Essential Indie Books

After experiencing a tragedy in her family as a child, Becca felt abandoned and unseen by her parents and older sister. Her saving grace was her beloved grandmother, Rachel, with whom she spent her summers growing up.As she approaches her 30th birthday, Becca yearns for something more in her life. Her relationship with her tong-term boyfriend is going nowhere. The constant bickering with her mother has become hostile and frustrating. Her only relief is her best friend, Ashlyn and the other members of her Cambridge Creative Quilters bee.Craving something new, Becca sets out on an adventure prompted by a treasured gift from her beloved ‘Gran’ who had taught her to quilt as a child. The gif...

In 1898, against her parents' wishes, Seventeen-year-old Sarah leaves her stifling family home in New Hampshire with a man she loves but barely knows to discover a new life in the Arizona Territories. On the way, Sarah tells James she is pregnant, and they marry in Flagstaff. James's dream of becoming a cowboy is fulfilled when they are hired to work on an isolated cattle ranch. Sarah loves her new independence and life as a new mother, but James's drinking and gambling threaten to destroy their marriage. As James becomes increasingly violent, even her life and that of her baby are at risk.Sarah gains strength from her friendships with the owners of the ranch and other members of her remote ...

Orphaned during the Civil War, Hannah weathers many storms in her life, yet finds strength in her family, friends, and her own resilience. Raised by a caring aunt in a small New England farming community, she grew from a frightened child to a confident woman and successful quilter and business owner, at a time when few opportunities were available to women. Readers will experience for themselves what it was like to grow up without any of our modern conveniences, and the excitement of discovering one's own abilities and strengths.Told 'in her own words', this fictional memoir is based on many of the author's own life experiences and those of her family transposed to another time. These '...

Distorted Beat: A Hard n’ Heavy Rom-Com 🎸🔥She’s a walking rom-com disaster with a stalker problem. He’s a brooding, bedroom-eyed Chris Cornell lookalike who’s way too good at rescuing her.Sparks fly. Clothes hit the floor. But between steamy nights and dangerous twists, can they turn this offbeat mess into a love song—or will their hearts crash harder than a guitar solo gone wrong? 🎶💥You know that moment when your life is already a hot mess, and then you lock yourself out of your house—with your dog inside—because you're too busy spiraling over an email from your toxic ex? Yeah, that was me. Cue Tomasz, my jogging, annoyingly handsome neighbour with an old school ge...

A Steamy Grumpy-Sunshine Romance with Rock, Running, and Redemption(Hard n’ Heavy Book 1)She’s a walking rom-com disaster with a stalker ex. He’s a brooding, bedroom-eyed Chris Cornell lookalike with a habit of rescuing her. Sparks fly. Clothes hit the floor. But between steamy nights and dangerous baggage, can they turn this offbeat mess into a love song—or will their hearts crash harder than a guitar solo gone wrong?It started with a lockout, a trapped Bichon Frisé, and my infuriatingly handsome neighbor Tomasz jogging past at the exact wrong moment. He fixed the lock. He stayed for a beer. Then came more rescues, one date, and chemistry I was definitely not ready for—until I wa...

A woman determined to find her sister.A man—and a town—determined to keep their secrets. Dr. Moira McCann worries when her mercurial twin Claire fails to show up for a rare sisterly visit. Claire’s last text was from a small town in the North Carolina mountains—Allenville. And now Claire won’t respond to any texts or calls; her phone is dead. Which means Moira—the responsible sister—has to go looking for her. Allenville Police Chief Seth Call juggles the usual town disputes and the everyday trouble outsiders get into in his remote county. But early summer brings a special kind of chaos: it’s mating season in these mountains for a certain vicious species, and anyone ...

Another sizzling science fiction romance from award-winning author Donna S. Frelick! One planet, two worlds. And only Fate could unite them. Trevyn Dar was once a Hunter of Thrane, feared throughout the galaxy as the son of the Butcher of Four Systems. But he clawed his way free of that bloody legacy to find his true path, as captain of a ship serving the anti-slavery goals of the Interstellar Council of Abolition and Rescue.Lael Saphora is Hinarr, shapeshifter, sharing her skin with a snow cat Companion, but, like all her people, hunted and oppressed because she lacks the telepathic skills of the genetic Thranes of her home planet. Since she witnessed the brutal death of her fathe...

2018 SFR Galaxy Award Winner! Earth shielded his secrets—until her love unlocked his heart. Rescue agent Rafe Gordon is human, though Earth has never been his home. But when his legendary father Del becomes the target of alien assassins, Rafe must hide the dementia-debilitated hero in the small mountain town where the old man was born—Masey, North Carolina, USA, Earth. Home care nurse Charlie McIntyre and her therapy dog, Happy, have never had such challenging clients before. Del's otherworldly "episodes" are not explained by his diagnosis, making Charlie question everything about her mysterious charge and his dangerously attractive son. Rafe has the answers she needs, but...

A fast-paced, sexy space opera for fans of TREK and FIREFLY!She thought she had the toughest job in Rescue—until the day she had to convert a pirate into a hero. Interstellar Rescue “conductor” Rayna Carver is deep undercover on a slave ship bound for an isolated region of space when the ship is attacked by pirates. Her liberator is Captain Sam Murphy, a man known in the spacer bars to love only profit, adventure and women. But Murphy hates a few things, too, chief among them slavers. Will it be enough to gain his help for Rayna’s mission—ferreting out two spies bent on sabotaging an arms factory to turn the tide in an alien civil war? Full of space battles, action, ...

Another sizzling SFR thriller from award-winning author Donna S. Frelick!She couldn’t get him out of her mind—and that’s when the trouble started.FBI Special Agent Alana Matheson is good at her job, despite a past that would make even a seasoned agent cringe. She has no time for the outside help the victim’s family has brought in on a kidnapping case, no matter how good looking he is. But galactic tracker Gabriel Cruz is no ordinary private investigator, and the skills he brings to the job will save both their lives. Because Lana and Gabriel are not the only ones seeking an unusual little boy and his mother. Their rivals in the chase are not of this world, and only an alliance b...

A pulse-pounding SF romance thriller from award-winning author Donna S. Frelick!Three hours ripped away her past.His love promised her the future.From the night she wakes up in her pickup on the side of the road, three hours gone and everything of value lost to her, Asia Burdette is caught in a clash of invisible forces. She has only one ally in her struggle to understand why—Ethan Roberts, a man she shouldn't love, a psychiatrist who risks everything to help her.With black ops kidnappers dogging their trail, the lovers race to navigate a maze of mind control, alien abduction and interstellar slavery.  If they keep following the signs, they'll find a battle that's been raging since th...

So, how did a legendary British comedian known for silly walks save the life of an awkward, midwestern, suburban teen? Find out when you read John Cleese Saved My Life! …And Other True Tales Of Pop, Politics, And Prayer, a Gen X mash-up where memoir meets history book. Set in Ronald Reagan’s America, Berndt reexamines his adolescence and unravels the political and pop culture forces that shaped his character and transformed his religious faith.