November 11th--Veterans Day (fitting, yes?)--is the last day you can purchase an e-copy of the critically acclaimed* Pets in Space anthology and have 10% of the profits go to assist Hero-Dogs.org.
What a great way to honor our military vets for Veterans Day!
*What do I mean by "critically acclaimed?" Just read the quotes from a few of the stellar reviews...
"I haven't been this excited about a book in years!"
"Wow! I love, love, love the Pets in Space!"
"Did I like this collection? No, I LOVED it!"
"This is not only a wonderful collection; it's also a fabulous bargain!"
"Was I entertained? Completely! Fabulous entertainment and an awesome read!"
And there are more than 50 reviews on Amazon alone. You can read them right here.
So in case you've been out exploring the Andromeda Galaxy for the last month and haven't had a chance to grab your copy, I'm including a recap of the nine fantastic Pets in Space stories below so you can see all the fun and adventure you've been missing.
Plus! Many of these tales tie directly to other SFR series and act as wonderful introductions to these imaginative universes as well as being delightful stand alone stories of their own. Most are much more than just short stories--many are novellas and novelettes--and the total anthology is a hefty 165,000 words!
Pets in Space: The Stories
A MATE FOR MATRIX: CYBORG
PROTECTION UNIT
By S.E. Smith (New York Times/USA
TODAY Bestselling Author)
Matrix Roma is a member of the
elite Zion military Cyborg Protection Unit. Matrix gets more than he bargains
for when his cyborg partner, a hybrid Wolfhound named K-Nine, goes missing and
ends up finding a mate for Matrix in the middle of a deadly mission on an
unknown planet called Earth.
STRAY
By Susan Grant (New York Times/USA
TODAY Bestselling, and RITA Award Winning Author)
Interplanetary Marine Lt. Lukas
Frank has a lot in common with a street dog named Bang-Bang; they both started
off as scrappy orphans fighting to survive—and beat the odds. Things change
when Bang-Bang leads Lukas to starpilot Capt. Carlynn Riga. The tough war hero
learns what it means to surrender — his heart. Lukas’s struggles with PTSD
threaten to tear the three of them apart, but nothing threatens them more than
when Carlynn goes missing on a mission. Can a scarred marine and his unlikely
canine partner find Carlynn and bring her home, or will he lose everything he’s
finally found worth fighting for?
SPARK OF ATTRACTION
By Cara Bristol (USA TODAY Bestselling
Author)
Memory: intact. Cognitive
function: enhanced. Emotion: erased. After becoming a cyborg, Captain Dante
Stone didn’t think he’d ever feel again, until a traumatized young woman and a
ball of synthetic fur named Sparky helped him to love.
THE REAL DRAGON
By Pauline Baird Jones
Emma Standish didn’t think her
day could get any worse. Her dad is marrying his boss, her dragon suddenly came
back talking and typing, and it’s her fault the Earth, or at least ten square miles
of Texas, is going to be destroyed. That’s what happens when you forget
something very, very important. Luckily for her, she’s got the love of her life
that she can’t remember and her dragon by her side. Who needs to worry when
you’re having a day like this?
STAR CRUISE: STOWAWAY
By Veronica Scott
Cargo Master Owen Embersson is
shocked when the Nebula Zephyr’s ship’s cat and her alien sidekick, Midorri,
alert him to the presence of a stowaway. He has no idea of the dangerous
complications to come – nor does he anticipate falling hard for the woman whose
life he now holds in his hands. Life aboard the Nebula Zephyr has just become
more interesting – and deadly.
STARDOG
By Laurie A. GreenNavigator Taro Shall has a mission no one wants – find a way to eradicate snakes on a starship. He never expects to find the answer to his problem in a charming street vendor named Adini. His already unusual mission becomes more complicated when he suddenly acquires an adorable StarDog that soon sweeps him and Adini into the maw of a brewing insurrection.
SPIKE
By Alexis Glynn Latner
Young Roboticist Ten Jaxdown has
to deploy, and possibly sacrifice, the swarm of investigative robots that he
has invented and cares about more than anything else in the star system. It may
be the only hope for those depending on him and his robots to save them. Yet,
even as frantic preparations for the unprecedented deep-space rescue mission
are set in motion, it could all be threatened by sabotage.
Anastasia Steed is an intrepid
young mission designer. She steps forward with an idea that can improve the
odds of the mission. Neither she nor Ten expect the assistance they receive
from a very unusual pet. A pet that will bring together two alienated human
beings who didn’t realize they needed each other. Can Ten and Anastasia
discover who is behind the sabotage, save the mission, and discover what is
evolving between them? With a little bit of unusual help, anything is possible.
SPACE RANGER
By Lea Kirk
Graig Roble is the Senior
Commander of security for the Guardian Fleet. His expertise as a weapons
specialist and combat master is his world, what he was born to do - or so he
thought until he finds his resolve and focus inexplicably wavering. Even
returning to his position aboard the Atlantis can't save him; if anything, it
has left him questioning his own motives. He never thought that could happen
until he met Simone Campbell.
Simone's focus is on her home
world - Earth. She thought her life was full with her research as a botanist.
After all, she always believed that helping the people of her world become
self-sufficient should take all of her concentration - except it doesn't. There
is one man that keeps pulling her attention, and her heart, away from her job.
Graig's gift of a puppy to keep
her company does more than that, it keeps him in her dreams. How can such a
simple gift bring her comfort and make her long for more? Graig and Simone are
about to find out that sometimes love can blossom from the smallest, furriest
ties.
ESCAPE RUN
By Carysa LockeTeegan’s job as a hunter is to track down the Talented, those driven insane by their gifts. She and Ember, her psychically gifted fox, have tracked dozens of people for Cole, the man who works to rehabilitate and recover these troubled souls. When one of Cole’s most dangerous patients escapes, Teegan and Ember are on a hunt that could prove fatal if she doesn’t keep her focus on her mission. Unfortunately, Cole is proving one distraction that might make this her last hunt if she can’t do that.
Can Teegan keep her heart and
mind in the game long enough to save an entire planet’s population, or will her
distraction lead to heartache – and possibly death for everyone?
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