This is an exciting week for me because we’ve released our
third annual Pets In Space anthology! My 41K word novel in the collection is a
new Sectors scifi romance entitled Star Cruise: Mystery Dancer and I’ve taken a
futuristic look at the ‘Anastasia’ urban legend. Is my princess the only
survivor of a terrible massacre? Or is she an imposter? I also created a three
eyed alien genie ‘cat’ as my scifi pet this year.
Anthology Blurb:
Pets in Space™ is back! Join us as we unveil eleven original,
never-before-published action-filled romances that will heat your blood and
warm your heart! New York Times, USA Today and Award-winning authors S.E.
Smith, Anna Hackett, Ruby Lionsdrake, Veronica Scott, Pauline Baird Jones,
Carol Van Natta, Tiffany Roberts, Alexis Glynn Latner, E D Walker, JC Hay, and
Kyndra Hatch combine their love for Science Fiction Romance and pets to bring
readers sexy, action-packed romances while helping our favorite charity. Proud
supporters of Hero-Dogs.org, Pets in Space™ authors have donated over $4,400 in
the past two years to help place specially trained dogs with veterans. Open
your hearts and grab your limited release copy of Embrace the Romance: Pets in
Space™ 3 today!
STAR CRUISE: MYSTERY
DANCER blurb: Tassia Megg is a woman
on the run after the death of her elderly guardian. Her search to get off the
planet in a hurry comes when chance directs her to an open dance audition for
the luxury cruise liner Nebula Zephyr’s resident troupe. If there is one thing
Tassia can do, it is dance!
Security Officer Liam Austin is suspicious of the newest
performer to join the Comettes. She shows all the signs of being a woman on the
run and seems to fit the Sectors-wide broadcast description of a missing thief,
accused of stealing priceless artifacts. As he gets to know Tassia during the
cruise, he starts to wonder if she’s something more – a long vanished princess
in hiding from deadly political enemies of her family perhaps? And what’s the
story with the three-eyed feline companion other crew members swear Tassia
brought aboard the ship? Does the animal even exist?
As the ship approaches its next port of call, all the issues
come to a boil and Liam must decide if he’ll step in to help Tassia or betray
her. Life is about to get very interesting aboard the Nebula Zephyr as Liam
tries to uncover the truth. Could F’rrh, the peculiar alien cat he has been
hearing about, be the key to the mystery and Tassia’s fate?
The excerpt – Tassia
explains part of her story for the first time:
Remembering his previous intuition that she was on the run
and hiding secrets, he held her tight. “I need to know the whole story now,
sweetheart, so I can protect you. Help you. Before we have to explain anything
to Captain Fleming.”
Tassia took a deep breath, set the mug on the table with a
thump, and sat straight. “I’ll have to tell the captain so I might as well
start by telling you.” She gazed deep into his eyes. “I trust you.”
“Tell me what?” Nothing she could say was going to change
his feelings for her but he sensed major trouble might lie ahead. No matter
what challenges Tassia had, he’d stand with her and do his best to defend and
protect her.
Raising her head as if she wore a crown, she said, “I’m the
Imperial Princess Alynnskaya Tassiamilla Oleavna, sole survivor of the mass
assassination that sparked the Ruatsar Rebellion.”
He stared at her, not sure he’d heard correctly, waiting for
her to clarify the oddly timed joke, and then he realized she was deadly
serious. She was the embodiment of the persistent urban legend, whispering
through the stars, telling of the mysterious survival of one member of the
doomed family.
“It’s a long story, but the RNR forces have been hunting for
me almost my entire life.” Her voice was weary and her hands shook. “They’ve also
been trying to regain the crown jewels, which the enemy believes I possess, but
whatever bits of jewelry I had were sold long ago for food, a roof over our
heads, or passage to the next solar system by the woman who was my rescuer and
guardian angel.” She watched him. “I’m trying to reach asylum at the court of
my great aunt, but it’s been a long and difficult journey through many
Sectors.”
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