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Monday, January 2, 2012

WELCOME to the INDIE BOOK FAIR!!






An early next Christmas gift to my fellow indie authors

Did you find a new
Kindle, Nook, or iPad under the Christmas tree? Browse the Indie Book Fair and find a new ebook to break in that reader!

These great new books
were released Nov 2011-Feb 2012 by Indie authors, priced right so that taking a

chance on a new author doesn’t have to break your wallet. (Check out the previous Internet Book Fair for other great Indie finds.)


[Indie = self-published
or small-publisher, for the purposes of this post, because no matter how we’re published, we’re all in this together, trying to get the word out about our books]
Note: Links are given
for Amazon, but most authors publish across all e-book formats. Click
on the author’s name for additional purchasing options, including
paper copies.
For Your Browsing Pleasure
Contemporary (Adult)





Build a Man by Talli Roland (Chick Lit)


Slave

to the rich, rude and deluded, cosmetic surgery receptionist Serenity Holland

longs for the day she's a high-flying tabloid reporter. Unfortunately, every

pitch she sends out disappears like her clients' liposuctioned fat, never to be

seen again. Then she meets Jeremy Ritchie -- the hang-dog man determined to be

Britain's Most Eligible Bachelor by making himself over from head to toe and

everything in between -- giving Serenity a story no editor could

resist. With London's biggest tabloid on board and her very own column

tracking Jeremy's progress from dud to dude, Serenity is determined to be a

success, even going undercover to gain intimate access to Jeremy's life. But

when Jeremy's surgery goes drastically wrong and Serenity is ordered to cover

all the car-crash goriness, she must decide how far she really will go for her

dream job. $0.99

on Amazon






The

Golden Sky
by Elisa

Hirsch
(Memoir)
The night I met Cade I never would’ve thought that two years later, after we

were homeless street musicians in Hawaii, we would have a little girl and

another baby on the way. Our son was born with the type of birth

defects that make televangelists cringe. The “death home” gave him a really

nice funeral, the kind I’d never wished to attend. We lost it after that,

totally cemented in our grief. Cade got into drugs, joined a rock

and roll band, and I kicked him out of the house. That was how I met: Earl

(an old man and unlikely best friend), the “big sag” (a middle aged woman

who still flashed folks), Todda (the stripper next door), and Chris

(a cowboy who fell in love with me). It wasn’t until I killed a rogue

skunk, and my daughter nearly choked on a fry, that I gave my husband

another chance. But could our marriage recover from the death of our

son? $2.99 onAmazon







Someone

Else’s Fairytale
by E.M. Tippetts (Contemporary Romance)
Jason Vanderholt is the hottest actor under thirty with legions of screaming fans.

Chloe Winters is a college student who hasn't gotten around to watching most of

his movies. When they meet by chance, he is smitten, but it just

isn't her fairytale. In fact, it could be her worst nightmare as her past,

attracted by the bright lights of the media, comes back to haunt her. $0.99 on Amazon
Historical Romance

(Adult)







The Duke’s Divorce by Anne Gallagher Available late January 2012


A simple trip to the Scottish Highlands finds the Duke of Cantin with a bride he

does not want. With her impeccable beauty and fiery disposition, Fiona

takes Society by storm. As their prearranged divorce proceedings draw

near, can Fiona change his mind? Check author's website.

Literary Fiction






String Bridge by Jessica Bell



Greek cuisine, smog and

domestic drudgery was not the life Australian musician, Melody, was expecting

when she married a Greek music promoter and settled in Athens, Greece. Keen to

play in her new shoes, though, Melody trades her guitar for a 'proper' career

and her music for motherhood. That is, until she can bear it no longer and

plots a return to the stage—and the person she used to be. However, the

obstacles she faces along the way are nothing compared to the tragedy that

awaits ... $6.99

on Amazon
ALSO: Music Sample!

Mystery






Sherwood Ltd. by Anne R. Allen



Sherwood.. $2.99

on Amazon

Short Stories and

Anthologies






The Initiate (Cloud

Prophet Trilogy)
by Megg Jensen (YA Fantasy)
Over

a thousand years ago, the gods left Eloh's people and took their magic with

them. To win back their favor, her people sacrifice ten female initiates every

ten years. No has ever survived. There has never been a Chosen One. Forced into

becoming an initiate, Eloh will try to find a way to beat the odds, stay with

her boyfriend, and survive the fires that threaten to consume her. But will her

lack of faith in the gods and her disbelief in their magic doom her to a

painful death? $0.99 on Amazon






Eight by Karly Kirkpatrick (YA Paranormal Short Story Collection)



Prepare

to be thrilled and chilled by Kirkpatrick's eight short tales in EIGHT. These

eight stories, while short, pack a big punch. There are demon spirits, zombies,

and even some human baddies. Each story comes complete with author's

commentary. It also includes the previously unreleased short Grenades. $0.99

on Amazon

{CoverComingSoon} In His Eyes by The Indelibles (YA Anthology) - Available February 14th
Just in time for Valentines Day, The Indelibles bring you a one-of-a-kind young

adult anthology! Twenty original short stories, all from the point of view of

our favorite male characters - some are old flames from our novels and some

were dreamed up especially for this anthology. Let these imminently crushable,

swoon-worthy guys show you what romance looks like – in his eyes. Add to Goodreads

TBR
The contributors to IN HIS EYES include

award winners, frequent “Top 100” placers, and hot 2011 debut authors:
S.R. Wells, C.K.

Bryant, Elle Strauss, Susan Kaye Quinn, Jessie Harrell, Magan Vernon, Lisa

Nowak, Heather McCorkle, RaShelle Workman, Ali Cross, Karen Amanda Hooper, Cory

Putman Oakes, Laura Pauling, Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Sarra Cannon, Katie Klein,

Cheri Lasota





Transcendent: Tales of

the Paranormal
by
Lani Woodland, Melonie Piper, Rita Webb, Wendy Swore, Melanie Marks, Heather McCubbin and Evan Joseph (YA Anthology)
Discover the secrets of a siren, fly with a hawk girl over the mountains of Montana, and flee supernatural party-crashers as the

décor comes to life in this magical journey through paranormal stories. Along

the way, watch for ghosts in a haunted house, or ride through the moonlight

with a stranger. Save a comatose boy who has lost his soul, and don’t forget to

bring your garlic and wolfsbane—you never know when the shadows will snag you. Transcendent

includes eight stories of magic, love, death, and choice by some of the newestnames in young adult fiction.
$0.99

on Amazon

Young Adult







Open Minds by Susan Kaye Quinn (Paranormal/Science Fiction)



When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone

who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be

trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best

friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly

kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and

an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged

deep into a hidden world of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone

she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her. $2.99 on Amazon






Bound by C.K. Bryant (Paranormal Romance)
When a photo shoot ends in tragedy, Kira discovers her best friend, Lydia,has been keeping a secret.

Knowing the truth, and accepting it, will change Kira’s life forever and thrust

her into a world of ancient curses, magical objects, and savage enemies. What

happens next will challenge everything Kira knows about her world, herself and

the shape-shifting warrior she’s falling in love with. No longer the timid

mouse her mother accused her of being, but a woman who finds the mental and

physical strength to endure and survive. $3.99 on Amazon







Become by Ali Cross (YA Urban Fantasy)


Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it’s cold and

lonely and totally predictable. Instead, she’s sent back to Earth where she

Becomes the evil she despises and the good she always feared. When Desi is

forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her Choice has been made—that

she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has

created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is a reason to want to

change—something she’s never had before—a friend. $3.99

on Amazon



Exiled by RaShelle Workman (YA SF Romance)





Worlds

divided them. Chance brought them together. Only love will save them.


An alien princess exiled to Earth. An arrogant boy. One week to get back to her

planet or she'll die. And, her only chance for survival? She must help the boy

find his soul mate.


Piece of cake! $0.99

on Kindle







The Secret of Spruce

Knoll
by Heather McCorkle (Urban Fantasy)


Following the tragic death of her parents, Eren Donovan moves to Spruce Knoll

to live with an aunt she’s never met. Little does Eren know the entire

town of Spruce Knoll is filled with “channelers”—a magical group of

people who immigrated to the small Colorado town when they

were driven out of their own lands. Channelers are tied to the fate

of the world. As the world slowly dies, so do they—and they alone

have the power to stop the destruction of Earth. Soon, Eren learns

she not only lives among them, but she is one. When she meets local boy Aiden,

his charm convinces her that being a channeler may not be all bad though. $4.99 on

Amazon







Destined by Jessie Harrell (Retelling)


When Psyche receives a prophecy gone horribly wrong, she learns that even the most

beautiful girl in Greece can have a hideous future. Her fate? Fall in love with

the one creature even the gods fear. As she feels herself slipping closer into

the arms of the prophecy, Psyche must choose between the terrifyingly tender

touch she feels almost powerless to resist and the one constant she's come to

expect out of life: you cannot escape what is destined. $0.99 on Amazon






Darkspell by Elizabeth Mueller (Paranormal Romance)





Winter Sky believes she

is everything ordinary . . . until she is kissed by Alex Stormhold. As

seer of Stormhold Coven, Alex is sworn to be Winter’s protector against the

darkness that hunts her. Violently thrust into a magickal realm she

always thought impossible, she stumbles upon a disturbing secret of her own.

Will love prove thicker than magick?$3.99 on Amazon





Untraceable by S. R. Johannes (Thriller)





Grace has lived in the

Smokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught her

about wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. When her dad goes missing on a routine

patrol, Grace refuses to believe he’s dead and fights the town authorities,

tribal officials, and nature to find him. One day, while out tracking clues,

Grace is rescued from danger by Mo, a hot guy with an intoxicating accent and a

secret. As her feelings between him and her ex-boyfriend get muddled, Grace

travels deep into the wilderness to escape and find her father. Along the way, Grace learns terrible secrets that sever relationships and

lives. Soon she’s enmeshed in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder. And

it’s going to take a lot more than a compass and a motorcycle (named Lucifer)

for this kick-butting heroine to save everything she loves. $2.99

on Amazon





Rival Demons (Book 5 of

the Peachville High Demons Series)
by Sarra Cannon (Paranormal Romance) Available January 20th
After narrowly escaping death at

the hands of the Order of Shadows, Harper finds herself thrust into the strange

and beautiful world of the shadow demons. But crossing through the portal

doesn't mean she is safe. The Order of Shadows is determined to bring her home

and transfer the Prima line to the Harris family. They send their most vicious

hunters after Harper. Hunters who will not stop until they have found their

prey. Determined to keep her safe, Jackson takes her deep into an underground

world filled with dangers of its own. Here, Harper will begin a journey that

will teach her more about herself and her own path than she ever imagined

possible. Add

to Goodreads TBR







The Legend of Victor Standish: Under a Voodoo Moon by Roland D. Yeomans (Urban Fantasy/Romance)



Can love kill? Yes

... if you love a ghoul who hungers for your flesh only slightly less than she

does your heart. Yet to the lonely street orphan Victor Standish, who has

risked his life for a meal, to find love (even for one magical French Quarter

night) is worth dying in the morning. $2.99 on Amazon All profits go to the Salvation Army.








Getting Sideways (Book 2 in the Full Throttle Series) by Lisa Nowak (Contemporary)





Getting shipped off to live with his

uncle Race was the best thing that ever happened to fifteen-year-old Cody. Then

a wreck at the speedway nearly ruined everything. Cody’s making every effort to

get his life back on track—writing for the school paper, searching for the

perfect girlfriend, and counting the days until he gets his drivers’

license—but there’s no escaping the nightmares that haunt him.
A

chance to build his own car seems like the perfect distraction. Until Cody

realizes he’ll have to live up to Race’s legendary status. But that’s the least

of his worries, considering he doesn’t have his dad’s permission. All he has to

do is the impossible: keep Race from discovering his lie until he can convince his dad that racing’s safe. Yeah, sure. That’ll

be easy.
$3.99

on Amazon








Tangled Tides by Karen Hooper (Sea Monster Memoirs)




Yara Jones doesn’t believe in sea monsters—until she becomes one. When a hurricane

hits her island home and she wakes up with fins, Yara finds herself tangled up

in an underwater world of mysterious merfolk and secretive selkies. Both sides

believe Yara can save them by fulfilling a broken promise and opening the

sealed gateway to their realm, but they are battling over how it should be

done. The selkies want to take her life. The merfolk want something far more

precious. Treygan, the stormy-eyed merman who turned Yara mer, will stop at

nothing and sacrifice everything to protect his people—until he falls for Yara.

The tides turn as Yara fights to save herself, hundreds of sea creatures, and

the merman who has her heart. She could lose her soul in the process—or she

might open the gateway to a love that’s deeper than the oceans. $4.99

on Amazon






Here by Denise Grover Swank (SF Romance)



Sixteen year old Julia Phillips buries herself in guilt after killing her best friend

Monica in a car accident. Julia awoke in the hospital with a broken leg, a new

talent for drawing and false memories of the accident, in which she dies and

Monica lives. The doctors attribute this to her head injury, but no one can

explain how a bracelet engraved with her name ended up at the scene of the

accident. A bracelet no one has ever seen before. Classmate Evan Whittaker paid

Julia no attention before the accident, let alone after. Now suddenly he’s

volunteering to tutor her and offering to drive her home. She can't ignore that

his new obsession started after his two-day disappearance last week and that he

wears a pendant she’s been drawing for months. When the police show up one

night looking for Evan, he begs Julia to run with him, convincing her that

Monica is still alive. Julia agrees to go, never guessing where he’s really

from. $2.99 on Amazon







The Veil by Cory

Putman Oakes
(Paranormal Romance)


Seventeen-year-old Addison Russell is in for a shock when she discovers that she can see the

invisible world of the Annorasi. Suddenly, nothing is as it appears to

be—the house she lives in, the woman who raised her, even the most beautiful

boy in town all turn out to be more than what they seem. And when this

strange new world forces Addy to answer for a crime that was committed long

ago, by parents she has never known, she has no choice but to trust Luc, the

mysterious Annorasi who has been sent to protect her. Or so he says . . .

$7.99

on Amazon







Embrace by Cherie Colyer (Paranormal Romance)





Madison

is familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change took

her long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly

hate her. It’s responsible for the death of a local along with a host of other

mysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her

luck is about to improve. Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and

intriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret,

but she’s willing to risk the unknown to be with him. Nothing can prepare her for what

she is about to discover. $6.99

on Amazon







Onyx Talisman by Brenda Pandos (Paranormal Romance)





Unrest stirs deep in Scotts Valley. Filled with uncertainty, Julia anxiously awaits Nicholas’ return. Phil, holds the pieces of

Julia’s fragile psyche together, secretly hoping Nicholas stays away forever.

But Alora secretly conspires to reclaim her talisman and strip Julia of

everything she holds dear. Little

do they know, a war is coming and more than one vampire would like to see the

Prince of Vampires overthrown. Can Julia bargain with fate? Find out how it all

ends in this explosive grand finale of The Talisman Trilogy. $3.99 on Amazon







How

to Date an Alien
by Magan Vernon (Science Fiction)

High school senior Alex Bianchi's estranged father gets her an internship at Circe

Operations Center to pad her college applications. But Circe isn't your typical

military base. It's an alien-run operation center and not all of the aliens are

friendly, especially the one that tries to kill Alex on her first day. When

Ace, a dark-eyed Caltian, enters and saves the day, she can't help but be drawn

to him. Can these star-crossed lovers survive when they're on the brink of

intergalactic war?
$2.99

on Amazon







Fireseed

One
by Catherine Stine (Science Fiction/Thriller)
Fireseed One is a

journey into a tricked-out near-future earth where 18 year-old Varik has

inherited a vast ocean farm, following the suspicious drowning of his Marine

biologist father. When Marisa, a beautiful and devious terrorist, destroys the

world's food source, Varik is forced to travel to a lethal hotzone, teeming

with dangerous nomads and a strange cult to search for a magical hybrid plant

that may not even exist. The catch? He must take Marisa along, the only person

who seems to know way, way too much key information. $2.99 on Amazon







The Missing by M.A. Leslie (Paranormal)




Eight-year-old, Ethan Doyle is just a normal kid whose biggest problem in life was to fight for the attention of his busy parents from his older twin siblings. But, after his aunt and uncle tragically die, his family takes in his teenage cousin, Kelsey, and moves to a spooky old, manor house in a new town. At first, everything seems fine, but when he begins to see and speak to a spirit named Lucas, his biggest problem becomes, just staying alive. Lucas was ten years old when the spirits of the house came to him and asked him for help setting their spirits free. Unfortunately, he never made the deadline and as a result the spirits took him and made him a part of the house as well. As he soon finds out, the only way he can save his own soul is to save the souls of the missing boys in the house. With his own deadline in place, Ethan enlists the help of his cousin Kelsey to solve the twenty-year-old mystery of THE MISSING. $0.99 on Amazon




Princess Kandake by Stephanie Jefferson (Fantasy) Available February 1, 2012




In Nubia a woman can be whatever she chooses. At 14,

Kandake knows exactly what she chooses...Prime Warrior of Nubia. But her

grandmother has said that she will follow her father on the throne. Refusing to

abandon her warrior dreams she continues to train. When her brother is kidnapped,

Kandake learns she must be both queen and warrior to win his release! See Author's Website


Middle Grade



Blink of a Dragon by Eisley Jacobs (Fantasy)





Discovering she’s connected to dragons is one

thing, but when another dragon is caught hanging out in the fifth grade, Meia thinks

things couldn’t get any worse. Is she ever wrong! Trouble is brewing in the

cosmos and Deglan believes this new dragon holds the answers, but his hopes are

crushed when the leader of the exiled dark dragons ambushes them. The fate of

the dragons and possibly the whole world falls to Deglan and Meia as they

search for the only creature powerful enough to send the dark dragons back into the

abyss. What they encounter along the way makes the adventure worth fighting

for. $6.99

Paperback preorder

21 comments:

  1. happy New year Roland. Thank you for these I'm definitely getting a couple.

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  2. oh, this is super great! I know at least half of these authors, and their books are EXCELLENT! What a fantastic idea!

    And have a super new year, my friend! May all your resolutions come true. :o)

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  3. I have about half of those on my iPad right now!

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  4. Hello Roland,

    thank you for your kind new year wishes! I wish the same and more to you!
    Your cat Gypsy is a beauty :)

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  5. What an awesome list--and I have a ton of these books! Yay!

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  6. Hello - visiting from Alex's blog, and now following.

    Lots of content here, so I'll come back to browse. Nice to meet you.

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  7. Wendy :
    I hope you find success and joy this New Year ... along with some great reads!

    Leigh :
    I pray that your 2012 dreams come true, as well! I've yet to see the latest MISSION IMPOSSIBLE but now your post has made me want to!

    Alex :
    That's great! Now to find the time to read them, right? Thanks for spotlighting me, Jesse, Nicole, and Matthew on your blog today!

    Duni :
    Your Popcorn Gift to your husband makes me envious of him almost as much as his 3D flatscreen. Gypsy was indeed a beauty whose spirit still lives with me. Roland

    Donna :
    Now, to find the time read them! Thanks for visiting my blog, Roland

    D.G. :
    Your Paris post was beautiful. Have you seen MIDNIGHT IN PARIS? Please do come back, Roland

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  8. Thanks for following my blogs and commenting on my new year's resolution post Roland. What a great list of books you'e shared. Thanks for introducing me to some exciting books I hadn't heard about. I'm going to have to add a lot of them (including yours) to my wishlist. I'm loving your blog so far- it was the artwork that first attracted me but now I'm enjoying exploring the writing.

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  9. Fantastic list! Thanks for that! Happy New Year!

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  10. I'm over from Alex's blog too. Wow, what an amazing selection of books. I shall definitely be trying some of them out. Thanks for the list. Great to check out your blog. I shall be back :)

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  11. I DID get a Kindle and now can join the world of ebooks properly. Some of those covers were awesome for indie books.
    Thanks for the recommendations.

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  12. Tizzy :
    I really enjoyed your New Year's post. Isn't Leonora Roy's artwork for my books fantastic? And Orietta's, too. Please do come back!

    Colene :
    Welcome back to blogging! Hope you enjoy Victor & Alice's adventures.

    Claire :
    Please do come back. There's always something different -- and hopefully interesting and helpful!

    Erin :
    Glad you got a Kindle. Weren't some of those covers amazing? I can even brag on my own covers since Leonora and Orietta did fantastic jobs! LOL.

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  13. Happy New Year, Roland! So many great indie books to buy!

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  14. Lydia :
    You have so little free time as it is. But I hope you try out Victor's adventures. His is a short novel -- and he makes you laugh! Laughter to start off the New Year. Not a bad way, right?

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  15. ...couldn't think of a better way to start off the year ;)

    El

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  16. Thank you, Patsy!
    You have a great 2012, too!

    Elliot :
    Your friendship makes 2012 better!

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  17. Loads of YA here. I've bought a few of the contemporary. *sighs* I just can't get totally into Romances and YA's.

    I know, what a horrible thought; especially since all the fantasy now is YA and romance .

    ......dhole

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  18. Donna :
    I tried to follow the advice of Mark Twain and C S Lewis and write my YA urban fantasies for all ages to enjoy. Hopefully, I did a good job. I wouldn't want to hear from their ghosts that I didn't! LOL. Have a lovely 2012! Roland

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  19. I'm always looking to support other indie authors, so this is a great list of suggestions. Thanks!

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  20. Wow, that is a fantastic list! Thanks for passing these along; on my way to my wish list.

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