GREAT INDIE READS


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This month's recommendations
The Moments You Were Mine (Swift Rivers Series)
by LJ Evans
When she’s the only promise that matters…
PARKER
There are only two things I’ve ever wanted—a career as a Navy SEAL and Fallon.
When a promise prevents me from making her mine, I dedicate my life to the Teams and swear off all relationships. Until disaster flips my world.
Just as I inherit a little boy, Fallon’s life is threatened, and suddenly, the oaths I made seem inconsequential. The only things that matter are making her mine and keeping her and Theo safe.
FALLON
I once believed Parker and I were soulmates. But after a stinging rejection, I get the hint and move on.
When my new relationship blows up and brings trouble to the ranch, it’s Parker who arrives to protect me. Watching as he cuddles the child he brings with him has all my unrequited dreams rushing back.
Except offering myself to Parker now risks more than a broken heart. It could have deadly consequences… for all of us.
With “My Wife” swoon, this small-town, single-dad spin-off of the fan-favorite Hatley Family series is a chemistry-filled kiss to your heart. Get this broody bodyguard, standalone HEA today.
Beautiful color edition hardback available with printed edge design.
My Joy Journey with Amy: A Love Story Through Life, Loss, Grief and Healing
by Mark D. Youngquist
There is no manual for how to handle a cancer diagnosis or for the journey through treatments.
Neither for the grief many families experience when the outcome results in the loss of a loved one. Loss is a profound, life-changing event that has no end. I will not pretend to have any tidy answers for you on how to overcome grief or to provide a process for you to follow in your own grief journey. I simply do not have one, even for myself.
This book is about my joy journey with the love of my life, Amy. You probably are curious about the use of the word joy in describing this journey. Certainly, cancer is not a joyful event, but the word joy had special meaning and significance to Amy and, because of her example, to many others. After receiving her cancer diagnosis, Amy expressed very adamantly that she wanted to somehow find joy in our cancer journey as well. As you read this collection of reflections, I think you will come to understand the joy Amy sought. Throughout this book, I recall the many wonderful, joyful memories of my life with Amy as well as chronicle my own challenges and struggles through grief to healing.
While writing My Joy Journey with Amy was in many ways cathartic for me, my hope is that this book will inspire you to follow Amy’s example and find some way to seek joy each and every day.
“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.” —Henri J.M. Nouwen
Personality Intelligence: Master the Art of Being You (For Your Sake and Everyone Else’s)
by Merrick Rosenberg
For thousands of years, personality types have offered fixed descriptions of who we are. In Personality Intelligence, award-winning author and personality expert Merrick Rosenberg—also known as the Bird Guy—takes it further and shows us how we can develop our personalities to become our best selves.
Utilizing his memorable Eagle, Parrot, Dove, and Owl personality styles, Rosenberg provides an intriguing glimpse into the neuroscience behind personality and human behavior. He introduces the idea that we can all advance through the four levels of Personality Intelligence—from struggling to express our natural talents to becoming adaptable Chameleons who are wildly successful at everything they do.
Through humorous and relatable fables, celebrity stories, and four subtly-named characters—Dawn Eagleton, Ian Parrotti, Scarlett Doveridge, and Carter Barnowl—Personality Intelligence provides a lens through which readers can clearly view their past, present, and potential selves.
In this transformative book, you’ll learn how to:
- More effectively leverage your innate strengths
- Apply personality insights to build healthy, enduring relationships at home, work, and everywhere in between
- Master all four styles so you can fluidly adapt to any situation
Personality Intelligence is the guide to unlocking the full potential of who you can be.
Recent Great Indie Reads Books
December, 2025
Witch (Echoes in Time Book 4)
by M MacKinnon
I curse th’ one who stops my heart, t’ burn in agony afore his time—that each generation suffer the flames lit here t’night. Only death can stop it!
Missing Pieces: a novel of the Balkans
by Thomas De Angelo
At its core it is a story of survival, reminiscent of the novels of Eric Ambler where the protagonist, who appears at first to be relatively ordinary, is drawn into a mystery she only barely comprehends.
Boxes from the Attic—An Immigrant’s Story
by Miriam Kurtzig Freedman
Thea’s incredibly powerful and inspiring story is based on authentic personal diary entries, writings, newspaper clippings, and photos found by her daughter in boxes tucked away in the attic.
November, 2025
Spear of Lugh: The Witch's Rebirth - Part III
by Michaela Riley
Descend into Darkness and Embrace Destiny: The Witch's Rebirth Reaches its Epic Conclusion in Spear of Lugh: The Witch's Rebirth Part III
In the Mountain's Shadow
by Isabella Falconeri
Haunting, visceral, and deeply moving, In the Mountain’s Shadow is a story of resilience, sacrifice, and the fierce, stark horror of reality.
Ruta's Closet
by Keith Morgan
Ruta’s Closet tells the compelling Holocaust story of a Jewish family, imprisoned in the tiny Shavl ghetto in Lithuania.
October, 2025
Estrella Chavez Goes to Mystery School: Lesson 1—Water
by L.C. Matherne
Through murder, romance, fierce friendships, wild adventures, prophecy, transcendental meditation and blackmail, Estrella must learn how to unlock her code to purify and free the waters that run within, between and around us all.
Kismet's Gate: The Scarred and The Chosen
by S.X. Cummings
An epic fantasy of fate, forbidden power, and the glowing creature that binds a runaway girl and a scarred man to the same impossible path
Come September
by Gil Merrick
With unforgettable characters and emotionally charged storytelling, this novel explores what binds us and what breaks us, the power of strength and perseverance, and how truth and forgiveness can be the key to reconciling the pain of our past and building a new life.
About the Books
The Great Indie Reads is a collaboration between Bookclubs and Dartfrog to expose book clubs to new, independent authors and books! Dartfrog books are the best in independently published literature. DartFrog uses professional editorial standards to curate book store and book club worthy books from self-publishers, hybrid publishers, and smaller traditional publishers. We're bringing recommended DartFrog books to you, each with a book club discussion guide. Enjoy!












