Free Read Friday

To start off your weekend and in anticipation of Read an Ebook Week (coming up next week), today's post will feature only free reads from around the internet. The first one is free only today and the next few are online reads at Harper Collins (no downloads and you must read while connected to the internet); I've linked in the Amazon pages for the newest additions so you can read the reviews or buy a copy if you decide reading online isn't for you (or you want to keep the book - these online reads change frequently and with no notice).


Stranger in Paradise, by stan graham, is free on Smashwords with coupon code WX68C, valid only today.

Book Description
Janice moves from the Midlands to a sheltered housing unit in the south of England. Taking with her the ghost of her former husband.A humorous look at life in sheltered housing

Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow ($4.79), by James Rollins, can be read online HERE.

Book Description
When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads Jake and Kady to a strange inhabited by a peculiar mix of long-lost civilizations, a that may hold the key to their parents' disappearance.

But even as they enter the gate to this extraordinary place, savage grackyls soar across the sky, diving to attack. Jake's new friends, the pretty Mayan girl Marika and the Roman Pindor, say the grackyls were created by an evil alchemist—the Skull King. And as Jake struggles to find a way home, it becomes obvious that what the Skull King wants most is Jake and Kady—dead or alive.

Gone ($6.39), by Michael Grant, can be read online HERE.

Book Description
In the blink of an eye.

Everyone disappears.

Gone.

Everyone except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not a single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Gone, too, are the phones, internet, and television. There is no way to get help.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents-unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers-that grow stronger by the day.

It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen and war is imminent.

The first in a breathtaking saga about teens battling each other and their darkest selves, gone is a page-turning thriller that will make you look at the world in a whole new way.

Evernight ($5.59), by Claudia Gray, can be read online HERE.

Book Description
Bianca wants to escape.

At the eerily Gothic Evernight Academy, the other students are sleek, smart, and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.

When she meets handsome, brooding Lucas, he warns her to be careful—even when it comes to caring about him. But the connection between them can't be denied. Bianca will risk anything to be with Lucas, but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart . . . and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed.

The Thief ($3.79), by Megan Whalen Turner, can be read online HERE.

Book Description
"I can steal anything."After Gen's bragging lands him in the king's prison, the chances of escape look slim. Then the king's scholar, the magus, needs the thief's skill for a seemingly impossible task to steal a hidden treasure from another land.To the magus, Gen is just a tool. But Gen is a trickster and a survivor with a plan of his own.

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism ($7.99 paperback), by Georgia Byng, can be read online HERE.

Book Description
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Hypnotism

Molly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, she discovers she can make people do whatever she wants. But a sinister stranger is watching her every move and he'll do anything to steal her hypnotic secret...

For those that missed some of the earlier reads, you can also still read The Amanda Project: Book 1: invisible I ($9.99), The Summoning (Darkest Powers, Book 1) ($5.59) and The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle ($7.99 paperback) for free as well, just click HERE.

Twinkle, by Dan McGirt, author of Hero Wanted (free smashwords; $13.49 paperback), is free on Smashwords

Book Description
Twinkle. A small town with big secrets. Can Stella find eternal love with her vampire boyfriend Edmund? Will werewolf Jake's own desire for Stella drive him to a fatal decision? Or will the arrival of a certain famous vampire slayer turn all their lives upside down? Twinkle is the vampire epic you’ve waited for—if you’ve already read all the other vampire epics. Enter Twinkle if you dare!

The short story Robot Confessional, by David Dalglish, author of The Weight of Blood (free Smashwords; $0.99 Kindle), is free to read online.

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