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Greetings from
the Cade-iverse!
Teaming up with my fellow SFR Brigade authors to bring you Starry Nights, a blog hop with many new authors and sci fi romance offerings.
Welcome aboard, space cadets!
My new SFR series, The LodeStar Series, features strong men and the women it takes to handle them. I write alpha males, no apologies. But that doesn't mean they can't be tender.
Here's a little starry night magic from my NEXT release, Dark Runner, debuting later this summer in an anthology with authors Jessa Slade, Calinda Be and Bianca D'arc.
The story is set in the world of my best-selling LodeStar Series.
Tal Darkrunner
is not just a tattooed bad boy, he’s the leader of a dangerous gang. Serpentian
warrior Scala Raj knows this—so why can’t she stay away from him? She’s
supposed to be spying on him to gain back her freedom, not falling for him.
Tal fought his
way to the top in the vicious streets of New Seattle, Earth II. Now he rules
his gritty kingdom, his skin marked with a piece of inked body art for every
victory won through his courage, cunning and absolute refusal to back down—ever.
Only one thing
could send him hurtling into deep space—a mission to find and destroy the
slavers who tried to take the one woman he wanted. He trusts no one, including
Scala, the defiant beauty with a lethal body who joins his small space cruiser crew. He knows she's hiding secrets, and that she's on the run.
That won’t stop
him from enjoying the pleasures of her body. But no matter how fiery the
passion that arcs between them, he’ll never risk his heart.
Unless she slips
under his guard and steals it …
Here the crew has stopped in a nightclub on Solaria to look for information. Tal is ready to go, but where is his new warrior?
“We’re
just passing through.”
Tal rose and turned, looking for Scala. He was prepared
to drag three or four males away to get to her. But although two human males
were vying for her attention, she stood like a lovely statue among the other dancers,
her face like stone.
Tal
followed her gaze to a large group of people making their way through the
crowded bar. They wore fancy-ass flight suits, some pearl gray and others
bright golden yellow.
Tal
forged his way onto the floor, tossing one of her admirers out of his way.
“Who
are you watching?” Tal demanded, stepping between her and the group. She knew
them, that was obvious. If she didn’t snap out of it, they were going to spot
her too.
As if freed from a spell, she blinked, and
then focused on him. Her sexy eyes were haunted. Then she ducked into the
shelter of his body, her face turned into his shoulder. “They’re LodeStar—ships
guard and crew. The Orion or one of the other space cruise ships. I can’t let them
see me.”
Suddenly
his warrior seemed in need of protecting. His arm going around her, Tal looked
over his shoulder at the jovial group. Yeah, he could picture her as one of
them, strong and confident and laughing.
Now,
she looked shattered. He moved, herding her with him in the opposite direction.
“Hey,
I was gonna dance with her,” protested a man in a stained flight suit.
“Try
it and I’ll cut your throat,” Tal informed him.
The
skinny male’s eyes widened. He scrambled back out of the way, jostling other
dancers who scarcely seemed to notice. Just business as usual at the Black
Hole.
Darry
fell in step with them as they emerged from the writhing mass of dancers.
“We’ll go out the back,” Tal said.
What?? Not romantic enough for you? *grins* Yeah, that's about as mooshy as Tal gets, and these two are more likely to be arguing, fighting or burning up the sheets than having a tender moment. Doesn't mean Tal won't come thru in the end ... but you have to get there first.
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Cathryn Cade
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