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March 26, 2013
Read Only Wednesday - Downside Girls by Jaine Fenn
When Vanna Agriet accidentally spills her drink over an Angel it could spell death, but instead it leads to a rather peculiar friendship. The downsider Geal hopes for a better life topside, only to find herself embroiled in a 'removal' by the Angel Thiera. Downside, Isha's brother Rakul brings a little black box home with him, and sets Isha on a journey that takes her to a meeting with the most powerful man in Kesh City. Larnia Mier, a talented topside musician and instructor, is injured afte...
March 24, 2013
Rites of Spring Blog Hop Winners
The winners of the Grand Prize draws have already been announced. Here they are:
1st Place: Kindle Fire
Entry #4 – Karl
2nd Place: $50 Amazon gift certificate
Entry #187 – Chum B.
And the winner on my blog, chosen by Random.org is #14 Natasha D. Congrats!
All the winners have been notified. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to comment.
March 19, 2013
Rites of Spring Blog Hop - Pippa's Post
Welcome to the Rites of Spring Blog Hop! To celebrate, I'm sharing my hero's first kiss with you, from the heroine's point of view. At the end I'm offering a prize - a $5 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card AND a digital copy of my scifi romance short story Terms & Conditions Apply - if you can tell me what the hero asks of the heroine afterward. Please make sure you leave your email addy (in the format name at email dot com if you prefer) for your chance to win here. You'll then need...
March 15, 2013
Lighting the Fires of Spring - Guest Post by Natalie Wright
Lighting the Fires of Spring
Ah, Spring! The ground thaws and we see the first shoots of sweet green poking through. Bunnies abound and bees pollinate. The sun is ready to take over as the ruler of our skies, growing in influence now as the days grow in length. The warmth blesses the seeds sown now to bring our summer abundance.
It’s little wonder there are so many celebrations around the world that welcome spring. After the grey, cold winter, we all need a reason to party.
Long before there was...
Ah, Spring! The ground thaws and we see the first shoots of sweet green poking through. Bunnies abound and bees pollinate. The sun is ready to take over as the ruler of our skies, growing in influence now as the days grow in length. The warmth blesses the seeds sown now to bring our summer abundance.
It’s little wonder there are so many celebrations around the world that welcome spring. After the grey, cold winter, we all need a reason to party.
Long before there was...
March 14, 2013
Cover Love - Jessica E Subject
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March 13, 2013
Read Only Wednesday - Revenge of the Mad Scientist by Lara Nance
When Lady Arabella Trunkett’s father, the High Lord Minister of Urbannia is kidnapped, all clues point to the mysterious country of Gandiss and the world is thrown into political upheaval.
Arabella is convinced the more sinister nation of Carabarras is to blame., urged on by a mad scientist seeking revenge. So, she sets out on a perilous airship journey across a variety of exotic locales to save him, and halt the potential world war.
But airship pirates, secret assassins and slave traders are...
March 7, 2013
Cover Love - Katheryn Rodzianko
Please welcome Katheryn Rodzianko - reviewer, book nerd, writer, hanging with the Doctor somewhere in space (so her Twitter profile confesses). Katheryn is sharing her five favourite covers in the YA/NA genre.
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkins:
Why I like this cover: It called out to me, and gives a rather haunting image. With them drowning, It gives the impression of disaster and turmoil within the story, and the not showing of the faces gives the whole visual a sens...
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkins: Why I like this cover: It called out to me, and gives a rather haunting image. With them drowning, It gives the impression of disaster and turmoil within the story, and the not showing of the faces gives the whole visual a sens...
March 5, 2013
Read Only Wednesday - Tin Cat by Misa Buckley #scifi #sfr #romance
A year after the accident that put her in a wheelchair, Amber Gerald has more or less gotten used to living with her impairment. It doesn’t make a difference to running a comic book store anyway, and the customers have been the best support group she could have wished for.
When she rescues an abandoned cat, Amber has no idea that she’s interfering in the mad scheme of a time travelling bank robber. Or that the man that walks into her store dressed like Blade is about to become her bodyguard.
Be...
March 1, 2013
#Interview with Misa Buckley #sfr #sfrb #scifi #romance
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February 27, 2013
Cover Love - Heather Massey
Cover Love: Heather Massey of The Galaxy Express
The topic of science fiction romance covers is a topic near and dear to my heart, so when Pippa Jay announced she was launching a “Cover Love” feature I was all over it like a bear on honey. Slurp, slurp. While many sci-fi romance covers do an effective job of marketing their stories, five in particular have hit my sweet spot. I’m presenting them below along with commentary on why I think they stand out.
R. Garland Gray’s DARKSCAPE: F...
The topic of science fiction romance covers is a topic near and dear to my heart, so when Pippa Jay announced she was launching a “Cover Love” feature I was all over it like a bear on honey. Slurp, slurp. While many sci-fi romance covers do an effective job of marketing their stories, five in particular have hit my sweet spot. I’m presenting them below along with commentary on why I think they stand out.
R. Garland Gray’s DARKSCAPE: F...
