Welcome to my third feature on new book releases by indie authors. I will be posting a selection of new releases (from the last 3 months or so) quarterly. Note: I will not knowingly include books which have used AI to write the text or create the cover.
The Atom Between Us by Natasha Wingfield
I woke up with nothing. No name. No past. No memories. Just a body full of scars and a single, burning instinct: finish the mission I don’t remember starting.
The world outside is a wasteland. A place called The Zone, where radiation still clings to the air and the people are ruled by something called The Authority. I’m told I’m dangerous. I’m treated like a threat. But no one will tell me why.
Not even him.
Captain Lance Kang. Cold. Controlled. Feared. He watches me with restrained violence and impossible familiarity—like he knows something about me I don’t.
I shouldn’t trust him. He’s the enemy. He belongs to the regime that wants me wiped out, forgotten. But when his voice cuts through the static in my mind… something responds. Something buried, instinctive, and dangerously real.
The more fragments of my past I claw back—labs, fire, blood—the clearer a single truth becomes:
I’m not just a prisoner in this broken world.
I’m the key to changing it.
Or ending it.
I just have to remember before it’s too late.
The Girl in the Tower by Harrison Murphy
When the past lies buried beneath the waves, and the present hides behind a veneer, what power do we have over the future?
As high-flying energy magnate, Parsley Ringland, prepares for maternity leave, tragedy strikes. She passes out after a health complication and wakes up elsewhere. In the tower that sustained the life she had once known.
As she fights to protect herself and her unborn child, Parsley begins to fear for humanity itself. She is faced with an impossible dilemma. Does she keep the world in comforting darkness? Or expose a cruel truth that might destroy it? Is it better to endure a terrible truth than to lounge inside a lie?
Just My Merry Luck by Jamie Lee Fry
TIS THE SEASON
. . . FOR LOSING YOUR JOB.
. . . FOR GETTING SCAMMED.
. . . FOR FALLING IN LOVE?
Self-proclaimed workaholic, Jemma Jones finds herself jobless twenty-five days before Christmas. With a push from her overly optimistic best friend and a pinch of fate, she does what every rational person would do. She impulsively books a last-minute, insanely overpriced flight to Paris, of course.
The next thing she knows, she’s at an airport, dodging a man dressed as an elf when she runs into a very handsome but frustrating Frenchman named Luca.
From that moment on, Luca seems to be everywhere, even when she finds herself without a place to stay.
When Luca offers his place, it’s perfect—he’s perfect. . . except for one tiny little detail: he might have a gorgeous girlfriend named Colette.
Will this holiday of mishaps turn into the most unexpectedly magical Christmas of all, or will her impulsiveness turn out to be a recipe for disaster?
Hate by Proxy (Northglenn Book 1) by V Clarke
She was everything he was looking for without knowing.
Sophie: Love was the last thing on Sophie’s mind, until it wasn’t.
After the death of her parents, all she wanted to focus on was bringing her university grades back up. That would have been easy, if she wasn’t assigned the person she couldn’t stand the most as her mentor: Leo Russell. An irritating thorn in her side ever since they met at the age of fourteen, but to her surprise there was no hateful mocking this time. Sophie saw a different side to Leo, an understanding one, and couldn’t help questioning everything she thought she knew about him.
Leo: Leo only wanted to return the favour after Sophie Grayson inadvertently helped him heal from his own grief when they first met. Though, the distraction from his parents’ divorce was a welcome bonus. There was nothing else to it, no matter what their mutual friends believed. A small part of him hoped she would see him differently, because he wanted to help, but could she let him?
An unexpected kiss is all it takes for both of them to spiral into hesitation and uncertainty, leaving them to wonder if new love would ironically bloom out of a dying marriage, or if death would be too much of a shadow to overcome.
Tiny Terrible Tales by Sarah Jules
A series of standalone, one-sitting horror shorts from indie horror author Sarah Jules. Current titles in the series: CREEPY LITTLE BASTARDS, THE THING IN THE WOODS and SHE WAITS.
The Cursed Obsidian by E L Simons
A young witch named Covie Raiyne has just started at a new magical college. She’s hoping to discover new and exciting things about herself that she could never have dreamed were possible. All Covie has known about her mother since she was young was the betrayal she made a long time ago. But did she believe that was the real reason her mother died? Covie is on her own personal journey of magic and growth, and hopes to discover what really happened to her mother along the way. Her journey leads her to meet a handsome young wizard, make some badass friends, and experience things many first years wouldn’t!
Wyrd Water by Jack Callaghan
Andry is a city girl, so a dilapidated house in the Lake District isn’t her idea of the perfect holiday home, especially when the locals are dead set against anyone moving into it. Her attitude and odd taste in clothes won’t go down well here, but this is only the start of her troubles. Something is waiting for her, and it’s been waiting a very long time. Andry finds herself flung into a world of Rune magic, peculiar customs and whispers of ‘Those from the other side’, an ancient mystery, both honoured and feared.
What secrets are hiding on the shores of the Wyrd Water?
The Hanging Tree by Jessica Huntley
For a hundred years, the residents of a rural Welsh village have been hiding the truth. Now, a newcomer has started digging around, uncovering more than just buried secrets.
Retired detective, Graham Williams, has moved to Bethgelert for a fresh start, determined to put the horrors of last year behind him. He has seen his fair share of disturbing scenes, but nothing prepares him for what he sees hanging in the gnarly old tree outside his front window.
Only one man can help him uncover the truth …
Stephen Mallow has come a long way since he helped solve the mystery of Cherry Hollow. When his old nemesis calls and asks for help, he jumps in the car, ignoring the pain in his head and the hole in his heart. He’s ready to take on another weird and creepy small town mystery.
These two unlikely allies, whose main form of communication is bickering, start to work together to dig up the disturbing secrets of ‘The Hanging Tree’, but they soon realise there’s more to the story than they first thought.
A teenage girl is missing. The town butcher isn’t telling them everything. The tree seems to be speaking to Stephen …
And someone is watching their every move …
Being Chosen (The Baker, The Genius and The Rockstar Book 2) by Jennifer Cleveland
Life can be surreal.
One minute you’re running a successful business and dating a great guy, the next minute you’ve been dumped and you’re on tour with an ex.
Did I mention my ex is the lead singer of a super famous rock band?
No?
Well, I’m sure that won’t complicate things too much.
Locks & Keys: A Fantasy Anthology
Will a persecuted witch give the kingdom’s heir what he deserves? Does the squad of plucky rebels find a way out of an infiltration gone wrong? How can a street urchin survive in the shadow of an infamous gang? Can a thief brave the belly of the beast in search of a treasure that will never be hers? How sinister can a bond be between an orphan and her mother?
Pirates raid a fishing island in the sky. A sickly girl pushes past the threshold for Demonsnight. An apprentice gloomsinger comes face to face with what he fears most. With her life on the line, a cook prepares one last dish. A demon girl flies to the city of humans, begging them to change.
Ten unique fantasy stories by ten different authors. Dragons, sky pirates, and even samurai inhabit these pages. Locks, keys, and secrets loom over all.
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