear.

She composes herself and, still shaking and emotional, continues her walk home.

Now, she’s no longer alone. She can hear him behind her.

Tap, tap, tap. Warning.

Rating Goodreads: 4.25

I hope you find something that takes your fancy 😊

I only download books that I like the look of the synopsis, and once I have cleared down some of the NetGalley books I am going to be adding 1 or 2 of my E-Books to my TBR each month.