Free Books 2/20/12

Free Kindle books that I downloaded:

Bridger by Megan Curd

• Ashlyn McVean doesn’t believe in fairy tales. That is, until Ashlyn is thrown into the crosshairs of grudges her grandmother created long ago. After finding out she is one of two people able to cross between faerie realms, Ashlyn is faced with trying to understand her abilities, along with navigating a new relationship with her boyfriend, Liam. As if being on a centuries old hit list and dealing with crazed pixies isn’t enough, her new abilities mean trouble for Liam. Knowing her new life puts everyone she loves in danger, Ashlyn must decide what’s most important in her life between friends, family, love, and ultimately, realms.

Loveless by Jennifer Marko

• This isn’t your ordinary quaint little town, but she’s your typical girl next door. Loveless has been the best kept secret for over three hundred years, but that’s about to change. Founded by a group of gypsies on the run for murder in the heart of Ontario, Loveless has been unchanged and home to a quirky, yet mysterious, group of people. However, seventeen year old Chelsea Hawks is about to change everything. When the Hawks family came to town everyone took notice...but the welcome was worn out before they even got there, and it doesn’t take long for Chelsea to notice. No one seems to like her and she’s plagued with nightmares of a horrific ghost who seems have been following her since the beginning and dark shadows in the woods behind her family’s home. Will Chelsea figure out Loveless’ secret before it’s too late? Will it lead to a terrible end for the young Miss. Hawks?

Free Books 2/19/12

Free Kindle books that I downloaded:
 Alone in the Dark: Three Short Novels (in one book) by Aaron Polson:

• Alone in the Dark collects three short novels, available together for a limited time.
  The House Eaters: Nick Gillingham knew moving before his senior year would suck... but he never imagined a nightmare like Broughton’s Hollow. It’s bad enough Nick hears disembodied voices after moving near “the House”—a crumbling relic with a sinister past. But then the local football team decides to make him their new tackling dummy, the queen of the school starts manipulating him for her own nefarious purposes, and his parents’ marriage falls apart. When Nick’s elderly neighbor hints whatever lurks within “the House” might be the cause of his troubles, he sets out to uncover the truth behind the local Indian legend of the “Eating Monster.” Nick will to have to rely on a band of social outcasts from school—and his loony kid sister—to put his life and family back together again. But even if he survives a close encounter with “the House,” Nick will still need to find a date for the homecoming dance.
  Smoke: A Supernatural Thriller After losing his parents in a tragic car accident, all seventeen-year-old Tucker Ellison wants to do is rebuild his life. Relocating to small town Springdale to live with his uncle and his sister, Phoebe, he soon learns that his life will never be normal again. Mysterious murders and eerie ghost trains haunt the town. Seeking answers, Tucker turns to art class weirdo Ellen, a girl who can see into the shadows and find the truth lurking beneath the surface in an otherwise sleepy town. Together they discover horrors that threaten not only their lives, but also those of the people they hold most dear.
  We are the Monsters: While cruising a dark country road late one Saturday night, five high school friends accidentally kill an old drunk. Hiding the body is easy. Lying about what happened is even easier. But lies have a way of breeding Monsters in Springdale, Kansas, and the Monsters have come to play. Alone in the Dark collects more than 128,000 words of supernatural fiction.

The Safeguard by Diana Wilder:

•  Miss Lavinia Wheeler had watched as her world had been torn apart over the course of the past three years. When the Civil War came to her doorstep, her generosity in opening her house as a hospital brought a change in her life far beyond any blessing she could have dreamed of or asked for.

Unbound (The Guardian Legacies) by Emily Goodwin:

• The world of ghosts and spirits is nothing new to eighteen year old Anora Benson; she’s spent her whole life trying to ignore them, trying to be normal. But when a group of ancient bounty hunters are sent after her, Anora realizes she is more than just a medium.As a witch she has power, power she doesn’t know how to use, power that makes her vulnerable to the demons that desire her gifts. Anora is alone and scared, forced to face the darkness own her own. Then she meets Ethan, a mysterious boy who shows up in her life right along with the magic, and he seems to know quite a bit about her and her legacy Coven. Will she risk everything by trusting him, or risk fighting alone?

 Ashlyn's Radio by Heather Doherty and Norah Wilson:

•  When her mother is hospitalized after a mental breakdown, Ashlyn is crushed to have to leave Toronto to go live with her grandmother in Prescott Junction, Maine, where nothing happens. Nothing except for the ghost train that rolls through on the rusted lines on dark nights – the one the townsfolk pretend not to hear as it comes to claim troubled, lost souls. Ashlyn scoffs at the idea ... until she witnesses it herself, with its evil, seductive conductor and the wailing of souls trapped on board. The string of unexplained deaths by the tracks throughout the village's history (Ashlyn's father included, before she was even born) lends credence to the tale. As frightened as she is at the conductor’s pull, more terror awaits when the antique radio in her grandmother’s basement comes to life. Ashlyn’s grandmother tells her the radio is a Caverhill curse, and can’t be destroyed or discarded. It keeps coming back, and it keeps broadcasting "reports" of events yet to happen. Her grandmother begs her to stay away from the radio, but Ashlyn cannot help but listen. And to her horror, it tells her she is bound to board the ghost train. Ashlyn will need the help of her newfound friends – the troubled Rachel and the very sexy Caden – if she is going to get through the coming horrors with her sanity intact and her soul unclaimed.

Free Books 2/16/12

Free books that I downloaded for my Kindle:

The Mysteries of FRAU MARIA by Artiom Tarasov

• “The Mysteries of ‘Frau Maria’ is a historical mystery novel based on the true story about the Dutch ship ‘Frau Maria’ which sank in 1771 when carrying antique valuables and paintings by Dutch artists bought under order from Catherine the Great for the Hermitage collection. 238 years later “Frau Maria” is discovered 41 meters under the sea in Finnish territorial waters. Anna Tomilina, the owner of an information agency, is trying to use the discovery to organise a sponsored international PR campaign. Mystical events surrounding this story start happening to Anna’s family. The events in the novel develop simultaneously in two different periods: in the 18th century and nowadays while inter-twisting across time and distance in the most fascinating way. The mysterious girl Anna Belle, who lived in 1771 and the ghost of the Dutch Manor are encouraging and helping Anna Tomilina raise the sunken ship from the bottom. Yet, the centuries-lasting battle between good and evil attempts to destroy all evidence and everyone involved. It is only Anna Belle, the young girl living in a different century, who is able to stand against the ultimate force. Only she can save her beloved Count Shuvalov and Gerrit Braamkamp, her dear grandfather and a famous art collector from death, which was planned by no one other than Baron Natas Reficul. The Baron's name, when read backwards, leaves no doubt to his intentions…The adventures of Anna Belle and Count Andrei Shuvalov continue in the 18th century in Holland and the Baltic Sea, as well as in Heaven and Hell – their paths are connected with their eternal love. The mystery of Frau Maria is about to be solved by Anna Tomilina and her husband Rinat, who witness strange and spooky events occurring in their lives from the first day when they bought the ruined manor of Vice-Admiral Braamkamp near St. Petersburg.

Preordained (Preodrained Series #1) by Kelly Libsack

• Left alone in this world when her father dies, eighteen-year-old Faith Beshert learns that he took an ancient truth to his grave, a truth that would have explained the history of her bloodline and the role it plays in a wager between God and Satan.  
Faith isn't spiritual or religious. In-fact she doesn't believe in any of it. However, when two angels disguised as gorgeous young men enter her life and steal her heart, she's exposed to the existence of the other side and a responsibility she's meant to fulfill.

Free Books 2/14/12

Free Kindle Books that I downloaded:

The Templar's Seduction (Templar Knights) by Mary Reed McCall

• Captured by a powerful English lord and sentenced to hang for murder, errant Templar Knight Sir Alexander de Ashby has little left in the world to care for, and nothing left to lose. In a last-minute reprieve, his captors offer him an unorthodox chance for survival...a bargain like nothing he had ever fathomed. He must agree to impersonate the Earl of Marston, a Scottish sympathizer who died after years in English custody – a man to whom Alex bears an uncanny resemblance. Only by infiltrating Marston’s border castle and spying for the English, will Alex gain his freedom. But first he must convince the people that he is their master returned...and the earl’s beautiful Scottish bride that his rightful place is in her bed. Having been but newly wed when her husband was taken, Lady Elizabeth is overjoyed that rumors of his death after long captivity were false—even as she is startled and then seduced by the passionate man who has seemingly come home to her. Though he is different in some ways from the husband she had known before, Beth suppresses her doubts, welcoming the roguish “earl” back into her heart. Little does she know that the handsome imposter intends to vanish once his mission is complete. And yet escape may prove impossible for him, even after his secret is revealed, for now it is Alexander who has been bewitched by this proud, remarkable lady…until he desires nothing more than to live—and die if he must—to protect and cherish her in return. For she has become his reason to survive, her glorious love sustaining and helping him redeem the sins of a lifetime, as he surrenders himself heart and soul to her in...

What You Wish For by Catherine Winchester

• Carrie Preston is desperately trying to stand up to her pushy family and failing badly. When her favourite aunt dies she retreats into her favourite book, Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South, only to find herself suddenly stuck in that story and seriously messing with her favourite romance of all time! When Carrie's kooky aunt bequeaths her a pair of amethyst earrings in her will and says that they will grant her her hearts desire, she has no idea that she will end up in the middle of the 19th century, slap bang in the middle of her favourite book. With nothing but the clothes on her back and her rucksack, she is taken in by the Hale family and soon finds herself living in the dirty, smoky industrial town of Milton.  The only bright spot on the horizon is that she gets to meet the romantic hero of the story, John Thornton but it's not long before he starts setting his sights on her rather than Margaret Hale! Far from living her dream, she is appalled to realise that she is about to destroy the greatest romance since Elizabeth Bennett met Mr Darcy!

Gatekeeper (Phantom Lovers, Book One) by Debra Glass

• Evil shadow ghosts known as soul collectors haunted her childhood nightmares, so Nashville PD criminal profiler, Jillian Drew, did everything possible to turn her back on her psychic abilities. But now her eccentric sister has been abducted and nothing in her criminology background has prepared Jillian for that tragedy - or for Benton Smith, the powerful and devastatingly attractive ghost of a Civil War officer and the only witness to Amy's abduction. Fearful of the brazen specter, Jillian nevertheless needs him. Benton is her Gatekeeper, a spirit sworn to protect her from the soul collectors, who attack each time she unleashes her long-dormant psychic senses in an attempt to find her sister. Yet she must somehow keep the devilishly seductive spirit at arm's length, for Benton's soul is at stake - and succumbing to his desires could have dangerous consequences for them both.

Daughter of Deception (Family Lies) by Kara Thorpe

• Daddy’s little girl.That’s what clairvoyant Viola Ashwood has been her entire life. She wouldn’t mind quite so much if her father hadn’t been possessed by a powerful demon nearly a decade earlier. After recovering from a tragic confrontation with Daddy Dearest, Viola wants nothing more than to get back in to the federally-funded, but privately run, demon-hunting Network. Duke, her brother’s ex-best friend and the guy she’s crushed on since she was six, stands in her way. As Network regional head, Duke’s got plenty of reasons for keeping Viola out of his region, and that’s before he considers the fact that her father’s on the Network’s most wanted list. Just when Duke grudgingly allows Viola into the Network, her father - still possessed and more obsessed with Viola than ever - reappears. While trying to stay one step ahead of the demon, Viola struggles to overcome fears about her surprise demonic heritage while learning to control her new abilities - especially the one that has her raising zombie squirrels in the middle of the afternoon. Together, Duke and Viola deal with dangerous demons, centuries of family secrets, and a mysterious link that may bind them for life. Book One of the Family Lies Series

Sterling Redmond by Kim Nathan

• Set in Gilded Age America, a young woman must choose between circumstance and destiny. Orphaned as small children, Sterling Redmond and her older sister Charlotte are raised by their grandfather at the family’s Maryland country estate of Northampton. Charlotte blossoms into a famed Baltimore beauty, but Sterling is more interested in books and horseback riding than feminine pursuits. Concerned that her niece will never find a suitable husband among the local Baltimore gentry, Madame De Chant whisks Sterling away to Belle Époque Paris in search of a gentleman who can understand her. In their absence, Nicholas Pembroke, the son of an English earl, takes up residence in the manor bordering Northampton. When Sterling and her aunt return to America for Charlotte’s wedding, Sterling finds that her perfect husband is living right next door. But there is a problem: he is already engaged to marry Charlotte.

One True Love (A Regency Romance) by Lisa Follett

• Lord William Prescott is in want of a wife. Unfortunately, the lady he wants is betrothed. Miss Cassandra Chambers simply cannot understand her attraction to Lord William. After all, she is supposed to be in love with Mr. Miles Parker. In a scandalous twist of fate, Cassie's future changes when Lord William rides to her rescue, saves her from ruin, and makes her his wife.When William comes to believe Cassie's heart may always belong to another, he is determined to lock away his own. If only he could lock away his desire for his One True Love.

The Unwilling Bride by Candy-Ann Little

• Beautiful and high-spirited Caitlin Gallagher has no desire to be married. When she’s forced into an arranged marriage, she vows to loathe the man. Her anger is kindled even more when she finds out he was born in England. Her family was forced to flee Ireland and move to America because of the war with England. Now this Englishman is stripping her freedom away. Dillon Cade is her enemy twice! Gentle Dillon Cade has lived a quiet life for thirteen years in Norfolk, Virginia. When he agrees to marry a young maiden so she can stay in America while her parents are deported back to Ireland, he gets more than he bargains for. As he uses his newspaper to fight President Adams’ sedition acts and help Thomas Jefferson get elected, he must also deal with an unwilling bride, who now disturbs his peaceful life. Can Caitlin work through her anger, finding faith in God and love in Dillon’s arms? Can Dillon tolerate her behavior long enough to win her trust?

Free Books 2/12/12

Free books I downloaded to my Kindle:

Bound (Book#1 Arelia LaRue) YA Paranormal (The Arelia LaRue Series) by Kira Saito

• Sixteen year old Arelia La Rue lives in New Orleans where the music is loud, voodoo queens inhabit every street corner, and the ghosts are alive and well. Despite her surroundings, all she wants is to help her Grand-mere Bea pay the rent and save up for college.When her best friend Sabrina convinces her to take a well-paying summer job at the infamous Darkwood plantation, owned by the wealthy LaPlante family, Arelia agrees. However, at Darkwood strange things start to happen, and gorgeous Lucus LaPlante insists that he needs her help. Soon, the powers that Arelia has been denying all her life, come out to play and she discovers mysteries about herself that she could have never imagined.

The 13th Witch by Stacey Thompson-Geer

• My name is Lucy and I was normal once. When I turned 18, everything changed. I found out I was a witch. Add in the hot guy that's been sent to protect me and we have a whole new set of problems. Now I have to save the world and myself while trying to figure out this love thing.

Mystery of the 51st Star (Taylor Kelsey, Mystery 4) by AJ Diaz

• In the most fast-paced Taylor Kelsey mystery yet...Taylor is kidnapped and thrown aboard a helicopter. After several unsuccessful escape attempts, her captors sedate her, and when she wakes up finds herself in the middle of a living nightmare: a mansion where one of the bedrooms looks exactly like hers, where pianos play at random, and where twenty chefs appear in the kitchen from seemingly nowhere. Moreover, all the doors and windows are boarded and locked, and there is no way of escape. Then, she receives a message that if she doesn't escape the house in thirty minutes, she'll die. And that's only the beginning.... Enter if you dare, but be prepared for a wild ride.

Resounding Echo (Angel's Voice Series) by Michelle Louring

• The battlefield of angels and demons is no place for a human. With no memory of her part, Selissa grew up without knowing who or what she was. Her peaceful life ends abruptly, when a strange traveler arrives at the temple where she lives and tells her that everything might not be as it seems. Soon her life is turned upside-down when she realizes that her lost memories hide dark secrets...

(2-pack) Fallen: Beginning and Awake (Survival: Fallen) by Michael Roberts

• Book 1: Vires is a man like no other. In fact, he is not a man at all. He is a Fallen; a creature. Half-angel and half-demon. The power of both worlds. the good in him wants to rid the world of evil. The evil in him strives for power. This is his story...Book 2: This is the continuation of the adventures of "Vires of Lie Cham". The book opens right were the reader was left off. The Cave just outside of the Scorched Lands. Vires has lost all of his memories and so doing all of his powers. He must find away to gain all of it back soon. The Shadow is alive and well and laying waste on the world once more.Vires has several life changing decisions to make. The world gets darker for Vires as his power grows. He wonders if the world of Dynia hates his very existence.

Forever Mine (The Rumor Series) by Delilah Marvelle

• London, 1802Lady Augustine Jane Ascott longs for a man who will do more than offer his hand in marriage. She wants a husband she can trust, someone who will shield her from the darkness of the world. Her heart was broken when her little brother was kidnapped years earlier, and she still carries the pain of his loss. When the handsome Duke of Wentworth makes his feelings for her known, Augustine's past demons warn her away. Besides, every woman in London knows he's devoted to the memory of his late wife. But is it possible he cares for her after all--and that their love can bring them the peace they both crave?

Free Books 2/10/12

Free Kindle Books that I downloaded: 
The Dark Lord (The Greystow Brides) by Karen Keegan:

• Lady Catherine Greystow For her entire life, Catherine Greystow has lived as a servant in her Aunt and Uncle's home. With her mother having died and her father having abandoned her, she has been left at their mercy for the last sixteen years. Then, on her twentieth birthday, a dark and dangerous stranger shows up at her door. It is none other than the rakish Jonathan Thornley, an English Viscount who announces that he was sent by her father, The Duke of Lancaster, to collect her. With no choice but to trust him, Catherine agrees to leave her Aunt's home, to accept her place as one of the wealthiest heiresses in England. But Catherine's joyful reunion with her father is short-lived. The Duke is soon murdered and it becomes clear that the person who killed him now wants Catherine dead. Catherine must be careful who she trusts—so much so that when Count Thornley insists it was her father's deathbed wish that she and Thornley marry immediately, Catherine must decide whether the Count lusts for her or her fortune. Count Jonathan Thornley For as long as he can remember, Jonathan Thornley has resented the daughter of Duke Greystow—the cousin who raised him. He thinks Catherine a silly girl, content with receiving his cousin's fortune but refusing to see the man himself. When asked by his dying cousin to retrieve the girl, he crosses the Atlantic to collect the selfish, spoiled brat. But when he arrives in the States he is surprised to find not a bratty child but an unspoiled woman, as unaware of her fortune as she is of her beauty. He resists his attraction to her and brings her home, only to recognize that his cousin's illness is no accident. With the knowledge that someone wanted the Duke dead comes the realization that they now want Catherine dead as well. To remove her from their reach, Jonathan must marry her. But to do so, he must make her believe that he loves her and not her fortune—before it is too late.

Meeting Destiny (Destiny Series-Book 1) by Nancy Straight:

• Lauren is visited in her dreams for years by a stranger claiming to be her destiny. Destiny becomes reality when paths cross during a failed robbery attempt. Lauren and the stranger experience chemistry like no other and now her doubt over her long time relationship with her high school sweetheart is not her only secret…someone else knows about her keen intuition and sixth sense. A mysterious clairvoyant seeks Lauren out and tells her not only of her life now but what the future may hold. Soon Lauren is in the middle of a murder investigation and a questionable friendship with the key suspect. Law enforcement, friends and family are concerned for Lauren but unfortunately they are unaware of the true danger…Sinister forces are at work and will stop at nothing to destroy Lauren’s abilities.

Shadows to Light (Shadows of Justice) by Regan Black:

• A supernatural healer, Mira escapes a trial of her peers only to be sent on an impossible mission: Rescue her scientist father from a madman who's using him to create bio-weapons. But she's no spy. On her own, with no real clues, she isn't sure where to turn. Part of a covert task force searching for a missing government scientist, Jameson is tasked with staring at a laboratory building day in and day out. The boredom is overwhelming until Mira, a woman he cannot forget, shows up in a place she should never be. Forced together by circumstance, Mira and Jameson enter an adventure that will push them to their limits - and quite possibly beyond.

The Pendant by Mirella Sichirollo Patzer:

• A medieval tale of murder, desperation, and true love! A lost ancient treasure. A 100 year family feud. And a woman with a passion richer than the bloodstone pendant she wears around her neck. In medieval Italy, as spirited and stalwart as any man, the brazen Contessa Morena is betrothed to the impoverished, black-hearted Count Ernesto, a man desperate to escape his mounting gambling debts by marrying her and laying claim to the ancient treasure secreted somewhere in the underbelly of her castle. Morena meets her match when Amoro, the handsome and brash heir to the Duchy of Genoa, who swears an oath upon his father's grave to claim her as his bride and end the feud between their families. Soon, Amoro's virile charm awakens the passion in her steadfast heart. But a treacherous plot ensnares them; Ernesto abducts Morena and renders Amoro helpless. Embroiled in a life-and-death chase, Morena learns that not even the devious madness of her captor can destroy her love for Amoro as their hearts unite and their destinies become one.

 Gold Fever - A Time Travel Romance by Emma Daniels:

• GOLD FEVER TOOK AUSTRALIA BY STORM DURING THE 1850s. IMAGINE GOING BACK IN TIME KNOWING WHERE THE GOLD WAS FOUND. THIS IS ADRIAN O'SHEA’S DILEMMA. HIS KNOWLEDGE MIGHT JUST JEAPORDISE HIS ENTIRE FUTURE EXISTENCE. Adrian O’Shea has just had the worst day of his life. Not only has his fience dumped him, his business has gone bankrupt. AND he finds himself 150 years in the past, taking the place of his great, great grandfather of the same name.Adrian soon learns that he has been returned to the past to fix up the mess his forefather was making of his life. The original Adrian O’Shea was a drunkard, dragging his beautiful wife Cassandra into poverty with him. Cassandra, recovering from a painful miscarriage, begins to see a new side to her husband, a man she’d been close to hating, and wonders if perhaps their marriage might stand a chance after all. But there are people who want Adrian dead. Trying to stay alive becomes as big a struggle for him as trying not to fall in love with the charming and gentle Cassandra, who is, after all, another man’s wife.

 

Innocent Deceptions by Gwyneth Atlee:

• The Truth Can Be The Hardest Thing To TellJune 26, 1862 Charlotte Randolph isn't sure she can go on with her deception, no matter what her brother says or how noble the cause. How can she tell him that it seems her own name has come to mean "liar" and "traitor"? She is supposed to be a good Southern woman, spying for the Confederate cause, and yet ever since Union soldiers took over her home, it's been difficult to remember that they're the enemy. She knows that Captain Ben Chandler, the general's aide-de-camp, suspects that she has secrets. What if he discovers the truth about little Alexander? What if he finds out that Charlotte's taking information to the Rebels? And what if he realizes that her interest in him is far more than polite? Secretly engaged to three different Union officers, it's impossible to deny--she has fallen in love with the only one who can destroy her... Deep, Dark and Dangerous: a paranormal romance novella

Free books 2/8/12

Free books that I downloaded from Amazon for my Kindle: Drinking Life (Keeper of the Water) by Kevin George:

• Nia Ammo only wants to win the field hockey state championship. But it's not the other team she has to worry about stopping her - it's the two soldiers in ancient battle armor who attack during the game! Nia has always bee a little quicker, a little stronger, a little more agile than everyone else. She quickly learns that hand-to-hand combat is another skill she possesses... The attack makes headlines and causes her parents to uproot the family business and move cross-country during her senior year. It's not an easy adjustment and before long she finds herself in the middle of another physical altercation, this time with the entire boy's lacrosse team. But a mysterious stranger named John Leon shows up to help and starts Nia's life on an uncontrollable spiral she never imagined.... On the night of her eighteenth birthday, she begins to dream about being another person in another life. The dreams grow increasingly frequent-and increasingly clear-and she begins to question everything about her life, from who she really is, to who she really was, to whether her parents are who they claim to be... Nia unexpectedly finds herself falling for John but has fierce competition for his affection. Cassie is her neighbor and the daughter of her parents' business partner. She's selfish and ruthless and shallow and John seems like he can't stand her. But he also can't say no to her... John knows something about Nia's past and the dreams she's been having but getting the information from him might turn deadly...

Awakening (The Watchers Trilogy) by Karice Bolton:

• Alone in snowy, remote Whistler village, Ana tries to build a new life since losing her parents. With a cozy condo, a sweet-faced bulldog and an evening job to leave the days free for slopes, life slips into a great routine. If only she could shake the guilt for not remembering anything about her parents and banish the night terrors that haunt her every dream. On a whim, Ana goes out with Athen, a guy she's just met in the Grizzly Pub...The only problem is that she feels like she already knows him. Within 48 hours of meeting Athen and his family, Ana's world implodes. She falls for Athen quickly and before she knows it, a past life begins to resurface. As thrilling as the revelations appear at first, she fights against the chilling information that Athen is from the underworld. Soon she begins to struggle as her own supernatural gifts are slowly unveiled, and she realizes that the nightmares she's been having might be premonitions and not dreams at all. It is up to Ana to Decipher between fact and fiction before it is too late, and her new love, Athen, follows in her same fate-on that is lost between two worlds.

Cruelty of the Nobles--Historical Romance by Kevin Peters, Rose Stoneman, and Robert Wiseman:

• Historical romance. Caught in the age of peasant, surf, and cruelty of the nobles even in the new land of Unalaska, Ekaterine is sent to Russia to bring home a husband. She brings not only a wealthy husband, but one of the highest nobility.

Free Books 2/6/2012

Free Kindle books that I downloaded today:

• Catherine Mists of Time by Romanie Brooke

When Catherine and David Hammond move into their 18th century built dream house, Catherine couldn’t be happier. That is, until strange events start to happen, blurring the timeline between the present and the past. When the past and present collide Catherine is drawn into a world far beyond her understanding, posing the question – is it possible to return to a life already lived?

•  Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Niki Slobodian) by J. L. Murray

 

Niki Slobodian was born with a gift. She can see things that aren’t supposed to be there. Ghosts, spirits, apparitions. That’s how she landed on the Registry. Now she can’t work or she’ll end up the same place as her father. In prison. But with no money coming in, Niki’s getting desperate. But when a mysterious client gets her off the Registry in exchange for taking his case, Niki jumps at the chance. And all she has to do is round up a homicidal Dark that’s escaped from Hell. With the murders piling up, and Niki’s notorious father somehow involved, Niki’s running out of time. With nonstop action, mystery and suspense, J.L. Murray crafts a taut story with elements of old-fashioned noir, intertwined with rich characters and crackling dialogue. Between the Devil delivers, leaving you breathless, yet still wanting more.

• Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance (The After Cilmeri Series) by Sarah Woodbury

A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike … A modern woman with a troubled past, Meg’s life is in tatters when she slips through time and into medieval Wales … Only by working together can Meg and Llywelyn navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales–and create their own history that defies the laws of time. Daughter of Time is a stand-alone prequel to the After Cilmeri series. Other books include Footsteps in Time and Prince of Time. Book Three, Crossroads in Time is coming in the summer of 2012.

Free Book 2/4/2012

Free Kindle books that I downloaded today are:

• Cave of Forlorn (The Shabb Series) by R. C. Rutter

The King is dying. Demons have slowly taken over and their last task is to kill the King. For the kingdom to survive, the prophecy must be fulfilled; the daughter must be summoned. The King is reluctant because his first daughter was killed by assassins. Hidden away since before her birth, the King's daughter has no idea of her true identity. Gweneviere, a local girl, known for her innocence, charm and honesty, is chosen to find the daughter, give her a locket, and send her to the castle. She reluctantly embarks upon her journey traveling with a few trusted companions and protectors. In her innocence, she is hoping to be home by lunch, after all, it sounds like such an easy task. Wolves are the essence of legend in the Kingdom. Imagine their surprise when the first stranger they meet is a young woman, brandishing two swords and traveling with twelve wolves. The assassins want to kill Gweneviere, the army wants to capture her, the Queen wants to hold her for ransom, cave-dwelling Cerberus wants to eat her, and the Encantado (changeling) can't decide what he wants to do. Then there is the whole matter of the wizard who faked his own death so he could retire in peace. You know he has to get involved in this somehow. Gweneviere must succeed or all is lost. Unfortunately, loyalties sometimes change with the wind.

• Dead World (Dead World Series) by Sebastiene Elston

The ghosts of England have begun to kill the living.... Amber comes home from university to be with her father after he suffers a series of heart attacks. A strange "virus" is sweeping through England, but one night, Amber watches helplessly as a ghost kills her neighbor, and she realizes there is no virus. The government is lying. The fragile economy is collapsing as more and more people get sick, or die. Her parents are near bankruptcy, and Amber's only hope seems to be an eccentric Scotsman who can do nothing but offer her a dangerous job. Then Amber realizes there is a bigger problem. It isn't just the living who are being attacked. One ghost destroys another ghost right in front of her. Will her father's soul be destroyed if he dies?

• Enchantment (A Magical YA Paranormal Romance) by Charlotte Abel

While other girls are wearing push-up bras, Channie Belks is trying to hide the fact she's a witch. Sorta hard to do after her parents slap a chastity curse on her for flirting with "dirty-minded, non-magical, city-boys." She can't even walk by a hot guy without zapping him.  There's a way to break the curse; but one mistake could kill her. It's not worth the risk ... until she meets Josh. Suddenly, the threat of death isn't such a deal-breaker.

• Gifts of the Blood (Angel's Edge) by Vicki Keire

Before her world tilts towards impossible, Caspia Chastain thinks the only strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan knows what she can do. When she draws a man surrounded by brilliant light, dark wings, and frightening symbols, she can only hope the vision won't come true. But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won't explain, she's not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come to Whitfield. They certainly don't follow her around, frightening her one moment and treating her like glass the next. And they certainly don't look exactly like the subject of her most violent drawing.

• I Wish...(The Witches of Desire) by Wren Emerson

All she ever wanted was a chance to settle down in one place. Thistle Nettlebottom knows her life isn't exactly normal. She travels the country with her secretive mother and bestselling author grandmother in a pink RV going from book signings to crazy research trips. She's never been to public school or had a boyfriend, but she can pick a lock and hotwire a car. One day the phone rings and they set a course to a tiny town that's not on any maps. Suddenly, Thistle finds her whole life changing. She's finally found the home she's been searching for. Thistle soon realizes that Desire isn't like other towns and she's not like other girls. The family she trusted has lied to her about everything her entire life and the things she doesn't know about herself could cost her everything. Her legacy as one of the most powerful witches the town has ever seen has made her enemies that have been waiting patiently for a chance to destroy her. Thistle needs to learn to use her powers to protect herself before they succeed. Be careful what you wish for. Thistle has a power unique even among the magic wielding witches of Desire. She can wish things into existence. At first she enjoys the freedom of having everything her heart desires, but she soon realizes that her power comes at a terrible price. She's losing her grip on her sanity at a time when she can't afford any weakness. Her enemies are closing in quickly, but she might not have the strength to save herself.

• Journey of Souls (The Mortality Series) by Melanie S. Pronia

Justine has had the gift of sight since she was a young child, now as a degree carrying parapsychologist, she starts to understand that with every gift there is always a curse. In the novel, Journey of Souls, Justine who is still recovering from the death of her much loved father and the resulting mess of her alcoholic mother starts working as a parapsychologist and discovers a spirit world that she's always known about but has been a bit afraid to explore. Spectrum Industries employees those who share her fascination with a world many choose not believe in. Along the way she falls in love with the companies' gorgeous playboy, Patrick, who happens to be as interested in Justine as he is with her gift. Justine encounters characters both living and dead who influence her life and ideas in fabulous and frightening ways. She quickly becomes Spectrum's most valued employee by being placed is some very vulnerable situations and finds within herself more psychic talent than she ever asked for and in the arms of a wonderful man who has his own ability to show her the ways of life, love and magick. Justine discovers a family secret that her father had always intended for her to learn but her mother has covered up for years. Is that a Witch she sees in the mirror or have there been too many ghosts to blur her vision?

• Poison in the Blood: The Memoirs of Lucrezia Borgia by M. G. Scarsbrook

Lucrezia Borgia fights to save her husband from assasination by her powerful family... 1497, Renaissance Rome: As the teenage daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the Vatican Palace. Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, Lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the Papal Court: in their ruthless quest for power, her father and brother are willing to poison their enemies. Her family are murderers. After discovering that her new husband is next to die, Lucrezia struggles to help him escape from Rome before the assassins strike. Against a barrage of political intrigues, papal spies, and diabolical tricks, Lucrezia uses all her wits to defy her family and save her husband from assassination. But as tragedy looms ever closer, and her plans gradually fail, she finds herself confronting an enemy far more sinister than she ever imagined…

• Summoning by Debi Faulkner

Summoning is based on a “true” Irish witch story in which an evil vicar sells not only his soul but also that of his young servant girl, Meredith, to the devil. After learning the dark craft herself, Meredith finds herself trapped in the demon's shadow when she is accused of witchcraft. It is up to her to find the light and save herself – and those she loves – from the deal.

• Taken (A Magical YA Paranormal Romance) by Charlotte Abel

Bound by love and magic. Betrayed by those they trust. Not everyone survives. Gasp-out-loud action, heart-pounding romance and an OMG ending that leaves you hungry for the next book.

[sequel to Enchantment—see above]

• The Dresskeeper by Mary Naylus

When 13 year old Picky Robson slips into a flouncy old dress from the depths of an old chest and finds herself back in 17th century London, she has no idea she is plunging herself into a dangerous adventure. For in 1685 England, she is Amelia, not Picky. Plus, she is wealthy and beautiful, and even has servants. There's one minor problem, however. Someone is trying to kill Amelia, and by the blood stains she finds on the flouncy dress when she returns to the present, they succeeded.

• The Lady in the Locket (Legacy Trilogy) by Nicole Margot Spencer

The Lady in the Locket is the first novel of the Legacy trilogy. American privateer Richard Tetrault arrives in March 1814 at his family’s plantation on the Rappahannock River in Virginia to find his home in ashes, a sister dead, and his mother kidnapped. A vision of his deceased father accosts him in the midst of that smoking disaster. Yet this is only the beginning of a journey to an understanding of the deadly legacy that threatens everything he is or ever could be. In his search for survivors, the privateer infuses rebellious planter’s daughter Tara Kendall with an intense passion that throws her head-on into the privateer’s dilemma. As this epic story of a man, a woman, and a country at war unfolds, the arrival of the privateer brings to light blackmail that threatens Burton Kendall’s brazen plantation home high above the Rappahannock. He, too, will feel the heat of the privateer’s curse with a personal loss that staggers him.

• The Raven's Revenge by Gina Black

England, 1663 When Katherine Welles saves the life of a highwayman, she realizes he may be the only avenue of escape from a betrothal to her villainous neighbor. But traveling under the protection of a dashing outlaw--who won't ask directions--is anything but safe. Especially when his searing hot kisses awaken a yearning for something Katherine never knew she wanted. Nicholas Montford, the exiled Earl of Ashton, returns to England determined to reclaim his family lands. As a highwayman called the Raven, he takes revenge upon the Puritans who thrived while his family suffered. But when he kidnaps heiress Katherine Welles, thoughts of revenge take second place to kissing her soft lips and teasing the mistrust from her eyes. Can he find redemption in the arms of the woman he plans to betray?

Free Books 2/5/2012

Free Kindle books that I downloaded today are:

• Cave of Forlorn (The Shabb Series) by R. C. Rutter

The King is dying. Demons have slowly taken over and their last task is to kill the King. For the kingdom to survive, the prophecy must be fulfilled; the daughter must be summoned. The King is reluctant because his first daughter was killed by assassins. Hidden away since before her birth, the King's daughter has no idea of her true identity. Gweneviere, a local girl, known for her innocence, charm and honesty, is chosen to find the daughter, give her a locket, and send her to the castle. She reluctantly embarks upon her journey traveling with a few trusted companions and protectors. In her innocence, she is hoping to be home by lunch, after all, it sounds like such an easy task. Wolves are the essence of legend in the Kingdom. Imagine their surprise when the first stranger they meet is a young woman, brandishing two swords and traveling with twelve wolves. The assassins want to kill Gweneviere, the army wants to capture her, the Queen wants to hold her for ransom, cave-dwelling Cerberus wants to eat her, and the Encantado (changeling) can't decide what he wants to do. Then there is the whole matter of the wizard who faked his own death so he could retire in peace. You know he has to get involved in this somehow. Gweneviere must succeed or all is lost. Unfortunately, loyalties sometimes change with the wind.

• Dead World (Dead World Series) by Sebastiene Elston

The ghosts of England have begun to kill the living.... Amber comes home from university to be with her father after he suffers a series of heart attacks. A strange "virus" is sweeping through England, but one night, Amber watches helplessly as a ghost kills her neighbor, and she realizes there is no virus. The government is lying. The fragile economy is collapsing as more and more people get sick, or die. Her parents are near bankruptcy, and Amber's only hope seems to be an eccentric Scotsman who can do nothing but offer her a dangerous job. Then Amber realizes there is a bigger problem. It isn't just the living who are being attacked. One ghost destroys another ghost right in front of her. Will her father's soul be destroyed if he dies?

• Enchantment (A Magical YA Paranormal Romance) by Charlotte Abel

While other girls are wearing push-up bras, Channie Belks is trying to hide the fact she's a witch. Sorta hard to do after her parents slap a chastity curse on her for flirting with "dirty-minded, non-magical, city-boys." She can't even walk by a hot guy without zapping him.  There's a way to break the curse; but one mistake could kill her. It's not worth the risk ... until she meets Josh. Suddenly, the threat of death isn't such a deal-breaker.

• Gifts of the Blood (Angel's Edge) by Vicki Keire

Before her world tilts towards impossible, Caspia Chastain thinks the only strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan knows what she can do. When she draws a man surrounded by brilliant light, dark wings, and frightening symbols, she can only hope the vision won't come true. But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won't explain, she's not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come to Whitfield. They certainly don't follow her around, frightening her one moment and treating her like glass the next. And they certainly don't look exactly like the subject of her most violent drawing.

• I Wish...(The Witches of Desire) by Wren Emerson

All she ever wanted was a chance to settle down in one place. Thistle Nettlebottom knows her life isn't exactly normal. She travels the country with her secretive mother and bestselling author grandmother in a pink RV going from book signings to crazy research trips. She's never been to public school or had a boyfriend, but she can pick a lock and hotwire a car. One day the phone rings and they set a course to a tiny town that's not on any maps. Suddenly, Thistle finds her whole life changing. She's finally found the home she's been searching for. Thistle soon realizes that Desire isn't like other towns and she's not like other girls. The family she trusted has lied to her about everything her entire life and the things she doesn't know about herself could cost her everything. Her legacy as one of the most powerful witches the town has ever seen has made her enemies that have been waiting patiently for a chance to destroy her. Thistle needs to learn to use her powers to protect herself before they succeed. Be careful what you wish for. Thistle has a power unique even among the magic wielding witches of Desire. She can wish things into existence. At first she enjoys the freedom of having everything her heart desires, but she soon realizes that her power comes at a terrible price. She's losing her grip on her sanity at a time when she can't afford any weakness. Her enemies are closing in quickly, but she might not have the strength to save herself.

• Journey of Souls (The Mortality Series) by Melanie S. Pronia

Justine has had the gift of sight since she was a young child, now as a degree carrying parapsychologist, she starts to understand that with every gift there is always a curse. In the novel, Journey of Souls, Justine who is still recovering from the death of her much loved father and the resulting mess of her alcoholic mother starts working as a parapsychologist and discovers a spirit world that she's always known about but has been a bit afraid to explore. Spectrum Industries employees those who share her fascination with a world many choose not believe in. Along the way she falls in love with the companies' gorgeous playboy, Patrick, who happens to be as interested in Justine as he is with her gift. Justine encounters characters both living and dead who influence her life and ideas in fabulous and frightening ways. She quickly becomes Spectrum's most valued employee by being placed is some very vulnerable situations and finds within herself more psychic talent than she ever asked for and in the arms of a wonderful man who has his own ability to show her the ways of life, love and magick. Justine discovers a family secret that her father had always intended for her to learn but her mother has covered up for years. Is that a Witch she sees in the mirror or have there been too many ghosts to blur her vision?

• Poison in the Blood: The Memoirs of Lucrezia Borgia by M. G. Scarsbrook

Lucrezia Borgia fights to save her husband from assasination by her powerful family... 1497, Renaissance Rome: As the teenage daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia is a young noblewoman immersed in all the glamor of the Vatican Palace. Yet after a brutal killing shocks the city, Lucrezia learns that a dark truth lies beneath the surface of the Papal Court: in their ruthless quest for power, her father and brother are willing to poison their enemies. Her family are murderers. After discovering that her new husband is next to die, Lucrezia struggles to help him escape from Rome before the assassins strike. Against a barrage of political intrigues, papal spies, and diabolical tricks, Lucrezia uses all her wits to defy her family and save her husband from assassination. But as tragedy looms ever closer, and her plans gradually fail, she finds herself confronting an enemy far more sinister than she ever imagined…

• Summoning by Debi Faulkner

Summoning is based on a “true” Irish witch story in which an evil vicar sells not only his soul but also that of his young servant girl, Meredith, to the devil. After learning the dark craft herself, Meredith finds herself trapped in the demon's shadow when she is accused of witchcraft. It is up to her to find the light and save herself – and those she loves – from the deal.

• Taken (A Magical YA Paranormal Romance) by Charlotte Abel

Bound by love and magic. Betrayed by those they trust. Not everyone survives. Gasp-out-loud action, heart-pounding romance and an OMG ending that leaves you hungry for the next book.

[sequel to Enchantment—see above]

• The Dresskeeper by Mary Naylus

When 13 year old Picky Robson slips into a flouncy old dress from the depths of an old chest and finds herself back in 17th century London, she has no idea she is plunging herself into a dangerous adventure. For in 1685 England, she is Amelia, not Picky. Plus, she is wealthy and beautiful, and even has servants. There's one minor problem, however. Someone is trying to kill Amelia, and by the blood stains she finds on the flouncy dress when she returns to the present, they succeeded.

• The Lady in the Locket (Legacy Trilogy) by Nicole Margot Spencer

The Lady in the Locket is the first novel of the Legacy trilogy. American privateer Richard Tetrault arrives in March 1814 at his family’s plantation on the Rappahannock River in Virginia to find his home in ashes, a sister dead, and his mother kidnapped. A vision of his deceased father accosts him in the midst of that smoking disaster. Yet this is only the beginning of a journey to an understanding of the deadly legacy that threatens everything he is or ever could be. In his search for survivors, the privateer infuses rebellious planter’s daughter Tara Kendall with an intense passion that throws her head-on into the privateer’s dilemma. As this epic story of a man, a woman, and a country at war unfolds, the arrival of the privateer brings to light blackmail that threatens Burton Kendall’s brazen plantation home high above the Rappahannock. He, too, will feel the heat of the privateer’s curse with a personal loss that staggers him.

• The Raven's Revenge by Gina Black

England, 1663 When Katherine Welles saves the life of a highwayman, she realizes he may be the only avenue of escape from a betrothal to her villainous neighbor. But traveling under the protection of a dashing outlaw--who won't ask directions--is anything but safe. Especially when his searing hot kisses awaken a yearning for something Katherine never knew she wanted. Nicholas Montford, the exiled Earl of Ashton, returns to England determined to reclaim his family lands. As a highwayman called the Raven, he takes revenge upon the Puritans who thrived while his family suffered. But when he kidnaps heiress Katherine Welles, thoughts of revenge take second place to kissing her soft lips and teasing the mistrust from her eyes. Can he find redemption in the arms of the woman he plans to betray?