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August 2, 2014
Happy Birthday?
Today I turn 43. While I no longer make a big deal about my birthdays and don't expect anyone else to, I still like to mark the occasion with at least a cake and a few cards. But this birthday is different. Not outwardly perhaps, but in my head.
My mum died when she was 43. It's not something I talk about much. I was nineteen at the time, and I'm not going to dwell over the impact it had on me. But since I first approached the landmark of 40, turning my life on its head as it came, the memory...
My mum died when she was 43. It's not something I talk about much. I was nineteen at the time, and I'm not going to dwell over the impact it had on me. But since I first approached the landmark of 40, turning my life on its head as it came, the memory...
August 1, 2014
#Science #Fiction #Fantasy Saturday #71
Hello, and welcome to my excerpt for this week's #sffsat. Long time, no see, huh? For my return I'm sharing the opening sentences from my upcoming August release - Restless In Peaceville - a YA paranormal novella (think Warm Bodies meets Supernatural in Louisiana). Here, my MC Luke is trying to come to terms with awakening some place he didn't expect...
Where the hell am I?Not the most original question, I know, but it's the best place to start. The only place. I don't know where I am. I can't...
The SFR Brigade Presents #1 - You want me to be a what?! #scifi #romance
Hello, welcome to this week's round of The SFR Brigade Presents! Would you believe this is only the first time I've taken part?! Crazy. So I'm sharing an excerpt from my new #scifi #romance Tethered, and my heroine isn't impressed with her new assignment...
Tyree spun on her heels, her long hair lashing around her as she faced the council. "You want me to be a what?"Thirteen elderly Inc-Su met her scream of outrage with angry stares. The last syllable echoed around the chamber. If sound could...
Happy Fifth Birthday to @BreathlessPress! #sale
To celebrate their 5th birthday, not only are Breathless Press holding a month long party with a 50% discount on their site, but they're releasing a special collection of Alice in Wonderland themed stories to entertain you. Check back at BreathlessPress.com throughout the month! And to add to the excitement, there's a rafflecopter giveaway HERE. This is what you could win!
The sale also means you can pick up my new scifi romance novella Tethered for half price HERE!
EXCERPT | GOODREADSAva...
July 30, 2014
Intergalactic Heat - a #free #ebook bundle of hot #scifi #romance
INTERGALACTIC HEAT a collection of 1Night Stand stories by Jessica E. Subject
A date on a space station? Alien lovers? Madame Evangeline, owner of the exclusive 1Night Stand dating service is known to be magical in fulfilling the ideal dates of her clients, but she’s outdone herself this time, bring together beings from Earth and beyond. As long as applicants are willing to let go of their pasts and open their hearts and minds, she will find their perfect match, whether they be a former sci-fi t...
July 26, 2014
Tethered is out! #scifi #romance #sfrb
EXCERPT | GOODREADSAvailable at... Breathless Press |
Smashwords | ARe | Bookstrand
Amazon US | Amazon UK
Yesterday was release day for Tethered. Woo hoo! And as of this morning, it's finally up on Amazon too. But right now you can get it for just $3.49 on ARe or $3.99 direct from Breathless Press, in multiple formats ($4.99 elsewhere). For those of you needing epub, ARe and Breathless are your best bet right now as it's not yet available from Kobo or Barnes & Noble (sorry!)...
July 21, 2014
Tethered Blog Tour with @breathlesspress #scifi #romance #release #giveaway
So here we go - the blog tour for Tethered, with a release day set for the 25th July (although you can already pre-order it HERE) - via Breathless Press. Woo hoo! Below you can find a list of all the blogs that will be hosting me over the next couple of weeks, including spotlights, exclusive excerpts (including a possible opening scene to a sequel), behind the scenes stories, and a giveaway! Hop along and enjoy.
18th-30th Tethered tour with Breathless Press
18th - Urban Fantasy Investigations (...
July 17, 2014
#Book Spotlight - Alien Attachments by @SabinePriestly new #scifi #romance #sfrb
Available for pre-order now!Blurb:Finding one’s psi-mate is something every Sandarian dreams of. Too bad Ian’s family and society would never allow him to bond with a human. And even if he could, Dani would never let some alien voodoo tell her who she was going to spend the rest of her life with. No matter how hot he is.
Link:
http://www.sabinepriestley.com
Excerpts:
“Earth Protector? You’re kidding right?”“No. Pretty much what it sounds like. Cliche as it may be, we are not alone in the univers...
July 16, 2014
#Release Day Spotlight - In The Devil's Nebula by @AnnaHackett #scifi #romance #adventure
Action, Adventure and Romance IN THE DEVIL’S NEBULAFirst there was AT STAR’S END and the treasure hunt to find the last remaining fragment of the Mona Lisa. Now travel to the heart of the Devil’s Nebula on the hunt for the gun used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
He lost it all.His career, his woman, his sanity.Two years ago, on a deadly mission to the lawless Devil’s Nebula, Commander Zayn Phoenix’s life imploded. Now the former Strike Wing pilot fills his days with dangerous adventures along...
July 15, 2014
#Cover Reveal - Mirror Shattered by @KGStutts
Time for a cover reveal! Mirror Shattered is the second book in a sci-fi romance series by new author KG Stutts. The first book, Mirror Image, introduced us to Maddie, a brilliant scientist who finds out she's a clone. Maddie gets swept into a secret world of the Intergalactic Security Commission, an organization which works to keep Earth safe. The primary goal with the ISC is to keep the secret that we aren't alone in the galaxy and not all other planets are as friendly as we are. Maddie wor...
