TEN DAYS is a New Adult romance, based on the sci-fi short story “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster.

Nineteen-year-old Cally isn’t like the others. In her society, the Machine caters to every whim, ensuring people don’t have to leave their pods. But Cally and her best friend Marshal find themselves drawn to how things used to be, when people lived on the surface of the earth and relied upon manpower, not technology. When physical contact wasn’t uncivilized, and love was normal, acceptable, embraced. Cally tries to swallow down her increasing dissatisfaction with the “rules,” as well as her rapidly developing feelings for Marshal, a task getting harder each day.

Then, things start going downhill, fast. Food is spoiled. Air grows musty. The population panics about the dysfunction–is it sabotage? Anarchy? But Cally and Marshal discover the truth: The Machine, the answer to all their problems for longer than anyone can remember, is breaking down. Now, these two have to risk it all to save themselves and the people they care about…before their entire world destroys itself.

From Publishers Weekly

A shape-changing priestess and a time-traveling relic hunter quest together for the Holy Grail in Kearney's far-fetched series debut. Lady Cael, high priestess of the planet Pendragon, is the only woman of her generation who can shift forms from human to dragon. Lucan Roarke is from a future Earth where most of the population is sterile. To save his people, Lucan travels to Pendragon seeking the legendary Grail. When Pendragon's military frames Lucan and Cael for the murder of their colleagues,the two are forced to depend on each other to recover the Grail and survive. Kearney (Dancing with Fire) writes a credibly (and explicitly) passionate and rough romance, but factual errors and a mishmash of myth will jar readers familiar with Arthurian legend, leaving this solely for fans of sexy space opera intrigue. (Sept.)
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Review

"Kearney's back and better than ever. Hang on for a most excellent ride!" (4 1/2 stars, Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine )

"Susan Kearney takes you on a wild ride, keeping you guessing until the very end." (New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose on Kiss Me Deadly )

"Kearney is a master storyteller." (New York Times best selling author Virginia Henley )

"From the first page, Kearney captures the reader." (Affaire de Coeur )

"Out of this world love scenes, pulse pounding action, and characters who come right off the page." (Suzanne Forster, USA Today bestselling author on The Dare )

"Susan Kearney is a gifted storyteller with carefully woven plots and refreshing characterization. Her style is crisp, and keeps her readers hungrily turning the pages." (Tampa Tribune )

"Sizzling sex and rousing adventure easily combine to produce a truly spicy and fun futuristic tale. The multitalented Kearney's story sparkles with excitement and thrills." (Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine on The Challenge )

"Looking for something different? A futuristic romance: Susan Kearney's The Challenge gave me a new perspective ... love and sex in the future!" (Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author )

"Susan Kearney captivated me with her action-packed, emotional tale of Arthurian legend..." (RomanceNovel.tv )

"[F]ull of powerful emotion, intriguing

plot, and a creative mesh of magic and

science fiction."

(Sacramento Book Review )

"The villains are deliciously evil, and Lucan and Cael smolder on the pages." (Romance Junkies.com )

Rapunzel was made with technologically advanced hair. As a trained Mother agent, Zel can't escape the DNA that makes her a pawn in corporate espionage. Kidnapped and held in a tower on Gothel Island, she falls to the sexual allure of her captor’s son, Langley, a man whose every tantalizing touch makes her forget she wasn’t born human.

Langley Gothel protests the existence of creations such as Zel, but when faced with losing her, he sees the truth: Life is precious, whether born, modified, or shaped in a Petri dish. He does the one thing he's thought he'd never do. He has to give up Zel, or become a mod. But will that be enough to get them down from the floating islands and safely to ground?

All this snow and no holidays? What's a stranded human to do?

Create a new holiday, of course. Georgie and the other women decide to bring some new traditions and cheer to the sa-khui. More babies are born, presents are exchanged, and a new romance blossoms between a human woman desperate for a change, and the alien determined to protect her.

This 25,000 word novella is NOT intended as a stand-alone. Looking for a place to start? Try ICE PLANET BARBARIANS, book one in the series.