Today’s Top Kindle Book Deals – Free & Bargain Reads (August 6th, 2025)

MATCHED IN MAPLE BAY

by Brittney Joy

Valerie Ricci is ready to rebuild her life and her career after a messy divorce from her ex-husband and former TV co-host. Landing her own fixer-upper show is the fresh start she needs, a chance to prove she can captivate audiences on her own. But her big debut hits a snag when the first house she’s assigned to renovate belongs to Evan Weston, the man who shattered her heart two decades ago.

THE VORTEX SPHERE

by Orlando D. Nova

In a fractured desert world where water means survival, my team believed we’d struck salvation when we found a hidden source, but the discovery was only the beginning. Chosen for the Dive, we descend into a submerged city filled with shifting labyrinths, ancient machines, and deadly creatures. Each choice is a gamble between life and death, every secret drawing us deeper into the dark. Something is waiting below, calling to us with glowing blue light and whispered promises. As the lines between salvation and ruin blur, we must ask: are we uncovering humanity’s redemption, or awakening its destruction?

THING FIRST CONTACT

by Kendall Williams

What if everything you believed about reality was a carefully constructed lie?

When amateur astronomer Jason Hall stumbles into an extraordinary first contact, it’s not aliens with ray guns—but a revelation that rewrites history, reshapes politics, and challenges humanity’s place in the universe. First Contact blends forgotten truths, political intrigue, and mind-bending science into a gripping journey through time, quantum theory, and conspiracies that feel disturbingly real. As Jason digs deeper, the lines between fact and fiction blur, and the fate of reality itself hangs in the balance.

PLANET OF THE DAMNED

by Harry Harrison

Fresh off his grueling victory in the Twenties, a brutal test of physical and mental endurance, Brion Brandd is thrust into a new challenge: a mission to the desert planet Dis, where the ruling magter have turned violently unstable. Recruited by former champion Ihjel, Brandd must investigate the source of this growing threat before it erupts into all-out war. But on a world where the native population thrives in perfect harmony with a deadly environment, and the magter spiral into chaos, the truth is buried deep. To stop mutual destruction, Brandd must uncover what connects—and divides the people of Dis, before time runs out.

LIGHTNING AND FIRE

by Odette C. Bell

When humble bookseller Stella saves an ancient Norse artifact, she’s thrust into the secret world of modern gods and cursed to reconstruct the relic or die. As she hunts its scattered pieces across Norway, the artifact awakens terrifying powers within her, drawing her deeper into a world of treachery, lust, and divine danger. Meanwhile, Thor, the reborn but weakened king of the gods, faces the looming threat of Ragnarok without his legendary hammer. But when Stella crashes into his life wielding Mjolnir, everything changes. The race to stop the end of the world is on, and neither of them can do it alone.

THE VALLEY OF THE LOST CHILDREN

by David Barbur

It starts with a footprint. It ends with a murder. Wildlife tracker and survival expert Tye Caine wants nothing more than solitude in the misty forests of the Pacific Northwest. But when a child is nearly abducted and a local is found dead, he’s pulled into a chilling mystery. Joined by an unlikely team; a sharp librarian, a retired detective, and a blacksmith with secrets, Tye uncovers a web of lies, madness, and something darker lurking in the woods. Valley of Lost Children is a gripping wilderness mystery with a touch of the supernatural. You might want to leave the lights on.

THE DEVIL’S NOOSE

by Michael Angel

Epidemiologist Leigh Austen is haunted by guilt as the sole survivor of her team’s encounter with the deadly Black Nile virus. But when a mysterious pathogen wipes out an entire Asian village, she must push past the trauma to help stop a global catastrophe. Joined by a team of experts and a retired special forces officer, Austen descends into a high-risk hot zone deep beneath the city. Hunted by a deranged microbiologist and a ruthless ex-Soviet soldier, she races against time to contain the outbreak before a manmade plague is unleashed on the world.

ACCELERATED DECISION MAKING

by Jess Pryce

Tired of slow, indecisive processes that stall progress? Accelerated Decision-Making by Jess Pryce offers a transformative approach to streamlining workplace decisions through the power of executive summaries. With clear, actionable strategies, Pryce shows professionals and graduate students alike how to distill complex information into concise, impactful insights that drive results. Whether you’re navigating daily operations or preparing high-stakes case studies, this guide equips you to make fast, confident decisions—and communicate them with clarity. It’s time to embrace a results-driven culture and elevate your career with the art of accelerated decision-making.

THE LAST ASTRONAUT

by David Wellington

Once NASA’s top astronaut, Sally Jansen has lived in quiet obscurity ever since a disastrous Mars mission ended her career. But when a massive alien object enters the solar system, silent, mysterious, and heading straight for Earth, NASA turns to the one person who might be able to lead a response. Thrust back into space with a hastily assembled crew, Jansen must confront not only the haunting memories of her past but a terrifying new threat. As the object’s secrets unravel, survival becomes a race against both the void of space and something far more sinister.

THE BOOK OF AZRAEL

by Amber V. Nicole

A thousand years ago, Dianna made a desperate bargain to save her sister—one that bound her to Kaden, a monstrous force who now commands her to retrieve a powerful relic from the creatures that relentlessly hunt her. Once known as Samkiel, now Liam, the World Ender has hidden in exile since the Gods War, abandoning his crown and the shattered realms he failed to protect. But when an attack threatens those he still loves, he returns to face a past he buried and an enemy he believed long imprisoned. As ancient foes and reluctant allies, Dianna and Liam must unite to stop a threat that could destroy not just their world, but every realm in existence.