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...

Goodbye Armadillo and Other Careless Conversations

By: Dexuality Valentino
Train Journey Stories of Everyday Life with a Twist…Have you ever sat and listened to what people talk about when they sit in bars or travel on public transport? Most of it is banal, unfinished sentences talking over each other to get their point across.But every now and then, someone says something that ignites a thought, then that thought becomes an idea and before you know it a brand-new story is born.These 14 short stories were sparked from those randomly overheard conversations. Snippets snatched from the chit-chat of strangers, twisted and turned into surreal tales, sometimes dark, sometimes funny.From a love story about a boy who bursts into flame, to men wanting to add a small elem...
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My Demanding Silver Fox

By: Maggie Tideswell

He wants one thing from me...

He hijacks my sexfest with my three newfound friends—given, we were supposed to be working for him on an episode for a steamy TV series. He has to be at least twenty years older than us, but he is rather yummy for an old guy. And then he whisks me away to his mansion, where he spells out his demand—and it isn't my sexy little self.

Everything goes against my grain, but I see no way out. My only option is to make him fall in love with me. But his cynical forty-two-year-old heart is not that easily manipulated, especially not by a twenty-two-year-old not very experienced in the ways of the world.

Steamy reverse harem, age gap romance.

 

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Tares among the Wheat

By: H. Melvin James
Superstition, mysticism, and religion weave like tangled vines through the tales of Amelia’s newly discovered ancestry. As a widow struggling to sustain herself and her ten-year-old son, Amy’s modest life is tragically disrupted when a dubious lawyer determines her late mother, adopted at birth, was the estranged daughter of the recently deceased Lexington McClary. Although the net worth of the once enormous estate is petty, Amy decides to travel several hundred miles to attend the funeral, in the hope of at least learning a semblance of her newfound ancestry. After the interment, alone in the secluded rural cemetery, Amy trips and bashes her head against a tombstone, suffering a co...
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TALES OF A FILM PROP MAN

By: Pete Benson

Unique, previously untold stories about the crazy things that happened trying to make feature films in my 30 year career as a film prop man. Stories about some of the biggest stars of the time or some of the biggest films

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No Time to Die

By: Philip Cox

North Hollywood

Monday 9:00am, and Gabriella Marcos is brutally assaulted and slain in her bedroom.

Almost at the end of a shift, an exhausted Leroy and Quinn are called to the scene, to find they have a murder with no apparent motive, and very little in the way of clues.

They begin by looking at the background of the victim herself, especially as she worked at the mayor’s office.  The trail eventually takes them over the border to Mexicali, where they discover the victim led a very complex life and may not have been what she seemed.

 In the meantime, Sam has his own demons to face.

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Whispers of the Forsaken Heart

By: Emmanuel Baah
In the waning shadows of 19th-century Europe, two souls dare to love where love is forbidden.Elira Valmont, a young woman bound by duty and expectation, dreams of a life beyond the iron bars of her family's ambitions. Adrien Moreau, a man burdened by secrets and scars, knows the price of freedom— and the cost of defying the world. When fate brings them together under the cloak of a misty night, a fragile, dangerous bond ignites. Pursued across kingdoms by those sworn to tear them apart, they must navigate a world that punishes love as a crime and loyalty as a weakness. As dawn rises over foreign lands, Elira and Adrien must confront not only their enemies, but the deepest vows of...
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Noble Phoenix

By: M Allen Pryor

Viktor Prazsky, a young man with unusual mental abilities, risks everything as he wages a personal battle against the powerful leader of a secretive organization.

Perseus, the grand master of Arcadian Spear, has unleashed terrorism across Europe, and he plans to deploy the ultimate weapon. But Viktor Prazsky has a secret weapon of his own. Perseus is determined to destroy Viktor, his family, and the woman he loves.

The relentless action and frightening technologies leap from today’s and tomorrow’s headlines. Can Viktor save the world from Armageddon?

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Queer as Folk Tales

By: James Penha
When I moved to Indonesia more than thirty years ago, I fell in love with its archipelago, its people, and its folk tales. But most of the tales, especially when passed on to me orally by natives, were as fragmentary as an Aesop fable. I wanted to ask why a wizard would do this or why a goddess would choose that, but knew that the story-teller would have no way of knowing. When I did dare to be impolite enough to raise such queries, I would usually be told to "believe it or not. It's up to you."I took on the challenge and rewrote these legends with the logic and sometimes the sensibilities and sexualities of contemporary fiction without, I hope, sacrificing the magic and fantasy and exoticis...
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When Devils Prey

By: Debra Phillips

Jhodare Rimsey thought it would be easy. Get in, get the loot, get out, and get paid, but even the best laid plans can go wrong, especially when you chose the wrong old woman to rob. Now he's on the run and hiding out from a crazed killer who is determined to get his property back.

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The Case of the Artful Dodger

By: Anthony Frazer
When art and deception collide, it takes an unusual partnership to uncover the truth.In the charming village of Hamsley Black Cross, Sherman Holmes and John Garden's fledgling detective agency has just begun to establish itself following their success with "The Bookcase" affair. Holmes, with his flair for the dramatic and encyclopedic knowledge of detection theory, and Garden, with his practical approach and analytical mind, make an unlikely but effective team.When the elegant Montague Gallery reports the theft of a valuable Harrington painting, Holmes sees their opportunity for a truly worthy case. But what begins as a simple art theft soon reveals a complex web of forgery, betrayal, and ar...
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Still Thai Whispers

By: Colin Devonshire

In this anthology of 50 short stories, you are invited to immerse yourself in a world of spine-tingling suspense, macabre tales, and haunting encounters. Brace yourself for a collection that will you breathless, disturbed and questioning the very fabric of reality. Within these pages, you will meet the rich tapestry of Thai culture woven with suspense, crime, horror, fear, and the supernatural. From sprawling cityscapes to remote villages, each tale transports you to a unique setting, where Thais and foreigners grapple with their demons and confront the darkest recesses of their souls.

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Bitter Prestige

By: Karuna Sanghvi
In the quiet salt-laced town of Amligarh, tradition clings like dust to skin. *Bitter Prestige* explores the dark chasm between honor and humanity, as one family confronts the unspoken truths buried beneath generations of silence.When Lehar, a young woman from a respected household, gives birth to a daughter, what should be a celebration becomes a source of shame. Within days, the child dies in what is described as a tragic accident—but suspicion creeps in like the sea breeze. Did tradition kill the baby girl?Told through multiple perspectives—of a grieving mother, a conflicted father, and a society tethered to patriarchy—Karuna Sanghvi’s novel lays bare the hypocrisy of inherited va...
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