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Free: The First Chapter of Every Book We Publish
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Every Blue Signal Press novel comes with a free first chapter. Thriller, crime noir, cozy mystery, romance, fantasy and more. Pick a book, enter your email, and start reading.
Most readers decide on a book within the first chapter. So every book we publish comes with its first chapter free. Read it, then decide.
What You Can Try
Our catalog covers psychological thrillers, crime noir, cozy mysteries, romance, epic fantasy, literary fiction and practical nonfiction. A few places to start:
She Who Is Below by Liv Brekke, a psychological thriller. She stopped counting the days. She started counting her options.
The Long Bleed by K.A. Morrow, crime noir. He was left-handed his whole life. The gun was in his right hand.
A Pinch of Poison by Violet Mallow, a cozy mystery. She inherited a spice shop. She did not expect to inherit a murder.
The Cold Between Tides by Calla Maren, paranormal romance on a fog-bound stretch of coast.
Reign of Forgotten Things by Aiden Corvane, epic fantasy where memory is a weapon.
Or browse every book and search by title, author or genre.
How to Get It
Go to the free chapter page, pick any book, and enter your email. The chapter arrives in your inbox as an EPUB for reading apps and e-readers and a PDF for everything else. No account, no app, no DRM.
You will also get the Blue Signal Press newsletter: new releases, free chapters and the occasional reader deal. Unsubscribe any time with one click.
Why We Do It
We sell our books direct rather than through a retailer's algorithm, which means we rely on readers finding us. A free first chapter is the honest way to do that. Read the opening, keep reading if it grabs you, and ignore it if it does not.