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.
Free: On Herring Cove Road
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 ... Read more
Enter & Delete
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 ... Read more
Hiraeth Phoenix
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 ... Read more
Kindle Daily Deal: Up to 80% Off Best-Selling Authors
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.... Read more
Free: Reflections and Tails
This illustrated collection contains 11 short stories reflecting pieces of life touched by animals. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Hope Street
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 ... Read more
The Pitcher
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 ... Read more
The Misremembered Man
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).... Read more
Off the Reservation
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 ... Read more
Shakespeare Resumed (Poems)
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 ... Read more
Forget Me Not
This fast-moving and entertaining women’s fiction novel is just $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: 22 Inches of Rain
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 ... Read more
Free: Baptisms & Dogs: Stories
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 ... Read more
Free: A Family Affair
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 ... Read more
According to Luke
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, ... Read more
Fiction: “because”
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, ... Read more
Free: “It Be Like That Sometimes”
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 ... Read more
hole searching
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.... Read more
Yellow Crocus
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 ... Read more
To Kill a Mockingbird
54 years after Harper Lee released “To Kill a Mockingbird” she is now set to publish “Go Set a Watchman” which is a sequel of sorts. She published her first book at age 34 and her second will be published at age 88. Will this sequel sell 40 million copies, as the first book did? ... Read more
Flowers Don’t Cry
He belonged to many worlds and was rejected by as many. War, fate and curiosity dragged him into a life he never wanted to live. He knew he could never leave. So he decided to help others escape, those who still had a choice. Born in Lebanon, he grew up in the Scottish Highlands and ... Read more
Imaginary Lines
Kyle Conway is about to make a breakthrough for Conway Brothers Construction Co.—a long sought after opportunity for a major real estate score. His wife and two boys will prosper, his brother-partner will do the same. And the Conways are delighted that friend and business colleague, Mauricio Solares, will have the chance to rise higher ... Read more
Hello Love
A charming novel about two strangers who find a second chance at happiness when they’re brought together by an extraordinary dog. $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: “The Next Boston Band”
Mekhi’s dream was to manage rock and roll bands. Real bands that wrote and performed actual music. But Boston hasn’t had a band break out into fame for over a decade. When the chance of a lifetime appears for Mekhi to launch his favorite band onto the national stage, the only thing between Mekhi and ... Read more
The Color of Heaven Series Boxed Set
Try the first three books in the Color of Heaven series for just $0.99. THE COLOR OF HEAVEN: A successful columnist, Sophie Duncan’s world falls apart after her daughter fall ill and her husband has a shocking affair. When it seems nothing else could possibly go wrong, her car skids off an icy road and plunges ... Read more
Fateful Encounters
Throughout our lives we encounter people who affect us in very different ways. Sometimes the encounter leads us down a path we would rather not have traveled – sometimes, however, it’s just the path we needed. (This book is not intended for sensitive readers.)... Read more
Knife Skills: A Novel
It’s all burners on high for Chef Molly Price, who’s about to start her first restaurant job on her aunt and uncle’s Long Island vineyard. But it’s hard to focus on the perfect bread pudding with a no-good ex who won’t leave her alone and a best guy friend who’s as cranky as he is ... Read more
Words of the Winding Road
Matt Gardner’s poetry is a little untamed, sometimes a little unorthodox and absolutely always packed to overflowing with meaning and story. Then again coming away from those intense and often dangerous years on the frontline of trauma work, rehabilitation, and aboriginal empowerment it’s impossible to not look at things at least a little differently. Inspired ... Read more
Hell No, We Won’t Go
The 1969 college football season is coming to a close and Touchdown Tony McIntyre couldn’t be riding higher. He’s in the running for the Heisman Trophy, on the cover of Sports Illustrated as “The next Joe Namath,” and about to be drafted into the NFL. He’s two wins away from taking his team to the ... Read more
Free: “The Last Stoic”
The Last Stoic is a story about Marcus, a young man who leaves his home in the northern hinterland for opportunity in the heart of an empire. It takes place both in the time and place of Ancient Rome and modern America, with the chapters alternating from setting to setting. Marcus is mistakenly jailed for ... Read more
Historical Fiction: “Storykeeper”
This story from the Native American point of view about the conquest of the New World by Hernando DeSoto brings our history alive. Dive into a new historical drama. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Raindrops on Roses
Grief-stricken after the sudden loss of her beloved grandmother, an enduring but reclusive Hollywood icon, young Priscilla Bauer finds herself adrift and looking to find solace in the arms of her vast inheritance, when she meets the kind and considerate corporate brand designer, Michael Frost—a drop dead gorgeous beacon of light in her all too ... Read more
Free: “I Met Him in the Ladies’ Room”
“I Met Him in the Ladies’ Room” is a fun, faith-filled novella that revisits the foundations of Christianity with humorous, light-hearted wisdom and wit. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Swingerfail
Hilarious spoof of modern swinging couples. Laugh and cringe as Stan and Lisa take a vacation from their marriage and try to navigate the world of internet hook ups and kinky sex. Contains adult situations, not suitable for anybody. ... Read more
Alpha and Omega: 2014 short stories
Alpha and Omega is a collection of contemporary short stories from the Writers Anthology Group of authors from the Moreton Bay Region of Australia. $2.99 on Kindle.... Read more
When Life Walks on Bare Soles
When Life Walks on Bare Soles is the story of Maria Valance, a fifty-five year old woman and her humorous, yet life-changing struggles against society’s and family’s attitudes towards ageing. Her daughter wants to bundle her up neatly behind manicured gardens in a retirement village, her BFF (best friend forever) wants her to live the single ... Read more
Free: “Thimblerig’s Ark”
After having vivid nightmares of floods and unicorns, Thimblerig the groundhog comes up with the ultimate con: convincing some sucker animals that he can save them from the disaster to come – for a price. But when the flood comes, Thimblerig has to really save them, or he loses everything. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Free: “Living in the Seventh Day”
Jasmine Davis, Leeza Manchester, and Cristal Richardson are thrown together by a chance meeting at the Atlanta Airport during Hurricane Allee. During the long layover caused by the killer storm, these three, diverse women, who appear to have very little in common, form a lasting bond. They go their separate ways, but it’s not long ... Read more
Drawing Breath
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 ... Read more
THE ANGEL IN LA
THE ANGEL IN LA is a gripping, nonfiction novel combining absolute realism, humor, and a moving, supernatural twist. While on the tennis tour, Merritt is confronted by an angel in Los Angeles who guides him with a directive. From this point forward Merritt is haunted and oppressed by his heinous nemesis alcohol in a clash ... Read more
