Book Basset
Always on the hunt for the best Kindle dealsSorry Hubby
Hubby lost his phone last night. He knew it was somewhere in the house, so I called it. RING RING RING. I could hear it. I was sure it was coming from the other room. He searched and searched for about five minutes, all the while I am calling his phone to keep it ringing. He was sure it was coming from the room I was sitting in. Nope, I was sure the other room, but I was to tired to get up and help just yet. After another few minutes of watching him search, I finally got up to join in the search. The sound got considerably louder. Oh dear… I was sitting on it. Well, not exactly sitting on it. It was under the couch. OOPS! Sorry babe. Hubby moved the couch off the wall. Everyone…. please note that the couch has not moved from that wall in a very very long time. What he uncovered was HORRIFIC! It’s burned into my eyes. BLEGH! The good news is with all that dirt and fuzz the phone landed softly. For now I am going to pretend I didn’t see all that.
Not the Faintest Trace (The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries Book 1)
by Wendy M. Wilson
Genre: Historical Fiction | Mystery
FREE for a limited time
“It proved absolutely engrossing and enthralling – and I ended up reading the whole book in one sitting.” Val Burr, New Zealand Historian.
NEW ZEALAND, 1877: Fear hangs over a small Scandinavian settlement near Palmerston, in the North Island of New Zealand. The children have spotted a troll lurking in the bush, a large man clutching a hatchet and carrying a bag over his shoulders, the kind of troll that steals small children away from their families; thewomen are afraid it’s a man intent on harming them. Meanwhile, two teenaged boys are missing after crossing the river in search of illegal drinks. The inhabitants of the settlement, who have sailed from Schleswig to escape the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War, can’t get the police to take their fears seriously.
When the settlers ask Sergeant Frank Hardy, once a sharpshooter with the 57th. Regiment, to search for the boys, he’s not interested. He’s missing his old life and bored with his new life as a mail coach driver and sometime card shark, but looking for the bodies of two drowned boys is not the excitement he craves.
Then he recalls his brother who went missing a decade ago after crossing a different river, and he changes his mind. But as he begins his search, an event from his army days resurfaces, and his danger increases. And now he has a young woman to protect: the attractive cousin of the missing boys, who has assigned herself the task of helping him search.
Set in the picturesque New Zealand countryside, Not the Faintest Trace, a gripping mystery with a touch of romance, is the first of eight books in The Sergeant Frank Hardy Mysteries series. Based partly on a family story of two young men who crossed a river and disappeared, and partly on a little known but brutal atrocity, this book is a product of the author’s imagination.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
The Personal Shopper (The Annie Valentine Series Book 1)
by Carmen Reid
Genre: Literature & Fiction
FREE for a limited time
There’s just one accessory Annie Valentine can’t find… the perfect man!
Meet Annie Valentine: stylish, savvy, multi-tasker extraordinaire. As a personal shopper in a swanky London store, Annie can be relied on to solve everyone’s problems… except her own.
Because as a busy single mum to two kids, Annie’s realised there’s a gap in her life as well as her wardrobe. But with her heart still hurting from losing the love of her life, Annie’s discovered that finding the perfect partner is turning out to be so much trickier than finding the perfect pair of shoes!
Can she source a genuine classic? A lifelong investment? Or will Annie realise that her perfect man is already sitting on the front row of her life…
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Involuntary Turnover (Kat Voyzey Mysteries Book 1)
by Cheri Baker
Genre: Mystery
FREE for a limited time
“The last day in October began with a violation of the employee dress code and ended with a dead employee in the medical records department. I’ve always said I like my job because of the variety, but this was a bit much, even for me.”
HR director Kat Voyzey has a talent for getting things done. Tamping down office drama? Soothing egotastic executives? Dodging calls from her bully of a boss? It’s all in a day’s work.
But when Kat’s coworker is shot dead on Halloween night, questions fly through the hospital like a hail of bullets. Is there a killer roaming the halls of the hospital? Who will they strike next? And who on Earth would want to hurt sweet Anna Vasquez?
Frustrated by a weak police response, Kat rolls up her sleeves and gets to work. Someone needs to get the bottom of this mystery, and she’ll be super careful. After all, how dangerous could a murder investigation be?
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Saints And Sinners: In the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms of Mercia and Lindsey
by John Broughton
Genre: Historical Fiction | History
FREE for a limited time
Saxon times were not called the Dark Ages for nothing. It was a violent, unrecognizable world of kill or be killed.
In seventh century England, tribes and so-called kings vie for power and blood flows throughout the land. Aethelred – ruler of Mercia – is being pressed from all sides, and his wife Osthryth dies under unknown circumstances. Osthryth’s ring falls into the hands of warrior noble Aethelbald, who is accused of her murder and forced to leave Mercia by his conniving cousin Coeolred, who has eyes on the throne. When Aethelred abdicates and the weakling Cenred assumes power, Coelred sees a path to become the king.
With a court rife with would-be successors, can Aethelbald survive and become Bretwaldas – the ‘Britain-ruler’ – and sweep aside the underkings to unite the land?
Based on true stories, John Broughton’s Saints and Sinners shines a light on the murky Dark Ages, and recreates a Britain on the cusp of momentous change.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of Engineers)
by Hourly History
Genre: History | Biographies & Memoirs
FREE for a limited time
Isambard Kingdom Brunel. One of the most famous engineers the United Kingdom has ever produced. A man who put his stamp on his own country in the most visible way possible; through the construction of bridges and tunnels that stand to this day and by transforming both the landscape and the nature of society.
In 2002, Brunel was voted the second Greatest Briton of all time in a BBC survey, second only to Winston Churchill and putting names such as Darwin, Shakespeare, and Newton behind him. In 2006, numerous events were held across the United Kingdom in celebration of Brunel’s 200th birthday. There are few engineers with such a long-lasting and widespread legacy.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Journey Through Fire and Ice by Deanne Burch
Embark on a profound personal journey in Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams above the Arctic Circle, an extraordinary true story of survival challenges and life transformation. At the tender age of twenty-three, Deanne Burch found herself on the frigid island of Kivalina, Alaska, accompanying her husband, Ernest “Tiger” Burch, on an unprecedented participant study of the Inuit people.
Journey Through Fire and Ice: Shattered Dreams Above the Arctic Circle
by Deanne Burch
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Journey Through Fire and Ice is a riveting account of a personal journey into the unknown, where a true story unfolds against the backdrop of the Arctic wilderness. Witness Deanne’s life transformation as she evolves from a naive city girl to a woman of strength, ready to confront the next challenge. This poignant memoir captures the enduring spirit of an Arctic heart, a story etched into the fabric of survival and transformation.
Click here to get this book for $2.99
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
A Little Treasure
I think my little hobby of thrifting and selling my treasures on eBay is getting a bit more serious than I had intended. Last week my inventory got to be so overwhelming in my house I had to move it all to a storage unit. Which of course I needed to buy racks for. The storage unit looks like a little shop. Now all I need is one of those glowing signs that says “Open”. It was only supposed to be a little hobby. Typical me I went way overboard. I really like treasure hunting though. There are so many cute things out there that are fun to find and learn about. Thankfully I don’t want to keep any of it for myself. There have only been a few items I have held on to. I think hubby and I would have been having a completely different conversation if that was the case.
Ring of Fire (Tom Cash Thriller)
by Matthew Balleza
Genre: Literature & Fiction
FREE for a limited time
The ice is melting. The fuse is burning.
Nashville’s pro hockey team is on the verge of unveiling their brand-new arena. But celebrations turn to terror as a string of bomb threats and fan-related crimes send fear rippling through the city.
Whispers point to a shadowy fringe group on the city’s east side, fueled by bitterness and a thirst for vengeance.
Enter Tom Cash, a tenacious sports agent turned investigator, with a nose for trouble and a thirst for justice. He’s got days to unravel this twisted plot before the puck drops.
Suspects slither from the shadows: a shifty Zamboni driver with a hidden past, the team’s enigmatic Russian star and his mysterious companion, and a web of grudges simmering beneath the city’s surface.
Are these threats just a sick game, or is a deadly inferno waiting to erupt?
Time. Pressure. Ice-cold fear. Lurking beneath the roar of the fans and the clash of sticks is a high-stakes game where the entire arena could become the final target.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
The Sakura Element
by S.C. Vincent
Genre: Teen & Young Adult
FREE for a limited time
When tradition means damnation, and the future is the past…
Alia Academia – school for the elite. Genetically modified Oka Latellay faces discrimination orchestrated by fellow student Allen Debois. Allen enforces a caste system by the Purveyors of Tradition, keeping modified people in the bottom rung of society. But Oka’s gumption inspires him to start a fencing tourney where everything is at stake. If she loses, her life in high society is over. But if she wins, so ends the bullying of all mods in the school.
Oka struggles with her fencing bouts and growing feelings for Allen as he reveals there is more to him than the cold cruelty he portrays. Simultaneously, Allen is torn between adoration for Oka and the Purveyors of Tradition influence. Choosing the former could risk his family’s wealth and good name.
Little do the two know how much their struggles intertwine when Allen’s friend begins to vie for Oka’s affections, and Allen finds himself blackmailed about his family’s past.
In a post-World War world where society functions on sleight of hand and discrimination, Oka and Allen must find the one thing that will save them. Love.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
A Little Taste: A small-town, single-dad romance. (Be Still)
by Tia Louise
Genre: Romance | Women’s Fiction
FREE for a limited time
He’s seven years older, a grumpy single dad, and sheriff of our small town; but a little taste, and we can’t get enough…
Aiden Stone is a six-foot-two former Marine with a permanent scowl, dark hair, and dreamy blue eyes. He’s the oldest of the Stone brothers, and his “by the book” family has battled mine for control of our small town for generations.
The last thing I should do is sleep with him. Or nearly run him over with my truck. Especially since he’s sort-of my new boss…
It doesn’t help that my grandmother (the mayor) is a former magician, and my mom is a psychic (sort-of)… And my dad died in a failed escape-artist attempt (that my mother is convinced was a murder).
Trust me, I know crazy, but I’m just plain ole Britt Bailey, Shania Twain-loving, non-magical forensic photographer. Yes, I take pictures of dead things, but I don’t see them in my bedroom at night.
I only want to see one thing in my bedroom at night, and when I’m called home to help Sheriff Stone on an investigation, he actually stops frowning for a minute, and my teenage fantasies get very real.
It’s a terrible idea. We work together, he’s seven years older than me, he’s a single dad, he hates all things magic, but a little taste, and we can’t say no.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
An English Garden Murder (Julia Bird Mysteries Book 1)
by Katie Gayle
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
FREE for a limited time
Meet Julia Bird: recently single, reluctantly retired, and… an amateur sleuth?
Julia Bird has left London for a fresh start in a picturesque Cotswolds village, and the rustic charm and cosy fireplaces of her little cottage are everything she’d hoped for. But when she tears down the old garden shed to make way for a chicken coop, she unearths much more than she’d bargained for… the body of a young woman, apparently buried for decades, thrusting Julia into a baffling mystery.
With only one copper on the case in Berrywick, Julia decides to solve the who and whodunnit herself, taking her wayward puppy Jake along for the ride. And so begins a whirlwind tour of the village – from the dotty 90-year-old to the delightful doctor and the village gardener, it seems everyone has something to hide.
Soon, Julia is convinced she has discovered the killer’s identity, until Jake, a true Labrador, finds a new love of the local lake’s waterfowl and instead ends up catching her chief suspect… drowned. Back at square one, with potential culprits galore, Julia – newly nicknamed the Grim Reaper – despairs at ever solving the murders.
But as Julia ruffles feathers village-wide, the clock is ticking. There is someone in the village who has killed twice already. Will they be prepared to make it third time lucky to keep their secret safe?
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
A Spring of Surprises (Amish Spring Book 10)
by Ruth Bawell
Genre: Romance
FREE for a limited time
Rebecca Stoltzfus has been enjoying her time taking care of her groosmammi, though is she sorry for her grandmother’s broken leg. Her grandmother is the best baker in town, and Rebecca knows she is eager to be back on her feet and at work in her bakery. So when a rival bakery opens up just down the street from her grandmother’s place, Rebecca agrees to help out.
At first, Rebecca is willing to accept the new bakery into the community. After all, she wants to be a good neighbour. But it seems that Jacob Steiner, of Steiner’s Bakery, does not care about being accepted. In fact, he seems intent on seeing Stoltzfus’s Bakery run out of business. But when Rebecca learns the true reason for Jacob’s actions, she decides to try to help out.
While helping out, she also finds herself falling in love — not what she expected at all.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Cut The Canary’s Claws
by Richard Storey
Genre: Historical Fiction
FREE for a limited time
Push those thoughts down. Bury them deep. Hide them from yourself. Hope they never return, but you know they will…
How would you deal with constant psychological trauma and survivors guilt in the middle of a war, without help or understanding, when even the slightest sign of shell-shock could get you shot for cowardice?
After a short spell in the trenches in 1915, Jack Cunningham, a miner from the North-East of England, finds himself recruited as a tunneller to dig mines under the German lines, becoming involved in the underground warfare between the two sides.
Telling his story through a series of flashbacks, he is tormented by a voice inside his head, questioning his memories and his obvious guilt at surviving when others didn’t, swinging between varying states of confusion and control over his situation and over what is and isn’t real.
Why this is happening now? All Jack knows is that he wants to confront the past and feels driven to resolve the conflict rising up inside him, with Jack’s memories and the voice gradually becoming more erratic and violent, until they eventually lead him to his own personal revelations, their unavoidable consequences, and at last a final and true resolution.
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
RV Cooking (Camper RVing Recipe Books Book 2)
by Louise Davidson
Genre: Sports & Outdoors | Cookbooks, Food & Wine
FREE for a limited time
Whether you are looking for recipes for your next RV getaway or are just looking for healthy and nutritious food to make while at the campsite, you will find here a collection of recipes that are not only are easy to make while on the road but also brings in the flavors big time!
If this is one of your first RV experience, and you feel a bit overwhelmed by the thought of having to cook in a small kitchen with limited equipment, you’ll be surprised at how easy, with a bit of organization, and great ingredients, you can prepare meals that even the pickiest eaters will love and ask for seconds. Some will even ask for your “secret” recipes.
RVing doesn’t mean leaving behind good food and good cooking. It is exactly the opposite. The recipes included are creative, deliciously healthy, and satisfying from breakfast to desserts!
Click here to get this book for FREE
° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °
Feel The Love
Every time I take the bacon out of the oven I tell it how beautiful it is and how much I love it. My pup, Rosey, often stands by my leg and looks sad. She thinks to herself how she wishes I looked at her that way. NO PUP! I eat bacon. You don't want me looking at you...
The Boy With Strange Eyes by Dr. Thomas Davison
Join Kuni as he faces his fears, confronts his past, and discovers the true meaning of courage. Read "The Boy With Strange Eyes" now! TBWSE isn't just a story - it's an adventure of the soul! Experience the wonder of TBWSE, a tale that's captured the hearts of readers...
When I See Zombies
I am so disappointed. I ran all night last night in my dreams, and I don't get one bit of credit. Hubby and I have started watching The Walking Dead. Pretty good show. I love the characters and the writing. Good stuff really. I am not a fan of zombies though. They are...