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Indie Author Books You NEED To Read
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items I have read nearly 60 ARCs in the last year and so many were from indie authors. All of these books are ones that i can not stop recommending and are written by indie authors! SUPPORT YOUR INDIE AUTHORS!
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Romantasy Books
Romance Books
Hybrid Genres
Romantasy Books
This is the perfect romantasy for slow burn and TENSION. It is a true enemies-to-lovers with a unique magic system, training sequences (trainer & trainee 🥵), and beautiful found family.
Riftborne by Parker Lennox, Bree Grenwich, Hardcover
The first book in an absolutely epic romantasy series with a unique magic system, found family, and a journey that will keep you on your toes!
Marked By Destiny (The Marked Series)
One of my all time favorite romantasy books! Follows a human who is thrust into a world of fae where everyone are mirror images of people she knows in her human life. It is filled with enemies-to-lovers, fated mates, found family, training sequences ...
Heir of Blood & Fire (Blackblooded #1)
The yearning and tension in this book is unreal!! Be warned that there is a lot of heartache and devastation but the journey that the FMC goes on is so beautiful. This book features an epic quest, forbidden love, no spice (but so much yearning and te...
Where Darkness Falls (Celestae Chronicles 1)
The first book in a currently two book romantasy series featuring a human who will do anything to save her family, including infiltrating the fae kingdom.
A Court Bright and Broken (Age of Fae #1)
SPICY SPICY SPICY! This book had my jaw in the floor and fanning my face only a few chapters into the book but wow was it good. The second book in the series is out this fall so hurry to read this one now!
A Fire in the Sky #1 - Sophie Jordan
This book may be more on the YA side of romantasy but I was hooked the whole time! Bridget has been cursed for months and is thrown into a tournament to marry the prince only to find out that things are not as they seem and she can not be sure who sh...
Of Kingdoms and Curses (Blood and Curses 1)
The second book in the series was even better than the first (Riftborne) and I didn't think it was possible. The romantic plot twist that I did not see coming and now I am left foaming at the mouth for book 3.
Duskbound: by Grenwich & Lennox
The second book in the series (after Marked by Destiny) and wow did this one come in hot! The spice is unreal and the multiple love interests?? Did not see that coming!
Scarred By History (The Marked Series #2)
The second book in the series (after A Kingdom Bright and Broken) and all you need to know is this book will be the biggest plot twist when it comes to the romance…
A Kingdom Ruthless and Radiant: Fae Romance
Romance Books
This is the perfect book for the book lovers out there! I could not put this book down and was blown away to find out that this was an Indie published book with how much hype it was getting when it was released!
Not in My Book: A Novel by Katie Holt, Paperback
I read this romance book nearly a year go as an ARC and I think about it CONSTANTLY. It is one of the hottest and most believable love stories I have ever read yet the main characters go through so much trauma and turmoil & you are hooked through...
From Air (Wildfire, #1) by Jewel E. Ann
An amazing small town romance book that I had the pleasure of ARC reading! It mixes small town romance with enemies to lovers and second chance romance - all the best tropes in one!
Rival Hearts: A Small Town Romance
Hybrid Genres
Shattered Into Oblivion was one of the most unique books I have ever read. It is romance, it is suspense, it is mystery - it has EVERYTHING…. including assassins.
Shattered Into Oblivion: Vengeance Bound
Take the magical school setting like Hogwarts but mix it with regal balls and political dynamics of Bridgerton…. and you get this AMAZING series!
Enchantment's Apprentice: Magical Regency