Bittersweet Rivals by J. J. Lore
Published by Siren/Bookstrand
15 February 2017
Teaser:
Paleologists Breon and Dhavi have known each other
since university days, but their former friendship has decayed into
professional rivalry. When they both arrive on a forbidding, uninhabited planet
to look for fossils, past resentments boil hot enough to melt the glaciers
surrounding them. But their isolation, and the savage environment they have to
battle, forces them to cooperate, and they might just discover how nice it is
to have someone at your back—and in your bed.
Blurb:
Dhavi is on his way to getting the professional
respect he knows he deserves. He’s landed a corporate sponsorship to be the
first paleologist to prospect on a faraway planet, and finding a spectacular
fossil there will set him up for life. But when he discovers his worst rival,
and former friend, is also going to be there, years of resentment ignite his
temper.
Breon is shocked to learn he’s sharing equipment with
his old study partner on this important expedition, and he’s worried that the
enmity between them will sabotage any potential discoveries they might make.
Resolving to make the best of it, he tries to cooperate, but savage creatures,
dangerous weather, and geologic hazards all conspire to make the fieldwork
every bit as perilous as trying to ignore the attraction to Dhavi.
With the frosty ground shaking under their feet, Dhavi
and Breon have to save each other, and in the process, heat up a shared
sleeping bag. But when it comes time to return with their findings, those old
hurts flare to life, sending them on their separate ways.
There’s one last chance for them at the exhibit
opening, but are either of them brave enough to risk their hearts again?
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J. J. Lore Bio:
J. J. Lore has been interested in the
dashing men who roam outer space since she was transfixed by Han Solo piloting
the Millennium Falcon a long time ago in a theatre far, far away. Sadly, there
is no way for her to join in the fun of intergalactic adventures unless she
writes them, so that’s what she does whenever she isn’t taking care of the
business of life. If you can’t find her typing madly on her sluggish keyboard,
she’s probably poking around in a thrift store searching for the perfect pair
of worn jeans or a vintage kachina bolo tie. These days she puts her
anthropology degree to work when she whips up dishes from many different cultures,
most of which benefit from a liberal dose of sriracha or a smear of green curry
paste. Her favorite reading topics are costume history, epidemiology, and
permaculture, all of which she’d like to work into a story if she’s suddenly
overcome with a brilliant idea someday.
Twitter: @JJLore1
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