Free and Discounted Literature on Kindle
Literature is often referred to books that are able to stand the test of time through their unique, creative elements and resounding messages. Classic stories by authors like Charles Dickens and Jane Austen make up just a small sampling of the literature available to readers today.
Picasso’s Motorcycle
France, 1940. An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to ... Read more
Free: A Merry Skinflint Christmas & Other Oklahoma Cheer
Celebrate Christmas, 1971 with the thrifty folks of Salt Fork, Oklahoma in these jolly little interwoven short-short stories, told by the award-winning author of The Red Dirt Hymnbook. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Time’s Incinerator
How much do you remember? Now, what if you could never forget? Tom Donner is forty years old. He’s not a great man, but he has a good job. A beautiful wife and two healthy children. A paid-off home. Diversified investments. By any measure, he has led a charmed life. So, why is he so ... Read more
Sunsets Never Wait
From the Amazon bestselling author of The Storm Beyond The Tides comes the personal saga of two people whose troubled lives intersect on the remote west coast of Ireland in 1981. Winters are long on the windswept coast of Connemara, where Tara Doherty has come to live after the death of her husband. The ... Read more
Arnold Falls
Spend time in the funny, oddball village of Arnold Falls, where larger-than-life characters deal with the smallest of problems. Somehow, it all comes out right in the end. Arnold Falls is a novel that tips its hat to Armistead Maupin and P. G. Wodehouse, creating a world in which food, music, friendship, love, and tending ... Read more
The Green House
The green house is more than a greenhouse. 7 flowers, 7 colors, 7 meanings, and one 37-year-old secret—the greenhouse is the keeper of it all. Its creator is a fragile elderly man whose life was shattered by a tragedy nearly four decades ago. And when tragedy strikes again—this time to his beloved wife, Miriam —he ... Read more
The Amber Treasure
597 A.D. Treachery in Dark Ages Northumbria. Cerdic is the nephew of a great warrior who died a hero of the Anglo-Saxon country of Deira. Growing up in a quiet village, he dreams of the glories of battle and of one day writing his name into the sagas. He experiences the true horrors of war, ... Read more
Free: Written: A Story of Love, Secrets, Betrayal and Honour
What if your entire existence was based on someone else’s story, someone else’s dreams, someone else’s expectations ….someone else’s lies? Writer’s Digest Awards 2020 Finalist in Mainstream Literary Fiction Written is the heart-wrenching story of a young girl’s struggle for freedom, and the uncovering of an intricate plan laced around forty years of secrets, betrayal ... Read more
Free: The Whippoorwill Chronicles
George, fifteen, and Sam, twelve, have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Slowly the boys drift apart as the difference in their ages defines them. Their journeys take them to Vietnam, first sexual encounters, psychiatric wards, and returning home again. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Rainbow Gardens
Japanese immigrant Harry Shikita has a dream: To become a successful businessman by building Rainbow Gardens, Minnesota’s first neon-lit motel. But the 1920s are a tough time to be an “Oriental” in America, and Harry must deal not only with prejudice, but also the trolls. Yes, trolls. The kind that turn to stone. Cursed ... Read more
The Silver Baron’s Wife
Hers is the tale of a fiercely independent woman who bucked all social expectations by working where 19thcentury women didn’t work, becoming the key figure in one of the West’s most scandalous love triangles, and, after a devastating stock market crash destroyed Tabor’s vast fortune, living in eccentric isolation at the Matchless Mine. $0.99 on ... Read more
The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Christmas Cat Tails: The Complete Trilogy
Looking for a great Christmas read… …with cats? Then keep reading… You’ll get into the Christmas spirit with these feline features. In “The Christmas Cat Tails: The Complete Trilogy” you will discover fiction for the holiday season featuring the feline adventures of… A stray for the holidays… A Tuxie to the rescue… A Ragdoll to ... Read more
Second Son Chronicles
Pamela Taylor brings her love of history to the art of story-telling. An avid reader of historical fact and fiction throughout her life, she finds the past offers rich sources for character, ambiance, and plot that allow readers to escape into a world totally unlike their daily lives. This box set features the first three ... Read more
Free: Walking with a Joystick: A Spiritual Adventure
This book is a nonfiction wrapped in a fiction. In India, most of the ancient literature also used this kind of setting. A small entertaining story is weaved around the more important topics. The important part is always explaining some core issues of our existence. But they are always presented in a question-answer manner. So ... Read more
Free: Nineteen Hundred Days
Twelve-year-old Ben panics when his parents don’t come home from work. Having been raised to believe that the police and CPS are the enemy, he will do anything to avoid foster homes for him and his sister. Unfortunately, their incredible journey to evade the authorities brings them into contact with people who may not have ... Read more
Free: Apart from Love
Apart from Love is not your typical love story. All-consuming, heart-wrenching, and dark, it is an epic that starts when Ben returns to meet his father, Lenny, and his new wife. It is then that he discovers a family secret. Will Ben and Anita find a path out of conflicts, out of isolation, from guilt ... Read more
Free: Finger of an Angel
After a romp in a North London wood, 60-odd-year-old Lily drives off and takes a wrong turn. As she follows the meandering road in a state of dehydration, she experiences a series of encounters with angels and demons and ghosts from the past. “Erudite, richly layered, and unsettling” — Kirkus Reviews. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Written: A Story of Love, Secrets, Betrayal and Honour
What if your entire existence was based on someone else’s story, someone else’s dreams, someone else’s expectations ….someone else’s lies? A heartbreaking story that will leave you gripped about courage and finding freedom through adversity. An intricate plan laced around forty years of secrets. A family desperate to preserve their honor, but will Eleanor find ... Read more
Spellbinder
A genuine and charismatic believer simply known as “Preacher,” returns from the foxholes and horrors of Vietnam with a simple goal: to spread the word of peace, love and charity. “The Church,” as his mobile flock is now known, is a culture that centers as much on sex and drugs as prayers, sacraments and salvation. ... Read more
Free: Hack
It’s the scoop of a lifetime – if he can write it before they kill him. Meet Llew Sabler, an outrageous newspaper reporter who makes more news than he writes. When he’s arrested for a disgraceful fake-news stunt, a repentant Llew becomes a public hate figure and is left facing prison. Then his heart is ... Read more
The Cause of Darkness – A Story of the Civil War
‘The Cause of Darkness’ is the story of a 16-year-old boy named Teddy Miller set during the last full-year of the American Civil War. Teddy lives with his father and brother in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. They lead more-or-less normal lives even while the War rages around them. But everything changes when their farm ... Read more
Fargo Burns
“Fargo Burns, the madly baffled, restless and beguiling subject of Kos Kostmayer’s compelling novel, bounces like a pinball between excell and sobriety-as do we, his unsettled readers. Kosymayer’s visceral account of one man’s quest for quiet normality is dark, tense, playful and deeply affecting.”-Jim Crace, author of Being Dead See price on Kindle.... Read more
The Silver Baron’s Wife
Hers is the tale of a fiercely independent woman who bucked all social expectations by working where 19thcentury women didn’t work, becoming the key figure in one of the West’s most scandalous love triangles, and, after a devastating stock market crash destroyed Tabor’s vast fortune, living in eccentric isolation at the Matchless Mine. $0.99 on ... Read more
Free: POLK, HARPER & WHO
After ten years together, and in spite of some difficult times, Adam and Eva are still as in love as they were when they told each other every day that they loved each other every day more. But a police visit and then a dinner party invitation threaten to unravel all they hold dear. “Beautifully ... Read more
Second Chances
Carolyn had given up her newborn daughter for adoption at birth 20 years ago. Now she was trying desperately to reconnect with that daughter and establish a relationship. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Connection Lost – An Anthology of Zen Poetry in Urban Settings
Where are you right now? What surrounds you? How does it feel? We got used to looking at ourselves and other human and non-human things as functional objects which exist only as long as they fulfill a purpose. But what is it that lets us be? What is it that keeps us alive? A pun ... Read more
Free: The Green House
The green house is more than a greenhouse. 7 flowers, 7 colors, 7 meanings, and one 37-year-old secret—the green house is the keeper of it all. Its creator, Girard Remington, is a fragile elderly man whose life was shattered by a tragedy nearly four decades ago. And when tragedy strikes again—this time to his beloved ... Read more
Forbidden Woman
WARNING: This book is set in South Texas, 1920s-1950s. The author has gone to great lengths to present this story in a historically accurate fashion, right down to the going rate for a woman’s time in any given year. Another result of historical accuracy, however, is that certain uncivilized words are used in this book. ... Read more
The Rock and the Raindrop: A Space in Time
Metaphysics, Philosophy, Spirituality, Whimsy. When opposite worlds collide, sparks fly, pitching a rock and a raindrop full tilt into an unexpected but welcome quest of discovery. Replete with poetic charm, this delightful tale is an exploration of the many ways God reveals Himself to us through nature, that, and the nature of our greatest gift, ... Read more
Eastbound from Flagstaff
Simon is running from a lie, intent on believing his own perseverance can overcome anything. He abandons his roots & hides behind his charm, living every moment as if life’s daring him to fail–again. He’s reckoning with his father’s God who could’ve delivered better outcomes but didn’t. The first installment in an epic trilogy that ... Read more
Free: Unscrambled Eggs
Unscrambled Eggs is a stirring compilation of poems about living your dream and finding one’s purpose. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Beneath the Mulberry Tree
Jimmy Watson dreamt of retiring to a small farm in the country. After a lifetime of building a successful business, his dream becomes a reality. He has traded in the stress of deadlines for the calm grazing cows in a summer field. But when Jimmy suddenly becomes plagued with a series of nightmares, he must ... Read more
McCabe’s Luck
Jake McCabe is no stranger to trouble. Between serving in the army during the Civil War and being involved in a long-running feud in his home state of Kentucky, Jake has known some hard times. Some have said the McCabe family is known best for their run of bad luck. Jake decides to move to ... Read more
Free: Olive Branches Don’t Grow On Trees
Silvia Greco is broke and living with her father in New Jersey when her mother asks her for help in gathering their family to celebrate her younger brother’s high school graduation. Uniting her feuding family who haven’t been together in over six years and whose parents are newly separated is a truly great challenge. Can ... Read more
Free: Sweet Jane
After a broken childhood, Jane runs away at sixteen; returning for Mama’s funeral seventeen years later catapults Jane back to the events that made her the woman she is. She faces down her past and the ghosts that shaped her family. A stunning discovery helps Jane see her problems through a new lens. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Sins in Blue
A young man on a mission. An aging musician with a dream. Society perched over a racial divide. Sins in Blue is a novel about lost dreams, crippling grief, and the healing power of an unlikely friendship. It’s an engaging tale about two music lovers trying to set the historical record straight. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Red as Apple
1986. Rural America. What’s buried beneath the loose straw and settled dirt of the barn is the only thing that could bring Keenan Butler back to this small town. His brother’s quiet and his sister’s optimism. His motel room neighbor under the buzzing lights. Her truck stop clientele. A country drive to set the past ... Read more
A Cobra’s Bite Doesn’t Hurt
Abandoned at birth – brought up in an orphanage – kidnapped by pick-pocketing gangsters – will 14-year-old Kalu Cobra escape from the clutches of his ruthless gang masters? This evocative and beautifully written novel presents life in contemporary India with vivid realism. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Silver Baron’s Wife
The Silver Baron’s Wife traces the rags-to-riches-to-rags life of Baby Doe Tabor (Lizzie). After her second husband’s death, she moved to a one-room shack at the Matchless Mine in Leadville. She lived the last 35 years of her life there, writing down thousands of her dreams and noting visitations of spirits on her calendar. $0.99 ... Read more
