Hello, bookworms! We are now part way through March, where is the time going. Today I want to talk about free books........ Who doesn't love a free book........ So, welcome to the promised land of bookish indulgence, where the words flow freely, and the price tag reads zero pounds. If you're anything like me, the thrill of finding a treasure trove of free books is akin to stumbling upon a secret library hidden in the heart of a bustling city. I spend more than I really should on books, just because. So the odd free book does not go amiss. I also think it is a way of introducing a new author, or a new genre without too much risk. So, gather 'round, fellow bibliophiles, as I embark on a wonderful journey through the realms of free literature. But before we dive headfirst into this bookish wonderland, let me drop a little disclaimer: while these books were as free as the wind at the time of publishing this post, remember that the winds of change may blow, and prices might shift faster than you can say "bibliomaniac." Let's explore, discover, and relish in the bookish spoils while they last!
Title: A Long Time Dead
Author: J M Dalgleish
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Series: A D.I. Duncan McAdam Mystery (The Misty Isle Book 1)
Date Published: 2023
Length: 370
About Book: You can’t stay dead forever…
A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote Coral Beach for a hedonistic night of partying to celebrate the passing of their final exams. The new millennium is on the horizon and the future beckons, promising new hope and a fresh wind of optimism. In the coming days, many will leave the island for work or to study on the mainland, whereas others will remain on Skye and forge a more traditional path much as their families have done for centuries before them. That is… all but one…D.I. Duncan McAdam is dispatched home to the Misty Isle. A body has been found buried in a remote location on the Waternish peninsula. Well preserved in the peat, Isla Matheson – missing for the better part of two decades – is revealed to a shocked island community. A teenage runaway is dead… and no one is talking…Joining a small team of detectives, Duncan is tasked with revisiting those who knew Isla, those who cared for her… and those with the potential to kill her… In a remote community well used to settling scores among themselves, will they trust one of their own when he asks questions or will they persevere with the façade of ignorance?A Long Time Dead is the first book in the new Misty Isle series of crime thrillers from the Amazon #1 multi-million selling crime writer, J M Dalgliesh, the author of the Hidden Norfolk and Dark Yorkshire books.
Title: The English Heart
Author: Helena Halme
Genre: Romance
Series: A True Military Love Story (The Nordic Heart Book 1 of 5)
 Publisher: Newhurst Press
Date Published: 2017
Book Length: 288
About Book: A newly qualified navy officer looking for adventure. A student with her life planned out. When they meet sparks fly, but how can they plan a future together when their countries are on the opposing sides of the Cold War?
Finland, 1980. Kaisa has never been a risk-taker. After graduation, she plans to marry the dependable older man who paid for her classes and kept a roof over her head. But when she accepts an invitation to a party at the British Embassy, a handsome navy officer makes her want to throw caution to the wind. She surprises herself when they share a passionate kiss under the stars and promise to see each other again. But how could she possibly give up her sure-thing relationship for a man she barely knows?
When Peter Williams pictured his future, he saw a rising in the ranks and an endless trip around the world. When he meets the strong-willed Kaisa in Helsinki, his passion for the sea takes a serious turn. Not even the excitement of hunting down Russian submarines can compare to the thrill of his lips on hers. But despite his growing feelings, his commanding officers won’t tolerate him pursuing a woman from a Soviet-friendly nation.
Both torn between impossible choices, Kaisa and Peter must search their souls for the right answer. With the Cold War heating up between them, can two star-crossed lovers find their courage or will their relationship sink on the high seas?
Title: Someone Else’s Daughter
Author:Â Linsey Lanier
Genre: Romance, Mystery
Series: Miranda Rights Mystery book 1 of 5
Publisher: Felicity Books
Date Published: 2014
Book Length: 380
About Book: Thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele's abusive husband stole her newborn baby daughter and gave her up for adoption. Now Miranda thinks she's close to finding her. Until she finds the body of a young teen in the woods. Is this her daughter? And will the handsome detective investigating the case help her? Or drive her crazy? He thinks she can be a private investigator, too. She has to find her daughter. He has to find a killer. Together, can they save a lost young girl?
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Title: Shadows of Tintagel
Author: Solomon Carter
Genre: Adventure, Romance, Mystery
Series: Book 1 of 3 Shadows of Tintagel
Publisher: Great Leap
Date Published: 2023
Book Length: 245
About Book: Has the darkness of the past returned to claim their lives? And from whose past has it come? Ex-detective Alex Marshall came to North Cornwall to escape a cruel past, but when confronted with a local crime spree, Marshall feels compelled to investigate. It’s not long before Marshall's peaceful new way of life reaches an abrupt end. But when fate draws him to Sarah Chessy, the real mystery begins...
Why does the enigmatic Sarah seem so interested in local crime? Should the locals be trusted, or are they part of the problem?As Alex and Sarah plunge into a treacherous world of small-town crime and growing danger, Sarah's secrets threaten to push Alex away. Those secrets could be her undoing. To survive, they must work together and enlist the help of new friends. Because a time of reckoning is surely coming...
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Title: Girl In Trouble
Author: Stacy Claflin
Genre: Crime
Series: Alex Mercer Thriller book 1 of 12
Date Published: 2017
Book Length: 368
About Book: He gave up his daughter years ago, but now he’ll risk his life to save hers.
Alex Mercer is no stranger to kidnappings. The emotional scars still run deep from his sister’s disappearance years earlier. His daughter Ariana remains safe long after her adoption, and he cherishes the few times a year he gets to see her. The joy is palpable when he takes her on their first one-on-one outing. At least until he pauses to answer a text and Ariana disappears…
Wracked with guilt and determined to find answers, Alex teams up with an unlikely ally at the police department. As the clues reveal a pattern of missing girls, the kidnapping case becomes a race against time to save Ariana. What cost is Alex willing to pay to keep his daughter alive?
Girl in Trouble is the first book in a series of thrilling stand-alone novels spun off from the USA Today bestselling Gone Trilogy. If you like heart-pounding suspense, page-turning action, and characters you’ll never forget, then you’ll love Stacy Claflin’s engrossing new series.
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Title: Secrets In Blood
Author: Jack Cartwright
Genre: Crime, Murder, Mystery
Series: Wild Fens Murder Mystery Series book 1 of 12
Publisher: Chestnut Press
Date Published: 2022
Book Length: 408
About Book: If you can't live with the truth, bury it...
Following a devastating encounter with a serial killer, Detective Inspector Freya Bloom is left mentally scarred. After a six-month sabbatical, and no desire to return to the bustling London streets, she accepts a position in rural Lincolnshire in search of a slower pace of life.
But with London behind her, and a new life in the wild fens of Lincolnshire before her, she finds only endless drama in her new team, a tortured romance in her only ally, and crimes so deadly even the steely determination that drove her to success is tested.
From the moment Freya’s expensive heels hit Lincolnshire soil, the push-pull relationship with her Sergeant begins. Noses are put out of joint, tempers are frayed, and more importantly, a body is discovered on a wild beach. There’s no time to make friends. If Freya is to make her mark in this remote county, she must work with the team she’s been given, and untangle the web of lies surrounding the death of teenager, Jessica Hudson.
Can Freya ditch her designer heels for wellington boots, and adapt to the country life? Can she shape her new team into something workable? And can she put her past behind her long enough to prevent a second murder?
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Title: The Perfect Wife
Author: Blake Pierce
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Suspense
Series: Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller book 1 of 35
Date Published: 2018
Book Length: 199
About Book: In THE PERFECT WIFE (A Jessie Hunt Psychological Suspense Thriller—Book One), Criminal profiler-in-training Jessie Hunt is sure she's finally put the darkness of her childhood behind her. She and her husband, Kyle, just moved from a cramped downtown Los Angeles apartment into a Westport Beach mansion. Kyle's promotion has them swimming in money. And Jessie is on the verge of getting her Master's degree in forensic psychology, the last step in her dream of becoming a criminal profiler. But soon after their arrival, Jessie begins to notice a series of strange developments. The neighbours—and their au pairs—all seem to be hiding secrets. The mysterious yacht club Kyle is desperate to join is rife with cheating spouses, and with troubling rules of its own. And the notorious serial killer being held at the psychiatric hospital where Jessie is completing her degree seems to know more about her life than is normal—or safe. As her world starts to unravel, Jessie begins to question everything around her—including her own sanity. Has she truly uncovered a disturbing conspiracy buried within a sunny, wealthy Southern California beach town? Does the mass murderer she's studying really somehow know the origin of her private nightmares? Or has her tortured past finally come back to claim her?
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Title: Next Door
Author: Blake Pierce
Genre: Psychological Mystery Suspense
Series: Chloe Fine Psychological Suspense Mystery Book 1 of 6
Date Published: 2018
Book Length: 194
About Book: Chloe feels life is finally perfect as she moves back into her home town, and into a new house with her fiancé. Her career with the FBI looks promising, and her wedding is on the horizon. But, she learns, all is not as it seems in suburbia. Chloe begins to see the underside—the gossip, the secrets, the lies—and she finds herself haunted by her own demons: her mother’s mysterious death when she was 10, and her father’s imprisonment. And when a fresh body is found, Chloe soon realizes that her past, and this small town, might hold the key to solving both.
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Title: The Handfasters
Author: Helen Susan Swift
Genre: Romance, Historical
Series: Lowland Romance book 1 of 6
Publisher: Next Chapter
Date Published: 2012
Book Length: 310
About Book: Scotland, 1811. Coming from the Highlands to Edinburgh in search of a husband, Alison Lamont finds herself in all sorts of trouble.
Thrown out of a fashionable ball for a stolen kiss, Alison flees from a riot in the notorious Old Town and meets Willie Kemp, an eccentric boatbuilder. While she falls deeply in love with Mr. Kemp, her aunt wishes her to marry the obnoxious but rich John Forres.
Alison takes drastic measures to solve her dilemma, including a long trip through the snow-covered Pentland Hills. But who left the mysterious footprints outside her cottage, and what secrets is Mr. Kemp hiding?
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Title: Out Of A Dream
Author: Rosemary Hines
Genre: Suspense
Series: Sandy Cove Series Book 1 of 9
Publisher: Rosemary Hines
Date Published: 2014
Book Length: 300
About Book: Michelle Baron should be revelling in her new life in Sandy Cove, Oregon. From the outside, it all looks idyllic. A newlywed settling into a quaint coastal town, her husband establishing himself as a junior partner in a law firm—what more could she want? But a series of disturbing nightmares haunts Michelle. Her quest to understand these dreams leads her to the New World bookstore, where she begins a spiritual journey that will challenge her Christian heritage as well as her marriage.
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Title: The Secret Of Seaside
Author: Agatha ball
Genre: Mystery
Series: Paige Comber mystery book 1 of 8
Date Published: 2017
Book Length: 223
About Book: Welcome to Seaside! A sleepy, island village filled with sweet summer romance, sandy beaches, colourful characters... AND MURDER! Paige Comber dreams of running off to Paris to train at the Cordon Bleu, but fresh out of college, she is stuck running her granny's coffee shop in the small town of Seaside. It looks like a lousy summer until a handsome stranger named Nate arrives. He's here to help his Uncle Byron with his affairs, but when his uncle's body washes up on the beach and he is accused, it is up to Paige to find out who might have been crazy enough to do it.
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Title: The Devil’s Origins
Author: William Baker
Genre: Thriller
Series: Devils Doll’s Prequel 1 and 2
Publisher: Stories of Wonder
Date Published: 2023
Book Length: 77
About Book: Blood, ashes, and bones. That’s all she saw. When she awoke amongst the debris and dead bodies drenched in a mysterious substance, she found two things. A single initial on her half-burnt uniform’s nametag. And all her memories erased. Abandoned, confused, hungry, and cold, K trudges on into a small town she doesn’t recognize. Failing to consider that she looks like an escaped, dangerous convict…That her appearance would turn heads, raising dangerous questions she had no answer to. But there is something about her new self K learns the hard way. Her powers are anything but human. And they can get her in a whole lot of trouble. Soon, all hell breaks loose, and K is entangled in a murder she never wished to commit. As she tries to escape the consequences of her actions, K is met with a choice she never thought she’d have to make. Follow the instructions of her anonymous benefactor, or starve, die, and worse…There is only one thing K can be certain about. Someone is watching her every move. They know what she’s done. And they won’t stop until she pays what she’s due. K’s deadly chase has only just begun.
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