Q) How did you dream up the dynamics of this new Planet
Alpha book?
A) One of the premises of the Planet Alpha universe is that
Alphans are proud warriors, so I followed that logic to wondering what would
happen to men who’d been wounded and were no longer fit to serve in active
duty. They’d probably be denied a lot of the privileges of rank, but still
wish to serve their comrades. That’s where the characters of Deklan and Leontus
originated; they are too scared to fight but work at a remote military hospital
attending to injured Alpha warriors. That’s where they encounter Aura, a human
woman who’s been kidnapped and hurt by Xyrans. They offer to care for her until
she’s well enough to travel back to Earth, and in the interim, discover she’s
their perfect match.
Q) Do you have any habits that get you in the writing frame
of mind?
A)All I need to get in the writing frame of mind is to be in a quiet
house with a cup of hot tea in hand, but being a stay-at-home mom of a seven
year old boy, quiet is rarely a component of my day!
Q) What are your upcoming projects?
A)I’m about a third of the way through my next
Planet Alpha manuscript, and have another sci-fi erotic romance in the
daydreaming phase. I’m also polishing a sweeter sci-fi romance that will be
published under another pen name. I love to write and have so many ideas.
Someday I’ll have enough time to get them all down.
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Blurb:
Working to heal wounded Alphan warriors is the new duty of
bondmates Leo and Deklan. Although recovered from severe injuries received on
the field of battle, they are no longer fit to fight. Their orderly, all-male
existence is turned upside down when an injured human female becomes their new
responsibility.
Aura Tremain wakes up in an alien hospital, healing from a
beating delivered by the scaly Xyrans who’d kidnapped her. Upon her discharge,
two handsome Alphan men offer her refuge until she’s well enough to travel.
Even though Leo and Deklan know they will never be permitted
to bond with Aura as their souls demand, they can’t ignore the desire she stirs
in them. Her time with them is short, but so intense. Will the intimacies they
share be strong enough to withstand the expectation that bondmates are for
battle-worthy warriors? Can their passion bind the three of them forever?
Excerpt:
It
was strange to wake up in a bed with an alien male, no, two alien males, she
amended. She glanced over to see Leo was still asleep, sprawled on his belly,
his head cradled on his bent arm. Lots of thick muscles under gleaming skin on
display. They both looked so strong.
She
turned her head back to Deklan and jumped with surprise to find him watching
her with half-closed, sleepy eyes.
“Sleep
well?” he whispered.
She
nodded. Deklan’s eyes crinkled at the corners. He inhaled and stretched his
arms over his head with a sigh, inadvertently dislodging the sheet even further
down his body. He was wearing dark pants so there wasn’t much more she could
see, not that she should be looking any further. She couldn’t quite take her
eyes off him, though. As he lowered his arms, the one closest to her nudged
along her shoulder and coasted down her arm, his large hand finally coming to
rest next to hers. He edged closer and
watched her for a moment. She could feel the heat of his body.
“Do
I look very different?”
“Different
than what?” Aura whispered back, unwilling to disturb Leo when he’d been so
kind to her.
“A
human male. I’ve never seen one in the flesh nor seen a human female until the
ship landed.”
“You
look different. Bigger, stronger. Your skin is…” She trailed off, not quite
sure how to put her newfound affinity for gold.
“Is
what?” Deklan rubbed his hand along his chest, bumping over swells of muscle,
disturbing the fine black hairs tapering down his abdomen. His voice was rough,
and the timbre of it vibrated some previously unknown part of her ear.
“It’s
beautiful.” Her honest assessment resulted in a disbelieving smile from the
Alphan lounging next to her.
“It
serves its purpose. I’d never call it beautiful, especially compared to yours.”
Deklan glanced at her face, then her shoulders and arms exposed by the borrowed
tank she’d worn to sleep. She knew she was blushing since her face was so hot.
In an effort to compose herself, she looked over at Leo to find he was still
deeply asleep, unmoving from when she’d last seen him.
A
large hand sliding along her arm brought her attention back to Deklan to find
he’d edged closer and turned so he was curving against her now. Maybe he was
just affectionate in the morning, maybe—
The
sudden press of a hard cock against her hip made her shiver. At least, she
assumed the hard, warm shaft she could feel through her thin clothing was a
cock. Deklan was alien, so perhaps his equipment was different. Although why
he’d be aroused in proximity to her was a mystery. Perhaps he was similar to a
man and this was just the usual morning reaction.
“Your
skin is so smooth and soft,” he murmured as he ran his fingertips along her
hip, then her belly, cloth bunching up under his fingers, exposing some skin at
her waist. The slight parting of fabric made her shiver, made warmth spike into
heat along her nerves. “Not frightened?”
“No,” she whispered, caught up in the intensity
of his gaze, the sheer sensual pleasure of having someone touch her.
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Lore bio and social media:
J. J. Lore needs three things; strong, black coffee, time to
write, and…well…you can guess the third. When she isn’t inventing fantastical
tales filled with passionate people, she’s shaking sriracha on whatever she’s
eating or reading about the Justinian plague. For updates on her erotic romance
releases, visit her at http://www.jjlore.com/ She’s
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