As this blog grows, I want to do something good with it, so I wanted to save space for Indie or debut authors with small publishing houses to spotlight their books. Especially as I hope to amongst you one day.
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*PLEASE NOTE* to the volume of submissions (yay!) it may be a few months until your spotlight will be posted. I post the spotlights once a week and currently have enough to take me into November. ALL submission will eventually be posted, I promise. If you have a release date please include it in ‘other comments’ and if I am able to, I will get you as close to that date as I can but I cannot promise this.
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Indie spotlights
- All the Ruins You Made – Alice Stokes
This is a regular feature, where I shine a light on an indie/ small print/ debut author who has submitted their details to me on the Indie spotlight page.
So, let’s get started with today’s spotlight:
Indie spotlight: Alice Stokes
About Alice Stokes
Alice writes emotionally raw, character driven fiction about the things people struggle to admit, even to themselves. Desire, shame, loneliness, trauma, self destruction, wanting to be loved, and the terrifying possibility of being truly understood.
Alice’s stories are drawn to the grey areas of human behaviour, especially the messy, contradictory places where people make choices they cannot fully explain. Alice writes about flawed people trying to survive themselves, and the relationships that expose everything they have worked so hard to hide.
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All the Ruins You Made – Alice StokesEighteen-year-old Lily is a paradox: brilliant and broken, yearning for connection in a world that often feels too heavy. When her path tangles with the magnetic and seemingly carefree Alex, a flicker of light ignites in her carefully constructed darkness. Their intense attraction leads them down a path of discovery, offering a potent escape from the shadows that cling to Lily’s past.
But Lily’s vulnerabilities run deep, haunted by the ghosts of trauma alluded to in her nightmares and the constant battle with her own mind. As their intimacy deepens, the carefully constructed walls around her begin to crumble, threatening to expose the raw pain beneath.
All the Ruins You Made is an emotionally intense new adult romance about trauma, depression, self-worth, first love, and the desperate need to be understood by someone who sees more than you meant to show.
An extract from All the Ruins You Made
I feel like I’ve become two people. There’s Lily the girlfriend, the version of me with warm cheeks, who grins uncontrollably and laughs like nothing can touch her. The one who clasps Alex’s hand and finds her mouth on his whenever they’re alone. She’s carefree and golden, the Lily who can breathe.
And then there’s this, the one who lives in the dead spaces in between.
Today, it’s all dead space.
Note from the author:
All the Ruins You Made is my upcoming novel (out on July 27th) and the most personal book I’ve written so far. It is a darker and more emotionally raw romance than my previous books and follows two young people who find each other at a point when neither of them knows how to save themselves.
The book explores dark themes and severe trauma, which may not be suitable for all readers. I worte the book in the hope that it might reach people like Lily and help them to feel seen, in a way that I never did when I was young.
Trigger warnings
- Suicidal thoughts
- Attempted suicide
- Self-harm
- Alcohol abuse
- Disordered eating
- Suggestion of sexual abuse (non-graphic description)
Character art to entice you to read
Where to buy
The book is available to buy on Amazon here
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- Diomedeid – Alexander Graham
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Indie spotlight: Alexander Graham
About Alexander Graham
Alexander is a poet and Classicist; he’s trying to weave the two together.
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Diomedeid – Alexander GrahamWhat fate follows a man who has wounded gods and their offspring?
Diomedeid charts the post-Iliadic exploits and agonies of Diomedes as he tries to outrun the bitterness of Venus
Where to buy
The book is available to buy on Amazon here
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- The Wolf of Blood Roses – Ellie Tru
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Indie spotlight: Ellie Tru
About Ellie Tru
Ellie is an author, a cat mom, a teacher, and a Hydrocephalus survivor. She writes YA romantasy with strong characters and surprise endings!
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The Wolf of Blood Roses – Ellie TruA healer with no magic. A princess with no mercy. A fate neither of them can escape.
In the kingdom of Ascela, a rigid caste system demands that every child, upon turning seventeen, demonstrate their magical abilities before the royal family. Aria Byrne has spent her entire life preparing for this Exhibition under the tutelage of her father, the village healer.
However, there is one major problem: Aria has no magic. Under the law, this is a death sentence, or worse—it could result in her enslavement to the ruthless royal Westfall line. With her Exhibition fast approaching, Aria’s survival hinges on her ability to outwit the Westfalls and leverage her charm and knowledge of herbalism to escape her fate.
Princess Rosalind Westfall, second-born child of the elite Gilded Wolf caste, is feared for her cruelty and cunning. Burdened by a haunting past, she has grown increasingly isolated, trusting few as she navigates the dangerous political waters of Ascela. As she vies with her merciless brother, Idris Westfall, for the throne, Roz’s world is thrown into turmoil when she encounters Aria at the Exhibition. The collision of their destinies ignites a spark that will challenge everything they believe about the kingdom, its magic, and their place within it.An extract from The Wolf of Blood and Roses
“Are you ready to play, pup?” Princess Rosalind murmured, her pretty mouth turned up in a cruel slash of a smile. It didn’t matter if Aria was ready or not, because the princess released her and she crumpled to the floor. She had no time to think. No time to process what was happening. Princess Rosalind gripped her by the chin and, in a quick, practiced motion, slit her throat with a bejeweled dagger she must have concealed under her skirt. Aria’s eyes widened as the blood began to pour from her wound. Princess Rosalind watched dispassionately for a long moment, letting Aria cough and sputter and clutch her neck. “Lest you should forget,” the princess murmured softly, “who you now serve. This is your first lesson.”
Where to buy
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- By the Gods – J.C.Fields
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Indie spotlight: J.C.Fields
About J.C.Fields
A faceless Indie author that lives in Australi and is obsessed with Outlander
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By the Gods – J.C.Fields“We don’t question why Gods do the things they do, only trust that they do it for a reason. You and I are here together, for a reason”.
Caer’s life is falling apart.
A mere mortal in the land of the Fodla fae, Caer has become disillusioned from the life she leads in the wake of her husband taking a new second wife. Now severely ill, her husband’s responsibilities fall on her to provide for their growing family.
Desperate to save him from a cruel premature death, Caer turns to the Gods of her realm for a cure.
Ordered to flee from Fodla under the God’s direction and shipwrecked in a foreign realm, Caer becomes an outsider to the natives of the ancient and mystical region, the Nords of the Midgard Isle.
Forced to follow their customs or die, Caer is pushed into an arranged marriage and the arms of the striking Nordic warrior Erik, son of the sea God.
Caer cannot trust anyone in this new land but Erik, the only one willing to help her gather the ingredients for the cure her husband needs.
Fighting against time and her feelings, Caer is torn. Create the cure and return to her old life?
Or stay with Erik and revel in the forbidden love that tastes so sweet?
Where to buy
The book is available to buy on Amazon here
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- Roman – The Fallen – Melanie Jade
This is a regular feature, where I shine a light on an indie/ small print/ debut author who has submitted their details to me on the Indie spotlight page.
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Indie spotlight: Melanie Jade
About Melanie Jade
Melanie is a mother to four beautiful kids, who somehow manages to find time in all the chaos to follow her passion for writing!
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Roman – The Fallen – Melanie JadeThey fell from the heavens.
Some fell into the depths of hell,
And fought their way out…
Roman has walked the earth for eternity, leading his fellow fallen angels in the never-ending war against Lucifer and the hordes of hell’s demons.With every demon he sends back to hell and every human life saved, he hopes to one day buy their way back into heaven.
But then he hears whispers that Lucifer’s found a way out of hell. It is up to Roman, and the fallen angels to stop Lucifer no matter the cost.
When Roman snatches the one thing Lucifer needs – a mortal named Charlotte, he finds out that the golden haired, grey eyed beauty that all of hell is looking for might be something he cannot destroy.
Charlotte has always lived a pretty boring life. The most exciting thing ever to happen to her is her best friend, Ava.
But one day her world is thrown into chaos when she is kidnapped, and Charlotte comes to realise that the monsters that have forever plagued her nightmares actually exist.
As she is thrust into a hidden world of angels and demons fighting an ancient war, Charlotte finds herself drawn to the mysterious warrior leading the fallen as they try to save the world. A world whose fate has somehow ended up in her hands.
Will Charlotte get the fairy tale ending she’s only ever dreamed of? Or will her life end in flames…Where to buy
The book is available to buy on Amazon here
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- Taking Flight – Kelly Scriven
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Indie spotlight: Kelly Scriven
About Kelly Scriven
Kelly published her first book in her school library at six years old. She’s still chasing that feeling and sharing stories with the world.
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Taking Flight – Kelly ScrivenTo become an airship pilot, Sira must survive her final exam—and the pirates determined to kill her.
Everyone assumed Sira was going to ace the practical exam. Top of her class at the Academy, she’s proven she can fly an airship. What she can’t seem to do is make it home. Shot down in the dead of night, she and James Hawk, the frustrating mage assigned to her exam, are stranded in the Bellever forest.
Sira doesn’t trust magic, or the mage she’s stranded with, but they’re the only survivors of the attack and it will take both their talents to get back to the city.
Pursued by mercenaries and low on supplies, Sira and James flee to a hidden Fae village for refuge. There, she realizes this is no random act of piracy. Someone powerful wants to keep them from finishing their journey at any cost.
With a target on her back and a growing sense of uncertainty, Sira must decide who she can trust—and what she’s willing to sacrifice—to make it home alive.
Character art to entice you to read
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