This is so exciting! Eileen Troemel is relaunching her fabulous Wayfarer series. What an opportunity to binge read–and no waiting for the next book to be published. I’m pumped!
Blurbs:
Wayfarer Aegis (prequel) (Pages: 75)
Pilot Adara Stone boarded the Aegis, an explorer class ship, to make a journey into unknown space.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Aegis-prequel
Adara Stone – pilot for the Interstellar Planets Union services.
She’s half Wayfarer and half human and Captain James’ last choice as a pilot. Excited for her first long contract and explorer class ship, Adara knows she’ll spend seven years flying a ship in unknown space. She can’t wait to see what’s out there.
By the book, Captain Alden James does not want anyone varying from his flight plan. He quickly loses patience with Adara breaking protocol.
Adara craves a family but finds only recrimination and punishment. She taps into the skills dismissed by her captain and the services in order to be the best pilot she can be. When Fate intervenes, will her Wayfarer skills be enough?
Wayfarer (Pages: 184)
“Just sign your contract and be there by 1700,” Decker said. He knew he just hired trouble.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-book-1
Recovered from the disaster of the Aegis, Adara longs to fly in space again.
Emotionally and physically battered, she applies to every piloting position but her heart and soul long to fly the Pritchard. The Manu investigatory ship requires all types of flying from chasing raiders, rescuing ships in danger, and getting investigators on site.
Captain Decker Flannery gets to hire his entire crew for the first time. He doesn’t want some damaged pilot to mess with the balance of his crew. When one of his pilots takes a better offer, he has no choice but to hire Adara Stone, highest ranking survivor from the Aegis. He doesn’t want her on his ship, he thinks she’s trouble.
Can Decker see through Adara’s quiet and discover more than he bargained for?
Wayfarer Clans (Pages: 175)
Estranged from her family at ten, Adara Stone finds herself embroiled in a crime wave where the Pritchard might be hunting her family.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Clans-book-2
Are Wayfarer Clans kidnapping children, teen girls, and scientists?
A rash of kidnappings lead Adara to suggest a Wayfarer clan is adding to their clan. Chasing down a stolen Science Corp vessel, Adara Stone beats the pilot and rescues the ship and all its occupants. The pilot of the ship shocks Adara.
Decker and Adara struggle to cope with her family relations as the crew dives deeper into the kidnapping cases. Friction arises between the two.
Will her family put a wall between Decker and Adara?
Wayfarer Immemorial (Pages: 195)
Hailed as Hero of the Aegis, Adara Stone confronts her fears while her enemies in the Barion race target her and her maite saol Decker Flannery.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Immemorial-book-3
The Barions are back!
Decker wants Adara nowhere near the memorial but she insists on helping the survivors and the families of those lost on the Aegis.
With her plate full as a new clan leader, Adara leaves security up to Decker, Franklin, and Paul. Her only requirement – she must attend the memorial service.
Barion battlecruisers invade the Services space while a rogue Barion attempts to meet privately with Adara.
Will Decker and Adara survive this encounter with the Barions?
Wayfarer Negotiator (Pages: 266)
Chaos reigns – until Adara negotiates a settlement.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Negotiator-book-4
A riot on a space station throws Adara Stone into a new role.
When Wayfarers clash with shopkeepers, Adara’s asked to step in to settle the dispute.
Decker’s parents are visiting but he doesn’t want her to meet them. He leaves her on the ship while he spends time with his family. Until Avin’s, the Etienne hunter, murder case interrupts with an important break.
Negotiating, Decker and Adara clash over her continued health issues.
Can they come together to negotiate a peaceful settlement?
Wayfarer Wedding (Pages: 198)
A demanding future mother-in-law, a secret mission, and a thousand guests, Adara’s on edge and ready to elope.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Wedding-book-5
Adara and Decker’s big day fast approaches!
Before they can wed, her family is sent on a covert mission to collect information on a hostile race.
Decker’s mother makes demands on how the wedding should be causes tension in an already stressful situation.
Will Adara and Decker be able to protect her family and return in time to have their wedding?
Wayfarer Trials (Pages: 230)
Her senses on overload, Adara discovers more skills as she faces one hazard after another.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Trials-book-6
Humans only!
Returning from their honeymoon, Adara and Decker with their crew face a rash of attacks on non-human females.
New trainees bring a sense of danger. Decker and Paul try to protect Adara through a series of explosive events.
Can Adara protect her people with her skills?
Wayfarer Destruction (Pages: 215)
Everything Adara loves is threatened. Will she be able to save the Pritchard and her crew or will she lose all she loves again?
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Destruction-book-7
Someone wants Adara dead – again.
A disastrous first flight leads Franklin to expose sabotage and industrial espionage threatening Adara’s life. Orders come down, Adara and Decker are to seek out and meet with the Hettians. They are to return the Hettian prisoners to their home world.
Dr. Nukpana is on the loose, trying to recruit Wayfarers and testing his formula on humans. The bodies pile up while Adara and Decker cope with an arrogant and foolish diplomat.
Everything Adara loves is threatened. Many she holds dear are at risk. Will she be able to save the Pritchard and her crew? Or will she lose all she loves again?
Wayfarer Freedom (Pages: 267)
Decker sustains an injury while protecting Adara. Will the forces against Adara and the Wayfarer succeed in eliminating her?
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Freedom-book-8
Adara can’t shake her grief.
Without a ship and home, she feels untethered. Adara is pulled in many directions with her negotiations, training, and consulting. In the chaos of all her responsibilities, her life is threatened. Is it because of the crimes she’s helped solve, the enemies she’s made at Command or with Nukpana? Who is after her? She struggles to find her balance as Decker is injured protecting her.
Wayfarer independence comes before the legislature. The clan leaders decide Adara is the best woman for addressing the large assembly. Adara would like anyone else to do it but agrees because her people need her to.
Will she be able to persuade them to give Wayfarer their independent status?
Wayfarer Salvation (Pages: 252)
Adara, Decker and the Command staff fumble their way through a crime wave, a pregnancy, and the growing pains of a new ship.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Salvation-book-9
Adara’s pregnant!
Adara and Decker experience the fears and joys of expecting their child. Fears remain from the previous miscarriage. Decker wants to protect her, shelter her.
With twists and turns of crime fighting, pregnancy issues, and growing pains, the crew of the Phoenix fumble their way through the first days of their contracts with Decker, Hal, Adara, and all the command staff trying to guide them.
Will they succeed on the new ship?
Wayfarer Expansion (Pages: 232)
First contact with a new race, Adara’s assistants get in a bar fight, and Decker tries to restrict her.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Expansion-book-10
Friend or foe?
Mostly over her morning sickness, Adara juggles Decker being over protective, a new relationship for her niece Jolen, and meeting a new race. While escorting settlers to a new planet, Adara and Decker meet the Tuscalain people.
Will they be as dangerous as the Hettians or an ally?
Wayfarer Acceptance (Pages: 204)
Giving birth in a shuttle, Adara and Decker escape kidnappers as they discover who has been behind all the threats.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Acceptance-book-11
Adara gives birth!
Their daughter arrives early and under less than ideal circumstances.
Finally they learn why so many attempts have been made on Adara’s life. While Adara and Decker get used to being parents, Jolen and Tillie take on a hacker. Rhia and Bas work on a murder case.
Adara meets thirteen year old Bethania from the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross is an old private vessel carrying too many people.
It spells disaster.
Wayfarer Convictions (Pages: 283)
Raiders, Tuscalains, a Services efficiency expert, and a firebug amounts to just another day on the job for Adara and Decker.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Convictions-book-12
Raiders, Tuscalains, and cold cases!
Walter Farento, a services efficiency expert observes the Phoenix. Rhia fumbles for leads in her cold case, while the hacker eludes Jolen. Avin hunts a firebug. Sabotage threatens the assembly of a new station. A breakthrough in the cold case points to something deeper and more sinister.
It all amounts to just another day on the job for Adara and Decker
Wayfarer Limits (Pages: 193)
Racial unrest ripples across the human territory, hitting close to home with Adara’s family.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Limits-book-13
Command changes the rules.
Disagreeing without fighting, Adara and Decker face the new challenges as Command issues new mandates restricting how all members do their jobs. Tension rises on the ship and across the human territory. Diplomatic relations with the Tuscalains goes poorly for the humans but not for the Wayfarers. Racial unrest ripples across the human territory, hitting close to home with Adara’s family.
Will Decker and Adara get on the same page?
Wayfarer Contentious (Pages: 199)
Command mandates, racial tensions, complaints from trainees lead to Command issuing an ultimatum to Adara.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Contentious-book-14
More Mandates!
Escalating conflicts plague the command staff and Decker and Adara. New trainees arrive with an unexpected addition.
Racial tensions rise with many attacks on other races. Allies are attacked, humans only is on the rise.
Have they reached a tipping point?
Wayfarer Home (Pages: 225)
A saboteur dogs Adara’s new leadership as she builds a new society.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Home-book-15
It’s time to leave!
Adara and Decker gather up the Wayfarers, Humans, Briskans, and a variety of other races to leave. Friends, Georgette, Luke, and Drake, join them bringing needed skills.
Building a new society, Adara struggles with all the responsibilities on her shoulders. An uncomfortable ship, seven months pregnant and a saboteur create an intolerable situation. Teamwork and drawing on all resources, including the children, helps get all the tasks done and sets a precedent on how they move forward as they travel to their new home.
Will they survive the saboteur?
Wayfarer War (Pages: 292)
In the wake of the Hettians invasion of human space, Adara, Decker, and the Wayfarers gather information and resources to aid the few survivors.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-War-book-16
The Hettians attack!
Rushing through Human territory, Command does not respond to the attack leaving the outer stations, planets and settlements undefended. Death and destruction follow the Hettians.
Pregnant with twins, Adara fears for her family and her people. She wants to fight, to protect but doesn’t have the fire power to take on the Hettians. Short staffed and short on supplies, she questions every decision.
The Lux becomes a way station for those escaping the Hettian invasion. With assistance from the Etiennes, Adara works to rescue survivors but also tries to let the unsuspecting stations and settlements know what is headed their way.
Will the Hettians annihilate the Humans? Will any race be safe from them?
Wayfarer Evolution (Pages: 220)
Unrest with the Humans only group causes conflict and violence on the newly established home world of the Wayfarers.
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Evolution-book-17
Humans only survives
Old prejudices haunt the Wayfarers as they make room for the survivors of the human race. Little incidents of vandalism and bigotry pile up. Adara and Decker face the day to day running of the Wayfarers both on planet and off. With Oakes’ reassurance and Decker’s support, she plans to take the new ship and explore their sectors.
Before they can go, humans only make an attempt to harm their children and family. Taking a hands off approach, the investigation is handled by people outside the family. Violence against the family and Adara’s assistants lead to the Wayfarers first trial.
Back in space, Adara settles into running the Wayfarers and exploring space. She finds comfort and excitement in learning how to delegate and balance her life. But the conflict isn’t resolved and follows her.
Will the Wayfarers and Humans come together?
Wayfarer Resolve (Pages: 233)
The family is threatened by the people Adara rescued. Can they find a way to peace or will the prejudice tear apart the connections Adara and the Wayfarers are making?
https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-Resolve-book-18
Bigotry haunts Adara.
Adara and Decker set out in their new ship to take workers to Monroe and find a new planet for the Etiennes. While they address violent riots on Homeworld, their children are attacked. Adara must be Mathair Naclan – mother of the clans. She learns to take control and stand firm behind her decisions which follow beliefs from a range of races including her own heritage of human and Wayfarer. The bigotry threatens the most vulnerable of her family.
Bias within the Wayfarers and against the Wayfarers frustrates Adara as she and her admin council defend against the Humans only group. The family is threatened by the people Adara rescued.
Can they find a way to peace or will the prejudice tear apart the connections Adara and the Wayfarers are making?
Excerpt from Wayfarer book one
Hair sprawled out over her pillows, Adara lay naked on her bed. She returned to her quarters after the fighter vessel detained the long hauler. Lolli was returned to her father frightened but relatively unharmed. The other victims of the human traffickers weren’t as lucky. Adara scrambled on hearing a knock at her door. She grabbed the first shirt in her drawer. “Just a minute,” she called rushing to find jeans.
The t-shirt hung to her mid-thighs, she gave up on trying to grab pants and answered her door, hoping it would be Lisa. Captain Flannery stood at her door. “Sir,” she said. She backed into her quarters.
Decker stepped into Adara’s quarters, noted the heap her uniform lay in on the floor. The t-shirt she wore was inside out. “Did I wake you?” he asked remembering she slept nude. He felt a tightening in his groin at the thought of her warm and naked in bed.
“No, sir,” she blushed.
“I see,” he said.
“I wasn’t up yet,” she tried to explain.
He paced around her small quarters. Seeing a basket with her crocheting in it, he noted the yarn was something he and Hal bought her. She still had no pictures or decorations in her quarters. He came to tell her she did a good job. The Etiennes certainly thought she had. Patr had scooped her up into another hug, kissed her forehead as she left the bridge. Frall had even hugged her warmly. What was with these other men touching her? He felt fire and rage in him as he thought of her being with them.
“What’s your relationship with Patr,” Decker demanded completely forgetting why he was there.
“I told you. He’s a brother to me.”
“The way the two of you fondled each other on the bridge didn’t seem very sibling like,” Decker accused.
“He… he put his hand,” she stumbled over her words.
“Yes. That’s my point. His hands were all over you,” Decker growled at her.
“His hands weren’t all over me. He took my hair down and he put his hands on my shoulder to offer support. I’d hardly call that fondling,” anger came to her defense.
“He certainly seemed to consider you his property,” Decker said.
“He did not,” she said. “Etiennes would never mate outside their species. The life span is too different.”
“Sex doesn’t have to mean mating,” Decker said. “I’ve heard Wayfarer women are quite amorous and promiscuous.”
“Hang on just a minute,” Adara’s temper flared. “What right do you have to question my relationship with someone? I’ve not reported any nor is it required I do unless it’s with someone in the services. Patr isn’t in the services so even if I were having sex with him, it would be none of your damn business.”
“I don’t like people man handling my crew,” he growled at her.
“He was hardly man handling me. If he was, it’s up to me to complain about it not you. It’s my body. You have no say in what happens to me in that way,” she said stepping so close their bodies almost touched.
He grabbed her arms and pulled her on tiptoe. He looked down at her breasts pushing against him, “Don’t push me, Adara.”
She put her hands on his chest. His heart thudded quickly under her hands. She caught her breath as he dragged her against him. She felt his arousal and felt an answering need in her own body. “You’ve overstepped your authority, captain,” she said. His mouth was so close, she wanted it on hers.
Let’s meet this amazing author!
NA: Eileen, before we get into the actual interview, I’d like to thank you for all you do to support and work with other authors. Will you tell us a bit about your blogs, the work you do with authors and publishers, your writing and philosophy? We all appreciate you!
ET: Thank you, I hope what I do helps the authors who are featured. I have four categories which specifically pertain to authors. Tips for Authors (https://eileentroemel.com/category/tips-for-authors/). This is a series of blog posts which I hope will help writers who think they are ready to step from final draft to editing and hopefully publishing. As I think of more topics I plan to add to this. Editor Interviews (https://eileentroemel.com/category/editor-interview/) which asks editors key questions. This gives authors a chance to get to know editors and how they think. Book Tour (https://eileentroemel.com/category/book-tour/) which I get book information from companies who offer book tours. However, I also post for any author who asks. All they have to do is provide me with the information. I’ve worked with a lot of authors and I’m now starting to get requests from publisher. Author Interviews (https://eileentroemel.com/category/author-interview/) In this section, I send out 10 questions to authors who want to be interviewed and they provide me answers and pictures and graphics to post. These all get posted on my web site and then they go out to my social media.
One last thing – though this isn’t on my blog but in my group on Facebook – I’ve been doing live (typed) interviews. I create a post about the author and the book we’re talking about. Then in the comments I ask question and the author answers. Others are invited to ask as well.
One thing I want to say – I don’t charge for any of this. Yes, it takes time and effort but I’m not out any money. I’ve gotten to know some great authors and learned about genres I don’t write in.
My philosophy – hmmm well I’d like to have some lofty esoteric response here but the answer is simple. I’m an author. Almost daily, I get requests to advertise with some group or someone wants to do a review – but of course there’s a charge for it. Being an author is expensive. Most of us in this field are saving for expensive items like editing and book covers. While we put out a lot for these ($300+ for editing and anywhere from $50 up for covers) we make very little in royalties – even as a self published author a lot of people take their share first. I don’t have the money to help in most situations but I can say – hey come put your stuff on my site and I’ll post them. One post – if it’s sent to me in an organized fashion – takes very little time and effort on my part. If it takes very little effort and it helps people, then why not do it? So I do.
NA: How did you come up with the idea for your book?
ET: For a long time, I tried to be traditionally published. I finally gave up on publishers and decided to leap into the deep end of the pool. Once I started, I published all my backlog which included a meditation book, romance novel, and three poetry books. Then I sat back and said – ‘What’s next?’ During a discussion with my daughter, she told me to write her a scifi romance with a woman who wasn’t all that strong to begin with but by the end of the … book but in this case series as well, she was strong and confident. So Wayfarer came to be.
NA: What sort of research did you do to write this book?
ET: I’m not big on research. First I write off the cuff. So as the story comes to me, I write it. If I need to know something, I use my phone and google it. But prior to starting Wayfarer, I did a lot of things. Science fiction for me put it squarely in the space arena. I knew I wanted to focus on a woman. I started thinking about her being different and how did she stand out. This led me to well if she’s in space maybe she’s not fully human. When I thought of an alien race, I considered what we here on earth didn’t like. Prejudices… now this is a big topic and no I’m not diving into politics… but I grew up watching westerns and remember a lot of derogatory comments about people with mixed races – so part Native American and part white typically in those stories. I also considered groups of people who are disliked. Being partly Irish, I considered the Travelers – they have a bad reputation along with Gypsies or Romani – not trying to insult anyone here – just thinking of groups who’ve been disliked on sight. Put all of this into a pot and stir and I came up with Adara, half human and half Wayfarer, pilot for spaceships who has skills because of her genetics but also because of her genetics people distrusted her.
NA: A fun fact about writing your book.
ET: Fun fact… well this was supposed to be a stand alone, one and done book. I finished the first book, sent it to my readers, and started thinking about what next. Then all of my readers came back and said – what’s next? I said – no. Her story is done. Again my daughter who wanted the story in the first place said – but you left things incomplete. Now I hate that in books so I panicked. She said – well what about her family? What happened with the Barions are they going to let go or will they come after her again? This started me thinking and the next thing I knew – book 2 happened – Wayfarer Clans
NA: Do you have a day job?
ET: Yes, I do have a day job.
NA: What was your job before you started writing full time?
ET: I work at a University as an administrative assistant.
NA: What started you on the path to writing?
ET: This is easy – my 3rd grade teacher when I was 8 assigned us a short story to write. It’s the first time I realized I could create stories from my imagination.
NA: What do your friends and family think about your being a writer?
ET: I have a ridiculously large family between my family and my husband’s. Some – well I’m not sure if they even know I write. I’ve not had any negative reactions from them. My mom even knew I write erotica (under a pen name) and she shrugged. She never read it but she never said anything negative about it to me. She loved my poetry books and any book with no sex in it. She even read Wayfarer. I said, you know there’s sex in there. She said she skipped over it. Many of my friends have been asked odd questions when I know they’re experts in something. Some people have asked to be put in my books. On occasion I’ve done that. And yes, I’ve even killed off people in my story who annoy me. But I’m not telling you who and why.
NA: Do you outline books ahead of time or are you more of a by-the-seat-of-your-pants writer?
ET: I write as I go. If the characters aren’t talking, I’m not writing. I have almost 30 WIPs (works in progress). I also write from start to finish. If I write out of sequence, I struggle to make it all fit.
NA: What has been one of your most rewarding experiences as an author?
ET: This is easy – when a reader says – I love your books. I feel such a sense of relief that my stories aren’t complete crap (yes on my bad days I think they are) and that someone actually likes them.
NA: Which kind of scenes are the hardest for you to write? Action, dialogue, sex?
ET: This varies for each story. I think the first time I wrote an action scene where I had to describe in detail what happens to the human body when you stab it or slam a hammer into it – that was hard finding the right balance between me gagging because I hated the scene and still being descriptive enough that the reader wasn’t disappointed. As for sex scenes, these are really technical. You want the soft words and the sensual feeling but gauging the level of heat in them is crucial. Additionally, you don’t want extra arms or readers saying – If they’re doing this, how can they be doing that? So it’s technical. Plus coming up with words which aren’t the anatomical words can be tricky because you don’t want them to sound completely ridiculous. I actually find these scene particularly fun to write – not for the sexual content but because they make me think and work at writing.
NA: What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
ET: Aside from writing, I love to crochet. I’ve been crocheting since I was 12. I’ve had patterns published in magazines and have even published my own patterns. I also have a large family. In my own family, I have a husband and three daughters but our expanded family is ridiculously large.
NA: A pet peeve.
ET: Let me preface this by saying I’ve been in customer service for most of my adult life. I do not like rude people. If you have a problem, state it politely and clearly. Accept that sometimes the answer is no. I’ve been in stores and other places where people are trying to get their way and they can’t – usually it’s against policy. I remember standing in line at the DMV (department of motor vehicles) and this woman was complaining because the person behind the counter wouldn’t allow her to do what she wanted. Now, I worked at the DMV phone line, and KNEW state statutes. This woman got louder and louder. I could see the person behind the counter getting more and more nervous. I spoke up and said, you’re asking her to break state law. She cannot do that. She’ll lose her job. The person didn’t like it but I think the people around me were happy the argument ended. It probably helped the line moved forward too.
NA: First thought when the alarm goes off in the in the morning?
ET: Fair warning – this is not a polite answer …. SHUT THE FUCK UP! I don’t like mornings. [NA: LOL!]
NA: What famous person would you like to have dinner with?
ET: They aren’t famous but I’d like to gather my mother and aunts, grandmothers, great grandmothers, and so on going back in my family. I’d like to listen to all their stories and learn about their lives. Of course it would need to be recorded so I get every word.
NA: What are you working on now?
ET: Well typing this out is going to make me tired but just for you. I’ve got two short stories I’m writing for two different anthologies. I’m working on a co-write with another author for a children’s book which is probably going to morph into three books. I’m doing refreshes on a number of my early books. I’m working on the third Wild Magic book. I’ve got two finished books which need editing and prep for publishing. I’ve got three crochet pattern books to do final touches on. Other authors have asked me to edit their books – we’re trading services – so two full length novels to edit. I’m helping someone hone their editing skills. Did I mention the 30 or so WIPs that tug at me?
NA: What is any question we didn’t ask that you would like to answer?
ET: When I first started writing I said I wanted to write at least one book in every genre. I know that will never happen because there are genres I won’t touch. I typically write scifi fantasy romance. I’m stretching out into paranormal and others. I won’t write in horror, dark anything, and probably not historical – too much research is needed. Fantasy is probably my favorite genre to read and write because I love seeing the different worlds and societies that come from people’s minds. I get to make all the rules. Who wouldn’t want ultimate control like that?
Author bio and links:
Author of Moon Affirmations as well as poetry, novels, and short stories, Eileen enjoys telling a good story or expressing a heartfelt emotion. She’s been published in The American Tarot Association’s Quarterly Journal, What’s Cooking America, Children, Churches and Daddies, and many other publications. In addition to her writing, she loves to read, crochet, crafting, research genealogy, and spend time with family. She has three adult daughters and has been married to her husband for 38 years.
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