Editor’s Picks: Must-Read Indie Gems

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New on the Shelf: Discover Hidden Reads

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.

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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.

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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.

 

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Among the Bones: Book 1 of the Sarah Crockett Mysteries, Among the Lost Children

University professor Sarah Crockett’s eleven-year-old daughter disappeared five years ago. The only person still looking for her is Sarah. “Give up on all those fairy-tale stories,” her ex-husband tells her. “Kidnapped kids don’t come back when they’ve been gone that long.”You should know, she wants to tell him. Since you killed her.Did he? Maybe her child is still out there. Waiting for her mother to find her. But no one else will ask the questions it will take to find out.Until into her life walks Russell Pierce, a software magnate who also has a lost daughter. Eighteen-year-old Thomasina is running from him. No surprise: the girl thinks he murdered her mother, his wife.“I ...
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LIFE IS A LOTTERY, DEATH AN INCONVENIENCE!

After two decades of marriage, Simon was dead!  Dead in a most unfortunate and unexpected way.  Who would have expected a brand new Toyota Yaris to topple from the car transporter like that?   But what had he done with that evening's winning lottery ticket ?!!! ... A wife had to mourn ....yes ...  obviously ... but all the same ... They had been scratching around for money for so very long.  They owed everybody  ... and well probably they had both realised only too well that ... twenty years was a very, very long time.   They probably would both have chosen to go their separate ways long ago ... but ... well they just hadn't!  But you cannot possibly '...
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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.

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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.

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KHAN: A MAINE COON

Semi-fictional biography of Khan, a real Maine Coon. Abandoned and left at a local shelter, a Maine Coon kitten awaits an uncertain fate. During his stay, Khan befriends a wise old tomcat. Four days later, to Khan's horror, the shelter workers take his friend away, leaving Khan scared and alone. Just before Khan's time is up, a man enters the shelter and adopts Khan. Though he feels loved, he is also alone, and misses his mother, his litter mates, and his tomcat friend. Weeks later, when another young kitten joins the household, Khan befriends him, and they form a tight bond. Khan deals with life's challenges and surprises, always finding strength in feline friendships, old and new, and...
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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.

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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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