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Book three of Agamemnon Frost
Edgar Mason is losing Agamemnon
Frost despite everything they've been through—the passion, the torture, the
heat. Frost's fiancée, Theodora, is back, and Mason can feel his lover
gravitating toward her. Every day he sees them together, it tears at his heart.
Frost feels raw himself. His brother
and sister-in-law are missing, and his guilt about failing to save Theodora
from Pandarus eats at him. His feelings for Mason, whom he has put through hell
twice already, just twist the screws tighter.
On top of that, Pandarus and the
Martians are back to make their final push to Earth, and Frost and Mason are
duty bound to fight them. People are vanishing. Bodies are turning up burned
beyond recognition in the slums. The bleak, human-less future Frost and Mason
saw in the hollow ships has nearly come to pass.
And in order to prevent it, each man
will have to make a final choice: lose his lover or doom the world.
Find out how it began in Agamemnon
Frost and the House of Death.
TASTE OF PASSION - Renae Jones
Fedni, an empath who can taste
emotion, was once a highly desirable courtesan. But the conquering New Earth
Federation has abolished her temple, forcing her into early retirement and
making her struggle to find her place in a transformed world.
Lonely and bored, she visits her
ruggedly handsome new neighbor, an off-worlder doctor named Rasmus whose
strange ways and delicious body arouse more than her curiosity. Hot, hard lust
flares between them, and a series of steamy encounters reveals to Fedni a
generous lover.
But incredible sex can't keep their
cultural differences at bay. Rasmus is disgusted by the temple system, and
Fedni leaps to defend her way of life and to show him the beauty of her
traditions. As their heated arguments make them each question their long-held
beliefs, Fedni must reconcile her newfound knowledge and her pride in her past,
or risk losing the man who stokes her passion to new heights.
Reissue
ON BLISS - KS Augustin
[Edited 10/413: I posted the wrong cover. This is the new one!]
Hoara Felin has fallen in love with a man who is forbidden to leave the planet. Plus, he’s not quite a man….
Junior Commander Hoara Felin of the Republic’s Space Fleet has crash-landed on a planet. Her ship is inoperable, her shipmates are dead. The only thing that can make a bad situation worse is finding she has crashed on the notorious prison-planet of Bliss–a place condemned criminals are sent…and never leave.
She finds an unexpected ally in Toh, a handsome and caring man who treats her injuries and hides her from those who would hold an officer of the Space Fleet for ransom. But, as Hoara is about to find out, Toh is keeping a terrifying secret of his own.
Giveaway
Backward
Momentum is hosting a giveaway by Nina
Croft. Check out the cover and blurb for the author's THE DESCARTES LEGACY
and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card.
Enjoy a
free/99 cent sci-fi romance
Visit my Cheap/Free
ebooks to Download page and help yourself to a bunch of free and 99 cent
sci-fi romances. This list includes TALES FROM THE SFR BRIGADE, a free anthology of
8 short stories.
Plus, all proceeds from sales of my STEAMBOT RAMPAGE short
(100% sweet heat level and only $0.99 cents) will go to the American Cancer
Society (full details here).
I'm always looking to add new titles to this list, so if you
know of any please leave a comment or email me at sfrgalaxy "at" gmail dot com.
If you like ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND…
Author Robert Appleton (SPARKS IN COSMIC
DUST) gave me a heads up about OXV:
THE MANUAL (2013; Sweden), a film written and directed by Darren Paul
Fisher. It has a strong SFR vibe. Here's the blurb courtesy of IMDB:
OXV: THE MANUAL is being billed as the world's first Scientific-Philosophical romance. Boy meets girl in a not-quite-here, not-quite-now world where one simple discovery has forever changed all human interaction. The film could perhaps best be described as a combination of 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', '(500) Days of Summer' and 'Primer'.
Here's "What is the Manual?" a non-spoiler
video about the film:
From what I've gathered so far, it seems like a very
cerebral type of SFR. Fingers crossed it lands a wide distribution. I couldn't
find a trailer, but if you're not as spoiler-averse as I, then you can watch a
short clip from the film here.
For more information, visit the film's Facebook page.
Is
this new film a time travel sci-fi romance, or a time travel film with romantic
elements?
DIMENSIONS:
A LINE, A LOOP, A TANGLE OF THREADS is a new British film that will debut
in the U.S. on VoD on October 18. Here's the blurb:
DIMENSIONS was written, directed, and produced by
the team of Sloane
U'Ren and Antony Neely. Additionally, the film has quite the pedigree
(information courtesy of the official site):
Dimensions: A Line, A Loop, A Tangle of Threads stars Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Inbetweeners, Anna Karenina), Camilla Rutherford (Gosford Park, Rome) and Patrick Godfrey (Les Misérables, Remains of the Day, The Duchess, A Room with a View).
The film has been honoured with multiple awards from around the world, including:
The Gort Award for Best Film 2012 at the Boston Science Fiction Film Festival
Best Film 2012 at the London Independent Film Festival
Best Film 2012 at the Long Island International Film Expo
Best Film 2012 at the Semana Internacional de Cine Fantastico
Best Film 2012 at the Crystal Palace International Film Festival
DIMENSIONS features a romantic love triangle, but
there's a mystery afoot regarding whether the romance ends on an upbeat note or
in tragedy. Do you think the trailer offers any clues?
For more information including details about
forthcoming screenings, visit the DIMENSIONS
blog.
A
Wonder Woman short film embraces the possibilities
This fun short by Rainfall
Films demonstrates that it really wouldn't be very difficult to make a
compelling Wonder Woman movie (Via SF
Signal):
C'mon, Hollywood. See how it's done?
Now I turn the mike over to you. Got any science
fiction romance news and/or links to share?
Joyfully yours,
Heather