2 Free books (DRM-free PDF) - To Tame a Duke & Fool's Gold [Romance & Mystery]

[ATDrake]

For Read an e-Book Week this year, e-book republisher e-Reads (they do all that Gor and Harlan Ellison and Hannah Howell backlist stuff) is offering two free books from their catalogue, in DRM-free PDF format, one mystery, one romance.

Link to their blog post with the downloads, good until March 12th.

Descriptions below, and I'll point out that you can find all their catalogue DRM-free as MultiFormat on Fictionwise, and significantly cheaper when you buy them with Fictionwise's occasional deep-discount coupons. They have a tendency to typo, though.

To Tame a Duke by Patricia Grasso is a historical romance.

Set against the turbulent historical background of the War of 1812, this star-crossed romance pits a grieving English nobleman, James Armstrong, the fourteenth duke of Kinross, who has come to America bent on avenging the death of his elder brother, the thirteenth duke, who was betrayed to American troops and executed. He is in pursuit of the Gilded Lily, a spy-catcher of formidable reputation and great skill. When he finds his prey, he is dismayed to discover that the Lily is no common soldier; “she” is eighteen-year-old Lily Hawthorn, the beautiful raven-haired daughter of a tavern owner with sapphire eyes and a daring spirit.

Fool's Gold by Ted Wood is a "Reid Bennett" Mystery set in Canada

When gold is found in the mountains of Canada, it brings a rush of prospectors, pilots, and men looking to get rich quick. It also brings a slew of dead bodies. That’s when Reid Bennett, the lone cop of tiny Murphy’s Harbor, gets called in to help.

The dead body of geologist Jim Prudhomme is found mauled beyond recognition by a bear. Or is it? Bear attacks are more than rare in these parts, and the tracks don’t add up. Is it murder instead? Things get complicated as witnesses cry foul and more bodies pile up, including the reappearance of someone already dead.

Thankfully, Reid has the help of the local police chief out for one last big case. He’s also joined by a beautiful motel keeper and by his faithful dog Sam. But, with gold on the line, the danger might come too fast and furious for our four heroes.

Ted Wood pours out action at a break-neck pace in yet another story of the danger that lies in the wilds of the north.