Hey Everyone!
Tomorrow, January 18, I'll be answering questions at Romancing the Genres, with special attention to my novel, THE SANCTUARY, Book 4 in Time Warriors Series. Stop by and visit. Looking forward to seeing you there.
https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com/
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I’m so excited to be a part of N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Science Fiction and Fantasy Bookish Event. Check out all the books and enter the giveaway to win a $10 Amazon gift card: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/science-fiction-fantasy-event
My novel, SAGE, will be featured on October 9. As an added bonus, the e-book of SAGE will be available free on Amazon on October 9 and 10.
Hope to see you there!
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Calling all readers! Have you read
all your beach reads over the summer and looking for books to dive into this
month? We’re celebrating books from all genres at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven’s
seventh annual Fall Into These Great Reads Bookathon. 45 books featured plus a
chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
I’m thrilled to be a part of this
event. My book, SAGE, will be featured on SEPTEMBER 9, 2024.
Wait until you read what inspired to write my featured book plus what I love
about fall/autumn. You won’t want to miss it.
Bookmark this event and tell your
friends:
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So excited! SAGE, Book 4 in The Chimeras Series, is almost ready! Harris Channing created the cover art and I'm loving it. I've sent the rough draft off to my editor and it should be ready for publication in late August. Keep your fingers crossed. I am.
Patsy
It's always satisfying to pass that 30,000 mark. My Chimeras series are all in the 50,000 to 55,000 range so hitting he 30,500 mark is a milestone. I've reached that in Book 4 of The Chimeras series: Sage.
Sage is the warrior. Tough, resilient and self-serving, but along comes Gideon, a guy she can't seem to love and leave. What's with that?
I hope to have this book ready by late spring/early summer, so look for it. In the meantime, if you like scifi/action/alien invasion, you might try the first three books in the series: Saffron, Poppy and Ginger.
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So excited! 5+ stars from N.N. Light's Book Heaven for my latest novel, SAFFRON, Book 3 in The Chimeras series.
"The world-building is spectacular. It’s difficult to write a world that is both familiar and fantastical. This is what P.L. Parker excels at. Her gift for building her world through words is on display here. If you want to get lost in a post apocalyptic world, you’ll dive into this book with ease.
The narration and POV make this such an engrossing read. The emotions of the characters and/or situations grab a hold of the reader and don’t let go.
If you’re a science fiction/post apocalyptic romance reader, you’ll love Ginger. I can’t wait to see what happens next!"
Link to read full review:
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Release day for POPPY! June 8! So very excited!
And in honor of this event, SAFFRON, Book 1 in The Chimeras, will be free on Amazon on June 1!
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Saffron-P-L-Parker-ebook/dp/B0BM6PG543?ref_=ast_author_dp
I always get excited when the next new cover comes out, and my cover artist, Harris Channing, has not disappointed me once. Coming soon (in May I hope) the second in The Chimeras series, POPPY, will be released. I have to say, I'm loving the cover on this one. I might even get a T-shirt made with this cover on it!
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Come on! I know you have! Even for just a few years to correct some wrong or change a little part of your history? We all do. But in reality, would I want to change my life? If I never married my first husband, I wouldn't have my two oldest sons, and that I couldn't endure. I've came up with ideas to get around that - stealing his semen, meeting him for just the nights I figure they were conceived - that sort of thing. But really, not feasible. What if the wrong little swimmer made it through? Nope, can't change that part of my life. But there are other parts I would gladly change, given the chance. Mistakes I made and chances I could have taken to meet my second husband earlier, or prevent some of the disasters that have hit my family. Hindsight is always better than foresight so they say.
Time travel is a concept that is so enticing. I would love to be able to travel back and view history from a bubble of safety. I don't know that I'd actually like to take part, but I would like to see life as it happened in earlier times. See Rome when it was in its glory, as well as ancient Egypt before its downfall. Perhaps even view Cleopatra or watch as Boudica fought the Romans. So many things to see. Exciting thoughts, but impossible. Some say time travel will happen, and if it did, where would you go? I'd have a hard time with that one. Too many choices.
Anyway, I've recently added another chapter in the Time Warriors series, bringing that group to four. I had thought that series was finished but I had so many requests to continue the journey, I caved.
Travel back 40,000 years. Could you survive? The Time Warriors Series, available on Amazon.
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Are you suffering from the winter doldrums? I’ve discovered the cure at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Shake Off Winter Doldrums Book Festival. 27 books featured plus a chance to win a $75 Amazon gift card.
I’m thrilled to be a part of this event. My book, THE SANCTUARY, will be featured tomorrow, March 23, at N.N. Light Book Heaven's Shake Off the Winter Doldrums event. Wait until you read my cure for winter doldrums. You won’t want to miss it.
Bookmark this bookish get-together and tell your friends:
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Are you suffering from the winter doldrums? I've discovered the cure at N. N. Light’s Book Heaven Shake Off Winter Doldrums Book Festival. 27 books featured plus a chance to win a $75 Amazon gift card. The event begins March 1 and runs through the month.
I’m thrilled to be a part of this event. My book, THE SANCTUARY, will be featured on MARCH 23. Wait until you read my cure for winter doldrums. You won’t want to miss it.
Bookmark this bookish get-together and tell your friends:
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Patsy
I have to tell you, January has been a chaotic month for me. So many things to do - republish my Star Brides Series (The Chalice, Breeder Slave, Abaddon Rising and Requiem), putting the finishing touches on Saffron (The Chimeras) and finally, for all of my Time Warriors Series fans (fka Riley's Journey Series), on Wednesday, February 1, with just a push of the button, I will publish the fourth in the Time Warriors Series - THE SANCTUARY! Let me tell you, revisiting a series after so many years had it's issues. I had to practically reread all three of the books just to make sure I had the characters right - live and dead ones. Wouldn't do to have a dead person show up. Anyway, I 'got 'er dun' as the saying goes. I hope you enjoy this sequel!
Blurb:
The compound provided a much-needed sanctuary for the
battle-weary tribe, but the allure of the Americas is just too great to resist.
The tribe would be sailing soon and with them would go Bree’s last hope of
freedom from her nemesis, Yejun. The departure is complicated by the continuous
threat of attack from the brutal and predatory Cros, but no matter what, Bree
is going with the tribe when they set sail, even if she has to swim behind and
the warrior, Kitch, seems to be her best chance.
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Foible: a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character. "they have to tolerate each other's little foibles"
I've noticed as I get older I'm developing some foibles that I never had when I was younger - at least I don't think I had!
I have found that I do tend to add foibles to my characters in my stories. Perfection is boring and real people have foibles.
In my novel, REQUIEM, my heroine, Cam has several, the most noticeable one is her tenacity when faced with overwhelming odds. She just can't let whatever it is go.
REQUIEM
Excerpt:
Nadic and Seisyll
darted from the darkness and raced across the lit area, crouching near the
service door adjacent to the refuse pit. With an economy of motion, the weapons
tech hacked into the security system and the door angled open.
She ambled towards
their position, keeping a close watch for any unforeseen trouble. With a brief
wave of his hand, Nadic followed by Seisyll slipped through the opening and
disappeared.
Now we wait! Her teeth clenched. She hated this part!
She wanted to be right there in the thick of things! Not out here! Adrenaline
kept her on edge but her only outlet was to continue the charade of patrolling
the perimeter and keeping watch. As the newest member of the team, she was
still working to prove her worth but she felt she was gaining ground bit by bit.
Nadic, one of Lord Tegan’s warriors, proved to be a tough team leader but a
fair one. He’d given her a chance long before any of the others would even
consider her and she’d done her best to show him he’d made the right choice.
Her lips curved in
a slight smile. If things went right, at some obscure time in the future, she
planned to investigate whether he had any personal interest in her. He hadn’t
bonded with any female to her knowledge and from her perspective, he was open
season.
Time slowed to a
sloth’s pace. Her skin crawled, tingling nerve endings stimulated by the stress
of waiting. The faceplate clicked and a small screen opened up in the lower left
corner displaying the operation from Nadic’s perspective. Surprised, her pace
slowed for a fraction of a parsec. The weapon was far smaller than she’d
envisioned. Hardly big enough to create the chaos surrounding its purported
destructive use.
Nadic and Seisyll
were engaged in scanning the unimposing mechanism, working in a concerted
effort to ensure every angle was photographed and transmitted to the ops techs.
The faceplate clicked and retrieve the
weapon flashed across the screen. Seisyll’s slanted eyes rounded, exhibiting
astonishment but with a shrug, he bent to the task.
This was supposed
to be a simple snatch and grab—grab whatever data they could on the weapon and
scram. Not grab the damn weapon itself!
She gritted her
teeth, forcing herself to keep the strolling pace but every atom of her being
demanded she race to their position and lend aid. Only the knowledge that Nadic
would have her head on a platter kept her walking the perimeter.
“Got it!” Seisyll hissed.
She tensed even
tighter as the weapons tech hoisted the weapon and stored it in a large pack
and then snapped the bag shut.
Nadic’s hand
fisted. “Done! We’re leaving!”
Her relief died a
quick death as her vid-com screen blinked off.
What the f…!”
The compound
erupted in a blinding flash of high-powered pulse beams! Startled, she hunched
down and then jumped sideways as a huge chunk of the compound wall toppled down
and then rolled, almost crushing her. The screeching whine of attack vessels
almost split her eardrums as a squadron of fighter aircraft rained destruction
on the fortress. In swift succession, pulse blasts wiped out the guard towers
and portions of the high wall. Within parsecs, against the blazing glow of the
detonations, dark figures rappelled from a transport hovering over the central
command turret—Nadic and Seisyll’s last known position! What the fuck!
She punched her
fist against the faceplate attempting to reconnect but the apparatus appeared
dead, registering nothing. She flipped up the useless apparatus. Catching
movement, she watched as Drust almost fell over the rim of the high barricade,
tumbled down the extraction rope and landed in a heap at the base of the wall.
She raced over, caught a fistful of his vest and dragged him from beneath the
torrent of debris falling from above. A quick check of his vitals confirmed he
was alive but severely injured. There was no sign of Ursula!
Against mission protocol,
she tapped her wrist com. At most, it was only good for close communications
but right now it was all she had.
“Nadic! Seisyll! Report,” she hissed.
Nothing!
To her right,
beyond the refuse pit, an unidentified alien vessel dropped down and settled on
the ground. A portal opened up but all she could see of the interior was blackness.
She dragged Drust
further into the dark, injected him with a pain inhibitor before covering him
with dried brush. It was all she could do until help arrived!
The compound door
slammed open and a figure raced out. In his arms, he clutched a bag! Nadic?
Seisyll?
But no! The lone
figure raced towards the waiting transport!
The bastard’s stealing our weapon!
Aghast, she stood
up and then charged after the figure, running full tilt across the uneven ground.
The team had spent too many long rotations in planning this mission and it was far
too important to give up now! Her quarry
reached the transport and clambered in as the portal door began to swing shut.
Without conscious thought, she jumped, flew through the air and landed headlong
in the interior. She rolled to her feet, coming face-to-face with a bug-eyed
green alien, she started to raise her weapon before pain wracked her brain and
the lights went out.
Buy Link:
New Concepts Publishing:
https://www.newconceptspublishing.com/product-page/copy-of-deg-nara-four-requiem
Do you admit to having foibles?
Link: https://www.newconceptspublishing.com/
Blurb:
The rebels are losing the intergalactic war.
They need a prototype of the Deg’Nara’s latest weapon,
a planet-killer, to survive. A covert operations team is tasked with finding
and retrieving the weapon. Their mission is proceeding as planned when it goes
horribly wrong. Ashyr, a space pirate,
swoops in and literally tears the weapon from the team’s hands.
Cam can’t let that happen. Impetuous, reckless, and
determined to retrieve it at all costs, she throws herself onto Ashyr’s ship
and the battle begins.
The Star Brides (Deg'Nara) Series:
3 for 3! Another 5 Star Review, this time for ABADDON RISING, Book 3 in my Star Brides (Deg'Nara) Series, from N.N. Light's Book Heaven.
I don't think there are many people out there who wouldn't, if given the chance, step through a portal and travel back, maybe for only an hour, a day or perhaps forever. The destination/time frame choices are endless. I've always had a fascination with time travel. I've read recently where there are people who can mentally travel back in time, with some success I believe. Whether that is true or not, I choose to believe.
I've written several books in which the heroine travels back in time, some scifi and others a good old portal. So if you have the urge to travel ancient China, old England, the last great Ice Age, or the wild wild west, I have just the thing.
Let's start with my very first ever novel, FIONA:
Then came the first in my scifi time travel series, RILEY'S JOURNEY, followed by INTO THE SAVAGE DAWN and BEYOND TOMORROW:
