C Gockel Writes

Ways to Read and Listen to My Series For FREE or Close To It

by

Subscribe and Save!

My ebooks* and audiobooks are available through Everand (formerly Scribd). My ebooks are available through KoboPlus (You don’t need a Kobo device, the Kobo app is free for your phone, tablet, and PC.)

Everand and KoboPlus are subscriptions services, much like Kindle Unlimited. Both services have 30 day FREE Trials (conceivably, if you read fast, you can read all* my books FREE.) Learn more about KoboPlus and Everand. 

Or Read & Listen Completely FREE!

Find Your My eBooks and Audiobooks at Your Local Library with Overdrive/Libby, CloudLibrary, Hoopla, and More

I love to read! I also have a teenage son who consumes a gallon of milk every other day, and a growing daughter who needs new clothes and shoes on the regular.

I support my book habit by frequenting my local library. Maybe you do, too. All my books are currently available to libraries through Overdrive/Libby (the most popular app), CloudLibrary, BorrowBox, Hoopla, and more. If your local library loans out ebooks, but doesn’t have mine, they’ll have a way to request it.

If your library doesn’t loan ebooks or audiobooks, you may be able to get a library card at a larger library system for a modest fee. Here is a website that lists libraries with non-resident borrowing priveleges.

Find Libraries that Offer Libby/Overdrive

*Everand isn’t featuring Magic After Midnight at this time.

Featured Fantasy: Mate Market (Ghost Pack Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

by

Featured Fantasy: Mate Market (Ghost Pack Book 1) by Aimee Easterling

Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

Apple, Nook, Kobo, GooglePlay, Smashwords

A mating of convenience even a lone wolf can’t refuse.

I’m Wren, a shifter without a pack in a world where unclaimed females are considered property. Luckily, friendly ghosts keep me one step ahead of greedy alphas while also helping me free other women before they’re sold to the highest bidder.

Then a battle-scarred alpha who can banish ghosts with a single touch rips into my carefully controlled world. Locke offers me a deal: become his mate in name only, and he’ll fight by my side to free lone females.

I try to refuse. I should refuse. But when one of my ghosts becomes trapped in Locke’s territory and the next mate market looms, I realize I can’t win this battle alone.

I need the help of someone living—even if it means binding myself to an alpha like the one who turned my friends into ghosts.

Mate Market is the first book in the slow-burn romantic urban fantasy Ghost Pack series, set in the unforgiving arctic wilderness where forced proximity, found family, and fierce werewolves collide.

Featured Sci-fi: Legacy Emergence (Legacy Space Opera Book 1) by Bradley Elliot

by

Featured Sci-fi: Legacy Emergence (Legacy Space Opera Book 1) by Bradley Elliot

99¢ as of April 24, 2026
Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany

Lieutenant William Jackson isn’t like any other officer in the GCH. He lives a guarded life, unable to share the truth about who he really is, where he comes from, and what he can do.

Ripped from Earth in the year 2023, he arrives in the distant future, brought there by an enigmatic alien race with their own hidden agenda. Soon he discovers the reason for his abduction – an incredibly rare genetic gift allowing him to activate alien technology left behind by a powerful Ancient race that once ruled the galaxy. Technology so advanced it has the potential to alter the balance of galactic power if it falls into the wrong hands and could mean the difference between keeping humanity safe or being hunted into extinction.

Aided by his trusty AI, Bits, he’s forced to adapt to his new life as he’s conscripted into military service and struggles to survive in a galaxy teeming with danger and enemies’ intent on the downfall of humanity.

This is the story of William Jackson. Soldier. Covert operative. Man out of time. The savior of humanity… or the destroyer of worlds.

Featured Fantasy: A Twisted Riposte (Pixie Twist Mysteries Book 1) by Alyn Troy

by

Featured Fantasy: A Twisted Riposte (Pixie Twist Mysteries Book 1) by Alyn Troy

FREE as of April 24, 2026
Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

Apple, Nook, Kobo, GooglePlay, Smashwords

A town of unpredictable magic. A Pixie with wonky wings. A murder that shakes a SoCal town to its core!

Welcome to St. Maurice, a whimsical seaside town built atop a confluence of magical ley lines, where the extraordinary and the bizarre collide. Meet Twizzle Twist, the town’s top real estate pixie with a knack for turning dreams into homes—until one home comes with a newly deceased owner in the study–stabbed with her own sword.

The vibrant fencer’s demise sends shockwaves through the covens, and sends Twizzle spiraling into a whirlwind of intrigue. Who would want to silence an influential member of the community?

As Twizzle digs deeper, she discovers more than just a murder; she uncovers a tangled web of secrets that threaten her beloved town. With the uncanny ability of magic turning unpredictable, St. Maurice is on edge.

And someone is out to tear down the cherished amusement pier—the only slice of magic left in town that Twizzle has always called home. She and others live in apartments above the old carousel on the pier.

With the help of her quirky friends, including Amanda the mermaid barista and Mortimer the mini-dragon, can Twizzle untangle the mysteries lurking in the shadows? Will she find the killer before their next strike puts everything she loves in danger?

Join Twizzle on her thrilling adventure of magic, mayhem, and murder in the debut of the Pixie Twist Mysteries—where every twist and turn is sprinkled with pixie dust and peril! A Paranormal Cozy Mystery with Urban Fantasy vibes.

Featured Sci-fi: Valyien Far Future Space Opera Complete Series Boxed Set by James David Victor

by

Featured Sci-fi: Valyien Far Future Space Opera Complete Series Boxed Set by James David Victor

99¢ as of April 22, 2026
Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, ;Canada, Germany, Australia

One ship will save the galaxy…or bring it tumbling down.

A Far Future Space Opera Collection from Amazon All Star author James David Victor.

It was supposed to be a simple double-cross.

When things go wrong, Eliard Martin, captain of the infamous Mercury Blade, and his crew find themselves caught between two opposing forces trying to rule the galaxy. They must ally with one to defeat the other and save themselves. In the end, they just might find that their interests don’t align with either. Can the crew of the Mercury Blade fly their way to freedom and save the galaxy or will they be crushed by the opposing forces seeking rule them all?

The Valyien Far Future Space Opera Boxed Set includes all nine books in the Valyien Far Future Space Opera series. If you like fast-paced space adventures, the rogue crew of the Mercury Blade are your kind of heroes.

Download the Valyien Far Future Space Opera Boxed Set and get started on your next space adventure today!

The Valyien Far Future Space Opera Boxed Set includes the following 9 stories:
1. Mercury Blade
2. Alpha Rises
3. Alien Evolution
4. A. I. Uprising
5. Insurrection
6. Origins
7. Warp Gate
8. A. I. Apocalypse
9. Continuum

Always FREE with Kindle Unlimited

Featured Fantasy: Cloak Mage Series by Jonathan Moeller

by

Featured Fantasy: Cloak Mage Series by Jonathan Moeller

START THE SERIES FREE
Book 2 only 99¢, Book 3 only $1.99

Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

Apple, B&N, Kobo, GooglePlay

My name is Nadia, and I’m an errand girl.

Except my boss is the High Queen of the Elves.

And my errands for her involve spying on people. Or stealing things. Or hunting down monsters. Or, on occasion, killing people.

But this time she wants me to solve a murder.

And unless I find the killer, I’m going to be his next target…because dragons never forgive a murder.

Featured Science Fiction: The Ember Wars (Ember Wars Book 1) by Richard Fox

by

Featured Science Fiction: The Ember Wars (Ember Wars Book 1) by Richard Fox

FREE April 20, 2026
Click for current price: Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

A dire warning. An impending alien invasion. Only one chance for survival.
In the near future, an alien probe arrives on Earth with a pivotal mission—determine if humanity has what it takes to survive the impending invasion by a merciless armada.

The probe discovers Marc Ibarra, a young inventor, who holds the key to a daring gambit that could save a fraction of Earth’s population. Humanity’s only chance lies with Ibarra’s ability to keep a terrible secret and engineer the planet down the narrow path to survival.

Earth will need a fleet. One with a hidden purpose. One strong enough to fight a battle against annihilation.

The Ember War is the first installment in an epic military sci-fi series. If you like A Hymn Before Battle by John Ringo and The Last Starship by Vaughn Heppner, then you’ll love this explosive adventure with constant thrills and high stakes from cover to cover.