I recently found this series by Randolph Lalonde on kindle for 2.99, The first was actually free and would have to say he got me back into the Sci Fi mode again. Its not hard sci fi but its a decent story about a group of friends and their adventures in space. For the price, for me anyways I really enjoyed them, altho he does tend to start covering alot of characters instead of moving forward.
While I can write pages about the shotcoming of this series the point is that in the end I also have read it all.
When I ask to myself why my usual answer is that I quite like the characters, some of them less two-dimensional than the usual Space Opera fare.
Final judgment: good for relax, with some original twist and turns.
P.S. yes, good price also.