With Alien Contact for Runaway Moms now live, I’m switching to my next project. I recently got the rights back to The Guardian Angel of Farflung Station. It’s perhaps my favorite book, and the heroine is definitely my favorite, so I revisited the book, expanding on three scenes that had more emotion in them. The second edition up for pre-order.
Among the changes I made are a new cover and a new blurb. Since you can’t get more hook-like than a blurb, I’m posting it for you today.
Three Strangers Facing an Enemy Invasion
A “travel poster” I made for this book.
The space pirates think they’ve conquered Farflung Space Station — but they didn’t count on Duke. The station’s Head of Security wants to prove to his army-officer parents he’s outgrown his youthful rebelliousness. Defeating a small army of pirates single-handedly is the perfect opportunity.
And they didn’t count on Lockey. This kick-ass princess knows every weapon and martial arts system in the galaxy. She fell in love with Duke at first sight, so winning his heart — and destroying the pirates are her greatest desires.
And most importantly, the pirates didn’t count on Sandrina. After loving Duke from afar, she now yearns to fight with—and for — him. The attractive waif has discovered so many of Farflung’s secrets that she’s the most powerful person on the station, though nobody knows it yet.
They’re about to find out.
As I imagine you can tell, this is science fiction adventure laced liberally with romance. I usually aim for a 50/50 split, but this book is probably more like 60/40. The question I pose in the title is legitimate, in that after I’d written most of it, I wasn’t sure who was going to get the girl — it could’ve been any combination of the three main characters!
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Ed Hoornaert (Mr. Valentine) 
I love the new cover, Ed.
I’ll pass that along to Jaycee.
It’s weird working with an illustrator who’s actually local and whom I see occasionally. The editor on the first edition was in Canada, the illustrator in Germany. For my Alien Contact series, the editor/cover artist is in South Africa. Of course, I’m sure you run into the same thing, with even greater distances.
Great story, Ed 🙂 Lost touch since I got banned from FB but I’m getting back into writing again (wave) catch me on MeWe.
Welcome back, Kathy!
What an interesting concept for a story. I like the idea taht you didn’t know who would win until the end.
The only possibility that the characters themselves had discarded was Duke + Princess.
My mind heads immediately for the gutter: threesome?
That is indeed one of the options I considered, although Princess and Waif living happily every after was discarded only near the end of the first draft.
Just like you to leave us hanging wanting to know more. 😉
That’s the purpose of hooks, right?
I am always left wanting more…and the rest of the story. Will be reading this soon!
That’s music to my ears, Lisa. Thanks!
We live in a time where the world’s talented artist and creatives are a click away. Does this book take place in the same solar system as Alien Contact for Runaway Moms?