Here’s the link to the Weekend Writing Warriors central page, so you can visit all the participants sharing excerpts today…a fun way to sample new books and find new authors! (Also welcome to the Sunday Snippet visitors!)

I’m now taking snippets from my newly released novel STAR CRUISE STAR SONG.

The snippet from close to the beginning of the book. Addy is at the spaceport on her way to join her new spaceship, the Nebula Zephyr cruise liner. I’ve jumped ahead a little bit and Addy and Ryder are on the shuttle flying to the cruise ship in orbit above: 

Luckily, Ryder seemed determined to carry the conversation. “Where do you work on the ship?”

“The engine room. It’s my first day actually. I recently graduated from the institute and did the online orientation to CLC Lines and now I’m shipping out. I’m an Apprentice and an ensign,” she said proudly, fingering her badge. “The Nebula Zephyr has top of the line engines and I’ve been told there were enhancements made by the ship’s AI to produce even higher cycles so I’m eager to get a peek at the specs and…other stuff.” She’d almost said to listen to them and after years of endless teasing and bullying, she knew better than to mention it. Ryder was so easy to talk to though. “And there are other cutting edge tech features of the ship’s abilities—”

“Sounds like a real opportunity for you then,” he said easily.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I get so excited—I must have been boring you.” Crushed, she shrank in her seat.

“Not at all.” He shook three more of the tangy candies into her hand, holding it steady as he did so. “I can relate to a person’s enthusiasm.”

Fingers tingling from his touch, Addy swallowed the candy without chewing and nearly choked.  Ryder patted her on the back and gave her water from his own bottle and by the time she was restored to normal breathing, they were already approaching the ship. Her attention was riveted on the vids as the shuttle closed in on the majestic interstellar liner. “I’m so lucky,” she said. “Everyone in my class wanted to get this job but I had the highest grade point average by five points.”

Ryder was watching her, not the vids. “I wish I could get as excited about anything as you are about working on this ship.”

VS: More next week…

Here’s the official blurb:

Addy Tryndall is a fresh graduate from a highly respected engineering college in the Sectors, on her way to a plum job on the Nebula Zephyr cruise ship. She knows she’ll be on probation but she’s determined to succeed and nothing is going to distract her.

Ryder McRhodes is a has-been interstellar rock star, on his way to reunite with his fellow band members to see if the lightning of mega success will strike twice for them. He isn’t sure he wants to be in the spotlight again and he hasn’t been able to write music since the band broke up.

Addy has secrets. Ryder needs a muse to unblock the creative flow…could her tightly guarded past be the answer  to his problem?  When the two are thrown together in an attempt to avoid the interstellar paparazzi he’s intrigued. She’s wary.

And someone is sabotaging systems on the Nebula Zephyr. Addy unwittingly finds herself in the middle of the situation while juggling her increasing attraction to Ryder and her challenges on the new  job. Can she trust him with her secret? Or will he break her heart?

The danger on board comes ever closer to Addy as the cruise continues…

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