Are you an avid romance reader? I am. In fact I routinely surf the internet for free romance reads, and I am constantly amazed at how generous romance authors are; there are many free romance e-books available for download online. Here are the top 64 and some of my favorites.
1. Lulu Press Inc, my publisher has several authors, including myself who offer free romance e-books. You do have to open an account to download these books, but it is free to sign up. Here is a list of links:
a. The Mark of the Guardian by Regina Paul.http://www.lulu.com/content/501887
b. Genie by Tee Bee.http://www.lulu.com/content/192296
c. Geneva’s Hope by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14686
Geneva’s Branch by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14691
Geneva’s Return by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14709
Geneva’s Promise by Payton Lee.http://www.lulu.com/content/14895
Geneva’s Force by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/114025
Geneva’s Legacy by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/406643
The Outsider by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/168133
Bear River Spirit by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14877
Conquer My Heart by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14886
Smitten by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/14819
Firedrake of Cumberland by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/60169
5 Star Affair by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/32871
Novo Arkhangel’sk by Payton Lee. http://www.lulu.com/content/381518
d. Erotogenic by Carrie White. http://www.lulu.com/content/503587
2. Unforgiven Pleasure by Tempest Knight. http://midnightmooncafe.bravehost.com/tempestknight.html
3. Stroke It by Cass Curtis. http://midnightmooncafe.bravehost.com/casscurtis.html
4. Under a Midnight Moon by Cora Zane. http://midnightmooncafe.bravehost.com/corazane.html
5. There are 12 free romance story downloads at romance author Kallysten’s website. You can find them here: http://original.kallysten.net/freeficlets.html
6. Jenna Black’s paranormal romance novel Embraced in Darkness has each chapter as a PDF download. You can find the chapters towards the bottom of her free reads section. http://www.jennablack.com/reads.htm She also has the first Chapter of The Matchmaker’s Curse another paranormal romance serial ready for download as well.
7. Formerly Brandewyne by Jude Liebermann is available from her forum, you don’t have to sign up to get it, just click on the book title and it will open the PDF file to be saved to your computer. http://www.judesplace.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=8
8. At Free Online Novels there are a number of free romance e-books whose PDF files can be directly downloaded from the Romance section. They are in zip files though so you will need software such as Winzip to open them once you download them to your computer. These e-books are: Pirate’s Angel by Robyn Crane, Blaze of Light by Robyn Crane, Lucifer Love’s Redemption by Robyn Crane, and Stealing Innocence by Sylvia Hubbard. You can find them here: http://www.free-online-novels.com/
9. Angel’s Breathe by Charlene Leonard can be downloaded in PDF format here: http://www.charleneleonard.com/tie.html
10.Jackee Conner has 4 complete romance novels free for download, the first 2 of which are offered in 3 different formats, MS Reader, PDF, and HTML. How cool is that! The first novel is For the Love of Jason and can be found here: http://www.jackeescorner.com/romance/jasonmain.html The second novel is Jasmine and can be found here: http://www.jackeescorner.com/romance/jasminemain.html The third novel is Micki and Ben and a zip file containing the whole novel can be found here: http://www.jackeescorner.com/romance/mickiandbenmain.html The fourth and final novel is The Road to Love and as with the previous novel is a zip file and can be downloaded here: http://www.jackeescorner.com/romance/roadmain.html
11.Mandra by Chris Slusser is another free romance read just waiting to be downloaded. http://www.chrisslusser.com/novels/mandra/index.html
12.Private Lies by Amy Eastlake, a romantic suspense novel can be downloaded in PDF format at: http://www.booksforabuck.com/rompages/free-rom/private-download.html
13.Lonely Hearts a free romance novel by Morganna Williams is hosted at Fantasy Romances. The download page is here: http://www.fantasyromances.com/ebooks/whearts2.html
14.Maggie Mischief Meets Her Match by B.Y. Pardon is yet another free romance read from Fantasy Romances and can be downloaded here: http://www.fantasyromances.com/bychapter9.html
15.The Horse Master, a fantasy romance by Joely Sue Burkhart is just one of many free e-books in different genres that can be downloaded from this blog at Blogspot: http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2006/10/pbws-e-book-challenge.html
16.Demon Rescuer by Racy Li is a paranormal romance that can be downloaded in PDF format from her website here: http://www.racyli.com/free.html
17.Vampire Mom to the Rescue by Victoria L. Pierce is yet another free download. It is a paranormal romance and one of many e-books you can download from http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2006/10/pbws-e-book-challenge.html
18.Raine Weaver offers 3 free erotic romances for download in PDF format from her website. The first is The Last Man on Earth, then Victoria and finally Rosewood. You can find all three downloads here: http://www.raineweaver.com/gallery.html
19.Sasha White has 2 free e-books that you can download from her website in PDF format. The first one is The White Room and has 2 erotic short shorts, and the second is A Shared Fantasy an erotic short story co-authored with JJ Massa. You can download them here: http://www.sashawhite.net/stories.php
20.Charlene Teglia, another erotic romance author has a novella and a short story that can be downloaded in 3 formats including PDF or read online. The novella is called Night Rhythm, and the short story is Third Time’s the Charm. You can download or read them here: http://charleneteglia.com/content/blogcategory/79/77/
21.When you sign up for Regina’s Universe, you get access to Soul Memories, a serial reincarnation romance that has a new chapter posted monthly (you can find it in the Files section). You sign up here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reginas_Universe/
22.When you sign up for Alinar Publishing’s newsletter you get access to 3 free romance e-books in PDF format. They are: Catch a Falling Star by Felicity Heaton, The Heart Wants by Alexandra Marell, and When It Rains also by Felicity Heaton. These are in the Files section. Signing up is simple, you can do it here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alinarpublishing/
You need never be concerned again that you are short on cash and cannot purchase romance books to read. Many romance authors have free downloadable e-books, a few in more than one format available online. The beauty of this is you get a chance to try out a new author, and the author gets a chance to find new fans and introduce new people to their writing; it’s a win win situation.
So, the next time you are feeling blue because you don’t have enough money to get your favorite romance author’s newest book, and you don’t feel like making a trip to the library, you can take a look at this list, check out the author’s websites, and pick a few that look interesting. Just like magic you have a new romance, or two, or three to read!
