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.
Blood Republic
Blood Republic is a political-thriller for a divided modern America. Corrupt politicians, biased media, NSA surveillance, and viral hate; will America survive its next election, or collapse into a 2nd civil war of conservative versus liberal? $1.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Of Dust and Tides
Chance encounters, voices from the past, or challenging choices can change the course of a life. In this short story collection, young people starting on their journey to full adulthood find themselves on unexpected paths. Free on Kindle.... Read more
Hesperia Jack and the Desert Rose
Find out just what challenges faced those brave enough to journey into the American West. Meet Hesperia Jack, the bravest man who ever rode a horse, and his lady love the Desert Rose. Get to know the characters in this story told through poems and then follow their journey in the upcoming Hesperia Jack book ... Read more
The Worst Day Of My Life, So Far
IT’S A GOOD DAY WHEN YOU DON’T RESORT TO RAT POISON… M.A. Harper’s acerbic wit offers a wickedly entertaining seat on the always-wild Alzheimer’s ride. Fighting her way back to sleep after her mother’s latest Alzheimer’s-driven 3:00 a.m. ramble. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Pianist in a Bordello
What would happen if a politician decided to tell the truth—the whole truth? Richard Youngblood, aspiring Congressman, is about to find out. He’s running on a platform of honesty and transparency—and against the advice of his friends and advisers he’s decided to start with himself. His autobiography will lay his entire life bare before voters just ... Read more
Secondhand Smoke
JERUSHA’S POISON ……to just about everyone–particularly her adult children. Fortunately, poison is the very superfood of the satirist. Patty Friedmann, the reigning queen of black comedy, hits one out of the park with her family straight out of Tolstoy–unhappy in its own way, a uniquely twisted Southern way. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Amadea: One Spring in France
“Mademoiselle, you are boring,” says Amadea’s employer and fires her from a teaching post in Paris: “No one wants to learn poetry here.” In desperate pursuit of a job, Amadea travels to a small village in the Pyrenees, where she meets an aging aristocrat in need of a companion. It seems that Amadea has finally ... Read more
Billionaries and Bagmen
Are you fed up with politics, payoffs, corporate mega-profits at a cost to taxpayers, immunization of white collar crime, bribes and favors guiding the decisions made by our elected officials? Have you had ENOUGH of politics? There is only one way to fix it – rewrite the rules. It can be done! Midwest Book Review “Highly ... Read more
The Last Star
From award winning author, D.L. Orton; comes a funny, thought-provoking, and sensual collection of short stories. Laugh, cry, and linger over these brief but intense glimpses into the lives of two hesitant young lovers, a captive dolphin, a lonely divorcée, a billion-year-old AI, and more. Share the wonder, experience the pain and pleasure, take the journey… $0.99 ... Read more
Second Chances
A Multiple Award-Winning Novel about overcoming social differences. Nichole is struggling to deal with newfound life changes, and Richard is struggling to find himself after years as a corporate lawyer. Can they get a second chance at life? $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Didn’t Get Frazzled
A rousing, comic novel about four years in the life of an intrepid young medical student, set in the grueling world of an elite NYC medical school. Medical student Seth Levine encounters a student so arrogant he boasts that he’ll eat any cadaver part he can’t name, an instructor so dedicated she tests the student’s ability ... Read more
Stress Fractures
This contemporary fiction collection by author Cathleen Maza explores living, loving, and loss through eighteen beautifully written short stories. Delivered in the author’s signature style of unflinching emotional intensity, “Stress Fractures” provides a rare window into the unexpected life experiences that unite us all. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Art of a Jewish Woman
First she escaped the Holocaust and the poverty of the shtetl. Art of a Jewish Woman is a memoir and biography of Massie’s mother, a brilliant and beautiful woman who escaped the Holocaust and participated in many of the most critical periods of the 20th Century. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Daddy 3.0: A Comedy of Errors (Fiction)
What a mess. This was not supposed to happen. This isn’t where Nick Owen thought he would be by this point in life. He used to be a busy web programmer. Now he spends most of his energy trying to stop his three-year-old twins from playing in a dirty sand pit. Nick thinks of himself ... Read more
Free: What Might Have Been
As a fashion buyer at one of New York’s most glamorous department stores, Dana McGarry is a tastemaker, her keen instinct for fashion trends and innovative ideas coupled with a razor sharp business sense. But like the elegant and conservative store that employs her, Dana is caught between two eras—between being liked and standing her ... Read more
Backwards Into the Future
Everyone knows you can’t go back. Everyone except Mary apparently, because here she is, back in her old hometown. That’s because of two women she hasn’t seen for decades – one of them pushing her, the other holding back. The plum tree has gone, but a lemon tree thrives. The mystery surrounding the boat with painted eyes ... Read more
Forgotten Heroes
For the troops fighting in Vietnam, knowing who the enemy was, wasn’t always easy. At times it was the NVA and other times the Viet Cong, or seemingly innocent villagers. It was the jungles, the rice paddies, the heat, the monsoon rains, the mosquitoes, the rats, the snakes, and the malaria. It was the politicians that ... Read more
Free: Pardner’s Trust
A good horse gone bad and a young, ambitious cowboy meet in an epic battle of wills in the dry and dusty southwest. Hard working and honest to the core Ricky Richardson, taught by one of the best, is injured in a freak horse accident that leaves him in the hospital and the horse dead. ... Read more
Zaremba, or Love and the Rule of Law
“Entertaining,” “superbly character driven”—from reviews. Cordelia is disabled but is forced to take action when a fugitive needs her help. A heartwarming and topical love story set in Poland. Amazon bestseller in Eastern European literature. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Operation Cosmic Teapot
“A virgin birth? A virgin? Her?” God shouted at Freud while recalling his one night stand with Mary. Freud snorted another line of cocaine in celebration, believing that this story would help Nietzsche in his quest to fire God from Heaven Inc. Nietzsche, however, has other problems: the Norse gods are running amok on ... Read more
Parallels
Young Daniel is stricken with trauma by the tumultuous relationship between his parents and their contaminated marriage. The troubled boy develops severe anxiety and suffers from seizures, having to be placed on medication at the age of eight. The story quickly turns to Penelope, a young girl who is molested at a very young age ... Read more
Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo by Jay Williams
What happens when you turn into the thing you most abhor? “Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo” tells of a man who reports on the glitter set he despises, but through several tragic events that catapult him into the limelight, soon becomes similar to them. Can this conflicted man survive the constant struggle for his soul ... Read more
The GingerBread House
Set in a small town during the 1900’s, The Gingerbread House is a Romance/Mystery grounded in nostalgia, mirth, and true love. When a journalist comes home from Europe to take over the town newspaper from his sister, he becomes infatuated with the local people and their stories. From an orphaned young girl to a threatening ... Read more
The Bricks and Sticks of Life
The Bricks and Sticks of Life is based on an inspiring true story. Handyman Mitch understands how raw materials create magnificent dwellings, just as each ordinary moment, event, and encounter come together to build us into who we are. Through his journey of appreciating joys and growing through challenges, Mitch and his loved ones laugh, ... Read more
Free: Living with Markus
Forced to choose between cultivating a satisfying life for himself and rescuing his dysfunctional family members from their certain demise causes Marc to question the importance of family. Does Marc save his relatives from their ill-fated lives, or save himself from entering into a life of self-sacrifice and missed opportunities? Painful soul-searching and ... Read more
The Munich Girl
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown reaches of ... Read more
Amongst The Killing
There are 2 sides to every story. Meet Detective Street and mass murderer Jack Casey. Amongst The Killing documents each of their stories, told in their own words, as the moments unfolded when their paths first crossed and their lives intersected. How two men, with two different philosophies, could be so different and ... Read more
Off Balance
Alice thinks she’s accepted the loss of her ballet career from injury, until the day her boss asks her to befriend Lana, a pretty new company member he’s got his eye on. Lana desperately needs a friend, someone besides her mother, whose constant attention soon curdles into something more sinister. What follows is a friendship ... Read more
Portal to the Forgotten
A country constable searches for a missing girl in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. What he finds is a portal to another dimension. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
Free: Pianist in a Bordello
Steeped in political satire, Mike C. Erickson’s debut novel offers a hilarious look into the issue of transparency. Erickson’s first-person narrative, set in 2010, opens with a chaotic prologue of campaign staffers urging the ever-optimistic Dick not to go through with his autobiography, before Dick delves into his life story. Erickson has created a ... Read more
Swans Are Fat Too
A heartwarming love story between an overweight pianist and a disinherited prince, set in Warsaw. “Beautiful…thought-provoking.” An Amazon bestseller in Eastern European Literature. Free with Kindle Unlimited. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
Descendants of the Dragon
When paleontologist Zee finds a new fossil discovery she is forced to confront the demons from her past while fighting the real world monsters who threaten to take everything her team has worked for. $0.99 on Kindle. ... Read more
The Irish Flapper
The Irish Flapper, is a novel set in Manhattan during the exciting Roaring Twenties about a young Irish woman’s journey to America to fulfill her contrasting dreams of wealth and artistic expression. Once in America she awakens to the disillusioning reality of an immigrant’s life. It is her wildly flamboyant cousin, Isabelle, the “IT” ... Read more
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel
Mitch Albom creates his most unforgettable fictional character—Frankie Presto, the greatest guitarist to ever walk the earth—in this magical novel about the bands we join in life and the power of talent to change our lives. In his most stunning novel yet, the voice of Music narrates the tale of its most beloved disciple, young ... Read more
The Balladeer
After his release from prison, a trouble man travels home to discover the truth about his bother’s death. On his way, his ballads take us back to when he and his brother were kids, and back to the dark event that left his brother dead from a shotgun blast. $0.99 on Kindle.... Read more
The Munich Girl
Anna Dahlberg grew up eating dinner under her father’s war-trophy portrait of Eva Braun. Fifty years after the war, she discovers what he never did—that her mother and Hitler’s mistress were friends. Plunged into the world of the “ordinary” Munich girl who was her mother’s confidante—and a tyrant’s lover—Anna uncovers long-buried secrets and unknown ... Read more
London Irish Dublin English
Dublin is a wonderful place to live and work. Experience this through the eyes of Donal, a wannabe Irish man. He loved the place so much that he moved here, from London, in the middle of the recession hit 1980’s. Working for an IT multinational company, he’s trying to sell computers to Dubliners. That’s not ... Read more
Orphan in America
Orphan in America is a compelling fiction that follows three generations across vast distances and the impact of a dark and unfamiliar episode of America’s past; the Orphan Train. Avery’s expressive language and fully realized staging enrich this literary work with an authenticity that brings the saga to life. “Reviewers’ Choice 2015”: a selected Indie ... Read more
Amie an African Adventure
Amie’s husband is offered work in Africa and for her it is a terrifying experience. Just as she begins to settle she comes to the unwelcome attention of a government official and the civil war breaks out. Amie is arrested and then begins a fight for her life as she escapes out into the African ... Read more
Free: Seven Eleven Forgotten and Other Stories
From the publishing author of the Seven Eleven Stories periodical comes the original Seven Eleven collection. Four stories (“Seven Eleven Ceremony,” “Crash: Seven Eleven!” “Seven Eleven on a Boat,” and “Seven Eleven Forgotten”) revolve around Alex Aronovich—a talented but profoundly discouraged soul, searching listlessly for a connection to the world around him. In the last ... Read more
