Hi, I’m Pippa Jay, author of scifi and the supernatural with
a romantic soul. I’ve just released the second book in my scifi romance series Redemption. The original inspiration for
Keir’s Fall came from a single line
of lyrics from Livin’ in a World Without
You by The Rasmus. The exact line is "You paralyzed my body with your
poisoned kiss." So I thought I’d talk about five killer kisses (and in
some cases, that’s literally!) that helped inspire mine.
A Dementor’s Kiss
A Dementor’s Kiss
Any fan of Harry
Potter will know of the soul-sucking deadly kiss of the creepy Dementors.
Ghostly, dark entities who feed off the good memories and feelings, causing
depression, and eventually leading to their victims becoming as empty and evil
as the Dementor. According to Snape, the kiss of a Dementor is a terrible thing
to witness but something he was willing to face to see his old adversary Sirius
Black get some payback for years of bullying.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dementor
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dementor
Poison Ivy
A DC supervillain, an adversary of Batman, and an
eco-terrorist, she uses various plant toxins instead of lip-gloss which can
cause rapture or death (but her kiss can also cure). So you’re taking a real
gamble letting her kiss you for the first time with a very literal kill or
cure. Would you be willing to try it?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_Ivy_%28Batman%29
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_Ivy_%28Batman%29
Farscape: A Kiss is but a Kiss
In this particular episode of the much underrated scifi
series, lost Earth astronaut John Crichton is kissed by an alien princess.
Apparently the sweetness of the kiss indicated that he was the only one capable
of giving her children, a requirement for her to rule. Of course, the
antagonists in this episode had set it up so the princess would never find a
mate, and so the crown would pass to another. The deadliness of this kiss lies
in the probable assassination of Crichton so their plans aren’t thwarted! http://www.farscapeworld.com/episodes/synopsis/10210.php
Stargate (The Tok’ra Part One) -
If you’re ever asked to kiss a Tok’ra, beware that their
alien symbiote isn’t looking to move home. While the Tok’ra are supposedly
benevolent in that the hosts volunteer and work in partnership with their
parasite rather than being slaves to it (like the Goa’uld, and especially the
System Lords) there’s still a dark side to it. While the symbiote may heal,
offer longevity, good health and a wealth of knowledge, be sure you want to be
home to a parasite before any smooching.
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Tok%27ra
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Tok%27ra
Velvets (Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, BBC TV adaptation)
Hapless hero Richard Mayhew accepts Lamia - one of the
Velvets, a group of black clad, gothically dressed women - as a guide through
London Below. Unfortunately for him the payment she wants come as a kiss that
sucks all the heat from his body, like some heat vampire. However, he’s saved
from becoming a ‘cold, dead thing’ like the Velvets by the Marquis de Carabas.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere
Can you think of any others to add? Or have you had a killer
kiss of your own?
Blurb
A seductive tyrant. A
lost hero. And a galaxy about to fall...
It’s been a year in paradise for Keir and Quin, but now the idyll is over. After Quin falls sick, they return to the hidden sanctuary of Lyagnius, and what she learns there will not only change their lives, but set them on a journey that could separate them forever.
When Keir falls victim to a ruthless Nercaandi Empress bent on conquering the galaxy with her cybernetic army, it will take all Quin’s diminishing powers and the help of her son to find him. But what waits for her aboard the tyrant’s ship will test her strength and the limits of their love, and put everything she cares about at risk. Including Keir.
With the galaxy itself about to fall, will she be able to save him?
A Science Fiction Romance novel, Book Two of the Redemption series and part of the Travellers Universe.
It’s been a year in paradise for Keir and Quin, but now the idyll is over. After Quin falls sick, they return to the hidden sanctuary of Lyagnius, and what she learns there will not only change their lives, but set them on a journey that could separate them forever.
When Keir falls victim to a ruthless Nercaandi Empress bent on conquering the galaxy with her cybernetic army, it will take all Quin’s diminishing powers and the help of her son to find him. But what waits for her aboard the tyrant’s ship will test her strength and the limits of their love, and put everything she cares about at risk. Including Keir.
With the galaxy itself about to fall, will she be able to save him?
A Science Fiction Romance novel, Book Two of the Redemption series and part of the Travellers Universe.
Giveaway! A print edition of Keir’s Fall is currently up at Goodreads here - https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/168505-keir-s-fall
(open internationally until the end of February).
You can also pick up book one - Keir - at NetGalley to read and review for free here - https://s2.netgalley.com/catalog/book/80361
Buy links
Amazon http://mybook.to/keirsfall
Excerpt
Fragmented sunbeams fell through
the gauzy insect netting at the windows to pattern the smooth timber floor.
Keir paused, and his breath caught. Dappled light touched the woman sprawled
across the bed, asleep under a woven blanket in shades of blue. Her tousled red
hair half-covered her face, one arm was folded across her stomach, and the
other laid palm upward on the pillow beside her head. The elfin face was
childlike, her skin pale gold with freckles scattered over her small nose, her
expression one of contented oblivion.
His chest tightened. Even now, it
seemed beyond belief that he should be here, that he should have such a
peaceful life and someone as beautiful and loving as Quin to share it with. The
idyll of Kasha-Asor would be nothing without her by his side. Each day with her
was a blessing. All the more so because he had once believed her dead by his
own actions.
On impulse, he lifted the netting
aside, but as his shadow passed over her, her gray eyes snapped open. In a
flurry of blankets, she leaped from the bed and knocked him to the floor. Pain
speared through his body as she straddled him and pinned his hands.
“Never,” she told him in a low
growl, “ever try to sneak up on me in bed!”
Winded, he could only nod, and she
gave him an impish grin before leaning down to kiss him. Freeing himself from
her grip, he slid his hands slowly along her back as he returned her kiss,
ruffling the short, turquoise shift she wore. The pain faded into irrelevance
as he buried his fingers in her hair and pulled her close. Her lips were sweet
and hot, her body warm and soft against his. The scent of azuri flowers filled
his nostrils, and heat spiraled through him.
“Ahmiri.”
The Metraxian word for soul mate had become his special name for her, and
her kisses deepened. For a few blissful moments, he lost himself in her
response, in the fiery glow of her thoughts. Then she sat up, shattering the
rapture as she disentangled herself from his embrace.
“Where are you going?”
Bio and links
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 22 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, Broad Universe, and EPIC, 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 2015 EPIC eBook awards,
the 2015 RWA LERA Rebecca (2nd place), 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
Amazon page
- http://author.to/PippaJay
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