Free Kindle Novels this Weekend of August 15, 2025

I’ve found some free Kindle novels this weekend of August 15, 2025 on Amazon. Yay!

Hey friends. Most of my reading tastes tend to run cozy mysteries, mysteries, and thrillers. If that’s not your thing … sorry:(

Free Kindle books are becoming tougher to come by! Well, not always, just the ones that I’ve already read and recommend. Many authors offer the first book in a series for free to generate reader interest to buy more novels in the series. Works for me! As the writers get more popular and make more sales, they take down the freebies. They might make the first in the series 99¢ or they might have a freebie when a new book is launched. Hopefully you grabbed some of my favorites in previous posts when they were still free!

You don’t need a Kindle to read books for free. For years I did most of my eBook reading on my iPad where I downloaded the Kindle app – free! You can download the Kindle app onto your tablet, Smartphone, or your computer so you too can read for free. Amazon will help you find your way. Under the buy now option, Amazon has a little banner that says “Read on any device.” Click it and follow the instructions on where you’d like to read books.

PRICE CHECK!!!

Always double check the price before hitting the “buy now” button on Amazon. Some of these novels migrate to their regular price without warning! Right now these kindle novels are free during the weekend of August 15, 2025.

Amazon changed the coding and bloggers can no longer show a “live” view of the book and its current price which is why you have to click through. And be disappointed if the book is no longer free. 😢

(Disclosure: I’m an Amazon associate and earn a small commission when you click on Amazon links on this site and make a purchase. These Kindle novels are currently free, therefore I won’t receive commission for making these referrals.)

Aloha Lagoon Mysteries

Aw man, I love the Aloha Lagoon Mysteries. This is a cozy mystery series set in a fictional resort called Aloha Lagoon on the Hawaiian Island of Kauai. I’ve read up to book 16 and have been keeping an eye out for the boxed set of 16 – 20 to come on sale. So far no luck. 😒

I’ve never seen any book in the series come on sale for free. When the series began the books were offered at 99¢ each time a new one came out. This happened for the first 5 or 6 and then no more. All at full price, occasionally going on sale. I’ve never seen one of the Aloha Lagoon books for free until now. Book 17. Yes, ironically the next one I need to read. It’s called Tidal Wave by Beth Prentice. In my opinion the weakest author in the series. Maybe that’s why this one’s on free. In other words – no way would I pay full price for a book by this author! But you’re in luck, today you can get it for free!

Sally Berneathy

If you love chocolate as much as I do, you’ll love this delicious novel – Death By Chocolate! Lindsay is making a break from her ex-husband and opens a chocolate bakery. A stalker, poisoned chocolate, a quirky neighbor, and a dead man make this cozy mystery a lot of fun.

Mia Gold

I’ve recently discovered author Mia Gold because Knockout – A Holly Hands Mystery is free on Amazon Kindle. Holly is a rough around the edges wrestler who is bribed to take a fall – except she didn’t get paid for throwing the fight. She’s banned from competing and is hired by a former classmate to repo a luxury car. Things don’t go quite as planned. An enjoyable read as we join Holly in her quest to make money to pay for her daughter’s expensive medical procedures.

Again, lucky us readers, this is not the only Mia Gold novel on for free! There are two other series this author writes and the first book in each is also free.

Let’s start with On The Rocks (A Ruby Steele Mystery). Ruby is a former wrestler (anyone seeing a theme here?) who is hiding in the Bahamas working as a bartender. She finds a dead man in the bar’s dumpster, and unfortunately for her she becomes the cops number one suspect. The widow doesn’t believe it for a minute and hires Ruby to find the killer, even though she has no detective training.

Fatal Choice, book 1 in the Sydney Best Suspense series has Sydney working for the government in a secret service type job. Three high level government employees have been murdered within 24 hours. What is going on? PS – as far as I can tell Sydney has never worked as a boxer…

Cheryl Bradshaw

If I’m lucky, I can usually find a couple of books by Cheryl Bradshaw on for free, but luck is not with me today. 😒 All I have is The Silent Boy: A Sloane Monroe Spinoff Series (Sloane & Maddie, Peril Awaits Book 1). I downloaded this book 3 years ago, but to be honest, I don’t remember reading it. Hmmm. Oh well. At least it’s free right now.

She’s one of my favorite writers with her fast moving, well crafted mysteries and I’ve read and recommended books in her other series too whenever I spot a freebie promotion.

Toby Neal

If you love mysteries that take place in Hawaii, don’t miss Wired Rogue, book 2 in the Paradise Crime Thrillers series. Sophie leaves her job with the FBI to freelance solving crimes.

Also on for free right now is the first in the Paradise Crime Mysteries, Blood Orchids.

N.C.L. Sarno

This is a new author for me, but I just downloaded Murder at the Route 66 Ranch Hotel: Book 1 of The Route 66 Ranch Hotel Mystery Series. The main character loves horses and has inherited a ranch and hotel off Route 66. She is just getting ready to reopen when the sheriff informs her that a death at the hotel is now being investigated as a murder.