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Jadrian: A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance (Sectors New Allies Series #3) by Veronica Scott – Guest Post

31 Thursday May 2018

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It is always a great day when Veronica Scott is here at Whiskey With My Book.  If you don’t already know, #3 in her Badari Warriors series came out very recently.  Today, Veronica talks about the series and the new book Jadrian. 

JADRIAN: A BADARI WARRIORS SCIFI ROMANCE (SECTORS NEW ALLIES SERIES BOOK 3)

By Veronica Scott

Thanks for having me as your guest today!

I’m really excited to have JADRIAN, book three in my new series available – I’ve had so much fun telling my tales of these genetically engineered warriors and their human allies, battling evil alien scientists on a faraway planet. I’ve worked hard to present a new angle on each book, not to simply retell the same type of events each time. In this book we travel to the sanctuary valley where the rescued humans and the Badari are hiding while they pursue their rebellion.

Originally I thought the series might be three books, or possibly five, but it seems to be expanding on me as I have two more books in process already! I do have the end game in mind and know basically how the series will end, but so far I keep coming up with more individual stories to tell, and thankfully the readers seem to be enjoying the journey. I make sure to advance the overall series arc in each book as well as sharing the adventure and romance of the specific couple.

I have to credit cover artist Fiona Jayde for my gorgeous covers, which help inspire me. I typically go searching through the stock photo sites for a few possible guys and then she picks the one who’ll be perfect and creates the full cover. For this series we’re using a detail of an alien cityscape as the background, to represent the labs where the Badari were created and where the alien scientists wanted to experiment on the humans.

The blurb: Taura Dancer has been pushed to her limits by alien torturers known as the Khagrish and is ready to die when suddenly the lab where she’s held as a prisoner is taken down by an armed force of soldiers.

The man who rescues her from a burning cell block is Jadrian of the Badari, a genetically engineered alien warrior with as many reasons to hate the Khagrish as Taura has. This set of shared past experiences and the circumstances of her rescue create an unusual bond between them.

Safe in the hidden base where Jadrian and his pack take her, Taura struggles to regain her lost memories and overcome constant flashbacks during which she lashes out at all who come near. Only Jadrian can recall her from the abyss of her visions and hallucinations.

As the war against the Khagrish continues, it becomes increasingly critical to find out who she really is and how she can help in the fight. Until she can control her terrors and trust her own impulses, Taura’s too afraid to pursue the promise of happiness a life with Jadrian as her mate might offer.

When he’s captured by the dreaded enemy, will she step forward to help save him, or will she remain a prisoner of her past?

This is the third book in a new scifi romance series and each novel has a satisfying Happy for Now ending for the hero and heroine, not a cliffhanger. Some overarching issues do remain unresolved in each book since this is an ongoing series but romance always wins the day in my novels!

The excerpt (from close to the start of the book, where Jadrian rescues Taura from the alien lab):

As a toughened combat veteran, Jadrian of the Badari wasn’t subject to anxiety, but he had to admit moving through a Khagrish lab, and even worse a Khagrish prison block, brought up bad memories. He’d spent time as a younger man undergoing their tortures, kept in isolation from his pack, and the experience had left its scars on him.

The smoke bothered his eyes and lungs less than it might other beings, but it didn’t make for a pleasant environment. He and his teammates swept hastily through the place. The records indicated no human prisoners were kept here, and the force barrier doors had gone down, so it was a quick step into each cell space, checking the corners for any occupant then moving on. Purely an effort to be thorough.

Two Khagrish guards charged into the corridor from the far end, and Jadrian and his teammates scattered, taking cover where they could, returning fire. A cut off scream from the direction of the enemy indicated Jadrian or his compatriots had hit their targets. He grinned fiercely. The Khagrish bred the Badari to possess uncannily powerful vision, even in obscured environments, and now the aliens’ cleverness was coming full circle to bite them.

“Cover me.” Darik, the team leader, sprinted ahead, laying down suppressing fire just in case. “All clear, both dead,” he yelled a moment later. “We’re done here, time to regroup with the others and blow the place.”

“One more cell to check.” Jadrian turned to the right.

“Hurry it up, there’s no one here, just as the records indicated.” Darik’s clipped tone indicated his impatience to rejoin the rest of the strike force and complete the assault on the installation.

I can’t take the chance of leaving anyone behind. Even his leader’s annoyance couldn’t keep Jadrian from making sure there were no prisoners.

Taura curled into the smallest ball she could make of herself, hands over her ears as the sound of the pulse rifles in the corridor outside whined and reverberated.  Suddenly, a man stepped into the cell, emerging from the swirling smoke like a hero in an adventure trideo. “I’m sure I heard something,” he said over his shoulder to companions she couldn’t see.

Eyes stinging, tears coursing down her cheeks, she reached out, tugging at his pants leg. “Help me, please.”

Shifting his weapon to leave his hands free, the soldier crouched in front of her. His eyes glowed golden as he said, “We’ll get you out, lady.” He picked her up in a single motion, rising to his full height, and hastened from the cell.

She clung to him as tightly as she could while he carried her through the smoky corridors and outside into clear air and bright sunshine. Eyes watering, she blinked, not having been outdoors since the day she arrived at this cursed place.

“Where did you find her?” another soldier asked her rescuer as he continued to move rapidly away from the building. The entire structure was alight and she shivered at the sight. But for her mysterious hero, she’d have been a casualty and no one would ever have known.

“In the burning cell block, only one there. She’s in pretty bad shape.” His voice was deep, his arms around her comforting.

She leaned her head against his broad chest, clutching his arm, until a spasm of coughing shook her. “I can’t breathe.” Panic stricken as her vision darkened, and the coughing continued without expanding her lungs, she pushed against him. Truthfully, she didn’t think she could stand but her fight or flight reflexes were overruling her conscious thoughts. Taura didn’t recognize her own voice, pleading with the soldier. “Don’t let me die.”

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About the Author

USA Today Best Selling Author

“SciFi Encounters” columnist for the USA Today Happy Ever After blog

Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she started writing her own stories.

Seven time winner of the SFR Galaxy Award, as well as a National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award, Veronica is also the proud recipient of a NASA Exceptional Service Medal relating to her former day job, not her romances!

She read the part of Star Trek Crew Member in the audiobook production of Harlan Ellison’s “The City On the Edge of Forever.”

Find Veronica here:

Blog: https://veronicascott.wordpress.com/
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Perchance to Dream and Truth Seekers (Dream Weaver and Truth Seekers) – Two by Cecilia Dominic – Review

30 Wednesday May 2018

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About Perchance to Dream

About to embark on a major move with her husband, Emma can’t think about anything but her dreams. It’s not all that surprising given the seductive world she finds in her sleep – parties with Poseidon, Demeter and Persephone in attendance. Even more interesting, powerful gods like the super sexy Triton, son of Poseidon, and ultra-badass Artemis ask her to accomplish different tasks for them each night.

What Emma doesn’t realize until she’s in too deep is that her dreams aren’t figments of her imagination. She becomes part of the Collective Unconscious when asleep and plays a vital role in bridging the waking world and the dream world. But when the gods enact a punishment that affects her waking life, Emma is forced to choose between the C.U. and those she loves.

Review of Perchance to Dream
4 Stars

I rarely remember dreams and when I do, they are not all that remarkable. Maybe that is why I had difficulty sympathizing with Emma.

Of course, I also thought Emma was kind of a wimp in her relationship with her husband and her in-laws. Another reason not to sympathize with the main character. But it gave her fuel for her dreams and a reason to keep slipping back into the Collective Unconscious. Despite my lack of character attachment, I did enjoy the story, of the woman that walks through dreams and is surprised to learn that dreams can be more than what you experience during your sleep. Despite the very short length, I felt it was a complete story and a fun part of this new Dream Weavers & Truth Seekers series by Cecilia Dominic.

About Truth Seeker

A coffee shop dare gone wrong. A stupid childhood decision. A cat-and-mouse hunt that will require a triple strength espresso and a major sacrifice before it’s all over.

Philippe Ormandie can see ghosts, and his special abilities have gotten him into big trouble this time. A dare gone wrong leaves him trapped far away from home in a network of metaphysical tunnels that connects the locations of a large and popular coffee shop chain. Truth Seeker Maggie – formally known as Margaret of Cornwall, lost aunt of King Arthur – needs to find him before the tunnel’s builders do.

When Maggie catches up to Philippe, she whisks him away to what she hopes is a safe place. Unfortunately, the builders of the tunnels won’t be foiled so easily, and she finds herself hunted along with him. Betrayal and old family drama follow Maggie and Philippe no matter where they land.

Maggie needs all the help she can get as the battle ends up being not only for control of the tunnels, but for Philippe’s soul. In the end, the ultimate question is not how Maggie will save the world – and her job – but who will pay the price.

Review of Truth Seeker
4 Stars

I was surprised to find that this first book in the Dream Weavers & Truth Seekers series had little in common with the short story prequel, Perchance to Dream. Truth Seekers does have that ethereal Collective Unconscious feel to it, but the story line is quite different from the prequel.

Philippe seems to be an average human that inadvertently found he can travel the ‘tunnels’. These tunnels connect places that are miles apart by bags of coffee beans in a chain coffee shop. Sound like a strange place to travel from and to? Well, maybe. But in order to avoid the unknown danger, Philippe is getting very little sleep. Hence the coffee shop? It works for me. 🙂

Maggie steps in to help Philippe, not only because he needs help, but also because she needs to know about the tunnels and how they may or may not affect her world.

The adventure that follows leads to old friends and betrayal, capture and rescue. At times, the overall plot seemed a bit disconnected to me, however, reading persistence paid off and I discovered the goals of the Truth Seeker. The tale contains action that is non-stop, romance possibilities and, ultimately, an unexpected conclusion that left me a bit speechless.

Dreamlike and magical qualities flow through Truth Seeker. At the end of the story, I felt like I had awakened from a dream. I suspect that was Ms. Dominic’s goal.

I received a copy of these books from the author so that I could bring you this honest review.

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Lost Valyr (Project Enterprise #7) by Pauline Baird Jones – Cover Reveal with Excerpt

29 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by WWMB in Cover Reveal

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It’s almost here! Pauline Baird Jones’ newest Project Enterprise story. I am quite excited and you can expect it will be at the top of my TBR list as soon as I can get my hands on it. Lost Valyr will be released on July 10, but you can pre-order it today. In the meantime, you can get a sneak peak here.  Thanks to Pauline for letting us see this excerpt!

About Lost Valyr

She’s a scientist in the wrong galaxy. He’s an alien in the wrong century. Can their love reset a terrifying future?

Dr. Rachel Grant knows her way around the Garradian tech on the Kikk Outpost. But the technology she encounters in an alien medical lab stumps even her brilliant mind. With a little help from her scheming parrot sidekick, she manages to push the right buttons and transport them to an uncharted planet…where they find a recently defrosted alien, who heats up Rachel.

Valyr wasn’t going to warm up to the bright-eyed scientist anytime soon…not after she pried centuries of cryosleep from his cold fingers. But waking up in the wrong century is nothing compared to the robots targeting his still-frozen team. And their situation only gets worse when he discovers the spiderweb of destruction trailing in the robots’ wake. With their backs against the wall, Valyr is blown away by Rachel’s determined passion in the face of impossible odds… but they’ll need more than a chemical reaction to survive what is headed their way.

Lost Valyr is the seventh standalone book in the explosive Project Enterprise sci-fi romance series. If you like heart-pounding chemistry, ragtag bands of misfits, and action-packed space battles, then you’ll love Pauline Baird Jones’ rollicking romance.

Buy Lost Valyr to defrost a fast-paced interstellar love story today!

Excerpt from Lost Valyr

Rachel was still dance-walking, and she might have been singing along, too. A couple of dance spins put her behind Sir Rupert when the hatch for their first stop slid back. The bird halted, his wings fluttering and carrying him back a couple of hops. Before she could ask, he trotted inside. Curious, Rachel danced up to the opening and jerked to a stop, letting the song go on without her.

Her eyes saw the man, but her brain had trouble processing the data her eyes were sending.

That was a man—a naked man—standing there staring at the bird.

She was a doctor, so of course, she’d seen men stark as the day they were born, which one wouldn’t know by the color that rushed up to heat her face.

Her gaze flicked down and jerked back up. He needed some clothes. And warmer air. Sooner rather than later. As near as she could tell, from seeing all of him, he looked as human as anyone in the expedition. Which didn’t make it comfortable to be here, despite the medical degree. She swallowed dryly. Her eyes felt dry, too. She tried blinking, but that made her gaze tilt down…

She sent her eyeballs a stern admonition to focus on higher things. Okay, higher things might not be possible, but where the heck had he come from? How had she ended up on a different planet alone with a naked guy?

It was so wrong that her playlist began “If I Can Dream…”

She fumbled it off and found the silence didn’t help either. Left too much time for thinking about naked and wishing it wasn’t quite so cold. For him, of course, not her.

I am alone with a naked guy.

Maybe it was the chill—and her red shirt—that made this feel less romance novel moment, more Wrath of Khan. Since his face was the only place she could look without blushing, she focused on it. He was handsome, but the craggy kind, not the smooth, planning-to-dominate-the-galaxy, gorgeous.

She realized her jaw had dropped again. She snapped it shut, helped by the memory of what she looked like when it sagged.

Thank you, outpost, for another lesson in humility.

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