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Bead's Pickle
On sale now at Lulu.com, Amazon, Amazon UK, and Barnes and Noble online, my latest science fiction novel: Bead's Pickle, a humorous space opera with a dark edge.
Bead McCheckrovsky's band of misfits and teenage runaways have made a home for themselves running a fast-food restaurant aboard the aging starship Anarchy.
When that home is threatened by government agents and menacing figures from their unhappy pasts, they hatch a desperate scheme to seek help from a mysterious race of dangerously eccentric aliens.
But are the ghostly aliens friend—or foe?
Noted authors say they like the book.
"An entertaining and original tale with an appealing protagonist, a plot full of quirks and unexpected turns, and an alien race like no other. Carolyn Hill has populated her universe with colorful, eccentric characters, and created a setting that is both exotically futuristic and a tongue-in-cheek reflection of our own times. Readers who like a little humor mixed in with their Science Fiction will be delighted with Bead's Pickle."
Teresa Edgerton, author of Goblin Moon and The Queen's Necklace
"I agree with Teresa."
Madeline Howard, author of The Hidden Stars
Noted authors agree! (Perhaps that's not so surprising: Teresa and Madeline are the same person.)
Another perspicacious author says:
"The plotting of this book is tight and complex, and the feel-good ending left me keen to read more. [ . . . ] I heartily encourage you to give this book a go!"
Mark Robson, author of the Imperial Series and the Darkweaver Series.
(You can see Mark Robson's full review of Bead's Pickle on the Chronicles Network.)
I think you'll like Bead's Pickle. Or I wouldn't be telling you about it. I'd just put it in a back closet, under the cats.
Skin Deep
If you're looking for a romantic science fiction spy thriller, Skin Deep is the book for you!
Identity crisis.
Riven is a shapeshifter who can be anybody in the galaxy—but who is he, really, when he's alone in the dark? Aleta is an empath who can feel anybody's emotions, but what are her own emotions at the end of the day? And who are they together, when they team up to destroy the galaxy's drug-running elite?
Forced into service to a family of wealthy drug-runners, Aleta fears her temptation to wield their power, a power she lacked as an impoverished, orphaned commoner. Determined to destroy those same drug-runners, Riven fears that his undercover mission will destroy Aleta as well.
Ensnared in a web of mistaken identities and deadly political intrigue, Aleta and Riven struggle to survive: a shapeshifter and an empath, both in search of themselves.
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