2026 Indie Author Award
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 lifetime of cosmic secrets revealed: Michel is abducted by highly evolved extraterrestrial beings and taken to their utopian planet, Thiaoouba. There, he learns the true history of Earth, the illusions of material wealth, and the spiritual path to human enlightenment. An eye-opening journey.
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.
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.
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.
When the Boy With No Name escapes the hole that imprisoned him, he finds the last few monsters of the Old World who've been hunted to the brink of extinction by mankind. Upon discovering he can mimic any ability he sees, including each of their own, he leads them in an uprising against humanity.
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.
Ellen is driving to Belfast to search for the mother she has never known when she has an accident. Her life hangs in the balance as flashbacks of a loveless childhood, and WW2 memories as a vulnerable teenage evacuee, unfold. When she finds a wounded German pilot, she embarks on a dangerous journey.
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.
A washed-up bestselling author, broke and abandoned after squandering his fortune, journeys into the Sahara seeking new inspiration—only to have two unlikely strangers, a former porn star turned humanitarian and a millionaire philanthropist guarding a secret, unravel everything he believes about...
Ava Martinez monitors America’s secret corridor network. During NFL Draft weekend, she detects an impossible signal beneath Lambeau Field—recursive, intelligent, and tied to the partner she lost. As it hijacks the broadcast, Ava races to stop a cover‑up buried for decades.
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
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.
It’s a superpowered world, and Sam Sanchez is looking for her place in it. Always stuck between expectations and who she wants to be, finding the power to define herself continues to be complicated by opposing legacies of her parents and growing up in a nation struggling with its own identity.
After Shocks is Book 2 in the REBOOT series. In Book 1, Lander (short for Alexander) Shaw leaves his home at the height of a pandemic, for reasons we don't at the time know. Book 2 begins on the night he leaves
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.
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.
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?
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.
When Shane fails to capture a fugitive, he must rely on a dubious smuggler to navigate a city rife with magic and treachery. Their job becomes far more dangerous when the fugitive makes friends with the city’s ruling immortal.
This is the tale of the enchanted ring cursed by the dwarf lord to bring doom on all who desired it. In his efforts to regain the ring from the evil dragon Fafnir, Odin, lord of Asgard, ensnared Sigurd and the race of the Volsungs in his schemes; for if he failed, it would mean the beginning of...
In ancient Israel, the deep bond between David, a shepherd-warrior, and Prince Jonathan challenges a kingdom. Shrouded in taboo, this sweeping LGBTQ+ historical epic reimagines history's most famous brotherhood as a powerful, defiant tale of forbidden love, political intrigue, and ultimate loyalty.
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.
REBOOT #3 brings the story to a climax. Liberty is threatened by a dictatorial government. Lander remembers how a seemingly dead plant called a Jericho Rose can, with care, be restored to life. Is that a symbol for what must come next?
Follow the Chameleon across the road in Uganda! There are challenges on the way and doubts in his heart. Will he make it?
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.
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.
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 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.
In this third instalment of the anti-hero series, Dark finds himself on the run from human hunters when he saves an ancient vildravn and is convinced to be crowned ruler of the realm. But the vildravn hides a secret that can only be revealed by the blood of a fae king, and the crows are circling.
In 1913 Crimea, a Krymchak girl enters the legendary cavern of blue light and receives a mission from a forgotten goddess. As revolution tears Russia apart, Oksana must decide what love is when truth, survival, and sacrifice demand everything.
Framed for murder and hunted by a shadow network, Sophie Allard must trust Kai Lovac, the assassin who once tried to kill her, before the secrets buried in Dossier 1627 make them both disappear.
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.
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.
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.
Kerryl finds herself alone when everyone around her falls victim to a fatal virus. Somehow she must survive, but how? Her situation begins to affect the balance of her mind. She dreams someone else is there - Adam, a good-looking boy who she thinks is following her.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Three college friends make a pact to meet 25 years later to discover how their different philosophies of life worked out only to realize that chasing their dreams was unfulfilling, even deadly. James, the Epicurean, seeks cultured pleasure, Freddy knowledge for power, and Bart wealth for happiness.
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.
In a world where demons control the supply of magic and dragons are both feared and sentient, three women combine forces to oppose an evil prince and escape his floating castle.
I survived a near fatal brain hemorrhage but was hospitalized for 6 months. I got through all the pain and misery, by having a party every day - and so can you! Just follow the 70 ideas in my book.
A broken rebel. A desperate princess. A kingdom on the brink of war.
A pulse beneath the ice. A conspiracy beneath the surface. A detective who can’t walk away. When Detective Ava Martinez heads to Alaska to escape the fallout of her last case, she expects quiet. What she finds is a dying whistleblower, a corporate cover‑up with global stakes, and a mysterious Arctic...
Told in dual registers, a “moral tale” wrapped in historical fiction and a candid autobiographical essay, the novel unspools the life and myth of Samantha Chadwick, a mesmerizing but forgotten actress whose career was launched—and derailed— by a single scandalous film.
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...
Buried in the Darfur desert lies a cylinder that shouldn't exist—an artifact that could rewrite humanity's past and future. Six scientists vanish while studying it, hunted by Mossad and the CIA. Now they must outrun the world's deadliest agencies to answer one question: who, or what, made it?
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.
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.
During the golden age of jazz in Harlem, a young woman fleeing crime and corruption escapes Philadelphia to start a new life in hiding. But vengeance soon reaches her younger brother. Determined to find justice, hold on to hope, and seek redemption, she discovers her voice through music. The Flower...
Hungry for a bite? Here is a collection of eros-themed short stories to sample. Some are sweet; some are savoury; some are searingly spicy. Indulge. But be aware that the most common seasoning used is not vanilla.
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.
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
Torn from her family to a world where evil threatens to consume everything, Gabri’s destiny unfolds when she bonds with Makani, a spirited baby dragon, igniting a powerful connection that will challenge her courage and reshape her understanding of family, friendship, and the fight against darkness.
Four naughty novellas for the mature connoisseur.
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...
In the shadow of the Civil War, an intersex woman’s deadly wedding night confession sends her fleeing west, pursued by a man determined to see her punished.
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.
A salvage mechanic searching for an air filter for his sick sister finds a buried ship, a forbidden map and a message from his dead mother, pulling him into a hidden war over ancient gates humanity was never meant to open.
