Free from the author via the KDP Select exclusivity program @
Amazon for anywhere up to the next 5 days.
Promise Breaker by Robert Elmer, 1st of the Promise of Zion YA historical adventure fiction series, originally out from Bethany House in 2000.
A search for a homeland in a world darkened by war…
Dov Zalinski has nothing left in the ruins of World War 2—only the promise his mother made when she left him at a Warsaw orphanage: “I’ll come back for you, and together we’ll go to Jerusalem.” Seven hard years later, she still hasn’t returned.
On the hope that she and the rest of his family have somehow survived the terrible Nazi death camps and went on ahead of him, the thirteen-year-old sets out alone for the Promised Land. Dov is determined to be with his family again… even if it means risking his life to do it.
Emily Parkinson has it all as the spoiled only child of a British major stationed in 1947 Jerusalem. Her cozy, perfect world has cushioned her from the always-present danger that haunts the people of Palestine—until now. Tensions between Arab and Jew are growing fast as ships of illegal Jewish immigrants try to break through the British barricade. Now, not even Emily’s father will be able to protect her from what she is about to face.
ETA: also KDP-freebied from the authors @
Amazon.
City of Angels by Christy Award-winner James Scott Bell & Tracie Peterson, 1st in Trials of Kit Shannon series of historical romantic suspense originally out from Bethany House in 2001.
The courtrooms of 1903 Los Angeles are a man’s world––until Kit Shannon arrives
With shoulders squared and dreams set high, Kit Shannon arrives in Los Angeles feeling a special calling to the law. Yet under the care of her socialite aunt, Kit quickly comes to realize that few understand her burning desire to seek justice and practice a profession known only to men. When her aunt adamantly refuses to support her unconventional career aspirations, Kit questions whether she is truly following God's will. And when her growing love for a man pledged to another threatens scandal, Kit knows her days might be numbered in Los Angeles.
A chance meeting with Earl Rogers, the city's most prominent criminal lawyer, garners Kit an apprentice position. And work on a notorious murder case. Someone has been killing prostitutes in Los Angeles, but Kit is certain it is not Rogers’ client. Determined to find the truth, Kit runs full on into forces that want to stop her, forces that stretch all the way to the citadels of power in the City of Angels.
Again,
KDP Select (actually price-matched via PubIt, which is nice of her to put it in multiple stores and not rely on Amazon exclusivity for all her freebie sales-boosting publicity needs) from the author now that the rights have reverted @
Amazon &
B&N, but this is one we've previously received several times as an official publisher promo
freebie a few years ago back when it was still being printed by one of the minor houses.
In-Between by Jenny B. Jones, 1st in the Katie Parker Production series of YA teen experience novels, originally out from NavPress in 2007.
Can we overcome our past?
Katie Parker is about to get a new life—whether she wants one or not. With her mom in prison, and her father AWOL, Katie is sent to live with a squeaky-clean family who could have their own sitcom. She launches a full-scale plan to get sent back to the girls’ home when she finds herself in over her head...and heart.
When Katie and her new "wrong crowd" get into significant trouble at school, she finds her punishment is restoring a historic theater with a crazy grandma who goes by the name of Mad Maxine. In the midst of her punishment, Katie uncovers family secrets that run deep, and realizes she's not the only one with a pain-filled past.
Katie must decide if she'll continue her own family’s messed up legacy or embrace a new beginning in this place called In Between.