Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy discussion

Fellow Authors. I’m trying to do more to get my book noticed, and I’m sure you are as well, so I’d like to propose an exchange. The exchange would work like this. We would each send each other a ecopy of our book. (Mine would be a pdf file. Yours could be pdf or Kindle.) Then we read each other’s books and do the following 1) “Like” it on both Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. 2) Tag it on Amazon. 3) Write a review that we would place on Goodreads, Amazon and Barnesandnoble or anywhere else you want it. You can check out my book on the link above. If you are interested in this exchange, message me.

You might mention what your book is like, how long it is, what its intended audience is (YA?) and so on.

There is a link to it at the top of the page where you can check out the Goodsreads page, but I'll copy it here. The crown princess Samantha fears she’s mad; no one but she sees colors glowing around people. The peasant Robrek Angusstamm believes he’s a demon; animals speak to him, and his healing powers far outstrip those of his village’s priests. Despite their fears, their combined powers make them the goddess’s choice to rule the kingdom of Korthlundia.

In my sword and sorcery novel, The Goddess’s Choice, Samantha’s ability enables her to discern a person’s character through their multi-colored aura, and Robrek’s makes him the strongest healer the kingdom has seen in centuries. But their gifts also endanger their lives. Royals scheme to usurp the throne by marrying or killing Samantha, and priests plot to burn Robrek at the stake. Robrek escapes the priests only to be captured by Samantha’s arch-enemy, Duke Argblutal; Argblutal intends to force the princess to marry him by exploiting Robrek’s powers. To save their own lives and stop the realm from sinking into civil war, Robrek and Samantha must consolidate their powers and unite the people behind them.

The Goddess’s Choice is based on a Norwegian fairy tale, “The Princess and the Glass Hill.” Though my favorite fairy tale as a child, it disturbed me that the female character has no name and no role other than being handed off as a prize. My novel remakes the crown princess of Korthlundia into a strong heroine who is every bit as likely to be the rescuer as the one rescued. The Goddess’s Choice would appeal to readers who enjoy the richly wrought worlds and well-developed casts of characters in Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books and Kate Elliott’s Crown of Stars series. It is intended for an adult audience. It is 385 pages.