Intergalactic Romance Free SFR Book Promotion

I'm still on writing hiatus, but wanted to do a quick post today to let you know that Farewell Andromeda is available via Instafreebie (yes, for free), as a part of a fun promotion with eleven other Sci-Fi Romances this week!

Fellow co-blogger Pippa Jay also has a book in this promotion, so be sure to check out Quick Shot, as well as all the other SFR offerings including books by my peers Pauline Baird Jones (Tangled in Time) and Cara Bristol (Stranded with a Cyborg).

What a great time to grab a book by a new-to-you author or a new story by an author you already love!




Intergalactic Romance Instafreebie

Just click the link above to go to the landing page for all the offered books.

More about Farewell Andromeda
Fresh off a painful jilting, the last thing deep space pilot Tiharra Bell needs is another romantic entanglement. Certainly not with the galaxy’s most famous astronomer--who also happens to be single, inconveniently handsome, and a resident of the remote Andromeda Station.

But Tiharra soon discovers two terrible truths about Dr. Dante “Donner” Dane:

1) he’s not the man he appears to be, and

2) he doesn’t have long to live.

Before her fourteen day layover is complete, she’ll put her life and career on the line to protect his heartbreaking secret.

What reviewers have said:

"OMG! This was a genuine gem! Well-written, and a treat to read. To me, the writing was flawless, and I loved the H/h. I'm definitely going to be reading the rest of the series. 5 huge supernova stars!"
--Five star Amazon review by "Mo," April 13, 2017

"I started reading this out of curiosity, and soon couldn't put it down."
--Five star Amazon review by Lisa Pugh, November 6, 2016

"This was a quick read, but it will remain with me for a lot longer. I loved the twists and turns...This is a highly recommended read!"
--Five star Amazon review by "Sol2Sombra," May 3, 2015

My Update

Co-blogger Donna S. Frelick attended the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention this past week, and I'm so excited to hear about all the fun, news, and adventures. Keep your eye out for Donna's upcoming blog on Friday.

My "break from writing" is going well. I've started on my office and general house reorganizing (aka "utter chaos") with carpet cleaning throughout, and meanwhile had a number of new ideas pop into my head (aka "it's working!") for stories and manuscripts.

Meanwhile, the news about Courting Disaster: StarDog2 coming in the October as part of Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2 collection was unveiled last week here and on my web site. Click the title above to read the details.

I'm pretty excited about this one. There will be a lot more information to follow, but here's the teaser for my story:

What happened after Operation Reset and the fall of the Ithian Alliance? Two of the characters from Inherit the Stars are about to find out when they set a collision course with disaster.

In other news--horse update! A few weeks back I broke a story on this blog about a big win by a Thoroughbred colt we bred, Blazing Away, in the Winnie Vick Memorial at Sunland Park. (Sometimes You Win Big)

Statistically speaking, the odds were stacked against Zinger, as they are against every young Thoroughbred. Industry wide, only about 66% of Thoroughbreds ever make it into their first race, and of those, only about half ever win a race.

Recently, Blazing Away ("Zinger") was entered in another really tough race--against older, faster, more accomplished horses, at least one of which had already placed in a stakes race! (To give you an idea of the quality of the field, two of the horses were sired by Uncle Mo and Tale of Ekati, both who've had offspring qualify for the Kentucky Derby. And one horse was formerly trained by Bob Baffert.)

In addition to the stiff competition, it was Zinger's first start on a new track--SunRay Park--and he had a new jockey.

We were really concerned he was in way over his head, and our only wish was that he run a safe race (and please...don't come in last!), but Zinger once again did us proud, finishing second!

We're so proud of Zinger and so grateful for his accomplishments, we decided to have model portraits done of him and his dam, Blazing Bartok (who we still own). The artist, Sue Kern Thompson, agreed to let me share a few of her professional photos on social media, so here they are with the artist's watermark. Didn't she do an awesome job?

 

Blazing Bartok ("Blaze")



The real Blazing Bartok

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Blazing Away ("Zinger")



The real Blazing Away ("Zinger") as a weanling

 

 



We're also going to have model portraits done of Soulful and Echo Eight, but it's been a little trickier to find a suitable base model for "Sofie." We're still working on that search, but I'll share photos of the completed project in a later blog.

 

So there's my news and updates for this Monday.

 

Hope you have a great week.



 

New Blurb! New Cover! Big Sale! on Award Winning SFR

Happy Monday! Today, we have some big news to share about a major multi-author promotion for Science Fiction Romance e-books happening this week.

September 19- 23

All books are 99 cents or free!

And as part of it...

The Lowest Price EVER on Two RWA Golden Heart© Nominees

Sharon Lynn Fisher's Golden Heart© and RITA© Nominee, Ghost Planet, and
Laurie A. Green's Golden Heart© Nominee, Inherit the Stars.

Inherit the Stars

 I didn’t just love this, I simply couldn’t stop reading it.
--Reading Reality Reviews

2016 Carolyn Readers Choice Award Winner
2016 Aspen Gold Award Finalist
2011 RWA Golden Heart Finalist
2009 Heart of the West Winner
2009 Southwest Writers Winner

A+ rating on Reading Reality Review Site
Smart Girls Love SFR Site: A Favorite of 2015
Whiskey With My Book Reviews: 5 Stars
4.6 average Amazon rating

And as part of the announcement today here's a special bonus. The first look at the brand new blurb for Inherit the Stars...

SUBTERFUGE AND SACRIFICE

In all the vast galaxy, the fate of one fugitive stud-slave shouldn’t matter, even though Sair has broken free from the household of the Alliance leader himself. All he needs is transport to the netherstars and time to heal a devastated heart. But with a price on his head and a face half of civilization hates, he’d find little help even with the coin to pay.

The ship that docks in his escape route is no ordinary courier, though. The Specter is the stuff of legends, a prototype with unknown capabilities. Her captain, Drea Mennelsohn, is just as remarkable. Powerful, uninhibited, and ready to take what she wants, Drea reignites a desire Sair thought he’d never feel again. And the fare she asks is his willing body…

Days of risky travel and Alliance attacks explode into lust and connection when they’re alone. But as they race for safety, Sair begins to suspect Drea is far more than just a preternaturally talented pilot. And his own flight from bondage has upset much more than a few guards’ suppers. Together, Drea and Sair might transform the Alliance, perhaps even the fate of humanity itself. But the effort could cost them the only solace they’ve ever known…

 

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Ghost Planet

An absorbing and exciting story full of science, sex, and intriguing plot twists.
—Publishers Weekly

Felicia Day's Vaginal Fantasy Book Club pick 
2013 RWA RITA Award Finalist – “Best First Book”
Two-time RWA Golden Heart Finalist 
Two-time 2013 SFR Galaxy Awards Winner

A WORLD IN PERIL. A BOND DEEPER THAN LOVE.

Psychologist Elizabeth Cole prepared for the worst when she accepted a job on a newly discovered world--a world where every colonist is tethered to an alien who manifests in the form of a dead loved one. But she never expected she'd struggle with the requirement to shun these "ghosts." She never expected to be so attracted to the charming Irishman assigned as her supervisor. And she certainly never expected to discover she died in a transport crash en route to the planet.

Reincarnated as a ghost, Elizabeth is symbiotically linked to her supervisor, Murphy--creator of the Ghost Protocol, which forbids him to acknowledge or interact with her. Confused and alone--oppressed by her ghost status and tormented by forbidden love--Elizabeth works to unlock the secrets of her own existence.

But her quest for answers lands her in a tug-of-war between powerful interests, and she soon finds herself a pawn in the struggle for control of the planet...a struggle that could separate her forever from the man that she loves.

* * *

Some of the other authors included in this special promotion are Lea Kirk, S. M. Schmitz, Jessica Subject, Sabine Priestley, Diane Burton, Veronica Scott, Aurora Springer and many, many more.

The promotion also includes the full Portals seven volume line up (SFR first chapter samplers, all free, multiple vendors) and the Romancing the Stars SFR short story anthology published by authors of the SFR Brigade.

Click the titles above to go directly to these books on Amazon, or click here to see all the current Science Fiction Romance books at 99 cents or free!

RT features Science Fiction Romance

The October issue of RT Book Reviews has a feature on Science Fiction Romance entitled Is Science Fiction Romance Ready to Blast Off? This is a very exciting event for us Skiffy Rommers.

You can find Romantic Times Book Reviews at most major bookstores, but for a sneak peek at the coverage, tune in to Heather Massey's The Galaxy Express for more details on the RT coverage. (Pssst. I understand Heather may even have been a contributor.)

Viva la Skiffy Rommers and three cheers to RT Book Reviews for giving our first love so much fabulous attention.

RWA Randomness and SFR Promotion

Escape Velocity! Membership and registration now paid, offsite hotel booked, and airline tickets secured. It appears I'm headed for DC! *\o/*

I've been pondering many things writing-related since trying to pull together this trip to the RWA Conference in Washington DC in July. For one, I have my rader tuned to any talk of SFR, whether from speakers, authors, editors, agents or fellow writers. I've registered for the FF&P Chapter "The Gathering" event on Thursday night with hopes I'll meet a few more like-minded SFR writers.

The Galaxy Express recently had a spirited discussion about SFR promotion and the market in general in response to the post entitled The Bane of Being Futuristically Challenged. It got me thinking. Could we, as SFR writers and readers, help bolster the demand for our own sub-genre?

Another issue I've been thinking about? How can Science Fiction Romance break out of containment by that big, gray Paranormal Romance Oort cloud? It seems a bit unfortunate that almost all contests and awards lump our super sleek tech-throbs into the same pack with werewolves, vampires, mages and other icons that fall decidedly into the fantasy realm. SFR is a breed all its own, don't you think? Throwing it in this catch-all arena is like pitting Lord of the Rings against Star Wars. Or Ghost against Alien.

Since the demise of the Sapphire Awards [click for more on the Sapphire here], I don't know of any contests tailored to Science Fiction Romance. (If you do, let me know!)

So I have a dual-mission when I head to DC. Not only will I be there to promote my work, but SFR as a whole. Lighting one small gamma ray burst as the saying goes. (What, you've never heard it put quite that way?) I'll be talking SFR every chance I get, and keeping my radar tuned to SFR news I can share in future posts.