I’m up on the Carina blog today, with my list of things I love about science fiction and science fiction romance…
New releases: Perfecting Naia and Gambit
Gambit
Releases 20 September from Carina Press
You can read an excerpt here
Captain Chae Beyon is a hustler, a mercenary pilot, a wounded woman who prefers her men to be easily thrown aside.
Daned Traern is a first-caste Ladaian bound by tradition and DNA to protect his race. He’s willing to align himself with the hot space captain if she’ll transport him home in time to ensure the right candidate is crowned—and thus prevent a bloody war.
Disguised as Chae’s sex toy, Daned is erotically bound to her through living gold, alien tech designed to increase pleasure. When he frees himself, their passion only increases…but succumbing to temptation will bind them together—permanently.
But there’s more at stake than their needs. As Chae is dragged into a world of insane princes and sentient stones, hired killers hound them across the quadrant.
And then, as only her lousy luck would have it, Chae must choose between the good of the galaxy and her own heart…
Perfecting Naia
Releases 23 September 2010 from Ellora’s Cave
You can read an excerpt here
Life for Naia Vincenza is about to change. A mysterious alien, Dasyra, whisks her away with the promise of a life of pampered luxury. For a price.
Naia must undertake the mysterious and carnal rite of the reinya. She has to prove that she should be chosen, that she is worthy of the role. And to do that she must enter the maze and find the creature at its heart. But nothing is ever simple and the price Naia must pay pushes her mind and her body to the very edge of pleasure…and beyond.
Six Sentence Sunday: Gambit
Since I’ve not written much this week – yes, bad me – here’s the first paragraph of Gambit. 🙂
The truth-crawler burrowed into her neck. Chae cursed, gritting her teeth against the bite and slice of its pincers. Clicks and whirrs filled the silent room as the crawler’s synthetic leg joints worked its bulbous body under her skin. Chae stared up at the strip of light above her, focusing, denying the raw surge of pain. The things she did for money.
I’m here today…
…on Shelley Munro’s blog chatting about films and Harrison Ford in a gold bikini. 🙂
Come and say hi for a chance to win a book from my back list.
Six Sentence Sunday: Aramaea
These lines are the latest written on Aramaea. I have to get back to it soon 🙂
He grabbed her hand and dragged her across the broken deck. “We have no choice but to risk the water.”
“You’re insane.”
“I’m trying to defend against invisible fish women. Insanity seems to be the way to go.”
Excerpt: Touch of a Dragon
Touch of a Dragon
Chapter One
“Do you want to live?”
What the hell…? I focused on the brown hand thrust into my face, held onto it like a lifeline. Everything else around me was a scorched blur. My heart beat hard, and pain rode through my flesh. Did I want to live? Where was I? What had happened? Panic bubbled and words burst out. “What sort of insane question is that?” I choked, and agony shot over my skull.
“Make a choice.”
New releases: Painted Promise and Touch of a Dragon
Painted Promise
Releases 18 August from Ellora’s Cave
You can read an excerpt here
Thirza Girard is a clone. Her mirror image founded a thousand year dynasty that spans the quadrant. The Girard family power is no accident. The original Thirza did a deal with an alien, a Tashen-Dar, who could manipulate probability. He changed reality so that Thirza and her descendants are favoured with opportunity, the chance, if they grab it, of achieving great wealth and power. However, it comes at a cost.
Paint – an organic technology – binds the alien, Zaid, in the bowels of the planet. Paint has captured him as an image for a thousand years. The time of binding is almost at an end and Thirza Girard’s clone must pay the price for the power her family has enjoyed. She must rebind him, capture him again in paint, or pay another, more carnal price.
Touch of a Dragon
Releases 24 August 2010 from Loose Id
You can read an excerpt here
Half dead under a heap of rubble, Leona Munro isn’t going to turn down that offer. Yet accepting, spins her life out of control. She is the Chosen and what that means no one will say
Thrown into the world of the magic she secretly craves, Leona must find the strength to survive. Too many people want to use what she is to their own advantage in the war between technology and magic. She can trust no one…least of all the sinfully attractive Samuel Blake.
Six Sentence Sunday: Perfecting Naia
I’ve been working on edits on this one this week. Perfecting Naia should be out with Ellora’s Cave some time in October 🙂
Dasyra stepped down from the podium and crossed the short stretch of cobbles toward her. Sunlight lit him and his alien beauty caught her. She broke off her stare but his fingers lifted her chin. He dipped his head to hers and placed the briefest of kisses against her mouth. Her heart skipped.
“For the journey,” he murmured.
You can read more Six Sentence Sunday snippets here
Six Sentence Sunday: Aramaea
Another snippet from Aramaea. I do like these two 😀
“You should share me.” She turned to the wall that bisected the room, its narrow archway revealing the soft wash of light and their bags sat on wooden shelves. “I’d enjoy watching Wolfenden fall to civil war.”
Jarek’s laughter followed her. “I wouldn’t fight over you, Rheda, much less start a war.”
“That’s because you haven’t slept with me yet.”
The Six Sentence Sunday website will give you more fun snippets 🙂
Cover love: Touch of a Dragon
Touch of a Dragon won Loose Id’s Hot Hooks Competition back in February. It’s out 24 August 2010 and here’s the unofficial blurb:
Half dead under a heap of rubble, Leona Munro isn’t going to turn down that offer. Yet accepting, spins her life out of control. She is the Chosen and what that means no one will say
Thrown into the world of the magic she secretly craves, Leona must find the strength to survive. Too many people want to use what she is to their own advantage in the war between technology and magic. She can trust no one…least of all the sinfully attractive Samuel Blake.
KIM KNOX 