Get a new e-reader? #IndieBookFair

Did you find a newKindle, 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 bookswere released Nov 2011-Feb 2012 by Indie authors, priced right so that taking achance on a new author doesn't have to break your wallet. (Check out my previous Internet Book Fair for other great Indie finds.)
[Indie = self-publishedor small-publisher, for the purposes of this post, because no matter how we're published, we're all in this together, trying to get theword out about our books]
Note: Links are givenfor Amazon, but most authors publish across all e-book formats. Clickon the author's name for additional purchasing options, includingpaper copies.
For Your Browsing Pleasure
Contemporary (Adult)
Build a Man  by Talli Roland (Chick Lit) Slaveto the rich, rude and deluded, cosmetic surgery receptionist Serenity Hollandlongs for the day she's a high-flying tabloid reporter. Unfortunately, everypitch she sends out disappears like her clients' liposuctioned fat, never to beseen again. Then she meets Jeremy Ritchie -- the hang-dog man determined to beBritain's Most Eligible Bachelor by making himself over from head to toe andeverything in between -- giving Serenity a story no editor couldresist. With London's biggest tabloid on board and her very own columntracking Jeremy's progress from dud to dude, Serenity is determined to be asuccess, even going undercover to gain intimate access to Jeremy's life. Butwhen Jeremy's surgery goes drastically wrong and Serenity is ordered to coverall the car-crash goriness, she must decide how far she really will go for herdream job. $0.99on Amazon
TheGolden Sky  by ElisaHirsch (Memoir) Thenight I met Cade I never would've thought that two years later, after wewere homeless street musicians in Hawaii, we would have a little girl andanother baby on the way.  Our son was born with the type of birthdefects that make televangelists cringe. The "death home" gave him a reallynice 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 rockand 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 womanwho 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 rogueskunk, and my daughter nearly choked on a fry, that I gave my husbandanother chance.  But could our marriage recover from the death of ourson? $2.99 onAmazon
SomeoneElse's Fairytale  by E.M. Tippetts (Contemporary Romance)  JasonVanderholt 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 ofhis movies. When they meet by chance, he is smitten, but it justisn'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 2012Asimple trip to the Scottish Highlands finds the Duke of Cantin with a bride hedoes not want.  With her impeccable beauty and fiery disposition, Fionatakes Society by storm.  As their prearranged divorce proceedings drawnear, can Fiona change his mind? Check author's website.



Literary Fiction
String Bridge  by Jessica Bell Greek cuisine, smog anddomestic drudgery was not the life Australian musician, Melody, was expectingwhen she married a Greek music promoter and settled in Athens, Greece. Keen toplay in her new shoes, though, Melody trades her guitar for a 'proper' careerand her music for motherhood. That is, until she can bear it no longer andplots a return to the stage—and the person she used to be. However, theobstacles she faces along the way are nothing compared to the tragedy thatawaits ... $6.99on Amazon ALSO:  Music Sample!
Mystery
Sherwood Ltd.  by Anne R. AllenSherwood. The name immediatelyconjures up images of Richard Greene, Michael Praed and Russell Crowe. Or maybethat sly fox in the Disney version. Only, in Anne R. Allen's latest rom-commystery the fox is a coyote and there's no Robin Hood. Or is there? In herusual inimitable fashion Allen peels back the layers, one hilarious subplotafter another, until you just never know what's real and what's not. Ratherlike the Robin Hood legend. When the Manners Doctor, Camilla Randall, fliesinto Robin Hood airport with a suitcase in one hand and a book contract in theother she thinks she's leaving all her problems behind and is about to start anew life. If you look very carefully you may just spot the Sheriff ofNottingham, Maid Marian and even Little John hidden away. But as for Robin Hoodhimself... You'll just have to read it and find out.  $2.99on Amazon

Short Stories andAnthologies
The Initiate (CloudProphet Trilogy)  by  Megg Jensen (YA Fantasy)Overa thousand years ago, the gods left Eloh's people and took their magic withthem. To win back their favor, her people sacrifice ten female initiates everyten years. No has ever survived. There has never been a Chosen One. Forced intobecoming an initiate, Eloh will try to find a way to beat the odds, stay withher boyfriend, and survive the fires that threaten to consume her. But will herlack of faith in the gods and her disbelief in their magic doom her to apainful death? $0.99 on Amazon
Eight  by Karly Kirkpatrick (YA Paranormal Short Story Collection)Prepareto be thrilled and chilled by Kirkpatrick's eight short tales in EIGHT. Theseeight stories, while short, pack a big punch. There are demon spirits, zombies,and even some human baddies. Each story comes complete with author'scommentary. It also includes the previously unreleased short Grenades. $0.99on Amazon




{CoverComingSoon} In His Eyes  by The Indelibles (YA Anthology) - Available February 14th Justin time for Valentines Day, The Indelibles bring you a one-of-a-kind youngadult anthology! Twenty original short stories, all from the point of view ofour favorite male characters - some are old flames from our novels and somewere dreamed up especially for this anthology. Let these imminently crushable,swoon-worthy guys show you what romance looks like – in his eyes. Add to GoodreadsTBR
The contributors to IN HIS EYES includeaward 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, LisaNowak, Heather McCorkle, RaShelle Workman, Ali Cross, Karen Amanda Hooper, CoryPutman Oakes, Laura Pauling, Stacey Wallace Benefiel, Sarra Cannon, Katie Klein,Cheri Lasota



Transcendent: Tales ofthe Paranormal  byLani 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 hawkgirl over the mountains of Montana, and flee supernatural party-crashers as thedécor comes to life in this magical journey through paranormal stories. Alongthe way, watch for ghosts in a haunted house, or ride through the moonlightwith a stranger. Save a comatose boy who has lost his soul, and don't forget tobring your garlic and wolfsbane—you never know when the shadows will snag you. Transcendentincludes eight stories of magic, love, death, and choice by some of the newestnames in young adult fiction. $0.99on Amazon


Young Adult
Open Minds  by Susan Kaye Quinn (Paranormal/Science Fiction) When everyone readsminds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someonewho can't read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can't betrusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the bestfriend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf's mind and nearlykills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family andan increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she's draggeddeep into a hidden world of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyoneshe 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 endsin 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 thrusther into a world of ancient curses, magical objects, and savage enemies. Whathappens next will challenge everything Kira knows about her world, herself andthe shape-shifting warrior she's falling in love with. No longer the timidmouse her mother accused her of being, but a woman who finds the mental andphysical strength to endure and survive. $3.99 on Amazon
Become  by Ali Cross (YA Urban Fantasy)Sixteen-year oldDesolation Black wants nothing more than to stay in Hell where it's cold andlonely and totally predictable. Instead, she's sent back to Earth where sheBecomes the evil she despises and the good she always feared. When Desi isforced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her Choice has been made—thatshe has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, hascreated her to be. What she doesn't count on, is a reason to want tochange—something she's never had before—a friend. $3.99on Amazon
Exiled  by RaShelle Workman (YA SF Romance) Worldsdivided 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 herplanet or she'll die. And, her only chance for survival? She must help the boyfind his soul mate.
Piece of cake! $0.99on Kindle


The Secret of SpruceKnoll  by Heather McCorkle (Urban Fantasy)Followingthe tragic death of her parents, Eren Donovan moves to Spruce Knollto live with an aunt she's never met. Little does Eren know the entiretown of Spruce Knoll is filled with "channelers"—a magical group ofpeople who immigrated to the small Colorado town when theywere driven out of their own lands. Channelers are tied to the fateof the world. As the world slowly dies, so do they—and they alonehave the power to stop the destruction of Earth. Soon, Eren learnsshe 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 onAmazon 
Destined  by Jessie Harrell (Retelling) WhenPsyche receives a prophecy gone horribly wrong, she learns that even the mostbeautiful girl in Greece can have a hideous future. Her fate? Fall in love withthe one creature even the gods fear. As she feels herself slipping closer intothe arms of the prophecy, Psyche must choose between the terrifyingly tendertouch she feels almost powerless to resist and the one constant she's come toexpect out of life: you cannot escape what is destined.  $0.99 on Amazon

Darkspell  by Elizabeth Mueller (Paranormal Romance) Winter Sky believes sheis everything ordinary . . . until she is kissed by Alex Stormhold. Asseer of Stormhold Coven, Alex is sworn to be Winter's protector against thedarkness that hunts her.  Violently thrust into a magickal realm shealways 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 theSmokies all her life, patrolling with her forest ranger father who taught herabout wildlife, tracking, and wilderness survival. When her dad goes missing on a routinepatrol, 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 asecret. As her feelings between him and her ex-boyfriend get muddled, Gracetravels deep into the wilderness to escape and find her father. Along the way, Grace learns terrible secrets that sever relationships andlives. Soon she's enmeshed in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder. Andit'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. $2.99on Amazon


Rival Demons (Book 5 ofthe Peachville High Demons Series)  by Sarra Cannon (Paranormal Romance)  Available January 20th After narrowly escaping death atthe hands of the Order of Shadows, Harper finds herself thrust into the strangeand beautiful world of the shadow demons. But crossing through the portaldoesn't mean she is safe. The Order of Shadows is determined to bring her homeand transfer the Prima line to the Harris family. They send their most vicioushunters after Harper. Hunters who will not stop until they have found theirprey. Determined to keep her safe, Jackson takes her deep into an undergroundworld filled with dangers of its own. Here, Harper will begin a journey thatwill teach her more about herself and her own path than she ever imaginedpossible. Addto Goodreads TBR
The Legend of VictorStandish: 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 shedoes your heart.  Yet to the lonely street orphan Victor Standish, who hasrisked his life for a meal, to find love (even for one magical French Quarternight) 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 hisuncle Race was the best thing that ever happened to fifteen-year-old Cody. Thena wreck at the speedway nearly ruined everything. Cody's making every effort toget his life back on track—writing for the school paper, searching for theperfect girlfriend, and counting the days until he gets his drivers'license—but there's no escaping the nightmares that haunt him. Achance to build his own car seems like the perfect distraction. Until Codyrealizes he'll have to live up to Race's legendary status. But that's the leastof his worries, considering he doesn't have his dad's permission. All he has todo is the impossible: keep Race from discovering his lie until he can convince his dad that racing's safe. Yeah, sure. That'llbe easy. $3.99on Amazon
Tangled Tides  by Karen Hooper (Sea Monster Memoirs) YaraJones doesn't believe in sea monsters—until she becomes one. When a hurricanehits her island home and she wakes up with fins, Yara finds herself tangled upin an underwater world of mysterious merfolk and secretive selkies. Both sidesbelieve Yara can save them by fulfilling a broken promise and opening thesealed gateway to their realm, but they are battling over how it should bedone. The selkies want to take her life. The merfolk want something far moreprecious. Treygan, the stormy-eyed merman who turned Yara mer, will stop atnothing 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, andthe merman who has her heart. She could lose her soul in the process—or shemight open the gateway to a love that's deeper than the oceans. $4.99on Amazon
Here  by Denise Grover Swank (SF Romance)Sixteenyear old Julia Phillips buries herself in guilt after killing her best friendMonica in a car accident. Julia awoke in the hospital with a broken leg, a newtalent for drawing and false memories of the accident, in which she dies andMonica lives. The doctors attribute this to her head injury, but no one canexplain how a bracelet engraved with her name ended up at the scene of theaccident. A bracelet no one has ever seen before. Classmate Evan Whittaker paidJulia no attention before the accident, let alone after. Now suddenly he'svolunteering to tutor her and offering to drive her home. She can't ignore thathis new obsession started after his two-day disappearance last week and that hewears a pendant she's been drawing for months. When the police show up onenight looking for Evan, he begs Julia to run with him, convincing her thatMonica is still alive. Julia agrees to go, never guessing where he's reallyfrom.  $2.99 on Amazon
The Veil  by  CoryPutman Oakes (Paranormal Romance)Seventeen-year-oldAddison Russell is in for a shock when she discovers that she can see theinvisible world of the Annorasi.  Suddenly, nothing is as it appears tobe—the house she lives in, the woman who raised her, even the most beautifulboy in town all turn out to be more than what they seem.  And when thisstrange new world forces Addy to answer for a crime that was committed longago, by parents she has never known, she has no choice but to trust Luc, themysterious Annorasi who has been sent to protect her.  Or so he says . . .$7.99on Amazon
Embrace  by Cherie Colyer (Paranormal Romance)Madisonis familiar enough with change, and she hates everything about it. Change tookher long-term boyfriend away from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenlyhate her. It's responsible for the death of a local along with a host of othermysterious happenings. But when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks herluck is about to improve. Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome andintriguing Isaac Addington. She quickly realizes he's a guy harboring a secret,but she's willing to risk the unknown to be with him. Her world really spins out of control, however, whenher best friend becomes delusional, seeing things that aren't there anddesperately trying to escape their evil. When the doctors can't find theanswers, Madison seeks her own. Nothing can prepare her for whatshe is about to discover. $6.99on Amazon
Onyx Talisman  by Brenda Pandos (Paranormal Romance)Unrest stirs deep in Scotts Valley. Filled withuncertainty, Julia anxiously awaits Nicholas' return. Phil, holds the pieces ofJulia's fragile psyche together, secretly hoping Nicholas stays away forever.But Alora secretly conspires to reclaim her talisman and strip Julia ofeverything she holds dear. Littledo they know, a war is coming and more than one vampire would like to see thePrince of Vampires overthrown. Can Julia bargain with fate? Find out how it allends in this explosive grand finale of The Talisman Trilogy. $3.99 on Amazon
Howto Date an Alien  by Magan Vernon (Science Fiction) Highschool senior Alex Bianchi's estranged father gets her an internship at CirceOperations Center to pad her college applications. But Circe isn't your typicalmilitary base. It's an alien-run operation center and not all of the aliens arefriendly, especially the one that tries to kill Alex on her first day. WhenAce, a dark-eyed Caltian, enters and saves the day, she can't help but be drawnto him. Can these star-crossed lovers survive when they're on the brink ofintergalactic war? $2.99on Amazon

FireseedOne  by  Catherine Stine (Science Fiction/Thriller) Fireseed One is ajourney into a tricked-out near-future earth where 18 year-old Varik hasinherited a vast ocean farm, following the suspicious drowning of his Marinebiologist father. When Marisa, a beautiful and devious terrorist, destroys theworld's food source, Varik is forced to travel to a lethal hotzone, teemingwith dangerous nomads and a strange cult to search for a magical hybrid plantthat may not even exist. The catch? He must take Marisa along, the only personwho 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 hergrandmother has said that she will follow her father on the throne. Refusing toabandon 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 onething, but when another dragon is caught hanging out in the fifth grade, Meia thinksthings couldn't get any worse. Is she ever wrong! Trouble is brewing in thecosmos and Deglan believes this new dragon holds the answers, but his hopes arecrushed when the leader of the exiled dark dragons ambushes them. The fate ofthe dragons and possibly the whole world falls to Deglan and Meia as theysearch for the only creature powerful
enough to send the dark dragons back into theabyss. What they encounter along the way makes the adventure worth fightingfor. $6.99Paperback preorder