Editor’s Picks: Must-Read Indie Gems

Discover the very best of indie publishing. Handpicked by our editors and beloved by readers, these spotlight books are top-shelf reads you don’t want to miss. Whether you're into thrilling adventures or heartfelt dramas, these standout titles are shining bright just for you.

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HIGH DESERT

MODERN WESTERN SHORT READ. A reluctant hero only wants to tinker in his desert junk yard, fish for wrecks on the highway and forget his family legacy. A rotten Sheriff, fate and a vault of organized crime loot have another idea.

From the collection PEOPLE MAKING DANGER.

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OPERATION DRAGONHEAD

MID-CENTURY SCI-FI SHORT READ. Near the end of the 1950s, an impressive, highly coordinated Army training exercise goes off without a hitch. Until frightened townsfolk, mistaking experimental communication helmets for alien antennae, launch an improvised defense. Based on a true story.

From the collection PEOPLE MAKING DANGER (Vol. 1)

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THE QUIET ONES

SUBURBAN THRILLER SHORT READ. When a young girl goes missing, families fall apart and neighbors grow together with the help of their friendly local serial killer.

From the collection PEOPLE MAKING DANGER (Vol. 1).

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Windship Farm: The Ghost Tanker

Just days before the world erupts in the Russia-Ukraine war, Jasmine and Kave set out from Gloucester, Massachusetts in their thirty-foot fishing boat, chasing bluefin tuna across the remote Seamounts of the North Atlantic.They sail straight into a nightmare.After a violent storm disables their boat, a massive Chinese supertanker appears out of the fog, bearing down on them at full speed. The giant vessel shows no signs of slowing. Jasmine and Kave shout and wave frantically—but there is no response from the towering ship.With only seconds to spare, they dive into the sea as the tanker crushes their boat beneath its steel hull.The ship never stops.As the vessel thunders past, they see a li...
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The Last Mission of the Seventh Cavalry: Book One

A combat mission over Afghanistan becomes something no soldier has ever trained for.When their aircraft is struck and a platoon of the Seventh Cavalry bails out, they don’t land in a war zone they recognize. Instead, the 13 soldiers hit the ground two thousand years in the past—in a world of empires, iron weapons, and wars fought face to face.Cut off from their own time and surrounded by forces that will kill them without hesitation, the men and women of the Seventh must choose quickly: remain outsiders and perish, or intervene in a history that was never meant to be altered.As modern weapons collide with ancient armies, courage, discipline, and ingenuity are pushed to their limits—and...
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House and the Books: A Cozy Cat Mystery (The House Cat Mysteries)

In this cozy mystery, you'll find:A Witty, Relatable Sleuth: A fifty-year-old doctor who knows that diagnosing a financial murder isn't all that different from diagnosing a patient.Small-Town Charm: Quirky locals, fierce baking competitions, and the atmospheric magic of a Northern California coastal village.Feline Forensics: A judgmental, fiercely protective black cat who isn't afraid to take a bite out of crime.Bonus Content: Includes the actual recipe for Hal’s famous Macadamia Nut Cookies!In this cozy mystery, you'll find:A Witty, Relatable Sleuth: A fifty-year-old doctor who knows that diagnosing a financial murder isn't all that different from diagnosing a patient.Small-Town Charm: Qu...
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House Rules: THE CAT WITH A CATNIP SLANT (The House Cat Mysteries)

HOUSE RULES: THE CAT WITH A CATNIP SLANT is a 37,600-word small-town medical thriller. It combines the sharp medical suspense of Tess Gerritsen with the small-town secrets and feline-assisted sleuthing of Rita Mae Brown.In misty Ferndale, Dr. Ann McBride spends her days treating geriatric patients. When a ruthless local patriarch drops dead, the police rule it a natural heart attack. However, Ann’s medical expertise points to a calculated poisoning. Teaming up with rugged ex-detective Noah Fletcher, she begins to unravel a dark web of predatory loans that holds the entire town hostage.The danger strikes home when an intruder drugs Ann's fiercely independent cat, House, with a synthetic bak...
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House: The Cat With a Killer Attitude (The House Cat Mysteries)

He has nine lives, a limp, and zero patience. In the sleepy village of Ferndale, CA.
The local banker has been found dead, poisoned by a mysterious ingredient. The police are baffled, but House, a sarcastic black cat with a catnip dependency and a limp in his back left leg, knows exactly what happened.

Unfortunately, his owner, the kindly Dr. Ann McBride, just wants him to be a "good kitty." Can House expose the killer without getting declawed, or will he just knock a vase off the table to prove a point?

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House and a Working Girl: A Cozy Cat Mystery

Some secrets are buried too deep to dig up.In the sleepy coastal town of Ferndale, California the fog rolls in thick like an old ghost, hiding a dark history of stolen land and forged Gilded Age fortunes. For Dr. Ann McBride, life is supposed to be about quiet healing—tending to the town's aging population alongside her golden retriever, Stella, and pouring her heart into opening The Nook, a community bakery.But when a gruesome local murder shatters the town's artificial peace, and a century-old diary is unearthed beneath the bakery floorboards, Ann finds herself at the center of a lethal conspiracy. Someone is systematically eliminating Ferndale’s elite using a silent, untraceable poiso...
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Death in Tomorrow's Shadow

     At secretive military electronics surveillance station in the Arctic Circle, a lowly fry cook, paradoxically the son of a wealthy and powerful politician, mysteriously dies. A victim of circumstances, FBI agent, Rhett Bradley, in the last month of his career, is hastily dispatched to investigate, to arrive ahead of a Siberian-spawned blizzard and a feared Washington, D.C. political storm.     Bradley must maneuver through guarded, secretive, and complex circumstances, periling his own life while contending with an egotistical FBI supervisor, paranoid intelligence agents, and petty criminals.  His investigation must be conducted in an ali...
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