Unreasonable Expectations

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A Poly Romance Writer’s Story.

And the last of my Angel Rising Character Introductions features the captain of the crew, Angelica Justice.

Yes, she’s aware her name is ridiculous. Blame her grandfather.

Angel:

is so stubborn she’s still fighting a war everybody else wrote off as finished

is foster-sister to an eight foot tall lizard lady who we SADLY do not meet in this book (sorry)

was raised by her Aunt Plum and Plum’s wife Elizabeth, both of whom were killed when the True invaded their home world, Leoni

a damn good pilot and a better smuggler

likes to go fast

also very furious

when i pitched this book i called it “the fast and the furious in space but like they all end up together”

(admittedly, i was pitching to my husband, who has not seen the fast and the furious, but was very supportive nevertheless)

(but back to Angel)

d y i n g  s l o w l y  but refusing to admit it

(Is she Lin here? Or is she Korra? OR IS SHE BOTH???) (she’s both)

Coming up with a character that can act as the center of a pretty diverse group of guys was an interesting experience. Angel is angry. She’s got a lot to be angry about. But she’s also incredibly lonely and -- while she won’t admit it -- she aches for the family she had and lost.

She can’t get them back.

But she can find a new one.

Angel’s book, Angel Rising is now available at Amazon.com and you can join my newsletter for updates on future books at cairoford.com!

Meet Odysseus, second to last of my character introductions for Angel Rising!

Odysseus -- or Ody, as Angel usually calls him -- is an Artificial Intelligence. As far as the two of them know, he’s the only one in the galaxy; they’re forbidden by law in every known culture.

He is:

the product of illegal scientific research during the war

barely more than a toddler in terms of ACTUAL AGE

surviving solely because Angelica hosts his processes in nanotech she implanted in her body in a last-ditch attempt to save both of their lives

(spoiler: it sort of worked!)

trying his best

also new to humans

Smarter Than You

He would give his life for Angelica in a heartbeat; he’s never told her this, though, because his simulations suggest she would do everything she could to prevent it from happening. Even risk her own safety.

They are partners, and he will protect her with everything he can.

Interested in reading more? You can pick up Angel Rising at Amazon -- or if you like, sign up for my mailing list at cairoford.com for news about other forthcoming books in the True Space galaxy. I call my mailing list an armada because it’s full of ships.

Meet Bale Canrath, one of the heroes from my book Angel Rising (True Space Renegades) (out May 7th on Amazon/Kindle Unlimited).

Who is he?

M Y S T E R I O U S  not really, he talks so much you’ll probably hear all about him before you finish you coffee order

he’s a Primal, which is humanity’s kissing cousin of a species that also came from Earth. they’re like neanderthals only Tall and Fast and Smart and yes, some humans get a little touchy about it

there aren’t as many Primals as there are humans

so at least humanity’s got that going for them

ANYWAY Bale is the smart one

no, really

enough of a genius that Unsavory Individuals latched onto him when he was a wee war-displaced orphans and manipulated him into becoming one of the quadrant’s premier weapons designers

until he figured out what his machines were being used for

then he did this:

Turns out, crime lords really hate it when people quit!

When I was writing him, I confess that his ‘voice’ was always about half and half Tenth Doctor and Lucifer. He’s incessantly poking into things, trying to figure out how they work, and he is blissfully fascinated by puzzles and things he can’t figure out.

Luckily for him, he meets a girl with a big damn puzzle riding around in her brain...

Angel Rising is my first published novel, a sci-fi poly romance chock full of adventure, banter, found family and hope! I’m putting these little intros up because it makes me happy, to be honest. Bale’s the last of the guys to get his time on the stage, but I do have two characters left to introduce -- Odysseus and Angelica, the last members of the crew.

Stay tuned!

This, my dear friends, is Maddox (checks scribbles on hand) Georgiou, one of the heroes of Angel Rising (True Space Renegades #1)

Why did I have to check my hand? Because this asshole likes to lie about who he is, among other things.

Maddox:

sleeps on the floor in the gym because he can’t get along with any roommates

is a spy used to be a spy

absolute disaster bisexual

r u d e

actually badly needs a haircut, ignore the photo above, for real

Thinks he is:

Actually more like:

Angel Rising Character Introduction: Aleksandar Gayen Alem (Alek)

Meet Alek. 

He is:

An ex-con

...who was paroled into the military as a mercenary

and has tattoos that he considers warning labels for his very bad behavior

was, once upon a time, the golden boy eldest son of a powerful family

until his family was destroyed and he was thrust into the dark underbelly of a city the size of a planet

Does What He Has To Do To Survive

Grumpy bear with a heart of gold badass

Voted #1 Most Likely To Keep A Crew From Tearing Itself Apart, three and a half weeks running

(The vote was conducted in secret by the ship’s computer, who thinks Alek might be one of only two moderately sane individuals on the ship)

Often making this expression:

CHARACTER INTRO TIME!

This is Sateo. He is:

a giant

trained by warrior monks to control his tremendous electrokinetic power

blue

not technically a marshmallow but very soft on the inside

...as are most creatures come to think of it what with the viscera and all...

New To Humans

It is very hard to make him angry, which is a good thing, because he could pop most people like they were grapes were he so inclined.

He spends a lot of time making this face:

Angel Rising (True Space Renegades, Book 1) is my very first book to be published and I’m so excited I ate an entire “sharing” size of M&Ms when I hit ‘Publish’!

I had an absolute blast writing Angel and her crew’s story. There’s nothing I love more than a found family, and this bunch of war vets, scoundrels and misfits turned out to be perfect for each other.

If I had to steal a ship and go on the run with anyone, it’d be Angel, Sateo, Alek, Maddox and Bale. I hope you guys enjoy meeting them as much as I have!

Angel Rising is available for pre-order on Amazon — and if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read it for free!

What’s this? A book cover? _PROBABLY A FINAL BOOK COVER_? Yeah, that’s right.

This is Angel Rising, a book I’ve been working on for a while now. It’s a reverse harem (or poly) sci-fi romance, because sometimes you want to read about a lady spaceship captain and the four fascinating guys who fall head over heels for her. I’m so excited to bring this book out this spring!