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"We are storytellers. We have fulfilled an integral role for the human race ever since there was a spoken language. Storytelling is time travel and teleportation; it is prophecy; it is philosophy; it is not just the elimination of barriers but the co-mingling of perceptions; storytelling allows us to emotionally, spiritually and intellectually suspend barriers and relearn our humanity."
– Mike Simpson, Publisher

Indigo Sea Press, LLC, is an independent press that produces quality novels by talented authors with readable, distinctive voices. Each author was chosen to be a part of the ISP family based on his or her ability to tell a wonderful story.

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Valerie's Vow
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 67,890. Language: English. Published: August 18, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Christian » Romance
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Valerie knows she must keep promises even if it cost her everything. First an unpredictable motorcycle ride with a stranger, then a dangerous biker brawl brings chaos to her normally ordered life. When her job is threatened because of these decisions, Valerie has to make choices about life, love and God. Will Valerie’s vow teach her the true meaning of a miracle, or destroy her happiness forever?
Redstone
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 61,530. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Adventure » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
"Grief stricken, physically ill, despondent, the old man sold all his possessions to take one last hike in the wilderness. The trek, full of danger and excitement, turned out to be the start of a new life--and an unforgettable adventure."
Lacey Took a Holiday
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 51,780. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Lacey Took a Holiday is the story of a desperate act of love and the cascade of irrevocable changes it begins. Lacey, the most unlikely heroine, has been betrayed and abused by the men in her life. Andy has lost everyone he ever loved tragically. This 1920's mountaintop romance breaks every rule.
The Phantom Lady of Paris
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,020. Language: English. Published: July 4, 2011 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
The Phantom Lady of Paris? I knew her well. On the other hand—as I later discovered—I didn’t know her at all. The woman did everything wrong. She did nothing wrong. She was a Jezebel, deceptive in every way. I’ve never known a more honest and straightforward person. During our relationship, she kept me constantly jittery and perturbed. They were the golden days, the good times, until...
Deadly Traffic
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,720. Language: English. Published: December 18, 2011 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Girls are disappearing from Standard High while the local sex trade flourishes. Their absences are barely noticed in the worst school in Arbor City, CA, where turnover and truancy are facts of life. Kendra Desola, the only faculty member likely to care, is on a leave of absence.
Blue Flame
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 45,740. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
(5.00 from 1 review)
Wade Capp is a twenty-year-old college student who has sworn never to return to Carvel Ohio or to Arthur, the father he hasn’t seen since his mother’s fatal car accident. When Arthur’s attempted suicide leaves him in a coma, Wade learns that he has the sole legal authority to remove his father’s life support. Wade returns to Ohio with Jeanine, his closest friend and occasional lover.
Polite Conversation About the Weather
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 62,780. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
(5.00 from 1 review)
In these connected stories, MacQuin chronicles complex emotional territory as her characters, each touched by their Midwestern roots, pursue what feels like a more significant life beyond the barriers of their backgrounds.
Girl
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 88,500. Language: English. Published: December 12, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary
(5.00 from 1 review)
A trusted member of her ultra-Orthodox Jewish community rapes fifteen-year-old Hannah in the back room of a Brooklyn kosher butcher shop. Unwilling to succumb to her parents’ demand that she blame a homeless black man, she runs away. Alone on unfamiliar New York City streets and armed only with an indomitable spirit, quirky sense of humor, and unyielding intolerance for hypocrisy and injustice.
Killing Rush
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 59,210. Language: English. Published: December 17, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Western
(5.00 from 1 review)
They take a deep dive into the loveably clownish latrine of Southern Culture, all the while spinning toward one brother’s death and the other’s return to roots—the conversion from credentialed academic back to homeboy redneck, meaning, in this case, that the survivor learns to forget the classroom and love the carport. In this shrewd new novel things fly apart deliciously. –Frederick Barthelme
Off the Chart
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 74,820. Language: English. Published: November 10, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
A terrorist’s mad attempt to bring down a commercial airliner results in a crash landing. The first question the survivors must answer is where they are—since the rugged winter landscape is off the charts. Smith Hagaman’s first novel is an epic tale of hardy souls struggling who survive a horrifying tragedy only to discover the most dangerous part of their story has just begun.
Deadly Adagio
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,810. Language: English. Published: July 20, 2013 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Was the murder of the Peace Corps Director’s wife in Senegal just random anti-American violence, as the official investigative team seems to think? Emily suspects it may have been something else. She ignores everyone’s warnings that she’s putting her life in danger to find out. But it turns out they’re right.
The Ninety-Ninth Reunion
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 64,800. Language: English. Published: January 31, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
The Ninety-Ninth Reunion is a sometimes nostalgic, sometimes macabre, venture into the world of class reunions. Two sisters, one a dyslexic psychic from Wisconsin and the other a purveyor of New South corporate etiquette, tackle a class reunion in the small Iowa town of their youth. In doing so they inadvertently open a hidden wellspring of better-forgotten events.
Crack in the World
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 124,030. Language: English. Published: January 20, 2015 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Coming of age
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
About to turn 12, Emily is determined never to be sexually molested by her father again. A member of a large family she feels alone and isolated; yet determined to grow up positive and happy. The family’s move to opens the possibility of a new life for her and those she loves, as well as introducing her to those who will become the major players as she decides to turn her world upside down.
Carpet Ride
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 136,250. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
This thrilling murder mystery begins with a dizzying, out-of-control skid down a mountain in an RV and ends as the intriguing threads of the plot come together in harried struggle for life in the dead of night 1500 miles from where the first murder occurred. Norm Brown joins the ranks of suspense masters in this riveting thrill ride.
Mercy's Sunset
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 39,480. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary
(4.00 from 2 reviews)
Jane Doe awakens in a world of nothingness after living three lives. Without having memories of any of them, she must relive them with the help of her guide, Thyme. With three wonderfully short lived lives, and three intense, passionate loves, Jane Doe must choose who she wants to be in her afterlife and who she wants to take with her.
School of Lies
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 73,260. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
School is murder if you are not a particularly good student. It's also murder if you are a manipulative, coercive vice-principal whom everyone would like to see dead. The problem is the person whom the police suspect of the crime is our innocent heroine.
Ghost Mountain
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 51,420. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Moving is stressful enough, but when Cerri Baker moves with her family to the Black Hills of South Dakota, she begins seeing things-things like murder. Named after a pre-Christian Celtic Goddess, Cerri has spent her life trying to avoid the spirituality and "hocus-pocus" her mother embraces.
The Medicine People
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 81,680. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2010 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Adventure » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
The Medicine People, set in eastern Oklahoma, reopens a bloody, forgotten chapter in the history of a sleepy town when Ben Whitekiller, the only suspect in a triple homicide, returns in the company of an enigmatic young woman. In what seems an open-and-shut case, he is charged with the murders of two police officers and his own wife. On hand for his arrest and charged with his safekeeping is rooki
Donations to Clarity
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 49,230. Language: English. Published: July 23, 2011 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
The plan was simple: hoax bigfoot, then sell tours to bigfoot enthusiasts. The plan wasn’t brilliant, and neither were Harry, Earl, and Patch. The three chemical-abusing friends only wanted to avoid the 9 to 5 rat race, but their antics attract the attention of a real bigfoot. When mistaken for a female bigfoot by the nearsighted creature and captured; it is just the beginning of their problems.
It All Started With a Dog
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 70,330. Language: English. Published: April 15, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
(4.00 from 1 review)
Despite the good intentions of match-making friends, family, and neighbors, Rachel Springer, a tough Washington, D.C. lawyer, has spent a lifetime protecting her heart from the dangerous possibilities of love. When she finds a ragged stray dog on the streets of Georgetown and brings him home with her, she starts a sequence of startling events that lead her down a path she's never explored.
Scoundrel
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 99,230. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier, Fiction » Historical » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
In his first novel, Bud Fussell has penned an epic: a struggle between two very different brothers; a pioneer man of the early 19th century building a family and an empire; a troubled soul far from home encountering travel and grace. Jake is the Scoundrel, an unforgettable character living out a saga that remains in the reader’s mind and heart long after the book is finished.
Just Between Friends
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,260. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Contemporary, Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Emma's best friend Layne is getting married to Andy, the old friend Emma has always secretly loved. For the sake of dear friends, Emma keeps her love for Andy to herself. But what is she to do when Layne begins a torrid affair and expects Emma's complicity as she cheats on Andy.
Smokestack
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 65,470. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
(4.00 from 1 review)
An enormous, enigmatic object appears suddenly in a limestone quarry in the flat lands of the midwest. A reporter, a security guard, and government operatives all seek the answer to what the object is, and why it has appeared.
Warning Signs
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 82,670. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2012 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Fantasy » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
What harm could come from attending a séance? Kellan Brooks finds it silly until she steps into a crack between her world and a place she could never have imagined. The local grapevine pushes her cleaning business down the drain, her boyfriend to running damage control, and a steady stream of troubled souls to the gate that has appeared in her apartment.
Come Home to me, Child
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 39,260. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2013 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Things don’t work out as intended for Elaine Randolph when her doctors send her, with her young family, to the sleepy Texas town of Veil to aid her recovery from a serious illness. Much as she tries to rest, Elaine just keeps stumbling onto old, unsolved kidnappings, disappearances and cover ups. Veil, she discovers, has concealed a lot.
Fractured
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 68,510. Language: English. Published: February 6, 2013 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
FRACTURED is a cautionary novel of the still urgent problem of nuclear waste disposal and the errors governments and the scientific community can make, and have made, in trying to safely solve deadly situations resulting from our technological advances.
A Ripple in the Water
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 91,300. Language: English. Published: November 20, 2013 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
Kate Penner, a lovely young widow raising her seven year old daughter, has managed to put her life back together with the help of good friends and a year to recover from her husband's accidental death. Fate isn't through dealing surprises to Kate, however. At a point in her life when she thought maintaining was the best she could do, Kate must decide if she can laugh, trust and love once again.
Where the Bodies Are
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 100,130. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(4.00 from 1 review)
A young woman is found discarded with the trash, brutally beaten and left for dead. More bodies begin to appear, left where they are sure to be found and cause a media frenzy. The killer’s reality blurs between past and present with a compulsion driven by a dark secret locked in a fractured mind. Overcome by a blind rage that leaves him wallowing in remorse with the bodies of victim after victim.
The Magic Fault
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 81,460. Language: English. Published: July 13, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
(4.00 from 1 review)
The Shroud of Turin—claimed to be the burial cloth of Christ—is stolen from a chapel in the Cathedral of Turin in the fall of 2004. The Shroud is probably the most famous relic in the Roman Catholic Church, even if perhaps a fake. Are the thieves fanatical enemies of the church or extremist followers? The Shroud becomes a pawn in the millennia-old clash of civilizations: on whose side is God?
The People Under the House
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 107,040. Language: English. Published: September 10, 2014 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Historical biography
(4.00 from 1 review)
Very few escaped the death camps of Nazi Germany. Of those who survived, nearly all had been successfully hidden by friends. A handful had no such friends and co-conspirators, but managed to stay alive through a rare combination of wits, intuition and luck. Werner Hellman was one of the latter. This is their story, completed by Dene after Werner’s death.
She Had To Know
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 77,090. Language: English. Published: April 9, 2011 by Indigo Sea Press. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
(3.00 from 1 review)
After the deaths of her adopted parents, Arran discovers her long-lost sister's name and, despite a terrifying premonitory dream, embarks on a quest to find Sheena. After reuniting in Scotland, the sisters search for the reason their birth father and his housekeeper mysteriously died and why Sheena's life is being threatened.
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Books

No Honor Between Brothers
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 105,490. Language: English. Published: August 28, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Everyone has at least one weakness. Mitch Wilder’s is women. He has always been fussed over, coddled and protected by them. When his father dies in 1967 Mitch’s world starts to fray at the seams. Mitch sees no choice but to hire his brother. Other than the fact that Mitch hates Tom, he has also discovered that Tom had an affair with the woman Mitch loves.
Murder Is a Drag
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 76,100. Language: English. Published: July 18, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
Henry Santiago resigned from the Bureau of Detectives when it cost him his family—the wife who divorced him; the missing daughter he failed to protect. Now transient, he comes to a bar in Carvel Ohio to indulge in two of his passions: 1960’s soul music and the comfort of dressing in women’s clothing. When a teenager dies in his arms, however, Santiago will be dragged into a murder conspiracy.
Toggle (one)
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 82,000. Language: English. Published: May 16, 2016 . Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » General
Sophie is a woman of a certain age looking for romance in lots of interesting, unlikely, sometimes rewarding places.
Some Dreams are Worth Keeping
Price: $4.95 USD. Words: 76,010. Language: English. Published: March 22, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
(5.00 from 1 review)
Bipolar is a condition which is affecting thousands of Americans. Susie Johnson’s book takes you inside the world of bipolar, letting you see what life is really like on the other side of the rainbow.
Rubicon Ranch: Necropieces
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 60,960. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
(4.00 from 1 review)
Residents of Rubicon Ranch are finding body parts scattered all over the desert. Who was the victim and why did someone want him so very dead? Everyone in this upscale housing development is hiding something.
Second Helpings
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 44,310. Language: English. Published: November 7, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
(5.00 from 1 review)
From sweet childhood remembrances to fanciful solutions of family dramas to romantic relationships that begin--or end--during the holidays, Second Helpings is an anthology of stories and memories, but most especially of recipes. Our end-of-year celebrations are occasions that bring reunions with unforgettable feasts and that one special, treasured dish.
Novel Writing Tips and Techniques
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 87,040. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2012 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills
"As someone who constantly evaluates novels for publication, I was astonished at the breadth and clarity of the wonderful advice contained in this handbook. It addresses concerns as grand as plot development and as simple but essential as formatting your submission." –Mike Simpson, Chief Editor
Rubicon Ranch: Riley's Story
Price: Free! Words: 80,510. Language: English. Published: June 2, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
A little girl’s body has been found in the wilderness near the desert community of Rubicon Ranch. Was it an accident? Or . . . murder! But who would want to kill a child? Everyone in this upscale housing development is hiding something.
Change is in the Wind
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 67,270. Language: English. Published: March 29, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
(5.00 from 1 review)
Change In The Wind is a fresh, challenging collection of seventeen short stories by as many authors, all dealing with the theme of change and renewal. Virtually every major theme in modern literature, including romance, mystery, crime, science fiction, religion and even nature find their way into these marvelous, eclectic stories.
Mystery in the Wind
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 48,620. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
A Second Wind anthology comprised of outstanding stories written by little known authors of the highest caliber. An engaging series of stories of mystery, mayhem and murder.
Murder in the Wind
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 71,510. Language: English. Published: December 11, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
An anthology of crime/mystery short stories contributed by the outstanding authors of Second Wind Publishing. Murder, mayhem and the unexpected are rife in each riveting story.
Love is on the Wind
Price: Free! Words: 78,010. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2010 . Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author
Love Is on the Wind is an anthology of romance short stories penned just for this collection by the outstanding authors of Second Wind Publishing.
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Pat Bertram
Latest book: Grief: The Great Yearning.
Published February 29, 2012. (5.00 from 1 review)