Nighttime Wishes-2nd edition
(This is a rerelease)
Series name: Make
A Wish. Books need to be read in order. Book #2, Nighttime Promises, releases
Nov 1st.
Log line: When you wish upon a star… it comes true in
ways you never expected.
Release Date: Sept
1, 2015
Publisher: ARe
(coming soon to other outlets)
Blurb:
Ziang, a tentacled warrior from the planet Maz’Rar, has come
to Earth to claim his most precious prize and start a new life. When an
unforeseen accident results in a crash landing, his plan for a quick removal of
the human Shawn lays in a twisted ruin at his feet, much like his
shuttlecraft. If that isn’t enough, the FBI is sniffing around.
Confronted by the very same alien who observed him since he
wished on a shooting star as a child, Shawn finds his initial inability to
communicate with Ziang leads to misunderstanding and fear. Forced to hide until
rescue arrives, tensions mount. Shawn learns of Ziang’s intentions of taking
him as a mate. Ziang, on the other hand, is completely befuddled at Shawn’s
less than stellar reaction to said taking.
As they wait, a spark ignites. Turns out humans and
Maz’Rarians are very compatible—tentacles and all. Shawn falls for the big
alien he jokingly calls E.T. Now he must decide if he’s willing to throw away
all he knows to travel the stars with Ziang.
Excerpt:
“Mayday,
mayday! I’m taking fire. We are hit. I repeat: We are hit and losing altitude.
My coordinates are 33.3872° N, 104.5281° W. Date of transmission: Standard
Earth Time July 4, 1947.”
“Frack!
Captain, what are we going to do?” Co-pilot Napal Moray fought the shuttle’s
holo controls. “Engines offline. We’re leaking radium vapor out of the rear
engine.”
Captain
Ziang’lamdious Ta snarled at the holo controls. “How the hell did they know we
were here? Dammit, this is the last thing we need.”
“The power
transfer conduits are overheating. We’re losing containment in the radium core.
It’s going to blow, Ziang. We’re about to light up the nighttime sky.”
“Not if we
shut the core down and eject it.”
“If we do
that, we won’t have enough power to maintain… We’ll descend. We won’t be able
to stop it,” Napal argued. “As far as ejecting the core, do we really want the
humans to access that kind of technology? They’ll try to reverse engineer it.
You know they will.”
“For now the
shuttle has power to weapons. We’ll detonate it. Since it’s not a warp core
engine, the fallout won’t harm the humans.”
“Can’t we just
transport to the main ship?” Napal asked.
“It’s on the
other side of Earth’s moon. We simply don’t have the power for that now.” Ziang
frowned at the computer’s main control panel. “As a matter of fact, the
transporter is offline. We’re not transporting anywhere.”
“Then I guess
we’ll try and land the shuttle.”
Ziang rubbed
his forehead. “Yeah, that’s not a great answer either. Remember that whole
conversation we just had about reverse engineering?”
Napal threw
his hands up. “What else do you suggest then? We either go to the surface or we
blow up. I’m not for the blowing up
option.”
“Right. Down
we go then.”
Ziang waved
his hand on the computer holo and brought up the engine semantics. He entered
the command to eject the core. It took two tries to get the command and his
captain code entered and acknowledged.
“We’re losing power to the ship’s computer. If
we’re going to do this, it has to be done now,” Ziang said. “I hope to all our
gods we don’t end up scattered all over Earth’s atmosphere.”
“I hope we
aren’t found by the Earthlings. That’s
my main concern. You know what those humans would do to us. ”
“We have to
get to the surface in one piece first. Then we’ll worry about the humans.”
Ziang tapped in the coordinates where he thought was the best place to land the
shuttle. Then he ejected the core.
As it floated
away from the shuttle, he raised shields and programmed the phasers to fire. He
hoped the shields would protect them from the majority of the blast.
“Ready?”
“As much as
I’ll ever be. I wanted to see the wildlife here, but not quite like this.”
Author bio:
M.A. Church is a true Southern belle who spent many years in
the elementary education sector. Now she spends her days lost in fantasy
worlds, arguing with hardheaded aliens on far-off planets, herding her numerous
shifters, or trying to tempt her country boys away from their fishing poles.
It’s a full time job, but hey, someone’s gotta do it!
When not writing, she’s exploring the latest M/M novel to
hit the market, watching her beloved Steelers, or sitting glued to HGTV. That’s
if she’s not on the back porch tending to the demanding wildlife around the
pond in the backyard. The ducks are very
outspoken. She’s married to her high school sweetheart, and they have two
children.
She was a finalist in the Rainbow awards for 2013 and is a
member of Romance Writers of America, Rainbow Romance Writers, and Science
Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Author Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ma.church3
Facebook Author page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/MA-Church/173797619379487
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nomoretears00
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nomoretears00/
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B007A8JA4C
Goodreads Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5141393.M_A_Church
And
now for the interview!
What would people be most surprised to learn
about you?
I drink Coke. Oh
wait, that’s what wouldn’t surprise
folks!
I don’t watch horror
movies. Lord have mercy, they give me nightmares. I’m talking ‘leave every
light in the bedroom on’ nightmare. I have an active enough imagination without
adding blood and gore to the mix *snort* thank you very much.
When did you start writing? Is it something
you've always been interested in, or did it develop later in life?
I started four years
ago. A story of mine won a contest at a free site called Literotica. That made
me think I might actually be good enough to be published, so I decided to give
it a try. I’m not of those who started writing at age ten. But boy did I read a
lot. If I didn’t like how a story ended, I made up a new ending that suited me,
lol.
Has it been everything you thought it would be
or not?
Pretty much, yes. I
knew it wouldn’t be easy. I had so much to learn *laugh* and I’m still learning
(as my editor will tell you). I’ve hit a few bumps along the way—had a few bad experiences that really opened my eyes
to what’s out there—but I’ve made some very
good friends. I’ve learned what to take seriously and what to ignore.
The best perk,
though? Holding your own work in your hands. J
How did it feel when you realized that your very
first book was going to be published?
Color me shocked,
lol. The publisher contacted me about a story on a free website. They wanted to
publish it. I screamed, jumped up and down, shook like a leaf... and cried. You
see, I got the email like a day or two after I returned home from burying my mom.
She knew I was writing at a free site, and that I wrote M/M. I do wish I’d had
the chance to tell her I was offered my first contract.
What's your favorite part of writing a book?
My favorite thing to
tackle is when the characters land in hot water, lol. Life is going to throw
you a curve ball as we all know. I love taking that, dumping my characters in
the middle of it, and then watching them figuring it out. Sometimes it gets
messy, but hey, life is messy. That’s part of the fun!
Thanks for having me! :)
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My pleasure, as always!
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