Hi, my name is Pippa Jay, author of scifi and the
supernatural with a romantic soul. Y'know, it still feels a little odd saying
that? My debut novel came out in May 2012, but it was a while before I felt
brave enough to say it to a total stranger when they asked me what I do. Then
she asked me, "What do you write?"
"Science fiction romance."
"Oh, you mean like Twilight?"
*long pause*
"Er, no, not like Twilight at all."
Moving swiftly on...
I write mostly scifi, usually with romance woven through it.
If you're wondering what science fiction romance is, think Star Wars (Han and
Leia), Avatar and John Carter. Maybe even Farscape and the revamped Doctor Who?
But I try to keep my stories tech light and avoid too many unpronounceable
names, focusing mainly on my characters. I love to write tortured souls, and
the more I can torture them, the happier I am! Bwah-ha-haaaa!
I also live in the glorious and historical town of Colchester
in the UK - Britain's oldest recorded market town - with my husband of 20 years
and our three little monsters. Colchester Zoo, the nearby coastline of East
Anglia and the town's Roman and medieval past have all had their influence on
my writing. My debut novel Keir starts in a setting probably more suited to a
fantasy, based on my love for the medieval period and local landmarks like the
Layer Marney Towers. But my characters are soon swept away to other worlds,
including the tropical planet Metraxi, and the island paradise of Kasha-Asor
(both based on hot, lazy days at the local beach). Yep, we do get hot days even
in the UK!
And now I’m hoping to sweep readers
away again with the re-release of my first book baby in time to celebrate what
would have been its third book birthday (if not for the sixteen months it’s
spent in edits due to the rights reverting to me in January 2014). It’s also my
third anniversary as a published author. I feel I’ve come full circle.
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A demon waiting to die...
An outcast reviled for his
discolored skin and rumors of black magic, Keirlan de Corizi sees no hope for
redemption. Imprisoned beneath the palace that was once his home, the legendary
‘Blue Demon of Adalucian’ waits for death to finally free him of his curse. But
salvation comes in an unexpected guise.
A woman determined to save
him.
Able to cross space and time
with a wave of her hand, Tarquin Secker has spent eternity on a hopeless quest.
Drawn by a compulsion she can’t explain, she risks her apparent immortality to
save Keir, and offers him sanctuary on her home-world, Lyagnius. But Quin has
secrets of her own.
When Keir mistakenly unleashes
the dormant alien powers within him and earns exile from Lyagnius, Quin chooses
to stand by him. Can he master his newfound abilities in time to save Quin from
the darkness that seeks to possess her?
Book One of the Redemption
series and part of the Travellers Universe. A science fiction romance novel previously
released by Lyrical Press Inc. 7th May 2012, Keir is a Readers Favorite Contest Awards Finalist 2012, HOD RWA Aspen Gold finalist (3rd
place), The Kindle Book Review’s 2013 Best Indie Book Awards semi-finalist, and a 2012 SFR Galaxy Award Best May to
December Romance winner.
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Amidst the noise and flashes, the sound of movement drew his
gaze aside. Quin had stepped out onto the adjoining balcony to lean
nonchalantly on the ledge and admire the show.
The light display forgotten,
Keir immersed himself deeper in the shadows and watched her instead. Like his
first sight of her in the Adalucien prison cell, it struck him how small she
was, and how different to anyone he had ever known. Quin had unbound her hair,
which now formed a wild red halo around her face. Her formal robes had been
exchanged for a short, black slip that ended mid-thigh, and a long-sleeved robe
of black lace.
The gentle curves of her slim figure showed through the fabric.
His eyes strayed to the white skin of her legs, like fine marble shaped and
smoothed. What would it feel like to touch? Cool like stone? Or warm like
velvet, soft as silk?
Unease tightened his muscles, and he tried to drag his gaze
away. A Salusian woman would never expose herself like that. Never show so much
skin and be so uncaring about it.
But then, Quin is not
Salusian. And she does not know I am here. I should not be looking.
Even as he thought it, even as he berated himself for it,
his gaze drifted back. A smile arched her lips as she watched the skies, as
enchanted as a child. A stronger gust of wind brushed the hair back from her
face and folded the satin cloth of her outfit around her figure.
So beautiful…
Sudden elation overwhelmed him, combined with the heat T’rill
had inspired. Desire wrapped tight arms around his body. The heady mix stole
his breath. No. Shame burned his
skin. Quin was his friend, the first he had ever had, and the only person to
show him kindness in more years than he could count. Yet at that moment he
wanted more. For the first time in remembrance, he wanted to touch and be
touched in return. To hold her and have her return his embrace freely, with
more than a friend’s affection. To feel her white skin under his fingertips. To
brush the hair from her face as the breeze did now, and run his fingers through
it.
His thoughts dishonored her gift of friendship to him.
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After spending twelve years working as an Analytical
Chemist in a Metals and Minerals laboratory, Pippa Jay is now a stay-at-home
mum who writes scifi and the supernatural. Somewhere along the way a touch of
romance crept into her work and refused to leave. In between torturing her
plethora of characters, she spends the odd free moment playing guitar very
badly, punishing herself with freestyle street dance, and studying the Dark
Side of the Force. Although happily settled in the historical town of Colchester
in the UK with her husband of 21 years and three little monsters, she continues
to roam the rest of the Universe in her head.
Pippa
Jay is a dedicated member of the Science Fiction Romance Brigade and Broad Universe, blogging at Spacefreighters Lounge, Adventures in Scifi, and Romancing the Genres. Her works
include YA and adult stories crossing a multitude of subgenres from scifi to
the paranormal, often with romance, and she’s one of eight authors included in
a science fiction romance anthology—Tales from the SFR Brigade. She’s also a double SFR Galaxy
Award winner, been a finalist in the Heart of Denver RWA Aspen Gold Contest (3rd place), the EPIC eBook awards, and the
GCC RWA Silken Sands Star Awards (2nd place).
You can stalk her at her website, or at her blog, but without doubt her favorite
place to hang around and chat is on Twitter as @pippajaygreen.
Website – http://www.pippajay.co.uk
Blogs –
Adventures in Scifi - http://www.pippajay.blogspot.co.uk
Spacefreighters Lounge - http://www.spacefreighters.blogspot.com
Romancing the Genres - http://www.romancingthegenres.blogspot.co.uk/
SFR Brigade - http://www.sfrcontests.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/pippajaygreen
Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/pippajaygreen/
Amazon page - http://author.to/PippaJay
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Thanks for hosting me!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your re-release! I have to love the title! Yea! Keir!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Lol, yup, every time I see your name on Twitter I do a double take. ;)
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