Below

Interstellar #3

by Kaitlyn O'Connor

Three quarters of her crew are deep sea miners, geneoids, humans designed with aquatic traits that have created creatures of such beauty that Victoria can-t help but be drawn to them, particularly the merman, Raphael. When he claims her as his companion, he places her in an untenable position, but Victoria quickly discovers that the rules set down by the company that has betrayed them all are of no concern to her when it comes to Raphael, and that she is just as determined to have him as the company is to part them forever.

Rating: Contains violence, explicit sex, graphic language, and profanity.

Genres: Science Fiction, Romance, Erotica, Aliens, Futuristic, Paranormal, Science Fiction Romance

148 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

Stats:
■Kaitlyn has written and completed nearly 140 intellectual properties under several pen names in different genres.
■She has written over 8,000,000 (yes, more than 8 million!) words in published works.
■She has nearly 50 partials in various genres in various stages of completion. :0
■In 2004 she wrote 27 different stories which, together, amounted to nearly a million ‘printed’ words.
■However her most productive year was 2009 when she completed 17 projects totaling well over a million words.
■Second runner up was 2007 when she completed 14 projects at just over a million.
■The year 2008 was a close tie to 2004 in number of words written.
■Her least productive year was 2011. Sorry!
■At 500 to 750 words per hour, the 8+ million written words constitute 10,666 to 16,000 hours, or 20 to 34 hours per week, devoted to Kaitlyn fans over the past 9 years!
■One title had over half a million copies pirated. She decided not to count anymore.

Kaitlyn O’Connor’s Bibliography

Liar’s Poker—romantic suspense; 1993; 93k

Lord of Chaos—historical suspense; 1993; pen name Goldie McBride; 98k

Moonlight Surrender—historical; 1993; 100k

Bond Unbroken—romantic suspense; 1993; 98k

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Bride of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP March 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 47k (overall light/humorous)

Sexphiles: Haunting Melody—paranormal/erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; novella (overall light/humorous)

Four Play—erotica; published NCP Apr-June 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

The Lion’s Woman—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 58k (drama)

Thief of Hearts— erotica; published NCP April 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

Thief of Hearts: The Return— erotica; published NCP May 2003;pen name Kimberly Zant; 6k

The Claiming—science fiction; published NCP Apr-June 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; (drama)

The Assassin’s Blade—science fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Lyssa Hart (drama)

Blood Moon—paranormal/fantasy; published NCP July-Sept 2003;pen name Sylvia Kincaid; 59k(drama)

Doctor, Lawyer … Police Chief—erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k

Neptune’s Daughter—paranormal; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 35k (overall light/humorous)

SexPhiles: The Howling—paranormal/erotica; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name (overall light/some humor)

Yar & the Orgasmizer9000—Science Fiction; published NCP July-Sept 2003; pen name Marie Morin; 23k (overall light/humorous)

Below—science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; novel(drama)50k

fantasy; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored ; (overall light/humorous)

The Prey—erotic suspense; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; pen name Kimberly Zant; 33k(dark)

science fiction; published NCP Oct-Dec 2003; co-authored 41k (overall light/humorous)

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The Djinn—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 29k(overall light/humorous)

The Fairy Ring—fantasy; published NCP Mar 2004; pen name Catherine Paige; 42k (overall light/humorous)

urban fantasy; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored ; 29k(drama)

Goldilocks—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 8k (overall light/humorous)

Guardian of the Storm—science fiction; published NCP Jan 2004; pen name Kaitlyn O’Connor; 61k (overall light/humorous)

The Invitation—erotic romance; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 9k(drama)

Maiden of Atlantis—paranormal; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Marie Morin; 40k(drama)

Noccio—science fiction; published NCP Feb 2004; pen name Veronica Chase; 9k (overall light/humorous)

science fiction; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; co-authored 51k(drama)

The Shaman—erotic suspense; published NCP Jan-Mar 2004; pen name Kimberly Zant; 32k(drama)

Thief of Hearts: Stolen—erotica; published NCP Jan-Mar 200

Reviews

[Sophia Triad · Rating 3 out of 5]

More horror than sci-fi romance.
Mermen, flesh-eating creatures under a red sea and a few people on a suicide mission try to survive.

[SubterraneanCatalyst · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Shiny Stars:
This is a short and there are some major flaws to this book but overall I enjoyed it a lot. This stands out from O'Connor's other books which are typically less on the sci fi and heavy on the 'romance'. Typically O'Connor writes what I would deem a futuristic touch of sci fi survival romance stories. This particular book is more science fiction/suspense with romance.
This book isn't for you if:
-You're heavily invested in thorough world building
-You prefer your sci/fi romance books to weigh heavier on the romance side
- OR: You would find man eating jellyfish/manta ray aliens too tame after all of the suspense, I thought it was fine, it wasn't a let down in terms of 'wow this isn't scary enough'...

My major issue with the book was that it was too short. Although I am not a glutton for books upon books of world building before plot kicks in, I do think this book will benefit from more description of their environment.

This book is for you if you like firm HEA's, and mermen.

[ValerieC · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a sci-fi / romance story about the monsters that attack a mining crew that is newly arrived on a planet.

It was ok, but I didn't enjoy this story as much as most of her Ms. O'Connor's other books. Strangely, it has one of the better endings of any of her books (and I have many of them).

I recommend that if you read this book, you also read 'Lords of the Sea' and 'Dark Abyss'.

[Netanella · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like the mystery/suspense plot to this novel, which has a deep-space-mining feel even though the action takes place in a rig under water. However, the romance between Victoria, the supervisor of the crew sent to the watery planet to extract ore for the shadowy "company", and Raphael, the genetically-bred merman crewmember, left me feeling a little clammy. Maybe it was the whole tail fins, underwater breathing, "hatching" from an incubator, etc. But the two of them felt off, somehow. And Raphael was definitely the warmer of the two.

I finished reading the story while my daughter watched the latest episode of Ariel the Mermaid. Maybe I am okay with mermaid sex. Ariel's daddy sure is built for an older guy. ;)

[Adeselna · Rating 1 out of 5]

Before writing something "related" to SF (even with an erotic twist), please do some research. The story is cliché, full of references unexplored and the writing is boring and dull. I only got to page 27 when I almost fell asleep and for an erotic novel, that is not good.

[Sharon Gillman · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite sci-fi's

This is one of my favorite sci-fi books. I've actually read it several times since purchasing it and was my first read by the author.

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is more romantic than the other books I've read by Kaitlyn O'Connor, but not as good as The 9th Orb or The Enslaved series. Still it was quite an enjoyable read.

As usual I liked the female main character. Victoria a strong person who knows what to do when shit hits the fan.
Victoria arrives at Kay, a planet that had been partially explored by her company. Her mission is to find out what happened to the crew of miners that had been at Kay before her own crew, as they all mysteriously disappeared with no signs of struggle. As she and her current crew search through the last crew's files, one of the members of her crew vanishes.



Victoria and Raphael, one of the deep sea miners, who was genetically modified with aquatic traits, start developing a romantic relationship. Later, Victoria finds herself unexpectedly pregnant with Raphael's child.

As secrets start be revealed about her company's real intentions, Victoria discovers that her company had intended to abandon the deep sea miners after the minerals were explored.

After a few weeks on Kay, a jelly-fish like species is detected, and later, that they were the reason why people kept disappearing.

I recommend this book to Kaitlyn O'Connor's fans and of course, sci-fi romance readers.

[Miku · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the story

This book wasn't quite what I had expected from Mrs. Kaitlyn. This was a very refreshing read from her previous book that I had read. Sadly the world building was quite lacking and the conclusion to all the things that had happened was wrapped up in a rush. With how the angst had build up I had expected it to be more. Though I did like the idea of the story and would recommend it to everyone to give it a try not sure everyone would love it.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked it, despite some glaring editorial errors. I did feel the ending was very abrupt, so it was a bit of a let down. 3.5 stars.

[Kelleyj · Rating 2 out of 5]

Love Kaitlyn O'Connors books but this is probably my least favorite. But not a bad read. 2.5 stars

[Gab · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great sci-fi romantic thriller. good world building and action. recommended read.

[Scooper Speaks · Rating 2 out of 5]

The conclusion happened way to fast. The build up worked but wow way to blow past the wrapping things up. This book is also published as Abandoned.

[Gena · Rating 2 out of 5]

The plot had potential but felt disjointed, like the author was writing something else or thinking about something else and this was typed up and sent off without proof reading :(

[Susan Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

i really liked the hero in this one.. and of course the world.