My Viking Obsession & Book Inspiration! (and an update on the strange emails you may have gotten recently from my blog)

​Update first...

​If you are a newsletter subscriber, I'm sorry for the strange emails you have probably received recently from my blog. I'm working on integrating my blog with my newsletter, and as with most things I try figuring out for the first time, it's glitching. You've probably gotten random old and new blog posts, but this is the most recent post. Watch this one not come through right, though. lol

I'm hoping the glitches are over, but if not, I'll go in and disable this function so you're not continuously bombarded with old blog posts of mine. If this works out, you should only receive an extra one or two emails per month, at most, from the blog. Usually it will be less frequent than that.

Important notice: It looks like some of the pictures and other goodies won't show right in the email version, so be sure to click the read more option to be taken to my blog to read the post as it should be. Also, the email version will be clipped, not the entire blog post, so you will need to come to my blog to see the complete post.

Hopefully, it all works out, and I apologize again for the extra random emails.

Now, on with the fun...and the hotties!
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Warning: Sexy vikings ahead!
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​As usual, I'm a little late to the party. I only recently started watching Vikings and The Last Kingdom. I know, I know. What's wrong with me? Thank goodness for Netflix and Amazon Prime so I can see everything I missed. And, of course, now I'm hooked.

But I can't decide who I love more, and I need your help. Ragnar Lothbrok (the Ragnar from Vikings) or Uhtred (from The Last Kingdom)? Yes, I know that Uhtred isn't a Dane by blood, but it seems like deep down he truly is one.

Oh, and don't even get me started on the sons of Ragnar. I may have to do a separate post about them at some point. There's just too much deliciousness not to.
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Uhtred

Ragnar

I mean, just look at those two.
How could anyone choose?
Need more to confuse you?
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​It's just not fair. We need them both on one show.

Wait a minute. Why choose? They could be the start of an amazing reverse harem.

As for the shows themselves. I love them both the same, but do you have a favorite?
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​All of this gorgeous man-candy has inspired a new book series I'm working on, and no, it's not my reverse harem series. I've wanted to write some sci-fi romances for a while, and what better inspiration for the characters than the vikings on these shows?

Of course, one of the heroes will be modeled after Uhtred and one after Ragnar, with many more to come. The series is tentatively called Intergalactic Raiders, and I am very excited about it. It will be a novel series, but I may also have to add to my erotica short stories with some hot vikings taking the women they desire.

For the first sci-fi romance novel, I need your help!
I have two titles and two blurbs, and I can't decide which to use.
Let me know which of these you like best in the comments!
​Which would make you want to buy the book?
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Pick a title!

​Sold to the Alien Raider
or...
Bought and Claimed by the Alien Raider

(As you can see, I've done a quick cover mock-up for inspiration. This will not be the final cover as it hasn't gone through Photoshop yet. I still have to make him look like an alien. And I'm obviously not sure on the title yet.)
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Pick a blurb!

Choice number 1...​
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I’m Skylar, and I’m desperate to save my sister from the alien raider who abducted her two years ago.

So desperate that I’m willing to become a breeder for an alien I’ve never met so I can get the money I need to buy her freedom. I’ve exhausted every other option and have nowhere else to turn.

But when the alien who rents my womb turns out to be a raider, too, how can I trust him to let me go when the contract ends in a year?

Never mind that he is gorgeous and charming and swears he is different than other raiders. Or that he wants to claim me as his life mate.

I have to do this. It’s a job. Nothing more.

I have to save my sister, but will I lose myself in the process?

And what about those alien babies I’ve agreed to carry and birth?

Or choice number 2...

What’s the worst that can happen when a human woman goes through genetic modification and rents her womb to an alien male she’s never met?

Udrek of Brilathia wants to purchase a human female to become his life mate, until he sees the defiant woman who is only offering her services as a breeder. She has the attitude of a warrior and a fiery spirit that calls to him. He must have her, no matter the price. The contract is only for one year, and he will do anything in his power to win her heart in that time. After all, he is a master strategist.

Skylar needs to find a way to buy her sister’s freedom from one of the aliens who raided Earth two years ago. She’s exhausted every option, except one. The only way to come up with that kind of money is to sell herself to an unknown alien. For one year, she will be the property of Udrek...or at least, her womb will be. No matter how handsome and charming he may seem, it’s a job to her and nothing else, especially since he is a raider.

Can he convince her that he isn’t like other raiders and that she should be with him? How will she leave behind any children born from this arrangement when the year is over? And will she be able to rescue her sister or will she have done all of this for nothing?

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Thanks for helping me with the title and blurb, and for sharing in my viking obsession!

Before you go, leave me a comment with your title and blurb pick, as well as your choice between Uhtred and Ragnar and their respective shows!

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