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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.
King of the Roses: A Horse Racing Mystery
Chris Englund has been offered $500,000 to throw the Kentucky Derby. Now he must choose: between temptation and truth, between honesty and his life. The prize isn’t just a garland of Derby roses. If he throws the race, he’ll betray the hard-won honor he’s sacrificed so much for. If he rides to win, he’ll destroy the horse and lose the woman he loves.
Three Strides Out: A Horse Show Novel of Suspense
Show-jumping rider and trainer Robb Slaughter should have been too young to remember watching his mother being murdered.
But he remembered how long she screamed because she never stopped.
Now Robb has to find out who tried to kill a Grand-Prix jumper champion and deliver the true justice that will finally stop the screams.
But buying that kind of justice will take smarts and cunning and lies. And a willingness to kill if that’s what justice means.
In Three Strides Out, set in the ultra-competitive world of champion horse-show jumping, Robb’s search for the monsters who kill horses for money leads to a hard truth about himself, and a brutal truth about the woman he loves.
Among the Lies: Book 2 of the Sarah Crockett Mysteries, Among the Lost Children
Sarah’s daughter Anna has been missing for six years and counting. The cops gave up long ago. But now a dead child may have something to tell Sarah about what happened to Anna . . . if she can make the dead talk.
And she has a new ally who wants to bring justice to Sarah’s unfaithful and lying ex-husband every bit as much as she does. They’ve given up on patience and caution. They’ll do whatever they have to. They can smell blood among the lies.
Among the Lost Children is the three-book story of Sarah’s search for her daughter and her own sanity amid desperate choices that test her courage and will.
Among the Bones: Book 1 of the Sarah Crockett Mysteries, Among the Lost Children
LIFE IS A LOTTERY, DEATH AN INCONVENIENCE!
Running in the Dark
Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.
Cleverly Written, Dynamic Story Telling
This short-story collection depicts growing up in 1960s Detroit, capturing the author's childhood adventures—alone or with friends—often marked by both fear and excitement. Vivid descriptions bring his experiences to life, revealing the innocence of boys who chase adventure despite the consequences. Readers may recall their own childhood moments, especially those spent running from danger in the dark.
The Furlites of Aroriel: Eyes in the Dark Book III
The second mission of the Sunpyne, to retrieve the Voziak, proves far more difficult than expected. Commander Geupetus and his crew discover the critical importance of an astounding turn of events, when a wormhole throws both ships into an astonishing situation. In primitive conditions, the crew of both ships must now fulfill an unknown destiny in which their Felakoons play a prominent role, and set history on its proper course. They cannot fail this mission.
KHAN: A MAINE COON
The Furlites of Aroriel: Furlitian Short Tales
In these novella length short tales from THE FURLTES OF ARORIEL world, discover details about Commander Geupetus’ childhood, and his fight with Cerus and feud with Clan Enilura. Find out the origin of Geupetus’ pet Monius Terpus, and of his importance to the three children who rescued him. Read more about the childhood separation and subsequent bonding of Elara and Tesuris. In the last story, learn how the Felakoon Fantia saves Nera from the despair of her bondbreak. A fine complimentary volume to the main series, these tales reveal details omitted from the main story lines.
The White Dragons of Suvwilur and Other Stories
In this full color paperback, follow the short tales of creatures as diverse as Feklaar, the white dragon forced into first contact with the dangerous Humans on his world, Princess Tulitara of the Unicats, who is kidnapped. and an appaloosa Pegasus who triumphs over his insecurities as he comes of age, shown from their points of view. Quick fun reads, they take the reader more worlds of the fantastic, from the dark tale of Kaekodemon, who is murdered and returns as a spirit to enact revenge on her killer for her kittens, to the fun, lighthearted Keeper of Word, a tiny winged equine who wakes, unable to recall who she is.
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