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June 28, 2016

Weekly NEW Releases in SciFi Romance and Fantasy

Romancing The Stars v-2Since the Smart Girls Love SciFi blog is ceasing operations after this week, I’ve taken over this weekly reporting of new and upcoming releases in science fiction and fantasy romance. These releases are as reported to me by the authors, and I have not read them. I always recommend sampling before you buy!

I put them in the order in which they come to me from authors or I find them myself in the previous week, so it’s a mix of the genres…usually giving priority to the books brought to my atten...

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Published on June 28, 2016 21:30

June 27, 2016

Guest Author: Jenny Schwartz PLAGUE CULT Excerpt

Plague_Cults_Jenny_SchwartzMy guest today has combined the paranormal and a plague to write a very different romance!

The Story: In a small Texas town a desire for love becomes a curse that could unleash a deadly plague.

Ruth Warner is estranged from her family. She loves them, but her magic makes her an outsider in Bideer, Texas. Ruth has built a new life in New York. She’s a healer at the Collegium, respected and…lonely. Sometimes, you have to go home.

Ruth’s boss orders her to Bideer after a local coroner reports a s...

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Published on June 27, 2016 23:30

June 25, 2016

What Could Be So Bad? Weekend Writing Warriors

WeWrWaHere’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriorscentral 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 Snippetvisitors!)

Moving on to Star Cruise: Outbreakfor a few weeks of excerpts….Dr. Shane has been at loose ends since leaving the military and her father’s arranged for her to take a temp job on an interstellar cruise liner:

Her father switched to wheedling, “It’s the Nebula Zephyr, honey, to...

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Published on June 25, 2016 10:36

June 22, 2016

Weekly NEW Releases in SciFi and Fantasy Romance

Since the Smart Girls Love SciFi blog is ceasing operations at the end of June, I’m taking over this weekly reporting of new and upcoming releases in science fiction and fantasy romance. These releases are as reported to me by the authors, and I have not read them. I always recommend sampling before you buy!

(NOTE: If the author provides me with buy links I insert those; otherwise I default to Amazon.)

Trapped_With_the_Cyborg_Cara_BristolTRAPPED WITH THE CYBORG by Cara Bristol

(Veronica sez: One of my favorite SFR series!)

The...

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Published on June 22, 2016 01:30

June 18, 2016

Sadly Unprepared Weekend Writing Warriors

WeWrWa(No new release to report this week LOL!)

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriorscentral 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 Snippetvisitors!)

I’m going to finish this scene from LADY OF THE STAR WIND today! Then we’ll move on next week because I have two other new releases out there.

Mark and his companions, including the unconscious Sandy, have been rescued by a clan of des...

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Published on June 18, 2016 09:30

June 15, 2016

Weekly NEW Releases in SciFi and Fantasy Romance

Since the Smart Girls Love SciFi blog is ceasing operations at the end of June, I’m taking over this weekly reporting of new and upcoming releases in science fiction and fantasy romance. These releases are as reported to me by the authors (a few I found on my own), and in most cases I have not read them. I always recommend sampling before you buy!

(NOTE: If the author provides me with buy links I insert those; otherwise I default to Amazon.)

One of my own to report!

Hostage ToTheStarsFinal-FJM_High_Res_1800x2700HOSTAGE TO THE STARS by Ve...

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Published on June 15, 2016 01:30

June 13, 2016

SciFi Romance DEALER’S CHOICE Anthology Ltd Ed Giveaway

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I’m doing an interview today over at USA Today Happily Ever After with Nalini Singh, on the subject of her new Psy/Changeling book Allegiance of Honor. (This giveaway is NOT for that book by her and has no connection whatsoever to Ms. Singh!) She happened to mention that on her to To Be Read List is the Dealer’s Choice An Intergalactic Bar & Grille Anthology of science fiction romance stories. The anthology was a free Limited Edition paperback, edited...

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Published on June 13, 2016 22:06

June 11, 2016

No Such Creature Known Weekend Writing Warriors

WeWrWaMore new release news after the excerpt!

Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriorscentral 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 Snippetvisitors!)

I’m going to finish this scene from LADY OF THE STAR WIND because everyone has hung in there with me on this book (which is still doing well, thanks to the Warriors for your support!). Maybe one or two more excerpts.Then we’ll move on b...

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Published on June 11, 2016 10:30

June 9, 2016

New Release Hostage to the Stars

Hostage ToTheStarsFinal-FJM_High_Res_1800x2700The story:

He rescued her from space pirates … but can he keep them both safe from the far greater evil stalking a deserted planet?

Space travel without Kidnap & Ransom insurance? Not a good idea. University instructor and researcher Sara Bridges can’t afford it, so when pirates board her cruise liner, she’s taken captive along with the mistress of a wealthy man, and brought to a deserted planet. When a military extraction team sent to rescue the mistress refuses to take Sara too, she’s left...

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Published on June 09, 2016 01:30

June 7, 2016

Weekly NEW Releases in SciFi Romance & Fantasy

Since the Smart Girls Love SciFi blog is ceasing operations at the end of June, I’m taking over this weekly reporting of new and upcoming releases in science fiction and fantasy romance. These releases are as reported to me by the authors, and I have not read them. I always recommend sampling before you buy!

PARVAC_NordgrenTHE PARVAC EMPEROR’S DAUGHTER by Wendie Nordgren

While Teagan’s life may have changed from the obscurity of a reclamation worker on Earth to that of royalty in the Parvac Empire, she soon...

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Published on June 07, 2016 20:30