Editor’s Picks: Must-Read Indie Gems

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Looking for your next hidden gem? These new additions to the SelfPubShelf library are waiting to be discovered. Scroll through diverse indie reads from talented authors and uncover something fresh, unexpected, and completely binge-worthy.

Beyond Evil

This lesbian action/adventure thriller continues the saga of Mika and Leah Cross. Angel Mika and Witch Leah move their family to a small Texas town where things appear to be peaceful. They are welcomed with friendly handshakes and warm smiles but what is hiding behind those smiles? Mika begins the task of building a church but soon encounters rabid religious persecution. As town citizens begin to disappear Leah realizes that something Beyond Evil is engulfing their community. The discovery made by their oldest daughter shines a spotlight on the eternal lovers and causes people to ask Leah, "How old are you?" A question she would rather not answer. You'll gasp, laugh and cry as the witch and ...
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A Touch of Murder

A Touch of Murder is the fourth novel in the saga of Mika and Leah Cross. Mika is an angel and Leah is a witch who have found eternal love in spite of their differences. An ancient evil lurks in the background as our lovers make the decision to leave New York and move to a safer place. But there may be no safe place for them in this world.

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Marked for Murder - Book 3

 Donna Raider ramps up the action and suspense with Marked for Murder. Priest Mika Cross strives to keep her family safe when accidents begin to happen to those in power in the church. Secrets are revealed. An ancient serial killer rises to exact his own brand of retribution and our lovers are caught in the middle of something they can't stop.

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A Twist of Fate - Book 2

Sometimes even Angels have to get their hands dirty!
Leah and Mika battle the forces of hell for one another. Sacrifices are made to save a life. A twist of fate tore them and their world apart. Could one of them, alone, put it back together again?

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A Twist in Time - Book 1

They lived in two different worlds. Leah was a wicked queen--the epitome of evil. Mika was a woman of God--a priest in 22nd-Century America. Both fought the
attraction that threatened to destroy them. Their love was plagued by demons and curses. A twist in time brought them together testing Mika's faith and Leah's strength. Romance, action and adventure combine to make this one of the best novels of the year.

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The Tree of After Life

From the author of the Nautilus Gold Medal-winning REMANENCE, J.S. Vaughn, The Tree of After Life was a Publishers Weekly BookLife Editor's Pick in 2022.When Hyosun's estranged son Jason dies, she's left with more questions than grief: the estate money is gone, and so is Carrie — the fiancée Hyosun never accepted. What begins as a search for missing money becomes a reckoning with the life she missed.Guided by a journal Carrie left behind — chronicling Jason's long recovery from a devastating car accident — Hyosun retraces the couple's life through Chicago, piecing together the son she never let herself know. With each step, the journey reveals as much about her own choices as his: the...
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You Ring My Bell

A short story for the holidays from bestselling LGBT writer Erin Wade. When Avery Denton discovers that her partner and life-long friend Jim Steel is planning to divorce his beautiful wife, Mandy, she is angry and distraught. A former Miss America, Mandy had worked two jobs to put Jim through med school. When he solicits Avery's help in duping Mandy out of her share of their community property, she is aghast that he would stoop so low. All Avery sees for the month of December is heartache and misery for all concerned. Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, Avery must choose between the man who has always been there for her and doing the right thing, a decision that could destro...
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Wrongly Accused

When esteemed surgeon Dawn Fairchild is wrongly accused of vehicular manslaughter, her world is turned up side down. Sentenced to two years in a federal women's prison Dawn encounters a side of life she didn't know existed. Caged with drug addicts, killers and rapist, she is surprised when her knight in shinning armor is a scrawny, scrappy redhead serving time for drug addiction and prostitution. A woman she couldn't bring herself to shake hands with for fear of touching her.You will laugh, cry and cheer for these two unlikely friends as they navigate the horrors of a prison run by a no-nonsense warden with her own plans for Dr. Dawn Fairchild. LGBT, Lesbian Fiction, WLW, Sapphic Romance Thr...
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Who Wrote This Thriller Anyway?

A psychological thriller from Bestselling Lesbian Action/Adventure writer Erin Wade, this fast-passed novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.Trying to recover from a broken heart caused by an unfaithful wife, world renowned lesbian author Lane Dawson agrees to temporarily move to Hollywood to consult on the movie version of her bestselling novel. Wanting an actress in her early thirties for the main character, Lane selects an actress in a blind audition. She is surprised to learn her selection is A-list movie star Ashley Sinclair an older, Oscar winning actress who hasn’t made a movie in two years.Ashley has finally settled a two-year divorce battle with her cheating husband who walk...
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When We Were Gods

Multiple plots, love, friends, apocalypse, demons, Gods, and AI… a perfect story
I am continually amazed as I read each of Erin Wade’s books. Each one has a unique plot, but the women she writes about are strong and innovative. Meet Destiney, a doctor over 300 years old but could be a 30 year old Miss America. Her adopted daughter, Venus, is just as beautiful and just as mysterious. Vicar Faith Seraph appears when needed with powers of prayer that create miracles. Mix in shape shifters, Vampires, medical catastrophes, and human trafficking you have another Erin Wade winner.

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