SPSFC Semi-Finalist Reviews

BBNYA Spotlight: Inheriting Her Ghost by S.H. Cooper

Genre: Horror Length: 120 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary Inheritance often comes with strings attached, but rarely are they as tangled as those hanging over High Hearth. When Eudora Fellowes learns she’s the sole heir of her estranged great-aunt’s seaside manor, she believes it will be the peaceful escape she’s longed for. What awaits, however, Read More

Cover Reveal: Three Meant To Be by M.N. Bennett

Add to Goodreads Summary Telepathic high school teacher Dorian prepares teen witches for professional casting because going in unprepared is what killed one of his partners. But new state mandates on magical proficiency make it nearly impossible, and Dorian worries he can’t give his students the education they really need. Seeking a distraction from work, Read More

BBNYA Tour: The Reaper’s Quota by Sarah McKnight

Genre: Dark Humour, Satire Length: 190 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary Meet Grim Reaper #2497. Behind on his work, he must complete his quota of thirty Random Deaths or face termination in the worst way. Faced with an insurmountable task and very little time to complete it, Reaper #2497 struggles to hang on to the Read More

#indieapril Spotlight: No Port in a Storm by Cal Black

Genre: Western Fantasy Length: 435 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary The Bayou wants its Butcher back Ghosts of Mildred Berry’s past stalk her dreams, dredging up memories she’d rather forget. Struggling with the return to city life and a surprise marriage, Millie finds her strongest ally is distracted, preparing for the Colfield Massacre trial. When Read More

#indieapril Spotlight: Stellar Instinct by Jonathan Nevair

Genre: Science-fiction Length: 334 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary When galactic danger calls, Agent Renault answers. Strange signals pulse from an icy planet in a remote star system. Enter Lilline Renault, GAM-OPs secret agent extraordinaire. To ordinary citizens she’s Keely Larkin, an adventure company guide with a flair for the daring and a penchant for Read More

#indieapril Spotlight: The Earl of Brass by Kara Jorgensen

Genre: Historical Fantasy Length: 302 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary Eilian Sorrell is no stranger to cheating death, but when a dirigible accident costs him his arm, he fears his days of adventuring are over. As the eldest son of the Earl of Dorset, Lord Sorrell knows he will face a bleak future among London’s Read More

#indieapril Spotlight: The Origin of Pietas by Kayelle Allen

Genre: Science-fiction Length: 145 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary What if the enemy you hate is your only salvation? Marooned on a planet with no one but Six, a human who guarded him in exile, the immortal king Pietas must face the ordeal of survival. Imprisonment transformed him from superman to a man who cannot Read More

#indieapril Spotlight: Skylark in the Fog by Helyna L. Clove

Genre: Science-fiction Length: 597 Pages Goodreads | Amazon Summary So when the universe falls to pieces, it doesn’t mean your life has to, right? That comes later. Jeane Blake, captain of the spaceship Skylark, makes her living by looting dead worlds, planets fallen prey to naturally occurring wormhole-like rifts plaguing the cosmos. She survives the Read More