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Mel Tescho | Ten Hunters and Ten Hunted
Author Guest / March 15, 2023

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Mel Tescho!   Writes: Science fiction and contemporary romance with a big dash of sizzle. My latest science fiction release: THE VIRGIN HUNT GAMES volume 4 reveals my hero and my heroine’s will to survive the Games for seven days inside a huge tower where every level has something dangerous for the twenty contestants to face. That the ten hunters and ten hunted are all vying to be the victor at the end makes them just as dangerous to each other. Luckily, sex and orgasms isn’t just stress relief. It gives them a much greater chance of winning the Games.   About: When I’m not distracted by my many foster fail cats, you’ll find me putting off housework as I immerse myself in my writing worlds. I love creating mayhem for my characters and messing with their heads, and then finally giving them the happily ever after they deserve. That it doesn’t always happen in the real world makes fictional worlds a much nicer…

Ella Maven | Title Challenge: BAKI
Author Guest / December 15, 2022

My new book, THE ALIEN’S CHARGE, comes out December 16th and is about a Maverick-like alien pilot who has to dog fight in the skies for his human mate. With the holidays upon us, you might also want to check out my book BAKI, which is part of an alien holiday-themed series. Baki is an outcast alien who stumbles upon a human female hiding in his hut.   B: Barely surviving on a cold alien planet A: Alien Santa leaves packages under a tree… but they are survival items K: Kept warm by big alpha alien body heat I: In love with the alien savior THE ALIEN’S CHARGE by Ella Maven Outcasts of Corin #5 I don’t play by the rules… until her.   Maisie: I’m tired of being scared, but fear is like a constant companion these days. Some big blue alien stole the last of my friends, and now I’m alone as a prisoner on a spaceship on my way back to the planet that stole everything from me. I thought I’d seen the last of the blue aliens, until suddenly I’m staring into the eyes of one as he gets ready to fire a laser right into…

Jennifer Estep | 20 Questions: ONLY BAD OPTIONS
Author Guest / September 22, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? ONLY BAD OPTIONS is book #1 in my Galactic Bonds science-fiction fantasy romance series.   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Only Bad Options is a mix of science fiction (spaceships, planets, etc.); fantasy (people with magical abilities, weapons, etc.); a touch of historical romance; and a broody, Mr. Darcy-type space assassin. LOL. It also contains: Space opera Soul mates Enemies to lovers Pew! Pew! Pew! action scenes A boiling lava planet of doom.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I had never written a sci-fi book before, and I thought it would be a fun challenge to write my own sci-fi book and put my own spin on the genre.   4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely! Vesper Quill is a lab rat (think engineer/inventor), and she could definitely help me with some home repairs and projects. LOL.   5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Smart, determined, capable.   6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I was searching for some names to use in the book, and I decided to look up star…

Debra Jess | Exclusive Excerpt: ANDROMEDA’S GUARDIAN
Excerpt / August 11, 2022

If dead men tell no tales, then Tohva Blayde had nothing to worry about. His mission to figure out what Manitac was hiding inside the haunted nebula had come to an end. Despite all his attempts to send a discreet coded message from the UHS Nimbus back to his Shadow cell, someone in the rank and file had figured out what he was up to. His escape plan worked only long enough for him to get a glimpse of Manitac’s newest operation. It was the last thing he saw before he died. Of course he was dead, because that was the only explanation for the gorgeous woman kissing him. Her tiny physique clung to his body like clay, her breasts warming his own chest through his flight suit, her sweet lips crushed against his own. There was no way this was real. It couldn’t be. He’d died and the Guardians had tossed him onto this nightmare world, he was sure of it. Except he didn’t want to stop kissing her. In fact, he wanted so much more. His body responded to this lithe figure pressed against him in the most natural and inappropriate way possible. It wasn’t until he’d realized…

Nessa Claugh Interview – Aliens and Monsters in Romance
Author Guest , Interviews / March 24, 2022

Your new book, ENSNARED BY THE ALIEN MEDIC, is the third book in your Ragrim Conflict sci-fi romance series. Can it be read as a standalone? Yes, it does require the reader to have a basic familiarity with the Mars Needs Women/Bride Program tropes, but that’s about it. Mars Needs Women is at its core, where an alien species needs women to repopulate. The Bride Program trope kind of branches off MNW in that it has an actual set up program to get human women for the aliens and they aren’t just being kidnapped.     I love alien romance stories and I have oodles of questions. For readers, like me, new to the series – what are the basics of your Ragrim Conflict world? I’m trying to avoid spoilers for the first two books, but humans have pretty much tanked Earth’s biosphere and climate. The weather is strong and unpredictable, food security is a thing of the past, and while humans are trying to turn things around, it’s a slow slog. Then the Ralothians came. The gold-skinned alien pirates started plucking human women off Earth, and the only thing protecting Earth from a full invasion was the fact that…

Alison Aimes | 20 Questions: BROKEN HEIR
Author Guest / March 10, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? BROKEN HEIR, A Dark Fated-Mates Romance 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? He’s a ruthless warlord out for revenge and redemption. She’s his enemy’s daughter with a big secret of her own— and he’s about to leave her breathless, begging, and broken. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? BROKEN HEIR is the third book in the Ruthless Warlords series and so I knew early on that this book would be about the beautiful, broken alpha Alexi’s book, the third oldest brother in the Skolov family, and his search for his missing brother among his enemies, the Sartins. I also knew he would find his fated mate in the midst -and that it didn’t matter that the timing was all wrong, or that he was promised to someone else, or that she was involved in her own mess and that their attraction ruined all their plans and only made everything more complicated, dangerous, and more of a mess. I knew they’d be unable to stay away from each other, and I knew she would help heal him while he saved her too.  I knew it…

Ella Maven | 20 Questions: CLAIMED BY THE DEMON ALIEN
Author Guest / February 15, 2022

1–What is the title of your latest release? CLAIMED BY THE DEMON ALIEN 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? The Persephone and Hades myth meets Beauty and the Beast where a human scientist falls through a crack in the surface of a distant planet only to find a demon alien living with an immortal curse. 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I was really inspired by a virtual reality workout program I use called Supernatural, where the workout settings are either real-life locations or a made-up fantasy land. One workout takes place on this ash-covered planet with these nearby broken sphere moons, and that’s what I based Planet Ell on. 4–Would you hang out with your heroine in real life? Yes! She’s daring, bold, and smart. 5–What are three words that describe your hero? Angry, Possessive, Loyal 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? I really challenged myself with this one, and I learned that I can write a really banging ending when I want to! 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done? I edit a bit as I go and then do a big…

Nina Croft | Author-Reader Match: INSURRECTION
Author Guest / October 21, 2021

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Nina Croft! Writes: Hi everyone, I’m Nina and I love to write hot, sexy romances. All sorts of romance, from contemporary to paranormal to science-fiction. And often a mixture. My latest release, INSURRECTION, takes place five hundred years in the future when humanity (and a few other things, vampires, werewolves, demons….) have fled a dying Earth in search of a new home. About: I’m a full-time writer who lives on an almond farm in the remote mountains of southern Spain. I love the sun and the sea and the mountains, strong heroines, sexy heroes, and animals of any kind (I share my home with a lot of them!) When I’m not writing, my favorite pastimes are reading, riding my horse, walking my dogs, talking to my pig, and lying under the shade of a fig tree, drinking wine. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: I’m looking for like-minded readers, willing to go anywhere and do (almost) anything in search of the perfect happy ever after. A…

Jess Anastasi | Author-Reader Match: THE FINAL DAWN
Author Guest / March 25, 2021

Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match” where we introduce you to authors as a reader you may fall in love with. It’s our great pleasure to present Jess Anastasi! Writes: Sci-fi romance with lots of edge-of-your-seat action and strong-willed, butt-kicking characters. My latest book, THE FINAL DAWN, is the last book in my Atrophy series. Readers have been waiting a long time for this one. At last, Rian and Ella get all of the limelight! With shape-shifting aliens set the invade our universe, the crew of the Imojenna has their work cut out for them if they’re going to save humanity. About: I love nothing more than a nice hot cup of tea. Rainy days are my favorite kind of weather. When I’m not writing books or attempting to make a dent in my huge TBR pile, you can find me growing my own vegetables, chasing renegade chickens, or doing a bit of crochet/knitting while I watch TV. What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match: Enjoys sci fi romance with lots of action. Can get on board with a slow burn romance and wait for the pay-off when the characters finally get their act…

Mel Tescho | 20 Questions: THE VIRGIN HUNT GAMES VOLUME 3
Author Guest / March 18, 2021

1–What is the title of your latest release? The Virgin Hunt Games Volume 3 2–What is it about? We have a whole new lot of contestants in the Virgin Hunt Games Volume 3, where terrible perils are faced by 10 women (hunted) and 10 men (hunters) on every level of the six floors of the Games. Violet has signed a contract for the deadly contest so that her biological parents might recognize her face that will be on every screener around the universe if she wins (she is hard to miss with her rare violet coloring and gold eyes.) Prince Zel is her mate in these Games, which means he has to have sex with Violet as often as possible while gifting her with orgasms to win. But they also have to survive the deadly obstacles and each other, not to mention the other hunters and hunted who are out for blood so they can be the victor. 3–What do you love about the setting of your book? I just love that for each book the tower and the amphitheatre are the same, but inside the six levels of the tower, every Games (held every four years in place of…