• Book Release,  Science Fiction Romance

    Danger in the Stars @vscotttheauthor #RLFblog #SFR

    Welcome Veronica Scott author of Danger in the Stars, a new scifi
    romance.
    Why did you write
    this book?
    When I was writing Star Cruise: Stowaway for the ‘Pets In
    Space’ anthology last year, I had the premise of an empathic alien priestess
    stolen from her own world and sold to an interstellar crime syndicate, forced
    to do their bidding. In that novella, the story was about the woman’s escape
    with the help of my ship’s crew and two pets. When I finished writing that one,
    I started thinking about a sister, also held as a prisoner, but not lucky
    enough to escape. How would it be for her, to be in the midst of the criminal
    operations, trying to stay true to her own values, but forced to commit crimes?
    Who would help her? Conor, the hero, came into my head and said, “I will.”
    He’s a comple man of many secrets, but no spoilers from me!
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    I love science fiction romance, but I read voraciously,
    everything from Regency romances to romantic suspense with Navy SEALs.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    I love Nalini Singh’s Arrows in her Psy-Changeling series,
    and of that group, Judd is still my favorite.
    What are you working
    on at the moment?
    I’ve got two things going on – a paranormal novel set in
    ancient Egypt and a new scifi romance. I don’t usually try to juggle telling
    two stories at once but the Egyptian tale came to me one night completely
    plotted and so I figured I’d better write it!
    What books will we see from you in coming months?
    In May I’ll be releasing a volume of three scifi romance
    stories, which were previously only available in anthologies, and then of
    course the two new books I talked about in the previous question will come out
    in the summer.
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    Genre Science fiction romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Miriell, a powerful empathic priestess, has been kidnapped
    from her own primitive planet along with a number of her people, and sold to
    the evil Amarotu Combine, largest organized crime syndicate in the Sectors.
    When she and her handler are sent to use her power to commit an assassination,
    she must leave behind her own sister as hostage to ensure her compliance.
    Miriell cannot ask for aid without endangering herself and others.
    Despite his best efforts, Combine enforcer Conor Stewart is
    entranced by Miriell, and helps her evade the worst of brutal treatment from
    the rest of the mob. But Conor must keep his distance, before the lovely empath
    learns that he has secrets of his own–secrets that could get them both killed.
    The situation becomes dire when Conor and Miriell come to
    the attention of both the Combine overlords and the deadly Mawreg, aliens who
    threaten the Sectors. Can she save herself and the Mawreg’s next victims? And
    will Conor help her, or remain loyal to his evil bosses?
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y2BP8JZ
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/danger-in-the-stars-veronica-scott/1126166316

    Veronica Scott Social Media

    Best Selling Science Fiction, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance
    author and “SciFi Encounters” columnist for the USA Today Happy Ever
    After blog, Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad
    loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there
    needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she
    started writing her own stories.
    Seven time winner of the SFR Galaxy Award, as well as a
    National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, Veronica is also the proud
    recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal relating to her former day job,
    not her romances! She recently was honored to read the part of Star Trek Crew
    Member in the audiobook production of Harlan Ellison’s “The City On the
    Edge of Forever.”

    Romance Lives Forever
    Discover Books and Authors with Kayelle Allen
    http://romancelivesforever.blogspot.com
  • Book Release,  Science Fiction Romance

    Dark Thoughts by Cynthia Sax @CynthiaSax #RLFblog #SciFi #Romance

    Welcome Cynthia Sax author of Dark Thoughts, a new SciFi
    Romance.
    Why did you write
    this book?
    When I first met Kralj, the hero of Dark Thoughts, during
    Chasing Mayhem, I knew I had to write his story. Kralj is Ruler of the Refuge,
    a settlement that many of the most violent beings in the universe call home. He
    can read minds, can control beings with his thoughts and has a very dark
    beast-like side of him. He EATS his enemies. Yeah, he goes there.
    I only write romance so, of course, that got me thinking, “What
    type of female would love a male like that?” Dita, a pint-sized assassin,
    is as unique as Kralj is. She is as strong as he is yet has a cheerfulness that
    offsets his grim demeanor.
    Note: Dark Thoughts is a standalone. It is not necessary to
    read Chasing Mayhem first.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    I love all sorts of romance. Give me a happy romantic
    ending! I gobble that up. I read everything from sexy Regency Dukes to
    tormented half man, half machine cyborg warriors.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    In the SciFi Romance space, I really like Ral, the Zorn
    warrior in Laurann Dohner’s Ral’s Woman. That was my first Laurann Dohner story
    and I loved it. Ral is an awesome beastly hero. Beauty and the Beast is my
    favorite romance premise. If there’s beast in the book description, the writer
    has me.
    What are you working
    on at the moment?
    I’m writing the follow up story to Dark Thoughts (releasing
    in July). The hero will be Orol, Kralj’s winged second-in-command. He has been
    given a solo mission. His heroine, of course, isn’t cooperating with that
    mission. (grins) It is never easy for our heroes, is it?
    What books will we see
    from you in coming months?
    Ghost Of A Machine, my next standalone cyborg romance, will
    be releasing in May. He’s a severely damaged hero and has earned his happy ever
    after.
    The next story in the Dark Thoughts series will be releasing
    in July.
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    Genre Sci Fi Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Can love redeem a monster?
    The Refuge is home to some of the most violent beings in the
    universe. Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying
    ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks
    his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his
    face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control.
    Until he meets her.
    Dita has one mission—to kill the three targets claiming
    sanctuary within the Refuge. Or so she claims. For the first time in his long
    lifespan, Kralj isn’t certain of another being’s intentions. The tiny assassin
    is immune to his powers, her thoughts unreadable. He can’t predict her
    movements, can’t control her, can’t stop wanting her.
    Dita is rare, as unique as he is, and, to keep the residents
    of the Refuge safe, Kralj will have to kill her. But first, he’ll touch her,
    taste her, show her how passionate the beast inside him can be.
    Dark Thoughts is a STAND-ALONE SciFi Romance.
    The hero might be tall, dark, and scarred but don’t be
    fooled by his appearance.
    He’s truly a monster.
    This story is not for readers with delicate sensibilities.

    Cynthia Sax Social Media

    USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax writes SciFi,
    contemporary and paranormal erotic romances. Her stories have been featured in
    Star Magazine, Real Time With Bill Maher, and numerous best of erotic romance
    top ten lists.

    Romance Lives Forever
    Discover Books and Authors with Kayelle Allen
    http://romancelivesforever.blogspot.com
  • Science Fiction Romance

    Meet Katrina from Jager @jsubject #RLFblog #scifi #romance

    Welcome Katrina from Jager, a new scifi adventure romance.

    Jager Galactic Defenders #2

    Genre SciFi Adventure Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Jager’s new squad of Defenders has completed training, but the spoiled princess who has grated on his nerves since her first day of training is called back to Hemera for a yearly celebration. When Princess Katrina doesn’t show up, Jager must find her and drag her home, where he wishes she would stay.
    Katrina is a Defender, not a princess. And there is no way she wants to return to a planet she hates for some stupid ceremony. Not when she could be out killing Erebus with her squad.
    But when a new enemy threatens both their lives, they must work together to survive.

    Introducing Katrina

    Age: 20 Earth years
    Gender: Female
    Birthplace: Earth, though I was conceived on my mother’s home planet, Hemera
    Profession: I’m a Galactic Defender, not a Princess.
    Species (for scifi/fantasy characters): My mother is Hemera and my father is Kalaren.

    Please provide a physical description of yourself.

    I can fit in on Earth better than most other Defenders. I have light brown skin with long, dark hair, and dark brown eyes. I’m fit. I need to be to bring down the Erebus. They’re not exactly lightweights, and I prefer hand-to-hand combat rather than the plazers and bows the other Defenders use. I don’t have an eyebrow ridge like my dad, but I do have the ‘V’ of freckles across my shoulders and down my back like my mom.

    Please tell us a little about yourself.

    I was born and raised on Earth. A couple years ago, my home was attacked by the Erebus. It was after a Galactic Defender arrived to help us
    that I found out the man who I believed to be my father wasn’t my dad, and that I wasn’t Terran. Turns out the Defender who arrived on Earth is my dad, my mom was the long lost princess of Hemera, and I haven’t been on Earth since that day. But, I’m itching to go back. I know I can’t stay there, but I just want to see what’s changed, how my friends are doing.

    Who is the significant other in your life?

    I don’t have a significant other, like a boyfriend. Jeff Bennett and I almost had a thing on Earth, but I had to leave the planet, and didn’t get a chance to say goodbye. My squad leader, Jager, is hot, but we don’t exactly get along. And then I have Jace, my best friend. He’s the only Defender who has my back, so we spend a lot of time together. But, he’s nothing more than a friend.

    How do you dress?

    I wear my blue Defender uniform. Though, sometimes when I’m training on my own, I’ll wear a pair of leggings and a sports bra. If I lived with my parents on Hemera, I’d have to wear their royal garb. While the lehengacholi I wore for my mother’s coronation was beautiful, it’s not s something I’d want to wear all the time.

    Please tell us about your education.

    I graduated from high school on Earth, though I didn’t make the ceremony. I was supposed to go to university that fall, but wasn’t on the planet to do so. While the Hemera council taught me a bit about Hemera culture, I’ve learned a lot about the races belonging to the Galactic Alliance as a Defender. I’ve also learned how to bring down an Erebus by hand. Not stuff I could have learned on Earth.

    What kinds of things do you always carry (in pockets or purse)?

    I don’t have pockets or a purse—I have no need for them—but I carry my zuranium blade in a special pouch in my boot. It goes with me
    everywhere I go, because I never know when I’ll meet up with an Erebus that needs to be taken out.

    What is your family like?

    They’re great people, really, just a tad bit overprotective.  My mom is now the Queen of Hemera. She’s wonderful, and rules far differently than her father and brother did. The commoners are no longer starving and dressed in rags. Everyone works together for the good of the planet. And with the dome the Alliance installed for her, the planet no longer had to worry about an Erebus attack. My dad is a legend among the Defenders. I hope I can be half as good as he was. He was leader of Echo squad for many Galactic years, and killed more Erebus than I can ever imagine. Then there’s my sister Gwenodyn. She’s not really my sister, but my parents are raising her after the last Erebus attack on Hemera when her mother was killed. She’s a sweetheart, but not when she uses her Mingot mind-reading abilities to get her own way.

    When (if) you lie or are upset, what gives you away?

    I scratch my arms. It’s a habit I wish I didn’t have, as it totally gives me away when I’m lying.

    What would you like to tell your writer?

    It would have been nice if you’d given me more than one friend. Though, I wouldn’t trade Jace for the universe. And why is this book
    called Jager when it’s supposed to be my story?

    Buy Jager

    Publisher http://www.markofthestars.com/wp/my-writing/galactic-defenders/jager/
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XF4GKVH/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jager-jessica-e-subject/1125895457
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/jager-10
    iBooks https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/book/jager/id1212084285?mt=11
    Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jessica_E_Subject_Jager?id=4rhCDgAAQBAJ
    CreateSpace https://www.createspace.com/6983546

    Jessica E. Subject Social Media

    Jessica E. Subject is the author of science fiction romance, mostly alien romances, ranging from sweet to super hot. Sometimes she dabbles in
    paranormal and contemporary as well, bringing to life a wide variety of characters. In her stories, you can not only meet a sexy alien or two, but also clones and androids. You may be transported to a dystopian world where rebels are fighting to live and love, or to another planet for a romantic rendezvous. When Jessica is not reading, writing, or doing dreaded housework, she likes to go to fitness class and walk her Great Pyrenees/Retriever her family adopted from the local animal shelter. Jessica lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two energetic children. And she loves to hear from her readers.
    You can find her at jessicasubject.com.

     

  • Science Fiction Romance

    Is It True: @ShariElderBooks Race to Redemption #SciFi #Romance #RLFblog

    Play Is It True with today’s guest Shari Elder, author of Race
    to Redemption, a Sexy Science Fiction Romance. This is a game in which authors
    answer yes and no questions. They can elaborate on answers as much as they
    choose.
    First, tell us about
    your book.
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    A woman who lost everything.
    Intergalactic storm racing champion Elaina Carteret had it
    all – fame, wealth, men – until a horrific accident took it away. To get it
    back, she agrees to pose as Lainie Carter, medical transport pilot and
    corporate spy. Her risk-taking attitude infuriates Dr. Erik Johansen, who runs
    the outpost with an iron hand, a permanent scowl and the tightest bod on the
    planet.
    A man desperate for redemption.
    Unable to forgive himself for a past tragedy, Erik works
    himself into an early grave. He has no patience for the insubordinate Lainie
    Carter, who can’t take an order, disrupts routine and flames his body to ash.
    A planet at risk.
    When the outpost is attached, they’re thrown together in a
    race across the desert to stop a deadly biogenetic weapon As a fragile trust
    blossoms between two damaged hearts, their pasts resurface and threaten their
    growing bond.
    Be warned: Erotic romance, level five heat designation,
    gender neutral characters.
    Now, tell us Yes or No for each answer below. Feel free to
    explain any (or none) of your answers.

    Is it true:

    this is your first book? 
    No.
    this book is part of a series? 
    Yes. It is book 1 of the
    series Green Rising.
    you lost sleep while writing this book? 
    No.
    you did research for this book? 
    Yes. The book includes
    phages and sandstorms, both which I needed to learn more about.
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for
    example) 

    Yes. Since it is a science fiction romance, it is jam-packed with
    aliens. Magarans are a bi-gendered species that love in threesomes. Karamites
    look like their observers, so everyone sees them differently. Den Vedran are an
    amphibious lifeform with a penchant for biomedical and genetic manipulation.
    this book has more than one genre? 
    Yes. In addition to
    science fiction and romance, Amazon also classifies it as suspense and erotica.
    you speak more than one language? 
    Yes.
    you grew up where you live now? 
    No.
    you love to read? 
    Yes.
    you are never late? 
    No. I’m punctual by nature but raising a
    kid makes mincemeat of any attempt to plan.
    you love pizza? 
    Yes.
    you love sushi? 
    Yes. Vegetarian version. Avocado sushi is
    just good.
    you have a pet? 
    Yes. A dog and a cat. The cat’s in charge.
    The dog wants to play.
    Where can we find your
    book online?
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-to-redemption-shari-elder/1125257895?ean=2940153884363

    Shari Elder Social Media

    Hello, I’m Shari. By day, I crawl out of bed, mainline
    coffee, walk the dog, get my kid off to school, hop on the metro, and save
    cities within the four walls of my office. Usually by email.
    At night, I take off the suit, curl up with my computer and
    save cities on a jet-powered skateboard, make six-toed footprints in scarlet
    sand on the sixth planet in the Andromeda galaxy and bring men and women, who
    had given up on romance, another chance to find it. I also periodically check
    on my teen-ager, hiding out in the bedroom and plotting world domination with
    her minions – the elderly cat and adult dog who insists she’s a puppy.

  • Science Fiction Romance

    Two Worlds Collided @KMNbooks #RLFblog #timetravel

    Evie Reid agrees to travel back in time to 1997 to change
    bad boy Bellamy Lovel’s path of destruction. Evie knows despite all Bellamy’s
    smiles and enthusiasm on the stage, he’s destined to end it all on one lonely
    night in a hotel room unless she can change his path.

    Two Worlds Collided

    Genre: Time travel /rock star romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M5ENGMO/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/two-worlds-collided-karen-michelle-nutt/1124998621
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/two-worlds-collided
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/674647
    CreateSpace https://www.createspace.com/6667590

    Karen Michelle Nutt Social Media

    Karen Michelle Nutt resides in California with her husband,
    three fascinating children, and houseful of demanding pets. Jack, her Chorkie,
    is her writing buddy and sits long hours with her at the computer.
    When she’s not time traveling, fighting outlaws, or
    otherworldly creatures, she creates pre-made book covers to order at Gillian’s
    Book Covers, “Judge Your Book By Its Cover”. You can also check out her
    published cover art designs at Victory Tales Press and Rebecca J. Vickery
    Publishing.
    Whether your reading fancy is paranormal, historical or time
    travel, all her stories capture the rich array of emotions that accompany the
    most fabulous human phenomena—falling in love.
    Website http://www.kmnbooks.com
    Blog  http://kmnbooks.blogspot.com
    Twitter  https://twitter.com/KMNbooks
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorkarenmichellenutt
    Pinterest http://pinterest.com/karenmnutt/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/190487.Karen_Michelle_Nutt
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Karen-Michelle-Nutt/e/B002BLLBPE
    Gillian’s Book Covers, “Judge Your Book By Its Cover” http://judgeyourbookbyitscover.blogspot.com/
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  • Transgender

    Changing Faces @BarbCaffrey #RLFblog #LGBT #scifi

    Allen and Elaine are graduate students in Nebraska, and love
    each other very much. Their life should be idyllic, but Elaine’s past includes
    rape, neglect, and abuse from those who should’ve loved her–but didn’t,
    because from childhood, Elaine identified as transgender.
    When Elaine tells Allen right before Christmas, he doesn’t
    know what to do. He loves Elaine, loves her soul, has heard about transgender
    people before, but didn’t think Elaine was one of them–she looks and acts like
    anyone else. Now, she wants to become a man and is going to leave.
    He prays for divine intervention, and says he’ll do
    anything, just please don’t separate him from Elaine…and gets it.
    Now, he’s in Elaine’s body. And she’s in his. They’ll get a
    second chance at love.
    Why? Because once you find your soulmate, the universe will
    do almost anything to keep you together–even change your faces.
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Publisher Twilight Times Books
    Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N3CQKWJ
    Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01N3CQKWJ
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/changing-faces-barb-caffrey/1125707044
    Link to except: http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/ChangingFaces_ch1.html

    Barb Caffrey Social Media