Valerie Parv, Birthright and Giveaway!

We invited author Valerie Parv She is one of Australia's most successful writers with more than 29 million books sold in 26 languages. She is the only Australian author honored with a Pioneer of Romance award from RT Book Reviews, New York. With a lifelong interest in space exploration, she counts meeting Neil Armstrong as a personal high point. So it's no wonder she's taking romance to the stars and beyond In Birthright, her most ambitious novel yet. She loves connecting with readers.

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Hi and thanks for inviting me to your Haven. I’ll just relax on this velvet chaise while we chat.

What did you most like about writing Birthright?

I loved how it brought two of my passions together. I’ve written about romance in fiction and in real life for years. A longtime space junkie, I’m also a huge fan of Star Trek, Doctor Who and Big Bang Theory, and can give the Vulcan salute with both hands. Leonard Nimoy says that means I’m bilingual.

You made up an island kingdom. Would you like to live there?

In a heartbeat. Carramer combines the best of the south pacific and Australia’s tropical north. I love the blend of cultures to be found in all these places, where history is still being written between the indigenous people and later arrivals.

Anywhere you haven’t travelled that you would like to go?

As a former volunteer zoo guide I’d love to see bears in the wild. And to go into space, but I’d have to be a lot younger and fitter. I may need a time machine for that one, which is another dimension I wouldn’t mind exploring.

What item do you always pack when you travel?

An open mind. IMO there’s little point going somewhere new unless you have fun growing and learning. We won’t talk about the time I tried fire dancing with a Samoan boxing champion.

What do you think makes a good story?

One that keeps me up reading long after I should be asleep, and where I must find out what happens next. That’s the kind of story I love to write.

Tell us a bit about your current release.

I’ve already given a few hints. As well as romance, Birthright has what fantasy writer, Erica Hayes, calls aliens and evil astronauts. There’s also suspense, humor, some sadness but always – always - a happy ending.

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About Birthright
Former police officer turned deputy governor, Shana Akers, is used to handling high-stakes situations. But after learning that a space shuttle mission about to be launched from her island home may have a shocking secret agenda, she must turn for answers to the man who has challenged her mind and emotions for years.

Scientific genius and space center director, Adam Desai, is a truly self-made man. Found adrift at sea as a baby, he knows nothing about his origins until two VIPs attending the launch force him to confront the truth about his past, changing everything Adam has ever believed about himself.

Faced with a danger that threatens the entire world, can Adam and Shana find the strength to trust not only each other, but the mysterious VIPs whose unusual abilities defy logical thinking? Especially when it becomes clear that they'll need all of their combined resources to reclaim humanity's BIRTHRIGHT.

Published by Corvallis Press USA 2012.

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