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5 Free Books To Kickstart Your Weekend!     Sourcebooks is offering five free reads for a very limited time. The best part? Each one of these authors has another book coming soon. So when you fall in love with these titles you won't have to wait long for more! All are full length novels so download and read, read, read. Follow this link to find the books. http://www.sourcebooks.com/store/ebook-specials.html

Free eBooks

Who doesn't love free books. I certainly do so check out this site for a great holiday offer.

In honor of the 12 Days of Christmas All Romance web site is giving away free eBooks to anyone who is a member. Just sign up and you will receive their newsletter, Wildfire, Every day for 12 days you will receive a email that lets you download that day's free book. This is day three, so if you are not a member sign up today.

Follow the link to the All Romance web site. http://www.allromanceebooks.com/newsletters.html

All of the books come in a format that will load on the eBookwise reader or you can read on your computer.

Christmas Gift - EBookwise Reader

On Sale for 89.95

This is the eBook reader I have owned for several years. If you are looking for a Christmas gift the price is great. There are a lot of choices out there today so look carefully before you buy. Here are some things to consider.

On the Plus Side:


Great price

Backlit Screen

Good selection of books at Fictionwise and EBookwise

8-15-hour battery life

Will read the following files; plain text (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Microsoft Word documents (.doc), HTML (.htm or .html), and Rocket eBook Editions (.rb).

There are several ways to transfer personal content onto the device,

Most of the eBook publishers have a format that will download to the EBookwise Reader

Some other publishers (Baen comes to mind) also have compatible formats

Will hold up to 100 books



On the minus side:

Takes a UBS cord to download

Barnes and Noble now owns Fictionwise and EBookwise so I don’t know how long they will continue to support the EBookwise Reader as they will be selling the Nook

No wireless capability

Will not accept some of the common secure formats

I like my EBookwise Reader and when I cannot download to the reader I just download to my computer and read the book there. I do prefer having the book on a eBook reader rather than the computer so I am planning to look at the Nook and if I like it will probably purchase one.

Go to this web site to get more information. http://www.ebookwise.com/ebookwise/ebookwise1150.htm

Invisible by Kimber Chin

Contemporary Romance

I entered a contest at Kimber Chin’s web site. I didn’t win the grand prize but was offered a free PDF copy of Invisible as a welcome gift. I sent back an acceptance and the copy of Invisible was in my mailbox yesterday. I downloaded it, started reading and could not put it down. I finished Invisible late last night. As I have said in other posts in romance it is not the destination, it is the journey. The journey in Invisible is filled with twist, turns and suspense. The main characters are well written and several of the supporting characters are ripe for their own story.

Antique collector Hagen Rayner is an expert at telling the real from the fake. Maveve Delaney is an expert at helping people hide themselves or their assets. When Maveve’s friend and Hagen’s Great Uncle dies the will requires the two of them to work as to team to find the deed to the Great Uncle’s house. If they fail to find the deed the Great-Uncle’s estate goes to another nephew. The hunt requires both of their skills to succeed. Maveve must find the clues that have been hidden and Hagen must determine which clue is real and which clue is fake. All of this makes for a great journey. Invisible is a well –paced suspenseful love with story filled with great characters. Don’t miss reading Invisible. Buy the book today.

Champagne Books (www.champagnebooks.com) published Invisible by Kimber Chin (businessromance.com/) in 2009. Invisible is available in print from Champagne Books and also is available from Fictionwise (www.fictionwise.com) as an eBook and at Amazon (www.amazon.com) on Kindle.

Mr. Complete by Sheridon Smythe

Romance

Romance books all have the same destination. The difference in each romance book is the journey to that destination. The journey in Mr. Complete is filled great characters, a great story and many laugh out loud moments. Luke Reynolds is the owner of Mr. Complete's Escort Services. Mrs. Scuttle is his seventy-eight year old secretary. Luke‘s prime rule is that his escorts do not become romantically involved with the clients. His step-brother who is also his arch enemy is trying to put Luke out of business. Two employees accepted bribes from the stepbrother and violated that prime rule. Lydia Carmichael’s aunt had her heart broken by one of those employees. Lydia decides to pose as a client in order to prove that Mr. Complete is in the business of selling sex and breaking hearts. Luke gets wind of her plan and the stage is set. The book is filled with male hunks, sexy dialogue and Mrs. Scuttle adds more than one laugh out loud moment. This is a wonderful lighthearted read.

Wildrose Press published Mr. Complete in 2008. Mr. Complete is currently available only as an eBook. I purchased the book from Fictionwise. I liked Mr. Complete so much I purchased a second book by the authors. Mr. Hyde’ Assets was just as enjoyable a read as Mr. Complete. Romance readers should look for books by Sheridon Smythe.

Sherri Eddington and Donna Smith are friends who write using the name Sheridon Smythe

Free Harlequin Books

Harlequin is celebrating 60 years of pure reading pleasure by giving away 16 full free eBooks. Go to their website to check it out.

Most are also available at Fictionwise and eBookwise for free download.

Harlequin does not say how long this offer will be good so don't wait to download. You can also read the books without downloading if you wish. Just click on the book you want and enjoy your reading.

Happy New Year

Free Books from Random House Publishing

Random House posted 9 free full-length novels at Fictionwise. These offers are usually limited so go to the web site now. In order to download the books you will need to register as a member at Fictionwise. This is a free registration. The books are available only in Secure e-Reader format and the following quote is from the Fictionwise website.

“eReader software allows you to read secure (encrypted) eBooks on PalmOS Handheld or Smartphone, Windows Mobile PocketPC (Professional), Windows Mobile Smartphone (Standard), Symbian s60 and UIQ, Windows PCs and Laptops and Apple Macintosh. The software is free and can be downloaded here. eReader software uses your credit card number as the "unlock code" to read your secure eBooks.”

Note that the books can only be opened with your credit card number. Even though the books are free you need to enter credit card information in order to open and read. If you have purchased books previously you do not have to re-enter, just remember which credit card you used on your last purchase.

My eBookwise reader will not accept the eReader format so I downloaded the software and books to read on my Apple. Reading on the computer is not my favorite way to read but "The books are Free".

Here are the books that are available FREE:

Alan Furst, The Foreign Correspondent

Julie Garwood, Murder List

Charlie Huston, A Dangerous Man, Caught Stealing, and Six Bad Things

David Liss, The Whiskey Rebels, A Novel

Laurie Notaro, The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death

Arthur Phillips, Prague

Simon Rich, Free Range Chicken

Download and enjoy

Baen Free Books

FREE! FREE! FREE! Yes, Baen does have a free library. The books can be downloaded to your computer or other reading devices or they can be read online. What is the catch? Most of them are the first of a series.
Baen wants you to get hooked and buy the rest of the series. Some of the titles available are:

With the Lightning by David Drake, Part of the RCN Series
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro
1812: The Rivers of War by Eric Flint.

This is a excellent way to check out authors you have never read, series you are not sure about or just without spending any money. There is a button to donate money if you are so inclined, but that is your decision. Follow this line to start reading free. www.baen.com/library/