Are You A Bookworm 🐛 Or A Book Dragon? 🐉
Jun 20, 2025 2:31 pm
No matter how you identify—I for one think 'book dragon' sounds more thrilling than 'bookworm,' because dragons would fiercely protect their hoard of books—today is your moment. It's the solstice, and multiple bookish events are happening right now to keep your e-reader well-stocked.
Want piles upon piles of romance reads? Check out the romancebookworms event that lasts for just one day:
Rather browse a more manageable stash of indie romance books? Check out Indie Authors Central's event for freebies and 99¢ deals:
Do you binge read on Kobo Plus? Here's a curated selection of immersive reads in the fantasy and sci-fi genres, audiobooks included:
Hopefully that will keep your book-loving heart occupied while C.L. Carhart holes up in her writing cave to work on the second book in Helena and Konstantin's mystical saga. It looks like Book 2 will start with Konstantin's perspective first...as he seeks to comfort his beloved light witch in the wake of the tragedy that rounded out Claimed by the Undead.
Have you caught up on what became of Helena and her Black Priest muse after they defied fate to support each other in Gift of Light? What happens when Beauty officially joins with her Beast...or when the Beast claims Beauty for his own? 🤔 Grab your copy of Claimed by the Undead to find out today!
Big thanks to my ARC team for dropping honest reviews on Goodreads, BookBub, Amazon, and other retailers. As a fairly reclusive indie author who built up her current audience—that's you!—through quick paranormal romances with happy endings, I've been a little nervous about readers' reactions to how Claimed by the Undead plays out. But my ARC team has overwhelmingly cheered me on so far, and for that I deeply thank you. 💖
But right now I need to keep writing so we can get Helena and Konstantin OUT of their current predicament....
Other Indie Books and Book Fairs
We're back to the usual two book recommendations for each newsletter, plus the group of BookFunnel book fairs I'm involved in this month. Be sure to browse all the offerings, because you know how us indie authors are. We just can't stop giving you MORE stories to read! 🤪
Austin
I am the lead guitar player in the rock band Perpetual Fantasy. I am also one of the remaining single members. Currently, that is working against me. The producers of the reality television show, Celebrity Spouse, reached out to Wilmington Records for a participant, and I am the patsy.
I, in no uncertain terms, do not want to be a participant. Despite my protests, there is no getting out of it. I do get a glimmer of hope at the suggestion that one of these women could be my fated mate. Better yet, several women will be paranormal and know that I don't belong to them, making this process much smoother.
Mackenzey
I lead a relatively boring and quiet life. I work an easy job out of the basement of my parent's house, working on buying my own house.
My quiet life gets turned upside down when my sister Macy gets picked for a match-making reality television show....
Nicole Zoltack is offering 12—that's right, TWELVE—free books on all retailers right now. The button at the bottom will show you all twelve, while the cover graphic will take you to A Question of Faith. Enjoy!
It’s not every day you learn you’re the incarnation of magic.
When Crystal learns her birth mother sought witches to conceive her, the fifteen-year-old’s faith is shaken. God isn’t the one answering her prayers. She is.
After her aunt is threatened, Crystal attempts to master her power, but flying and conjuring fireballs attract dangerous attention. A witch hunter kidnaps her boyfriend, and shamans and witches hunt Crystal, desperate to use her to end their centuries-old war.
If Crystal can’t figure out what she’s capable of, she won’t just fail to protect those she loves and end the war. She might start the apocalypse.
Now this author's about to sneak back over to her own laptop so she can discover how Helena and Konstantin rise from the ashes of Claimed by the Undead. Send me all the creative vibes you can spare, and in the meantime happy reading, and stay cool (or warm if you're south of the equator). 💖
Talk to you soon,
C.L. Carhart
Get Claimed by the Undead:
https://bf.clcarhart.com/fd9deoy799
Romance Bookworms freebie event:
https://www.romancebookworms.com/
Indie Author Central freebies and deals:
https://www.indieauthorscentral.com/summer-heat
Fantasy and Sci-fi in Kobo Plus: