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Indie Books with Animals or Creatures on the Cover! Books to Read

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Time for a fun book recommendation post! Here are some books by indie authors which have animals or creatures on the cover, that you should check out! For more books, see my indie books page!

My book!!!

There is Light: Poems about Mental Health

From book blogger and poet, Lucy DeRose, comes her debut book, There is Light.

A series of poems about mental health, anxiety, self-care, social media and what's important in life. Honest thoughts and feelings from someone who has dealt with depression, anxiety and OCD. Lucy tries to end each poem with a positive note, focusing on the hope and help that is out there. Because, no matter how dark things seem, there is light.

Free on Kindle Unlimited, 0.99 on Kindle, 3.99 in paperback








Hunter and prey. Which is which?

Laurence Riley believed that he was nothing. He couldn’t have been further from the truth. Descended from Herne the Hunter, his own need to seek prey has long gone unfulfilled. Now it’s out of control.

Something ancient is coming to take Quentin home: a creature of nightmare who feasts on the flesh of children. But Laurence has seen the real monster. The one who is pulling all their strings from afar.

Only Herne can prepare Laurence to face an evil which far outmatches him. Their enemy wields the most powerful weapon of all, and will destroy everyone Laurence loves unless he can master the same power.

He must learn magic.





Some witches curse, others are cursed. And sometimes, the cursed want revenge.

Free on Kindle Unlimited















Run, hide, and don't let them get you. Once SLICE gets their hands on you, there is no coming back. They take your family; they kill your friends— all in the name of some twisted scientific authority.

Jax and Jericho Masterson saw firsthand what SLICE could do when they came for their parents. Now on the run, the two are struggling to live in a world neither of them has ever experienced. Being raised off the grid in the woods of the Smokey Mountains has left them without the skills needed to deal with human society, but they will learn... the hard way.

Marris Stratford only wanted to be the best big brother any little girl could ask for. He never did anything to call attention to himself, and always tried to do the right thing. Never would he have thought to be the target of a government agency no one had ever even heard of. With a dead heart, he will save his kind, even if it kills him.

SLICE- Supernatural Laboratories for the Investigation of Chaotic Entities

Free on Kindle Unlimited


Have you ever wanted to go on an adventure through the forest? Follow the fast little fox as he discovers more than he can imagine along the way! What will he learn? Can he make it home in time for supper? Read on to find out!

Free on Kindle Unlimited












Orphaned at a young age and taken in by Telvan’s most notorious bandit gang, Kinrou had no real expectations in life. He knew nothing of his past, nor did he care to. Then, one day, with the death of a Dragon Warrior, everything changed.

After a trip to Karath, the capital city of Telvan, he was told about a threat to the peace and that he had been hand picked by the Sky Lords themselves to stop it if only he could discover what this threat was in time.

Free on Kindle Unlimited








Children of the Fox (Children of An'katerr Book 2)

Kinrou finds himself once again heading out on the road after receiving some cryptic information from the Fire Lord. This time his journey takes him into the country of Zalityu with the hopes of learning about his past.Along the way he encounters Fox Warriors, dead men, and a lost god.

Free on Kindle Unlimited











Children of the Wolf (Children of An'katerr Book 3)

Growing up is hard. Growing up as a foreigner in a strange land is harder. Nuren lived most of his life in a country not his own, with only the memories of a frightened child to remind him of who he is. Alone and longing for a home he barely remembers, he curses the gods that ripped him from his home, turning to a hidden divine force for solace. Shortly after turning sixteen, he enlists in the army as the first step towards enacting his vengeance.

Free on Kindle Unlimited











“My hand is open, as is my heart.”The traditional greeting of the people of the Dendaril Hegemony still holds true centuries after their realm was founded. But what was once a warm promise of friendship is now feared by those few who know the true nature of the Dendaril. To the Free Tribes, they are the Fly Lords, bearers of the affliction known only in ancient songs as The Woe. To the Magisters of the Lily College, they are the thralls of the Shrive-Ticks, symbiotic insects that bring health, strength and peace of mind to those they infest at the cost of their entire identity. Now, after a millennium of silence, the Dendaril are moving. To face them in battle unprotected is to become them, and there is nowhere to run. To Magister Thalia Daran, who fears herself responsible, falls the task of enlisting the aid of the Royal Knights of Abelia, whose sealed battle-armour and Golem automata are immune to the parasites. But the Abelians killed her father, and he himself was responsible for the death of the previous king, a fact Queen Tondarin II has not forgotten. Thalia's ally, the dimensionally-shifted Operative Amanda Devereux, searches for hidden secrets that may hinder her as much as they help. Meanwhile, the fiercely independent Free Tribes face a stark choice between allying with a hated enemy, or losing themselves to the Woe forever. And in the Empire of the Thelenic Curriculum, Arch-Chancellor Derelar Thane finds troubling questions about his spy-master that must be answered.Magic and technology, love and hate, the weight of history and the march of progress combine in the third novel of the Thelenic Curriculum, The Flyblown Crusade.

Free on Kindle Unlimited


The odious Jeanette Sobriquet is dead and her granddaughter, Fizzy, is too relieved to grieve. Unfortunately for her, when Fizzy announces her refusal to attend the abusive woman's funeral, her life becomes a living nightmare. Now, she has demons, ghosts, and the threat of homelessness hunting her down, all demanding she caves into the dead woman's iron will.

Bar owner, Affidious Dixon, is forced to carry out Fizzy's dead grandmother's last requests; otherwise, the ghost of the Bosnian war criminal that is following him around will murder his mother.

The Grimy & the Greedy is a comedic paranormal thriller about one woman's fight to save herself from tyrannical death customs and one man's journey to save his mother from pure evil.







Emma and the Minotaur (World of Light Book 1)

Emma Wilkins must face the monster in the woods for the fate of the world.

An invasion is coming.

Deep in the shadows of Glenridge Forest, creatures of myth and legend are returning. They gather and wait for a day soon to come. A day when they will be unleashed upon the planet.

Daydreamer Emma Wilkins is eleven years old and lives on Belle Street in the city of Saint Martin. All Emma wants is a friend. She finds one in Jake Milligan, a new boy in town whose father has gone missing. Together, they embark on a mission to find him.

During her adventure, Emma discovers that all stories are true. All legends are real. The monsters of nightmare exist. She learns about a power greater still, one who watches and waits, preparing for the day when the world is ready for his return.

On her way to an impossible confrontation, Emma must conquer her fears and learn how to defeat the monster in the woods. At stake are the fates of those she cares about most and that of the entire world.

Free on Kindle Unlimited


"I loved this book! A wonderful and engaging page turner aimed at children/young teens that is full of great characters and imagery but also contains lots of important and positive messages!" - Owen Hollifield

Hew had always dreamt of being a knight. Take that, villain! Yes, princess, of course I'll rescue you. Thank you, your Majesty, yes I am great with a sword. Unfortunately, being a farmer's son made that dream impossible. Real life was more about cleaning animal mess and checking for weeds.

Until he met the dragon.

It opened up a hidden world of magic around him. Faeries. Hobgoblins. Monsters, shape changers, brownies; you name them, he met them.

But there was a problem.

A blight to the north was making magic fade from the Earth. If it disappeared completely, then everyone would freeze to death.

Yes, that included Hew's annoying little sister, but even she didn’t deserve to be frozen. He would have to be brave and defeat this blight. The question was…

What could a nearly eleven-year-old do?

Free on Kindle Unlimited, audiobook available


How does a dog get to the sky? With the help of the new friends he meets along the way.

When a well loved dog’s time with his family comes to an end he must embark on a new adventure; to find his own rainbow.

“How to Rest on a Rainbow” is a tale of adventure, friendship, discovery and ever lasting love.






In the second book in this series of Malak’s adventures, Malak discovers more about his new home and when worry and doubts come to light, he calls on his friends, old and new, to help him solve the puzzle of how to fix his rainbow.
 
“How To Fix A Rainbow” is a story of new beginnings, adventure, wisdom and learning to count on the people you love when worries arise.





Buck Aye The Coo!

Who are you noo?

Buck Aye the Highland Coo lives in her own wee world every day. Grazing grass and saying “Moo!” How boring it can be! But not for Buck Aye and her best friend Boo the hedgehog.

“Buck Aye the Coo, Who Are You Noo?” will take you on a journey where you’ll learn having imagination is extra special but so is loving who you are.





In the world of Bitotem live mysterious creatures called Bloods. Bloods are half animal and half human shapeshifters. After the death of her younger sister and disappearance of her father, a young White Tiger Blood named Kira sets off on a difficult journey to the Lion Blood Kingdom to murder King Andrew Kingsley for killing all of the Tiger Bloods left on Bitotem. She remains the last living Tiger Blood. On her expedition, she befriends Noah, a Wolf Blood, Ethan a Lion Blood and Chase an Eagle Blood.











Rise of the Rebels (Blood of the Beast series Book 2)

A year after a tragic event, a new king takes over the Lion’s Kingdom and is seeking revenge against the group of rebels; Chase, Ethan, Noah and Kira as the leader. The rebels have been on their own, when they meet a pair of mysterious Bloods. When one of the rebels gets kidnapped, it’s up to the rest of the Bloods to save them. Will these new Bloods be friends or enemies?

Free on Kindle Unlimited










Heroes Of the Shadow. Blue Scar Indeabinito

What would you do if you discovered another world inhabited by mythical beings?

Thomas McCartney is a soldier. When war strikes, he leaves London to fulfil his military duties. However, his mission cannot be accomplished after he finds himself in a different world.

Thomas stands face to face with dinosaurs, mythical creatures, and other humanoid races. Plus, an ancient prophecy that puts his life at risk. Thomas desperately tries to find his way back home, but he can’t succeed unless he learns how to survive and escape those who want to stop him.

Can he make it back home? Can he accept the destiny foreshadowed for him in the prophecy?

If you wish travelling between the worlds was possible, you will love this book. It’s for those who enjoy epic fantasy full of action, adventure, mystery and internal struggle. Beyond a tale about discovering different world, it’s a story of a man becoming a hero.

To explore this marvellous world, grab your copy now! This first book of ‘Heroes Of the Shadow’ series is your key to a universe you won’t be able to resist.


Talisha Martinson and her crew respond to the distress signal of the SS Revelation, only to discover that nobody is there. It quickly becomes apparent that something monstrous is lurking aboard the SS Revelation, and it's not going to let anyone leave with their life.








After escaping the nightmare aboard the SS Revelation, Talisha awakes on an unfamiliar medical station. She quickly realizes that something truly awful is happening based on the blood splattered walls and piles of viscera. It seems that Talisha escaped from one hell, only to be plunged into another.














The Shareholders

In the late 21st century, Earth has been ravaged by climate change. Seeing it was time for decisive action, the billionaires bioengineered immortality, purchased the last habitable biospheres on the planet as their personal shares, and fled to Mars. For everyone left behind, life on a dying planet isn't easy. The lucky ones live in enclosed cities eating bug protein and saving up for passage to Mars. The rest of humanity exists as climate refugees passing through worlds that are perpetually on the brink of ecological collapse.

Ian Gateman, one of Earth's last bureaucrats, works on the settlement of ecological refugees while he, his wife, Anne, and their son, Alex, look forward to life on Mars. When Anne becomes terminally ill, she decides to upload her consciousness and live forever in Lotus: a corporate-run virtual reality simulation. To keep up with the monthly payments for Anne's digital residency and stop Lotus from deleting her consciousness, Ian takes on a special assignment. Tasked with finding a buyer for a fledgling colony of newly settled ecological refugees, Ian travels to the estates of several visiting immortals. As Ian tries to flog the colony to a brooding class of bored immortals, it becomes clear they have their own plans for humanity's future.




Welcome to Hayfork, Iowa, a peaceful farming community nestled in the heart of a tranquil valley, a town that looks after its own. It’s a place where gossip is king, but secrets are kept from outsiders and those who are born there live and die at the mercy of the weather, or the forgiveness of the land. Now a strange terror roams the sky at night, a dread horror lurks among the corn and a troubled widow gives birth to a boy who glows in the dark. Death on the streets and blood in the fields seed suspicion and division deep in the valley’s fertile soil as the town folk are terrorized season after season with the deadly visitations of a mysterious ancient hunter of human emotions.

Free on Kindle Unlimited








Southern Highway Gospel Companion

Pack your bags to travel light and come along down a mystery road...where an impulsive detour south begins a spiritual journey for a boy on the run from God and the devil, who comes face to face with them both. Follow a late spring storm across a gothic American dreamland where the rain falls dry like dust, the highways whisper and moan and the ghosts of Elvis and Jesus haunt the south like twin dead kings. Lie down with strangers and sleep beside strays. Shed blood and spill it and come away clean. Walk through the valley of the shadow of death...but run when it comes prowling close behind you.











Before Awen, there was Druantia.

After nine thousand years of peace and prosperity, the Milky Way Galaxy is about to get a rude awakening. Druantia, queen of the Druid world of Marduk, is the only celestial who stands between the galaxy and a race of bloodthirsty Reptilians. Worse, Bé Chuille, her witch-goddess guardian and nemesis, is conspiring against Druantia.

Can Queen Druantia convince the Alliance of Worlds to close its borders to the warring race? Or will the other gods’ ignorance bring disaster upon them all?

To find out, read The Druids of Marduk, Part I, today.

Author's Note: This 47-page short read (Part I) takes place thousands of years before the Awen Trilogy and details the harrowing events of the Druid-Reptilian exodus to Earth. Part II relates their first days in UnderEarth, while Part III chronicles their eventual migration to AboveEarth.

99 cents/77p


Princess Penelope wants nothing more than to study at the Academy of Mages. Despite her natural talent, her father refuses to even entertain the idea. So when the opportunity arises to visit her mysterious wizard godfather, Penelope leaps at the chance. She never expects to find a different kind of magic in the arms of her godfather’s reclusive nephew, Stefan.

When an unexpected enemy uses Stefan’s secrets against them, Penelope’s magic and courage are put to the test. Can she rescue the man she loves? Or will she fall Saving the Dragon?










He’s a Guardian, sworn to protect the creatures of lore.
She’s a human who can’t remember her past.
WEAK. BROKEN. ROGUE.
That’s how Thane Marrok, wolf shifter, and soldier in the elite organisation known as The Guardians, sees himself - forced to live a lonely and tortured existence after witnessing the death of his family at the hands of humans. When he's forced to return to the place where all his nightmares began, he comes face to face with an unfamiliar human female who triggers the wolf’s deepest, darkest desires.
Can Thane put his past behind him and be the protector, and lover, that Anya needs? Or will he succumb to his hatred of her kind, and lose the woman meant to be his for eternity?
HUNTED. GUARDED. BETRAYED.
Anya Shaw leads a quiet, uneventful existence until the appearance of a black wolf turns her life upside down. Now she's involved in a world she never knew existed, hunted for reasons she doesn't understand, and guarded by a man she never expected.
Can she unlock the secrets of her past, and her heart, in time to tame the wolf and save Thane from himself? Or will the hunters get there first, destroying any hope they have left?

Book two in the Love Bites series.

A year has passed since nosferatu crime lord Gyorgy Thurzó attempted to disrupt the long-standing truce between vampyr and humans in what has come to be known as the Crisis.

Things have changed - greater numbers of undead roam the streets of London making it necessary for a team of Enforcers to patrol the capital where one used to be sufficient, while Whitehall now retains a unit of soldiers trained to fight the undead if required.

Against this background the former Blood Countess, Elisabeth Bathory, looks back over her long tenure on the planet while reflecting on lost love and the events leading to her present unhappy situation - in a new adventure that sees a threat to the existence of the vampyr race itself!





In one night Adam must face the demons who spent years toying with his life. He was once a steadfast father and faithful husband, but now after many years he’s nothing but a drunk who’s coasting through life. After losing his daughter, through the negligence of a single man, or so he thought, Adam must come face to face with the very demons who manufactured the hell he has been living. His soul was marked, and now he must fight back in order to save his, as well as his ex-wife’s soul. On this night he will realize that the catastrophic day that changed it all wasn’t a fluke, but a grand plan by some of the most ancient evils; in their quest to collect once righteous souls. Will he be able to fight back against the odds, against the demons who marked him? Or will Adam fall back into his comfortable depression and allow the void to consume him once and for all?

Free on Kindle Unlimited







Tails of Two Squirrels Part 1 - Falling for You

Tails of Two Squirrels is the biggest love story of the squirrel kind. Squernie and Squerena met when Squernie landed unexpectedly into Squerena's world... literally. Squernie had always taken her role in the military very seriously and would never take her eye off the ball. Could Squerena be the one to change her ferociously committed ways, or would Squernie's commitment to her career get in the way of a potentially blossoming relationship?

Free on Kindle Unlimited










Amulet of Wishes (Chronicles of the Guardians Book 1)

The Guardians are the protectors of Aloseria. They are the keepers of the peace and they have a unique ability-they can turn into dragons.

Derek Draco is one of them. Haunted by the memories of his past, Derek comes across a piece of a mythical amulet, said to hold the power to grant wishes once all three pieces are brought together. Seeing an opportunity to right the wrongs of his past, Derek sets out on a journey to find the rest of the amulet, along with his friends, Jared and Arabelle. However, Derek is unaware of the true power of the amulet and using it to fulfil his seemingly innocent wish could have disastrous consequences.





The Lone and Level Sands: Being the First Movement of the Song of the Crickets

Tarlos, the telekinetic prince and heir to the throne of Kesh, wants nothing more than to live an easy life of luxury. But after his twin brother is killed by the same monster that took their mother, Tarlos discovers a dark secret about his family and a murder plot rooted in jealousy and fear. Provoked by a discarded god, Tarlos journeys across the desert in search of a fabled entrance to the dead country. He discovers the afterlife is home to people from worlds other than his own, and the universe he has known is far more complicated than he had imagined. After coming face to face with an ancient power beyond his own comprehension, Tarlos must choose immortality and therefore become a discarded god himself, or else settle for a life well lived that will only end in death.

Free on Kindle Unlimited






Which books would you like to read?


Thank you to my Ko-Fi members!~
A. K. Faulkner- check out their queer dark urban fantasy series!

H. N. Lloyd- check out his true crime books, Murder Tales:
G L Robinson- check out her regency romance books: 
Josh de Lioncourt- check out his fantasy books!
Charles Edward Williams- check out his Roman fiction book
Cherron Riser- check out her romance and paranormal romance books
C. J. Pierce- check out their horror fantasy series
C. A. Lewis- check out her children's fantasy adventure book
T. F. Lince- check out his mystery book and mystery thriller
Jerry Shulz- check out his sci-fi book: Level One
Kimberly Greer- check out her romance book
Jill Horton- check out her children's book
Quinn de Barra- check out their supernatural horror book and follow them on Twitter
Sarah Spookychild- check out her suspense romance books: Rightly Wrong or Wrongly Right and Open the Door, Let the Sun in, her sci-fi romance, Ground Zero and her new adult urban fantasy, Moment by Moment.
Jen Smith- check out her contemporary romance book
Melissa Stone- check out her YA urban fantasy series and adult fantasy series
T R Peers- check out his science fantasy series
Miller Thomas- check out his paranormal fantasy book
Cathy J. Hopkins- check out her mystery thriller book
Melissa Rea- check out her historical romance book
Alexandra Wholey- check out her contemporary romance book
Lacey Krauch- check out her fantasy romance book
Dorian J. Sinnott- check out his horror books and short story and poetry collections
R. G. Roberts- check out her sci-fi books and fantasy Kindle Vella
MJ Hutto- check out her fantasy books
Erik S. Meyers- check out his historical fiction book and author website
Barry Ryerson- check out his middlegrade fantasy book and sci-fi book
Jon Herrera- check out his middlegrade fantasy series
Adam Gaffen- check out his author website and latest sci-fi book
Kasia Metkowski- check out her blog and serialised story
Mark Piggott- check out his fantasy book and author website
Arbor Winter Barrow- check out their YA sci-fi books and poetry book
IJC Writing- check out their blog and fantasy book
Jeanna Louise Skinner- check out her paranormal romance book
Meg Radiant- check out her sci-fi book and author website
Gayle Ramage- check out her sci-fi novella and weird speculative short story collection
Tangela Williams-Spann- check out her book, Sad, Black, and Fat: Musings From The Intersection and her author website
Karen Telling- check out her autobiographical stories of living in the Algarve- book 1 and book 2
Ismael S Rodriguez Jr- check out his poetry books- The Darkness and the Light and Alma Solitaria
J.D. Cunegan- check out his contemporary fantasy book: Notna and Bounty (sci-fi detective series)
Kyle Baxter- check out his gay romance novels!
R. L. Hanslow- check out her children's books
K.M. Harding- check out her romance book
Cay Fletcher- check out their LGBTQ+ fantasy short story collection
Elizabeth Morris- check out their YA dark fantasy series
Aron Silver- check out his horror mystery book
Nikki Dudley- check out her thriller book and poetry collection
Izzy Hunter- check out her romcom books: Highland Fling and What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?
Courtney Maguire- check out her dark paranormal fantasy romance book: Bloodlaced and Blood Pact
Randeletta Howson- check out her YA fantasy series
R A Ferrell- check out her thriller book and thriller action romance
S. S. Frankowska- check out her epic fanrasy book
Jason Minick- check out his crime fiction thriller books
Radar DeBoard- check out his sci-fi horror book
H. S. Down- check out their sci-fi book
Elle Rivers- check out her contemporary romance books
Julianne Munich- check out her adult fairytale-inspired drama romance books
Sinnamon Carnelian- check out their sci-fi romance and fantasy romance
P N Burrows- check out his adult fantasy book
P W Browning- check out his fantasy books: Talented Found and Talented Taught
Tallie Rose- check out her adult fantasy series
Izzy Matias- check out her YA contemporary book and one of her blog posts
Phannie- check out her blog and follow her on Twitter
O. J. Barré- check out her fantasy books- The Awen Trilogy and The Druids of Marduk
Rebecca Rose- check out her family saga book 1 and book 2
Mellie Miller- paranormal romance writer, check out her author page and website
Maria Blackrane- follow her on Twitter for updates on her upcoming dark adult fantasy
Sara R. Cleveland- check out her fantasy romance books
Casey Bell- check out his books: A Family of Strangers and 4Score
Alan K. Dell- check out his sci-fi books: From the Grave of the Gods and The Re-Emergence
Denise O. Eaton- check out her fantasy books website and book 1 in her fantasy series
Tea Spangsberg- check out their fantasy book and author website
Harrison Murphy- check out his thriller book and follow him on Twitter 
Candice Zee- check out her YA fantasy book and website
Richard Holeman- check out his horror book and website
Pumpernickel House Publishing- check out their website and journal issue 1
Katherine Macdonald- check out her fae sleeping beauty retelling and author website
Elisha Bugg- check out her paranormal romance book and linktree with all her links
Fiona Forsyth- check out her historical fiction book set in Rome
Armanis Ar-feinial- check out his Arthurian inspired fantasy book
R. S. Yeager- check out his psychological thriller book
K Pimpinella- check out their sci-fi book
Jane Cornwell- check out her mindfulness book
B. A. Bellec- check out his coming of age free book
Jorge Arenas- check out his horror book
L. W. Lowe- check out her Greek mythology fantasy romance book
James Paige- check out their fantasy romance book
Alex Robins- check out his epic fantasy adventure book
Debbie Iancu-Haddad- check out her fantasy book
Ross Patrick- check out his dystopian book
Stephen Ainley- check out his war thriller fiction book
T Z Krasner- check out his epic fantasy book
Natalie Hopkins- check out her YA satirical fantasy with squirrels
Marsha Mildon- check out her literary fiction book
Bixby Jones- check out her contemporary romance dramedy
Dan Hartman- check out his book, Habits of Love
Fernando Bravo- check out his middle grade fantasy
Rita A. Rubin- check out her YA fantasy
Varun Gwalani- check out his escape room murder mystery
Emmett Burgess- check out their fantasy book
JL Meredith- check out their superhero fantasy book
A. E. Bennett- check out her adult fantasy book and adult fantasy romance
Will Carson- check out his urban fantasy book: Ebook, Paperback, Audiobook
C P Tuck- check out their free fantasy action adventure book
Lisa Jacoby- check out her children's picture book
Tegan Anderson- check out her fantasy book
Katherine Shaw- check out her suspense book
Julian Kennedy- check out their suspense book
Mandi Martin- check out their gothic book
Daz James- check out his urban fantasy book
Misha Handman- check out his mystery book
Lucy Alice Dickens- check out their poetry book

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