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Why I Wrote Star Cruise Time Loop #SciFi Romance

From the Archive:

This 35K word novella was originally written to be my story in the Pets in Space 6 anthology (which is no longer available).

Some years the Pets story idea would come first for me and other years the pet concept was first and drove the story. This year they arrived in my head together, which made things easy.

I LOVE “Groundhog Day” style stories, and of course the original movie with Bill Murray. It finally dawned on me in 2021 that I could and should write one myself if I enj...

New Releases in #SciFi #Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for MAY 25

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts LOL). 

‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.

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SHATTER (WAR BRIDES OF THE MORJA BOOK 3) by Miranda Bridges

There’s a pull toward this woman. It’s powerful. Formidable. Unbreakable. This tiny human has shackled me. Taken me captive. Taken my mind. My desires. My heart. Will she...

Whose Side is He On Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)

Sharing from my second scifi romance gladiator novel RENNYR.

The excerpt, continuing with Jaine, the heroine. I’ve skipped ahead to the point where she and her fellow prisoners are being marched to their cell:

As she marched through yet another corridor, Jaine glanced into one ...

Whose Side in He On Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)

Sharing from my second scifi romance gladiator novel RENNYR.

The excerpt, continuing with Jaine, the heroine. I’ve skipped ahead to the point where she and her fellow prisoners are being marched to their cell:

As she marched through yet another corridor, Jaine glanced into one ...

11 ORC Romances

Note: This post first appeared in the Roswell Daily Record…

If, like me, your first encounter with an orc was in in the movie version of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, you may have trouble visualizing them as romantic heroes. Sure they were big and strong, and fantastic warriors but I have to say the human heroes captured my attention. Authors with more imagination in the fantasy realms than I have seized upon the orcs as a new romance hero trope and orc romances have exploded as a subgen...

New Releases in #SciFi #Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for MAY 18

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts LOL). 

‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.

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CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD (GALACTIC KINGS BOOK 3) by Anna Hackett

VS Note: She’s an autobuy for me so of course I one clicked this one!

First Claw Annora Rahl is tough, fierce, and loyal. She stands at her emperor’s side to protect the...

What Kind of Place Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)

Sharing from my second scifi romance gladiator novel RENNYR.

The excerpt, continuing with Jaine, the heroine:

“Wait,” said one of the women in the group walking by. “Why haven’t these slaves been separated? Why aren’t they naked? You know I have to see the merchandise before I ...

New Releases in #Scifi #Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for MAY 11

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts LOL). 

‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.

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RAVAGED WORLD: SHATTERED GALAXIES by Ava Ross

She came to me when I needed her most, and it will kill me to let her go. When my ship crashed on a long-abandoned planet, I barely survived. Before the ship’s computer failed, it rebuilt me, craft...

Where Are We Weekend Writing Warriors

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)

Sharing from my second scifi romance gladiator novel RENNYR. I’m switching to the heroine’s POV.

The excerpt which is the first time Jaine appears in the book: 

Jaine was tired of being hungry, dirty and terrified but it appeared none of those things was going to change anytime...

New Releases in #SciFi #Fantasy and Paranormal Romance for MAY 4

I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts L OL). 

‘AB’ denotes audiobook and the Amazon buy link.

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WHEN SHE’S LONELY: A RISDAVERSE TALE by Ruby Dixon

VS Note: Always good to have a new Ruby Dixon to report!

Everyone says humans are safe on Risda III. Yeah, right. I was taken from Earth years ago and I’ve learned one thing – a flawed human...