Friday, August 17, 2012

Tinasbookreviews Recommends~The Best Indie Reads

Updated: 5/13
{(CC) Hearts}
I've always been a supporter of self published books and even started a special feature here at this blog called the Saturday Spotlight dedicated to them. 2012 has been a huge year for the Indie author, they are all the rage, gaining ground, popularity and even getting some much deserved respect.

Here are some great Indie-reads to introduce you to the world of self published authors.

Tina's Favorite Indie Picks


Vain by Fisher Amelie (New Adult-Contemporary)
~A rich, popular girl, who knows no bounds when it comes to sex, drugs and using people, gets the wake up call of a life time when a sentence from court changes her entire reason for living.

Planning to Live by Heather Wardell (Adult-Romance)
~A woman forever trying to lose weight, gets trapped in a car on a cold winter night and reflects on the last few years of her life. Realizing she never saw her value or the man who really loved her, a dreadful sorrow fills her as she discovers she never really lived.

The Edge of Never by J.A Redmerski- (New Adult- Contemporary Romance)
~During a bus ride to nowhere, Andrew and Camryn meet, connect and have a life altering encounter that changes both of their plans for the future.

Back to You by Priscilla Glenn (New Adult-Romance)
~Lauren meets bad boy Micheal during highschool and an unexpected friendship changes her entire life......laced with tragedy, heartbreak and romance, this is an unbelievable read.

Take This Regret by A.L Jackson (Adult-Contemporary Romance-Indie House Pub/Sapphire)
~Madly in love couple faces reality when faced with pregnancy, guy takes a walk only to come back 5 years later with his regret.

.
Providence by Jamie McGuire (Mature-Ya-Paranormal)
~Half breeds aka-half angels are assigned to guard humans....not fall in love with them as is the case with our star crossed lovers Nina and Jared.

Out of Time by Monique Martin (Adult-Paranormal)
~A time travel mystery that explores love, friendship, the mob and vampire slaying.

Callum and Harper by Fisher Amelie (New Adult-Mature-Ya-Contemporary)
~Two young adults recently kicked out of the foster care system face reality and love....together.

Class Collision by Annette Mackey (Adult-Contemporary-Indie Pub House/Outskirts)
~Two wealthy twin boys are kidnapped as children, one makes it home, one is presumed dead, although the dead lives and grows up homeless and unaccounted for until he meets Linda.

Double Clutch by Liz Reinhardt (Ya-Contemporary)
~New girl Brenna meets the guy of her dreams....twice....in the same day.

What a Boy Wants by Nyrae Dawn (Ya-Contemporary-Humor)
~A know it all hot shot gets the wake up call of his life when a client sheds light on real love.

Crash by Nicole Williams (New-Adult-Com-Romance)
~A dancer and good girl Lucy is used to living in the shadow her brothers death. Things get interesting though when she meets bad boy Jude.

The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders (Adult-Contemporary)
~A crazy marriage of fertility issues and bitterness begins the spiral of wanting and letting go as a tragic couple both wanting separate paths for their life, finally face the one thing they were hoping for.

The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen - (New Adult-Contemporary Romance)
~Girl meets boy, girl and boy both have deep, dark issues....but love conquers and heals, and sometimes it doesn't, sometimes the issue gets in the way, with fists, with rage and with an unbelievable killer ending.

Sempre by J.M Darhower
~A story through the eyes of an American slave born into a mafia family who falls in love with a Mafia Prince who in return falls in love with her. Many scandals and secrets later, the two find out they have more in common then they could of ever imagined.

Honorable Mentions: Books that Started as Indie's

Easy by Tammara Webber
Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
Slammed Series by Colleen Hoover
Thoughtless by S.C Stephens
One Pink Line by Dina Silver
Ten Tiny Breaths by K.A Tucker

~ These great titles have been sold to major publishing companies and are no longer considered self-published, but Alas, always remember they started with a risk and ventured out on their own before the big leagues gobbled them up.

*I will update this page as needed.
Photobucket

16 comments:

  1. I haven't heard of many of those but I have Beautiful Disaster to try.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Marce- try Take This Regret....its a great one to start with...:)

      Delete
  • Danny and Wendy Higgins both told me I need to read Easy as well, and I remember how much you adored it, so it's going on my Kindle for sure. I need to meet this Lucas I've heard so much about:)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Um yes, yes you do and like this weekend!!! Have you read On the Island yet???? Come on SuperSnark, catch up....(lol)

      Delete
    2. *giggles* YES Jenny you need to read it!! Because Wendy, Tina and I told you so!!! :-))

      Delete
  • Perfect List Tina and I can only agree and nod! Easy was phenomenal, as was Slammed!
    Btw, both Slammed and PoR have also been picked up by Atria (same publisher as Beautiful Disaster).
    Simon and Schuster is getting all those awesome Indie's on board!
    I'm just waiting for Easy to be picked up too!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yeah I made this post like two weeks ago and just found out a few days ago that Hoovers books were crossing over.......:) I hope Webber gets picked up, she is an amazing author.

      Delete
  • I'll have to check out these books. you did pick two of my favorites - Tammara Webber & Nyrae Dawn. If you haven't had a chance to read Nyrae's latest, Measuring Up yet it's fantastic. It's my favorite book of hers to date.

    ReplyDelete

I love comments!! Thanks for taking the time to do so. Warning: Spam and trolls will self destruct.

Currently Reading.....