Modern Authors – Dawnlight Library

This is a space for modern authors with free books, whether they are downloads on Amazon or other retailers or serialized novels or any other way of telling stories for free.

And if you find some you want me to include here? Just let me know.

Click images/covers for descriptions and links. Enjoy!

Children of the Light by Timothy Wolfe

Christian YA/Action serialized novel

When Thomas Wolfe discovers a hidden room in his school, one abandoned by a group of unknown teens bent on bringing light to the world, he knows he’s found a purpose, a mission, a reason to be. He will be their legacy.

But it’s too big a job to do alone. Suddenly this loner has to find people to help him, which means everything in his life is about to change…

Jill’s Note: Oh my. This is a serial novel which, as I write this, has weekly chapters. You can read online or have the link sent to your email. I love complex, wounded characters and God’s healing love, and that’s what you get here, along with well-written action and a whole lot of heart. I’m so thankful Timothy let me feature his new YA series here. Enjoy it and pass it on.

READ ON TALES OF THE LIGHT SITE

A Christian chapter series about radiating light in a world of darkness

Humility: Disciple’s Guide to a Humble Life by Ralph F. Wilson

Internet Bible Study

Dr. Wilson runs Jesuswalk.com, a site filled with well-written books and studies about the Bible.

This particular study deals with humility, focusing on Jesus’s modeling of humility on earth. We think of humility as a lack of power, but Jesus demonstrated it differently.

Jill’s note: You can read this online or have it sent to your email one lesson per week. Then check out his other studies on everything from the Holy Spirit to Moses to Psalms. These are in-depth, challenging studies that are also easy to read and completely accessible.

HUMILITY MAIN PAGE

LINKS TO READ ONLINE

Longing for Forever–A Sunset Bay book by Debra Clopton

Clean/wholesome/inspirational romance

Doctor Adam Sinclair is at a crossroads, burned-out and searching, after losing a young patient he felt he should have been able to save. He returns home to Sunset Beach searching for a way out of the dark hole he’s found himself sinking into.

Rosie Olsen nearly died and has been given a second chance at living. Spreading joy and smiles with her coffee shop and homemade muffins and other pastries, she is on a mission to change lives. When the good-looking doctor moves in next door to her, she spots a chance to help change his life.

She’s just not counting on how he will change her life. And make her want things she isn’t sure she can handle.

Can love find a way…will they risk their hearts?

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Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter

A Clean Fantasy Fairy Tale Retelling of Beauty and the Beast

Can the accursed prince and broken beauty move beyond their hatred for one another, not only to break the curse and save their kingdom…but to find love as well?

Prince Everard’s father forged him into a warrior. Upon the king’s death, however, Everard loses himself in his pain and brings a dark curse upon himself and the great Fortress that has long guarded the people of Destin.

The prince’s sin doesn’t solely affect those of his citadel, however. Isabelle, the daughter of a local merchant, has suffered the prince’s hasty temper before, and it changed her life forever. So when Everard’s curse cuts off his people’s source of protection, and he demands that she, a crippled commoner, help him break it, her shock and horror are rivaled only by her indignation and even stronger desire to protect her family.

All the while, Destin’s enemy crouches at the foot of the Fortress’s mountain, waiting for the right moment to capture the stronghold that has stood for a thousand years.

Can Everard and Isabelle move past their brokenness to save Destin together? Or will they and their beloved kingdom remain under darkness forever?

Jill’s Note: Oh. My. Read this book. Or just hang out on her enchanting website. Fantasy/fairytale with Christian themes.

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Always with You by Jessie Gussman

Sweet romance

One night changed everything…

Cassidy Kimbell killed a man when she was only nineteen.

Torque Baxter took the blame, serving ten years for her crime.

He told her to flee the scene of the accident. He told her to run. He told her to keep her mouth shut, so that’s what she’d done. She’d let a boy with a crush become an innocent man behind bars.

Today, that man is being released.

Cassidy expects Torque to hate her. She knows nothing she has done to atone all these years can compare to what he’s lost. But she hopes becoming his sponsor on the outside, especially since she’s a lawyer now, might help.

Little does she know, Torque doesn’t want her to owe him.

He wants her to love him.

But to do that Cassidy would have to give up the life she’s built for the last ten years. She’d have to sacrifice it all, just like he did.

Jill’s Note: Many of Jessie Gussman’s books are free audiobooks on YouTube. How great is that??

AMAZON

AUDIOBOOK

Second Chance Sunset by Ellie Hall

Sweet Romance by a Christian author

They say true love only happens once in a lifetime. But what about a second chance with your first love?

Navy
College. Wait tables. Hospital. Repeat…until a customer with a smoldering smirk makes an offer I have to refuse…well, until I face cold, hard reality.

If I marry him so he can get his green card, I’ll be able to pay the bills. The only problem is, I was in love with him once before.

Cooper
I’ve heard all it takes is one look. Try two. When I see the sassy sweetheart of a waitress, I do a double take. Newsflash, she’s off-limits.

They say money can’t buy happiness…or a green card. However, it can buy a quick marriage of convenience. But that will cost me, especially since we have a past that I have to keep secret.

Jill’s Note: Great clean romance. What’s not to love about a bad boy who’s really a good guy in disguise?

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Romantic Suspense with Soul and Spirit

Christian romantic suspense audiobooks

USA Today Bestselling Christian author Robin Patchen has many of her audiobooks free on YouTube. If you like to listen to your suspenseful romance, check her out!

Robin’s YouTube Page

If you download any of these from retail sites (Amazon, Apple, etc), the best thanks you can give the author is a review. Even a few simple words will help these authors find more readers in the future.