Showing posts with label action adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label action adventure. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Free Contemporary Fantasy Kindle Books 9-25-2012

These ebooks were listed as free downloads at the time of the post. These are usually only free for a few days at most. Always double check the prices before downloading.    

Children of the Fallen
by Maya Lassiter
5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Angel Urban Fantasy


Seven haunted and talented half-breeds, not knowing who they are or what they can do, grow up in a city full of fallen angels. Only Old Abe knows them all, helping them and hiding them from their glorious and terrifying parents who call them abominations.

A homeless musician, a blind painter, a boy who can photograph angels, a fiery cellist, a tarot card reader--all lovers, children, or grandchildren of fallen angels, and just a few of Abe's charges.  Fallen angels with wings of fire, wings of stone, wings of night--or dawn, or mirrors, or music--they walk invisibly through the city, just a few of Abe's enemies.

At first the half-breeds are unaware of each other, seven unique people muddling through their troubled, intertwined lives alone.  Until a young man, raised by angels, finds them all and they begin to spill their secrets.  Because only by coming together will the half-breeds be able to save Abe from those of the fallen who wish to kill him for his audacity.




The Fireball Rebellion
by Eric Priuska
4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Super Power Adventure


Twelve-year-old Frankie Lenten never asked to be swept up into a rebellion against the secret superpowered society known as Artemin, but she has no choice after being hit by a rebel fireball that gives her superspeed. And even though she agrees with the rebellion that Artemin's rulers are overbearing and they should let everyone use their powers, a terrifying encounter with one of their psychotic leaders convinces her that there is true evil on the rebel's side. Now, caught between the rulers and the rebels, Frankie must find her own way to fight back. Luckily, she has the help of two true friends--the wickedly funny Eliza, who can move things with her mind, and the philosophical Shaun, who is not supposed to know about their secret lives. But as the trio races to stop an all out war, one question remains. Between her friends and her family, her principles and her power, her life and the lives of thousands around the world just like her, what will Frankie have to sacrifice to become a real hero?

The Fireball Rebellion--a fantasy adventure novel for ages 11 and up--is the first book of the Fireball Rebellion series. Look for the second book, Hurricane Frankie, to blow into your town soon.



Charlotte's Feathers
by Matthew Fish
4.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Contemporary Fantasy


A young man named Benjamin Strong has just lost everything after the death of his parents and girlfriend. After a failed suicide attempt, Benjamin wakes up to find an angelic version of his girlfriend, Charlotte, sitting by the edge of his bed. She tells him that he has seven days left to live- and that he has a very important decision to make: Die alone, or take all of humanity with him.



Savage (Daughters of the Jaguar)
by Willow Rose
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance


The year is 1983. Christian is 22 years old when he leaves his home in Denmark to spend a year in Florida with a very wealthy family and go to med-school. A joyful night out with friends is shattered by an encounter with a savage predator that changes his life forever. Soon he faces challenges he had never expected. A supernatural gift he has no idea how to embrace. A haunting family in the house next door. A spirit-filled girl who seems to carry all the answers. An ancient secret hidden in the swamps of Florida. One life never the same. One love that becomes an obsession. Two destinies that will be forever entangled.



Avow (A Last Selkie Short Story Prequel)
by Elizabeth A. Reeves
5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance



A Last Selkie Short Story.

A tragic life cut short.

What could be crueler than facing death alone?

Twenty years before Adrift, a young man named Ethan Tanner found out he had a inoperable malignant brain tumor and had less than a year to live.

Impossibly, help comes in a mythical form.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Free Contemporary Fantasy Kindle Books 9-23-2012

These ebooks were listed as free downloads at the time of the post. These are usually only free for a few days at most. Always double check the prices before downloading.  

The Hemlock Forest (The Ivy Chronicles)
by C.R. Cummings
5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Contemporary Fantasy


How does a wife and mother deal with raising her own unstable child, as well as an orphaned fairy, while at the same time hiding her special power of knowing the future? Elsie is doing the best she can; although keeping a foot in both worlds is precarious at best. Moving from place to place in order to keep the humans from finding out is hard on her, as is having to deal with the children not aging, while time moves on for her and her man. The forest is the safest place for the family, though they cannot remain there for long.

The Hemlock Forest is the prequel to "Run, Run, Run Away - The Ivy Chronicles 1". It tells the story from Elsie's point of view, living in the human world, though shifted into a fey by the unwitting willow. No one knows, not even her husband, that she is now a Scry and she needs to keep it that way.



Sleepy Willow's Bonded Soul (The Narcoleptic Vampire Series Vol. 1)
by Dicey Grenor
4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Vampire Horror


Ever since vampirism became illegal, the undead have been hunted to near-extinction. So Willow has to watch her back to make sure no one finds out what she is. And that’s not easy considering she’s a vampire with narcolepsy. Predator can become prey at any moment, especially with the skillful Vampire Extermination Team (VET) on the job.

Hoping to blend in with the nightlife, Willow takes advantage of being an animated corpse by performing for necrophiliacs at premiere fetish club Hades. Here, she discovers colleagues with other supernatural secrets. She’s also unexpectedly drawn to Remi, her most loyal fan, despite his deviant sexual nature and personality disorder. But succumbing to her lust is not a good idea since her maistre vampire forbids it.

Now Willow has to outsmart VET agents, escape bounty hunters, and find a cure for narcolepsy…or vampirism. And she’s got to break the bond with her maistre, no matter how powerful and unrelenting he is.

Most importantly, can she stay awake long enough to do any of it?

***BEWARE: BAD LANGUAGE, GRAPHIC SCENES, AND GORE ABOUNDS.***



Twisted Vengeance (Book One of The Twisted Series)
by Jeff Bennington
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Supernatural Thriller


Detective Rick Burns is thrust into a supernatural whirlwind while investigating several unsolved murders. In the process, a ghostly boy who may know the killer, takes Rick on a haunting chase through the streets of Indianapolis. What Rick discovers is a maniac bent on vengeance that is unbelievably sick and twisted. The detective has his past and love interest to protect, but he'll need to solve the case and free his demons before he is the next victim.



Ghost Betweens
by E.J. Krause
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Ghostly Adventure


The spooky farm in the middle of suburban Citrus Valley has long been rumored to be haunted. After taking pictures in the abandoned fields, Josh Hart and his buddy, Zach, find the stories to be true. They want to learn more, and are joined in their quest by Zach's girlfriend, Kendra, and the new girl in school, Whisper Douglas. Josh and Whisper find they're not only drawn to each other, but they also have superpowers when it comes to the supernatural. Their history teacher proves to have an unusual knowledge of their powers, and guides them to better utilize their newfound talents. And they need all the help they can get when Zach and Kendra are possessed by a powerful demon at the farm, who plans to use the teens to escape her prison and take over the world. Now Josh and Whisper, the newest Ghost Betweens, not only need to save their friends, but the entire planet, as well.

Recommended for ages 14 and up.



Arson (Book One in The Arson Trilogy)
by Estevan Vega
4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Paranormal Thriller


ARSON is the first book in a Young Adult Paranormal series. Book two, ASHES, is also available now.

ARSON GABLE FEELS LIKE A FREAK. HE CAN CREATE FIRE. HE NEVER ASKED FOR IT. HE NEVER WANTED IT. BUT HE CAN'T SHUT IT OFF.

Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl--who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own skin--moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he's never had: purpose. After years of living in fear, he will be forced to confront his haunting past and embrace the unknown as he walks the fine line between boy and monster. Edgy, realistic, and breathtaking, Arson, the chilling chronicle of an isolated teenager with unimaginable ability, is set to ignite the hearts and minds of a new generation.



One Less Warlock
by Judith Post
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Mystery



A Lunch Hour Read

Emile, River City's most powerful warlock, has been stabbed in the back and murdered in his own home. When the police can't get inside the warlock's house--which is protected by magic--Detective Prosper turns to Babet Spellbound for help. Babet, a witch, slowly begins to release Emile's wards and in doing so, is plunged into a locked room mystery. But as Babet helps detectives, the case becomes more puzzling: If no enemy could get past the warlock's protections, then how was he killed? And by whom? Finding the answers leads Babet to question Lillith--a succubus madam--and leads her to a settlement of women and children on the river banks that she never knew existed...a tight group of females who don't welcome outsiders into their midst.


Saturday, September 22, 2012

Free Contemporary Fantasy Kindle Books 9-22-2012

These ebooks were listed as free downloads at the time of the post. These are usually only free for a few days at most. Always double check the prices before downloading. 

Conner
by Miranda Stork
4.2 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance


Erin is a young psychologist, with no time for anything but her work, and unable to remember anything about her past. She leads an uneventful life, but a lonely one, in which she secretly wishes for a soulmate...

Conner is an unusual patient who approaches her, thrusting her into a strange world of darkness that runs beneath our own. He believes himself to be a creature of legend-a werewolf. But he also draws Erin with a roguish charm, and an irresisitible feeling that seems to bind them together...

Conner desperately tries to save her from an unknown evil that persues her with a relentless passion that crosses centuries, an evil that once took her very soul away, somewhere in Erin's lost memories.

As she becomes more entwined in a series of events that will remind her of who she really is, will she make it away from the oncoming darkness unscathed...?



Loose Ends - A Mary O'Reilly (Book 1)
by Terri Reid
4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Mystery


Dying is what changed Mary O’Reilly’s life. Well, actually, coming back from the dead and having the ability to communicate with ghosts is really what did it.

Now, a private investigator in rural Freeport, Illinois, Mary’s trying to learn how to incorporate her experience as a Chicago cop and new-found talent into a real job. Her challenge is to solve the mysteries, get real evidence (a ghost’s word just doesn’t hold up in court), and be sure the folks in town, especially the handsome new police chief, doesn’t think she’s nuts.

Twenty-four years ago, a young woman drowned in the swimming pool of a newly elected State Senator. It was ruled an accident. But now, as the Senator prepares to move on to higher positions, the ghost of the woman is appearing to the Senator’s wife.

Mary is hired to discover the truth behind the death. She unearths a connection between the murder and the disappearance of five little girls whose cases, twenty-four years later, are still all unsolved. As she digs further she becomes the next target for serial killers’ quest to tie up all his loose ends.



CAGED (Book 1, The Caged Series)
by Amber Lynn Natusch
4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance


After the death of her parents, Ruby awakens from a lifetime of shadows and finds herself alone, thrust into a world of lies, deceit, betrayal and the supernatural.

As her quest for truth continues to come up short, she realizes that maybe some questions really are best left unanswered.

When her true identity is finally unveiled, she is forced to choose between two of the mysterious men who continually seem to crop up in her life.

She chooses poorly.

Now abandoned, Ruby must learn to call on the darkness within to survive, or spend a hellish eternity imprisoned because of it.



FREEFALL (A Megalith Thriller)
by D.R. Sanford
4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Men's Adventure


Cullen wakes to his wife's terror-filled cries...

Unable to protect her or prevent her abduction, he loses everything he lives for...

Harassed by a detective and accused of Nora's death, Cullen descends into darkness...

Months later, a cryptic call sheds new light on his loss and plunges Cullen headlong into the discovery of an ancient cult and its leader, a puppet-master of nations...

With nothing left to lose, Cullen finds a strength and merciless resolve he never suspected he possessed..

He'll need more than that, however, to reach the truth and redeem himself.

...Follow Cullen's journey into the abyss and witness his rebirth as a new, dark hero.



The Secret of the Scarlet Stone (Gabby Girls Adventure, #1)
by T.L. Clarke
3.8 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Paranormal Mystery


The Adventure Begins......My name is Gabrielle Martin. And before I discovered that the scarlet pendant I received on my thirteenth birthday was not just any ordinary pendant but a crazy weird talisman and lifeline to my supernatural powers; the only major thing that I cared about was starting my freshman year at Vineswell Academy. But that was way before finding out that everything that I had known about my life was a lie....essentially smoke-and-mirrors designed to hide the truth about my powerful supernatural legacy.



Thursday, September 20, 2012

Free Contemporary Fantasy Kindle Books 9-20-2012

These ebooks were listed as free downloads at the time of the post. These are usually only free for a few days at most. Always double check the prices before downloading.  

Season of the Serpent: Book One
by David Nova
4.8 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Contemporary Fantasy Adventure


The Garden of Eden story is retold in this smart and satirical, contemporary fantasy ... a hybrid of Harry Potter and The X-Files ... The Wizard of Oz meets The Matrix ... a historical, metaphysical thriller where Synchronicity provides the clues.

The year is 1982. Paul Venturi is just an average, socially awkward college freshman hiding his extra-terrestrial genesis in the closet, hoping to start a brand new life on campus. Unfortunately, his reemerging telepathy and the shadow of covert government surveillance make fitting in a daunting task. But when an enigmatic Serpent in the guise of a college stoner pressures him to smoke the forbidden weed, Paul is thrust into a mind-bending world of government coverups, Gnostic revelations, and dark conspiracies.

Catapulted over the rainbow, Paul lands in the Astral realm of Yin'Dru where competing factions of immortals are locked in a bitter, cosmic stalemate waging a secret Cold War over the destiny of the human race. A reluctant Paul is cast in the starring role of Adam - a higher sentient human groomed to become their celebrity-messiah. However a sinister faction sees him as the perfect pawn to steer the United States and Soviet Union toward a nuclear Apocalypse. (Book One of Two)



Spellbinding Fire (Firewitch Series)
by Christina Ricardo
5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Paranormal Romance


Serafin, a novice healer, is committed to do whatever it takes to help her sick friend Gaia, defying any rules that prohibit her. With the trusted support of Ash, an official Guardian of the Guild, she breaks into the restricted wards and performs a healing enchantment.

But in doing so she exposes a conspiracy that endangers not just her career, but her sheer existence and that of her friends.

In order to expose the bitter secrets of others, Serafin will be forced to reveal secrets of her own in a land where those with powerful and evil magic crush the lives of anyone who stands in their way.



Immortal Storm (Shield of Night)
by Heather Bserani
4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Vampire Paranormal Romance


Bored with life on the horse farm, Dorianna Sahfi dreams of adventure, never realizing that an ancient evil hungers deep in the woods nearby. When tragedy strikes the farm, a mysterious stranger hires on to help pick up the pieces. Soon Dori finds herself falling for his gentle manner and remarkable green eyes. After a dreadful accident, Dori makes a choice that has far-reaching consequences and unknowingly initiates a chain of events that will devastate her entire family.

Now a monster is watching her from the footlights and she's wanted for a murder she did not commit. She can't go back. Her past is lost forever and the future holds unthinkable horror.

A terrible secret hidden in a tattered, old journal may be her only hope.

In a world where good is bad and bad is worse, who can she trust? Can she find a way to defeat an ancient vampire before he destroys her...and all she holds dear?




Thicker Than Water (Blood Brothers Vampire Series)
by Grag Sisco
4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon
Vampire Dark Fantasy


NOT YOUR TEENAGE SISTER'S VAMPIRES

Tyr and Loki are the kind of vampires who live for their own pleasure, not yours. They feel no remorse. They view human beings as livestock or sex objects. And after a thousand years of sex and destruction seducing and murdering the prettiest girls in the room, they have become two of the most diabolical serial killers of all time.

But following a violent feud that separates the brothers for over a decade, Tyr hides himself away in a house on the outskirts of Las Vegas where he falls in love with a terminally ill young woman named Eva, an act deemed punishable by death by the fabled vampire council known as The Chosen.

When a mysterious messenger arrives at his home, Tyr fears both Loki and The Chosen have tracked him down, forcing him to protect both himself and the dying young woman who is teaching him to feel.

Thicker Than Water is a vampire thriller focusing on 100 years of immortal, hedonistic life, from the slummy brothels of the American Wild West to the bright lights of Las Vegas circa 1999. The story weaves together vampires, brothel owners, cowboys, prostitutes, and gallons of innocent blood in an orgy of violence, sex, revenge, romance, betrayal, and brotherly love.



The Earth Painter (The Painter Series)
by Melissa Turner Lee
4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon
YA Paranormal Romance


When a self-conscious young woman discovers the boy in drama class is actually the immortal who painted the world into being, she becomes the target of another painter who hates humanity. The Earth Painter is a Young Adult Supernatural Romance set in the small mill town of Chesnee, SC. It revolves around Holly Scruggs, who's family has just moved back to Chesnee after her dad lost his job along with pretty much everything they owned. Her image conscious parents correct her to the point of brokenness until she meets Theo. He is the artist responsible for all the beauty of the land and he thinks Holly is beautiful too. Together they will fight against Fritz, the water painter who hates humans and is hiding a secret under the high school.