APRIL NEWSLETTER lots of free and baragain ebooks

 

APRIL NEWSLETTER

Monthly E-Book Treasures: Great Deals Await!

 

April brings the cherry blossom. It's such a joyous time in Japan, a spiritual renewal in their religious calendar, and means the end of those fiercely cold and difficult winters. Spring is here and life continues, and they enjoy the cherry blossom viewing parties and write brief poems to the fleeting beauty of the blossom, their lives and their world.

In our upside down world I'm launched into autumn and crunching all those beautiful coloured leaves underfoot. You northern hemisphere folk are looking forward to the summer sun and we, down south, are anticipating a winter with more of these destructive rain storms. In a world which seems to be going crazily off kilter I hope you find a book in this list to escape into and give you some relief. Reading is such a sanity saver. Stay safe everyone.

URGENT DEADLINES again this month

Number 17 I am dubious about. If anyone else prefers not to see that type of cover and isn't interested in this type of fantasy please let me know. I do know a couple of you like it which is why it's included today but not if others object..

URGENT DEADLINES BEWARE

URGENT DEADLINES again this month. WATCH FOR numbers 18, 19 and 22, dates, 8^thand 11th

APRIL BOOKS

HISTORICAL FICTION

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Action and Adventure KU

17 BOOKS

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This is an Author colleague's Amazon book page.

Annie Douglass Lima's stories are mainly historical or historical fantasy.3

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A Booksweeps giveaway

Be quick as it is finishing soon .

GIVEAWAY

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Irina And The Sweatshop

solo free

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A real mix of genres of historical fiction

19 books

FREE

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Another mix of historical genres

10 books FREE

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Travel Back in Time

12 books on SALE

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12 Historical novels mainly Viking era

3.99 or less

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Interesting span of historical times here

9 FREE novels

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All genres, all short stories, all quick reads.

117stories FREE

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If you like short stories this author writes them and puts them out on her website for free.

Stella Perrott's pleasant reads.

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Many genres of books about Characters with Secrets

46 books FREE

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Start a New Series for Under $5

A collection of first in a series books

12 Special Offer books UNDER $5

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Here are 2 heartfelt books which look at the damage organised religions can do

Written to disturb, provoke, and stay with you, these two authors invite you to look behind the curtain of belief and dive into the dark world of The Deus Deceptor.

2 books FREE

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LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS

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Some colleagues have just asked me to add these bookfunel all genre promotions

They are a mix of Free, and Bargain and Sale books. Click to find out.

Entera Reader Wonderland

125 books

AND

15 Audio books

ROMANCE AND ROMANTASY

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Paranormal and urban fantasy

Yes well! The covers seem a bit weird to me but I don't read this genre.

100 BOOKS are FREE

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S.F. and FAIRY TALES and FANTASY

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The Eighth Dwarf

This one amused me. What if there were 8 dwarves not seven? And number 8 was feeling tetchy?

SOLO COPY

New Beginnings &Bright New Woo-niverse Giveaways: Supernatural, Paranormal, Fantasy,S-F, Magical Realism

April 11 79 for FREE

URGENT

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Get these books fast! This promotion ends April 11th, 2026!

URGENT

Born of Smoke with Dragons

April11th 17 BARGAIN books

URGENT

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HORROR CRIME MYSTERY GHOST/SPOOKY STUFF

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Magic in this witch’s family has a name: Trouble

A paranormal cosy mystery!

I promised the author I'd pop this book in my newsletter.

FREE

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URGENT April 8th

The Fiction Giveaway Extravaganza!

44 creepy books for FREE

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Sleepless Nights, Dark Secrets Unforgettable Twists

56 spooky and creepy books FREE

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Gods. Monsters.Magic.

Book 1 in a completed series perfect for fans of Greek mythology and dark YA fantasy.

FREE

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21 books for FREE

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REVIEWS

NOVELS NEEDING a kind word.

Reviews Please if you would be so kind:

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Arc Readers Wanted

an interesting mix of genres

39 books desperate for reviews.

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A collection of 16 books mainly historical,

Begging for reviews please

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Books That Are Experimental

not the usual novels here.

FREE for a review

Whoever asked for limfic publisher again. Here is their website.

Plenty of free books in many genres if you spend time searching them out

As ever happy reading and do enjoy your Easter break with a good book.

 p.d.r. lindsay



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JANUARY NEWS LETTERS LOTS OF EBOOKS many are FREE1

 

JANUARY NEWSLETTER 

 FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS hand picked for you.

Happy New Year to you all! May it be a great improvement on last year for everyone of us.

Welcoming the new year is so dull in New Zealand unless you have people of Scottish origin living near by. In Japan every new year has great significance, both spiritually and traditionally. The photo above shows a special, religious ceremony we were privileged to be allowed to watch. And yes, the priests do set fire to the carefully arranged bonfire whilst the senior priest is standing on it. And he may not jump off until the paper bundle he holds has opened and lifted into the air by the heat of the flames. Then he does jump! The special, blessed paper sheet is tethered by each corner to poles around the fire. It billows up and there is a hush as everyone waits for it float free before it burns up. If it does then everyone rushes to grab a piece to take home. It's all about luck for the new year and burning away all the bad of the last year and warning off the evil gods and spirits. Finally, after another blessing ceremony, everyone walks over the embers to ensure good health and warn off physical evil for the new year. It is a profound spiritual experience even for us heathen non-shinto believers. 

And my new book, just released, is a plea for the same thing in my Anglican church. Holy Hell Diabolical Delights: Twisted Tales of Faith and Fear is a plea to the authorities of the Anglican church, both world wide and in New Zealand, to take a grip, and remember what the Anglican church is meant to be, remember their ordination vows, and remember their duties and sort out the corruption and misbehaviour as demonstrated in my local church.

For the next week my book is free at amazon.com. I normally don't push sales of my books in my newsletters but this is not fiction. Amazon hides non-commercial, non-fiction from easy searches. Their algorithms have to be taught to find the book. I would love it if you could spend five minutes going into Amazon, into Books and searching for the book using these key words: church & state scandal church & state Anglican. If the book does not show up in your search please add the words Holy Hell – like this -church & state scandal church & state Anglican Holy Hell. The book is meant to be free. It would be a great kindness if you could click and download a copy You don't have to read it unless you like true crime and want to see how and why I ended up with a serious heart condition and am waiting for a major operation.

I am arguing with Amazon but it still shows 99 cents a copy. I would be happy to pay you back via PayPal or with a free copy of one of my other books if you would click through and 'buy'! It is important as, with Amazon's new specifications, it's the clicks and downloads in the first few days of a book's release which teach the algorithms that the book exists. Otherwise the book is dumped and only found if the correct title is searched. I hate algorithms!

Loads of free books again. As always watch the deadlines. There are 2 January 11th and several January 16th ones.  In case the links don't work try this: https://preview.mailerlite.com/x4h2y9d7l6

 

JANUARY BOOKS

HISTORICAL FICTION 

1

Nice mix of History here.

Searching for your next favourite story?

37 BARGAINS

2

AUTHOR COLLEAGUE'S BOOK

The Forgotten Melody: A Story of Redemption and Hope

I found it a pleasant read.

BUY a Copy

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GENERAL MIX OF FICTION

Cozy Reads for Cozy Nights!

98 books BARGAINS

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A New Year Deserves New Books

8 ON SALE

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Genre Straddling Reads

34 BARGAINS

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Stock Your TBR - All Fiction Genres

36 ON SALE

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CLEAN Multi-Genre Giveaway for all Readers!

A few YA and younger people's books here.

57 FREE BOOKS

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Finding Your Strength: An All-Genre Giveaway for Characters Who Discover Their Bravery

Get these 78 books fast! DEADLINE: Jan 20,

FREE

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ROMANCE AND ROMANTASY

Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy

94 FREEBIES

My apologies for those, like me, who dislike these half naked AI men all over the covers but my romance reader friends say there are a few good reads in the mix!

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S.F. and FANTASY

Long Live the Queen: Amazing Women in Fantasy & Science Fiction 

Get these books fast! DEADLINE JANUARY 16th

59 books FREE

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SPECIAL OFFER SF AND FANTASY

39 Books FREE

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Epic World Building in Fantasy and SF

DEADLINE JANUARY 16t

95 books FREE

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CRIME MYSTERY GHOST/SPOOKY STUFF

Into the Shadows DEADLINE JANUARY 16th

90 BARGAINS

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Fantastical Stories To Tell In The Dark

DEADLINE JANUARY 16th

56 BARGAINS

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Woo-niverse Light Up Your Holidays Giveaways: Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural, Magical Realism, and Sci-Fi

Get these books fast! DEADLINE JANUARY 11th

69 BOOKS FREE

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KU READS

Available if you are enrolled in the Amazon Kindle library

Spellbinding Tales of the Supernatural & Paranormal

Get these books fast! DEADLINE JANUARY 16th

KU LIBRARY

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REVIEWS

NOVELS NEEDING a kind word. Reviews Please

If you would be so kind:

Free eBooks to Read and Review

15 books to REVIEW

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Indie authors love reviews!

15 books to REVIEW

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Women's Fiction reviews

8 Sweet mushy stories

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Read & Review

44 BOOKS

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COLLEAGUES NEWSLETTERS

Aubrey Taylor's mainly historical books

AUbrey's NEWSLETTER

As ever happy reading

p.d.r. lindsay

ARC Readers' comments: 

'This is the book which finally answered the questions I wanted to ask. Whether you're defending the Anglican faith or attacking it, you need to read this. The truth doesn't care about your religious position. I didn't want to believe the amount of corruption, but this book made it impossible not to.'

2. 'I'm outraged.The time for silence is over.'

3.' Wow! Church scandals! Clergy abuse. Institutional corruption. Cover-ups and betrayal! No, these aren't just sensational headlines—they're documented realities which are affecting real people in real congregations. Dunedin diocese and St Luke's church are not isolated incidents. They're case studies in what happens when supposedly good people, spiritual leaders, choose comfortable denial over uncomfortable truth.'

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS for you.

 

DECEMBER  NEWSLETTER 

 FREE and BARGAIN BOOKS for you.

Merry Christmas! An extra big newsletter this time and a day late. Apologies. My computer went berserk and is only now behaving. There are some Christmas, jolly, sweet and ho ho ho stories to enjoy and laugh over. I've found quite a few children's books too and there are 1000S of free books to choose from. (It's the Smashwords Winter Sale as well!) Take your time and remember that books are a good last minute present. 

It's hard to feel peace and goodwill with the state the world is in, but I hope you can make a wonderful, loving and happy time within your family and even out in your local community. It seems we have to show our politicians how to be loving, tolerant and hopeful. 

As always watch the deadlines and yes, there will be repeats of books in different group offers. Sorry about that, but we writers have to sell our books and do so with different group promotions put together at different times with different groups! Confusion sometimes reigns. 

 

DECEMBER BOOKS

CHRISTMAS BOOKS

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Xmas Sale

6 cheery Christmas books

SALE

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS

MYSTERY AND CRIME FICTION

Searching for your next favourite story?

Cosy mysterious mysteries.

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A CHRISTMAS COLLECTION:

HOLIDAY STORIES FROM EVERY CORNER OF FICTION

DEADLINE This promotion ends Dec 29, 2025

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FIND YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY READS

FREE

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HOLIDAY BOOK FAIR (ALL FICTION GENRES)

BARGAINS

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YEAH! It's the SMASHWORDS SALE 

Begins December 8th

My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! 1000S OF EBOOKS Find your next favorite book this month at http://smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! 

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Author colleague's book

Walking in His Footsteps: A Pilgrim's Journey through the Holy Land

Just right for Christmas.

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HISTORICAL FICTION 

HIstorical and literary FICTION

KU reads

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BIG selection of Historical Fiction

BARGAINS

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Warm up with winter reads

Cosy Historical fiction

Novels and AUDIO BOOKS

SALE

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Historical Fiction

BARGAINS

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Historical fiction

SALE

13

military and historical

A mix of everything actionwise!

BARGAINS 

14

S.F. and FANTASY

Fantasy for Frosty Nights

DEADLINE promotion ends Dec 27, 2025!

BE QUICK

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Wide range of Sci-fi & Fantasy

FREE

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YA Fantasy

The Quest Begins

KU Unlimited

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SF & FANTASY

Dragons galore

FREEBIES

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YA FANTASY

Open the Spell book

FREE

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

MID-GRADE AND YOUNG READERS

Winter is coming...interesting mix with some activity books

Givaways for middle grade readers!

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Children's Book Holiday Giveaway

FREE  books some activity and colouring books here

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Children & Middle-Grade Books

Holiday Sale

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CLEAN books for kids

Books to help with kids' problems

FREE

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Christmas Stories for Kids and Teens

DEADLINE This promotion ends Dec 26, 2025

SALE

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SF AND FANTASY

Science Fiction / Fantasy Stories

FREE

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SF & Fantasy for Christmas gifts

FREE

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Cold Nights, Hot Magic

Urban Fantasy and Romantasy

SALE

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An eclectic group 

FREEBIES

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Searching for your next favourite story

Jingle Bells and Magic Spells

Christmassy fun

FREE fantasy and SF

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GENERAL MIX OF FICTION

holiday suggestions

FREE READS

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KU READS

A nice mix

December 20th DEADLINE

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Story time giveaway

URGENT DEADLINE

December 15th

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Storytime Deal

URGENT DEADLINE

December 15th

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It's Book Frenzy! Don't Miss out on these Amazing Books!

DEADLINE

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Antidote for Bad Times: An All-Genre Giveaway of Stories to Make You Smile

DEADLINE

Get these books fast! This promotion ends Dec 20, 2025!

REVIEWS

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Funny, quirky SF fantasy and romance

REVIEW READS

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NOVELS NEEDING a kind word

REVIEWS PLEASE

I know a lot of you hate doing reviews but authors need them! That's how you choose your books isn't it? A few words is all it takes like: 'Great story, good characters, worth a read.' Even: 'Not bad, didn't like the MC, too whiny, but plot's good!'

 

As ever happy reading

p.d.r. lindsay

 

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