Kindle Book Haul

Well, I had a few ideas on what to blog about on my first official post back to my normal content. I have a few ideas that will come in the days, because my body is pretty jumpy due to Cerebral Palsy and stress. Being used to it doesn’t mean it isn’t annoying. Yesterday, I was pretty low, so I went on Amazon and got some free books. I’m pretty excited about them, and I’m sure you will see something you will enjoy, even though I have different genres (I have already read four of the books I got). Plus some things I don’t typically pick up. Let’s get into it.

Amazon Blurb:

Ella Harvey is done waiting for answers. With only a mysterious blue box and a few scattered clues, she sets out to find the one thing missing from her life—her biological father. Her mother refuses to talk, and Ella’s stubborn heart won’t let her walk away.

Then there’s Zane. He’s spent his life coasting—riding high on his Ducati, surrounded by family, and carving out a career path that’s all his own. But when he’s tasked with helping Ella search for her father, he uncovers a dangerous secret that threatens everything they’ve built.

The chemistry between them is undeniable, but with so many lies buried in the past, their connection may burn them both.
As secrets unfold, Ella’s quest for the truth becomes a dangerous game. She’ll keep Zane’s heart safe, if it means walking away—problem solved, no one gets hurt. Or so she thinks.

But Zane won’t let her go. To keep the fierce and beautiful Ella in his life, he’ll have to find her father. To keep the woman he’s fallen in love with, he’ll have to save her mother.

Amazon Blurb:

If you’ve ever loved a dog, then you know the profound bond that changes a life forever—through joy, loss, and an unbreakable connection that stands the test of time.

How to cherish every wag, every nuzzle, and every precious moment—through stories that remind us why dogs are forever in our hearts.

Amazon Blurb:

What if your last dog has the power to choose your next dog?

Join Ranger, a determined beagle who goes from laboratory animal… to rescue dog… to stray… and finally to beloved companion of Nick, a soldier who is learning to heal, to trust, and to love right along with his four-legged friend.

And when Ranger is forced to leave Nick’s world, this vigilant dog discovers that his job has just begun.

With wit, wisdom, and the unflinching honesty, Ranger’s heart-wrenching tale of resilience reminds readers that all barriers can be transcended by love.

Amazon Blurb:

Felix was raised by a family who upheld traditional medicine over all modern medicine – so when he turned 18 and started transitioning, Felix had to run away from home if he wanted to live his authentic life. Now, ten years later, he’s surprised when his aunt passes away and leaves him a house, far from the place he left.

Leaving an unfulfilling life in London to give country living a try, Felix is soon overwhelmed by the amount of books on folk medicine and gardening his aunt left to him. Wanting to reconnect with her memory, Felix decides to give the family craft he’s always shunned a try, and soon the locals are asking him for the remedies they had relied on when his aunt was alive.

One of those locals is Declan, the handsome deliveryman who immediately catches Felix’s eye. Declan is shy and reclusive, but Felix manages to chip away at Declan’s walls and soon discovers his secret: Declan is a werewolf who loses control on full moons, and only a potion Felix’s aunt used to make can help him gain back that control. Felix is determined to make this potion correctly and help Declan… and maybe fall in love in the process?

A cosy and spicy werewolf x witch romance set in the English countryside with full-page illustrations in every chapter, drawn by the author.

Amazon Blurb:

Forest of the Stars is one part steamy sci-fi romance, one part exploration of gender and masculinity in a trans coming of age story that will take you out of this world.

Echo is the only trans crew member on a pirate spaceship and he’s not in a good place. When the crew goes after a prize, the tables get turned around on them and they’re now at the mercy of the very people they wanted to rob.

As Echo unravels the ship’s secrets, he finds an unlikely friend in the ship’s meddlesome sentient computer. He’s never felt this accepted by strangers. Too bad that it will all be over the moment his crew manages to leave.

Crade is the unwilling captain of an unusual spaceship. It was his best friend’s (the ship’s computer) idea to befriend the young pirate and try to recruit him to their own crew. Crade, however, might be developing different kinds of feelings altogether. Can he offer to tear Echo away from his world the same way Crade himself was once torn away from his?

Amazon Blurb:

When fickle March weather comes to Sleighbell Springs, this Christmas town will need a little Luck.

Luck Alvarez misses the magic of their youth. Teaching dance is their calling, but year after year of Nutcracker performances has left Luck all twinkled out. With the long off-season ahead, they reignite their passion by teaching a class far sexier than they’ve dared in years: burlesque.

But mere weeks before their final performance, a spring storm damages their venue, and the Sleighbell Stage is at risk of closing for good. Luck turns the recital into a fundraiser for the beloved community theater. Eager for a showstopping number that will inspire Sleighbell Springs to tip generously, Luck asks Felix Kelly—their best friend and former dance team co-captain—to partner with them for the finale.

Grumpy construction worker by day and raunchy drag king by night, Felix has a heart of gold. Little does Luck know, that heart has belonged to them for years, and the sensual choreography reignites the scorching desire they tried to douse long ago. The community theater may not be the only thing in town falling apart; their undeniable attraction threatens to tear this lifelong friendship to pieces.

Amazon Blurb:

Who knew two men could form such a bitter rivalry over adopting a cat?

Jericho Adams is in need of a cat. Doesn’t sound too difficult, even for a reclusive artist like him. People adopt cats all the time. Those people clearly never met Harlan Vardanyan, the world’s surliest pet shop employee.

Harlan’s love for animals is matched only by his disdain for customers. Too much experience tells him they can’t be trusted. When Jericho sets his sights on Dumpling, an aloof-but-lovely young cat, Harlan vows the man will never have her. However, he can’t outright refuse without risking his job.

What he can do is fabricate a series of absurd adoption requirements that Jericho can’t possibly meet. Unfortunately for Harlan, the more his demands escalate, the more determined Jericho becomes to free Dumpling from her short, fire-breathing gatekeeper. Then Harlan is unexpectedly evicted from his apartment, and Jericho ends up rescuing him instead.

Now Jericho and Harlan are forced to continue their battle of wills in tight quarters. Except living together unveils vulnerability on both sides, and soon trading verbal jabs begins to feel… wrong. The weeks-long rivalry sputters, and in its place, a fragile intimacy begins to grow.

But the secret deadline for Jericho’s cat acquisition is rapidly approaching. He can’t let his feelings for Harlan get in the way of his ultimate goal, even if the betrayal will destroy whatever they’ve been building.

Amazon Blurb:

In 1975 Spain, loving the wrong woman could cost you everything. In 2024, it might just save your life.

When retired music teacher Ana plays a forgotten cassette tape from her youth, the last thing she expects is to wake up in 1975. Suddenly undocumented and trapped in a country on the brink of historical upheaval, Ana’s only lifeline is Lucía—a twenty-five-year-old rebel running an underground feminist network right under the regime’s nose.

Lucía doesn’t trust easily. She is focused, determined, and has no time for distractions. But Ana’s gentle presence, her knowledge of a better future, and the music she brings into Lucía’s quiet apartment begin to unravel Lucía’s carefully built defenses. As political tensions rise and the secret police close in on Lucía’s group, the two women are drawn into a deep, undeniable connection.

Amazon Blurb:

Stone Briggs.
Ex-con, big brother, and not a fan of baking. Which was strange considering he owned, Stud Muffins, a reputable bakery in a dodgy part of town.

Stone’s goal in life is to be there for his brothers, and if at all possible, keep them out of prison. Which sounds simple, only… Newt just stole something, Mickey wants to take part in illegal fights, and Jude is keeping a secret.

Things are complicated enough for Stone without Robin strolling into his life and falling at his feet. Not his feet exactly. He falls five metres along from where Stone had his bare butt cheeks against the bakery window…

Why bare butt cheeks?

That might have something to do with the dead man he just wiped off the kitchen walls.

Which wasn’t Stone’s fault.

That was down to the assassin, Donnie King, and Yates Matthews, the crazy florist across the street.

Why did Robin fall?

That might have something to do with the bible that hit the back of his head.

Which was partly Stone’s fault.

If Robin—the priest—hadn’t forced him to take the bible, Stone wouldn’t have thrown it at him.

He didn’t mean to knock Robin unconscious and break his nose. He’s not a monster despite what some people might think.

Stone is just a guilt-ridden guy who runs a stupidly named bakery.

And the ear sliding down the wall has nothing to do with him…

Amazon Blurb:

In a highly-structured eighteenth-century society, the city state of Angelio is known for two things: its music, and its guardian, the Archangel Michael.

At Angelio’s music school—nicknamed the Cage of Nightingales—castrato singer Carlo is headed for fame at the opera … at the price of personal freedom. Charity pupil Tammo hates the school and everyone in it, and wants to live in the woods, charming birds with his flute.

When Tammo meets Carlo, their lives change forever. With the help of the Archangel, they can grant to each other whatever their hearts desire. But staying true isn’t easy, and their choices will affect not just their futures, but that of Celestina—a young aristocrat destined to be the third person in their relationship.

Amazon Blurb:

What happens when survival becomes your full-time job—and no one sees the cost?Still Here is a raw, unflinching memoir about what it means to keep going after loss, trauma, and the quiet devastations that don’t leave visible scars. With honesty and emotional precision, Tabitha Ferguson tells the story of living through absence—of people, safety, certainty—and surviving not because the pain ended, but because she did not.
This memoir explores:
life shaped by trauma, mental illness, and survival mode
the toll of living in constant fight-or-flight
relationships that promised safety and delivered silence
motherhood, identity, and endurance in the aftermath of heartbreak
what it means to still be standing when everything else has fallen away
Written for readers who have lived through grief, abandonment, incarceration, illness, or emotional survival, Still Here does not offer platitudes or easy healing. Instead, it offers truth, recognition, and the quiet power of being seen.
This is not a story of being “fixed.”
It is the story of staying.
For anyone who has ever whispered I don’t know how I survived this—this book is for you.

Amazon Blurb:

Across Oceans of Time tells the remarkable true story of Khadija, a girl left behind as a toddler in Syria while her family sailed across the sea to Chile.

Married at just 18, she raised thirteen children alone, surviving loss, hardship, and a world that demanded more than any young girl could bear.

After sixty-five years of separation, an emotional reunion with her mother and siblings in Chile brought decades of longing to life, showing the power of love, resilience, and family.

A moving, unforgettable memoir of courage, sacrifice, and the enduring human spirit.

Amazon Blurb:

She was raised to be a good German girl. Now everything she believes in is falling apart.

Germany, 1944: Fifteen-year-old Luise Hofmann believes in the Reich. She believes in victory, in sacrifice, in everything she has been taught to believe.

But when her father returns from the Eastern Front haunted and disillusioned, when her friend’s family is torn apart by the Gestapo, and a banned novel forces her to confront the truth about the war, Luise can no longer look away.

Navigating black markets, air raids, and a regime that is both collapsing and tightening its grip, she risks everything to protect those she loves—even as she is still learning who she is.

Amazon Blurb:

The sky over London is burning, but the deadliest threat is hiding in the ash. While the Luftwaffe rains hellfire upon the city, a phantom network of traitors and predators uses the chaos of the Blitz to hunt in the dark.
Arthur Pendelton is a quiet Sussex farmer, a man of few words deeply tied to the land. But beneath his worn tweed coat beats the heart of a lethal, highly decorated Great War veteran. When his niece, Clara, vanishes into the choking dust of a bombed-out street, Arthur unearths a terrifying truth: she wasn’t a casualty of the air raid—she was taken. Hundreds of miles away in occupied France, Lady Evelyn Sinclair lives on a razor’s edge. Embedded within the opulent, terrifying circles of the SS elite, the aristocratic British spy must mask her paralyzing terror with forced smiles and champagne, knowing one trembling hand could mean her brutal execution.
As Evelyn uncovers “Operation Black Rook”—a devastating Nazi sleeper network preparing to cripple London from within before a full-scale invasion—Arthur’s hunt for Clara puts him on a collision course with Julian Blackwood. A wealthy, psychopathic opportunist, Blackwood views the falling bombs as the perfect cover for his monstrous personal crimes and treason. With the clock ticking down and the city crumbling around them, Arthur must resurrect his buried trench-warfare instincts to navigate flooded vaults and brutal thugs, while Evelyn risks everything to transmit the intelligence that could save Britain.

Amazon Blurb:

Two high school sweethearts-one cisgender, one transgender, both men- find each other again in adulthood and have a second chance at love, but one of them doesn’t know they’ve been in love before.

Tabby, a closeted trans boy in high school, resolves to come out after moving away for his senior year. He worries his boyfriend, Jax, will reject him over the truth and doesn’t share his trans status. On their final date before Tabby moves, still passing as female, he and Jax agree to break up over the distance and promise to give their love a chance if they find one another again.

As an adult, Jax moves to San Francisco in search of a clean slate. Tabby, living in the same city, fills his life with friends and hosts an LGBT D&D group; however, his boyfriend Rob is a poor match for him. When Jax joins Tabby’s D&D group by chance, the two are thrust together again and become fast friends, yet Jax doesn’t recognize Tabby because of his advanced transition.

Jax becomes Tabby’s unofficial confidant and helps Rob be a better boyfriend behind the scenes to satisfy his growing attraction. With every day that Tabby hides the truth-that he is Jax’s missing first love-he risks losing both Rob and Jax to his lies.

Amazon Blurb:

A father is not supposed to disappear quietly.

When a routine separation turns into a prolonged legal process, one man finds himself navigating a system shaped not only by the courts, but by social services—where decisions, delays, and narratives begin long before a judge ever speaks.

What begins with a single phone call evolves into supervised contact, observation, and a gradual redefinition of his role as a parent. Despite consistent evidence, positive reports, and professional support, progress is repeatedly postponed—not through direct opposition, but through process.

This is not a story of collapse.
It is a story of endurance.

Amazon Blurb:

By the time Kay was six, she had lost both her mother and sister. With only fuzzy memories of them, she had pleaded with her father since she was a little girl to tell her stories about them and to visit their graves. He claimed it was too painful to discuss, and refused – up until the day he died.

When her father unexpectedly passes, leaving her without any family, Kay prepares to bury him and handle his estate. But as she sifts through his belongings, in the once forbidden attic, all she finds are dusty boxes filled with old textbooks and family photos featuring her late mother and sister, but strangely none of herself.

Determined to find her mother and sister’s graves to lay her father to rest, she hires Drakos Monroe Security & Investigations to find them.

As Martina listens to Kay’s dilemma she’s worried about the odd behavior and secrecy of Kay’s father before his death. As Vincent and she dig in, they uncover a series of alarming discrepancies, realizing that the truth is far more complex and disturbing than they ever imagined.

Amazon Blurb:

You kissed your daughter goodnight. By morning, she’s gone.

Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she’s forever branded with his signature: a curling “S” carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only a matter of time before he takes another victim.

Forced home to recover, Val returns to Red Rose County, California, to be with her son. But the very next day she finds the close-knit community panic-stricken over the disappearance of blonde-haired, freckled-faced local teen, Scarlett Douglas.
Defying orders, Val interviews the Douglas family at their farmhouse and uncovers a less-than-idyllic picture. Housebound since a devastating diagnosis, Scarlett’s world was crumbling. The sight of Scarlett’s unworn prom dress hanging in her room brings a tear to Val’s eye. She won’t sleep until this sweet girl is home and safe.

Val and her team search the nearby towering redwoods for any clue to what happened the morning Scarlett disappeared. But the case takes a sinister turn when a little pink teddy bear is delivered to Val’s door. Did the Bear follow her to Red Rose County? Is her family now in terrible danger? Could Scarlett be his latest victim?

Working around the clock, Val begins to question if the Douglases are the loving parents they claim to be. With time running out to save Scarlett’s life, and the truth just within her reach, will Val once again come face to face with the Bear? And who—if anyone—will survive?

You kissed your daughter goodnight. By morning, she’s gone.

Two days ago, FBI Agent Val Costa came face to face with a serial killer known as the Bear. One of only two women ever to survive, she’s forever branded with his signature: a curling “S” carved into her skin. Val knows it’s only a matter of time before he takes another victim.

Forced home to recover, Val returns to Red Rose County, California, to be with her son. But the very next day she finds the close-knit community panic-stricken over the disappearance of blonde-haired, freckled-faced local teen, Scarlett Douglas.
Defying orders, Val interviews the Douglas family at their farmhouse and uncovers a less-than-idyllic picture. Housebound since a devastating diagnosis, Scarlett’s world was crumbling. The sight of Scarlett’s unworn prom dress hanging in her room brings a tear to Val’s eye. She won’t sleep until this sweet girl is home and safe.

Val and her team search the nearby towering redwoods for any clue to what happened the morning Scarlett disappeared. But the case takes a sinister turn when a little pink teddy bear is delivered to Val’s door. Did the Bear follow her to Red Rose County? Is her family now in terrible danger? Could Scarlett be his latest victim?

Working around the clock, Val begins to question if the Douglases are the loving parents they claim to be. With time running out to save Scarlett’s life, and the truth just within her reach, will Val once again come face to face with the Bear? And who—if anyone—will survive?

Amazon Blurb:

Francesca Jones has spent her life in the spotlight.
A world-famous actress, she’s used to gossip, pressure… and never truly belonging anywhere.

With her life under intense public scrutiny, she has no choice but to step away.

She returns to Ireland — to the Fitzgerald family, the only place that has ever felt like home.

No judgement. No expectations. Just acceptance.

But coming home isn’t as simple as she hoped.

Because Devlin Fitzgerald has spent years keeping his distance — burying feelings he should never have had.
Now Frankie is back, and staying away is no longer an option.

As old emotions resurface and tensions rise within the family, Frankie must finally face the past she’s been running from…

And decide where — and with whom — she truly belongs.

Start the addictive Fitzgerald Family series — where love, family, and secrets collide.

Amazon Blurb:

Nora becomes embroiled in a murder investigation to clear her best friend Gilly’s name. Using her newfound psychic abilities, Nora races against time to catch a killer before Gilly is wrongly convicted.
*****
My name is Nora Black, and I’m fifty-one-years young. At least that’s what I tell myself when I’m not having hot flashes, my knees don’t hurt, and I can find my reading glasses.
I’m also the proud owner of a salon called Scents & Scentsability in the small resort town of Garden Cove, where I make a cozy living selling handmade bath and beauty products. All in all, my life is pretty good. Except for one little glitch… Since my recent hysterectomy, where I died on the operating table, I’ve been experiencing what some might call paranormal activity.

No, I don’t see dead people, but quite suddenly I’m triggered by scents that, in their wake, leave behind these vividly intense memories. Sometimes they’re unfocused and hazy, but there’s no doubt, they are very, very real. Know what else? They’re not my memories. It seems I’ve lost a uterus and gained a psychic gift.

When my best friend’s abusive boyfriend ends up dead after a fire, and she becomes the prime suspect, I end up a babysitter to her two teenagers while she’s locked up in the clink. Add to that the handsome detective determined to stand in my way, my super sniffer’s newly acquired abilities and a rash of memories connected to the real criminal, and I find myself in a race to catch a killer before my best friend is tried for murder.

Some of the books are still free as I speak, so if you are interested in any of them, it’s best to look on Amazon.