The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter #70
A summer special of indie releases
Editor’s Note
Welcome to this edition of the Newsletter. It’s the first of three summer specials scheduled in advance due to the Editor being away.
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The Grandmaster's Gamble (The Nightwyrms' Resurgence Book 1) by Paul G Zareith
In the depths of the cosmos, slumbers a malevolence that humanity has long forgotten.
An unsuspecting researcher knocks on a door, completely unprepared for what awaits on the other side.
As he tackles a murder investigation, an imperial treason conspiracy and backstabbing - the intertwined fates of two civilizations hang in balance.
As a dark history suppressed centuries ago resurfaces, the direction of the future will be set by one epic gamble.
Indie Releases
Bailuchien by Rebecca Crunden
In the midst of a famine that’s orphaned her and her sister, young Saorlaith Baker goes to the cemetery and calls upon Bailuchien, a spirit of the forest, for protection. Bailuchien takes pity upon the young girl and agrees to protect her for a small price. But for her sister’s protection, Saorlaith must give something more. Something bloody.
West Falls Revisited by D H Schleicher
Pieced together by a master storyteller, comes a mosaic of a small town in crisis...
In the fall of 2019, when a drifter returns to his hometown of West Falls and winds up dead, the long-buried skeletons of the town’s residents are unearthed. His body is found in the exact spot where in the summer of 1993 the body of a young boy, Robbie Elms, was discovered. Memories of Robbie’s life and the aftermath of his brutal murder come flooding back, leaving many in town retraumatized by the past, while others stare down an uncertain future with a global pandemic just around the corner. Meanwhile, Robbie’s long-lost sister, Laurel Elms, finds herself returning home from abroad just as everything reaches a boiling point.
Spanning multiple generations and varied points-of-view, West Falls Revisited paints a portrait of a town coming apart at the seams just when it needs to come together the most. Will the residents find a way to move forward, or will they forever be pulled down by their own demons? A reckoning of past, present, and future awaits.
Heir to the Sun by Karen Lykkebo
After a volatile relationship, all Aura wanted was to start a new life far from her ex-boyfriend, Dave. A sleepy café in a small town seemed the perfect place to reinvent herself, and when a mysterious woman befriends her, enchanting her with fairytales and offering an escape to another world, Aura could have got into more than she bargained for. But when Dave unexpectedly shows up, angry and determined, Aura’s left with little choice but to run.
This time, she runs far, far away, across an invisible border to another world; a world of magic where everything is possible. A world, where Aura is known to everyone but her, as The Princess of Light. And although her new title comes with the daunting responsibility of saving the world, the prize of doing so could give her what she’s always wanted: A family.
As Aura engages on a magical journey of discovery, her hopes to break free from Dave once and for all soon start to fade as she realizes that breaking up with The Angel of Darkness is easier said than done. And even the light needs darkness to cast shadows...
Will Aura have the courage to embrace her new world, or will the shadows of her old life keep her in darkness forever?
I'll Meet You in Florence by Angela Pearse
Seth Carver’s a rule breaker, but is he a heartbreaker?
When Jenna Freeborn scores a two-week house sit in a Hampstead mansion, she’s ecstatic. There’s just one snag in posh paradise - the owner’s stepson, Seth, who lives in the back garden.
Determined to enjoy the house and pool, Jenna ignores his brooding presence. But when the mysterious Seth hasn’t appeared after a week, she gets intrigued and introduces herself. To her surprise, there’s a sizzling attraction even though they’re complete opposites.
Jenna is sure nothing will come of their meeting and heads to her next house sit in Florence. But Seth is unpredictable. The next thing she knows, he’s flying to Florence for “business” and she’s firmly on his agenda.
Hanging out with him wasn’t part of Jenna’s plan. Then again, neither was falling in love. Though, as she soon discovers, Seth Carver is impossible to resist on both counts.
Priestess by Kara Reynolds
Edie Finch was living a content life working in the city-state of Eccleston, ten winters estranged from her husband. When the savage land of Tintar invades, she and other women, taking refuge in a chapel, pretend to be sacred priestesses to avoid their certain deaths, fooling an elite group of Tintarian warriors into taking them captive. This is a standalone fantasy with romance and self-discovery about a thirty-eight year old working-class woman who is not a chosen one, princess or warrior. She, using grace and wit, will navigate an invasion and abduction by an enemy army, be dragged halfway across her continent, form a circle of strength with her fellow captives, learn she has a practical sort of magic, be made to marry one of her captors, and uncover ancient mysteries that will save her world.
The Indie Books & Authors Newsletter is compiled and edited by N S Ford, indie author and book blogger.