Good News Day

Welcome to this week's good news

 

brought to you this week by Cassandra L Shaw

BOOK COVERS AND RELEASE DATES

 

Marie Dry has Alien Mine

out with Black Opal Books.

 

In a bleak future where government systems are breaking down and lawless bands of men terrorize the country, botanist Natalie Hanson fears for her life and hides in a cave in the Rocky Mountains. When she is captured by human raiders, a fierce alien appears and slays her attackers. Natalie is now held captive in her own cave by the sexy and striking alien commander, Zacar, who informs her that she will be his breeder. Natalie soon realizes that these aliens worship strength. So what will happen when Zacar finds out she has severe asthma?

 You can find Marie Dry:

website

Amazon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adina West is celebrating the digital release of the first episode of Covens Rising.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covens Rising is the next title in her serialized Dark Child series.

 

Links to retailers here

 

 

 

 

 

Christina Phillips has Her Vengeful Scot,

 book 2 in Christina Phillips' Highland Warrior Chronicles, has a release date of 4th July 2014.

To avenge his sister’s honor, he must destroy the woman he wants most in the world…

Ordered to remain in Pictland, Cameron MacNeil fights the lust that consumes him whenever he encounters the aloof princess, Elise. Not only is she a cursed Pict, she belongs to the man he has vowed vengeance upon.

Despite her reputation, Elise has no interest in men until she meets Cameron. Lacking the famed Scots charm, his blunt ways enchant her and he ignites a passion she long thought dead. When she is freed from her difficult marriage, Elise places her trust in the tough Scot warrior who has stolen her heart.

Bound by blood oaths, the only way Cam can protect Elise from political schemes is to make her his bride. When Elise discovers the truth, she fears everything she knew about her husband was a lie. All she can do is trust her goddess was right and Cameron is her one true love.

Find Christina on her website

A Romantica® historical erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

 

 

 

CONTRACT NEWS

Jess Anastasi has signed 2 contracts with Entangled; one for my space opera series, with Atrophy the first book coming out, and the other contract for my military science fiction romance series of novellas, the first coming out is Escape Velocity, followed by Damage Control.

Cassandra L Shaw has signed a contract for a single title paranormal romance with a working title of Twin Flames, the first in the Katoom Series with Black Opal Books.

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Enchanted Orb with Marie Dry

On Enchanted Orb, we love to learn more about how a writer found their inspiration for either a story, the characters or even the inspiration behind the life of being a writer. Today we have Marie Dry joining us with a post about how she came up with her book, Alien Mine. (Release date 21st June 2014.)

Welcome, Marie.

My inspiration for Alien Mine came when I saw the Predator movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The alien had this skull in his hands that he stroked with an admiring finger. I thought what if there was an alien that wasn’t so ugly. That saw an earth women and admired her and decided to keep her. An alien that would still be ruthless, bent on conquering but has the capacity to learn to love the heroine in spite of their differences.

I saw this scene where the heroine hit him over the head with a club and the characters fell into place for me. I knew exactly what the setting would be. Dystopian worlds have always fascinated me. The one element that always fascinated me was at what point does a civilization realize they are collapsing. Many people still believed they were part of the Roman Empire long after it fell. With that question in my mind my setting fell into place as well.

I loved working on this book and hope anyone who read it have the same enjoyment.

BLURB: ALIEN MINE He wants to conquer…

In a bleak future where government systems are breaking down and lawless bands of men terrorize the country, Natalie, a botanist, lives alone in a cave in the Rocky Mountains for safety. When she is captured by raiders, a fierce striking alien appears and slays her attackers. Natalie is now held captive in her own cave by the alien, Zacar, who informs her, that she will be his breeder. Natalie soon realize these aliens worship strength. What will she do when he finds out she has severe asthma?

Excerpt Alien Mine © Marie Dry 2014

She had to get away from the aliens, but running down a mountain in the snow and freezing temperature probably wasn’t the best idea either…

Her muscles ached and her hands felt like frozen claws, even with her gloves, as she tried to grip the rocks and pull herself up the slope. In spite of her need to hurry, she stopped every now and then to scan the area behind her for aliens.

Tired and cold, fed up with constantly feeling afraid, she wanted to just lie down under a tree and forget about everything. Forget that aliens had landed on her mountain. Forget that Zacar was probably hunting her.

Maybe being a breeder wouldn’t be that bad.

A shiver snaked through her at the thought, spurring her on. She tried to pull herself up by holding onto a bush, but she couldn’t feel the branch. Her hand was too numb and weak and it kept slipping from her grasp.

Her feet were cold, and her mind had trouble commanding them to move, to climb. She knew she was risking developing frostbite, but she continued to move on, sluggish and cold. She had to get to town. She just had to.

She fought the nagging desire to lie down on the soft snow and go to sleep.

Just another half an hour and you can rest, Natalie.

Even her own thoughts were starting to sound strange, slurry. She lifted her tired arm in slow motion and gripped the rock above her.

Her glove made contact with something. Even with her numb fingers, it didn’t feel like a rock or a bush.

Confused, she lifted her head, and stared up into Zacar’s frighteningly emotionless face.


Buy Links: Black Opal Books | Amazon

About the Author: Marie Dry

Ever since she can remember Marie Dry have wanted to travel and had the privilege to live in Zambia, Morocco and Spain. She sees herself as a bit of a gypsy and every few years she gets antsy and has to be someplace new.

All her life she read romances and at a young age decided she would write the story that has all the elements she’s looking for in a romance. In 1997 she shared a pizza with a friend and promised her she would go all out with the writing and get published. With her friends cheering her on ever since, Marie said it’s a wonderful experience to see the characters in her head coming to life on the page. Being published by Black Opal Books is a dream come true for her.

There are several wonderful moments in her life she would never trade for anything else. One of them is meeting President Nelson Mandela and the second being published.

Where to connect with Marie: Website | Facebook