by donnamcdonald | Oct 21, 2019 | Guest Posts, New Releases, Science Fiction Romance, Special Promotions
This week I’m featuring another talented author from the USA Today Bestselling Pets In Space 4 Anthology. Welcome, Regine Abel!
It’s such an honor to have been invited to participate in the Pets in Space Anthology this year alongside such a fabulous line up of sci-fi romance authors. Coming up with which story to write has been instantly clear to me.
I had always wished to write my own spin on the transfer of consciousness theme found in The Matrix, but I wanted the whole thing happening in the real world. This led to the creation of the Xian Warriors and their Soulcatchers: the psychic women of the Vanguard capable of holding the souls of fallen warriors until their rebirth. Ever since I published Legion, the first book in my Xian Warriors series, I knew that I needed to write the origin story of the human Soulcatchers. It only made sense to seize this opportunity to introduce Doom and his woman, Victoria, the very first alien and human female couple in Earth’s history. Seeing how most of my sci-fi romance novels have epic battles, and how Doom is a badass, genetically engineered super warrior, my pet in space was bound to be some kind of war creature.
Stran is a Creckel, a warrior beast that resembles a pangolin with a dragon head. Bigger than a Tibetan mastiff, he’s covered with thick, dark scales that protect him from almost any form of damage when he rolls up into a ball. As Doom’s lifelong friend and war companion, he has come to Earth to help free humanity from the Kryptid invaders who had also previously attacked his homeworld. Though he cannot speak, Stran is extremely smart and can communicate through telepathic imagery. The minute he sees Victoria, he recognizes her as his best friend’s soulmate and becomes extremely protective of her.
Here’s a little snippet from Doom featuring Victoria and Stran, shortly after they first meet amidst a massive Kryptid invasion:
Although his companions fought as savagely as he, I couldn’t take my eyes off Doom. I couldn’t say if it was because he’d been the one to talk to me, or the gentle, respectful tone of his voice when he’d addressed me. All I knew was that for the first time in two weeks, since the beginning of the dreadful invasion, I felt a sliver of hope.
A cold wetness on my hand startled me. I looked down to see Stran rubbing his dragon snout on my palm then lowering his head so that my hand would rest atop it. While I’d been busy gaping at his friend, the Creckel had closed the distance between us.
“Thank you for saving me, Stran,” I said in a gentle voice while caressing the top of his head, careful not to cut myself on the sharp horns fanning across his forehead.
He emitted a deep sound, halfway between a growl and a purr, then lifted his chin, exposing the leathery underside of his neck. I grinned and scratched his neck. The Creckel rewarded me with an even louder purr. Although he clearly enjoyed getting petted, he pulled away from my touch, licked my hand with his forked, lizard tongue, then looked around us, keeping watch for possible aggressors.
At last, a sense of safety washed over me. Humans weren’t alone. And maybe, just maybe, we had a chance after all.
Grab your copy of Pets in Space® 4 today! For a limited time, Pets in Space® 4 brings together today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors to help Hero-Dogs.org, a non-profit charity that helps our service veterans and first responders.
CLICK this link for all the Buy Links: https://www.petsinspaceantho.com/books/pets-in-space-4/
Author Website: https://www.regineabel.com
by donnamcdonald | Oct 13, 2019 | Book Updates, Guest Posts, Science Fiction Romance, Special Promotions
My guest author today is a fellow author from the Pets In Space 4 Anthology. Welcome, Tiffany!
We are thrilled to a part of the Pets in Space Anthology this year. It’s an honor to be included among so many amazing sci-fi romance authors, and we had a blast writing our story.
All our books tend to be conceived around their central characters—our process almost always has the characters created and fleshed out first, and then the story is built around them based on who they are and how they mesh together. That was different for Entwined Fates, just as it was for our contribution to Pets in Space 3, because this anthology series forces us to think outside that usual box and make a pet integral to the story.
This year, our pet is a shape-changing robot named Cypher who became very dear to us during this process. Cypher served as the backbone of the love story between our main characters, and he was integral in the evolution of their relationship, providing much-needed support and affection when our characters needed it the most.
That support that is so often provided by the animals we bond with is integral to this anthology series and the charity it supports—Hero Dogs. Pets in Space contributes a portion of its proceeds to Hero Dogs, a non-profit organization that works to train and pair service dogs with veterans and first responders. What’s better than giving back to the people who put their lives on the line to keep us safe every day? Not only does it provide veterans and first responders with dedicated service animals, it allows those dogs to make bonds with their new owners that can run as deep as the romances we write about.
We spend our days writing about far-flung worlds and alien species that sprouted from our imaginations, but the most fulfilling aspect of our work comes through the connections we make with people right here on good old planet Earth. And the support we can provide to Hero Dogs through our contribution to Pets in Space is among the most meaningful of all.
Grab your copy of Pets in Space® 4 today! For a limited time, Pets in Space® 4 brings together today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors to help Hero-Dogs.org, a non-profit charity that helps our service veterans and first responders.
CLICK THIS LINK FOR BUY LINKS: https://petsinspaceantho.com
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by donnamcdonald | Sep 20, 2019 | Book Updates, Kindle Unlimited, Science Fiction Romance
Aliens In Kilts is the silliest, spoofiest, craziest series I’ve written, and yes, I’m making fun of alien abductions, as well as every other SciFi trope out there. Sorry Whovians, Trekkies, and those who have the Force strong within them because my Irish hero and heroine have no idea about any of that.
Angus MacNamara and Erin O’Shea are ground up technophobes from the 1950s who are trying as hard as they can to catch up. That’s not easy when they’re dealing with time travel, space portals, growling aliens, and knowing that nearly everyone they meet is keeping secrets from them. Add in the expectation to use their matchmaking skills to run a dating agency set up to keep Earth from being attacked and you get a real mess
It’s hard to fully explain the humor in these books, but if like movies like Galaxy Quest, Spaceballs, or more recently Guardians of the Galaxy, then you’re going to like this series.
The stories do have a bit more language than usual… but in my world, as well as in the one that abducts Angus and Erin, I prefer to think Irish swearing doesn’t count. Their passion sets them apart.
These might possibly be the funniest action and adventure stories I’ve ever written. Get your copy of Matchmaker Abduction and see if you agree.
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by donnamcdonald | Sep 17, 2019 | Kindle Unlimited, Science Fiction Romance, Special Promotions
I’m really excited to get this action-packed adventure series into the hands of the thousands of readers who subscribe to KU. This is a perfect binge series for KU readers. Each romance is unique. Each cyborg’s struggle to find his or her humanity is full of both torment and triumph. There’s lots of humor. And there’s a new release on the way.
Yes. Book 6 is absolutely going to finish up the running “big bad guy” storyline (kudos to Josh Whedon for that). Believe me, you’re going to need closure when you read this one. However, Nero 1000 is not going to be the last cyborg book for me. I don’t know if I’m going to write more of this series or start a new one, but I’ll be writing more cyborgs one way or another. Stay tuned…
Nero – Release Info
It’s Time For The Madness To End
Limited Pre-Order Available – Releases Dec 17, 2019
Locked in the cage of an insane cyber scientist who calls himself Creator Omega, Nero waits for his captor to decide his fate. Having seen the horror of Creator Omega’s failed experiments, Nero know his body is about to be cybernetically changed. Even so, he’s not sorry he traded himself to free Aja Kapur. He would do it all over again to save the woman he loves, even if Aja might have to one day kill the cyborg he becomes.
Click Here To Visit Nero’s Webpage
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by donnamcdonald | Sep 14, 2019 | Book Updates, Kindle Unlimited
What a crazy summer it’s been! When I surfaced in August from helping my mother heal from a May fall that put her in a wheelchair, I had to take some drastic measures to recover my writing. The biggest one is to make a good portion of my work available in Kindle Unlimited. The last time any of my work was in KU was later 2016 through early 2017.
The upside is making the books available to the KU audience of readers. I’ve gotten many questions about when or if I was ever going to do this. When I recently looked at two year’s worth of links clicked in my pre-order and release emails, the Amazon clicks vastly outnumbered the other retailers by something like a 100 Amazon clicks for every 3 clicks elsewhere. In other words, the majority of people on my email lists are obviously Amazon users. I don’t know how many of you are Kindle Unlimited subscribers, but I imagine quite a few are.
Here are links to the series that have already moved into KU (just the SFR ones so far). More will be added in the future.
Aliens In Kilts
Cyborgs: Mankind Redefined
Forced To Serve Series
Happy reading,
xoxo Donna
