HERE BE NEWS for February 10, 2020

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Monday, February 3 - 
"HERE BE NEWS" - All the latest from the gang at Here Be Magic, including an ebook sale.

Wednesday, February 5 -
"WRITING ADVICE - CHARACTER GOALS" - Every story needs stakes, every character needs purpose, but did you know that every scene needs a reason? Author Nicole Luiken discusses goals big and small.

Saturday, February 8 -
This week's Bring It Back(list) feature is "HEARTFAST", a Sensuous SciFi Series by Linda Mooney. Scroll below for all the details.

HEARTFAST 
Book 1 of the HeartFast Series 
by Linda Mooney

They are the Guardians, sixteen special men and women with incredible powers who have sworn their lives to the protection of their galaxy, while upholding the laws of their world.

It was a world that, eons ago, had suffered a devastating plague that had rendered more than half its population unable to reproduce. As a result, in order to assure the survival of their species, the HandFast law was enacted. Every month, twenty couples were drawn by lottery. Couples whose sole purpose would then be procreation, the continuation of the species. For the length of one year, two complete strangers would follow the edicts of the HandFast, until the woman conceived.  Once that was accomplished, the couple was no longer bound to each other, and they could go their separate ways while the child was given to a couple unable to bear children.

It was a cold and impersonal law, but it worked.

However, the Guardians were exempt from having their names drawn in the lottery.  The very nature of their jobs, risking their lives day in and day out to protect their galaxy, precluded any thought of bearing children.

Which was why, when StarLight and Master Hunter heard their names called out to be HandFasted, their neat, orderly lives were turned upside-down. Gone was the comfortable companionship they'd known. Gone was the brother-sister working relationship and the friendship.  

Now they would be forced into an intimacy neither had wanted,  nor expected.

Neither would they be prepared for the overwhelming passion they would find in each other's bodies, as well as in their hearts. 

And things would only get more complicated and dangerous. Because their names had been deliberately placed on the lottery, and the drawing had not been a fluke.  Instead, it was the first step in destroying their world and every Guardian living.

BUY LINK: https://lindamooney.com/HeartFast.htm 

PS - During the month of February, all 3 ebooks are just 99 cents each! (Available at all vendors and Linda's website.)

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DON'T MISS THIS INTERVIEW! 

Here Be Magic alumnus Veronica Scott interviewed our own Jenny Schwartz for the Amazing Stories website last week. Here's the link to check it out:
"Author Jenny Schwartz on Space Specters, the Allure of the Galactic Frontier and More" 

New Release by Jenny Schwartz
SPACE SPECTER
Interstellar Sheriff Book 3 

The Saloon Sector is the Federation’s official frontier, but beyond it lurks the Badstars. Bandits hide there. The Saloon Sector is Sheriff Max Smith’s territory. Since the revelation of his secret identity, life has changed for Max and Thelma. Their relationship is under increased pressure.

Admiral Astyages, newly appointed in command of the Frontier Fleet, manipulates them into joining a Navy expedition to map a safe route to the wormhole on the far side of the Badstars.

Alone in hostile territory and separated from their allies, Max and Thelma couldn’t be less prepared for their encounter with the legendary specters.

But it’s not the specters who’ll betray them.

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