Star Crash (Love Spell Futuristic Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Elysa Hendricks (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 310 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (December 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 050552743X
• ISBN-13: 978-0505527431
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,648,472 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After trying her hand at a variety of careers, insurance underwriter, video storeowner, home day care and cleaning houses, Elysa Hendricks, a longtime reader sat down to write a short contemporary novel. When her heroine turned out to be a winged, telepathic alien, Elysa decided she enjoyed writing stories set in different places and times.

While living in north east Illinois she helped found the Windy City Chapter and the Futuristic, Fantasy & Paranormal Chapters of Romance Writers of America and taught workshops on writing at writer's conferences and at local community colleges. Recently relocated to central Ohio she's happy to be part of the COFW family.

Someday she dreams of writing on a laptop while sitting on a tropical beach. In the meantime she keeps warms during Ohio's chilly winters by creating sizzling love scenes.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars interesting romantic science fiction, November 30, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Crash (Love Spell Futuristic Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

When her beloved Alex apparently died in a crash, Cora Daniels lost her will to live. She became reckless driving her space vessel Freedom and keeping up repairs as if she planned a suicide crash deep in her subconscious.

When the Freedom finally fails, Cora, using all her skills, manages a safe emergency landing on an unknown planet. Aliens capture her and take her to a prison encampment where she meets other humanoid species who are being forced into breeding by their guards who believe humans are dumb beasts of burden. Cora vows to escape, but is stunned when she sees Alex is one of the prisoners. He does not remember her or anything before his captivity. However, she now has a reason to live free as she plans to liberate her, Alex and the others.

Obviously reminiscent of Planet of the Apes, STAR CRASH is an interesting romantic science fiction that is at its best when readers obtain insight into the aliens and how they see humans as being beneath them. However, when the plot turns to sexual encounters, it decelerates as these trysts feel unnecessary. Still fans who appreciate outer space encounters of the first kind will enjoy Elysa Hendricks' entertaining look at comparative anthropology from ET's perspective.

Harriet Klausner

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting tale on an alien world, March 12, 2008

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Ann Macela (Bartlett, IL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Star Crash (Love Spell Futuristic Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

A tale of valor, ingenuity, and love set on an alien planet with truly alien beings. Hendricks builds a complete world with intriguing, interesting cultures, one human, the other, definitely not. Cora Daniels is an intelligent, crafty and courageous heroine who meets even the challenge of finding the lover she thought was dead and concluding she might have to give him up again. The love-making sizzles. Both Cora and Alex know true freedom at the end.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, December 26, 2007

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Mystery Reader (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Crash (Love Spell Futuristic Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Well written and compelling look at what could happen on a planet where humans are not the dominant species. Cora is a likable and strong heroine, and her actions are true to her character. Her relationship with the hero sizzles! Great story and I loved the ending.