In
true me fashion, I took the Kirk/Alien Babe dynamic and flipped the
genders. Juliet is a bounty hunter who bops from space himbo to space
himbo, never interested in settling down, always up for a unique
tentacle or two. Ragnar is much more grounded, family-focused--he's a
trader who runs afoul of the galaxy's worst despot, King Bob the
Nefarious of New Los Angeles. Ragnar saves one of the king's sex slaves
from his slimy clutches (I told you he was a swell guy!). When Bob puts a
bounty on Ragnar in retaliation, Juliet finds the fellow
lickety-split...but she never thought she'd fall for this sweet yet
sassy with the tail. Now they're both on the run from King Bob, and
Juliet finds herself determined to save the rest of Bob's enslaved
concubines; Ragnar is rubbing off on her in more ways than one. (See,
that's the kind of quality sex joke you get from me.)
I wanted to create a sexy, fast-paced, feminist space romance, and I feel so proud of this, my first book to be published. The day that acceptance email came was one of my proudest! It's a helluva thing when one of your dreams comes true.
I wanted to create a sexy, fast-paced, feminist space romance, and I feel so proud of this, my first book to be published. The day that acceptance email came was one of my proudest! It's a helluva thing when one of your dreams comes true.
The sequel came about a year later (Ragnar and Juliet 2: Concubine Boogaloo). A few months ago, I got the rights to both books back from my publisher, and I combined them into one mega-awesome-hilarious-
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Live long and prosper, friends!
Love, Lucy
