Showing posts with label Shari Elder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shari Elder. Show all posts

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Saturday's Blurbs feature Books by Shari Elder #MFRWAuthor #Science fiction #Paranormal #romance

 


As I noted yesterday, I write science fiction and paranormal romance.  I am pleased to share three of my books with you.

 

The Scent of Memory, Green Rising Book 2

Twelve years ago, Marisol lost Aren. Now he’s back – pointing a gun at her head and treating her like a stranger.

Rebel hacker, Marisol Martinez, never thought volunteering to keep the hospital safe from cyborgs would lead her back to the man sabotage ripped from her arms. The man she swore to avenge by any means possible.

For over a decade, Cap protected the cyborgs under his command from every danger. Until he meets an insurgent, whose scent wreaks havoc on his control. She calls him Aren and insists she knows him. But she’s wrong. He has no past, no present, no future – only orders he’s programmed to complete.

Forced together, Marisol and Cap can’t resist the passion that keeps building between them.  With time running out, Marisol must use her computer skills to restore Aren’s memories or Cap will kill all subversives on the planet – starting with her.

 

Race to Redemption, Green Rising Book 1

Intergalactic storm racing champion, Elaina Carteret, left the circuit in disgrace after a horrendous accident. Willing to deal with the devil, aka her business manager, she accepts a challenge for one last chance to fly again. The deal seemed easy - pose as Lainie Carter, medical transport pilot, and spy on a hospital outpost. Until she meets the director, Dr. Erik Johansen, who runs the station with an iron hand, a permanent scowl and the tightest bod on the planet.

Erik keeps his emotions and laboratories locked up tight. He once trusted a woman who turned out to be a spy—and millions died. When the sizzling hot Lainie Carter sashay’s into his office with her endless legs, pouty mouth and penchant for sneaking into forbidden areas, he knows she’s dangerous. If only she would stop sneaking into his fantasies.

When the outpost is attacked by mercenaries, the Diva and Dr. Dictator are thrown together in a race across the desert to save two dying children. As a fragile trust grows between their damaged hearts, will it be strong enough to survive the truths that threaten their growing bond?

 

 

 

Shifter Trials, Shifting Alliances Book 1

On the night of the full moon, any male shifter can call the Trials to race against Talia Orion, alpha of the united wolf-eagle clans. Clan law requires Talia to marry the winner of the Trials, a grueling twenty-mile marathon through dangerous, rugged terrain. Talia, the product of an unhappy, political alliance masquerading as a marriage, trains obsessively to ensure she avoids her parents’ fate.

Her newest vampire trainer, Hayden Mitchell, makes her powerful even as he knocks down her defenses, and finds his way into her heart. Hayden has loved Talia since the first moment he saw her. As the destined ruler of the vampire clan, he also has another agenda—to politically unite Talia’s clans with his own. Will Talia be able to forgive him?

 

 

 

 

Friday, January 29, 2021

Friday Shari Elder is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #non-profit settings #science fiction #paranormal

 

I am thrilled to be visiting and have the chance to introduce myself and my stories. Let’s dive right in.

 

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

 

Since my books still do not make enough money to support me, I still have my day job.  While I have held many titles throughout my career, my work has always focused on making places better, predominantly in non-profit settings. This type of work has usually included economic development, education, and community engagement – sometimes together, sometimes separately. My day job has not influenced my choices as a writer directly, although it has allowed me to write characters with less familiar jobs such as Chamber of Commerce President, Mayor, and University Professor since I have rubbed elbows with all of them in past jobs.

 

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

 

I am genre specific, writing mostly science fiction and paranormal romance.  I have done one modern romance, but I enjoy world build so much, I definitely lean toward genres where I get to make up the rules for living and life.

 

3. What is your latest release?

 

My latest release is The Scent of Memory, Green Rising Book 2. As is common in science fiction, there are several corrupt intergalactic government-corporate alliances, and a rebellion brewing, which is what Green Rising refers to.

 

In this story, our heroine, Marisol, loses the love of her life, Aren, in a mining accident, and spends the next decade as a secret insurgent, because she believes sabotage by a corrupt intergalactic caused the disaster. She is bent on revenge, until a starship explodes in her planet’s airspace. Several cyborgs are rescued from the explosion, and it turns out, they were the miners from the disaster. Aren has come back to her, but with no memory of his past life.

 

 

4. What are you working on now?

 

Believe it or not, I am finishing up a short story for the 2021 Holiday/Christmas romance season.  Submissions are due by March for consideration. The working title is Candles and Honey Cookies:  A Hannukah Fable. I am also revising a future dystopia, which has romance elements, but is not a true romance and later this year, I will start writing Green Rising Book 3. 

 

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

 

My reading choices very much influenced my writing.  Science fiction has been a constant in my reading life. Mysteries also dominant my reading list but I have yet to dip my pen into writing one. As for paranormal and romance, I have always cycled in and out of them—digging in deep for a while, then taking a break.  I am not completely sure why.

 

6. Where can we find you?

 

Web:                http://sharielder.com

Facebook:        https://www.facebook.com/Shari-Elder-Stories-541817856021514/

 

Twitter                        @ShariElderBooks  or https://twitter.com/sharielderbooks

 

 

Come visit. I’d love the chance to get to know you better.