Its another week and its time for a roundup of Indie books releasing!!!

Once again i found a large portion of this weeks submissions containing AI elements in their covers. not as large of a percentage as last week, but certainly quite a few. any covers that concerned me and make me doubt at all, will also not be included going forward.

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2/27

The Ash Queen

By Jolene C. Pitts

Genre: Fantasy

Princess Johanna is thrust onto the Throne of Solaria when her mother is killed protecting an ancient artifact within the Ivory Halls of the Obsidian Tower. Sitting on the Throne of Solaria is the last thing she expected to be doing, and the nightmares won't let her sleep. The only thing she needs is to finally ascend the Throne, and then she can finally start her hunt for revenge. What she doesn't expect is being chosen by Arcanis, the Goddess of the Suns, and suddenly having the souls of four long-dead leaders occupying her mind. Or developing one of the rarest magic types in the world - the ability to manipulate time. Or having to travel across the world with her best friend and personal assistant to help the leader of another race find her kidnapped mate - who had been taken by the same people who killed her mother. While balancing her quest for revenge against her mother's killer and the duty to protect her country and people, the new Queen comes to realize the relic stolen is far more dangerous and world changing than she had been led to believe.

CW: Parent death Discussion/Feelings around Parent Death Discussion/Witnessing Slavery (not partaking) Discussion of War Explicit language Explicit Non-Penative Sex Scenes

Scoring Position: Reformed Playboy Romance (Nashville Songbirds Book 3)

By Kay Summers

Cover Artist

Genre: Sports Romance

After months of tension leads to a hookup at their friends wedding, you’d think Kent and Raven would be out of each other’s systems. Wrong. The pair craves each other more than ever.

Deciding a friends with benefits relationship is the perfect way to meet their needs and busy schedules as Kent is deep in the MLB season and Raven is launching her career as a Home Renovation Network star. Surprising only themselves, things get complicated and the couple decides to give their budding romance a chance.

When shocking news rocks the foundation of their fragile relationship, will Kent be able to push aside his baggage to let fate take it course or will the reformed playboy go back to his old ways?

Scoring Position is the typical one-time to get it out of our systems turned FWBs to lovers with a twist you won’t see coming. This book is filled with red-hot hookups, an MMC with Joey Tribbiani energy, top-tier banter, and a cast of characters you’ll wish were your friends IRL.

This interracial romance is the third book in the Nashville Songbirds Series and part of the Nashverse interconnected universe to come. It is a full-length, 18+ open door contemporary romcom with a guaranteed HEA! If you aren’t a baseball romance enthusiast already, prepare to be one now.

CW: Brief mention of off page undisclosed pregnancy issues and early birth

Born of Scourge

By: S Jean

Genre: Dark Fantasy

Legends say when the skies grow dark and scourge starves the land, a star will fall in order to save humanity. Only when the star is sacrificed at the end of their journey will light return. It's a cycle—one humanity refuses to break because stars are plentiful and their sacrifices easier than learning the true nature of the scourge.

When Sol finally falls, it's not because of humanity. It's because he's had enough of watching his brethren be sacrificed. He has one goal: end humanity and end the cycle.

Unfortunately, he has to pretend he cares before humans get wise. It doesn't matter how soft the princess who catches him is—Celena will be dead by the time his journey ends. Nor how kind his assigned companions are—the outgoing Mira with her ballads, the brave Nebora with her axe, and the hero Loren with his soft voice and friendly smile. For centuries, humanity has lied and their kindness is a ruse to bring about Sol's own destruction at the end of his tale. He will not be fooled.

No one cares about the cries of the stars they've destroyed over and over again and Sol will make sure this time, humanity is the one sacrificed.

At least, that's the plan until his traitorous heart begins to care for the humans he sought to eradicate.

CW: violence, blood, gore, vomiting, attempted sexual assault, attempted strangulation, depictions of grief and loss, mentioned animal death, death of a child

2/29

The Fighter: Atlantic Courts

By: A.X. Cole

Genre: Dark Romance

The Fighter and The Mistress

Zidane Court was saving himself for marriage, but no one told him it had to be his own. He has stepped into the role of third wheel with a smile and never allowed himself to want more. It changes when a woman throws a drink in his face, and after a lifetime of nightmares, he manages to dream. But she’s not who she says she is and he promises to ruin her life.

Camille Jameson has only ever wanted the opposite life of what her parents had. She believed she had it when she married her high school sweetheart. After 10 years of marriage it all crumbles, and she’s left not knowing who she is. The secrets about her marriage aren’t the only thing to knock her off balance as she’s introduced into a family she never knew existed. A familiar face should put her at ease, but her failed one night stand is her new adopted brother.

They’ve both been hurt, betrayed, and left fighting alone.

But can they dream again?

CW: THERE'S A LOT: Cheating/mental aspect of infidelity, sharing (MFF/FMF, MFM, MFFM), domestic violence, child abuse/neglect, snake play, conditioner tampering, humiliation, dubcon, noncon, violence, drug abuse (mentioned), addiction, abandonment, anger issues, night terrors, degradation, fear play, brother-sister play (non-relation), restraints, creampie eating (forced), assault, dangerous sex acts, explicit language, breath play, questionable use of kitchen utensils, cum play, DVP, DP, condom removal, fertility issues (mentioned), miscarriage (historic), breaking sobriety forced (teetotal not due to addiction), spitting, grooming (briefly mentioned), abortion (historic, briefly mentioned), birth control tampering (non MMC), balaclava, food play/tampering, cuckholding (non MMC)

3/1

Embracing the Consequences: Ravager Knights MC Book 3: A Why Choose Romance

By: M. E. Thornwood

Genre: Why Choose, RH Romance

Not all consequences are bad. Some consequences are meant to be embraced.

Kara Carmichael knows first-hand that not all consequences are bad. She never would have met her boyfriends had her father not framed Mac Taylor for embezzlement and the list of other alleged crimes.

With her father locked away, Kara and her guys are faced with a new reality and a new family dynamic.

But when new threats and old enemies rear their ugly heads, new challenges are once again thrown their way.

Can Kara embrace the consequences for her actions or will it all come crumbling down around her?

Embracing the Consequences is book three and the final book of the Ravager Knights MC series, it is strongly suggested you read the first two books before this one.This is a Why Choose novel, meaning the main character will not choose between her love interests. This novel has BDSM themes and on page negotiations. If rough sex, praise and degradation, and angry alpha males that fly off the handle is not your cup of tea, please don’t read. This is a work of fiction intended for an 18+ audience.

CW: Bdsm, degradation, kidnapping, shibari,

A Thousand Li: the Fourth Stage: An Epic Progression Fantasy Novel

By Tao Wong

Genre: Epic Fantasy

Change is the only constant

Returning to the Verdant Green Waters sect over a decade after his exile, Wu Ying finds his position and place within the Sect in flux. Strong enough to be an Elder but not having achieved his rank via the normal methods, he has jealous and worried rivals to contend with. It is reminiscent of his own past, but now, he's an Elder and able to enact transformation in a broader sense.

Wu Ying must find his own place in the sect or leave it once and for all. The cultivation wounds he received in the south trouble him, and it will require time and resources - resources the Sect is able to provide - for him to stabilize his footing before he continues his climb to ascension. As with all things, immortality is never easy to grasp.

A Thousand Li: the Fourth Stage is the tenth book of the xianxia series, A Thousand Li. It begins the final arc of Wu Ying's journey to immortality, the trials and tribulations he faces and the leg of his journey. Tao Wong is the bestselling author of the System Apocalypse, Hidden Wishes and Adventures on Brad series.

3/2

Favorite Secret: A Frenemies-to-Lovers, College Romance

By: Kristyn Landau

Genre: College Romance

Cullen Davis is the bane of my existence. He’s always gone out of his way to pick on me, ever since I knew him in high school. Normally that wouldn’t be a blip on my radar, but his dark, alluring appearance and football player persona make it harder to ignore. When he gets a job at the café I work at, his insults suddenly start to feel a lot more like foreplay. That might actually be a relief, if only he wasn’t my boyfriend’s roommate.

CW: Mention of miscarriage, verbal abuse (not between main characters)