Art teacher Daniel Benedetto has cystic fibrosis. At thirty-four, he’s already outlived his doctor’s “expiration date,” but that doesn’t stop him from giving all he can to his students and his work. When he takes on Caitlin, his landlady’s daughter, as a private student, the budding teen painter watches in torment as other people, especially women, treat Daniel like a freak because of his condition. To Caitlin, Daniel is not a disease, not someone to pity or take care of but someone to care for, a friend, and her first real crush. Convinced one of those women is about to hurt him, Caitlin makes one very bad decision. Free on Kindle.
Free: Drawing Breath
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Free: Regarding Anna
April 20, 2015 By
After recovering from the shock of her parents perishing in a tragic accident, Grace Lindroth discovers clues in their attic that cause her to believe the people she called Mom and Dad her whole life may not have been her real parents.
In her search for the truth, Grace encounters people whose actions cause her to be distrustful of just about everyone, making her mission that much more difficult but heightening her determination to uncover what she believes is essential for her to go on with her life. Free on Kindle.
Rise to Power
April 19, 2015 By
In Rise to Power, the history of ancient Israel and its king come alive. Told in the voice of the man who would be king, this account is like none you have heard before. The political struggle is rife and the language is modern, both of which place before you a mirror of our own times, the the ways power and passion shape the actions of leadership. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Baseball Dreams, Fishing Magic
April 16, 2015 By
When his professional baseball career doesn’t work out, Nick Grimes finds himself in desperate search for his place in the world. Over his adult life, he’ll learn some important lessons about living, love and the pursuit of happiness. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Butterfly – A Short Story of Life, Mystery, and the Impossibility of Endings
April 16, 2015 By
An Elegant Story of the Mystery of Life. If you relish enchanting short stories — the kind that prompt you to briefly put down your reading because you’re inspired to think about what you’ve just read — then you’ll love this book. This enticing story explores the power and the light of that pure bead of energy that animates us all, and the impossibility of endings. A richly entertaining tale that will, if allowed, come to take on a life of its own. Free on Kindle.
BALLS & STRIKES
April 7, 2015 By
Sports Novel – As the Congressional Hearings on Steroid Use in Major League Baseball approach, one-time heralded Major League Baseball prodigy Kingston Lowell is released from prison seeking to renew his life. But in order to grasp his future, he must first come to terms with his past. His search takes him from the Alabama of his youth to the Plains of Kansas and a series of events that will forever change his life. $2.99 on Kindle.
In Due Season (The Lottie Series Book 2)
April 3, 2015 By
In Book 2 of the Lottie Series, Lottie returns home to rural Alabama from the Big Apple to help her mother and the community she’s neglected for over 10 years–and to finally face down her own painful past. When she uses faith-based solutions to tackle the problems of poor education and limited opportunities and makes a run for the Alabama State Senate, Lottie is not a little surprised when some old enemies come out of the woodwork to help her. But their involvement rekindles the fires of hatred, prejudice and murderous intent from the old ‘Jim Crow’ South that she’d tried to escape. In due season, however, Lottie discovers what her heart has always longed for—true purpose and true love. She finds that home is more than just a place. Home is where we are when we finally deal with our issues. And, yes, miracles do happen! $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: On Herring Cove Road
April 3, 2015 By
Mr. Rosen is broken, and soon he will be more so. His wife, who has led her thirty-year converted introverted husband through life, is dying. She has done all that she can to simplify his world by downsizing their life through the purchase of a smaller home, the selling of their business and taking care of the plans for her funeral. What she didn’t plan was them living next door to a racist whose son call’s the couple Mr. and Mrs. Jew. Free on Kindle.
Enter & Delete
April 1, 2015 By
Saul Poliakov is caught in an unsalvageable marriage that is slowly dragging him, his wife Fay, and their daughter into a morass of depression and self-doubt. His obsession with Nataly, the only woman he truly ever loved and whose sudden and inexplicable disappearance in the past still haunts him, lies at the root of his problems. The novel that Saul is writing lays unfinished as he realizes his work, his marriage, his life cannot move on until he solves the mystery of Nataly’s vanishing. So he sets out in earnest to find her. Find out what happens in Enter & Delete. $0.99 on Kindle.
Hiraeth Phoenix
March 30, 2015 By
How often do things end in life and you wish for just one more conversation, one chance to say what you needed to say, ask what has been burning in your heart, and hear the other side of what it was really like, who you really were? Poetry, prose and essays take you through the journey of Hiraeth and Phoenix. They choose to give each other the gift of the other side of the story and what follows is a dialogue that cuts to the core of the reality they created and called their own. $0.99 on Kindle.
Kindle Daily Deal: Up to 80% Off Best-Selling Authors
March 28, 2015 By
Private Down Under by James Patterson and many other mysteries, thrillers, romance and women’s fiction novels are on sale today only (3/28/2015) for upto 80% off. Shop the sale.
Free: Reflections and Tails
March 26, 2015 By
This illustrated collection contains 11 short stories reflecting pieces of life touched by animals. Free on Kindle.
Hope Street
March 24, 2015 By
Set in Liverpool and London, the novel covers five decades in the lives of two very different women, beginning in the 60’s.
The way she started out, Katrina Grayefsky was all set to conquer the world. But she’s pressured into a wealthy but unhappy marriage, and soon embarks on a series of unhappy affairs. Anya Sobell is Katrina’s best friend, and it is through her eyes that Katrina’s life is further revealed. Anya tries to help Katrina to achieve her ambition to become a celebrity author by introducing her friend, Rachel Faulkner, herself a highly successful journalist. From then on, the three women carry on a complex friendship involving confidences, shared experiences and withheld information. Katrina and Anya weather difficult marriages, scandal and betrayal, illness and tragedy only to meet once again in the place that saw the beginning of it all, but with some secrets left to be revealed.
The Pitcher
March 21, 2015 By
A boy with a golden arm, but no money for lessons. A mother who wants to give her son his dream before she dies. A broken down World Series pitcher who cannot go on after the death of his wife. These are the elements of The Pitcher. A story of a man at the end of his dream and a boy whose dream is to make his high school baseball team. In the tradition of The Natural and The Field of Dreams, this is a mythic story about how a man and a boy meet in the crossroads of their life and find a way to go on. You will laugh and you will cry as The Pitcher and Ricky prepare for the ultimate try out of life. $2.99 on Kindle.
The Misremembered Man
March 21, 2015 By
Customer review: “Don’t miss this wonderful book. The author paints a moving picture of life in Ireland, but it’s done with such humor and attention to detail that it’s a story that will stay with you for a long time.” This book is a Kindle Daily Deal and is $1.99 today only (3/21/2015).
Off the Reservation
March 20, 2015 By
This uproarious comic novel explores modern presidential politics and asks whether honesty can find a place within it. When Congressman Evan Gorgoni of Indiana, fed up with Washington, retires from Congress, he does so with such stunning honesty that he is drafted to run for president. If he’s going to do it, he’s going to do it as no one has done it before. “Off the Reservation” is just $0.99 on Kindle.
Shakespeare Resumed (Poems)
March 19, 2015 By
In revisiting various plays of Shakespeare the author’s response has been to write a total of 55 ternacci, 34 of which are based solely on the play Macbeth. The ternacci is a fixed form poem of three lines with a syllabic count of 8-5-3. This ebook also includes a tutorial on writing the ternacci. Free on Kindle.
Free: 22 Inches of Rain
March 13, 2015 By
In the suffocating January darkness, Edward Connor III is fighting his demons. Obsessed with all of life’s unanswered questions, his distressed brain is running so fast that his body is unable to shut down and rest. He has reached a terrifying stage of chronic insomnia, and his deep confusion is slaughtering the last hints of a smile from his face. This suspense novel is free on Kindle.
Free: Baptisms & Dogs: Stories
March 12, 2015 By
This regional story collection is set in the hills of southern Kentucky. The distasteful and repentant are seen in glimpses living alongside one another in modern-day Appalachia. Their actions showcase the good, the bad, and the ugly inside 12 unique stories. It would be best compared to Pinckney Benedict’s “Townsmokes” collection in West Virginia. Free on Kindle.
Free: A Family Affair
March 7, 2015 By
A woman discovers her dead father kept a secret family hundreds of miles away and visited them four days a month – for fourteen years! Determined to understand and unearth the truth behind her father’s actions, she visits the town, meets the people, and begins to question which ‘family’ is the real one. A Family Affair is Book One of The Truth in Lies series. Free on Kindle.
According to Luke
March 4, 2015 By
Neither Jana Hayes nor the handsome priest who brings her a mysterious icon to restore can believe the professor’s suggestion. Saint Luke was not a man? How many alternatives does that leave? They look in each other’s eyes in astonishment, finding there not only the suggestion of a mystery about an evangelist’s identity and gender, but also the seeds of attraction. A multi-layered cultural thriller with romantic undertones. $0.99 on Kindle.
Fiction: “because”
February 21, 2015 By
Robert was a man living the dream. He was an adventurer and a mountain climber. His day job was to bring joy to at-risk kids. He was blessed with a beautiful wife and daughter who complete him. But an accident soon leaves Robert disabled, and he can’t seem to help himself off the edge of a cliff, jeopardizing his career, his marriage, and himself.
“because” takes readers on a journey to find a way to once again Believe. ($0.99 on Kindle)
Free: “It Be Like That Sometimes”
February 16, 2015 By
Sally relives her life through her journal that she has been keeping for ten years. Along the way she reveals the love of her life is incarcerated. What happens next leaves her torn between the man she loves and reality! Betrayal, loyalty, lies and deceit are all put to test. Who will she choose? Free on Kindle.
hole searching
February 11, 2015 By
You should be aware of holes you never know what’s inside or who needs help getting out. Readers of plays, dramas and short stories might be interested in “hole searching.” $0.99 on Kindle.
Yellow Crocus
February 8, 2015 By
Moments after Lisbeth is born, she’s taken from her mother and handed over to an enslaved wet nurse, Mattie, a young mother separated from her own infant son in order to care for her tiny charge. Thus begins an intense relationship that will shape both of their lives for decades to come. Though Lisbeth leads a life of privilege, she finds nothing but loneliness in the company of her overwhelmed mother and her distant, slave-owning father. As she grows older, Mattie becomes more like family to Lisbeth than her own kin and the girl’s visits to the slaves’ quarters—and their lively and loving community—bring them closer together than ever. But can two women in such disparate circumstances form a bond like theirs without consequence? This deeply moving tale of unlikely love traces the journey of these very different women as each searches for freedom and dignity.
