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Pride X Familiar - ReVamp ,   By   Albert Ruckholdt , Free Caelum Desanto, Caprice Steiner, Simone Alucard, and the Student Council of Galatea Academy are back in this the previously unreleased original version of the story of one high-school boy attending a school dominated by Aventis students, while steadily coming to terms with his abilities as a Familiar, and the power contained in the Fragment gifted to him by his Aventis Guardian, Arisa Imreh Lanfear. In the wake of the Cataclysm which ended the lives of billions and brought about the demise of the First Galactic Age, human civilization fell into two camps. The Aventis, humans that are host to the Symbiote which makes them physically superior to the Regulars, who are humans incompatible or rejected by the Symbiote. Ruled by the eight Aventis clans known as Prides, humanity has settled into an age of quiet, gentle prosperity that veils an undercurrent of tension and discontent between the two races. Living aboar...

Series:   Omega Beginnings Miniseries By   Lizzy Ford , free (all four books) #1 - Alessandra Five-year-old Alessandra is obsessed with Disney movies, tea parties and just wants a real birthday party for once in her life. But normal kids don’t bring their toys to life for afternoon tea or see the colorful threads of magic and energy clinging to everything around them.  Normal kids don’t know that gargoyles feel pain, either, or invite one to live in their closet.  On her sixth birthday, Alessandra begins to learn the truth. She’s special, and the men in the black van are coming for her. #2 - Mismatch Mismatch hasn’t always been a statue standing guard over the Temple of Artemis. Once upon a time, thousands of years ago, he was a man who led a privileged life. Like the Greek monarchs before him, he fell victim to the family curse: he was turned to stone and forced to keep watch over the temple of a Greek god or goddess.  Out of the blue, five-year-old Alessandra ...

Ruin's Wasteful Entrance Series:  Marius Besshaven , Book 1 By  Ray Stickle , free House of Atreus, meet the House of Frost. The rambling estate in the wooded hills of southern Ohio hides secrets. Murder begetting murder. Wickedness leading to more wickedness. It’s a story as old as time itself. Cast into this world after the death of his parents, young Marius Besshaven seeks the truth about his mother’s past, about his own identity. Cryptic messages in unlikely places, the fractured memories of unreliable survivors, the haunting voices of ghosts--from these elements Marius will have to piece together his family’s history. And what will become of him? Will he find ruin, like so many who came before him? Will he find resolution? Or will the curse continue? From loudspeaker-muted atrocities on the killing fields of Nazi-occupied Poland to lavender-scented murder in the estate’s hidden garden, the tragedies of the past touch the lives of the present and no one will ever be the sa...

Tainted ,  Series:   The ARC , Book 1,  By   Alexandra Moody , free The ARC: the world's last chance for survival, but this underground fallout shelter is the last place you want to be. At the tender age of two Elle Winters lost everything, when the day of impact transformed Earth’s surface into an icy, desolate wasteland. Fifteen years later, all she has ever known are the cold, artificial confines of underground fallout shelter, the ARC. Under the Council’s rule, ruthless officials roam the hallways and community comes first. Everyone lives in fear of failing their annual testing and those that do are deemed tainted—taken away without any warning or a word of goodbye. No one has been taken in over six months and the remaining citizens of the ARC have slowly begun to forget the danger. Elle remains wary, but even she is beginning to wonder if it’s finally safe to succumb to her feelings towards her closest friend, Sebastian.  But, no one is ever truly safe in t...

Mind Mods ,  By   Janean Worth ,  free Someone is modifying the minds of gifted teens - against their will.  Julie tries to be just a regular girl, despite the fact that her mom is a drug addict. She goes to school, she goes to work and she's got great plans for the future.  But, someone on the faculty at Julie's school for the gifted wants her to be different. In fact, they want all of the students to be different. And they intend to modify the minds of their students in an illegal and unsanctioned experiment in order to make them change.  Julie soon finds that she's one of the few who are not "infected" with mind altering nanobots, and as the whole city goes wild with infected teens, she must find a way to avoid detection and rescue her classmates before its too late.

Suppliant, Book 1 in the Azure Pendant series , by  Laura Tree , free  Eighteen-year-old Layla Sanders lives life one step at a time, enjoying the last week of school and looking forward to college in the fall. In addition, she is handling the news of her adoption, and the discovery of her visions, in the same manner.  Damien Cartwright, the new kid in school, comes to her rescue right after graduation, pulling her into his Realm. Layla discovers that she needs to fulfill a prophecy to find the Azure Pendant and keep the balance between the Light and Dark.  She travels to The Isle, a prestigious school of the Council, where she will undergo training. At The Isle she will be forced to declare a side before starting her journey through the Realms in search of the Pendant. But will finding the Azure Pendant help Layla find her birth parents?  This Teen Paranormal Fiction novel is perfect for fans of Twilight and Harry Potter. Suppliant is  Book One in The Azur...

Heist ,  By   Laura Pauling ,  free Jack Brodie has a sixth sense that someone has been watching him. Following him.  One night he travels back in time to one of the world’s largest art heists, the Gardner Museum Heist. Why that one moment in time? And what does it mean for Jack? When he returns, his world is different. His best friend is rougher, meaner. His dad hasn’t been around in years. And then there’s Jetta. The girl who took over his heart the moment she stepped into his life. No one is safe. Each time 16-year-old Jack goes back to the heist to fix his mistakes, he returns to face the fallout. Disaster strikes in the present until Jack must make a choice. His family and his own happiness. Or the girl he loves. Except, he learns that his sixth sense was right.  Someone has been watching him and wants him dead. This is the first book in the Heist series. The second book, Royal Heist , is now available.

Gamers Con: The First Zak Steepleman Novel,   By  Dave Bakers ,  Free Zak Steepleman: Not your average teenage gamer. He determines to become the greatest gamer on planet Earth. Only one thing stands in his way: His games console. Gamers Con, for Zak, paradise. This year, he has a real shot at the Grand Tournament Trophy. He aims for the top. If only he tries his best. If only he can stay alive. Gamers Con: The First Zak Steepleman Novel . Additional Zak Steepleman novels are also available.

Camp Life ,  By   Lucinda Maison , free  Can a camp change your life? Drew liked his fine just the way it was. At almost 15, he would probably be the oldest kid there, and he didn’t plan on wasting any part of summer break paddling a canoe or making lanyards. He would chill and sleep and do whatever he liked. Now, that’s a plan! Jake was in trouble. One of his teachers said he was trouble. His mom was forcing him to go, his dad was long gone, and there was no one he could turn to…or so he thought. Dara was chasing her life’s dream…or was it someone else’s dream? Who wouldn’t want to be in the Olympics, right? But her dad pushed and pushed, and it would be a relief to get away from home for just a little while. There were other kids, different people, different lives, and camp would bring them together. A challenge, an act of kindness, a simple question, or something else entirely would set change in motion. And then there would be choices to make.

Unbreakable Love , by Yesenia Vargas, Free for a Limited Time ONLY , January 18-22 “I never got the chance to say bye to you at the party. You ran out on me. Didn’t even leave a glass slipper behind for me to track you down with,” Carlos said.  ***  Ariana has a choice to make.  Either listen to her parents and say no to going out with hot senior Carlos, the first guy to really make her heart falter. Or be Carlos’ girlfriend behind her parents’ back and make her freshman brother one unhappy guy.  Because her brother Jimmy really doesn’t like Carlos, even if her best friend Mayra has got her back. Carlos makes her feels things she’s never felt, but he’s still hurting from his past.  What Ariana doesn’t realize, though, is that risking it all for Carlos might put all of them in danger.

Wild-born, Book 1 of the Psionic Pentology , by Adrian Howell , free When young Adrian Howell discovers he possesses powerful telekinetic abilities, he is plunged into a sinister world of warring paranormal factions and terrifying government organizations. Adrian must discover what really happened to his missing sister. But to do this, he will first have to find his place among fugitives like himself, and protect the life of a deeply scarred child who can speak only through her mind... a child who will change Adrian's life forever. Wild-born  is the first book of Adrian Howell's Psionic Pentalogy: a supernatural adventure series with psychic children, teens and adults, telekinesis, telepathy, and many twists and turns in a harsh urban fantasy world.  The remainder of the Psionic Pentology are also available: The Tower , book 2 Lesser Gods , book 3 The Quest , book 4 Guardian Angel , book 5 The title link above is for Amazon, but Wild-born and the others in the Pentology ...

All I Want for Christmas is You , by Lisa Mondello , free Sometimes fate needs a little hand… Santa Claus is going to have a rough season... Lauren Alexander is raising her daughter alone. Abandoned by her family for her decision to keep her daughter Kristen, she has done a pretty good job for the last six years. Or she thought she had. That's why she is crushed when little Kristen gives up her wish for a toy or goodie and instead asks Santa for a present for her mother. She wants Santa to bring a Daddy. Delivering Daddies isn't Santa's bag.  But this Santa has a plan...  Kyle Preston knows what it is like to be abandoned too. Luckily he found the support of loving adoptive parents and has turned himself into one of the most successful Real Estate developers in town.  Building a house is easy. Building someone's trust is a whole other story. But with a little helping hand, a little Christmas magic can make all the difference in the world.

Ascension, Eva's Ascension - Book 1 , by Aimee J. Scott , free for a limited time only, Dec. 11-15, 2014 Ascension is the peaceful world that sits in the once empty space between the lands of the living and the dead. It is home to Eva, a child of the Underworld and an enforcer of the balance. Eva’s existence is entirely dedicated to protecting the realms from threats that may break the fragile truce between the Gods.  But now a new threat looms over the human world. A threat unlike any other that the immortal enforcers have faced in their constant battle to maintain the balance between Avalon and the Underworld.   Can Eva and her fellow enforcers save Ascension and the world of the mortals when even the Gods have turned their backs?   Join Eva and her new vampire partner, Silas, as they battle through the realms in a race against time to challenge the Gods and delay the extinction of mankind. 

Broken, the Siren Series Book 1 , by L.A. Griffiths, free Ellie Laveau is a shy, quiet sixteen year old girl, but she carries a deadly curse. At her local school they bully her and call her a freak. She is scared to touch people since she can send them into a lustrous rage. The only thing that gets her through the day is her family and, her two friends Lilly and Becky.  While walking home from school she is stalked by a strange, beautiful woman who knows much about her, and soon her life is turned around by disturbing dreams of supernatural creatures that keep her awake at night. Ellie is scared of what is fantasy and what is reality. Soon her powers start putting the people she loves in danger and attracting the wrong kind of attention that has taken an interest in her. Ellie then must do the unthinkable. Abandoning what she loves the most.  

Motorcycle Roadkill, by S.P. Shane , free Caleb Calloway never wanted to live in the miserable little dive of Crenshaw's Creek; his parents dragged him there. He soon finds himself on the wrong side of everything—the thugs that run his school, the dope growers who run his town, and law enforcement officers who believe that he knows much more than he lets on. Update - November 24, 2014: This book is no longer free.

My Dad is a Secret Agent , by James Comins , free Behind a hidden door in the principal's office lies a hidden training facility for secret agents. Today, grumpy old Mr. Nickers calls eighth grader Johnny Clue down to the principal's office. But Johnny's not in trouble--yet. Through the secret door, Johnny meets Jericha White, the top secret agent-in-training in Bethesda. She doesn't work for the CIA, though, nor the FBI. Jericha and Johnny begin a mission: rescuing Johnny's father from Russia. But as they start seeing the true purpose of the black ops facility, the darkness of having to do what you're told starts to overtake them.

Fool School , by James Comins , free Nothing ever goes right for Thomas de Motley. The teenage son of a drunken juggler, Tom aspires to be a kingsfool, the highest rank of jesters. First there's Fool School, however, and before he begins school, he'll need to cross the English Channel and travel a hundred miles to Northern England to get there. And his papa's spent all his money. In the church of St. Martin's, Tom stumbles over one of the great secrets of history. A boy, Malcolm, his hair red as coals and his eyes green as glass, has been hidden away in coastal France. He wears royal purple and ermine, speaks little, watches faces, prowls, broods, remains nearly alone and incognito, and is protected by a great kingly man named Edward. For his own reasons, Malcolm volunteers to join Tom at the Fool School. A great crashing storm drives the ferry off course, but luckily Malcolm, Tom, and Edward have lowered a rowboat and muscle their way across the English Channel. There ...

Damariscove , by Jeremy Cook , free The island of Damariscove becomes a safe haven for a teenager named Aran Brown when a massive viral outbreak ravages the mainland. With his supplies dwindling and his options limited, he and his two companions realize that they will eventually have venture out to survive. But what they find on the mainland is far beyond their worst fears, facing choices that no child should ever have to face.

Dominion , by Bobbie Bretana , free I wasn't looking for fame and fortune, just hanging out with my girl and having a good time. Like going to the Grand Opening of the National Air and Space Museum before anyone else did. Of course, the Secret Service dudes were a pain but I was used to them, my Dad being a US Senator. Oh yeah, there was a pair on Licce, my girl. She's the President's daughter. Not that it wasn't cool. What was really cool---I can go inside your pet's head, see what they see, hear what they hear. No, I don't look in on Licce when she's wearing those short pink PJs in her White House bedroom. Trouble was, someone found out and now they want me. Someone in the government. So, I ran. Didn't et far and now, I'm really in trouble--- The second book in the series, Dominion 2: Courage , is now available.  Note: A small caution for 'strong' language.

The Stone Gate , by Mark Mann , free A strange rock in the forest. A mysterious crystal. A full moon. An ancient secret. How do you find your way home when you've never left? Twins Jack and Kaya live in a small seaside town in Australia. When they see a dazzling white light shining from a giant rock in the forest near their home, it takes them on an adventure to a place both familiar and yet like nowhere they know. But where exactly are they? And can they find their way back in time? The Stone Gate is a young adult fantasy adventure that explores global warming in a unique and exciting way.