Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Secret Supers for #SRFB Showcase #YA #Superheroes


Welcome to the SFR Brigade April Showcase!
The timing for the Showcase is excellent because I can highlight a brand new set of covers designed by the talented Danielle Fine for my Secret Supers series. The covers rebrand the series as YA superheroes with comic book style. 

Check the end of the post for April Fool's bargain books. 

Please remember to check out the posts from the other participants at http://sfrcontests.blogspot.com/p/sfr-brigade-presents.html 

Super New Covers for Books 1-3 of the Secret Supers

The first novel in the Secret Supers Series, Super Starrella, describes how ordinary, seventeen-year old Estelle Wright becomes Super Starrella with her fire power and flying horse, Rockette. She meets bad boy biker, Toby Ryan, aka Super Tobarian with his black jaguar cat, Growler. They fight the comic style supervillain, Mr. Sunshine, and his giant killer insects in the southern US city of Atalanta. Anyone up for fried catfish and hush puppies?

The romance between Estelle and Toby hits a snag in Starrella Falls, Book 2, partly because Tobarian’s alien Elders want him to produce purebred Farleons.

They finally resolve their romantic problems in Gargoyle Hunt, Book 3, which is set in Oxenford University, UK. You know - the famous center of academia for a millennium.
  
Each book has a new set of monsters and villains.
Rockette, the super horse, is a favorite with readers. If you’ve read the Tin Tin stories, Rockette channels a mix of Captain Haddock and Snowy.

Buy Links
(Free with Kindle Unlimited)
Super Starrella, Book 1: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C7WC8R6/  Only 99c

 Super Starrella

Starrella Falls, Book 2: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HT1W8AW/

 Starrella Falls

Gargoyle Hunt, Book 3: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MDT6Y7Y/

 Gargoyle Hunt


Bargain Books available this weekend, April 1-2nd

My FREE SFR Book 
 Lady
The Lady is Blue - FREE March 31st to April 2nd


Monster Sale:
 Patty's Promo

Fill your eReaders with >100 SciFi & Fantasy eBooks at 99c (includes a section for romance) - http://pattyjansen.com/promo/

 Fools

A Fool for Love - 99c discounted eBooks in Romance
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

I know your face - Snippet from Comet Tales for #WeWriWa #SciFi


Welcome to another Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors. Here, writers in different genres showcase their stories with 8-10 sentences. Join the fun and read our snippets.

I am continuing a scene from an older story, my space operetta, Captured by the Hawk. This story is included in my latest release, an anthology of shorter works, Comet Tales.

Tag line: Spaceships crash across the galaxy in the comic misadventures of spy Grey Kat and pirate Black Hawk.
After stealing secret codes from the Emperor's Revenge, Grey Kat was caught by Black Hawk’s crewmen and taken onto his spaceship. Last week, during his interrogation, he told her his ship had left dock. But, she dropped her dock rat’s dialect and he has locked her into the luxurious cabin of his ex-wife. Yes, Kat is intrigued by the elaborate gowns she finds in a chest. Kat wants to wash off her grimy disguise, so she looks very different when Black Hawk next sees her.
You can read last week’s snippet here – http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2017/03/not-usual-dockside-thief-snippet-for.html

(Slightly edited to fit.)
Later in the day, she was escorted again to the Captain’s cabin. Black Hawk was seated as usual at his table, examining the star charts. He glanced up when she was ushered into the room. His eyes lingered, registering astonishment at her gleaming red hair and fair, freckled skin. 

The Hawk stood, and paced around her with the supple and deadly grace of a prowling tiger. He spoke in a deep resonant voice, “A dramatic change; Grey Kat is entirely washed away.” 

A thrill of attraction ran through Trina, watching the feline grace of his steps. When he stood still, the image of raw, feral power was replaced by the enigma of the mysterious Black Hawk, concealed in black garments. She raised her chin provocatively, and spoke in the haughty accent of the Solarian upper class, “I am grateful for your kindness in providing me with clean clothes and a luxurious cabin.” 

Black Hawk circled her again, insisting, “I know your face.”

 Comet Tales

Comet Tales is an anthology of 4 short stories and the novella, Captured by the Hawk.
Trudge over the rocks of Mars, trek through a hazardous alien jungle, or pop across the galaxy in a pirate ship in five fun tales of adventure and romance.

Next week, I hope to reveal cute new covers for my Secret Supers series.

As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers.



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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Not the usual dockside thief - Snippet for #WeWriWa from Comet Tales #SciFi

Welcome to another Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors. Here, writers in different genres showcase their stories with 8-10 sentences. Join the fun and read our snippets.

I am continuing a scene from an older story, my space operetta, Captured by the Hawk. This story is included in my new release, Comet Tales. This novella is suitable for St. Patrick’s Day since the heroine, Katrina Sligo, is Irish, and her ship is called the Shamrock. (Slight spoiler since her ship does not appear until near the end.)

Tag line: Spaceships crash across the galaxy in the comic misadventures of spy Grey Kat and pirate Black Hawk.
After stealing secret codes from the Emperor's Revenge, Grey Kat has been caught trespassing near Black Hawk’s ship. He is interrogating her about the stolen codes. I am continuing the scene from last week.

“Ain’t bin in no ship. Ye put me back on dock,” she pleaded, chin tipped impudently.
“My ship has lifted from the spaceport. You cannot return to Hassam.” He stared at her for a minute, noting the unconscious challenge in her eyes and her defiant stance, “You intrigue me. You’re not afraid, and your replies are too prompt and recalcitrant for the usual dockside thief. 
Kat remained silent. She locked her gaze onto his green eyes, and pondered her best approach in dealing with this confident pirate.
“Are you ready to talk?” he insisted in a harsh voice, evidently unused to opposition. “What’s your name, thief?”

 Hawk


Comet Tales is an anthology of 4 short stories and the novella, Captured by the Hawk.
Trudge over the rocks of Mars, trek through a hazardous alien jungle, or pop across the galaxy in a pirate ship in five fun tales of adventure and romance.
 Comet Tales



Grand Master’s Pawn is on the short list for ReadFreely’s book of the Month and I’d love you to vote for it at http://www.readfree.ly/help-choose-our-next-book-of-the-month/
 Pawn


As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments on my snippet.

Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers. 

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Sunday, March 12, 2017

New Releases and Specials in #SciFi & #Fantasy for March

 Ambassador

New Release: Ambassador, Book 6, The Enemy Within, by Patty Jansen

Two men went on a surfing trip in a remote area. Only one came back, accused of murdering the other.
Sounds simple, right?
Not quite, because the alleged murder happened on another planet, the accused is a member of the secretive Pretoria Cartel of super-rich business tycoons–with illegal off-Earth ventures–and the only person who can remotely be called a witness is an alien, the elder Abri from the Pengali Thousand Islands tribe.
Diplomat Cory Wilson is asked to accompany Abri to the Nations of Earth court, but when he and his team arrive there, their contacts have been moved to different cases, their rooms are bugged and their movements restricted. No one is answering their questions, but it is when a lawyer is murdered and Cory’s team captures a mysterious stalker that things get interesting.
Just as well they are prepared in the usual way: alert and highly armed.



Liberty (Two Democracies: Revolution Book 1) 

is 99c over March 9-16th


 Liberty


Struggling with newfound sentience and desperately trying to repair itself, The Indescribable Joy of Destruction is a ship trying to find a new home. In a galaxy torn apart by generations of civil war, that isn't an easy task. Tired of being used as a killing machine, it has a huge decision to make: hide and save itself, or help other artificial intelligences achieve freedom. Unable to make the decision alone, it revives the sole human aboard - the enemy officer who crippled it.

Commander Olivia Johnson wakes to find herself in the infirmary of a strange vessel. Her nightmares deepen when she discovers it is the ship that attacked her destroyer. Even as she recovers from her physical injuries, she can't get past her survivor's guilt. She might have failed to protect her crew, but she vows to take revenge on their killer. 

When the ship uncovers a genocidal plot by the commander's own admirals, Johnson realises just what is at stake. Together, the AI ship and the human officer must recruit outsiders from both sides. Training the misfits in battle to prevent the atrocity may be an impossible task, but running and hiding is no longer an option.



Legends of the Damned boxed set is 99c.
 Legends
The ULTIMATE Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance Boxed Set!

23 New York Times, USA Today, and International bestselling authors bring you 21 novels of magic, adventure, suspense, and romance.
With over one million words of magical fiction from the urban fantasy and paranormal romance genres, this omnibus will provide over one hundred hours of reading, including some BRAND NEW material!

The sparks fly off these fantasy and action-driven pages, carrying you away into parts of the world you’ve only ever dreamed of! 
If you want a collection packed with witches, vampires, shape shifters, faeries, aliens, ghosts, and more, then you’ve found what you’re looking for with LEGENDS OF THE DAMNED!

Featuring Titles From
International bestselling authors Lindsey R. Loucks, Pippa DaCosta
, Lee Dignam & Katerina Martinez, Simone Pond, Constance Burris, Jocelyn Dex, J Alex McCarthy, Dean F. Wilson, Hanna Peach, Jamie Campbell, Taryn Quinn, T.G. Ayer, New York Times bestselling authors Erin Hayes, Laxmi Hariharan, USA Today bestselling authors J.E. Taylor, L.B. Gilbert writing as Lucy Leroux, Jayne Faith, Jae Vogel, Award-Winning authors Jade Kerrion, Eileen Cruz Coleman, Kindle Scout Winner Debbie Cassidy


Daughters of Destiny Boxed set of 10 novels 
releases March 13th at $1.99
 Daughters


Ten full-length novels, ten heroines at the right hand of destiny…
Whether you're slaying vampires or holding your own alongside superheroes, one of the best things about heroines is that they show us how strong, cunning, and magical they can be.
This box set contains TEN complete novels, all gripping and intriguing stories with women rocking rebellions, handing out justice, battling shadow gods, and bending the wills of kings.

Authors include: Seattle Times bestselling author Raven Oak, Amazon bestselling authors Alesha Escobar, Devorah Fox, Christa Yelich-Koth, NIEA finalist HM Jones, the fantastic sci-fi & fantasy mavens HM Clarke, Sara C. Roethle, HB Lyne, JC Cassels, and Kylie Qullinan.


Saturday, March 11, 2017

Aint' got nothing! Snippet from Comet Tales for #WeWriWa #SciFi

Welcome to another Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors. Here, writers in different genres showcase their stories with 8-10 sentences. Join the fun and read our snippets.

I am continuing a scene from an older story, my space operetta, Captured by the Hawk. This story is included in my new release, Comet Tales.

Tag line: Spaceships crash across the galaxy in the comic misadventures of spy Grey Kat and pirate Black Hawk.
After stealing secret codes from the Emperor's Revenge, Grey Kat was caught trespassing near Black Hawk’s ship. He is interrogating her about the stolen codes.

“Ain’t got nothing!” Kat whined in the dialect of the seedier docks.  
His fierce eyes probed her. She flinched involuntarily and lowered her eyes, stalling for time or inspiration.
“Are you afraid of me?” he asked.
Kat raised her head, gazing boldly into his green eyes, and sneered, intending to confound him, “What me? Why’d I fear a slick spacer like ye?”
“What did you steal from the Emperor’s Revenge?” he accused.
“Wha’ ship? Didn’t take nothing from no ship!” she spat out, pursing her lips as if in perplexed anger.
“My men saw you creep out of the Revenge’s cargo bay.” 

 Hawk


Comet Tales, my new release, is an anthology of 4 short stories and the novella, Captured by the Hawk.
99c until March 15th
Comet Tales: Trudge over the rocks of Mars, trek through a hazardous alien jungle, or pop across the galaxy in a pirate ship in five fun tales of adventure and romance.

 Comet Tales


On another note: Grand Master's Pawn is on the short list for Book of the month at Readfreely and I’d love you to vote for it http://www.readfree.ly/help-choose-our-next-book-of-the-month/
 Pawn

Two Day Special: March 12-13th 
Box sets & Anthologies for 99c davidnethbooks.com/promo

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As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.

Please return to www.wewriwa.com to sample the works of the other writers. 

Friday, March 10, 2017

Rana: Teenage Queen - New Release by Liza O'Connor


When Humans first arrived on Hope
As Earth’s population overran the available supply of food, and women had become a scarcity most men could not afford, many chose to take their chances going to another planet. While the first planet named Hope could not survive all the privileged non-working people who arrived, a hardworking group from the original Planet Hope secured a ship and left the planet they now referred to as ‘Hopeless’ and found a new planet which, they again named Hope.  (You know the saying that Hope springs eternal…)

This time, they would return to the ways of older times. No more democracies, parliaments, congress, or house of lords. The captain of the ship declared he and his crew would split up the small planet and each would be “Kings” of their lands. They divided up the livestock and the few women so each Hold would have at least one woman, and sufficient livestock to grow their herds.

Upon landing on Hope, a contingency of small humans arrived, claiming they already lived on Hope, but would welcome the company. They even offered to show the colonists the best spots to build their holds

Since they were barely half the size and a quarter of weight of the arriving humans, the newcomers didn’t feared them, and accepted them as guides to their new homes. Later, when they saw the beautiful petite women of these small people, most of the kings, and the ministers took a beauty for their wife. Nor did any of the tiny men object. Thus, for the first two hundred years, Earth humans thought the little humans were harmless and weak.


BLURB

Rana is only sixteen when she becomes queen. Her first challenge is to quell an internal coup while a massive army storms the gates of her castle. Her enemies believe her to be a child, but she has powers they’ve never suspected. She also has great dreams for her people, and she will do whatever is necessary to make them happen, even marrying a prince she does not want.

EXCERPT
Rana’s father stared at her a long time. She saw nothing familial in his hard, black eyes. Finally, he sighed. “Come to the window and I will tell you my concerns.”

He was her father. She had loved him all her life, but she no longer trusted him. She walked to a different window on the same wall. “Tell me where you need help.”

He sighed heavily and stared out upon the expansive grounds of the castle. “The left wall has been breached and the men are entering the shed. They will find a secret tunnel into the main castle. I have men posted at the tunnel door, but it won’t be enough to stop them from entering and killing the citizens hiding in the cellars.”

“Why would they kill citizens?”

“Because they have orders to find you and the citizens will not tell them where you are.”

She closed her eyes and focused her thoughts, calling banshees from the ground and sending them into the tunnels. She feared for the soldiers guarding the tunnel door, but better a few men die than the women and children. They were the future of the kingdom.

Certain twenty banshees could handle all who entered the tunnel, she refocused on her father. “What else?”

He rubbed his neck. “This would be easier if you could tell me what you can do.”
“What else?”

When he didn’t answer, she focused on the battle outside. “Those catapults seem to be doing a lot of damage.”

A burst of pain erupted from his chest. “Aye, they are.”

She focused on the ground beneath the heavy machines. A moment later, the ground shook, and a crevice opened along the line of catapults. She watched with satisfaction as the machines disappeared. Mother had let her practice opening a half-inch crevice in the vegetable garden once, but this was her first attempt at allowing her power out at full force.

Adrenaline surged through her body at just how powerful she could be. She was about to close the crevice except it cut off over fifty percent of the men attacking her kingdom. She decided to leave it.

“What else?”

She looked to her father, expecting him to be overjoyed with her abilities. Instead, he stared at her in horror. “What are you? You aren’t my daughter! I didn’t create you!”

His words stung like a whip. She stepped back from the pain as her body filled with a sickening sense of danger. A moment later, arrows shot through the narrow windows, one slicing through her father’s neck.

She watched in confusion as the giant man who had loved her all her life, save today, fell to his knees. Blood pumped out the exit side of the arrow, turning the walls bright red.

She remained where she was, tucked to the stonewall and watched his life spurt out of him.

Had he not attacked her with such words, she might have realized the danger came from outside in time to save him. But now, there was nothing she could do for him.
When the fountain of red stopped, she crawled beneath the arrows that still showered through the windows, to be closer to her father.

She slowed time so she could safely approach him and grip his hand. Dull eyes opened and stared at her, prompting her to speak before he died.

“I am your daughter! You taught me to care for our people. You taught me their safety comes before all else. I will not allow them to be conquered and enslaved. I will win this battle and make this kingdom a place of safety and happiness. I will do it in your name, because you are my father, and before today, you loved me dearly.”

A single tear ran from the edge of his eye, off his cheek, and fell into the blood pooling beneath his head. His eyes slowly closed.

She placed her hand on his chest and smiled as tears of relief fell upon his chest. He had died in peace, not anger. His initial repulsion of her powers had not lasted. His last emotion had been relief.

SALES LINK
RANA: TEENAGE QUEEN
About the Author
Liza O’Connor lives in Denville, NJ with her dog Jess. They hike in fabulous woods every day, rain or shine, sleet or snow. Having an adventurous nature, she learned to fly small Cessnas in NJ, hang-glide in New Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski in New York, scuba dive with great white sharks in Australia, dig up dinosaur bones in Montana, sky dive in Indiana, and raft a class four river in Tasmania. She’s an avid gardener, amateur photographer, and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts. Yet through her entire life, her first love has and always will be writing novels.

OTHER BOOKS BY LIZA O’CONNOR
SCIENCE FICTION
Sci-Fi Soap Opera with humor, romance, and science

Sci-Fi/Romance

The SkyRyders Series
Sci-Fi Romance
Scavenger Vanishes-coming 2017

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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

New Release: DANCES OF DECEPTION by John Kang #Epic_Fantasy

 Deception

NEW RELEASE: DANCES OF DECEPTION

SHOUTOUT
A mighty empire threatens to invade Cathay, and only a Dragon Song can ensure peace. 

BLURB
A mighty empire threatens to invade Cathay, and only a Dragon Song can ensure peace.

After vanquishing the Last Dragon with the power of her voice, all Kaiya wants is a quiet life of anonymity. Instead, the Emperor sends her to negotiate peace with the aggressive Teleri Empire.

The critical mission reunites her with her childhood friend Tian, now an assassin-spy who loathes killing. He is no longer the adorable, gullible boy from her memories, any more than she is the adventurous, sweet girl from his. Instead of rekindling nostalgia for a youthful innocence they both yearn for, their reunion ignites a mutual hatred.

When the Teleri Empire breaks off talks, Tian must help Kaiya escape. Orcs, Ogres, and enemy soldiers stand between them and home, and their volatile relationship could get them captured… or killed.


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March 3 – 10
Books 1-3 each 99c