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1. The Boy Next Door by Annabelle Costa

Through middle school, high school, bad dates, and an ill-advised punk phase, Tasha has always been able to count on Jason.

Since the day he moved in next door, he’s gone from the weird kid in a wheelchair to Tasha’s most trusted friend.

But lives change and the friends are going in different directions. When Jason and Tasha rekindle their friendship, sparks fly.

After years of being a wild soul, now the ex-lead of a band turned music teacher is just looking for a relationship to last …

Free to download as of January 30th, 2013. Click The Boy Next Door to find out if the ebook is still free.

2. Down Home and Deadly (Sleuthing Sisters Mysteries) by Christine Lynxwiler

When Jenna Stafford quits her dead-end job to help her sister Carly open a diner, she may have jumped from the frying pan into the fire.

Even though business is really cooking, last time the sisters checked, murder was NOT on the menu.

So who’s the dead guy out back? And why are there more cops on the scene than there are paying customers?

Can Jenna and Carly sort out their scrambled love lives and still find the missing ingredient in time to solve the crime before their goose is cooked?

Free to download as of January 30th, 2013. Click Down Home and Deadly (Sleuthing Sisters Mysteries) to find out if the ebook is still free.

3. The Most Important Thing Happening: A Novel in Stories by Mark Steele

A boardwalk peddler selling one ounce of God. A gentle mute who unwittingly triggers a tragic chain of events. Two businessmen declaring war over the Very Last Sandwich in the Entire World.

The characters in the eleven short stories of The Most Important Thing Happening move through the whimsical, the mysterious, and the introspective toward the hope your soul longs for.

So allow these stories to unfold before you one at a time. Chew on them. Let them haunt you. Go ahead and make …

Free to download as of January 30th, 2013. Click The Most Important Thing Happening: A Novel in Stories to find out if the ebook is still free.

4. Riversong by Tess Thompson

When Lee Tucker’s husband commits suicide, he leaves her pregnant and one million dollars in debt to a loan shark.

Out of options, she escapes to her deceased mother’s dilapidated house located in a small Oregon town that, like her, is financially ruined, heartbroken and in desperate need of a fresh start.

Lee’s resilience leads to a plan for a destination restaurant named Riversong, to new chances for passion and love, and to danger from her dead husband’s debt as her business blooms …

Free to download as of January 30th, 2013. Click Riversong to find out if the ebook is still free.

5. The Annihilation of Foreverland by Tony Bertauski

When kids awake on an island, they’re told there was an accident. Before they can go home, they will visit Foreverland, an alternate reality that will heal their minds.

Reed dreams of a girl that tells him to resist Foreverland. He doesn’t remember her name, but knows he once loved her. He’ll have to endure great suffering and trust his dream. And trust he’s not insane.

Danny Boy, the new arrival, meets Reed’s dream girl inside Foreverland. She’s stuck in the fantasy land that no kid can resist. Where every heart’s desire is satisfied. Why should anyone care how Foreverland works?

Free to download as of January 30th, 2013. Click The Annihilation of Foreverland to find out if the ebook is still free.

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