Here’s the weekly post from my author blog on the new releases I found to be of interest in my three favorite romance genres (which are also the ones I write in!), and related areas such as time travel, steampunk, paranormal cozy romances and more. I do sometimes cover other releases of note in science fiction and fantasy.
As always, I recommend sampling before you buy! I have not read most of the new releases listed (although I always end up one-clicking a bunch as I prepare these posts). I don’t pick up every single new release each week but try to provide a representative subset and lots of choices.
Here’s a teaser for this week’s first two books (jump to the blog to see the approximately 87+ titles featured this week):
OLIVIA: ALIEN SURROGATE AGENCY BOOK SIX by Tasha Black
Olivia Sinclair loves her tiny apartment and her job cracking online code to find holes in security systems. But her infertility has left her desperately lonely. On Terra-58, a woman can’t marry until she has conceived a child, so Olivia spends all her money and free time on visits to the local fertility clinic as her savings and hope dwindle. Then she stumbles across a secret fertility program that just might put a baby in her arms and satisfy her curiosity about Oberon, the powerful computer that runs the mysterious center. When she arrives, she learns she will have to make a baby the old-fashioned way with the brawny alien warrior who is waiting for her. Stark’s gruff demeanor and wicked horns have her shivering, but she feels strangely drawn to the mountain of a man who so badly wants a baby of his own. Stark Rawling wants only two things: redemption from his military past, and a child to love. The self-made billionaire’s employees say behind his back that he’s cold, but he didn’t get where he is by taking it easy. When he cuts a deal with the center to provide him with a surrogate as part of his contract to design new security for them, he doesn’t expect to find himself fighting hard not to fall for the young Terran girl with the joyful smile and infectious laugh. Now the big alien warrior has to protect his heart as well as the center. And that’s easier said than done when the two must share a bed in the most romantic place in the known universe. When outside forces threaten to topple the delicate balance of life inside, Stark will have to face his feelings and Olivia will have to open her heart to him if they want to survive.
BE THE SEA by Clara Ward
VS Note: Described as “slow paced, free flowing”. LGBTQ+ science fiction.
In November 2039, marine scientist Wend Taylor heaves themself aboard a zero-emissions boat skippered by elusive nature photographer Viola Yang. Guided by instinct, ocean dreams, and a shared birthday in 1972, they barter stories for passage across the Pacific. Aljon, Viola’s younger cousin, keeps a watchful eye and an innovative galley. Story by story, the trio rethink secrets, flying dreams, and how they experience their own minds. When they reach Hawaiʻi and prepare to part ways, opportunity and mystery pull them closer together. Both scientific and personal discoveries take shape as they join with ex-lovers, lost friends, and found family. Wend must navigate an ever-shifting future, complicated by bioengineered microbes and a plot to silence scientists, entangled with inexplicable dreams and a calling to Be the Sea.
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