Title: The Key: Project Enterprise 1
Author: Pauline Baird Jones
Genre: Romantic Space Opera
Book Blurb:
Experience a riveting interstellar romance amidst an epic galactic conflict in the thrilling novel, The Key.
Embark on a thrilling journey of love, danger, and war across the galaxy in "The Key," an exhilarating sci-fi romance saga by award-winning author Pauline Baird Jones. Stranded on an alien planet, daredevil pilot Sara Donovan is forced to align with Kiernan Fyn, a resolute resistance fighter haunted by a tragic past.
Sara, concealing her enigmatic abilities since her youth, must trust Fyn in the face of escalating threats from hostile forces targeting her. With the stakes rising, Fyn sees Sara as his opportunity to exact revenge on the warlord who destroyed his life, while potentially offering a new, brighter future. Their intertwined fates revolve around a mysterious key that holds immense power—the same power that their ruthless enemies seek to manipulate for universal domination.
Discover the burgeoning romance between Sara and Fyn as they unravel their cryptic link to the formidable key while trying to thwart their adversaries' malevolent plans. If you are enthralled by electrifying chemistry, fast-paced action, and expansive space operas, "The Key" from the Project Enterprise series is the perfect reading choice.
Embark on a captivating romantic adventure across the cosmos with "The Key" today!
Excerpt:
A vague throbbing in her right temple towed Sara back to a consciousness she didn’t want to face, though she was a bit fuzzy on why…
She opened her eyes to zero dark thirty—a darkness somewhat lightened by an eerie orange glow.
Okay, starting to remember.
She not only wasn’t in Kansas anymore, she wasn’t in the cockpit of her bird. The roughhewn rock over head seemed to indicate she was in some kind of a cave, but how did she get from Dauntless to a cave?
She remembered…
…the dog fight.
…the double hit to her six.
…heading for the closest planet like a fast falling star.
…doing bat turns to slow her descent.
…seeing the long stretch of flat, white beach between tangled mass of jungle and sparkling ocean.
…endless feet-wet finally giving way to feet- dry.
The narrow beach had skimmed past way too fast as she struggled to manage her uncontrolled descent.
She remembered pulling her nose up long enough to clear a rugged tumble of rock spilling from high bluff into ocean, but on the other side ground was ground and no landing is a good one that ends against a tree.
Yeah, she remembered the tree.
But she didn’t remember a cave.
Her head didn’t seem to like all the remembering. She touched the complaining spot, finding something that felt like a bandage at the apex of the pain.
Okay, didn’t remember that either.
She tried moving various body parts. Everything was a bit banged up, but still worked, which was good. And she knew it would get better. It always did.
Her zoombag had been loosened and her gloves were gone. Add that to the list of things she couldn’t remember, with an asterisk for slightly creepy.
As the rest of her senses began to come back on line she inhaled a warm, metallic scent that seemed to be emanating from a circle of rocks, the source of the orange glow. It was mixed with a warm, earthy smell and some scents she couldn’t begin to identify.
There was a bit of a nip in the air, the edge taken off by the…fire? Was it a fire? It didn’t flicker like a fire.
It was deeply quiet in the cave, quiet enough to hear her own breathing. And someone else’s.
An icy trickle made its way down her back.
Who, or what, was sharing this cave with her?
Sara sat up, stifling a groan when various bruises and bangs registered formal protests to her brain housing group.
She’d planned to stand up next, but something stirred across from her. Who—or what—ever it was rose, throwing an ill-formed and very large shadow against the wall and roof of the cave.
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What makes your featured book a must-read?
I will let this review speak for me on why I think “The Key” is a must-read:
“Every once in a while you come across a story that ticks all the boxes for you. The Key did that for me. Sara is my new hero. With characters like her this book shouts out to be read. There are battles of several kinds, a spacecraft crash, aliens both good and bad, sadness, humor and love. Breathtaking!!”
And because readers loved “The Key,” I found myself turning it into an eight-book series (with a several side stories!). Give it a try! It might tick your reading boxes, too!
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Author Biography:
USA Today Bestselling Author, Pauline never liked reality, so she writes books. She likes to wander among the genres, rampaging like Godzilla, because she does love peril mixed in her romance.
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