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A Star Called Home - Book Tour and Giveaway

1/17/2018

A Star Called Home
by Marina Landry
Genre: SciFi Romance
198 pages

Jul Kisling's heart aches for the homeless children living beyond her office window. Her father, Chancellor of the Third Quadrant of Akila, refuses to use his power to help them. Frightened but determined, Jul secretly searches for transportation to bring some of the children to a newly-colonized planet.

Marc Prejean is an out-of-work, out-of-money Earth starpilot living on the land of his Cajun ancestors. Wrongfully convicted of smuggling and recently released from forcedsleep, he reluctantly agrees to Jul's proposition. His desperate situation, the betrayal of his wife and brother, the loss of his starpilot license, and his stolen six years have left Marc angry and withdrawn.

Marc and Jul begin a journey of agonizing mistrust, smoldering sexual desire, and the shared goal of safeguarding the twelve children. Pursued by ruthless adversaries on both sides of the law, they soon realize they are delivering the children into even greater danger.

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  A blush rose up her fine-boned cheeks, and her pink mouth twitched, but she didn't respond. Instead, she turned her head and made soothing noises to the waif quietly sobbing in her arms. She lifted her bag from the floor, aimed her cool, emerald eyes toward Marc, and said, "If you'll direct me to their--"
     "Through there," he interrupted again, pointing to the closed portal in the left part of the rear wall. He resumed his seat, turning his back on her and reaching for the console. "Cabins're all the same -- take your pick. Wait. One. Minute," he demanded, pivoting in his seat to frown at her. "You said you'd be bringing nine companions. This looks like more than nine to me."
     "Yes," she admitted easily. "There are twelve children in all, but they're used to living in close quarters. We'll manage."
     He stood and took an angry step off the bridge. "This starship is designed to accommodate ten passengers only. Space regs forbid me to--"
     "I understood you would get us to Orum without concern for regulations, without passports, and without questions. However, if you insist -- which three would you like to tell to go back?" She stared him squarely in the eye, holding that genderless child on her hip, with two more clutching her legs.
     He scowled down at the sea of dirty faces and unnerving stares, and he disliked this woman with her expensive clothes and cold eyes more than he'd ever disliked a total stranger before in his life. He forced himself to meet her haughty stare. "It will take me about ten minutes to get a clear window," he ground out. "So get them in the beds vite."
     He stepped back up to his command console, then added, "I'll rewash the bedsilks later."
     He studied the control screen, scanning frequencies, airspace, and ground perimeter for anyone too interested in why the Southern Belle had stopped there in the middle of the night.
     She was still standing by the portal at the rear wall. What the hell was she waiting for? "Eight minutes!" he called out.
     "Well, you will just have to wait!" she snapped, spinning to face him.
     He stood and glowered down at her.
     Her back was rigid and her jaw clenched as she continued in a trembling voice, "No matter how much you try to bully me, there is no way I can get twelve children ready for lift in eight minutes. And if you lift too soon and one of these children is injured, I'll make you wish you'd never taken this job."
     He studied her in barely-restrained anger, and not a small measure of admiration. Her ability to stand firm while he bullied her -- as she called it -- surprised him, though he could see her fingers shaking on the child's back. He stroked his wiry moustache with one finger and drawled, "I been wishin' dat ever since you boarded, chère."

Marina Landry has gained attention in both the romance and science fiction communities for her heart-warming, emotionally intense, character-driven stories. Her debut novel A Star Called Home (Desert Breeze Publishing) has consistently received five out of five stars on multiple online book review sites. Marina has taught language arts and mathematics in south Louisiana for 18 years. She speaks on the craft of writing and teaches all levels of writers online. Though her education has not followed a typical path nor timeline, she has Masters Degrees in Education of the Academically Gifted, Secondary Mathematics Education, and Adult Education.

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51 Comments

Lisa Brown

1/17/2018 03:48:07 am

I enjoyed reading about your book; congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)

Marina Landry

1/17/2018 05:02:27 pm

You are quite welcome. I appreciate the support!

heather

1/17/2018 03:12:09 pm

This so sounds like my kind of read.

Marina Landry

1/17/2018 05:03:25 pm

Thank you so much for your support!

Dale Wilken

1/17/2018 06:11:04 pm

Sounds great.

Marina Landry

1/17/2018 10:05:58 pm

Thanks! I appreciate the feedback.

Tiffany Hook

1/17/2018 08:10:17 pm

I love the cover the content is very interesting and the colors

Marina Landry

1/17/2018 10:07:34 pm

Thank you! I'm very happy with my cover artist, Gwen Phifer.

Victoria

1/17/2018 08:55:11 pm

beautiful cover!

Marina Landry

1/17/2018 10:09:32 pm

My cover artist, Gwen Phifer, has really captured my main characters, I think. Thank you for your feedback!

Veronica Lee

1/18/2018 01:05:31 am

This book would make a wonderful movie. I love that it has a mix of science fiction and romance. And the cover is celestial!

Marina Landry

1/18/2018 05:02:28 pm

You're not the first person to say this would make a great movie. And I certainly think so. LOL Thank you so much for the encouragement.

Petie McCarty

1/18/2018 07:48:30 am

Great excerpt! Best of luck with your tour!

Marina Landry

1/18/2018 05:03:56 pm

I'm glad you liked it. I appreciate the support.

Cathy French

1/18/2018 08:18:41 pm

I love the cover, it looks like a movie poster.

Marina Landry

1/19/2018 04:46:27 pm

Thanks! I've told the cover artist, Gwen Phifer, what wonderful comments y'all have been making. I certainly love the cover, and maybe someday it will be a movie poster. :o)

Tiffany Hook

1/19/2018 05:15:14 am

Shared again hope everyone has a great day 💞💞

Marina Landry

1/19/2018 04:46:54 pm

Thanks for the share and the support.

Becky Richardson

1/20/2018 01:18:01 pm

I enjoyed the excerpt.

Marina Landry

1/20/2018 02:22:28 pm

Glad you liked it. You can find other excerpts along the book tour. Thanks for your support.

Becky Richardson

1/21/2018 01:59:27 am

Love the cover. Sounds like my kinda read. Will check the other tour stops to read excerpts as well.

James Robert

1/21/2018 03:44:52 am

The cover is terrific and I'd stop and pick it up to see if this is one my sister would enjoy reading and I know she would. he watches my kids while I work and likes to read.

Gwendolyn Jordan

1/21/2018 03:27:30 pm

Nice cover

Becky Richardson

1/22/2018 01:14:57 am

Do you prefer e-books or print books?

Becky Richardson

1/23/2018 03:38:20 am

What authors have inspired you?

Becky Richardson

1/24/2018 01:40:50 am

Music or silence while writing?

Becky Richardson

1/25/2018 12:58:19 am

What was your favorite childhood book?

Marina Landry link

1/25/2018 07:40:13 pm

I really appreciate all of the comments. I'll try to answer the questions in a timely manner.

I like books in both e-book and print form. When I read at night, I like e-books so I don't have to turn on a lamp. And when I travel, I have my e-books with me as long as I have my phone. But there's just something magical about holding a print book in my hand, so I still buy a lot of print books.

I don't listen to music when I write, though random sounds do not disturb me. I like high-energy music, so when I have music on, I wind up thinking of the songs and finding videos online, instead of focusing on what I'm writing. lol So, I can't have that!

Andre Norton is probably the author who got me hooked on science fiction, including complex characters with a lot of heart and the courage to face what life hands you -- in any realm or galaxy. Anne McCaffrey's Pern books were also great favorites.

I love puzzles and read a lot of Agatha Christie when I was younger -- and still do occasionally.

Thanks, again, for joining me on my book tour!

Becky Richardson

1/27/2018 01:10:15 am

I love all your answers! Thanks for responding.

Becky Richardson

1/26/2018 12:47:50 am

What books have most influenced your life?

Marina Landry

1/27/2018 12:06:43 pm

Of course, there have been a lot of books I've loved over the decades. But probably the one that has influenced my life, including my writing, has been Joseph Campbell's _The Hero with a Thousand Faces_. I found it profound that, no matter our culture or geographic area or socioeconomic situation, humans idealize and are moved by many of the same quests and relationships. I believe all of us want the same thing -- to belong somewhere we are loved for who we are. That is essentially my underlying message in _A Star Called Home_, where several unhappy misfits finally find the loving place they fit in the universe.

Marina

1/27/2018 12:42:59 pm

most influenced*

Becky Richardson

1/29/2018 12:43:44 am

I enjoyed your comment. Thanks for the answer.

Becky Richardson

1/27/2018 01:10:38 am

Sounds like a great read.

Becky Richardson

1/28/2018 12:54:24 am

If you could tell your younger self anything, what would it be?

Lacey Waters

1/28/2018 12:41:22 pm

This book sounds good! Drama, dystopianish and sexy ^_^ awesome!

Becky Richardson

1/29/2018 12:42:46 am

Pen or typewriter or computer?

Becky Richardson

1/30/2018 12:43:05 am

What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?

Becky Richardson

1/31/2018 12:58:48 am

Are you a morning, afternoon or night writer?

Becky Richardson

2/1/2018 12:17:43 am

What inspired you to write this book?

Becky Richardson

2/2/2018 12:11:24 am

If you could go back in time, where would you go?

Becky Richardson

2/2/2018 11:52:49 pm

How many hours a day do you write?

Becky Richardson

2/3/2018 11:56:00 pm

Do you ever get into a writing slump?

Marina Landry link

2/4/2018 04:55:49 pm

I also teach school (ergo, the reason I try to respond to a lot of comments on the weekend). On weekdays, I write about three hours, and go to bed early enough to wake up on time the next morning. On weekends, I write as much as possible, about six hours per day, but that includes writing my newsletter, updating my Website, etc. I much prefer writing at night, so Friday and Saturday I work late into the night and early morning. I don't own a typewriter. I do the bulk of my work on a laptop, but there are scribbles on envelopes and sticky notes every place I sit in my home. LOL
It's important to me to write creatively about the future, but without having "wrong science." Even though we are nowhere near actual travel between stars (as they do in my books), I stick to the laws of physics. And to human nature. So, I do quite a lot of research before and during writing a novel.
If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to take my writing more seriously. A lot of my distraction was not believing I could achieve the dream of being a writer. Ironically, the fact that being an author was so important to me was the main thing that held me back. I might not believe my older self, even if I could go back. So, I have no regrets.
I really hope to be able to keep working on my dream. Thanks to everyone for their comments and support.

Becky Richardson

2/4/2018 11:43:47 pm

Can you imagine any of your books being made into a movie?

Jodi Hunter

2/9/2018 10:13:44 am

I can not wait to read it.

Calvin

2/13/2018 12:05:05 pm

Great answers, pretty much all I wanted to ask

Marina Landry link

2/15/2018 09:11:30 pm

I really appreciate all of the questions and comments. As a special treat, I'd like to recommend you watch the new book trailer for A STAR CALLED HOME on my Website. The book trailer makes it even more obvious (in my opinion) that this book would make a great movie. Several reviewers have stated that, as well. I can really see the courage and chemistry between the main characters -- and all of those unique kids! LOL Hopefully, my readers can visualize them, too.
Best of luck to everyone in the giveaway. And, if you've signed up for my newsletter, you'll see more giveaways to come. I've discovered that I love giving stuff to people who support my dream of being a writer. :o)
Thanks!

Marina Landry link

2/17/2018 04:58:13 am

I want to take this opportunity to thank the gracious bloggers who hosted my book tour! I really enjoyed having my circle of readers expand in so many new directions, and I appreciate the professional treatment A STAR CALLED HOME was given on your sites. With hard work and the generous support of booklovers like you, I will continue living my dream of being a writer -- and providing readers with more tales of love and adventure across the universe. :o)

Lindsay A.

2/17/2018 08:54:44 pm

I really enjoyed learning about this book and a new-to-me author! :D Congrats on the tour!

Jerry Marquardt

2/17/2018 09:45:38 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including A Star Called Home. I wish the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

A Star Called Home - Book Tour and Giveaway

A Star Called Home
by Marina Landry
Genre: SciFi Romance
198 pages

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by Marina Landry
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198 pages