Well it’s finally arrived! Today is the Sci-Fi Romance Brigade Blog hop. There’s some brilliant prizes up for grabs, including 35 SFR ebooks (including Reckless Rescue!) and a $150 gift card to Amazon or B&N, so check out the rafflecopter giveaway below for the list, and to enter!
The theme for the blog hop is ‘Out of This World’, a great theme for sci-fi romance! When I started this blog, not quite a year ago, one of the things I was trying to decide was how to tie together the page, and the books I write. Since I write fantasy romance as well as sci-fi, I wanted a tag line that could be applicable to both.
One of the things that’s common between fantasy and sci-fi is that they both take place in different worlds – either the made up world of fantasy, or a made up/futuristic world of sci-fi. Both involve considerate differences to ours, and yet, people fall in love in mostly the same way. Love is the constant, that anyone can recognise and take away, regardless of the different technology or rules.
And thus my log line was born. “Different worlds, different rules, different lives, but love remains the same.”
That’s what I like about love, and about reading romances. The feeling of love doesn’t know boundaries, or rules, or differences. If you fall in love, all that becomes unimportant. The fun thing with writing sci-fi romances, is finding a way to make it all work for the characters!
In my sci-fi romance novel, my two characters, Tyris and Marlee, are from very different worlds. While Tyris’s world is a little advanced from ours (and has spaceflight), Marlee’s people lost all useable technology when they were stranded on an abandoned planet, and have a constant struggle to grow enough food, and store it for the winter.
As if the huge difference in their backgrounds wasn’t enough, Tyris is forbidden to have children on his world, whereas on Marlee’s world (where he has crash landed), a child is needed to make a relationship permanent.
Figuring out how to make this work for them has been a challenge, but a lot of fun.
To celebrate the blog hop, I’m lowering Reckless Rescue’s price to 99c for a limited time! (Usually $2,99). So if you’re looking for a new sci-fi romance, or an introduction to the genre, check it out, or enter the rafflecoper competition below for a chance to win!
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Sounds like a great event. I got an Amazon GC today so I grabbed your book 😀
Thanks Tasha. Hope you enjoy it.
Wow! You really know how to throw an event 🙂 Actually, Reckless is already my planned reading for next week 😉
Thanks Tonja. Hope you enjoy it!
I didn’t actually plan this event, just participating. The lovely PippaJay over at http://pippajay.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-sfr-brigade-2nd-midsummer-blog-hop.html did all the hard work! Thanks Pippa!
No, thank YOU for participating. 🙂
Awesome giveaway! Can’t wait to read reckless rescue!! .99 cent great deal, you know how to show the love
Hope you enjoy it Amanda. I’ve been toying with a sale for a while, and this just seemed like the perfect time to try it!
Cool hope I win
Good Luck!
I hadn’t actually heard of these books before the hop. I have so many books to read, but I might check these out later 🙂 (even 2.99 isnt a bad price haha)
Thanks for the giveaway!
That’s true. $2.99 is about the right price for me! (Not that I mind 99c either!)
Cool hope I win
Thanks so much for the opportunity!
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Your blog line is awesome. My favorite part is that love stays the same. Have fun on your blog tour.
Thanks!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
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Sounds like there’s plenty of conflict to keep it interesting!
Yep, there is a little conflict. Enough to spill over into the next book even!
I love the pic at the top of your blog. It’s very pretty. I already have Reckless Rescue in my TBR. Thanks for participating!
AnnaM
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Thanks AnnaM. My sister helped me with it, and I think she did an awesome job.
Thanks for the awesome blog hop. I am adding you to my TBR.
Thanks Eva.
*awesome* giveaway!
thanQ!
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Fascinating premise for your book, can’t wait to read it!
Thanks Veronica. I hope you enjoy it.
Like the sound of your story, definitely going to be checking it out.
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Thanks Jean.
Nothing better than a good culture clash to fuel a story! Sounds fabulous, Rinelle!
Yep, it was good when it was two people from opposite sides of town, and I happen to think it’s better when they’re on opposite sides of the galaxy.
Sandra, not sure if you will see this or not, but I visited your page, and wanted to leave a comment on your post, but I couldn’t find a comment link?
Wow, Rinelle, you haven’t made it easy for your hero and heroine! Sounds like a great read.
Thanks Anna. Making it easy is never any fun. 🙂
Fun stuff. I’m not big into the romance genre, but this premise sounds interesting (and I’m a sci-fi/fantasy fan)… I’m going to put your book on my wish list 🙂
Hope you enjoy it. I go back and forth between whether it’s more sci-fi or more romance, but in the end, I don’t think they can be separated. The romance is light, but still a big focus of the book. (If that makes any sense!)
Hi! Awesome post! Your book sounds great!! I love sci-fi. There so fun and each is unique! Loving this hop! So many awesome authors! 🙂 Thank you! Have a great day!
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Thanks Shadow. Yes, there are some great blogs on this hop!