Orangeberry FreeMe #185
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
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The Choosing - Jeremy Laszlo
Amazon KIndle US
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Genre- Paranormal Fantasy
Rating - PG13
4.1 (89 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
Seth is a young man torn by fear and indecision. His life no longer in
his hands, he fears an uncertain future where the only certainty is a
life of servitude to the kingdom. Fortunately for Seth, he is not alone.
His brother Garret too attends the choosing ceremony where their fates
will be decided. Together the twins make their way to the castle city of
Valdadore for the choosing ceremony but along the way Seth notices a
strange new trend in his life. Time after time strange circumstances
befall him in what others might call a coincidence, but Seth knows
something else is amiss and begins mentally cataloging each new and
strange event. Learning his past is all a lie, Seth begins to fear more
for his future as a dark goddess vies for his service to her cause.
Seths loyalties and responsibilities begin to stack up as he makes
friends and allies and even falls in love, but with the choosing
ceremony growing ever nearer will he be forced to flee the kingdom into a
life of exile, or choose to serve the goddess who swears that only
through her will he find peace.
The Enemy We Know - Donna White Glaser
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Mystery, Suspense
Rating - PG
4.4 (50 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
Psychotherapist Letty Whittaker, a professional secret keeper, has a
secret of her own. When one of her clients slips free from an abusive
boyfriend, Letty becomes the target of his violent rage. Wayne invades
Letty's life, slithering his way past the barriers erected between her
personal and professional lives, leaving gifts of dead rats, mutilated
dolls, and freaky Shakespearian sonnets. Worst of all, Wayne uncovers
Letty's deepest shame, infiltrating her AA group and threatening to
expose her to the state licensing board.
And then--good
news--Wayne is murdered. The bad news? The police suspect Letty. Worse
yet, the sonnets and bloody souvenirs keep coming. Someone else has been
watching Letty. Someone eager to drop bodies at her feet like a cat
offering dead mole trophies to his mistress.
Someone willing to kill again.
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Every Bush is Burning - Brandon Clements
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Contemporary Religious
Rating - PG13
4.7 (149 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
A gritty, emotionally gripping story about forgiveness, family, and the sometimes tragically painful sins of the church.
Jack Bennett has a wife, two kids, the perfect job--and the perfect affair. When he is caught and it all comes crashing down, Jack is left with no one to turn to. No friends. No family, except his recovering drug addict of a sister.
On a Sunday morning drive, he sees a homeless man locked out of a church service, banging on the door. He stops and offers the guy a cup of coffee. He asks the man his name, and the guy says Yeshua. As in, Jesus.
Jack's not stupid. This isn't the real Jesus. But with nowhere else to turn, Jack forms an unlikely friendship with this eccentric homeless man--one that will test his idea of truth, faith, love, and forgiveness.
And Jack is completely unprepared for the real-life twists his story is going to take.
Bound to You - Vanessa Holland
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Contemporary
Rating - PG
4.5 (57 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
A night of passion has forever bound Jenna Morgan to a man she thought she would spend her future with. Instead, he dumped her with barely a word of explanation and left the state. Three years later, she’s a single mom struggling to provide for her son and young sister, and harassed by an obsessed stalker.
After leaving home three years ago to run his aging grandfather’s ranch in Texas, Sam Strickland returns to Tennessee to discover a child he didn’t know existed. He thought he was saving Jenna’s future when he left home, and left her behind. He never dreamed he’d return to see a child with eyes the same shade as his own - and Jenna in serious trouble.
Sam thinks his only dilemma is whether he can earn back the trust of the woman he loves and commit to the responsibility of fatherhood. But Jenna’s life is more complicated than he could have imagined and he finds himself involved in a dangerous situation that could threaten his new son’s life.
Too Jewish - Patty Friedmann
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Literary Fiction
Rating - PG13
4.4 (33 reviews)
Free until 26 December 2012
Patty Friedmann had that sad childhood that is pretty much a prerequisite for a novelist. She's written seven darkly comic novels--and finally she draws on the autobiographical material that made it all possible.
Too Jewish tells a story much like the central tale of her young life: her father suffered from survivor guilt, all the while trying to make his way in a hostile society. Like Patty's father, protagonist Bernie Cooper escapes Nazi Germany, leaving his mother behind, then tries to make a life for himself with a wealthy, thoroughly assimilated Jewish girl in the Deep South. But suddenly, snobberies he couldn’t even have guessed at are set in motion. It seems Letty’s prominent Jewish parents hate him for being…too Jewish!
A bittersweet love story told in three novellas, each from the point of view of one member of the Cooper family.
God Has Better Things To Do Than My Laundry – Heather Nestleroad
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre – Christian Living / Humour
Rating – PG
4.4 (38 reviews)
Free until 28 November 2012
If you've ever tackled a mound of laundry taller than you, made reservations instead of dinner, turned to prayer to deal with your teenage daughters, and accidentally wet yourself laughing at your best friend, then you'll like God Has Better Things to do Than My Laundry (and Other Observations by an Overly Dramatic Mom).
Heather Nestleroad gathers all of her blog posts from the last few years into a comprehensive book that can be enjoyed by parents, chocolate lovers, and coffee drinkers of all types. Read about how Heather learned to like (and order) coffee, explores her questions about the purpose of our lives, bares her neurotic confessions, and details conversations you'll swear you just had with someone in your family.
Thoroughbreds and Trailer Trash - Bev Pettersen
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Contemporary
Rating - PG
4.3 (91 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
Jenna Murphy, a dedicated horse masseuse, relies on her job and street smarts to support what's most important...her younger sister. But when the Thoroughbred Wellness Center experiences a hostile takeover headed by a charming but ruthless corporate shark, both her heart and career are in jeopardy.
Freedom’s Sword - J. R. Tomlin
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Historical / War Fiction
Rating – PG
3.9 (53 reviews)
Free until 27 December 2012
Before William Wallace, before Robert the Bruce, there was another Scottish hero...
In 1296, newly knighted by the King of the Scots, Andrew de Moray fights to defend his country against the forces of the ruthless invader, King Edward Longshanks of England. After a bloody defeat in battle, he is dragged in chains to an English dungeon.
Soon the young knight escapes. He returns to find Scotland under the heel of a conqueror and his betrothed sheltering in the hills of the Black Isle. Seizing his own castle from the English, he raises the banner of Scottish freedom. Now he must lead the north of Scotland to rebellion in hope of defeating the English army sent to crush them.
Freedom's Sword is a prequel to A Kingdom's Cost, Book 1 of The Black Douglas Trilogy.
Rock & Roll Homicide - RJ McDonnell
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Mystery
Rating - PG13
4.5 (35 reviews)
Free until 29 December 2012
Just as the rock band, Doberman’s Stub, was about to reach stadium tour status, its leader was brutally murdered when his headphones exploded during a recording session. The widow, who inherits $5 million, is the San Diego Police Department’s number one suspect. She hires Jason Duffy, a 27-year-old PI in his first year of private practice, in spite of his background as a former musician.
Jason learns that the victim was also a very skilled contract negotiator, who was in the middle of an acrimonious renegotiation with the record company at the time of his death. He also finds that the record company has a very unhealthy tie to the Russian Mafia.
As an inexperienced detective, Jason does not yet have the contacts within the police department to gather vital information. He is forced to mend fences with his estranged father, an opinionated ex-SDPD detective.
While Jason investigates the record company, he also takes a close look at the three surviving members of the victim’s band. One is an alcoholic/drug addict drummer, on the verge of being kicked out of the group. The second is a bass player who camouflages his rock star status by living in an ordinary house in a lower middle-class neighborhood. Third is a lead guitarist and writer of half of the band’s songs, who lives well beyond his means.
Jason has not yet become hardened to the very real dangers of his new profession. We experience his inner conflict as his girlfriend, staff, and family are drawn into the danger zone.
After Jason’s part-time employee is severely beaten during a stakeout, he sells the story of the Russian Mafia’s involvement in the record business to a tabloid journalism TV show in a misguided effort to protect his employer and coworker. This serves to drive the case to new heights of danger and suspense.
Jason goes behind the industry veneer of sex & drugs & hedonistic lifestyles. He shows us how the 21st Century world of downloads, file sharing, and image demographics need to be considered in a case of Rock & Roll Homicide.
The Secret of Lies - Barbara Forte Abate
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Literary Fiction
Rating - PG13
4.1 (81 reviews)
Free until 28 December 2012
Propelled by an insurmountable sense of desperation, Stevie Burke is recklessly abandoning home, husband, and outwardly contented life under cover of night; at last resigned to defeat in her long battle against the tortured memories of the past.
Days later, lost and floundering in a dreary motel room without plan or destination, it is a long ago song playing on the radio that gently tugs Stevie back through the dust of remembrance. 1957 - The last summer spent at the ancient house overlooking the North Atlantic. A season which had unfolded with abundant promise, but then spiraled horribly out of control - torn apart by a shattering tragedy that leaves a family impossibly broken ...
Sword of the Raven - Diana Duncan
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Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Romance
Rating - R
4.5 (50 reviews)
Free until 27 December 2012
When destiny calls, you don’t hit ignore...
Delaney Morgan’s ho-hum life begins to fray around the edges when her cop brother is framed and imprisoned. Determined to exonerate him, she starts poking her nose where it doesn’t belong. Things go from extra-ordinary to extraordinary with her discovery of Mr. Tall, Dark, and Naked washed up on a deserted Oregon beach.
Rowan MacLachlan’s no ordinary man. He’s a semi-Immortal Highlander. A Water Mage, a Supernatural Enforcer…and since the slaughter of his entire family, Chieftain of his Clan.
Recently escaped from the clutches of the Sorceress Cearde, he’s drawn to Delaney’s intense, newly awakening Powers. She learns her brother possessed similar Powers, and his "situation" is entangled with the magical forces he tried to shield her from.
Pulled into an epic battle of light and dark…with a kick-ass pair of boots and a Bon Jovi inspired battle cry…Delaney vows to help Rowan avenge his family, and free her brother from the dark forces holding him captive. First, Rowan must teach her to control and wield her new Magic.
When passion flares between mentor and student, so do their Powers. With Delaney’s help, Rowan plans to vanquish the evil bitch who killed his family.
Even if it means betraying the woman he’s come to love.
One of them may be required to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Can love really conquer all? Betrayal. Evil. Even death?
Delaney’s about to find out. Because she’s destined to be the Sword of the Raven.
Children of Dreams - Lorilyn Roberts
Amazon Kindle US
Amazon Kindle UK
Genre - Non-Fiction
Rating - PG
4.7 (72 reviews)
Free until 28 December 2012
"Children of Dreams" is borne out of Lorilyn Roberts' shattered dreams. The inspiring story of turning sorrow into life-giving hope will bring tears to the reader. The timeless theme of God's faithfulness will make this a favorite adoption story for years to come.
Despair transformed into heavenly joy and evil overcome by God's redemptive love will inspire even the most skeptical to believe in miracles.
In September 2010, Manisha's medical mystery, as told in "Children of Dreams" was featured on Animal Planet's "Monsters Inside Me."
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