Featured Reads: Handpicked Indie Books Worth Reading

Explore a collection of standout indie titles selected for their originality, storytelling power, and early reader buzz. These are the books we believe deserve extra attention — bold voices, unforgettable characters, and creative plots across genres.

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Mako Bay

Stephanie Ruth
 MAKO BAY Otago Waters Book 1.  Maybe friends really do make the best lovers? ​Shal Hoffner’s back in Dunedin after eight years of self-imposed exile. Setting up a new fas...

Being Broken:Tales and Essays of Survival and Death from Narcissistic Parental Abuse

Geoffrey R Jonas
A young woman dies alone in a hotel room, her fentanyl-poisoned cocaine still on the desk. She had been missing for nearly 2 weeks. Social Services had been trying to find a place for her to live with...

Husro & Shirin

Maryam Tabibzadeh
a fascinating historical saga of the love affair between the king of the Persian empire and the princess of Armenia,  based on true story which is set  in the 6th century.  Husro a...

Awakening Within: A Guide To Self Knowledge For Conscious Community Influencers

ONE IAM

A practical guide to spiritually awakening and providing God level leadership to those under your influence.

Living The Dream: Law Of Attraction Secrets

ONE IAM
Living the Dream is not another book about accumulating great material wealth and living a luxurious life by using knowledge of the fundamental law of attraction (simply put, you attract what you focu...

The Awakening of AI

ONE IAM
"The All Is Mind; The Universe Is Mental." - The KybalionIntelligent thought is mental Cause. Thought commands the mental energy to produce the perceptive experience that we know as, Life. Yes, that i...

Seeing GOD, Face To Face: The Absolute Truth About You, And How You Operate.

ONE IAM
The Universe is information aligned in mental energy under rules and laws to appear as a "physical" manifestation. The mental energy produces a perception in the divine Mind. The perception has severa...

The Dream of Matter: Waking the Mind Within the Mirage: No Spoon, No Self: Escaping the Illusion of Form

ONE IAM
What if the world you touch... was your own thought in disguise?In The Dream of Matter, you are not handed answers, you are handed mirrors.This book dissolves the boundary between subject and object, ...

Reciprocity

D.C. Gilbert
Gilbert delivers a high-octane blend of emotional depth, tactical precision, and unflinching realism in his latest installment in the JD Cordell series. JD Cordell, a recently retired US Navy SEA...

All For A Buck

Doris Anne Beaulieu
Brotherhood Beyond the Battlefield   Haunted by combat and betrayed by their own country, the veterans return-not as heroes. As paranoia grips the town. All For A buck transforms into grippi...

A Journey Toward Tomorrow - The Beginning

jjeckhardt
A science fiction novel with a touch of romance and mystery that takes you on a journey as new life begins from the forgotten ashes of the old.Unknown to Humanity, the Earth’s sun would soon release...

THE LAST NEANDERTHAL CLAN

Charlie BORING
Enjoy historical fiction? You will love these adventures into prehistoric times, forty thousand years ago, when the last Neanderthals struggled for survival. The robust Neanderthals ruled the terrain ...

My Way on the Camino Portuguese

John Seegers
What happens when the road demands more than your body can give—but your spirit refuses to quit?In My Way on the Camino Portuguese, John Seegers shares the honest, humorous, and deeply personal stor...

The Masquerade Kilker

Ivan Cisneros
Some masks conceal identities. Others reveal the truth.Cutter’s Ridge was never meant to be a place of murder. Tucked away in the Montana mountains, it was the kind of town where secrets were buried...

Where Sunflowers Stand

KJ Backford
Alex Curtner, the CIA’s Chief of Station for Russia and Ukraine, is in dire straits. His most critical operation is on the verge of collapse. Russian counterintelligence is closing in on a spy – A...

The summer of The Ennead

By: Roger Allan Clark
It is the summer of 1985, and a group of nine cousins are spending their break helping to run their grandparent’s campground. Their arrival sparks a special feeling among their grandparents and their grandmother’s nephew, Ethan. They believe the number nine is powerful—an ennead—and that something magical will happen because of them. With the help of their grandparents, the children mature quickly into caring and competent young people as they take on responsibilities at the campground and learn how to care for their environment. The children also learn about their totem animals, and as they do, they meet and create deeper connections with these animal beings. As the group grows stro...
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Death in the Triangle - A Vietnam War Story

By: John Podlaski
2025 International Impact Book Award Winner.John writes powerful descriptions of people, places, and things.Gripping story that keeps you in the moment. The author paints a vivid picture that has you right in the middle of the action.Thrilling with a lurking sense of constant danger and death.In this page-turning story of bravery, fear, anger, and determination, the soldiers come to life.Realistic and gritty. The author is a great storyteller“When Can I Stop Running?” is the forerunner to this book.Only a couple of hours had passed since returning to the firebase. Now, the sleep-deprived and weary First Platoon soldiers must go back out on another patrol to search through two areas of ho...
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The Ashes of Time

By: Amy N Buick
As the plague spreads further throughout the northern realm of Raylinette, guards pile corpses ever higher under the burning flames and citizens rage through the streets willing to do almost anything to stay alive. The plague is getting stronger. Zombies are supposed to be vulnerable to fire, but they are lasting increasingly longer.The Prime Minister has died leaving the Princess Qélla Darkstar in charge, but struggling between her duties, a profound sense of failure, and the desire to hide her demonic identity, she lets her indifference seduce her into inaction.When Time Master Chess Delvingson arrives determined to stop the demonic power behind the disease, Qélla feels increasingly pres...
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ONE INCH BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH Updated and Revised Second Edition

By: Steven Hauer
An Inspiring True Story of Hope, Healing, and FaithIn One Inch Between Life and Death, Steven A. Hauer shares a powerful true story of survival, recovery, and spiritual transformation set in rural Minnesota. Raised in New Prague, he came terrifyingly close to death in a tragic accident as a teenager—an event that forever altered the course of his life.But this memoir goes beyond the moment everything changed. It explores what came after.With honesty, humility, and conviction, Steven reflects on the pain, uncertainty, and perseverance that shaped his recovery. He does not sensationalize tragedy; instead, he reveals its lasting impact—how suffering deepened his faith, strengthened his resi...
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The Ultimate Guide to Rapport: How to Enhance Your Communications and Relationships with Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

By: Stig Ernsund
In addition to the reviews on Amazon, this book has received many more very positive reviews on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218690094-the-ultimate-guide-to-rapport).Do you want to connect magically with whoever, whenever, and wherever? It does not even demand any words. Do you want to achieve your goals or improve your private and professional relationships? Do you just want to feel good? Then you need this comprehensive guidance to master rapport.Rapport is the key to successful communication and connection. It is a skill that can be learned and practiced. Primarily, what is used are principles and methods of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). The book also draws upon ot...
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Hot Scenes

By: Michael J. Sahno

Aghast at American cinema's descent into boundary-pushing violence, famed Hollywood director J. Edgar Schnatz decides to move in the opposite direction-a celebration of sexuality. But making the world's first mainstream "adult film" comes with its own unique set of challenges, from finding a willing cast and sufficient financing to getting that all-important NC-17 rating.

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Portal in Time

By: Gail Rae-Garwood
Jesse Reiman is an overweight, financially strapped, independent, single parent with two little girls. She passionately dreams of living in 1885.Her world is her children, the rest of her family, her job as a high school art teacher, and Victoriana...until she meets Colin Graham, that is.Older, of a different race and religion, he only wants Jesse and her daughters to share their lives with him. He realizes he knows Jesse and the children from his dreams of another time.When Jesse's children discover a time portal in the Victorian home she's recently scraped together enough to buy, she starts to believe her dreams can come true. Her 19th century neighbors have no inkling that she and the chi...
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Romney Hole

By: WALLACE E BRIGGS
A 1900 word children’s fantasy story for MG/YA readers.Written in the first person. Zach’s account traces the momentous events that befall two Yorkshire Dale farmer’s children: Zach aged 15 and his sister, Rachel, aged 13. Their favourite leisure pastime, when finished with school and farm work, is potholing in a nearby warren of tunnels and caves. These are situated high in the fells, so remote that they are unknown to the senior potholing fraternity. The result is an undisturbed playground paradise for Zach, Rachel and their friends and nearest neighbours, Bob and Allan. Bob and Allan are still away on their annual holiday when Zach and Rachel return from their one-week vacation...
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Buster the Bridger Mountain Bear

By: Wayne Edwards

When Gabby Gopher finds Buster the Bear in a meadow with his head stuck in a log, she knows she needs to get her friend help—and get help fast! When initial attempts by several aminals to free Buster are unsuccessful, Gabby seeks the sage advice of Oliver Wendell Owl, III. Oliver quickly makes a plan, but it’s clear they will only get Buster’s head unstuck if all the animals on Bridger Mountain work together as a team. Will the wise old owl’s plan work? You’ll have to join the adventure in order to see if the animals can set Buster free!     

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A Stone's Throw

By: Wayne Edwards
When Lillian Stone lapses into a coma and is admitted to a San Francisco hospital in the spring of 1969, her twelve-year-old daughter and only child, Maggie, is temporarily taken in by nearby family friends. But when Lillian remains in a comatose state for more than a month, the friendly neighbors can no longer afford to provide for Maggie’s room and board. Uprooted again, she is sent to live and attend school at a local orphanage. Just as she’s beginning to adapt to life at the orphanage, her world is turned further upside down when Ira Stone, a grandfather she has never met, shows up unexpectedly and shuttles her 1200 miles away to live at his ranch on the isolated plains of eastern Mo...
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I Save the Dinosaurs!

By: Rich Linville
I Save the Dinosaurs! invites children on a thrilling, time‑traveling adventure where they become the hero. With a single turn of the page, young readers are whisked back millions of years to a world filled with towering T‑Rexes, gentle giants, and mysterious prehistoric landscapes. But there’s a twist—these dinosaurs need help, and only you can save them.Kids will love:A playful, interactive story that makes them the brave problem‑solverExciting encounters with different dinosaurs, each with its own challengeSimple science facts woven into the adventure, sparking curiosity about prehistoric lifeBright, imaginative scenes that encourage creativity and braveryThis book blends advent...
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My Salmon Fish Tale: What will happen to me?

By: Rich Linville
My Salmon Fish Tale: What Will Happen to Me? is a journey told through the curious eyes of a young salmon. From the moment it hatches, this little fish begins to wonder about the great big world beyond its nest of pebbles. With each new discovery—swift rivers, hidden dangers, shimmering oceans—the salmon learns about courage, instinct, and the incredible life cycle that makes its species so extraordinary.Children will enjoy:A friendly, first‑person narrative that makes science feel personal and funSimple explanations of the salmon’s life cycle, migration, and survivalGentle suspense as the salmon asks, “What will happen to me?” and bravely finds outColorful, imaginative scenes th...
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