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January 28, 2015
CHAOS STATION has a cover!
Chaos Station is the first of a five book, male-male science fiction romance series. Say that five times really fast! It’s due to be released March 2, 2015 and is currently available for pre-order at most online vendors. We’ve seen the concepts for a couple of the other covers and they’re just as fantastic as this one!
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January 1, 2015
My Favourite Things: 2014
It’s time to collect all my favourite things and play show and tell! Highlighted entries point to reviews and rambles on this blog.
Books
I read 292 books this year. That’s a lot. Consequently, I awarded many five-star ratings. 72, to be exact. Narrowing down a list of favourites that wouldn’t make your eyes bleed was really, really hard. In the end, I decided on the books that were the biggest surprises.
Science fiction was the most difficult field to narrow. I read a lot of great science fiction this year. I read a lot of great and surprising science fiction–books that did something different, or took an idea and twisted it. I also read a number of books that could be counted as instant classics. Maybe not so new and different, but just such a wonderful illustration of why I love the genre. Among these would be Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold, The Martian* by Andy Weir and Trial by Fire* by Charles E. Gannon.
But the book that did it all differently makes my science fiction book of the year.
Continue reading this post on my blog...
November 11, 2013
Domestic Bliss
I’m excited to share my new short story, available to read now. “Domestic Bliss” represents my first short story sale. It also won third place in the On The Premises 21st short story competition. It’s a speculative tale about a marriage that improves a little too much.
Domestic BlissCan Harry have his pie and eat it too?
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View the full story here.
October 28, 2013
Giveaway and Blog Tour
Mickey’s Box of Books
For the next two weeks, I’ll be visiting book blogs to talk about my novella. There will be interviews and a couple of rambles about my characters, Mikayla and Reg, and my three favourite things, which would be aliens, apocalypses and love stories. Follow along for the chance to win Mickey’s Box of Books.
Inside, you’ll find two of Mickey’s favourite books: A Wrinkle in the Skin by John Christopher and Alas Babylon by Pat Frank. Also included are two Entangled titles: Gravity by Melissa West and The Chosen Ones by Tiffany Truitt. Because this is Mickey’s Box of Books, there is also a journal and a couple of pens. Here’s hoping the winner does not have to carry this box through an alien apocalypse!
Read an excerpt of Less Than Perfect and follow the blog tour! Here is the list of stops. Entries for the giveaway are available each day:
October 29 spotlight
Lis Les Livres
www.lisleslivres.blogspot.com
October 29 Spotlight
Paranormal book club
www.paranormal-bookclub.com
October 31 Interview
Manga Maniac Cafe
www.mangamaniaccafe.com/
November 1 Spotlight
Sapphyria’s Book Reviews
saphsbookblog.blogspot.com
November 5 Guest blog
Books, Books The Magical Fruit
http://booksbooksthemagicalfruit.blogspot.com
November 5 Spotlight
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too!
http://3partnersinshopping.blogspot.com
November 7 Guest blog
Urban Fantasy Investigations
http://urbanfantasyinvestigations.blogspot.com/
November 7 Interview
Fantasy Book Addict
http://www.fantasybookaddict.com/
November 7 Spotlight
Mythical Books
http://mythicalbooks.blogspot.ro/
Less Than Perfect by Kelly Jensen
Mikayla’s read every book in her collection of post-apocalyptic novels at least twice. She thinks she’s prepared for aliens taking over Earth. She’s not.
Nor is she prepared for the attention of a good-looking refugee named Reg.
All Mikayla and Reg want is a safe place to see out the end of the world, hidden away from the aliens that call themselves The People, but cities of the depopulated United States not infested with The People are rife with gangs, the detritus of civilization and disease.
On a mission to restock their supplies, Mikayla and Reg are captured by The People and prepared for the procedure that will make them perfect, but no longer quite human. In order to escape, they need to rely on each other…if Mikayla can trust a man who seems too good to be true.
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October 10, 2013
Less Than Perfect
I have a cover and a release date! I love the moody colours, I think they suit the tone of my story perfectly.
Less Than Perfect is due for release on October 28.
Here’s the blurb:
Mikayla’s read every book in her collection of post-apocalyptic novels at least twice. She thinks she’s prepared for aliens taking over Earth. She’s not.
Nor is she prepared for the attention of a good-looking refugee named Reg.
All Mikayla and Reg want is a safe place to see out the end of the world, hidden away from the aliens that call themselves The People, but cities of the depopulated United States not infested with The People are rife with gangs, the detritus of civilization and disease.
On a mission to restock their supplies, Mikayla and Reg are captured by The People and prepared for the procedure that will make them perfect, but no longer quite human. In order to escape, they need to rely on each other…if Mikayla can trust a man who seems too good to be true.
And here is an excerpt:
Calm preparation did not carry the same strength as blind panic. The effort required to slide the panel back surprised me. How had I managed to shift it before? Remembering my earlier lament, I called into the hallway as soon as I could.
“Hello! Anybody there?”
For all I knew, I might be summoning my captors, but despite my diminutive stature, stealth had never been something I excelled at. I liked to talk too much.
Small grunts puffed into the hallway as I continued to struggle with the door. As soon as my shoulder fit through, my small, insignificant chest followed, a half smile quirking my lips as I noted the inches a bustier woman might have required.
I questioned the dark again. “Hello?”
A scuff sounded behind me, a soft footfall, furtive, quiet. I strained to hear more, I dared not speak. Something slid along the wall; I bit my lips together over a bubbling scream. Someone breathed out, sucked in another gulp of air. A familiar scent wafted out of the darkness.
“Hello?”
“Mikayla.”
Was that…“Reg.” His name came from beneath my ribs, tore free on a quiet shriek of breath. The sound should have embarrassed me beyond reason.
“Mickey.” Reg sounded as weird as I did—his voice raspy and twisted, strangled almost. Hands found mine, patted, moved up my arm, shoulder, cheek. Another hand found the other side of my face. I felt him lean over me.
Lips brushed my nose and I whispered, “Missed me.”
Not help me, save me, holy crap we’re going to die, but missed me? I had tipped over some sort of edge.
Lips caught mine.
“Got you,” he whispered back.
Warmth receded as his hands found my shoulders again, then one slid down my arm. Long, strong fingers circled my slender wrist and tugged.
“C’mon.”
I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around Reg. He smelled clean like I did, but still like him. It was the most wonderful smell.
Gently, he pried my arms away from his waist.
“Mickey, we have to go.”
Available now!
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June 30, 2013
Meet Mickey and Reg
Less Than Perfect, due to be released in October 2013 by Entangled Publishing, will be my first book. With the cover still under wraps, I commissioned talented artist Kay Steele to paint Mikayla and Reg for me. The scene depicted is from close to the end of the story.
Being Actual Heroes by Kay Steele
