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.
Called Back – Act One
In the midst of soaring success, young theatre darling Kit Lasslin suddenly vanishes from the spotlight. She reappears months later, without explanation and hardly recognizable as she closes the door on her dreams. But when her daughter finds an old script and unwittingly unearths Kit’s secret, the entire theatre community is dragged to its knees ... Read more
One, No One & 100,000
Nobel prize-winning Luigi Pirandello’s classic novel on the nature of identity brims with sly humor, compelling drama, and skillfully depicted, oddly modern characters—all capped with timeless insight into the fragile human psyche. Vitangelo Moscarda (aka Gengè), 20-something banker’s son, discovers that his wife (and everyone else) sees him quite differently from how he sees himself, ... Read more
Free: Murphy’s Luck
Master of a thousand hobbies, but cursed from birth with bewildering luck, Murphy Drummer goes in search of a luck-free zone where the world will be spared from his mystifying jinx. Along the way, he stumbles into charmed Joy Daley, whimsically upending her world and that of everyone in it. Love lucks. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Thorns
How many steps are between passion and murder? A torrid summer, a fervent woman and a potent man. Starry nights and days with thorns. Come with me on a journey in the murderer’s mind, in which love is mixed with hatred, and women are not as fragile as you would expect. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
To Anton
No one ever said that love is easy. Sometimes is the most difficult battle a woman has to take.When you decide it’s enough? That you suffered to your limit? How can you decide to leave the man you love more than anything in the world? “I loved you madly, passionately, with blood. I hated you ... Read more
Motorbikes and Camels
Diverse characters. Diverse tales. Sometimes intertwining. There is Salma, facing a spiritual crisis in a Middle Eastern country steeped in dogma; Hussam – a billionaire’s son who tries but fails to conceal his gay relationship; Mohammed, a bigamist, grasping tightly to antiquated patriarchal ideals at the expense of his love life; Mike, who adopts cultural ... Read more
Free: Diary of an (Almost) Baby Boomer
It’s the year of Stella Hart’s seventieth birthday. Read about how she faces this milestone as well as the usual day-to-day stuff of family, exes, Book Group and Round Robin letters. This fictional diary will strike a chord with any reader over fifty who has a sense of humor and a past. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Blue Almond Eyes
Blue Almond Eyes is a historical fiction novel based on a true life story. A story about defying society’s expectations, racism and discrimination. The story weaves back and forth through time, in three countries and over four generations reflecting societal attitudes on both sides. Whilst the story is unique, it is also universal. It’s an ... 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: If Kisses Cured Cancer
If Kisses Cured Cancer is a story about life in a growing coastal town, falling in love and stealing shopping trolleys. Matt Pearce is depressed, working an uninspiring job and lacking any prospect of dragging his life out of mediocrity. That is until he meets Joy: a cancer survivor who lives beyond the rules of ... Read more
A Dog Story
In “A Dog Story,” a Los Angeles woman going through a divorce visits her soon-to-be-ex-husband on Mother’s Day and gets their dog, Scrappy, for the day. That dog changes everything. This story is part of a series of new tales from Christopher Meeks of modern life in America. Meeks continues here with his trademark insight ... Read more
The Grizzly Creek Massacre
Following on from his recent Western successes! Discover something new and exciting from bestselling author Russ Towne. These are Western adventures that are filled with guns, guts and the spirit of the Old West. The Grizzly Creek Massacre Four young men in the cavalry witness a mutiny and brutal murder and are chased by their ... Read more
Triangle of Hope
If one person can make a difference, just think what three can do. Filled with grit and determination, these three people with three different problems, an unlikely trio of unexpected allies, converge in a small Irish town to form a Triangle of Hope against all odds. Together they take a courageous stand that will forever ... Read more
Fortune’s Son
Heads you win. Tails you die…Can one man’s revenge become his redemption? Set against a backdrop of wild Tasmania, Australian Gold, and African diamonds, Fortune’s Son is an epic story of betrayal, undying love and one man’s struggle to triumph over adversity and find his way home. Fortune’s Son is the first book in ... Read more
Model Marine
In this vivid multi-character narration, a teenage model abandons her destiny to become a U.S. Marine. Determined to prove that she is more than a pretty face, she uses her journalistic prowess and tenacity to eliminate the boundaries that confine her and reveal the strength of the warrior spirit. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Whispers Among The Prairie
Historical fiction set in the colorful American West era. Join Chief Black Kettle on his plight to keep the peace with the US cavalry. His adopted daughter Morning Dove develops an unforeseen friendship with Captain Clinton McKay. Will their friendship turn into love or will they stay on opposing sides? Come and find out in ... Read more
Yo Jaguar
A raíz de un evento sobrenatural, Jaguar, un joven felino de la jungla Amazónica, toma plena conciencia de su existencia y del peligro inminente que promete aniquilarlo. Muy pronto comprende que para detener la devastación del planeta debe encontrar la manera de transmitirle a la humanidad un mensaje sustancial capaz de restablecer el equilibrio. ¿Podrá ... Read more
On The Edge: Fuyu Vol.1
Arzaiel is a burned out translator. He slowly develops a social anxiety. Just his girlfriend Kami seems to understand him. Accompany Arzaiel in this tragically and funny short story. $4.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Inheritance
If you inherit something, do you also inherit responsibility for its history, even if you have no awareness of that history? After tracing the house she inherited from her grandmother to the selling of land stolen from the Utes, Denise must decide whether to stand up for her family or her convictions. The Inheritance explores ... Read more
Free: The Progeny
The greatest baseball player of all time was Babe Ruth. History tells us that he was married twice and both times adopted a little girl, but what if he fathered a child of his own? The Babe is Back! Free on Kindle.... Read more
A Bullet in the Neck
This Hot New Release from Best Selling Western author Russ Towne features four exciting stories: Gold Fever Greed leads to violence, betrayal, and death, as honest, hard-working gold miners discover a traitor in their midst when they must confront a killer and his vicious gang of murdering thieves. Big Dream Ranch An ambitious man works ... Read more
Shuckstack Mountain
The blinding power of even small facets of nature is the crux of Shuckstack Mountain. On Samuel Meller’s eighteenth birthday, Hitler invades Poland, and his family’s barn goes up in a blaze of fireworks and misplaced war fever. His poor vision keeps him from Western Front, and Samuel finds himself in the Smoky Mountains, a ... Read more
Rosa
Darkly witty and compulsively readable, Barbara de la Cuesta’s novella lets us into the private life and secret thoughts of Rosa, an undocumented home health aide grappling with menopause and her unruly body, as she moves her life out of the margins and into the sun with the power of confession. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Dial 323 Love
AJ Brooks is a young man with morals, waiting tables and attending college in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, with the hopes of one day breaking into the entertainment industry as a screenwriter. However, when a woman dangling his dreams in front of him lures him to Los Angeles, he is quickly reeled into a ... Read more
Hollywood Daze
“A delightful book, fun, edgy, unforgettable.” -Mary Kennedy, Best-Selling Author of the Dream Club Mysteries A seventeen-year-old high school dropout with a hidden talent, Mona, is sitting at the counter of the Fountain Coffee Room, trying not to attract the attention of Maddy Miller, a feisty, unfiltered, hotshot producer, who’ll decide if her brother Joost ... Read more
A Kiss for a Dead Film Star and Other Stories
Karen Vaughn’s capacious imagination and remarkable voice glitter in this astonishing debut collection of stories that inspire weird love and uncover surprising caches of eroticism. Psycho-medical-magical realism intertwines with old and new New York City, epic love stories, and tales best told in the smoky alleys behind bars or beneath the covers. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Bare Lit
A fiction and poetry anthology in support of the Bare Lit Festival, showcasing award-winning British authors of color. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Locked Gray / Linked Blue: Stories
Ukwu wields the constraints of the short story as if she had invented them expressly to connect us to each other in this glinting and razor-sharp collection of linked short stories. Family dynamics, bad romance, work, and money haunt the New Yorkers in these stories as they nevertheless triumph. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
A Bloody Day in Destiny
Four exciting stories of the old west: The past comes calling with a six-gun and a score to settle, and there’s no place to hide in “A Bloody Day in Destiny.” An unwelcome sleeping companion holds the key to survival when two vengeful brothers catch up to the man who shot their brother in “I ... Read more
The Bluejay Trail
Joe was eighteen when he saddled up his horse and left the side-hill farm in Tennessee for points west. He started the long trek of finding his brother’s killer. Somewhere out yonder where the long grass grew he would find the mate to the gun which hung low on his hip; the one with the ... Read more
When The Well Runs Dry
In a country divided by civil war, one city stands above the chaos. Since the system collapsed, citizens are struggling to survive. Marauders are destroying what little is left. However, not everyone is quite ready to surrender. The Alder and her loyal supporters find themselves caught in a life or death struggle to save, not ... Read more
Remembering Eternity: The Game Begins
Skylar had it all – riches, success, and fame – until he traded it all for Enlightenment. After losing everything dear to him, Skylar vows to rediscover the timeless bliss he knew as a child. As he visits the California paradise of his glory days, he finds shaggy surfers, washed-up hippies, and a deranged Vietnam ... Read more
Free: The Amazing Adventures of 4¢ Ned – Coinworld: Book One
The world has a new hero, but he’s short a penny. After meeting a sagacious Indian nickel, 4¢ Ned discovers within himself a million buck’s of e pluribus awesome. Teaming up with a luckless Lincoln penny, the three intrepid coins set out to save Coinworld from a worthless future and become the champions of small ... Read more
The Real Truth
Derek Severs is a popular talk radio host beloved by millions for his fiery opinions and unflinching moral judgments. When a scandal threatens to bring down everything he’s built for himself, a past he’s tried to forget returns, bringing with it the biggest regrets of his life. Then Derek is visited by a series of ... Read more
The Pontency!
In a world turned upside down by the God of Potency’s prancing dickishness – Queen Elizabeth II in orbit, the Dalai Lama partially digested, unforgivable uses for tofu – two heroes set out to restore natural order, overcome crippling dandruff and escape the pull of the Mongolian Illuminati. Chul, a self-righteous South Korean salaryman, vows ... Read more
Free: Polk, Harper & Who
A contemporary story of complicated friendships and family relationships, and ultimately of the triumph of imperfect London love within imperfect London lives. “Relieved, complicated, and strengthened by its trenchant observations of horrible people, along with black humor.” (Kirkus Reviews) Free on Kindle.... Read more
The Cedar
From settling in the newly founded colonies in the 17th century through the pinnacle of the Civil War, The Cedar is an endearing tale that introduces us to generations of the Bodes family and those close to them as they persevere against the elements, foes, and each other. Family tragedy and scandal are abundant as ... Read more
White Monkey Chronicles (Complete Trilogy)
“A break-out literary dazzler!” “Witty & whip-smart!” A rogue Sisterhood. An undocumented deity. A persecution of Cardinals. WARNING: Reincarnation Day is at hand! See price on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Second Son
It is the dawn of the Renaissance, a time when new ideas are just beginning to emerge. Alfred — the eponymous second son — comes of age in the enlightened court of his grandfather. Alfred is convinced that his life will be unremarkable, spent in diligent but mundane service to king. His grandfather, however, foresees ... Read more
Free: The Madness of Grief
London 1969. While men are walking on the moon, a series of dramatic events threaten to have lasting repercussions for Jane and the people she loves. “A well-written, richly complicated, and deeply engaging coming-of-age tale.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Free on Kindle.... Read more
