Fans of ‘The Outsiders and the Catcher in the Rye’ will love this modern take on high school romance gone wrong. A coming of age tale of teenage rebellion. With the death of his older brother still haunting him Peyton Pieters rebels against a society that rejects individuality. When he sets off to find the only girl he has ever loved things spiral downward into a self-imposed existential crisis. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Everything and Nothing
When prophetic dreams and poems collaborate to thrust Idris, Navin, Michael, and Layla together out of the shadows of secrecy, one fateful event shows them how interconnected they have truly been all along. Through both prose and verse, Everything and Nothing tells the multi-narrative story of one pivotal summer during the lives of these four individuals as they grapple with family conflict, friendship, and individuality, with first love and second chances, with impermanence and spirituality, and with the sweeping awareness of mortality. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Temple Dancer’s Diary
Now that Katya Sparhardt has reached eighteen years of age, she is finally ready to be inducted into the dance ensemble at Trantonia’s Metapeet Temple. After years of training, she feels ready to devote her life to worshipping the Lord through her art even if it means making some personal sacrifices—no one at the temple may practice magic, get married, or have children. But she starts to question her choices when her best friend Amalia Tansy abruptly leaves the temple. Katya soon discovers secrets about herself and her own family history. As she starts to pay more attention to what’s happening outside temple walls, she also notices stirrings of unrest that threaten to restart a war between the neighboring nations of Trantonia and Scransee. Katya wants to follow her heart and do what’s right, but she feels herself pulled in different directions, especially when the handsome Matthias Cresswater wants to join the war effort. Free on Kindle.
Free: What if Stars Don’t Die
They say your parents know better…
Dante Morris knew exactly what had to be done. Despite having a voice that insisted on cracking whenever he said things out loud, he was expected to become a great and respected lawyer just as all the members of the Morris family before him.
However, after an unexpected accident took his parents’ lives, Dante moves to Halley to live with his aunt Sarah, who is broken in her own way. Now, he will have to find a path of his own and discover that falling in love is not as easy as following a recipe.
Would you dare to embark on a journey in which dogs smile, people hurt, and hearts break to learn that some stars don’t die? Free on Kindle.
Fairytale Christmas
Free: Eternal Bond and Brimstone
Green Angels
On the hunt for her mother’s heart, which was donated to science, 15-year-old Gates uncovers an alien world accessible by use of a hallucinogenic mushroom. She’s aided by John Ed, a hot addict. They learn the mushroom can be used to clone human organs. Gates’ mom received a cloned organ but never paid the price. Now Gates must settle her debt. $0.99 on Kindle.
Hiss: Book 1 of The Unmagic Trilogy (The Arilloan Series)
In Arilloa, the royal family uses their magic to win the respect of the ordinary populace. But Leonie, a princess and second in line to the throne, has a terrible secret: she’s barely magic at all. The only person to ever find out her secret is Armand, a boy training to become a Knifecloak, one of the elite castle guards.
Leonie’s younger brother Hiss, on the other hand, is a child prodigy with greater powers than anyone else in the family, capable of creating monsters out of thin air. One day Hiss goes missing and resurfaces at the head of a rebellion, using his powers to strike against the country and the crown. Monsters against soldiers, magic against normality. Leonie and Armand must find Hiss and stop him while the monster-driven war rages around them. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Galenor (The Book of Gates)
I live in a world populated by humans as well as hybrids (such as muses, vampires, chimeras). I have never trusted them. Upon my 19th birthday, I discovered I was a magician. Someone will escort me to Godwynn where I will learn to master my powers. I just realized he is a vampire and will be my magic instructor. How does that make me feel safer? Free on Kindle.
Nine Tails
Karina Lang’s world is shifting upside down. When a mysterious shaman shows up just in time to save her, he changes her whole world. Devyn St. Cyr is deadly gorgeous, and born to protect Karina with his life.
Karina is thrust into the middle of two worlds. One she has known her entire life, and the other a secret only just revealed. The surprise doesn’t end there. She is the only one who can save the Second Moon from war and destruction. But first she must survive.
Prepare for a unique spin on the shifters you love – and an adventure that is as thrilling as it is unexpected. $0.99 each on Kindle.
Cutthroat Cheerleader
In the sleepy town of Townsend, Washington, there was an act so gruesome that no one would ever be the same. What heinous crime do I speak of? Skylar Torres thinking she could pull off a crop top with that pudgy body of hers. Oh, did you think I was going to say my murder. Well, I thought it was more sensational than anything else, but the real scandal was who killed me and why.
You should already know my name since it was on everyone’s lips once they found me with my throat ripped out. People thought they should have only feared me, but the Liberty Lion’s cheer squad knew one thing, hunt or be hunted.
No one’s hands were truly clean from all the dirt and blood on them. Be safe, watch your back and always remember, Happy Hunting.
Spell Crazy
Gravity Lies Light: Innocence Withstand
Free: Caught In Between
Sixteen-year-old Sadie is a vampire who faints at the sight of blood, trips over her own feet, and can only, at best, be called cute. As the imperfect middle child in a perfect vampire family, she struggles to fit into a world where she is different from everyone else. Her troubles only increase when she attends vampire finishing school where danger and teen angst collide in a startling way. Free on Kindle.
Clement: Boy Knight of Normandy
Free: Lake of Secrets
All Ginnie wants to do is enjoy her London summer with her best friend. Then a family emergency sends her to Northern Michigan where there’s nothing to do other than hike the trails, go fishing, or accidentally find a dead body.
When the ghost of the dead girl interrupts Ginnie’s life, Ginnie determines to solve the mystery behind the girl’s death. But the ghost’s intentions are not what they seem. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Alien Chronicles
Human girl. Alien entity. Disaster. Zoe Brennan has everything sorted. Finally, she’s good friends with the ultra-cool Jas and part of her popular group. She even has plans to make new boy, Chad Everett, fall for her. But on one disastrous day at the beach all that changes when she encounters Rion, an extremely annoying alien who informs her they are connected – for life. Bossy and egotistical, he has no hesitation in telling her that exercise, studying and green tea should take precedence over boys, parties and fast food. Like that was ever going to fly. But the trouble really starts when he turns up at East Valley High. Students, teachers and parents alike fall under his spell. Only Zoe knows his secret and even if she told her friends, no one would believe her. What is she going to do about her alien? Follow Zoe and Rion’s journey in this three-book series as they both navigate the dramas of high school and relationships. Maybe humans and aliens aren’t so different after all, even if one of them is 4000 years old. Close encounters were never so funny! Free to $3.99 on Kindle.
Abelard and the Witch’s Vengeance
The merry Kingdom of Merdyce is enchanted under the curse of an evil witch. Only Abelard, the simple farm boy who became a knight in Abelard and the Dragon’s Vapor, dares to pursue the witch and force her to break the spell. But the road is filled with surprises, danger, and marvels as he ventures into the perilous realm where few dare to go, and those who do are never the same. Free on Kindle.
Origin
Every hero has an origin story. Mine begins with an underground cage fight and ends in a secret identity.
By day I’m Willow Nguyen, not so mild-mannered teenager searching for her missing mother. By night…okay, I’m the same, but it’s easier to break into banks under cover of darkness.
My world is divided into the Academy and the Kings: the law and the thugs. At the centre of their power are the espers like me: the telepaths, psychics and illusionists.
What I can do could change the balance of power in Melbourne. So it makes sense for me to keep a low profile. It’s not my fault that I get drawn into an illegal cage fight. Yes, I did have to become a psychotic King’s nemesis. No I won’t stop fighting until one of us is dead.
With great power comes great pain in the backside. I just have to make sure it hurts them more than me. Willow Nguyen might just be a girl, but Spectra will become a legend.
Origin is the first novel in the Spectra Series. It is an Australian young adult urban fantasy series with slight Academy overtones. There are flavours of X-men and Dark Angel with a big helping of snark and a slow burn romance. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Perfect Catch
He can catch every pitch thrown to him, but can he catch her heart?
Dax Stratton lives for baseball. But when he gets into a fight with the school jerk, the principal decides it’s time for a different kind of punishment. He’s assigned to the senior committee with Kate Adams, Student Body President, who also happens to be the girl he’s been crushing on.
Kate Adams has life mapped out, well, her mom does. Her schedule is filled with service activities and schoolwork. It’s not until Dax joins the committee that she begins to see a world beyond high school—much to her mother’s disapproval—and the kaleidoscope that it of opportunities it holds.
Can they overcome prejudice and social class to create a teen relationship? $3.99 on Kindle.
Free: Gravity
“Could I decide that the Stars had to die? I couldn’t get my head around the fact that the decision came down to me alone. I was the last of my kind. It seemed kind of sad I’d only found out about it now. Just as the world had turned black and there was a scary hunter after my blood.” Free on Kindle.
Free: Run
Sixteen-year-old Reid thinks life is back to normal. His sister Lucy pulls herself together and cuts him free from a year of foster care. She promises to take care of him, that her new boss and her new life are what they both needed to start again. Until Reid is taken in the middle of the night, dumped in a wild stretch of forest far from home with no idea why he is there. Lost and afraid, he learns to run from the hunters who prowl the darkness, their only pleasure chasing down kids like him. And killing them. Free on Kindle.
Hell High
As if being Satan’s daughter isn’t bad enough, Daddy Dearest shows up on my seventeenth birthday and says I’m required to report to Hell for one year of Temptress Training—joint custody is such a bitch. Not only do I have to take classes like Granting Wishes in Exchange for Souls, Which Demon to Send, and Getting People to Commit the Seven Deadly Sins, everyone already hates me.
My dad wants me to stay and rule the kingdom with him, but I’m determined to just do my time and return to my life on Earth. But the pull of Hell is stronger than expected, and otherworldly creatures keep attacking me, making it clear someone wants me dead. Then there’s Tristan, the damned boy with the no-longer-beating heart of gold. Now I’ve got an impossible choice: keep my soul or ensure the safety of the boy I’m falling for. $2.99 on Kindle.
Lucky Brilliant
Lucky Brilliant is a captivating book about family, friendship, first love, and loss. The novel is perfect for young adults who like mystery-driven dramas, a page-turning tale that reveals surprising twists until the final chapter. Fifteen-year-old Lucky Brilliant wants to change both the past and the future. $0.99 on Kindle.