Wednesday’s Mystery eBooks
Death Knells and Wedding Bells
by Eva Gates
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.6 #ad
Librarian Lucy’s wedding is nearly perfect—aside from a missing guest and the strangled body she finds. Now, she must vow to find the killer in this 10th Lighthouse Library mystery.
Lucy and Connor planned for the perfect Outer Banks wedding—and that’s exactly what they got. Aside from typical rumblings of familial tensions, the late spring weather allowed for a beautiful day, the food was delicious, and everyone had a good time, until one of the guests goes missing.
The Revenge Paradox
by Regina Buttner
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“Deception, family drama, and more secrets than I could count permeate the pages of this gritty portrait of an untapped slice of Americana.” –Dan McDowell, award-winning author of When She Comes Knocking
Revenge has a way of backfiring sometimes.
College dropout-turned-Amazon reseller Rudy Hodgens vows revenge when his parents evict him for refusing to get a real job and generally being a slacker. If it weren’t for his friend Fudgie offering him a place to crash, he’d be on the street. Good thing he stole his stepfather’s gun before he moved out…
Look Alive Twenty-Five
by Janet Evanovich
Kindle $2.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
There’s nothing like a good deli, and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World-famous for its pastrami, cole slaw, and for its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, and the only clue in each case is one shoe that’s been left behind. The police are baffled. Lula is convinced that it’s a case of alien abduction. Whatever it is, they’d better figure out what’s going on before they lose their new manager, Ms. Stephanie Plum.
An Alpha’s Mate
by Bree Westland
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Her protection is his solemn duty… But at what cost?
Blake Beckett was coasting along just fine. Solo. Until a portal accident during a routine mission to Earth left him stranded with no memory. Where he meets… His mate?
Blake gave up on love after his first mate died, leaving him a barren wasteland on the inside. But as his memory returns, the reason for his trip, his sacred duty to his dragon clan, comes rushing back. To deliver the newest human offering, to his Alpha and brother…
Dale Brown’s Dreamland: Razor’s Edge
by Dale Brown, Jim DeFelice
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Hidden in the Nevada desert is Dreamland—a top-secret research center developing experimental artillery and aircraft that push beyond the cutting edge. It is also home to Whiplash—a covert team of special forces trained to deploy the high-tech weapons in extreme situations.
Whiplash’s latest mission begins when a series of American planes are shot down over Iraq in mysterious circumstances. There is no way that conventional weapons could have executed the deadly efficient strikes. Can the Iraqis have developed a laser capable of causing such mayhem?
The Wall
by Brian Penn
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
“PENN WRITES DYSTOPIA, WAR, AND LOVE WITH EQUAL SKILL AND HEART. HE HAS JUST GAINED A NEW FAN!” – Amazon Review
In the year 2099, a fractured United States plunges into civil war as a revolutionary technology promises eternal life. An impenetrable wall divides the prosperous populace from those in a land of despair.
Contraband smuggler Asher seeks escape to reunite with his beloved but uncovers a dark secret-the corrupt Lazurites offer immortality at a grave cost to his people on the other side.
Lady Vanishes
by Carol Lea Benjamin
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
When Lady, the beloved therapy dog of the Harbor View residential home goes missing, private investigator Rachel Alexander and her dog Dash slip in easily as the new service dog and trainer, though figuring out who murdered Harbor View’s owner is not so simple. Dash brings order and calm to Harbor View’s residents, but Rachel is deeply disturbed when her client and chief source of clues is badly injured in an “accident.” Suddenly the stakes are even higher—for Rachel, Dash, and the ensemble of eccentric residents they have come to care for . . .
Fallen Dragon
by Bree Westland
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Avery Beckett couldn’t have fallen any further, even if he’d dug his own grave.
Well, maybe technically he could have. Ousted from the family mansion, stripped of his status. Cast out in utter disgrace. That about covers it. His ruin almost complete.
Years of trauma surge to the forefront, leaving Avery no choice but to deal with the terrifying gift he’s been cursed with but had buried deep. The clan needs his unique brand of talents. Trouble is he’s no good for anyone else, least of all himself in his current state.
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
by Barbara Freethy
Kindle $9.99 Rating: BRAND NEW RELEASE #ad
The strongest lies aren’t the ones we tell others—they’re the ones we tell ourselves. I thought I’d found my fairy tale ending when Andrew Chadwick saved my life during a hotel fire and gave me a whirlwind love story I didn’t think existed. But trusting him made me vulnerable, and believing in the impossible made me an easy target.
Six months later, we’re celebrating our dream wedding at an exclusive island resort, where every luxury imaginable is at our fingertips. It should be perfect. It should be paradise. But it’s not.