Midnight's Ghost - Sara Brookes [May 10]

Maria · #1 January 6th, 2010, 09:03 PM

Soon to be released - a new Sterling romance book

Midnight's Ghost

by: Sara Brookes

ISBN: 978-1-59578-693-7

Stay tuned to this topic for all the latest on this Coming Soon

Blurb:

The timeline is excruciating.

Taran has three days to get her former lover – whom she’s barely speaking to – and the mysterious teenager she knows nothing about from one planet to another. Given the fact her ship, Eidolon, is the fastest in the star runner fleet, Taran knows she can make the run in the time Wallace has allotted. As the best – and only – female pilot, she’s got something to prove.

As if things weren’t complicated enough, Wallace, and the teenager he has in tow, are both escapees from the harshest prison facility in seven galaxies. Not only is Taran putting her career on the line, she’s got the Intergalactic Patrol hot on her heels. It isn’t long before unresolved feelings and tempers flare to life again and Taran is left second-guessing her decision of putting everything she stands for on the line.

Her determination may just cost her everything.

Buy it now.

Maria · #2 January 6th, 2010, 09:03 PM

Excerpt:
(Unedited)

I smacked the wall behind me with the flat of my hand and relished in the pain radiating up my arm. That haul would have pulled in enough credits so that I wouldn’t have to make any more runs for the rest of this year. I had a sneaking suspicion that I knew just where that anonymous tip had originated and he was currently standing next to me making a huge annoyance of himself.
“Coincidentally, I’m in the market for a ride to Delphin Five.”
Somehow, it didn’t surprise me to hear him say that. I did a few quick calculations in my head. “That’s five days out, if you’re lucky.”
“Then I’m feeling damn lucky I found you because I need to get there in three.”
I did my best to not laugh in his face. “That’s suicide. There isn’t a ship in four galaxies that can manage that.”
He gave me a knowing look that told me he knew better. “Good thing for me that I’m looking at a pilot with a ship that isn’t registered in any of those four galaxies.”
“You’re insane.”
“So they tell me.”
He wasn’t kidding either. He really had been told he was insane by the court that sentenced him to jail time. “You just cost me a paying job, Wallace. Find someone else to hassle.”
“But I enjoy hassling you.”
After blasting his way back into my life, Wallace was the last person that I wanted to deal with in the confines of a starship. “Stuff it. I’m not in the mood for your cutesy bullshit. I have debt to pay now because of you so go find someone else that can actually stand the sight of your face.”
“There you go assuming again.” He pushed away from the wall to twist himself around so that he stood in front of me and I suddenly felt closed in. I knew all I had to do to get him to move is strip off one of my gloves and let some part of his exposed flesh brush against my hand. He bracketed my arms against the wall to take that option away and I could feel his warm breath against my face. “I never said I wouldn’t pay you.”
“You haven’t paid for a ride in your life, at least not with credit chips.”
He stepped into me, closing the distance between us so that I could feel every inch of him through his tan colored pants and shirt. For the breath of a moment, I thought he was going to brush his lips over mine. “I never heard you complain once about my method of payment. You were very vocal however, if memory serves me correctly.”
A wave of heat scorched through my veins at the combination of his words and the feel of him pressed against me like this. He was saying things that he knew would get my juices flowing and it was actually working. Wallace knew exactly what got me riled up.
Despite the fact that I wanted to give in to the rich layers of arousal that were weaving their way through me, I knew Wallace was trying to manipulate me. He was blatantly using my attraction to him against me and wasn’t making any apologies for it. Unfortunately for him, while I remembered what it felt like to give in, I also knew I would hate myself in the morning. Since I was all that I had, hating myself wasn’t an option.
“Find yourself some other star runner, Wallace. Leave me alone.” I jerked forward with my hips, and was surprised when he lost his balance. I expected him to reach out for me again, but he let me go as I brushed past him. His voice drifted to me as I started to walk away and the seeming desperation in his voice had me stopping in my tracks.
“I can’t get anyone else, Taran. I need the best.”

**Dee_Carney** · #3 January 7th, 2010, 01:14 PM

Um, hello? Excerpt? Blurb?

p.s. Congrats!!

**Gem Sivad** · #4 January 7th, 2010, 01:19 PM

Congrats Sara!

**Rebecca Royce** · #5 January 7th, 2010, 01:46 PM

Great title!

**Sara Brookes** · #6 January 7th, 2010, 05:28 PM

Thanks, Dee, Gem & Rebecca. Wanted to show sci-fi some love.

Blurbage upcoming!

**Tina Holland** · #7 January 8th, 2010, 11:31 PM

Congrats Sara! Nice blurb.

**Sara Brookes** · #8 January 9th, 2010, 08:06 AM

Thanks, Tina!

**Mike** · #9 January 15th, 2010, 05:01 AM

Christine's blue-ass flyer.

**Sara Brookes** · #10 January 15th, 2010, 06:34 AM

wOOt!

And I thank Christine for not pointing and laughing at me when we were discussing the finer details based on a sample I provided her and I said, "I like the guns in this one, but not his - it's too big and I think he's compensating for something."

**Tina Burns** · #11 January 15th, 2010, 10:59 AM

That cover is AWESOME. Very Sci-Fi Pulp!

Rachel Fox · #12 January 15th, 2010, 03:10 PM

Very Del Rey/Baen kind of cover.

Great job.

Rachel

**Ella Drake** · #13 January 15th, 2010, 03:53 PM

Awesome! Congrats!

**Sara Brookes** · #14 January 15th, 2010, 06:03 PM

Thanks guys, Christine did an awesome job!

**Tina Holland** · #15 January 15th, 2010, 07:01 PM

I love the cover!

**Hailey Edwards** · #16 January 16th, 2010, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sara Brookes

"I like the guns in this one, but not his - it's too big and I think he's compensating for something."

LMAO!

Great cover.

**Rebecca Royce** · #17 January 16th, 2010, 06:16 PM

OMG, great cover

**Sara Brookes** · #18 January 16th, 2010, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hailey Edwards

LMAO!

It's not like the gun was *huge* but still...yeah, I'm gonna go find a rock now.

**Gem Sivad** · #19 January 16th, 2010, 06:54 PM

Oh, a man with a gun.

I'm going to have to check him out more thoroughly

Great cover ladies!

**Sara Brookes** · #20 January 17th, 2010, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rebecca Royce

Its the tats too, I think. A man with a gun and a tatoos? Let me swoon

Wallace is definitely swoon worthy.

Maria · #21 January 18th, 2010, 05:50 PM

Slick cover, Sara! I likes it!

**Sara Brookes** · #22 January 18th, 2010, 06:01 PM

Thanks, Maria!

Maria · #23 April 26th, 2010, 08:28 PM

Release date: May 10.

**Sara Brookes** · #24 April 27th, 2010, 07:44 AM

Yey! So very happy to get to share this one.

**David Bridger** · #25 April 28th, 2010, 06:01 PM

Congrats!

**Sara Brookes** · #26 April 28th, 2010, 08:44 PM

Thanks David!

**Rebecca Royce** · #27 May 1st, 2010, 12:11 PM

Congratulations!

**Sara Brookes** · #28 May 1st, 2010, 12:48 PM

Thanks, Rebecca. Soooo excited about it.

**Sara Brookes** · #29 May 3rd, 2010, 08:23 AM

To celebrate the upcoming release - I've posted the first chapter at my blog. Come check it out and tell me what you think!

http://www.sarabrookes.net/2010/05/0...first-chapter/

Alanna Coca · #30 May 10th, 2010, 12:58 PM

Happy Release Day Sara!

**Sara Brookes** · #31 May 10th, 2010, 01:38 PM

Thanks, Alanna! Can't wait.

BTW, fellow LSB author D L Jackson invited me to her site today and there's a copy of Midnight's Ghost up for grabs!

http://para-fanatics.blogspot.com/

All you have to do is leave a comment to enter.

Maria · #32 May 10th, 2010, 05:45 PM

Buy it now.

Rachel Fox · #33 May 10th, 2010, 05:47 PM

Happy Release Day, Sara.

Rachel

**Gem Sivad** · #34 May 10th, 2010, 06:04 PM

WTG Sara! Happy Release Day.

**Sara Brookes** · #35 May 10th, 2010, 06:14 PM

Thanks Rachel & Gem - so excited! YEY!