[Free eBook] Presumption: An Entertainment by Julia Barrett [Austen-Derivative Literary Sequel]

Presumption: An Entertainment by Julia Barrett, a joint pseudonym shared by the late Julia Braun Kessler and British novelist Gabrielle Donnelly, is a literary sequel novel, free for a limited time courtesy of the University of Chicago Press.

This is their featured Free Book of the Month for November and was originally published in 1993 by Thorndike Press, as the first in a set of sequel books focusing upon selected characters after the end of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudice.

This volume is a social drama with f/m romantic elements, focusing on Darcy’s younger sister Georgiana, as she chooses between suitors of her own.

Offered worldwide through November (maybe a few days longer due to the weekend and recent holiday), available directly from the university’s website.

[Free eBook] Légende T01: L’enfant loup by Yves Swolfs [Award-Winning French Medieval Fantasy Graphic Novel]

Légende T01: L’enfant loup by Belgian author Yves Swolfs, an award-winning bande dessinée writer and artist, is the 1st album in the Légende series of medieval heroic fantasy adventure, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Soleil.

The French-language bande dessinée series is an heroic fantasy epic in a medieval setting, following a mysterious knight who is only survivor of a family massacre nineteen years ago. This first album won the 2003 Prix Saint-Michel in the “Prix de la presse” category and is apparently being made free as a promo for the upcoming long-delayed 7th volume (2-5 are also currently discounted for a limited time, probably just through the end of the month).

This first volume sets up the origin story and initial adventures as an ambitious Duke and his councilor search for the vanished child while they rule over the war-torn duchy.

Offered in Canada, UK & EU and other regions worldwide (excluding the US), available at multiple retailers.

[Free eBook] Rolling Thunder by Paul Lederer [Western]

Rolling Thunder by Paul Lederer is a standalone western historical action adventure novel, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Open Road Media.

This was originally published in 2007 by Robert Hale as part of their Black Horse Western line, using the pseudonym Owen G. Irons, and is Barnes & Noble’s Free Fridays selection for the weekend.

The story stars a man on an unusual mission of revenge, to destroy the town he once founded in his youth as a place for hard-working settlers, which has since become irredeemably corrupted by a gang of hired guns.

Offered in the US only through Sunday, available at B&N and Amazon.

[Free eBook] Hooked on a Phoenix by Ashlyn Chase [Paranormal Romance]

Hooked on a Phoenix by Ashlyn Chase is the 1st novel in the Phoenix Brothers series of f/m paranormal romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

The series is set in a version of our modern world where hidden supernatural creatures and psychics exist, centred around a family of phoenix shapeshifters.

This installment stars a phoenix firefighter, whose absent friend’s request to watch over his little sister, a bank teller still nursing a childhood crush but unaware of his secret heritage, takes a steamily suspenseful turn when robbers hold up her bank and they are locked in the vault together.

Offered worldwide, available at multiple retailers.

[Free eBook] Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm [Contemporary Western Military Romance]

Cowboy SEAL Homecoming by Nicole Helm is the 1st novel in the Navy SEAL Cowboys series of f/m contemporary western military romance, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Sourcebooks’ Casablanca imprint.

The series is set in Montana, starring former Navy SEALs injured in the line of duty, attempting to retire to a lower-key, less action-packed life and start over.

This installment stars the leader of the group, who has no place to return to but the former family ranch he spent his life running away from, now run by a woman who offers to turn it into a haven for disabled veterans.

Offered worldwide, available at multiple retailers.

[Free eBook] Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire [Award-Winning Portal Fantasy]

Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire is the 2nd novella in the Wayward Children series of contemporary portal fantasy, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Macmillan’s Tor Books imprint.

This is their featured free eBook of the Month Club offer for November and was a finalist for the 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novella as well as a co-winner of the 2018 Alex Awards for quality adult-level works considered suitable and appealing for a young adult audience as well. The series is a contemporary fantasy set at a somewhat gothic group boarding house where the children tend to slip off to have adventures in fantasy otherworlds, Narnia-style.

The story is a flashback prequel, giving the origins of twin sisters Jack and Jill as they grow up together and grow apart as each finds their niche in their shared otherworld before being recalled to the real world for the events in the 1st novella. This is being offered free to help promote the upcoming 5th novella due in January, Come Tumbling Down, which will apparently revisit the characters with what happened to them afterwards.

Offered through November 15th until just before midnight Eastern Time, available DRM-free to Canada & US directly from the publisher.

[Free eBook REPEAT] Journey to the Flame by Richard Monaco [Occult Historical Fantasy Adventure]

Journey to the Flame by Richard Monaco, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is his standalone historical occult fantasy adventure, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press’ Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 1985 by Bantam Spectra, and was strongly inspired by the works of author H. Rider Haggard, containing appearances by him and fellow author Rudyard Kipling, and other literary and historical figures of the time period.

The story is set in the era leading up to World War I, with the premise that the lost kingdom of the immortal Ayesha in Haggard’s classic novel She is actually real, the truth of its existence having been protected by an occult secret society, starring the wandering aviator who comes across it and must help protect the kingdom from a nefarious rival society’s forces who would seek to use its secrets for evil purposes in future wars.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.

[Free eBook REPEAT] When Dreams Collide by William Mark Simmons [Virtual Reality Sci-Fi Fantasy

When Dreams Collide by William Mark Simmons is the 2nd novel in his Dreamland Chronicles of virtual reality hybrid science fiction/fantasy novels, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press’ Venture imprint.

This was originally published in 1992 by Warner, credited as by Wm. Mark Simmons. The 1st novel in this series was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award, and this is a special anniversary edition with slightly altered text and a retrospective foreword by the author.

The series is partially set in our modern world (circa the 1990s) and partially in a medieval fantasy-themed immersive virtual reality gaming environment where the players use magic to interact with their world, and this story features an attempt by the gaming world’s corrupted AI to wreak havoc on players in the real world.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.

[Free eBook REPEAT] The Fallen Omnibus by Robert Don Hughes [Sci-Fi Conspiracy Thriller]

The Fallen Omnibus by Robert Don Hughes is a collected edition comprising the 1st & 2nd novels in his The Fallen duology of science fiction conspiracy thrillers with strong theological and time travel elements, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press’ Venture Press imprint.

This contains The Fallen and The Eternity Gene, both originally published in 1995 & 1999, respectively, by Broadman & Holman, a dedicated religious publisher imprint. The author has also written mainstream fantasy novels for Ballantine’s Del Rey imprint, which are also reprinted by Venture.

The duology stars an academic pastor who gets caught up in a supposed alien abduction scheme with a strange agenda, and ends up taking time-traveling journeys to uncover the truth, which may not involve actual aliens at all. The original novel of the abduction and the mystery behind it was written standalone, and in the follow-up sequel, he discovers the root of the conspiracy and its intended plans.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.

[Free eBook REPEAT] Wraith of Vengeance by Edmund Glasby [Horror Mystery Collection]

Wraith of Vengeance by British author Edmund Glasby is a paranormal mystery/horror fiction collection short story collection, free again for a limited time courtesy of publisher Endeavour Press’ Venture imprint.

This contains six dark tales with horror and speculative/paranormal mystery themes, including stories previously published in various small-press anthologies.

The title piece takes place in Venice, which is experiencing a spate of mysterious drowning deaths of burn victims in the canals, starring an inquisitive tour company adviser looking to plunder the stock of the latest victim, a shady antiques dealer storing his wares on an island abandoned since an outbreak of plague in the Middle Ages, who may just find more than he bargained for.

Offered worldwide, available at Amazon.