The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter #36
New releases, book review, news round-up, link to a free book, and more!
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New Releases
The Forgotten Sons of Wyoming (All Our Forgotten Futures Book 2) by Brady Koch
The men at Trinity Ranch all have something in common: none of them can remember how they arrived there or the terrible secret they all share.
The author is happy to share Book 1 for free - contact him here.
Servant of Death (The Armillary Sphere, Story of Lady Jane Rochford Book 6) by G Lawrence
Summer 1540
Cromwell has fallen and Jane Rochford, once his spy, is free to serve her new Queen and friend, Catherine Howard. Sworn to protect and shelter the young Queen from enemies past and present, Jane must toil through the perils of the Tudor court so Catherine might survive her dangerous husband, and escape into a better life afterwards.
But the past is coming for Queen Catherine and for Jane, and Death, cheated once, will not be cheated again...
Secrets They Never Told by Kayla Hicks
Dead parents, an estranged aunt, and a failed future hold control over Sadi's life.
After Sadi's parents die in a car crash, she is forced to live with the total stranger in her life, her Aunt Hayley.
As if living with a total stranger isn't terrible enough, every college she applied to with her parent's help rejects her, bringing the rejection total to 11.
Now what will she do?
Her best friend Parker is going off to college and now she has to break it to her Aunt Hayley that she needs to stay another year.
However, Sadi doesn't know that her parents and Aunt Hayley kept a huge secret from her.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Watson: Chapter Six: The Militant Shadow (The Lost Cases Book 6) by Sage Boscombe
A young woman, Miss Gretchen Nettle, has come to Holmes and Watson in a desperate plea for her safety. For the last week, she has been noticing that a man has stalked her two and from her typing job from Shadwell to Blackheath. Having moved from Luton, Miss Nettle has only been in London for a month, away from her parents for the first time in her life. Aside from her afternoon walks, her only real relationships are her fiancè, who is abroad studying anthropology, and her neighbor in Blackheath, a cabby named Travers. With Miss Nettle's permission, Holmes lays a trap for the stalker, which has the potential to be a rather dangerous venture indeed.
Pre-Order Now
The Hunter’s Lament by Steve Pannett, release date November 6th
Infamous bounty hunter Bitter Sweet has led his crew of like-minded miscreants for nearly three decades. They can track and capture any man or woman in the known world...for a price.
But Sweet is tired. Decades of pursuing the lowest reaches that humanity has to offer have taken their toll. The grime, the lies, the danger, the death. He's sick of it all.But it's the only business he knows, and business is good in the aftermath of a long and bloody war. The unstoppable armies of the Vol Empire have conquered Pratia, obliterating all opposition and occupying the kingdom's cities as they establish a brutal new order. The Pratian king is slain in the carnage, but his son-the Crown Prince and sole heir to the throne-has vanished.
Eager to tie up the loose ends, the new Vol rulers turn to those who know the land and its people the best. Bounty hunters.
Against his better instincts, Sweet accepts the contract and sets out in search of the fugitive Crown Prince. But his crew are not alone in the hunt. Danger rides with them every step of the way. Rival gangs, Vol soldiers, deadly trackers and dark magickers are all pursuing the heir to Pratia, too.
Soon Sweet and his crew have a choice to make, hunt or be hunted?
News Round-Up
Submissions are open until 30th September at Indie Bites Magazine for short fantasy fiction on the theme of ‘hexes and heroes’.
Semi-finalists of the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award 2023 (BBNYA) have been announced.
Under the Radar SFF Books Blog is open for guest posts on underrated authors, novels or series.
Book Review
Misadventures in the Screen Trade by Alison Ripley Cubitt, reviewed by N S Ford
This is an interesting memoir of working in TV production in the 80s and 90s, most notably for popular British show The Big Breakfast and for Disney Europe. The stress, travel, instability and toxic work culture sounded absolutely exhausting! It made for an entertaining and informative read but would not persuade anyone into this career. I would imagine that many aspects of working in TV production have not changed much, technology excepted. The book is easy to read and has a lot of detail which surely must have been reconstructed with the help of diaries, or else the author has an incredible memory. A recommended read for readers who enjoy memoirs or who have an interest in TV production.
Free Book
Dog Detective: A Bulldog on the Case (Box Set) by Rosie Sams
Free on Amazon US and UK at the time of composing this edition of the Newsletter.
The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter is compiled and edited by N S Ford, indie author and book blogger.