Charlotte Knipe and Daniel Hamilton, sweethearts since childhood on the remote volcanic island of St Helena, are swept up in a whirlwind of intrigue when Napoleon is exiled there after his defeat at Waterloo.  Free on Kindle.

Young Bradon McTavish watches the bluecoats brutally hang his father and destroy everything he’s known, and he escapes their wrath into the gunsmoke and blood of war. Captured and paroled, only if he’ll head west of the war, he rides the river into the wilds of the new territory of Montana where savages and grizzlies await. He discovers new friends and old enemies…and a woman formerly forbidden to him. Action adventure at it’s best from the author of Nemesis, Mr. Pettigrew, the Montana Series, and many more acclaimed westerns and historicals. $0.99 on Kindle.

“Seat-gripping suspense scenes. Energetic and spirited storytelling make this…an entertaining read” (Kirkus Reviews). Fifteen-year-old Thornton Guthrie lives in isolation on his father’s farm until one day three slaves arrive. Thornton hazards a risky initial contact with one of the men and sets in motion an audacious escape plan that, through a deadly turn of events, becomes a race against time and the law. Their flight is further complicated by a crafty interloper on Guthrie Farms, Thornton’s ill-timed first romance, and the lethal secret of one of the captives. “Thrilling…Engaging from the start…. Heartbreaking, nerve-wracking, and triumphant…a deeply satisfying novel” (San Francisco Book Review). “A fast-paced read” (Apex Reviews). $0.99 on Kindle.

Katarina Stahl, an American Red Cross nurse, is in love in an idyllic paradise. She’s stunned with the Philippines is attacked by Japan. In those terrifying first minutes, she frees a German doctor accused of spying and saves his life. She turns to nursing the injured unaware she’s unleashed an obsession more dangerous to her, than the war she’s trapped in. Free on Kindle.

Nothing could keep Christopher and Rebecca apart: not her abusive parents, or even the fiancé she brought home after running away to England. But when World War II finally strikes the island of Jersey, the Nazi invaders ship Rebecca to Europe as part of Hitler’s Final Solution against the Jewish population.After Christopher and his family are deported back to their native Germany, he volunteers for the Nazi SS, desperate to save the woman he loves. He is posted to Auschwitz and finds himself put in control of the money stolen from the victims of the gas chambers. As Christopher searches for Rebecca, he struggles to not only maintain his cover, but also the grip on his soul. Managing the river of tainted money flowing through the horrific world of Auschwitz may give him unexpected opportunities. But will it give him the strength to accept a brave new fate that could change his life–and others’ lives–forever?Revised edition: This edition of Finding Rebecca includes editorial revisions. $1.99 on Kindle (2/14 only)

“…seat-gripping suspense scenes. Energetic and spirited storytelling make this…an entertaining read” (Kirkus Reviews). The heartrending tale of 15-year-old Thornton Guthrie, who dreams of plotting an escape from the family farm with his father’s three slaves, William, Ronan, and Henry. Thornton’s desire to flee his wretched father leads to a much bigger quest: freedom for a band of newfound friends confined by servitude and the law. A “Notable 100” novel for 2015 (Shelf Unbound Magazine). $0.99 on Kindle.

.The rumblings of war in distant countries mattered little to Danny McClain. Growing up in Chicago, his world revolved around after-school jobs, a rescued beagle, his pen pal in Holland, and the Cubs’ chance to go to the World Series. Then, in December of 1941, during his first year at Northwestern University, news of the attack on Pearl Harbor hit much too close to home. After a series of unexpected events over the next couple of years, Danny found himself in the co-pilot seat of a B-17, stationed with the 390th Bomb Group in Framlingham, England. Free on Kindle.

A rousing family saga for the fight for America’s independence!

The winds of change brews over the colonies. Tension against the crown is mounting daily. In Williamsburg, the rebellion burns strong in the hearts of two siblings, Jonathan and Hannah Corbett. Free on Kindle.

The author of Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons cooks up a novel of hard-won luck and the wonder of reaping blessing from calamity. It’s 1937, and shy, homely, 18-year-old Violet Mathers—battered by a mother’s desertion, a father’s contempt and an accident that cost her her arm—has decided to travel from her Kentucky hometown to the Golden Gate Bridge, from which she plans to jump. But when her bus is totaled in North Dakota, she’s put up by a warm local family, whose heartthrob son, Kjel, dreams of musical stardom with his black friend Austin, a guitar virtuoso. Pitying Violet, Kjel ropes her into a journey to retrieve Austin’s brother, Dallas, a sullen but musically gifted ex-con. By happy accident, the three men fill in for a no-show band at a carnival, enthralling the first of many crowds. As the Pearltones, they soon inspire a mania of Elvis-like proportions, and Violet blooms in their company and proves a savvy manager. Landvik cuts her light, sweet prose with dashes of wryness and pinches of reality: appalled stares, clenched fists and even a burning cross greet the band as they make their way South, while bad apples threaten it from within. Landvik strings the escapades into a playful and poignant narrative, even as a backdrop of Ku Klux Klan violence and Depression-era hardship keeps the fairy tale in check. –Publishers Weekly  $0.99 on Kindle.

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. $2.99 on Kindle. Browse all of today’s daily deals.