Well, the year is really flying by! We've hit the half-way point already, and are looking down the barrel of the home straight for the year. Here's a quick review of what we released in the second quarter:
April 2018
6th: Dreams of the Serpent by
C.M. Simpson
When the contract’s done, and you’re fleeing for your
life, the company’s supposed to be on your side, right? Am I right? So, you
tell me what happens when the company understands the contract wrong, and you
get stuck somewhere you really don’t wanta be. You tell me how I’m gonna make
it back to the stars.
A
short science fiction story set in the Odyssey universe.
13th: Dear Tiger: Let's Go A-Hunting by
Carlie Simonsen
Several solar systems apart, Simone and Tiger must
work together to rescue Marrietta before FedExplore terminates her as an
experiment gone wrong. It’s a race against time, complicated by the increasing
chances of an alien incursion, and Simone’s parents putting themselves in
danger in Sharvin’s ruins. This time, the chances of them reuniting have never
seemed so far away.
Dear Tiger: Let’s Go A-Hunting is the fifth chapter book in the Letters Across Space series. It can also be found in The
Dear Tiger Omnibus, which
compiles the first six books in the series into a single volume.
20th: Mack 'n' Me: Origins by
C.M. Simpson
I ran
away from home to find a better life—not be forced into one. You can call me
picky, but a girl likes to be asked if she wants to work for you, not
coerced—and Odyssey should know better. Now, I have to find a way to kick
free—of Odyssey, and my trainer, Mack—without getting myself killed. Surviving
the mission is just the first step. Getting out from under, that’s gonna take
some doing.
Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins is a science-fiction novel set in the Odyssey
universe. More specifically, it is the beginning of Cutter’s love-hate
relationship with Mack and his merry band of space-faring freelancers.
NOTE: The main character swears like a sailor, and the
support cast aren’t much better. If swears bother you, this story may not be to
your taste.
Mack 'n' Me: Origins is available
direct from Amazon,
Smashwords, DriveThruFiction, Google Play and Kobo,
and via Smashwords and Draft2Digital distribution. More links can
be found at Books2Read.
27th: Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My Sisters by
Carlie Simonsen
Simone and Tiger are almost
within touching distance, when their lives take dramatically different
directions, but Simone needs Tiger’s help, and he faces a difficult choice.
Does he try to join her, as she races to rescue her sisters, or can he be of
more help where he is? And will this be the mission that ends with them
together? Or will they be torn apart… again?
Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My Sisters is the sixth chapter book in the Letters Across Space series. It can also be found in The
Dear Tiger Omnibus, which compiles
the first six books in the series into a single volume.
May 2018
4th: Destiny's Queen by
C.M. Simpson
Life’s not fair, when you have to find a fiancé or
risk setting your kingdom up for a fall. It’s not fair, when your dead lover
comes to call, assassins in his wake, and your dead maid by his side. And it’s
really not fair, when everything happens on the night of your suitors’ ball. It
never rains but it pours. I am a queen by blood and right, and not some random
happenstance—yet who am I to argue when Destiny comes to call?
11th: Rocky & the Raptors by
Carlie Simonsen
When Rosie’s teddybear is stolen by
a bird, Rocky has to go into raptor territory to get it back, before Rosie
tries to fetch it herself—and all without the raptors knowing he’s there. Just
how far will he go to bring her Teddy home?
Rocky and the Raptors is the sixth
book in the Otherworld Adventures
series, and is set on the new world, where Rocky’s parents now farm alongside the
aliens who have asked for their help. This, and the other five books in the
series, can be found in The Rocky Adventures Omnibus.
18th: Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host by
C.M. Simpson
I stayed off Mack's radar for a good three months, or
so I'd thought. Maybe he was just letting me run. He found me, kicked my
backside and hauled me right back on board. He'd been doing that on and off for
the past twelve months. Problem was, Odyssey was also on my tail, and, when
this job was done, Mack was supposed to hand me back. Not gonna happen. And,
now I was back to Square One: Kick free of Odyssey and kick free of Mack...
just as soon as the mission was done, because how could I turn my back on
*that*?
Mack ‘n’ Me:
Blaedergil’s Host is the second science-fiction
novel set in the Odyssey universe.
In it, Cutter is back in Mack’s company, and still trying to work out how to
get away from him, his merry band of space-faring freelancers, and Odyssey.
NOTE: The main character
swears like a sailor, and the support cast aren’t much better. If swears bother
you, then this story may not be to your taste.
25th: The Dear Tiger Omnibus by
Carlie Simonsen
Away at boarding school, Simone misses her parents,
and she misses her friend, Tiger, but they keep in touch, and it’s better than
being dragged from one new world to the next. When a package arrives from her
parents, Simone’s excited—but, opening it changes her whole world, and only
Tiger can help her… if she can reach him, which is a whole lot harder than it
seems.
The Dear Tiger Omnibus contains all six
books from the Dear Tiger series
including: Dear Tiger: I Miss You, Dear Tiger: I Don’t Think I’m Human Anymore,
Dear Tiger: Don’t Look Back, Dear Tiger: I Like Your Lab, Dear Tiger: Let’s Go
A-Hunting, and Dear Tiger: Help Me Find My Sisters.
June 2018
1st: Harper's Choice by C.M. Simpson
“The
world turns differently for each of us, and we have no choice but to take its
hand and dance the next set of steps.” (Argyllis, 2017)
Harper disagreed. Rescuing pixies from
drug-runners, and working alongside unicorns and elves was part of her job. The
world had turned, and she had chosen, but, when she is badly injured and taken
into the elven realms, Harper finds she has a whole new set of steps to
choose—and that time, indeed, moves differently in the Other World.
Harper's
Choice is
a dark fantasy short story available direct from Amazon, Smashwords, DriveThruFiction, and Kobo,
and via Smashwords and Draft2Digital distribution. More links can
be found at Books2Read.
21st: Mack 'n' Me: Arach by C.M. Simpson
Nothing ruins a good cup of kaff than a spider
teleporting on board… and these were in the six-foot-business-suite-and-tie
range, carrying blasters and a sense of entitlement like you wouldn’t believe.
They gave me a job to do, and held my ship hostage while I went to do it—and
*that’s* when everything went all to Hell. Exactly how I’m gonna get us out of
this one, is a mystery to me. First step, though, is to bust Mack and the ship
right out of their eight-legged claws. Piece of cake. Right?
Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach is the third science-fiction novel set in the Odyssey universe. Cutter is running with Mack and his merry band of
space-faring freelancers, and, outside the occasional contract, Odyssey are
leaving them well alone.
NOTE: The main character swears like a sailor, and
the support cast aren’t much better. If swears bother you, then this story may
not be to your taste.
29th:The Rocky Adventures Omnibus by
Carlie Simonsen
Being a big brother isn’t easy—especially
when your sister believes her Teddy is on a mission to save the world. And all
because you said so. From trying to rescue his parents, to saving Christmas, to
protecting his sister from rogue kitties, moon dragons and ravenous
velociraptors, Rocky discovers some things never change—and that being a
brother is one of them.
The Rocky Adventures Omnibus
collects the six stories following Rocky’s adventures as he travels from Earth
to the distant world of Tallonna, where his family will make its home with the
aliens that have asked for their help.
