Conversations With Kav – It’s Indie Day! + Giveaway

It’s the fourth Sunday of the month and time for a new blog tradition – celebrating our independently published authors! I’m trying to read more indie books and have been thrilled to get all kinds of great recommendations from you guys so I thought it would be fun to set aside one day a month where we can chat about indie books as a way to support these hardworking, often overlooked authors.

• what we’re reading
• new release alerts
• recommended authors

Here’s a snapshot of the indie books I read since we chatted last month:

As you can tell, it’s heavy on the cozy mysteries, especially one particular author. Eryn Scott is a fairly new-to-me author and I have become obsessed! I’ve added her to my ‘read to zero’ list and I’m well on my way! Eryn writes clean (no swears, no innuendos etc.) cozy mysteries with a wonderful combination of cozy vibes and heartfelt mysteries. Her heroines are relatable, insatiably curious, sometimes bordering on TSTL but never crossing the line 🙂 and, bonus, all the series I’ve read so far develop a sweet romance that slowly builds with each book. Absolute cozy perfection as far as I’m concerned! I highly recommend checking out Eryn Scott if you are a cozy mystery fan like me. And, FYI, a lot of her books are on Kindle Unlimited.

Eryn Scott series I have read and loved:

• Murder at the Morrisey Mysteries – setting is in a boutique apartment building in Seattle and features a friends to more romance
• Whiskers and Words Mysteries — features a bookstore that doubles as a cat rescue centre. I thought I had finished this series but I see that more books have come out so, yay, more visits to Button for me!
• Pebble Cove Mysteries – a lightly paranormal (ghosts) tea room cozy with the most romantical subplot I’ve come across in a cozy mystery series. I was so invested in these characters!
• The Stoneybrook Mysteries – a fun twin connection, Hadley is the amateur sleuth while her brother is the deputy working the official investigation. I’ve just read the first three so far and I am loving this series too!

Two Independently Published May Releases I am looking forward to:

A lonely single mom
Simone Avery has been doing life on her own for the past sixteen years. The last thing she needs is to fall for her next-door neighbor who’s only in town for the summer. Love’s not in the cards for her. It wasn’t in the past, not now, and not in the future. She’s easily forgettable.

A man looking for his next steps
Derrick Benjamin just retired from the United States Air Force at God’s bidding and has no clue what’s next. The last thing he expected to find on his summer vacation is a woman he can’t forget and a town that makes him want more from life.

God’s plan in the works
Will Derrick and Simone find an ever after that lasts beyond the summer? Or will heartache anchor their futures?

Can the Matchmaker Find True Love?
Emma-Jane (EJ) Bennett and Jordan Knight are longtime best friends who codesigned the immensely successful dating app, Dream Match. Success starts to go to EJ’s head when she gets caught up in the famous and money-hungry social circles and starts dating the son of a TV mogul. But Jordan’s feelings have grown from friendship to more. He determines to protect her by exposing Eric Churchill for the two-timer he is, finally agreeing to attend a function with her at the Sydney Opera House. But his best intentions go awry when EJ is embarrassed and runs for the security of home, small-town roots, and The Silver Teapot Café, feeling like Jane Austen’s chastised Emma–only without her Mr. Knightley.

Giveaway Opportunity:

US – paperback or ebook (check to make sure the book you choose has the edition you want, some seem to only be in ebook format.)

Canada – paperback, ebook or audible (if available) and also confirm that the book comes int he format you want

International – ebook if you have a US kindle account

You suggest an independently published Christian Fiction (or Clean Romance) already in print and leave the title and author in a comment and you will be entered in the giveaway. If your name comes up, then that’s the book you will win 

Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday May 30 2026