Saturday’s Mystery eBooks
Wish You Were Here
by Rita Mae Brown
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy–and her human companion, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town-until its secrets explode into murder. Crozet’s thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor “Harry” Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her. When Crozet’s citizens start turning up murdered, Harry remembers that each received a card with a tombstone on the front and the message “Wish you were here” on the back…
The Recovery Agent
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Lost something? Gabriela Rose knows how to get it back. As a recovery agent, she’s hired by individuals and companies seeking lost treasures, stolen heirlooms, or missing assets. She’s reliable, cool under pressure, and well trained in weapons of all types. But Gabriela’s latest job isn’t for some bamboozled billionaire, it’s for her own family, whose home is going to be wiped off the map if they can’t come up with a lot of money fast.
Inspired by an old family legend, Gabriela sets off for the jungles of Peru in pursuit of the Ring of Solomon and the lost treasure of Lima. But this job comes with a huge problem attached to it—Gabriela’s ex-husband, Rafer.
The Secrets Next Door
by Sally Royer-Derr
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.2 #ad
What does she know? On a leafy, suburban street, curtains are subtly twitched to watch the new neighbor moving in.
Anne gets exactly the welcome to the neighborhood she expects: a basket of homemade cupcakes delivered by the woman next door and her best friend. One wears a curious smile while the other studies her every move. When Talia and Tabitha leave, Anne throws the treats in the trash.
She knows what to expect from the new neighbors. Talia with her perfect husband and pale-peach sweater sets, and Tabitha who reigns as queen in the close-knit community. That’s why she chose this house…
Days of Rage
by Brad Taylor
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Pike Logan and the Taskforce are used to being the hunters. But in this explosive “thriller that really thrills” (Publishers Weekly) from New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor, they are the hunted…
Intent on embroiling the US in a quagmire that will sap its economy and drain its legitimacy, Russia passes a potential weapon of mass destruction to Boko Haram, an extreme Islamic sect in Nigeria. The Russian FSB believes the weapon, a relic of the Cold War, has deteriorated and is no longer effective, but they are wrong. Boko Haram has the means for mass destruction, which will be set loose upon a multitude of unsuspecting innocents on one of the world’s grandest stages…
ESKAONUS: BATTLE FOR THE HEART
by Charles Earl Harrel
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Jesse Walt and his colleagues completed their outreach mission at Camayah and portaled back to Eskaonus for a few days rest before returning to heaven. After their arrival, perplexing situations develop. First, the local fishing fleet goes missing. Next, miners report mysterious lights flickering in the Hallet Sea. The following day, while exploring the ancient ruins on Onnie Passage, Lundy unearths an unusual black stone engraved with the word TREOW.
Then, reports emerge that the sinister Lord Eddnok has survived the Lost Forest and intends to seek his revenge against Lady Saephira and the western realms. Subsequent events will determine their fate, culminating in a battle for the heart and soul of the Eskaonite people.
Holding the Dream
by Nora Roberts
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Surrounded by the sweeping cliffs and beauty of Big Sur, Kate Powell treasured both her life at Templeton House and the family who raised her like one of their own. Although Kate lacked Margo’s beauty and Laura’s elegance, she knew she had something they would never possess – a shrewd head for business.
Driven by ambition, Kate measured her life’s success with each soaring promotion. But now faced with professional impropriety, Kate is forced to look deep within herself – only to find something missing in her life…and in her heart.
The Hunting Wives
by May Cobb
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 3.8 #ad
Sophie O’Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she’s feeling bored and restless.
Then she meets Margot Banks, an alluring socialite who is part of an elite clique secretly known as the Hunting Wives. Sophie finds herself completely drawn to Margot and swept into her mysterious world of late-night target practice and dangerous partying.
Between Sisters
by Kristin Hannah
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
“[Kristin] Hannah [brings] snap and a lot of warmth to a familiar lesson: that contentment comes from accepting each other’s flaws.” – People
Years ago, Meghann Dontess made a terrible choice that cost her everything, including the love of her sister, Claire. Now, Meghann is a highly successful attorney who doesn’t believe in intimacy—until she meets the one man who can change her mind. Claire Cavenaugh has fallen in love for the first time in her life. As her wedding day approaches, she prepares to face her strong-willed older sister. Reunited after more than two decades apart, these two women who believe they have nothing in common will try to become what they never were: a family.
Runaway Dragon Mates Boxed Set
by Serena Meadows
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
Six runaway brides. Six possessive dragon shifters.One blazing-hot series you won’t forget.
They were promised forever… but fate had other plans – dangerous, fated, and covered in dragon fire.
Each bride flees heartbreak, betrayal, or danger – only to crash straight into the arms of a powerful alpha dragon who would die to protect her. But the past doesn’t let go so easily. Obsessed exes, deadly secrets, forbidden bonds, and scorching desire all collide in this steamy collection of dragon shifter romances.
Eternal
by Lisa Scottoline
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
What war destroys, only love can heal.
Elisabetta, Marco, and Sandro grow up as the best of friends despite their differences. Elisabetta is a feisty beauty who dreams of becoming a novelist; Marco the brash and athletic son in a family of professional cyclists; and Sandro a Jewish mathematics prodigy, kind-hearted and thoughtful, the son of a lawyer and a doctor. Their friendship blossoms to love, with both Sandro and Marco hoping to win Elisabetta’s heart. But in the autumn of 1937, all of that begins to change as Mussolini asserts his power, aligning Italy’s Fascists with Hitler’s Nazis and altering the very laws that govern Rome. In time, everything that the three hold dear–their families, their homes, and their connection to one another–is tested in ways they never could have imagined.
The Summer We Fell in Love
by Trisha Ridinger McKee
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
He reached for her hand, never quite making contact. “But beneath all the mess, it’s a love story.”
One phone call, one softly spoken nickname, takes Poppy back twenty-four years when she was an eighteen-year-old finding her own way.
With an old camper and plans for a better future than living with an alcoholic, bitter mother, Poppy sells her jewelry by the side of the road. Those plans are tossed upside-down when she meets Silas, a charming, carefree guy who only has his sights on the moment, not the future. Together, they face their first summer as adults, and Poppy has to decide whether she wants to follow her dreams… or her heart.