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Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Read Only Wednesday: Promise The Stars (Corwint Central Agent Files Book 5) by CE Kilgore #scifi #romance

This week's title is the long awaited Promise The Stars (Corwint Central Agent Files Book 5) by CE Kilgore (currently on pre-order for just $0.99). Another author I auto-buy when it comes to her SciFi romance books, though she also writes contemporary and MM romance.

Blurb:
To you, my dearest child, I promise the stars...
Nikki's been to the deepest pit of darkness in the universe and lived to tell about it, barely. But, to move forward with her life, she must first go back to Thetos - where a buried secret and her father's promise await her return. Despite her independent, defensive nature, she lets Brom into her world and under her skin bit by bit. With her Trexen biology clawing its way into fruition, including unwanted side effects like mind-reading and a deadly temper, she struggles to see herself as worthy of her father's intellectual legacy. The more she reveals to Brom, the faster she expects him to leave. She quickly learns Orellians don't give up so easily, and Brom's as stubborn as they come.
But someone's been waiting for Nikki's return and the secret she guards. Its discovery could mean a chance at peace, or lead to all out war. In the wrong hands, even the best intentions can lead to catastrophe, and a promise can decay into regret.
Kobo, Amazon

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Read Only Wednesday - Unbound Instinct by CE Kilgore #scifi #romance #spaceopera

Read Only Wednesday is when I highlight a book I've just read, am about to read, or have added to my TBR list (which is more usually the case). Today it's Unbound Instinct going on my wishlist, the only currently available book I'm missing from the Corwint Central Agent Files.

Blurb:
Vex was born into servitude, collared and trained into submission by the Xen'dari Empire. An unexpected turn of events offers him the chance for freedom, but Trexen were taught to fear freedom, and to fear themselves. Without the Xen'dari collar around his neck or a Master to tell him what to do and how to do it, Vex is faced with having to make his own choices while fighting against the instinctual, carnal nature of his Trexen heritage.

Cris is the last of her kind, enslaved by a man who uses her charms to subdue the crowds of his tavern and heal the wounds of his gang who attack the territories surrounding their outpost. When Vex steps into her world and kidnaps her into freedom, she must decide if she will accept it or if she will run from it and him.

Together, they will search for a grasp of freedom, an acceptance of themselves and an understanding of each other.

*This book is intended for mature readers and contains mild violence and romantic scenes of intimacy. The events in this book take place after Whispers From Exile.

About The Series: Corwint Central Agent Files
Corwint Central Agent Files is set in a galaxy far, far away. Various planetary systems and alien species, some human-like and others very unique, offer a backdrop to the adventures, struggles for power, character development and romance. As a space opera, character development and world building are the key ingredients. As a romance, ideals of love and relationship development are what drive the stories forward.

The Corwint universe is a constantly growing, changing and evolving universe. From space stations to newly discovered planets, each story in the series adds to a universe rich with life, struggling with conflict, and evolving its own sense of existence.

Love is the key theme in the series. Each book explores different aspects of love; from 'love at first sight' to unrequited love, from 'friends to lovers' to 'opposites attract', and everything in between. It also explores both sides of love - the good and beauty that can come from it, as well as the destructive force it can unleash when love turns to obsession.

Everything, and everyone, in the Corwint Universe has a past, present and future. Nothing is stagnant or an island. Every action, or inaction, has the potential to cast stones across the universe, creating ripple effects that may not be realized until years later. Fate mingles with choice, and consequences follow every decision.

Amazon US 201 pages, $2.99

Tuesday, 1 October 2013

Tuesday Teaser - Tracing the Stars by CE Kilgore

Excerpt from Tracing The Stars – Prologue:

Orynn is coping with her current reality and gaining an understanding that her fate has been inseparably bound to Jarren’s.

The hot sting of tears blurred her vision of the star-lit canopy above her as she gazed up at the points of light shining between her fingers. They were all there, delicately crafted into the lacework of the fabric. Caspian the Gallant, Soros his arch nemesis, the beautiful Tressana bewitching the wise sage Acrates, the Raven, the Stag and the Seeker’s Lantern. There were also patterns she didn’t recognize and she wondered at their stories. That night with Jarren had been the last time she traced the stars. After what happened with his family, and with his father, her eyes could barely stand to look at their sparkling lights without the sadness overwhelming her.

The stories she could trace into them from her own life would not be happy ones, and she doubted that they would ever be able to guide her back home. Unless they already have.

A shaky exhale released from her chest as she turned her hand over to look at the circular scar set in the palm of her hand. Perhaps her home was never meant to be with Ethan. Those events seemed so far away and she had already resigned herself to the fact that she would never see her beloved Velstrae again. Perhaps that had all been a lucid dream or a misstep in fate. Her fingers closed around the scar as her hand lowered back down to her side. Perhaps she was right where she was meant to be.

With compassion masking the sadness in her eyes, she looked back down to the sleeping man nestled into her shoulder. The darkness of vengeance and obsession had corrupted his spirit, but she could still see the faint whispers of the beautiful boy trapped behind the hard edges of the man lying beside her. He was a Vestrasa, and so, by the rules of her people that were created to protect the story of the universe, she was not allowed to interfere with the decisions he made. She had already made that mistake with him once before, but perhaps now the universe was giving her a second chance to set things right. Her heart could not love him in the same way that he wanted her to, but she did love him, deeply. A piece of her spirit was eternally his and she had made a promise to him to be there, here, with him. Always.

Synopsis:

Hankarron Eros has loved Tara since she had pigtails, but his fear of losing the strength and support that their friendship provides leads him to keep his heart's desires locked away. When the truth about his family is exposed and leaves him grasping to hold onto his ship, his crew and his sanity, words are spoken that can't be taken back and the presence he had grown so used to having at a convenient reach is gone.

Tara Flint has never denied her heart's attraction to the floppy-haired, brown-eyed Hankarron, even if he can be a stupid limik sometimes. Her strong will falters as she is forced to decide between a promise she made to her father, a boy she has loved since she had pigtails and the possibility of finding out what her life might be like without the presence of Hankarron always by her side.

When you get knocked down, you get back up and hit the other guy harder. Trip 'Wild Fists' Weston is a Runata'ji combat fighter at the top of his career with a fame and fortune he doesn't want and a Lucky Clover tattooed across his heart to remind him of the girl who is always just out of reach. When Tara's luck lands her in his lap without Hankarron on her heels, Trip wonders if this is his chance to capture his Clover, or if Tara's luck has other ideas in mind. Fate doesn't always give you want you want, but it will always give you what you need.

Jennadri Szina doesn't have time for matters of the heart or trying to get two wayward agents back on track. She's got a mission to run, a Director who is dying and a mother who isn't easy to impress. When Jehdra sends her to save Hank and Tara, Jen takes her mother's mission on at full speed, but she isn't prepared to manage 'Wild Fists' Weston and his damn dimple.

They say that the stories of our time will one day be traced into the stars to help guide others home. Fate strings intertwine with skipping stones across the stars of the universe, pulling it forward and writing new lines in the night sky as the Corwint Central Agent saga continues to lead Ethan, Orynn and Jarren towards a collision that holds the power to change everything.

Author bio:

C.E. Kilgore (1981 - ) has always had a love of romantic stories and science fiction. Although active in the writing community during her undergraduate studies, she chose to focus on her love of history and culture. Graduating with an HBA in History and a BA in Cultural Anthropology, she puts a deep emphasis on creating characters and environments within her writing that are full of both culture and history. The relationship development between characters and the worlds they live in is also an important aspect of her stories. Sarcasm, comedy, hidden "modern" references and subtle hints at underlined universal meanings are common within her writing style, but there is always plenty of action and a darker side lurking just around the corner.

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