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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Free Ebooks

Here's a heads-up about some free ebooks currently offered by Amazon Kindle. If you don't own a Kindle, there are Kindle Apps available for PC, iPhone/iPod Touch, Blackberry, and coming soon, Mac. These apps are free, and take only seconds to download. If you're reading off a computer, it makes the contrast easier on your eyes, pages turn with a click, and saves to the last page read. I have a Kindle, but still downloaded the Kindle for PC. Once you own a book, you can download to extra devices at no charge, even if the book was free.


Inspirational Fiction:

Take One (Above the Line series, book #1) by Karen Kingsbury.
4.5 stars
Could they change the world---before the world changes them? Filmmakers Chase Ryan and Keith Ellison left the mission field of Indonesia for the mission field of Hollywood with a dream bigger than both of them. Now they have done the impossible: raised enough money to produce a feature film with a message that could change the world. But as Chase and Keith begin shooting, their well-laid plans begin to unravel. With millions of dollars on the line, they make a desperate attempt to keep the film from falling apart---even as a temperamental actress, a botched production schedule, and their own insecurities leave little room for the creative and spiritual passion that once motivated them. Was God really behind this movie after all? A chance meeting and friendship with John Baxter could bring the encouragement they need to stay on mission and produce a movie that will actually change people's lives. In the midst of the questions and the cameras, is it possible to keep things above the line and make a movie unlike anything done before---or is the risk too great for everyone?
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=take+one+by+karen+kingsbury&sprefix=Take+one


A Bride Most Begrudging by Deeanne Gist
4 stars
When Lady Constance Morrow finds herself held against her will aboard a ship bound for the American colonies?a ship filled with "tobacco brides" and felons she is quite sure that as soon as she arrives she will find a reasonable man who will believe her father is an earl and send her back on the next ship to England. Instead she meets Drew O'Connor, a determined Colonial farmer who is nearly as headstrong as she is. Drew wins Constance as his bride but soon realizes he has taken on much more than he bargained for
http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Most-Begrudging-A-ebook/dp/B002MT2EL0/ref=pd_ts_kinc_2?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text


The Someday List by (Jubilant Soul series, book #1) by Stacy Hawkins Adams
4.5 stars
Rachelle Covington has it all. A fabulous home, a handsome and prestigious husband, two beautiful children, and a place in the upper crust that's quite comfortable. But her life is not all it's cracked up to be. When her husband goes away on business trip and the kids are sent off to the grandparents for a month, Rachelle takes up the challenge of a dying friend to start a list of things to do before she dies. She heads back to Jubilant, Texas, to reconnect with her past, her purpose, and herself. But when her ex shows up in town looking very fine and very single, Rachelle must confront feelings she thought she'd long buried. Will she give up everything to recover the past? Or will she find a reason to plan for the future? The Someday List is an honest look at what makes us who we are and what can throw us off track. Author Stacy Hawkins Adams writes with a voice that is fresh, sincere, and completely real. Her characters jump off the page and into her readers' hearts.
http://www.amazon.com/Someday-List-Jubilant-Soul-ebook/dp/B0028Y5WR2/ref=pd_ts_kinc_10?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text


Sushi for One by Cami Tang
4.5 stars
Lex Sakai is a 30-year-old single Asian-American volleyball coach whose control-freak grandmother is determined to fix her up with a man. Lex is more passionate about making a prestigious volleyball team than dating one of her grandmother's candidates. Although a secret in Lex's past makes romance difficult, she has a six-point list from the biblical book of Ephesians detailing the godly man she wants. Disaster, of course, is right around the corner.
http://www.amazon.com/Sushi-One-1-ebook/dp/B000SF02NC/ref=pd_ts_kinc_4?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text

Historical Fiction:

Booth's Sister by Jane Singer
3.5 stars
"My brother killed Abraham Lincoln. That is my weight, my shame. While he remained at large, I was held captive in my home. I should have told the soldiers who came with guns drawn and bayonets at the ready this true thing: I might have stopped him, for I harbored him and kept his secrets. I was a pie safe locked tight and guilty as he." Asia Booth Clarke was twenty-nine years old and pregnant when Union soldiers and Federal detectives stormed her Philadelphia home in search of her assassin-brother. John Wilkes Booth's older sister had grown up in one of America's most notoriously troubled but spectacularly acclaimed acting families. "Johnny" and Edwin, her handsome brothers, were the matinee idols of the era. When John Wilkes Booth's crime left the nation in furious mourning and the Booth family under a dark cloud of accusation, it was Asia who bore the brunt. Booth's Sister was inspired by Asia Booth Clarke's personal memoirs. Author, Civil War scholar and storyteller Jane Singer has masterfully imagined the family dynamics and intimate dilemmas that led to one of America's most fateful crimes and left a sister's life in shambles.
http://www.amazon.com/Booths-Sister-ebook/dp/B0038JCW4C/ref=pd_ts_kinc_5?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text


Hide in Plain Sight by Marta Perry
3.5 stars
"Please God, if you're listening, keep Rachel safe." She couldn't turn her back on her family in their time of need. So when her sister was injured, financial expert Andrea Hampton traded the big city for Amish country to help turn her grandmother's house into an inn. But life with the Plain People took a treacherous turn when a string of accidents and pranks threatened her family. Someone didn't want the secrets the old house harbored to come to light. Trusting anyone-even the handsome carpenter who seemed so genuine-was a battle for Andrea, but her life depended on her ability to find the truth.
http://www.amazon.com/Hide-in-Plain-Sight-ebook/dp/B001R4GNT0/ref=pd_ts_kinc_19?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text

Suspense:

Primitive byMark Nykanen
3.5 stars
A neo-primitive cult, possessing secret government documents filled with terrifying information about global warming, kidnaps a famous fashion model and holds her hostage, forcing her to act as their spokesperson. As time runs out, her estranged daughter allies with a dangerous activist group to rescue her, while battling dark agendas from the government and Big Oil.
http://www.amazon.com/Primitive-ebook/dp/B002YNSDGY/ref=pd_ts_kinc_1?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text

This is a small sampling of books being offered for free. The list is constantly changing, and most classics are always available for free. The best way to find free books on Kindle is to look through the Bestsellers list. The is actually a list of the most downloaded books, and offering a book for free is quite an incentive for bumping up the number of downloads, usually resulting in the book ending up on this list.

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