{"id":4121,"date":"2025-12-27T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:42:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:42:46","slug":"free-fall-escape-from-xanadu-new-from-lisabet-sarai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomadauthors.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/27\/free-fall-escape-from-xanadu-new-from-lisabet-sarai\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Fall: Escape from Xanadu–New from Lisabet Sarai"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forbidden love lights the darkest reaches of space<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blurb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to Xanadu. For its elite customers, a space-based paradise of pleasure. For the slaves who work there, hell orbiting Earth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innocent and inexperienced, Mariel Linderman sells herself to Xanadu to rescue her farming family from starvation. Streetwise Rain Delgado accepts assignment as a Pleasure Rep in lieu of a prison sentence for murder. In a world that strictly prohibits same-sex relations, the passion that flares between them brings terrible risks. Their unexpected heart-and-soul connection turns their already precarious existence into a clandestine struggle for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy<\/strong> <\/strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon US: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0FVVLV2N4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon UK: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B0FVVLV2N4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smashwords:  https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/1878604<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barnes & Noble: https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/free-fall-lisabet-sarai\/1148528199<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobo: https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/free-fall-escape-from-xanadu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books2Read UBL: https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/mKeK0E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodreads: https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/242662867-free-fall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BookBub: https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/books\/free-fall-escape-from-xanadu-by-lisabet-sarai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Forbidden love lights the darkest reaches of space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariel and Rain work as Pleasure Reps on Xanadu, a space-based entertainment complex for Earth\u2019s powerful, decadent elite. In a world that strictly prohibits same-sex relations, the passion that flares between them brings terrible risks. Their unexpected heart-and-soul connection turns their already precarious existence into a clandestine struggle for survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FREE FALL: ESCAPE FROM XANADU<\/em>  <\/em>Brand new #lesbian #scifi #romance from Lisabet Sarai https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/mKeK0E<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Is This Lesbian Fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the twenty-five years since I first started publishing, I\u2019ve written a lot of erotica and romance, including many tales of women loving women. But sometimes I wonder what I should call these stories. Am I justified in using the term \u201clesbian\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I\u2019m bisexual, or maybe omni-sexual\u2014not lesbian. I\u2019m attracted to men, women and people in-between. I have lesbian friends, but I\u2019ve little or no experience with lesbian culture, with its types and roles. And while I\u2019ve written characters who are interested exclusively in women, I have others who are nominally straight or even (in the case of the nun in my award-winning tale \u201cThe First Stone\u201d) celibate. My stories often focus on women just discovering the appeal of other women, women who have boyfriends or husbands, who might very well continue to have heterosexual interactions even after their initiation into Sapphic passion. If I call these stories \u201clesbian\u201d, will I be offending women who have appropriated the term to describe a more circumscribed phenomenon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, what\u2019s the alternative? The term \u201cF\/F\u201d sounds coy, maybe even exploitative. I\u2019m not writing porn-style \u201cgirl-on-girl\u201d scenes to titillate the male imagination (though I would hope that both men and women could enjoy my writing). \u201cSapphic\u201d has a bit of a pretentious quality that bothers me. \u201cWomen loving women\u201d covers the ground, but then what happens when I decide to write a trans character?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hate cubbyholes and cliques and political correctness. I\u2019d rather just say I write erotica and erotic romance and let my readers discover the genders and interests of the individuals involved. In my first two novels\u2014 written before I knew anything about the tyranny of genre\u2014I have M\/F, F\/F, M\/M, M\/M\/M\/F and M\/F\/F\/M scenes. (Have I forgotten anything?) I was writing what turned me on personally, and as I note above, I\u2019m omni-sexual. I really couldn\u2019t have cared less about the labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m looking for readers who feel the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Excerpt (Explicit<\/strong><\/strong>, Mariel)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They don\u2019t speak. They can\u2019t speak, with their mouths welded together in a feverish kiss. Rain tastes like that atrocious Martian brandy that\u2019s become so popular. She smells of male sweat and designer aftershave. Mariel doesn\u2019t care. She runs her hands down along Rain\u2019s strong back, feeling the muscles shift under the synthetic smoothness of the other woman\u2019s jumpsuit. Pressing her body against Rain\u2019s, she holds tight as her lover pins her against the wall. Their breasts mash together, the double layer of fabric between them slippery and frustrating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamn it!\u201d Rain lets go long enough to grab Mariel\u2019s zipper and drag it down below the waist. She pushes the one-piece garment off Mariel\u2019s shoulders, then hones in on her throbbing nipple, sucking hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mariel gasps as lightning arcs from her exposed breast to her cunt. Rain rakes her teeth across the sensitive nub of flesh before transferring her mouth to the opposite nipple. At the same time, she forces a hand into the crotch of Mariel\u2019s coverall and slides a firm fingertip over her rigid clit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transition from anxiety to desire is instantaneous. After all, they have no time to waste. Mariel grips Rain\u2019s shoulders and humps her fingers, deeply embedded now in Mariel\u2019s slick folds. A climax swells in her depths, gathering power second by second until it launches as a fiery explosion of pleasure. Her knees buckle but Rain holds her tight, one arm around her waist while the other hand still plays in Mariel\u2019s pussy. Those knowing fingers awaken new cataclysms of bliss. Helpless, grateful, Mariel shudders through another fierce release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About<\/strong> <\/strong>Lisabet<\/strong> <\/strong>Sarai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LISABET SARAI writes in many genres, but F\/F fiction is one of her favorites. Her lesbian erotica and romance credits include contributions to Lambda Award winner Where <\/em>the<\/em> <\/em>Girls<\/em> <\/em>Are (<\/em>\u201cRush Hour\u201d)<\/em>, Ippie-winning Carnal<\/em> <\/em>Machines <\/em>(\u201cHer Own Devices\u201d),<\/em> Best <\/em>Lesbian<\/em> <\/em>Romance<\/em> <\/em>2012 <\/em>(\u201cClean Slate\u201d), Forbidden<\/em> <\/em>Fruit:<\/em> <\/em>Stories<\/em> <\/em>of<\/em> <\/em>Unwise<\/em> <\/em>Lesbian<\/em> <\/em>Desire <\/em>(\u201cThe First Stone\u201d), Best Lesbian Erotica 2015 <\/em>(\u201cThe Late Show\u201d)and Lammy-nominated Coming <\/em>Together:<\/em> <\/em>Girl<\/em> <\/em>on<\/em> <\/em>Girl <\/em>(\u201cSundae, Bloody Sundae\u201d).  She has also published a number of standalone lesbian titles including historical tale By Moonlight<\/em> and high-spirited paranormal romance The Witches of Gloucester<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisabet holds more degrees than anyone would ever need, from prestigious educational institutions who would no doubt be deeply embarrassed by her explicit literary endeavors. She has traveled widely and currently lives in Southeast Asia, where she pursues an alternative career that is completely unrelated to her writing. For all the dirt on Lisabet, visit her website (http:\/\/www.lisabetsarai.com<\/a>) or her blog Beyond Romance (http:\/\/lisabetsarai.blogspot.com<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social Links<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisabet\u2019s Fantasy Factory (website): http:\/\/www.lisabetsarai.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond Romance (blog): http:\/\/lisabetsarai.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lisabet-Sarai\/e\/B001K8PADS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smashwords: https:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/profile\/view\/LSarai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodreads: http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/83387.Lisabet_Sarai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BookBub:  https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/profile\/lisabet-sarai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/lisabetsarai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluesky: https:\/\/https\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/lisabetsarai.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medium: https:\/\/medium.com\/@lisabet_63394<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mailing list signup:  https:\/\/btn.ymlp.com\/xgjjhmhugmgh<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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