#TopTenTuesday: Indie Freebie!

We’re back with another Top Ten Tuesday, a weekly meme hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

This week’s topic is: Indie Freebie (This topic encompasses a lot: your favorite indie bookstores, indie books, indie authors, indie publishers/presses, indie books on your to-read list, indie authors I read before they became traditionally published, etc.) (submitted by @dark.shelf.of.wonders and Books Are The New Black)

I was initially stumped by this week’s prompt because I don’t read many indie or self-published authors these days—not for any specific reason or than there are just too many books I want to read and the ones grabbing my attention are the ones promoted in the mainstream. That said, I used to read a lot of indie romances on KU and some fantasy as well as thrillers. Some of these authors have gone on to be traditionally published (Talia Hibert, B.K. Borison, Jacqueline Snowe, etc.), although some are hybrid by doing trad and indie. So, this is going to be a wild mix of books I’ve read—mostly romances (some erotic, some monster, some dark), but I remember enjoying all of these immensely when I read them years ago, even if I might not remember much now. 🤭 Here we go!