Welcome to the second part of a blog series on books you should add to your shopping lists this season. This is the “10 in Ten Series.” They don’t just have to be for you! Tis the gift-giving season after all. I’m going to make regular posts showcasing ten more books (or more!) by Indie authors that could benefit from some more reviews. (Part 1 is here.)
(This may — or may not — continue through the shopping season, we shall see.)
1. Lost Tides: Elemental Seekers Series by H.M. Sandlin
Book Categories: Fantasy, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction
Reviews as of this posting: 6 on Amazon + 3 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 4.9/5
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
With one small fall, seventeen-year-old Sally Abeneb’s life changes dramatically. After a series of tests, she is sent to a special doctor who tells her she has just awoken her elemental powers. Confused and separated from her parents she tries to navigate a new school filled with other young elementals, some whose parents are involved with a secret organization trying to rule the world and enslave regular people.
Sally finds out she may be destined to either stop the darkness from taking over or be consumed by it. With help from her friends and a secret note, she finds her way to the water elemental palace where she must help stop a curse from taking over in order to get them to trust her.
With the secret organization following her every move, she learns how to make her powers appear unremarkable while still learning how to control them to keep from falling into their hands or worse, becoming like them. It’s a balancing act that she has to perfect or her life and her parents are at risk.
Find the Author on Twitter: @SandlinHm
Visit the Author’s Website: hmsandlin.com
2. Peony Lanterns: A Novella by Patricia Correll
Book Categories: Folklore, LGBT, Novella, Short fiction
Reviews as of this posting: 5 on Amazon + 13 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 4.39/5
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
Mitsu has been Shiro’s personal servant and best friend since they were both six years old, and he’s been in love with him for nearly that long. While Shiro takes lovers of both sexes, the gulf between their social classes is so vast that Mitsu has never spoken his feelings aloud.
When Shiro meets the beautiful Lady Keiko, he’s instantly infatuated. His affection soon turns to obsession, and Mitsu resigns himself to a life of unrequited love.
But as Mitsu looks deeper into Keiko and her motives, he realizes that Shiro is in grave danger. He will need all his courage– and some help from a master of the occult– to save the life of the man he loves.
Find the Author on Twitter: @Author_PCorrell or on FB: @authorpatriciacorrell
3. Neverman Musings – Turning Point by Yván José García-Rojas
Book Categories: Poetry, Romantic Poetry
Reviews as of this posting: 2 on Amazon + 3 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 3.8/5
Formats Available: eBook
Lillian is terrified of flying. Yet, one of the most painful moments one could imagine hits her and prompts her to fly anyway.
In the plane, she meets a Venezuelan aspiring writer that through his poetry, kindness and friendliness comforts her quite much. Talking about relationships, fear, faith, hope, dreams and much more, they discover long-lasting mutual trust and support.
That is just the beginning of a warm and very rewarding relationship for the two of them.
Find the Author on Twitter: @LeikosLeikos
Visit the Author’s Website: yvanjgarciarojas.blogspot.com
4. Chess: It’s All Black & White by Nicole Donoho
Book Categories: Chess, Game Instruction, Short
Reviews as of this posting: 0 on Amazon + 0 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: None Yet
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
This introductory guide to chess is a must have for those new to the game.
It provides practical illustrations of how to set-up the board and what moves each piece can make during the game. Throughout the guide, there is also humorous insight that you might not have known about chess like:
Why does the queen always start the game on her color?
Why do the knights stand next to the rooks instead of the king and queen?
This illustrated guide is sure to bring a fresh look to the classic game.
Find the Author on Twitter: @MakeMeYourVoice
Visit the Author’s Website: goodbyechristianwhore
5. Three Halves of a Whole by Elijah Aster
Book Categories: LGBT Romance, Bisexual Romance, Gay Romance, New Adult & College Romance
Reviews as of this posting: 1 on Amazon + 6 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 4.8/5
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
“Andrew aspired to be that person that could fix everything, he wanted to save Riley from his doubts and fears…but he never quite knew how, and the passage of years hadn’t changed that.”
Andrew hasn’t spoken to his ex-boyfriend Riley in almost two years, until one fateful night when he receives a phone call from the other man that he finds himself unable to ignore.
What will happen when rules are broken and a relationship that Andrew thought had died is given a chance of rekindling?
Will things be different this time around…or will it all end in misery for a second time…
Find the Author on Twitter: @Elijah_Aster
6. School For Apes by Andrew McDonald
Book Categories: Young Adult, Literature, Parenting
Reviews as of this posting: 2 on Amazon + 4 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 4.4/5
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
Hazeldene, a school with a secret set deep in the heart of rural England.
Dominic Atwell, a boy who finds it difficult to fit into school life.
But when he is expelled from yet another school, his parents take steps to send Dominic to a special school. A school designed to take only the most special and unique children. A school, that doesn’t ask questions. A school, which will take anybody for a price: A school that offers the highest in education…a school for Apes.
What is the secret behind the doors of Hazeldene, a school where nothing is what it seems…and for Dominic nothing will be the same again.
Find the Author on Twitter: @AndrewMc710
Visit the Author’s Website: andrewmcdonald710.wixsite.com/author
7. Murder So Deadly (Merry March Mysteries Book 4) by Eileen Curley Hammond
Book Categories: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Culinary Mystery, Mystery Romance
Reviews as of this posting: 0 on Amazon + 0 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: None Yet
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
Pretty Things Can Be Deadly
It’s springtime in Hopeful and the town is abloom.
Gardeners, avid to challenge themselves, move past the usual begonias into more exotic plants. Unfortunately, some of their selections are pure poison.
Rob’s mother and her husband are in town for a visit that ends in murder. Merry investigates and finds ugly truths growing in some of the most beautiful places.
Find the Author on Twitter: @curleyhammcozy
Visit the Author’s Website: Eileen Curley Hammond
8. Undeniable Desire: Undeniable Series Book 1 by L.L. Lily
Book Categories: Women’s Fiction, Women’s Divorce Fiction, Sisters Fiction, Women’s Psychological Fiction
Reviews as of this posting: 0 on Amazon + 0 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: None Yet
Formats Available: eBook
I love him. I hate him. I love them both.
Life is going great or at least that’s what the right side of my brain is telling me. I got my dream job as a school counselor at Rose County High and married the love of my life…
Okay I lied. I’m on the brink of divorce. There are days when I hate my job, I slept with my client’s father, and I think I’m going to jail for violating ethics.
…stupid Ulysses Grant…
Kelsey Fairweather nee Hassing has everything. She snagged herself a handsome hotshot doctor for a husband, a dream job, and the best weekly orgasm. She’s also on the brink of divorce, potentially violating ethics, and fighting a war against her heart, body, and mind. When her first one night stand comes knocking on her door as her client’s father and an attractive proposition, will she keep her legs closed long enough to see the light of her divorce papers? Or will she learn to let bygones be bygones for a second chance with her husband?
Find the Author on Twitter: @LLLily13
Visit the Author’s Website: lllilybooks.com
9. The Vigilon Project by Stephanie Baskerville
Book Categories: Action Adventure
Reviews as of this posting: 0 on Amazon
Current Combined Star Rating: None Yet
Formats Available: Paperback
Anduriel’s life hasn’t been an easy one, but things seem to be finally falling into place. She has an exciting job as a criminal prosecutor, a loving family, and her boyfriend’s just proposed to her while on a romantic cruise through the Caribbean.
Then the ship explodes, and Anduriel Marek’s life as she knows it comes to a shattering end.
Adrift in a life raft with the only other survivor of the shipwreck – ex-Marine Marcus Harmon – Anduriel tries to piece together what happened. It becomes apparent that this was way more than a tragic accident – it was planned.
In less than 24 hours, Anduriel and Marcus find themselves embroiled in a deadly government conspiracy with the shipwreck at its centre.
With everything on the line, can these two strangers trust each other enough to outwit the people who want them dead?
Find the Author on Twitter: @FuryanHound
10. INITIATION (Protector of Hidden Worlds Book 1) by L.A. Limpkin
Book Categories: Fantasy, Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Reviews as of this posting: 2 on Amazon + 4 on Goodreads
Current Combined Star Rating: 3.9/5
Formats Available: Paperback and eBook
What would you do if you found yourself in a mystical world, without knowing how you got there or even where ‘there’ is?
Hannah casts reason aside and jumps at the opportunity to discover a new world, a forest filled with creatures engaged for centuries in a silent war.
It is a world in decline. Both llumens and shadows need her to survive.
Hannah finds more answers than she needed. As a hybrid, she is at the crossing between two enemies, reshaped as their savior.
She has to pick a side. Will she know whom to trust?
Find the Author on Twitter: @lalimpkin
Visit the Author’s Website: lalimpkin.com
That’s Ten in 10 (Part 2) Complete!
If you’re looking for a new read or a gift for friends/family this season, you should definitely consider these books. Nothing catch your attention? Head back and check out Part 1. Also you can jump over to the top of the sidebar and sign up for the blog updates so you get notified of future postings.
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