Love at first sight: Romance fact or fairy tale?

I recently had a reader review of one of my books and one comment they made stuck with me. They said that they didn’t like the ‘instant love’ as they called it between the main characters. Now, bear in mind that this particular book was in the science fiction/ romance genre, which is filled with all sorts of fantastical ideas. Vampires, shape-shifters, aliens….zombie apocalypse. So out of all of these ideas, the fact that ‘love at first sight’ was the most unbelievable made me rather, well to be honest…sad.

Have we really become so jaded in this modern age that the simple romance of falling in love at first sight has become an archaic notion or urban myth?

In a society where the norm is now filling out 40 pages of an online questionnaire of micro-matching, then hoping beyond hope that the person popping up on the other side has been truthful in said questionnaires, just for the possibility that it will lead you to your perfect mate; it’s little wonder that some have an issue with embracing the simple idea of following ones heart.

Why do I write science fiction romance? It’s a lot of fun first of all. Secondly, perhaps its because my own love life has always been a little…well, complicated. My bad luck in love has been rather constant, leading me to the only logical conclusion; obviously I must have been a very, very naughty person in a previous life to end up with such bad romantic karma.

What’s one of my personal fantasies?

A simple, real love. Free of the constraints, mating rituals and dating games of today’s society.

Am I still holding out hope somewhere in the deepest reaches of my heart and imagination that my knight in shining alien armor or some version of him will come to my rescue and take me away from all this drudgery?

Maybe….I guess I’m just an old fashioned girl at heart.

Here’s to hoping that your imagination always takes you to the dreams you’ve yet to reach.

Sarah.

Eve’s Rescue Release Day!

Eve's Rescue: Coalition Mates 3

Eve’s Rescue: Coalition Mates 3

Hi there! Its release day for the third book in my Coalition Mates series, Eve’s Rescue. This one has been my favorite to write so far, the heroine Evangeline is a strong woman with a sassy sense of humor!

Blurb:

Evangeline Scott was hoping for a fun night on the town after a hellish day. What she couldn’t have imagined was getting kidnapped by alien slavers and then left to die on an abandoned ship.

Kai Dallen and Roan Quinn were having some bad luck of their own when they found themselves set up by an old adversary and trapped in the vault of a Dhuaation Pharaoh’s ship with no way out. When Khaman-Ra makes them an offer they can’t refuse, the two space pirates end up rescuing a ship full of human female cargo. All three males are immediately drawn to one of the beauties and make an agreement to satisfy everyone’s desires. The only problem is, they didn’t think to ask Eve and when she wakes up to find that she’s now married to three aliens she’s mad as hell. By the time all four of them realise their true feelings, will it be too late, as a woman from Roan’s past threatens to ruin it all?

Ready to read some more? Click on this link to get Eve’s Rescue and the other two books in the Coalition Mates series!

I hope you enjoy them!

Thanks,

Sarah

Eve’s Rescue- Available for pre-order!

 

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Can Evangeline outmaneuver three alien males and show them how strong human women truly are? Or will they steal her heart and leave her will-power in the dust?

Eve’s Rescue is now available for pre-order! It releases June 3rd, click on this link to get the pre-order sale price!

Eve’s Rescue- Coalition Mates 3 Teaser

 

 

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Here’s a teaser for Eve’s Rescue, due to be released in June!

***Adult content warning! Contains sexual situations and language that may offend some people, so please……eye-muffs if you’re on the delicate side! ****

Eve’s Rescue: Coalition Mates 3

Eve was officially drunk and getting sleepy, when Kai’s soft caresses on her feet began to turn into a slow massage working its way up her calves, and Kham’s hands began soft caresses along her shoulders, his hot breath tickling her ear. She barely even noticed that Kai had started to move closer, lifting her legs so her thighs were now over his lap, and Roan moved to take over massaging her feet with his massive hands. She was suddenly very aware of the fact that all three men were fully aroused and what a strange sensation it was to feel three hard cocks pressing insistently against her at various spots. With the wine making her feel relaxed and their hands making her feel other things, she decided to enjoy herself for just a few minutes before telling them to keep their grabby hands to themselves. Like…at least ten more minutes.

“So, tell us, love, what exactly are the parameters of your no-sex clause now that we are getting to know one another better?” Kham whispered softly into her ear before gently licking along her neck, causing a shiver to race down her spine into some very interesting places.

By this time Kai had the skirt of her dress pushed up to her thighs, and he was stroking hypnotically up and down, his thumbs getting closer to the heart of her with every pass. It was difficult to keep her traitorous body from opening her legs wider, giving him more access to where she craved his fingers would trail. Kham’s hands began to dip lower on her collarbone, his long golden fingers gently massaging the tops of her breasts bringing her nipples to tight attention.

“Well,” she managed to get out in a breathy voice, “obviously we are married, so a certain level of affection and touching would be appropriate…”

Her breath was cut off, and her words ended on a less than dignified squeal when Roan pressed the bottom of her foot fully against his hard cock beneath his pants. All three men were breathing just as heavily as she was, and she could tell they were maintaining an effort to be still beneath her. Eve had to admit to herself, that after a three-year dry spell her slightly slutty side was currently in a serious bitch-slap fight with her self-righteous feminist side on how this night was going to go down. But with three pairs of hands on her, not to mention other random body parts, the decision was rapidly leaning one way.

“What about this type of affection?” Kai said in a low voice as one of his hands slid up her torso and gently cupped her breast, lightly running his thumb back and forth over the hard nipple.

“Oh,” she breathed out as she pushed up into his hand. “Yes, that’s nice.”

Eve had begun to sweat now, Kham’s chest at her back felt like he was on fire. His lips were feathering along her neck while one of his hands came up over the other side of her to caress her other breast through the soft material of the dress. Her pussy had soaked through the small panties that she’d been given to wear with the ensemble, and she felt Roan’s hands move up along her hips to play with the strings on either side. His thumbs slowly gliding up and down on the top of her mound, never quite going low enough, but the light touch seemed to electrify the nerve endings. Her anticipation was making her pant as she wished he’d simply make his way to her clit. At this point she was so turned on that one firm pass over it, and she’d be screaming his name as she came.

“May we take off your dress, love?” Roan asked, never stopping the caress of his hands.

“But…rules…” She could barely put the two words together with all three sets of their hands slowly torturing her. Then all of a sudden their hands all stopped moving.

“What, nooo don’t stop!” she whimpered, moving her body against them trying to get them to continue.

“We won’t move until you tell us the rules, baby. Don’t you want us to touch you?” Kai asked in a whisper before he leaned up and slowly ran his tongue along her bottom lip.

“Oh my God, okay, fine,” she said in a rush. “Making out and heavy petting is okay, just no penetration.”

“Deal.” All three of the men accepted eagerly with determined nods.

It sounded weak even to her own ears, and her feminist alter ego was groaning in self-disappointment, but what the hell ever! Eve took a moment to look at the three men who were currently peeling her dress carefully from her shoulders like they were unwrapping a present. Kham had returned his lips to her neck while his golden hands lightly traced over her skin as Kai and Roan uncovered it setting her nerves on fire once again. Three sets of hands moved over her once she was bare, their touch just barely skimming over her making her crazy with the need for more. Over her breasts and down her sides, from the tops of her feet up the insides of her legs until they brushed back down the other side, down her arms to trail over her palms and fingers. Eve had never had such an overwhelming amount of stimulation over her skin before. How could such a gentle touch be so seductive?

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Want to read more about the other Coalition Mates and their adventures? Click here!

Thanks for reading!

Sarah.

 

Sarah’s Crew Sizzling Summer Party on The Romance Reviews

Sizzling Summer Party
Sizzling Summer Party

Hi there! Come and check out Sarah’s Crew during The Romance Reviews Sizzling Summer Party happening from June 1st to June 30th! I’ll be participating with a free book give away of Talia’s Match: Coalition Mates 2 in the Q & A game, so read the Sarah’s Crew chapter blurb below to find the correct answer!

Sarah' Crew: Coalition Mates
Sarah’ Crew: Coalition Mates

Sarah’s Crew- Chapter Fifteen

As they wandered back to the ship, she wanted to stop at one last vendor to get some sweets for dessert tonight. Just as they finished up, three very large males stepped into their path and as she looked around, the entire lane cleared into a ghost town. All the vendors retreated back into their stores. The strangers looked like some sort of ape-men and since blasters weren’t allowed through security on the port they all had large machete-style blades on them and scowls on their faces as they looked at Zane, but it was the disgusting leers when they looked at her that really began to frighten her.

“Give us the female and we will let you live, Zornan., the largest beast man slurred out around big yellowed tusk-like teeth.

Zane pushed Sarah behind him and at the same time drew his short sword from his belt. “The female is my bond mate and not available. Step aside and I will let you live, Scutka scum.”

Two of the beasts snorted in laughter. The third rubbed his distended crotch and spit, “We don’t care if she’s your mother warrior, we’ll have our sport and get good coin for her on a pleasure slave ship.”

Zane tensed under Sarah’s hands on his back, he said over his shoulder to her, “Sarah, I’m going to have to fight them. If this looks like it’s not going in my favour you must run back to the ship. Do you remember the way?”

Sarah was really beginning to get scared now. That Zane thought he might not win against these brutes must mean that they were very dangerous warriors. She’d watched Rykken and Zane train for hours and was amazed at how skilled they both were.

“I won’t leave you here, Zane,” Sarah whispered to him over his shoulder.

The leader of the Scutka lunged forward at Zane just as he was about to look back at her. Zane shoved her a few feet back from them as he engaged the larger male. The other two seemed to be content to wait to see who came out on top as they stood aside with their swords drawn. They battled back and forth for some time. Sarah could barely breathe as both males landed several blows that left the other bloody. Finally when the large beast-man looked as though he was tiring, he swung out and Zane lunged at him impaling him on his sword. The grotesque male fell to the ground and his companions roared out and ran at Zane swords raised, the other two were obviously not as skilled as their leader as her bond mate was able to dispatch one right away and looked to be making short work of the other when Sarah noticed that the first Scutka was still alive.

She saw him reach behind his back and pull out a weapon as Zane was turned away from him, still fighting the last one. When she saw that it was a blaster, she screamed out, “Watch out, Zane!”

Sarah didn’t even think as she jumped in front of Zane as he killed the third beast and whirled around to see what she was yelling about. He turned just in time to see the Scutka shooting a blaster and Sarah diving in front of it to save him from getting shot in the back.

All Sarah felt was an electric jolt through her body then an excruciating burning through her abdomen. She saw Zane’s eyes widen before he lunged at the dying beast that had just shot her and lobbed his head clear off, then the burning turned into coldness as she succumbed to the darkness and passed out.

Zane couldn’t believe it. Sarah had actually lunged in front of a blaster to save him. No one except for his bond-mates had ever even stood up for him and here this tiny human female had sacrificed herself for him. Knowing that Tristan was their best bet at saving her due to the fact that the medics on the station wouldn’t know anything about human anatomy, he carefully picked her up in his arms and ran all the way back to the ship like all their lives depended on it.

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Want to know the rest of Sarah’s story? Click here to get Sarah’s Crew and the rest of the Coalition Mates books!

Thanks for reading!

Sarah

 

Eve’s Rescue Cover Sneak Peak

Eve's Rescue: Coalition Mates 3
Eve’s Rescue: Coalition Mates 3

Hi there! Here is a sneak peak of the cover for the latest in the Coalition Mates series, Eve’s Rescue, which is due to be released sometime in June. Hope you like it!

If so, check out the first two books in the series here!

Thanks for reading!

Sarah.

 

Coalition Mates Newsletter – 3

Hello sisters!

I’ve got a few things that I need to share with you all, so this will be our third installment of the newsletter.

First things first, after much effort on my part through various methods of bribery, I am sad to tell you that my husbands have utterly refused to sneak back to Earth and retrieve a copy of the second Magic Mike movie when it comes out, which also means we won’t be getting the Hagen Daz Caramel Cone ice cream either….sorry Talia. Apparently Earth being a “restricted planet” is kinda a big deal. Whatevs. I tried to point out that it wasn’t such a big deal that we all didn’t get our asses kidnapped! But I’ve been told in a nutshell that two wrongs don’t make a right or some such crap. Obviously they haven’t seen the first Magic Mike…..it makes a lot of things right 😉

Moving on, there are a couple of you who have been previously “talked to” about fondling various other species unusual body appendages whenever you see them– please stop. I understand that it may seem funny to you at the time, but many species do not seem to be “getting” our humour, and come on, you’re making us Earthers all look like backwater hillbillies who’ve never been out of the solar system before! …..which, yes, I know we haven’t. But gosh ladies, have some manners! Plus, instigation of familiar touch is a declaration of intent to court for many species, so you may just be getting more than you bargained for next time you think its funny to reach out and touch someone’s tentacles.

Lastly, to the very funny person(s) who anonymously sent the baby rattle to my husbands….. that was so NOT funny! It took me almost three days to make them believe me that I wasn’t knocked up. Then the rest of the week was spent trying cheer them up from their disappointment. I’m still not walking quite right.

I WILL find out who you are! and when I do you’d better watch out, I have an entire ship full of minions to cater to my every whim….and hacking into the spa reservation system to re-book you for a full body wax would be child’s play for these guys! So be very afraid bitches!

Lots of love,

Eve.

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Hello there!

Eve’s Rescue is with the publisher and has a tentative release date for June, so soon you’ll be able to meet the saucy wench who’s been put in charge of the Coalition Mates Newsletter! I will also post the cover art once it comes through, so thank you for reading and I’ll talk soon!

Sarah.

Coalition Mates Newsletter- 2

 

Hello again!

Its me…..Eve. I thought I’d send a quick update out to you all since we do have some news, my mates and I are in Adoan with Talia and her men and after a seriously disturbing ten hours of labour I am happy to announce that she delivered a robust 9lb 4oz of bouncing baby boy dragon! I’m not going to lie to you….it was a horrifying hot mess in there, but after all’s said and done he’s pretty darn cute. Even if he did burp a little fire at my face the first time I held him. I’m pretty sure my eyebrows will never be the same again. Which of course according to my husbands is my fault for sticking my googly eyes and baby-talking face too close to a newborn dragon shifters mouth…..like I knew? Who knows this stuff?? Well at any rate I’m sure they’ll come up with some excuse to “discipline” me later for it. I cant wait! 😉

Which brings me to our next topic that may be helpful to all of you trying to find your way out here in the universe. Ménage marriages.

Since this isn’t something that was a common option back on Earth, how could we ever have contemplated how to navigate such a relationship? Since Sarah, Talia and I have forged the path for you on this we’ve complied some tips for you if you find yourself the filling in a super hottie alien sandwich!

1. Never try to play your men against each other. This will most likely end up with them finding out and you having your ass paddled for trying to manipulate them…..on the other hand, if you dig a little discipline this is a sure fire way to get some. So enjoy!

2. If you have a large pet, say like a cat or something that happens to live on a spaceship with you, and said pet has a nasty habit of pulling out various trees out of the green space to drag into your bedroom to ‘play’, don’t try to blame the dirt trail on one of the random crew….because the freaking ship computer will just narc on you and show the vid recording of you trying to get rid of the evidence by stuffing a small tree into a to a maintenance panel to your mates.

3. Lastly, whether you have six mates or one, enjoy every second of your time out here with the ones that you love. Don’t let the biases of where we came from and the small mindedness of those with a limited imagination stop you from being yourself and being open to all the happiness that you deserve.

We all have our own baggage and inner battles to face, but it’s how you choose to let it affect those around you that shows your true character. Acceptance, kindness and love. Keep on putting it out there and I hopefully your ‘happy ending’ will find you in a place you had only imagined!

Eve.

 

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Well, thanks again for reading! I just finished ‘Eve’s Rescue: Coalition Mates 3’ this past weekend and sent it in so I hope you look forward to checking it out! Now to get to work on the next book in the series about Sally and Arkenon. Sally’s a stubborn serial dater and control freak who’s about to meet her match in the Courtesan Guild Master of Sirus. Good thing he’s spent his entire life learning how to see exactly what people need because Sally isn’t going to make it easy for him, but then again, that’s part of what draws him to her in the first place! But can she put her past to rest and learn to submit to a man who sets her body aflame and her heart out of control?

Enjoy!

Sarah.

If you haven’t checked out the other two Coalition Mates books, click on this link to read more!

Raven’s Awakening Blurb

Raven’s Awakening Blurb

Not everyone in this world deserves to be loved. Not everyone will find that other half of their soul. The fates are not so kind.

Some are cursed to simply walk alone, to measure the years as a punishment for deeds done in a life long forgotten.

They say karma’s a bitch….but from Raven’s point of view, not only was karma a bitch, but that bitch was seriously looking to get her eyes gouged out!

For as long as she could remember, she had always felt different.  She had been adopted as an infant, and although her parents were very kind and loving people, she had always felt like a stranger in her own family.  Not only in her family, but school, with the neighbourhood children, everywhere – she simply did not belong.

So at a very early age she resolved herself to give up trying to fit in and just hid the loneliness and the longing she felt, to put on a fake smile and act as happy and content with life as everyone else around her seemed to be.

In her teenage years, she learned to befriend those whom were also outside of the normal crowd. In her late teens and early twenties she learned that a little bravado and barbarous tongue distracted most people from noticing the truth.

What was the truth? If she was going to be perfectly honest with herself, she would say she was born with a broken heart; doomed before she even came into this world.

If she only knew how close to the truth she truly was.

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I’m finally buckling down and getting into Raven’s story as she’s been running around in my mind distracting me for the last two books. I hope you enjoy this small look into Raven’s Awakening!

Thanks,

Sarah