Pippa Jay's Blog, page 55

Announcing the winners! February 2014

I'm proud to have been part of several giveaways over the last few days, and now I get to announce all the winners. Woot!

Firstly, as part of Lyn Brittan's pre-Valentine scifi romance giveaway, the winner of a digital format of my short story Terms & Conditions Apply is - Shelley H. The second winner for this title as part of the JA Garland/Champagne Books Valentine's Day Hop is Jean.


The winner of a digital format of my scifi romance novel Keir is Jody Faltys.
The three Goodreads print edit...

A Valentine's Day Thank You

Today I reached a landmark. I hit 200 ratings on Goodreads for my books. I'm amazed! And highly flattered. When my debut novel released in May 2012 I certainly never expected so many people to read it, let alone review it.

So I want to say a huge, huge thank you to everyone who has bought my books, and a special thank you to all those who took the time to rate/review them, be it on Goodreads or elsewhere. It truly means a lot to me, and I appreciate every single one.

Thank you, and have a great...

Going Full Frontal Nerdity ( @FOTSN @ColchesterArts ) #science #humour

What is it?

Well, according to their website "Festival of the Spoken Nerd is where sparkling wit meets fascinating science in a comedy night for the insatiably sci-curious. It’s hosted by award-winning geek songstress Helen Arney, stand-up mathematician Matt Parker and BBC 1 science experiments guy Steve Mould. They are currently on a nationwide tour of the UK with ‘Full Frontal Nerdity’ from January to April 2014."

And I got to see this for myself at the Colchester Arts Centre o...

Tuesday Teaser - Emily's Heart by Natalie Wright (#3 Akasha Chronicles)

Excerpt :
We had a few minutes until class – or longer if our prof never showed up. We were shootin’ the shit about sports when I felt my phone, tucked inside my bag, wedged between the pages of my notebook, vibrate.I dug the phone out and checked the caller ID. ‘Gabriella Hoffman.’ I didn’t know any Gabriella. But Hoffman. Could it be?“You going to answer that?” Tristan asked.“I’m not sure who it is.”“They can’t beat you up over the phone, man. Answer it.”I hesitated another second, but when i...

Love-struck Valentine’s Day Hop! #Giveaway

Proudly sponsored by JA Garland and Champagne Book Group and its authors. Welcome to the Love-Struck Valentine's Day Hop! The Grand Prize is:
Kindle Paperwhite & 40 e-books! Woot!

Grand Prize e-book Donation(s) from:
J.A. Garland Books: INSTINCT, Dysus DreamerCelia Breslin: HavenPippa Jay: GethyonMimi Sebastian: The Necromancer’s SeductionCecilia Dominic: The Mountain’s ShadowJude Johnson: Save the Last Dance TrilogyIsabella Norse: Assassin’s HeartDani Harper: ...

#Cover #Reveal - Starla Huchton

New Adult Superhero Romance - Release date: March 6th, 2014
Synopsis:
"Candace Bristol has always been obsessed with comic books, but in a world where the nightly news often mirrors these inked stories, her dreams of becoming a real superhero could actually come true. After being rescued by members of the government’s AdvaNced Genetic EvoLution (ANGEL) Project four years ago, getting recruited for this elite team is all she's wanted.
Now 18, she's finally reached her goal after years of study an...

Grace under Fire by @MisaBuckley - New #release #excerpt #sfr

BLURB: Grace McKenna wakes up to find the world in danger – the sky is on fire and the only man who knows how the global satellite system works is languishing in a mental institute. Sent by the director of Global Solutions, she discovers a man largely forgotten by society, a man whose powers intrigue her.Breaking Benedict Thomas out of the institute might be as crazy as he’s alleged to be, but someone is lying and Grace is determined to find out whom. Especially since those lies have put the...

Gethyon - #SFRGalaxyAwards winner!

Some of you may (or may not) know that I'm one of the admins for a fantastic group called the Science Fiction Romance Brigade, a dedicated group of authors, readers and publishing professionals committed to promoting the genre of SFR. As part of that, this January saw the 2nd Annual SFR Galaxy Awards, and while I didn't expect to win anything (it's not a contest you can enter since the judges choose from their personal favourite reads over the previous year), I was committed to posting the re...

New #Release - Star Pirate's Justice by SE Gilchrist #sfr #scifi #romance #giveaway

Today marks the release of a brand new installment in SE Gilchrist's bestselling erotic Sci-Fi series about a dark and delicious alien race on a desperate quest for survival — and the human women who can cure their years-long curse. Star Pirate's Justice comes to you from Escape Publishing.


Carly has one focus in her life: to return home to her terminally ill younger sister. When she learns that a Darkon traitor possesses gateway maps to Earth, she uses all her skills to track him down. But ca...

Valentine #scifi #romance #Giveaway

To celebrate the approach of Valentine's Day, Lyn Brittan has organized a scifi romance giveaway to get you in the spirit, and I'm offering a digital format of Terms & Conditions Apply as part of the bundle. Here's a snippet -

“Perhaps I can be of service?”
Marie stared at him…at it. She’d heard about the VA avatars but never been so close to one. She’d learned from the space station’s blurb that the main AI took the form of a young Indian woman called Ganesa, spoken of with as much reveren...