2026 Indie Author Award
A scratch golfer joins the Golf Match dating app in hopes of meeting a like-minded mate, and in the process, shares her intimate adventures with a young greenskeeper who has given up the game. Inextricably drawn to her, he becomes her confessor and confidant, knowing he will never be her Golf Match.
But for his lagging libido, Luke is content, comfortable, and committed to his long-term relationship. Collecting Social Security, he retired early from the United States and divides his time now between homes in Portugal and Spain, where he writes full-time. His reverie is interrupted, however, by...
Four naughty novellas for the mature connoisseur.
Lucia Porter emerges from a sheltered background into the life of the wealthy and privileged. It's different from what she was promised or expected. In a tense climax on a lonelt Scottish island she is forced to evaluate her world and choose another.
Mister Frostie has been telling everyone who will listen about a lost civilization living under a pet cemetery on the outskirts of Bakersfield. It turns out he’s not crazy.
Dumped by her husband for a woman half her age, Sally is through with commitment, but not with the bedroom rodeo–far from it. Unfortunately, her first attempt at “just sex” lands her in the arms of a man convinced she is his soulmate.
Inspired by the curious names of some cheap fireworks, purchased one year to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, Paul Olding challenged himself to write a series of short stories, based on their elaborate titles, grounded within the worlds of cosy sci-fi and cosy fantasy. Each story could be about anything...
When Miranda employs underhand ways to flush out whether herbalist friend Lizzie's husband really died a natural death, she seeds a flowering of romantic rivalries, financial cupidity and misteps that ripen into murderous intent, and threaten to ensnare Miranda herself as an accomplice next.
In the decaying frontier town of Whitepost, a principled U.S. Marshal tracks a phantom outlaw gang, only to find murder, desire, and political treachery colliding over a stolen letter that could change the fate of the West.
A suspenseful and darkly funny thriller about gambling, murder, vendettas, and testing the outer boundaries of luck, from a writer the Los Angeles Times called "witty and ingenious." "A deep and compelling dive into a question seldom answered: How lucky am I?" ~ Jerry Spinelli, Newbery Medalist
Bridges Between Our Hearts, the third book in the "Love That Does Not Die" trilogy, continues Larissa's winding journey through the anguish of grief, as she resolves to live life to the fullest. She sees clearly that love does not die. Quite the opposite.
An American vintner and novelist living in rural Spain experiments with his own pain tincture and wakes in a nightmarish tribunal where manuscripts are treated as crimes; to save his book, his mind, and his life, he must survive eight psychological trials designed to erase him.
A Real Collusion is an exposé of the conspiracy orchestrated by the Republican and Democratic parties to control the US government. It is also the David Vs. Goliath(s) story of the man who becomes the leader of an independent political movement that nearly takes down the two-party system.
Manchester University, 1989. After his friend’s murder, Daniel is drawn into a Kabbalistic cult. Becky — battling grief and a predatory tutor — must act fast to save him before the cult leader’s obsession turns deadly.
A teenage band is overjoyed when asked to play at the wedding of a wealthy celeb. They'll stay in a luxurious Italian villa, with all expenses paid. It's a painful lesson that when something looks too good to be true, it usually is.
An astronaut that is on a Mars mission finds that she can manipulate the very fabric of space itself, so she pitches in to learn more about it. Over the time of her research, she meets a partner and starts a family. The only thing she has left to do is decide her destiny.
As Ragul's men close in, the star-crossed lovers, Yalka and Peglar, face their biggest challenge. In this exciting tale, treachery and undying love collide, loyalties are tested, and sacrifices made. Will Yalka and Peglar find a way to reunite? The answer lies under the hanging moon.
Doylean Jenks (DJ) a modern and streetwise detective. A murderer is striking the Grand Eastern Railroad network. Is it linked to a cold case? Nothing makes sense. The more DJ tries to find the Train Demon, the more puzzling it all becomes. There are simply no profiles to build an investigation.
A startling inheritance binds two sisters in 19th century Missouri, a time when a straitjacket is the answer to an inconvenient truth. Sarah and Katherine are burdened with a haunting gift that leaves them navigating visions and betrayals, violence and love, secrets and survival.
A disgraced businessman joins three idealistic interns living under a Geneva bridge, but as buried greed and a criminal fortune tempt them all, he must choose between the self-serving instincts that ruined him and the rocky path to redemption.
Austen is re-born in a multi-award-winning series mixing characters from her fiction, including PRIDE AND PREJUDICE from Darcy's point of view, EMMA from a clued-up Harriet's perspective, a tale about the wicked Lady Susan when only sweet sixteen, and a dazzling sequel to SENSE & SENSIBILITY.
He had hunted elephants in Africa. Dolphins off the coast. Wolves across the steppe. He had never lost sleep over any of it. Until he fell into his own trap. The novel takes one man through the lives of every animal he ever hunted, from the inside. Their joy. Their families. Their fear.
Larissa yearns to reframe grief; expend energy in new directions. Old postcards lead her to a picturesque beach house. Searching for her reluctantly surrendered son, connections from the past offer hope for new beginnings. Will she finally live life to the fullest, regardless of what she might find?
Peglar is an outlaw and Ragul's men are searching for him. Yalka blames Peglar for the fire which killed her brother. Fate pushes them together, but before they can reunite they must face separate challenges which could destroy them both.
In Occupied Paris, danger lurks in every shadow. For Hannah, a Jewish refugee, and Kat, a socialite torn by loyalty and fear, survival means defiance. Sewing Resistance weaves a powerful story of friendship, sacrifice, and the quiet courage that defies tyranny in a desperate fight for Liberation.
Young widow searching for security to save her family makes a deal to marry a wealthy businessman to appease his mother so he can continue seeing the woman he loves. Along the way, they both have to learn to love again.
A world where trauma manifests as powers, a broken boy- Jonske's power awakens as well as a dark inner entity. Forcing him to navigate a collapsing society as another godlike being- Sol descends upon Earth—burning nations, reshaping reality, and challenging humanity to either evolve or be erased
Two lives. Two centuries. One story that refuses to be forgotten. A modern Canadian student and a 15th-century Moorish princess—two lives intertwined across time in a tale of history, romance, and intrigue.
One girl. One choice. One act of kindness that changes everything. When Sita starts at her new school, she wishes she could blend in. But all the comments about her long hair makes it hard . With gentle encouragement from her mom, she begins to see her hair not as something that sets her apart, but...
The past is always present in this time-hopping thriller. In the 1500s astrologer and magician John Dee finds a jar with amazing properties and uses it to save the nation from disaster. 400 years later a honeymooning couple stumble upon the jar. But have they found the jar, or has it found them?
A decades‑old betrayal drags Becky White into a web of lies, revenge, and murder. She and her team must uncover the truth before her family faces the consequences.
In the 18th century a mining injury leaves Amos Penberthy dying. His son, Joel, is the cause of the accident. But Joel, passes through a time warp into the 21st century, where he learns how to heal his father. His compatriots, though, see this as sorcery. Joel becomes the subject of a hate campaign.
Beth and Cameron have an astonishing power. They can read each other's minds. One day Callum disappears. Beth senses trouble, but can she use their gift to save him? She begins a search which eventually finds Cameron. But then she must deal with the true horror of what has happened to her friend.
A broken rebel. A desperate princess. A kingdom on the brink of war.
The Poisoned Garden is the gripping first book in the Leopard’s Bane series, an epic fantasy family saga of love, ambition, and the dangerous price of power.
When a fellow passenger dies under suspicious circumstances, retired reporter Jake Scott and detective Dani Perez uncover a deadly corporate secret aboard a cruise ship—just as a violent storm traps them with a killer who will do anything to keep the truth buried.
Tideswell, once a thriving fishing village, now lies broken, its streets haunted by suspicion and loss. Its decay echoes Alice's failed marriage and her crumbling family relationships. Alice must summon the courage to reclaim her life before she is drowned in Tideswell’s shadows.
Follow the Chameleon across the road in Uganda! There are challenges on the way and doubts in his heart. Will he make it?
When the universe turns out to be run by a vast cosmic bureaucracy of forms, approvals, and exhausted clerks, tiny administrative errors begin leaking into everyday reality — and nobody can find the right department to fix them. Probably an Error in the System is a collection of darkly humorous...
