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This post is a recap of the free titles this month, that are still free this morning.

Darkfever, by Karen Marie Moning, the first in her Fever series, returns as a freebie in the Kindle store. If you missed it last July, here is your chance to get started on an excellent series.

Book Description
MacKayla Lane’s life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she’s your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks…until something extraordinary happens.

When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death–a cryptic message on Mac’s cell phone–Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister’s killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed–a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae….

As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister’s death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane–an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women–closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac’s true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book–because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands….

Out of Bounds, by T. A. Chase, the first in the Love of Sports series. This is a Samhain title, so be sure to check the content warning.

Book Description
Can a sexy nightclub owner convince an all star basketball player to risk it all? Professional basketball player Kasey Johnson makes a point of keeping his sexual preference under guard and out of the public eye. Empty, off-season flings are all he can look forward to until he retires. He figures his secret is safe-until he meets Ingram Fletcher, a nightclub owner who ignites a passionate inferno in his body.

Gram has lusted after Kasey ever since the long, tall basketball player was traded to Phoenix a year ago. But with Kasey's twin brother running interference, up until now Gram's been unsure if it's safe to make a play. Then some incidental contact in the crowded club leads to a kiss that starts Gram wondering if a relationship is possible-now, and beyond March Madness.

A romantic weekend together answers that question. Now the only one remaining is if Kasey is ready make a fast break out of his comfort zone.

Warning: This title contains explicit sex, graphic language, nekkid man love, creative usage of chocolate, whipped cream and strawberries.

On Earth as It Is in Heaven: How the Lord's Prayer Teaches Us to Pray More Effectively by Warren Wiersbe

Book Description
Just as babies slowly learn to communicate in more and more complex ways, so the new believer should move from simply crying out to God to a developed prayer life. The basic elements of prayer found in the Lord's Prayer are a helpful guide to Christians hoping to enrich their prayers. In On Earth as It Is in Heaven, beloved teacher and writer Warren W. Wiersbe explains and applies the elements of the Lord's Prayer to everyday prayer so readers get excited about maturing in their personal prayer ministries. Any reader wanting to experience a more satisfying and effective prayer life will cherish this thoughtful book.

Experience more satisfying and effective prayer Do you feel like your prayer life is stagnant? Like you're saying the same things to God that you did when you first started praying? Just as young children slowly learn to communicate in more and more complex ways, so Christians should move from simply crying out to God to a mature, developed prayer life. The basic elements found in the Lord's Prayer are a helpful guide to believers hoping to enrich their prayers. In On Earth as It Is in Heaven, beloved teacher and writer Warren W. Wiersbe explains and applies the elements of the Lord's Prayer so you can reach new levels of maturity in your own personal prayer life. Warren W. Wiersbe has served as a pastor, seminary instructor, radio Bible teacher, and conference speaker. He has authored or edited more than 150 books, including 50 People Every Christian Should Know, On Being a Servant of God, and The Dynamics of Preaching. Today his primary ministry is writing.

Highland Blessings, by Jennifer Hudson Taylor, a historical romance from Abingdon Press.

Book Description
Highland Blessings is the story of a highland warrior who kidnaps the daughter of his greatest enemy and clan chief to honor a promise he made to his dying father. Bryce MacPhearson, a highland warrior, kidnaps Akira MacKenzie on her wedding day to honor a promise he made to his dying father. While Akira s strength in the Lord becomes a witness to Bryce, she struggles to overcome her anger and resentment when he forces her to wed him, hoping to end a half-century-old feud between their clans. While Akira begins to forgive, and Bryce learns to trust, a series of murders leaves a trail of unanswered questions, confusion, and a legacy of hate that once again rises between their families. Clearly, a traitor is in their midst. Now the one man Akira loves no longer trusts her, and her own life is in danger. Can Bryce look beyond his pain and seek the truth? Will Akira discover the threat against her before it s too late? How will God turn a simple promise into bountiful Highland blessings?

Sam Walton's Way, by New Word City

Book Description
It would be difficult to overstate the impact Sam Walton had on American business, specifically retailing. The standalone box stores he pioneered have quite literally changed the nation's landscape. His innovations in supply-chain management and distribution totally reshaped the relationship between suppliers and retailers, and, for the most part, took wholesalers out of the equation. His insistence on low prices altered customers' expectations of what they will have to pay for everything from socks to soda. Like few business leaders before or since, Sam Walton changed the world.

Saturday, August 14, 1964 was a broiling hot day in Harrison, Arkansas-but the heat was the last thing on Sam Walton's mind. For the 46-year-old Walton, this was a big day: the grand opening of his second Wal-Mart. He was going to make damn sure it was a big success. He'd planned everything. In the parking lot, he'd had two truckloads of watermelons delivered and hired a donkey to provide rides for the kids. He headed outside to greet his first customers. What he saw would make most entrepreneurs lose their cool: The watermelons had burst, and donkey dung littered the lot. Walton's reaction was emblematic of his ability to rise above any challenge. He ignored the mess, smiled, walked up to the crowd, stuck out his hand, and said, "Welcome to Wal-Mart." That focus on customers is Walton's prime leadership lesson. But there are many others, beginning with his obsession with low prices-just the first step in a mission to deliver unbeatable value....

New Word City, publishers of digital originals, contributes 10 percent of its profits to literary causes.

What I Learned from Peter Drucker, by Jim Champy

Book Description
Peter Drucker is universally acknowledged as one of the most influential business thinkers of all time. His theories on how organizations affect society and how to manage them effectively have profoundly shaped the way we live today. Here, his friend Jim Champy offers unique insights into his legacy.

If there were a pantheon for the geniuses of business management, my friend Peter Drucker's bust would loom front and center. Whenever I face a management conundrum, I try to imagine his solution. His quizzical smile-kindly but knowing-has kept me straight on many a crooked path.

In person he was every bit as dynamic and fascinating as his writings and reputation were. He awed people, including me. After all, he was arguably the most influential business thinker of the twentieth century. His eccentricities strengthened his legend. Disinterested in material wealth, he lived and worked in a modest Southern California ranch house that in no way reflected his renown as a one-man think tank. He was such an expert on Japanese art that you expected to find his house full of priceless objects. I don't think I ever saw a single one.

What Is the Gospel?, by Greg Gilbert

Book Description
This newest addition to the IXMarks series presents a clear, straightforward statement of the gospel, the third mark of a healthy church.

What is the gospel? It seems like a simple question, yet it has been known to incite some heated responses, even in the church. How are we to formulate a clear, biblical understanding of the gospel? Tradition, reason, and experience all leave us ultimately disappointed. If we want answers, we must turn to the Word of God.

Greg Gilbert does so in What Is the Gospel? Beginning with Paul's systematic presentation of the gospel in Romans and moving through the sermons in Acts, Gilbert argues that the central structure of the gospel consists of four main subjects: God, man, Christ, and a response. The book carefully examines each and then explores the effects the gospel can have in individuals, churches, and the world. Both Christian and non-Christian readers will gain a clearer understanding of the gospel in this valuable resource.


Last, but not least (at least, in quantity), the 46 short stories or novellas from publishers Ellora's Cave and Cerridwen Press. All are romance, with some degree of erotica (mild to extreme), so be sure to read the descriptions on the Amazon page.

Seychelles Sunset by Lynne Connolly
Scoring by Mari Carr
Sin Eater by Evangeline Anderson
Door Prize by Lynn LaFleur
Erotique by Nicole Austin
Master's Thief by Nicole Austin
First Taste by Paisley Smith
Eland by Allyson James
Changing Perspective by Marilu Mann
Interlude in Pearl by Emily Ryan-Davis
Just Like Old Times by Hetty St. James
Playing Hardball by Madison Hayes
Her Very Special Robot by Ann Jacobs
Take Me by Grace Samuels
Kayla's Birthday Present by Ashlyn Chase
Shapeshifter's Craving by Lee Pearce
Peak Energy by Afton Locke
Wild Woman by Cara Lyle
Goodbye Blues, Hello Love by Christie Walker Bos
Better Late Than Never by Savannah Stuart
Maui Heat by Ari Thatcher
Tween Hopeful and Hopeless by Sam Cheever
The Bad Widow by Barbara Elsborg
Saturday Night Fever by Ciana Stone
Unexpected Comfort by Kelly Ferjutz
Stakeout for Love by Christie Walker Bos
Red Satin by Barbara Miller
Nocked for a Loop by Sam Cheever
Hot Moon Rising by Desiree Holt
Song of the Swan by Kelly Ferjutz
Desire in the Dark by Naima Simone
Spirit's Release by Tea Trelawny
Not Just an Orgy by Sally Painter
Larkspur by Anny Cook
Hot for the Reunion by Ann Jacobs
Tessa's Ambassador by Cyna Kade
Message for Minerva by Jean Hart Stewart
Haunted by the Past by Riley Ashford
Danu, The Return by Sally Painter
His Voice, His Command by Vonna Harper
Hunting Evander by Kim Knox
Waiting at Eros by Rosemary Laurey
The Next Big Thing by Madelle Morgan
Christmas Scandal-Not! by Jeanne Savery
Outlaw Lovers Dossier by Jan Springer
Lap Dance by Sally Painter