Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Miriam Newman and her new book, “House of the 12th Planet”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
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House of the 12th Planet
by Miriam Newman
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GENRE: Science Fiction
Romance
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BLURB:
To
whom does Lela owe her loyalty: her own
people or the Thelonian Lord who loves her?
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EXCERPT TWO:
When
the animals were fed, she ate a solitary, uneasy dinner while the sun fell. She
had just finished when there was a chime at the still-locked door. For the
first time, she took the precaution of checking the view screen before
answering and sucked in her breath in shock at what—at who—she saw.
It
was Roger. Roger, Governor of their Colony, at her door. Not the immaculate,
articulate Roger she had always seen and he was not alone. She buzzed the door
open at once.
“What
is it?” she blurted. This Roger was disheveled, red-eyed, sweat- and soot-
stained and cradling a toddler baby against his chest.
“May
I come in?”
“Of
course, of course.” Flustered, she fell back to admit him, then instinctively
reached to touch the sleeping infant. “What...”
Roger
smiled, a twisted smile that looked suspiciously close to weeping. “You wanted
a baby, I believe?”
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GUEST POST:
Everyone loves a
hero! Tell us all about this genuine
character and the inspiration behind their development.
In
the course of the three books that comprise the “Scion” series, I learned more
about my male protagonist than I thought I could possibly know.
Caius
first came to me as an image. Picture a
humanoid, very handsome guy BUT he is six and a half feet tall with a frizzy
mane of electrified-looking hair and eyes that can turn red when he’s
angry. I mean, like a light bulb. Pretty scary dude, huh?
But...not
actually. Caius is born into an
aristocratic family on the planet Thelona.
He is cultured. He is highly
educated. And when provoked he is a
complete lunatic. That’s my guy.
Above
all, and despite the temper, Caius is decent and that’s a substantial drawback
in a culture where vicious political intrigue, assassination and slavery are
every day realities. A decent man
confronting such forces is bound to run into trouble and he does.
Returning
to the planet from a stint in the Mercenary Corps, he gives into the impulse to
buy Lela on the slave market. She is in
dire shape and is basically a rescue, but despite her defects or—more
likely—because of them, she grows to mean a great deal to him. When he attempts to use her presence to put
off political marriage, though, he endangers both their lives. The sensible solution would be to sell
her. But Caius has never been sensible.
You are welcome to
read the rest and I hope you will!
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Fantasy
poetry driven by myths and legends has been my passion for as long as I can
remember. I was published in poetry before catching the romance writing bug. I
bring that background to my writing along with a lifelong addiction to horses,
an 18-year career in various areas of psychiatric social services and many
trips to Ireland, where I nurture my muse. My published works range from
contemporary fantasy romance to fantasy historical, futuristic, science fiction
and historical romance. Currently I live in rural Pennsylvania with a
"motley crew" of rescue animals. You can see my books at
www.miriamnewman.com.
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Miriam ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book series and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting on your beautiful blog, Ally. I hope readers will enjoy this series and I have plenty more fantasy and historical romance to come.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading this one!
ReplyDeleteI'll make this a take-two question. My two great loves are science fiction and historical novels--one tells you where we have been, the other where we are going. One science fiction author I thoroughly enjoy is C.J. Cherryh. For historical novels, anything by Philippa Gregory is an auto-buy for me.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the post today, new author for me!
ReplyDeleteThank you, everyone, for visiting. I have loved writing this science fiction trilogy. My editor has just sent me final edits for the next book, Warlord, an ancient times romance, and I am really excited about this one. Perhaps I will see some of you again when it is released! I hope so. Thanks again, and thanks to Ally for hosting me on her beautiful blog.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds seriously good!! Lovely cover, too!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mya. By the time we got to Book III, my cover artist and I agreed the female protagonist had earned a cover of her own!
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