Wicked Wednesday – Kaye Manro, a Guest Blog and Contest!

I am so excited to have my friend and fellow author Kaye Manro here to tell us a little about her latest release. Plus, we’ve got a contest for you since I’m also doing a guest blog over with my friend JoJo to help her celebrate her birthday! So, if you leave a comment at JoJo’s blog, you have a chance to win an ARC of STRONGER THAN SIN, my November release, a copy of SINS OF THE FLESH, the first book in the SINS series as well as a T-shirt! Double your chances to win by leaving a comment here and also, if you’re selected at JoJo’s site and leave a comment here, you will also win a copy of your choice of either FURY CALLS or SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS!

So without further ado, here’s my buddy Kaye!

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FORBIDDEN LOVE by Kaye ManroThanks to the lovely Caridad Pineiro for inviting me, a new author, as a guest on her blog today! I’m so excited to be here, and to share my short ebook, FORBIDDEN LOVE, which is not a paranormal, but a science fiction romance!

Readers may not know exactly how sci-fi relates to the romance genre. So let me show you. In the subgenre of science fiction romance, authors use technology and not magic. Rather than fantasy characters such as shape shifters, the characters are alien or human. The settings are anywhere, but it is common to see stories taking place on alien worlds or on advanced spaceships. For an author, this genre, called SFR can be very exciting and fun to explore. I have to say it was for me.

Forbidden Love released at Red Rose Publishing on May 13, and has consistently stayed on the bestseller lists. Here’s a little of what you’ll find in the story:

Forbidden Love is a futuristic sci-fi romance. There is space travel at FTL (faster than light). But there is also lots of sensual exploring between the hero T’Kon and the heroine Maya, who hail from different galaxies and evolutionary paths. Rules on T’Kon’s planet forbid interspecies mating. Yet when he crashes his spacecraft on Maya’s world close to her desert home, what else is he to do but let this audacious alien tend his injuries?

For those who are new to this exciting genre, I have included a Science Fiction Lexicon on my Website. You can find phrases that may be unfamiliar to you there. The terms relate directly to those used in Forbidden Love.

For example, FTL is the ability a spacecraft has to travel in deep space far exceeding the speed of light. While in FTL, your ship could essentially reach billions of miles per second or more.

Now back to Forbidden Love, which is first and foremost a romance even though the subplot is science fiction. Here’s an excerpt so you can get a feel for the Forbidden Love romantic elements:

…She was upon him so near he could feel her breath, sense her warmth. She reached out and ran a hand through the air, searching the length of him.

“Maya,” he blew her name on a sigh.

“Take me with you,” she implored, as tears filled her astounding tawny eyes. “I want to be with you, T’Kon.” She melded her body against his invisible one.

“You know nothing of me or my world.”

“Teach me, show me everything.”

He felt her heat burning inside him, yet the absurdity of her request burned brighter. “What you ask is not possible.”

“Will you please become visible so I can look at you?” She asked. “We need to talk about this before you go flying off into the universe.”

He unshielded his body so she could see him. “I cannot take you.”

“Why not? You can’t say it was coincidence that you happened to crash land in my back yard.”

No, an unfortunate accident. The truthful certainty traced across his mind. Yet his arms enclosed her and he lifted her up. Her legs straddled his waist, and he held her close against his body. A fit so right he could not deny it.

“I wish it were not so, but it is,” he whispered, breathing in her pungent scent. “You would not survive on my world.” He dropped his head to taste her lips before she had a chance to counter his words. “Just one last kiss.” Her mouth opened to allow his tongue entry and he explored the soft moistness, losing himself in her tang.

The stars help him. He did not want to leave her.

Without warning, a sudden and dangerous noise yanked T’Kon from his enamored stupor. He sensed peril approaching. In a rapid-fire move, he raised his palm. A copper arch flashed and shimmered before them revealing the entryway to his concealed spacecraft. He dragged her inside. Tapping a pad the opening closed leaving them hidden behind an undetectable shield.

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I hope you enjoy reading Forbidden love as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Kaye’s Bio: As a romance author, I lean toward the adventuresome in my writing. I love science fiction and all the enticing quantum theories surrounding it. Where characters rush through outer space at FTL, or teleport into another time, and even slipstream into an alternate reality. I like creating sizzling love scenes too with sexy heroes, and captivating heroines. It just seemed natural to combine all these elements together in my stories.

Kaye Manro

You can purchase FORBIDDEN LOVE by clicking here or visiting this page:
http://redrosepublishing.com/bookstore/product_info.php?products_id=772

For more information on Kaye, please visit her Website at http://www.sfr.kayemanro.com or Kaye’s blog at http://kayemanro.blogspot.com/.

Thanks so much!

19 Replies to “Wicked Wednesday – Kaye Manro, a Guest Blog and Contest!”

  1. I’m glad you stopped by Lisa G. I hope you enjoy it!

    Good to see you Shelley. Thanks for being here!

    Lurie, you made it here and that’s what counts, thanks! Yes, the Lexicon is nice.

  2. Late to the party as usual (blog-blocked at work) but I wanted to chime in and say how much I enjoyed your guest post, Kaye, and how much I’m looking forward to reading FORBIDDEN LOVE. So intriguing!

    And that Lexicon is a great idea. 🙂

  3. It’s been such a great day here on your blog, Caridad. I have to say a big *thank you* for having me as a guest. I’ve had so much fun!

    So many thanks to everyone who stopped by to welcome me today.

  4. Thank you Heidi! It means a lot to hear you say that! I’m so glad you stopped by. It’s really good to meet you.

  5. Thank you Heidi! It means a lot to hear you say that! I’m so glad you stopped by. Nice to meet you!

  6. Thank you, Kaye this was a great interview. I haven’t read any of your books but I will be now. I love this genre of books. Thank you so much for introducing me to another great author,Caridad.
    HeidiS.

  7. Hi Amber! Thank you!!

    Hello Anna, it’s nice to meet another SFR girl! So glad you liked the excerpt!

  8. I am a huge SFR fan…I’m always fascinated by the distant worlds and people that authors create…plus hello it’s a romance! HEA and all…what else can a girl want? :mrgreen:

    Thanks for the super excerpt…just makes me salivate for MORE! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

  9. Hi Jaime, glad you stopped by. Thanks for all your support!

    Annette, thank you. I hope do you enjoy reading FL!

    Colleen, I too enoy paranormals and historicals. SFR can also include those elements as long as the story has ascience/tech edge to it.

  10. I love all of the genres in romance and your Sci-fi romance sounds wonderful! It has been a while since I had one in hand… I have been reading alot of paranormal and historicals lately… thanks for introducing yourself to us!!!! Congrats on the book! 😀

  11. looks like something i would enjoy reading. i will look into this story somemore.

  12. First, thnanks to Caridad for having me as a guest on her blog today!

    Karin, very good comment! How right you are. In book two (Forbidden Destiny) Maya and T’Kon have to face many obsticles. I hope your ‘Galaxies’ are much closer now, and happiness is a part of your life.

    Fannie, thanks for the good thoughts. If you do decide to read Forbidden Love, it is a short read. Great day and hugs back you way.

  13. Just wanted to show my support and drop by. So cool you are staying on top of the Best Sellers lists, Kaye!

  14. I don’t normally read e=books. I don’t have a reader and I can’t sit at the computer long enough to get into the story. Your’s sounds like it would be a great read. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and hugs to all.

  15. I understand the problem with Interspecies mating. Maya must learn to be patient but firm. 35 years ago this August I went to a Galaxy far away and met a member of a different species. It took a lot of patience, but we finally reconciled the various members of the two Galaxys with the birth of our daughter.

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