Today ten literary fiction and thriller authors announced that they will be offering their ebooks free for Kindle readers on July 3 and 4.

“The 4th of July Literary and Thriller Fireworks promotion is a unique opportunity to pick up some exciting thrillers and gorgeous literary novels from several talented members of the Backspace Writers’ Organization — for free!” said Darcie Chan, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the literary novel, The Mill River Recluse (http://www.amazon.com/The-Mill-River-Recluse-ebook/dp/B0051PRFLQ/)

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1.  Sweetwater American by Eileen Cruz Coleman The list author says: “Set in Washington, D.C. and El Salvador, SWEETWATER AMERICAN is the story of an orphan and would-be filmmaker who is sent to live in a cursed town in El Salvador with her godmother, a woman whom she has never met and who may hold the secret to breaking the town’s curse.” $0.00    (14 customer reviews) | 1 customer discussion Create your own Listmania! with this product

2.  Freezing Point by Karen Dionne The list author says: “The polar icecaps are melting – fast.In a drowning, desperate world, the Soldyne Corporation sees an opportunity: Melt Antarctic icebergs into drinking water using their microwave satellite array, ship the water to thirsty nations around the globe, and make a fortune.But deep within the ice waits an enemy more deadly than anyone could imagine—and an apocalyptic horror Earth may not survive.” $0.00    (38 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

4.  The Assassin’s Mistress by J. H. Bográn The list author says: “A random encounter leads to deception, love and murder. While vacationing at a ski resort, professional hitman Robert Prescott meets a strange and beautiful woman.They discover passion and embark into a dangerous game hiding their relationship from her powerful husband. Then a further twist of fate makes Robert’s occupation collide with his new found love.” $0.00    (9 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

5.  Listen to the Rain: A Short Story by Rachel Elizabeth Cole The list author says: “All Jeremy Owen and his eight-months-pregnant girlfriend, Maya, seem to do is fight. With the baby on the way, Jer’s doing the best he can, but it never seems to be enough. Then one night, after a bad argument, Maya packs her bags and storms out. Now Jer has to decide if he wants out too or if he wants her back.” $0.00 Create your own Listmania! with this product

6.  Chicago’s Headmistress by Loretta Giacoletto The list author says: “Chicago’s Headmistress: A prequel and partial parallel to Italian/American generational saga, The Family Angel. Every story has more than one side and within a saga many stories link and overlap. Loretta Giacoletto tells this one from the perspective of two of Family Angel’s most intriguing characters, the power-driven seductress Giulietta Bracca and her faithful assistant Ugo Sapone.” $0.00    (2 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

7.  Heteroflexibility: A Romantic Comedy by Mary Beth Daniels The list author says: “Wise-cracking wedding photographer Zest Renald has just been served divorce papers when she accompanies a lesbian softball team on their elopement to California.But when the minister turns out to be a Prop 8 zealot hell-bent on stopping the wedding, Zest and the brides are chased across the city in a hilarious attempt to foil the protestors and tie the white knot.” $0.00    (6 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

8.  Storykeeper (Nine-Rivers Valley) by Daniel A. Smith The list author says: “An epic adventure based on actual sixteenth-century Spanish documents from the historic expedition of Hernando de Soto; STORYKEEPER is told from the perspective of the people and nations of the Mississippi River Valley, who lived and survived America’s deadliest invasion.” $0.00    (7 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

9.  Hemingway Point by Nora Carroll The list author says: “Three generations of Carpenter women have spent summers at the big old summer cottage on the bluff overlooking the lake. But Jess has not been back to the house by the lake since the summer she was seventeen– the summer she fell in love with Daniel–the summer when a tragedy caused her to flee.Seventeen years later, she is back, and now the beautiful Victorian overlooking the lake belongs to her.” $0.00    (15 customer reviews) Create your own Listmania! with this product

10.  Fallen Leaves: A Short Story by Rachel Elizabeth Cole The list author says: “For as long as fifteen-year-old Grace Sather can remember, her great-grandmother has hated her mother. And now Mom wants Gran to move in with them. But before she can talk Gran into it, Gran winds up in the hospital. Now a long buried secret is about to emerge. A secret that could shake the family to its very core.” $0.00    (1 customer review) Create your own Listmania! with this product