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July 21, 2016
Last Day - The Great #Scifi #Romance Sale #99cents #free #SFRBlast
Today is your last chance to stock up your summer reads with over 40 out-of-this-world romances for FREE or just 99 cents.Click HERE to be transported to the sales page.
July 20, 2016
Guest Post by Bryony Pearce #YA #scifi via @bryonypearce
Why I love science fiction and why I write it By Bryony PearceWhen I was growing up there were two bookcases in the spare room full of my dad’s books. He had the full PERN series by Anne McCaffrey, Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat, Frank Herbert’s Dune, Asimov’s Foundation and books by Ursula Le Guin, Peter Hamilton, Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, Arthur C Clarke, Philip K Dick, Robert A Heinlein, Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven and many more. It was a treasure trove. The ideas that these...
July 19, 2016
Book Blitz - City of Legends by Cheyanne Young #YA #superheroes #giveaway via @NormalChey
City of Legendsby Cheyanne YoungGenre: YA SuperheroesRelease Date: February 2nd 2016Alloy Entertainment
Summary from Goodreads:
Maci Knight has grown up in the shadow of legends. Her father and her brother, Max, are Heroes, worshipped by humans and Supers alike for their strength and valor. All she’s ever wanted is to follow in their footsteps, to fight villains and protect humankind. But Maci has a secret—one that could change everything.
Maci had a twin sister who died the same day they...
July 18, 2016
Tuesday Teaser - Starline by @ImogeneNix
Excerpt:
"Where are we going?" Mellissa asked, traces of her tears evident in the husky question, but damned if she would give in to the tears.
"Back to where I came from. Earth Empire Admiralty on Aenna."
"Aenna? Where's that?"
"It's really a glorified asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter," he said, relaxing into his seat. "Admiralty has its strategic offices there, but first we have to get to the Time Port outside the solar system, just beyond Eris."
"Time Port?" She leaned forward....
"Where are we going?" Mellissa asked, traces of her tears evident in the husky question, but damned if she would give in to the tears.
"Back to where I came from. Earth Empire Admiralty on Aenna."
"Aenna? Where's that?"
"It's really a glorified asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter," he said, relaxing into his seat. "Admiralty has its strategic offices there, but first we have to get to the Time Port outside the solar system, just beyond Eris."
"Time Port?" She leaned forward....
The Great #Scifi #Romance Sale! #free #99cents
Stock up your summer reads with over 40 out-of-this-world romances for FREE or just 99 cents.Click HERE to be transported to the sales page.
July 14, 2016
Keir on Sale! #timetravel #scifi #romance #99cents
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Keir: Book One of Redemption is now on sale for just 99 cents/pence/Euros until the end of July. Get summer read ready with some out-of-this-world time travel romance!
Blurb:
A demon waiting to die...
An outcast reviled for his discolored skin and rumors of black magic, Keirlan de Corizi sees no hope for redemption. Imprisoned beneath the pa...
July 13, 2016
Guest Post - Inspiration for Rising Tides by @katyhaye #YA #postapoc #giveaway @YABoundToursPR
Let’s eat a 100-year-old parsnip: Inspiration for the world of Rising Tideshttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/dec/02/1The original idea for Rising Tides was triggered a piece about Scott’s Hut in the Antarctic, which has been left for a century as he and his fellow explorers last used it. The link above tells you about Alan Gibbs who visited the hut and spotted a dried parsnip which had fallen out of a rusted tin, reconstituted itself in a puddle of chilly water and transpired to...
July 12, 2016
Victorian Scoundrel by Stephanie Burkhart #steampunk #timetravel #romance #giveaway via @StephBurkhart
Victorian Scoundrelby Stephanie Burkhart~~~~~~~~~~~~~BLURB:
It's 2011 and compressed natural gas has taken over from the coal producing steam machines of the Victorian Age. Alice Windsor, Princess of York, follows her mischief-making cousin, Edmund of Wales, back to 1851 where Prince Albert is hosting Britain's Great Exhibition.
Alice soon finds herself over her head in trouble. Edmund is determined to help Prince Albert build a dirigible and the prime minister appears intent in preventing her...
July 11, 2016
Tuesday Teaser - Sirens #anthology #fantasy #paranormal #scifi
Excerpt from "We Are Sirens" by L.S. Johnson
1.We roll into town on a bright sunny morning, steering the Caddy around the half-dozen streets that make up “downtown,”. Three of us in the back dozing and the other two up front with our arms hanging out the windows, letting our fingers ride on the fall air.We love autumn. Autumn is football and soccer and tennis season, it’s harvest festivals and Oktoberfests and the last round of carnivals and fairs. We can still get away with tank tops and shor...
1.We roll into town on a bright sunny morning, steering the Caddy around the half-dozen streets that make up “downtown,”. Three of us in the back dozing and the other two up front with our arms hanging out the windows, letting our fingers ride on the fall air.We love autumn. Autumn is football and soccer and tennis season, it’s harvest festivals and Oktoberfests and the last round of carnivals and fairs. We can still get away with tank tops and shor...
July 10, 2016
Meet the #Author Monday - Meghan Riley #YA #scifi #giveaway @pixiechaser
Please tell us a bit about yourself: By day, I work in real estate and social media marketing. By night, I’m a Young Adult writer and mother to a beautiful 2 year-old girl, who is so ambitious that she has been described as an “Alpha Female” by strangers. Any day now, I will also be mother to another baby girl. So, I have a lot going on in addition to a brand new release! Aww, huge congrats! You will be busy!Tell us about Quintina:
Quintina
is the second book in The Starseed Series, which...
