Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2 - Spotlight Post

Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2

BY:   S.E. Smith, Carol Van Natta, Jessica E. Subject, Alexis Glynn Latner, M.K. Eidem, Susan Grant, Michelle Howard, Cara Bristol, Veronica Scott, Pauline Baird Jones, Laurie A. Green, Sabine Priestley

BLURB:  

The pets are back! Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2, featuring twelve of today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors brings you a dozen original stories written just for you! Join in the fun, from the Dragon Lords of Valdier to a trip aboard award-winning author, Veronica Scott’s Nebula Zephyr to journeying back to Luda where Grim is King, for stories that will take you out of this world! Join New York Times, USA TODAY, and Award-winning authors S.E. Smith, M.K. Eidem, Susan Grant, Michelle Howard, Cara Bristol, Veronica Scott, Pauline Baird Jones, Laurie A. Green, Sabine Priestley, Jessica E. Subject, Carol Van Natta, and Alexis Glynn Latner as they share stories and help out Hero-Dogs.org, a charity that supports our veterans!

10% of the first month’s profits go to Hero-Dogs.org. Hero Dogs raises and trains service dogs and places them free of charge with US Veterans to improve quality of life and restore independence.

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REVIEW:

I loved Pets in Space #1 and have been looking forward to #2.  I started this one with Susan Grant's story about Puppy, The Prince, The Pilot, and the Puppy.  Puppy was just a short cameo in her story where Bang-Bang got a human.  There was a promise that Puppy would also find a home and spark a romance.  I loved how he brought his two humans together.  After that I went for the stories set in worlds I had already been following.  

Next was Veronica Scott's Star Cruise: Songbird where I met some old friends and found some new ones.   This fit right into the series and I loved that the pet was a bird, a very interesting bird.

Then on to read Carol Van Natta's Pet Trade set in the Minder Universe.  This one was filled with pets and two wounded characters.  I love what has been created and really enjoyed meeting the pets and the characters.  

After that I read Cara Bristol's Rescued by the Cyborg, another of the worlds and authors that are a must buy for me.  This time there is a kitten who helps bring two people together.  Cara sent me a description to her story, an excerpt,and something about Cara,  all included below.

Before you start reading below I have to say there is so much more included in Pets in Space 2.  I have just mentioned the first four stories.  Each  story is a novella not a short story so I have not gotten to all the rest.  There are other stories by authors I have read and several stories by new to me authors.   There are great stories with interesting settings and a must read for Science Fiction Romance readers.

Rescued by the Cyborg (A Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance) by Cara Bristol

A cyborg’s haunted past and a Faria’s clouded future entwine…

Hostage and sole survivor Solia waits for death at the hands of vicious predatory aliens when Cy-Ops agent Guy Roarke disobeys orders and charges in. A former medic, he initiates emergency medical procedures before rushing her to Cybermed.

Guy is taken with Solia, but the guilt of a past mistake won’t allow him to plan for a future with the delicate, brave beauty. Life is so uncertain, he can’t even keep Mittzi, the kitten his niece gave him. What he can do is see to it Solia gets the help she needs for a full recovery. But when best intentions place her in greater danger, it’s up to a little kitten to make everything all right again.

Excerpt

Guy pushed into his cabin. Next to his bags was the gift—a box tied with a big red bow. The carton was moving. And mewing. “Oh, Jessamine, what did you do?”

The box bumped into his foot. Atop the lid his niece had written: LIVE ANAMUL. OPEN IMED IMID SOON!

He ripped off the bow and peeled back the top. Inside, an angry, frightened kitten hissed. Jessamine’s cat had birthed a litter, and he recognized this baby by its gray coat, four white feet, and a blotch shaped like a star on its button nose.

Sighing, he reached into the carton.

The kitten growled and swiped its claws across his skin.

“Ow!” Guy yanked his hand back. The kitten leaped out and dove under the berth.

Great. Just great. How could his niece have done such a thing? She shouldn’t have boxed up a live animal—even if she did punch air holes in the carton. If she hadn’t contacted him and insisted he open the present, the kitten might have remained inside for quite a while.

In the corner of the container, he spotted a slip of paper, partially shredded. He unfolded it.

Dear Uncle Guy,

I know you are sad, and I want you to be happy. I am giving you one of Fluffy’s kittens so you won’t be lonely. I named her Mittzi becuz she has four wite white mittens. Pleez come home again, soon.

Jessamine

XOXO

His sister worried about him, but Carter, too, and now Jessamine? He hadn’t hidden his feelings well enough if his seven-year-old niece could pick up on them.

His fiancée’s defection had devastated him.

About Cara Bristol
USA Today bestselling author Cara Bristol writes steamy science fiction romance with an emphasis on the characters and their romance, with a little humor, heat, and danger added for fun. She is the author of three science fiction romance series: sexy cyborg Cy-Ops Scifi Romance series, the dark erotic Breeder series, and the new humorous Alien Mate series. She likes to say that she writes science fiction for readers who don’t like sci-fi.  Cara lives in Missouri with her alpha hero, her husband, and Hannah, her cat, aka her writing supervisor.

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Short and Sweet Book Reviews #49- The Rise of Io by Wesley Chu, Forsaken Skies by D. Nolan Clark, Pets in Space by Multiple Authors (see below)

The Rise of Io by Wesley Chu
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a set up for new action in the series that started with The Lives of Tao. We still see Cameron Tan but he is not the main characters. That is Ella Patel, a thief and con artiste who finds herself with a body swapping alien, one of the Quasing and not one of the important ones. Io has chosen Ella and Ella is not that happy about it. That starts a story that is filled with danger, twist, turns and excitement. The plot revolves around a new project in India and it drives the action. However the main focus is getting to know Ella, Io and the world they inhabit. There is a lot of mystery about Io while Ella has to change how she has lived most of her life. This is a fun read with plenty of suspend and a real cliff hanger at the end. This will stand alone even though some of the world building and back story happened in the books about Tao.


Forsaken Skies by D. Nolan Clark
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Have you ever read a book that just seemed to go on forever? If so you may feel that way about Forsaken Skies. I certainly did. It was not because it was a bad story. Quite the opposite. It is a very well crafted story full of interesting characters, great backstory and excellent world building. It also had very long passages full of explanation about the mechanics behind the technology. That was also very well done and easy to understand. However, that part of the book was what made me feel it went on forever. If you like that you will give this five stars. As I want to get on with the action and the explanations slowed the story line down for me it is a four star book. This is the first book in a series and I will read book two. Why? Because the problem in book one is very far reaching. Even though they did what they started out to do the solution brought on a much larger problem. So stay tuned.

View all my reviews Pets in Space by by S.E. Smith (Goodreads Author), Susan Grant (Goodreads Author), Cara Bristol (Goodreads Author), Veronica Scott (Goodreads Author), Pauline Baird Jones (Goodreads Author), Laurie A. Green (Goodreads Author), Alexis Glynn Latner (Goodreads Author), Lea Kirk (Goodreads Author) , Carysa Locke(Goodreads Author)

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a must read for all Science Fiction Romance fans. The stories in this collection are all outstanding. Most are by authors I knew but a few introduced me to some new authors. I had seen reviews of stories by S.E. Smith but this was the first time to read anything by her. Susan Grant takes us back to Baresh. She gives us a story about a great couple brought together by Bang-Bang the dog. See if you ask what happened to a minor characters. If you do you will find out that the character is going to get his own story. Cara Bristol bring us another cyborg who does not know he is ready for love until it smacks him in the face. My favorite is Star Cruise: Stowaway by Veronica Scott. I really enjoyed visiting the Nebula Zephyr again. It was nice to meet the new characters and get to visit with the ones for Star Curise: Outbreak. Pauline Baird Jones is anther of my favorite authors and she has a real dragon as the pet in her story. Alexis Glynn Latner, Lea Kirk and Carysa Locke were the other three who I had never read but really enjoyed getting to know. I read a book by Laurie A Green several years ago and I got a re-introduction in Pets in Space. This was a can't put down read for me and I think it will be for all of you.

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