His deep voice sounded like melted chocolate, smooth and decadent, over my skin. In a rush, my breath blew out of my lungs as tears pricked at my eyes. It felt as [...]]]>

All right, so begins the trip to release day for Blood Fever. More than likely, from now until then Six Sentences will be from it. Enjoy!

His deep voice sounded like melted chocolate, smooth and decadent, over my skin. In a rush, my breath blew out of my lungs as tears pricked at my eyes.
It felt as if I’d never left his arms, as if what occurred fifty years ago meant nothing. I inhaled deeply and his scent flooded my lungs, reminding me of an autumn evening walking in the woods. It was earthy and rich, with the sharp tang of unwashed male floating on the surface. I burrowed into his scent further, needing to experience the texture and complexity of it again after being away for so long.

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2) pick six sentences
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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate–just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

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This month my newest release, Midnight’s Ghost, is one of those books. So, after reading this exclusive excerpt, head on over to the EM website to leave a comment to be entered to win!

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“Let’s go, Reece. We need to get out of here fast,” I issued the order, slapping at the gantry lift panel as the three of us dove into Eidolon. I winced as I heard a few shots ping into the hull of my ship and wondered what kind of damage I was going to have to repair if we managed to get out of this unscathed.
Kerr started to head to where his cramped quarters were while he was onboard, but I managed to grab him by the scruff of his neck before he could escape. His arms and legs flailed as he protested my method of ensuring that he followed, but ceased when Wallace gave him a stern look.
“Thanks,” I said gratefully, knowing that in a pinch, we could probably use another pair of hands on the deck. Even if he didn’t know what he was doing, Kerr was obviously physically capable of helping out wherever he was needed. Since I thought this fell into the category, and Wallace’s statement earlier had marked this as Kerr’s problem, I dragged him onto the bridge with us.
Wallace slid into the chair beside mine; examining the status of the systems we would need online in order to leave. The same systems we just completely shut down an hour ago so we could dock inside the station.
“I see your talent for causing unrest isn’t just predicated to the bars on Nagol, Captain.” Reece’s sarcasm was unmistakable and I wondered if he’d been taking lessons during his downtime.
“Shut up or I’ll turn you into a trash compactor. Thrusters on full.” I was pleased to see several systems come online faster than Reece and I could have done alone. It was one of the advantages of having someone else onboard who knew the basic ins and outs of the ship. The extra pair of hands would be helpful, regardless of who they belonged to.
Reece, keying in systems of his own, added to his streak of being a master of the obvious. “We’re still tethered into dock, Captain.”
I slapped the release controls for the lines that kept us connected to the station. “Not anymore.”
Wallace shook his head as his fingers worked the controls to help out Reece, his motions just as quick and precise. “Theirs, not ours.”
“Blow them,” I ordered, my fingers flying over the panel in front of me as I saw a group of IGP guards closing in, weapons firing so even more shots pinged off the hull. Eidolon was going to look like a block of Swiss cheese if we didn’t get out of here soon.
“We can’t, there are too many people out there.”
I studied the images on the screen in front of me and realized Wallace was right; firing our shipboard weapons inside the docking station would surely result in unnecessary innocent casualties. Sure, the IGP was chasing us, but that didn’t mean the Surmies mother and child sitting peacefully on the bench just a few yards away needed to suffer as well.
With a low growl of frustration, I threw myself back from the helm controls, unbuckled my harness and stormed through the bridge. I ignored the alarms blaring a warning about a possible breech in the hull as I stalked through the corridor.
I toed the access cover at mid ship as I drew my weapon and dropped onto my stomach with a grunt. Stale heated air had me wincing as I dropped my head out of the hatch and looked around. I sighted the tethers securing us and studied them for a few seconds. It only took a few shots more than I would have liked, but I managed to hit the two deck clamps. Their power panels went dark as they short circuited and much to my satisfaction, the clamps withdrew their hold.
I heard the shouts of protest from the IGP guards over the increasing whine of Eidolon’s engines. Annoyed, I fired off a few quick shots at the group closing in and was pleased to see one of them drop their weapon as he fell to the ground incapacitated.
I slapped at the panel to close the hatch as I pushed myself up and jogged back to the bridge, a pleased smile on my face. I kept any comments I was going to make about sending a woman to do the job to myself and slid into my chair, ordering Reece to get us out of here.
Amid the hail of weapons firing at us, we blew through the docking hatch for incoming shuttles, narrowly missing a civilian transport coming in to dock.

For the next seven days I’ll be running a contest here and give one lucky commenter a birthday swag pack. Who’s birthday you ask? Well mine! That’s right, for [...]]]>

Got some very good news over the long weekend, which I’ll announce formally at another time. But for now, how about an announcement of another kind?

For the next seven days I’ll be running a contest here and give one lucky commenter a birthday swag pack. Who’s birthday you ask? Well mine! That’s right, for my birthday next week, I’ll give someone a download of both Flash of Dark and Midnight’s Ghost, along with cover flats of each book and an assortment of other swag.

So leave a comment here before 6 pm on June 8th to be entered!

http://thegeekybookworm.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-and-giveaway-with-author-sara.html

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I was lucky enough to be asked to participate in The Geeky Bookworm’s One Year Blogversary. Susi interviewed me about my newest book, Midnight’s Ghost, and there’s an e-copy of the book up for grabs. Just leave a comment on the entry and Susi will draw a winner on Monday, May 30th. Here’s the link:

http://thegeekybookworm.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-and-giveaway-with-author-sara.html

Good luck!

Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate–just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the [...]]]>

Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate–just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

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For this month’s Excerpt Monday here’s a excerpt from my newest release, Midnight’s Ghost.

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“No, but they made me hurt others. The scientists of [...]]]>

Welcome to another Six Sentence Sunday – today will be a selection from my newest release, Midnight’s Ghost, a science fiction romance – enjoy! (BTW, there are two contests running for a chance to win Midnight’s Ghost, details are here – one of which closes at midnight)

“No, but they made me hurt others. The scientists of the facility wanted to know how far they could push me and my abilities before I would break.” His voice wavered a little and he cleared his throat to cover it.
I dreaded asking this of him, but I knew, in the long run, it was probably better for him to get it all out. “Do you remember how long it was before that happened?”
A stricken look cast long shadows over his face. “I never broke.”

For those new to this, the rules are simple:

1) pick a project – a current Work in Progress, contracted work or even something readers can buy
2) pick six sentences
3) post ‘em on Sunday

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If you have a Twitter account, you can add the hashtag #sixsunday to your tweets when you tweet a link to your Six Sentence Sunday post. If you’re a writer (regardless of published/unpublished) come join us!

Stop by my interview with Para-Fanatics and leave a comment before midnight on May 17th to be entered for a chance to win.

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Swing over to Book Lovers, Inc for my guest blog on Women & Science Fiction and leave a comment before May 21st to be [...]]]>

There’s a few giveaways for my new release, Midnight’s Ghost, still happening.

Stop by my interview with Para-Fanatics and leave a comment before midnight on May 17th to be entered for a chance to win.

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Swing over to Book Lovers, Inc for my guest blog on Women & Science Fiction and leave a comment before May 21st to be entered for a chance to win.

(the links were a little wonky – but they’ve been fixed now!)

And don’t forget – the contest for an ecopy of Midnight’s Ghost is still open over at Para-Fanatics, stop by and comment, that’s all it takes to be entered for a chance to [...]]]>

I blogged today over at Paranormal Romantics about titles of books and character names – specifically mine.

And don’t forget – the contest for an ecopy of Midnight’s Ghost is still open over at Para-Fanatics, stop by and comment, that’s all it takes to be entered for a chance to win!

I’ll be splitting duties today, I’m at my publisher’s blog, Silver Expressions for my Morning After Post and I’m also over at one of the group blogs I’m a part of, Romance Writer’s Behaving [...]]]>

First of all – Midnight’s Ghost is now available! WOOT!

I’ll be splitting duties today, I’m at my publisher’s blog, Silver Expressions for my Morning After Post and I’m also over at one of the group blogs I’m a part of, Romance Writer’s Behaving Badly.

I’m going to be all around the interwebs for a the next few weeks doing interviews and guest posts, plus giving away copies of my new eBook, Midnight’s Ghost (which releases later tonight – usually around  7pm EST). To start things off, I’m at Para-Fanatics all week [...]]]>

It’s time to celebrate some romance in your science fiction!

I’m going to be all around the interwebs for a the next few weeks doing interviews and guest posts, plus giving away copies of my new eBook, Midnight’s Ghost (which releases later tonight – usually around  7pm EST). To start things off, I’m at Para-Fanatics all week with D. L. Jackson (who wrote the uberfabulous sci-fi rom Last Flight of the Ark) where she interviewed me. Swing on by and check it out – I’ll be giving away a copy of Midnight’s Ghost to one lucky commenter.