A collection of 10 short stories each focusing on a futuristic holiday. Reviewers describe it as “a well-written anthology with great variety of characters and settings to entrance any reader…”
EMPIRE DAY by Astrid Cooper won 3rd Place Sapphire Award, 1999 for best s.f. romance.
A futuristic rendition of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ that tells of an outcast space explorer who is reunited with her fighter pilot fiancẽ – four years after he has died. Suleah will have to struggle to come to terms with Gilland, who is not completely the man she remembers.
“Reading it was a lovely experience, from Sully’s feelings of isolation, the lyrical description of Retreat and the explosive and passionate exchanges between hero and heroine …”
Astrid Cooper’s ‘EMPIRE DAY’ contained in this collection was THIRD PLACE WINNER FOR BEST S.F. ROMANCE OF 1998.
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Forget Mr Darcy: Astrid Cooper's heroes would rather bite you in the neck or shape-shift into a glorious creature than write a love letter.
NEW EDITION OF THIS BOOK COMING NOVEMBER 2007!
Shadows Embrace:
LOVE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ENEMY OF ALL!
Vampires don’t exist … or do they? Ebony Robertson demands answers and is drawn irrevocably into a lethal web of unearthly secrets and a charismatic passion …
Rafael De Silva vows to protect Ebony from his ancient enemy, but does he have the strength to protect her from his own savage hunger? In a deadly confrontation where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance, Rafe and Ebony must unite to withstand the vengeance of First Blood. Only then will they be free to find a love that transcends death.
“All you Anne Rice fans had better grab this book. It adds a new dimension to vampire novels, vampires in general and love stories in particular.” Under the Covers Book Reviews.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Astrid has been writing since she was five years old and even then her stories were of the “fantastic”: aliens, spaceships, knights on magical quests. Astrid is an award-winning, best-selling author whose works encompass many genres and many formats (traditional print, electronic and POD). Active in s.f. fandom, she has organised s.f./fantasy conventions, edited over 100 fanzines, and run several fantasy ‘fan’ groups. When not writing, Astrid works in her two and a half acre ‘garden’ in rural South Australia. She is currently working on more erotic stories, a mainstream fantasy novel of ‘epic proportions’, has been offered a new contract by Zumaya for her best-selling book ‘Crystal Dreams’ and is contracted to edit an anthology ‘The Fabled Towers’ featuring stories about the Arthurian myth. She has also recently organised a local writers’ group and is convening ‘writefest’ a writers’ conference in her home town. Visit Astrid's website by clicking here!
Crystal Dreams:
In the cold depths of space, an enemy is lurking and a love is destined to burn brighter than the stars.... Can two deeply sensual, but seemingly mismatched lovers overcome their mistrust to defeat an enemy that vows to destroy them? He is Connal MacArran, a Caledonian chieftain, honor bound to protect his world, but duty forces him into the arms and dreams of a green-haired alien witch. She is Liandra Tavor, an Asarian dreamweaver. Despite the legendary sensuality of her kind, she has never experienced the love call until she dreamshares with Connal on her crystal bed.
