Pack Your eReader with Free eBooks for Your Summer Vacation

by Donna Huber

I'm going on a real vacation next week - the last few years I've just done staycations and spent the week in my parents' pool. I'm heading to the mountains where the internet and cell service are spotty so in addition to packing my bags, I'm making sure to "pack" my Kindle with plenty of books to read. While I will be reading through ARCs, I did check out the free ebooks lists for great summer reads. These ebooks caught my eye.

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Getaway Bay Beginnings by Elana Johnson

April 2022; AEJ Creative Works; ebook (510 pages)
women's fiction

Escape to the beach this summer, even if you live in a landlocked region! The golden sand of Getaway Bay is calling you with three complete romances, each set on the unique, breathtaking, and relaxing beach!

You'll get three full-length, heartwarming and sweet romances in this boxed set. We've got billionaires, helicopter pilots, storms, rundown houses, and new high-rise hotels to create drama on the island. Each book starts a complete series set on Getaway Bay, and they all intersect one another!

The Island House: Can Charlotte navigate the healing process as she renovates the island house? Can Dawson finally make a commitment to a woman? Or will he and Charlotte decide a relationship is just too hard?

Aloha Hideaway Inn: Can Stacey and the Aloha Hideaway Inn survive strange summer weather, the arrival of the new resort, and the start of a special relationship?

The Perfect Storm: A freak storm has Eden sliding down the mountain...right into the arms of her ex. Will Holden be able to take all the broken pieces of his life and put them back together in a way that makes sense? Or will he lose his heart and the reputation of his company because of a single landslide?

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The Summer Sand Pact by Jessie Newton

August 2020; Aej Creative Works; 978-1953506023
audio, ebook, print (422 pages); women's fiction

These five best friends made a Summer Sand Pact as teens and have only kept it once or twice—until they reunite decades later and renew their agreement to meet in Five Island Cove every summer.

Alice Kelton's marriage is in shambles, and while she's always thought she'd stay with her husband, after her last visit to the cove, she went back to the Hamptons and filed for divorce. She and her twins are moving to Rocky Ridge in Five Island Cove permanently, but she's not telling anyone.

Robin's husband is in Alaska for the summer, and she's pretending she's okay.

Eloise comes back to the cove every couple of weeks so she can see her new boyfriend, though she's growing tired of the distance between them.

AJ broke up with her non-committal boyfriend, and she's happier, freer, and open to another relationship, even though she lives in Atlanta.

Kelli brings her son to the cove this time, knowing her relationship with her husband is on the rocks and desperate to fix it. She plans to get some help from her sisterhood during the two weeks in the cove.

When she's followed to the beach house where the other women and their children have gathered, Kelli learns a dangerous secret thirty years in the making that could completely undo all the progress she's made...

Get ready for more secrets to come to light in Five Island Cove, and for these five women to show each other what it means to love and support someone through thick and thin.

Buy The Summer Sand Pact at Amazon

Summer in Sweetbriar Cove by Melody Grace

September 2021; Indie; ebook (533 pages)
women's fiction

If you like Sweet Magnolias and Virgin River, you'll fall in love with Sweetbriar Cove!"

SUMMER IN SWEETBRIAR COVE takes you to the charming small town on Cape Cod that’s home to friendship, laughter, and feel-good romance. This special duet features the first two stand-alone novels in the bestselling series:

In MEANT TO BE, a runaway bride goes in search of true love on Cape Cod. Romance author Poppy Somerville is hiding out at her aunt’s beach house after calling off her wedding. Handsome next-door-neighbor Cooper is soon keeping her up all night - in more ways than one - but can the couple find a way to heal from past heartache and write a new happily-ever-after?

In ALL FOR YOU, pastry chef Summer Bloom is opening her dream bakery in Sweetbriar Cove — much to the dismay of local bookstore owner/landlord Grayson Reid. He’s learned the hard way that a woman can turn your whole world upside down, but Summer’s kisses - and those chocolate croissants - are too tempting to ignore. Can this headstrong pair mix the right ingredients for love?

Buy Summer in Sweetbriar Cove at Amazon

The Lost Girls of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

May 2021; Bookouture; 978-1800194069
audio, ebook, print (284 pages); women's fiction

A heart-warming story about family secrets and one woman’s escape to dreamy Sandy Cove on the stunning west coast of Ireland.

The picturesque beach of Wild Rose Bay is the last place Lydia Butler thought she’d be. But having just lost everything, the run-down cottage she inherited from her Great Aunt Nellie is the only place she can take her daughter, Sunny. Hidden away in a tiny Irish village, she can protect Sunny from the gossip in Dublin, and the real reason they have nowhere else to live…

The cottage is part of the old coastguard station and other eccentric residents are quick to introduce themselves when Lydia arrives. Lydia instantly feels less alone, fascinated by the stories they have about Nellie, and she’s charmed by American artist, Jason O’Callaghan, the mysterious man who lives next door.

But the longer Lydia relaxes under the moonlit sky, the more the secret she’s keeping from Sunny threatens to come out. And as she finds herself running into Jason’s arms, she knows she must be honest and face up to the past she has tried to forget. Has she finally found people who will truly accept her, or will the truth force her to leave the cottage for good?

Will transport you to Ireland to relax on the shore and stare at the perfect emerald waters. The Lost Girls of Ireland is perfect for readers of Debbie Macomber, Sheila O’Flanagan and Mary Alice Monroe.

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Shore Lodge by Susan Specht Oram

November 2022; SOS Communications; 979-8987041000
audio, ebook, print (296 pages); domestic thriller

A high-stakes psychological thriller

Her grief threatened to swallow her whole. When a seed of betrayal plants a devastating truth, will blood prove thicker than vengeance?

Jacklyn Stone is struggling to stay strong. Left bewildered by her husband’s death, the devastated widow feels her usually competent management over her garden shop sliding into chaos. So when her son and daughter suggest a brief vacation to help speed up her healing, she heads to the remote retreat… only to realize she can’t check out.

With her skin crawling as the so-called getaway reveals its true nature as a psychiatric facility, Jacklyn fights to establish her mental stability. But with her child determined to leave her locked in the gilded cage, she fears the tightly sealed grounds will be the permanent backdrop to her golden years.

Can she reclaim her home before it’s forever destroyed?

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Donna Huber is an avid reader and natural encourager. She is the founder of Girl Who Reads and the author of how-to marketing book Secrets to a Successful Blog Tour. 

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