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Dream Realm Award Winner, 2007; Bronze IPPIE, Independent Publisher Book Awards

A science fiction/action adventure romance novel

When Sara Donovan joins Project Enterprise she finds out that what doesn't kill her makes her stronger...

An Air Force pilot â?? the best of the best to be assigned to this mission â?? Sara isn't afraid to travel far beyond the Milky Way on an assignment that takes her into a galaxy torn apart by a long and bitter warfare between the Dusan and the Gadi.

After she's shot down and manages to land safely on an inhospitable planet, Sara encounters Kiernan Fyn â?? a seriously hot alien with a few secrets of his own â?? he's a member of a resistance group called the Ojemba, lead by the mysterious and ruthless Kalian. Together they must avoid capture, but can they avoid their growing attraction to each other?

A mysterious, hidden city on the planet brings Sara closer to the answers she seeks â?? about her baffling abilities and her mother's past. She has no idea she's being pulled into the same danger her mother fled â?? the key to a secret left behind by a lost civilization, the Garradians.

The Dusan and the Gadi want the key. So do the Ojemba. They think Sara has it. They are willing to do anything to get it.

Sara will have to do anything to stop them...

Praise for The Key:

"This is a series that is a keeper for me and I will enjoy reading them all again. I did get The Key on Audible. I wasn't crazy about the narrator at first but she grew on me. Or better... the story became so engrossing I didn't notice any more! That is a sign of a really good story! This is a great series for anyone who likes sci fi action, like Star Trek or Galaxy Quest (funny movie!), with a clean, warm, intergalactic romance." Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf

"From the beginning, action is non-stop and filled with suspense. Sara is more than the quintessential kick-butt heroine. She is the perfect warrior, a woman confident in her abilities in the air and on the ground, and so loyal to her country that she is willing to make personal sacrifices to ensure its safety. Peripheral characters are well-developed and the plot so thrilling readers will be reluctant to put the book aside. This sci-fi adds a nice dose of romance and a touch of humor, placing it at the top of the list for a danged good read." Midwest Book Review

"Award winning author Pauline Baird Jones has created a dynamic other worldly story. Her characters are strong, well defined and interesting; capturing the reader on the first page. Ms. Jones has given her readers wonderful dialogue, adventure, humor, kick-butt action and thrilling romance; all set in alien territories. So, slip into another galaxy and revel in The Key by Pauline Baird Jones." Sing… (more)

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In the first book in the Project Enterprise series, the US Air Force has the capability to travel into space and to different galaxies, but the majority of the population (both in the US and all around the world) doesn’t know this.
American pilot Captain Sara Donovan is on a mission to explore strange new worlds. After her fighter jet is shot down in battle with an unknown enemy, she crashes on a planet only to wake up in a cave with a gorgeous 7-foot tall man with black dreadlocks. Though wary of him at first, they soon team up to fight the bad guys.
Kiernan Fyn has been stranded alone on the watery planet of Kekk for around a year, and he saves Sara in the hope he could get her jet working. When her people find and rescue her, he tags along and joins their crew.
There is a legend in the galaxy about a woman named Miri who started a war between the Dusans and the Gadi, but would return and end the war. For hundreds of years, the Dusans have destroyed and conquered several worlds, killing countless millions of people in the process. The Gadi are powerful but too arrogant to fight back against the Dusans; instead, their allies (a renegade group called the Ojemba) fight the Dusans for them. All three groups of people believe there is a hidden Garradian outpost on the planet of Kekk, but they cannot find it after centuries of searching. Miri is said to have been the last of the Garradian people and the key to ruling the outpost, and hence the galaxy.
Fyn belongs to the Ojemba and has done many dark, cruel things in the name of revenge against the Dusan. After so long a time with no contact with the Ojemba, Fyn believes they think he’s dead, so he tries to start a new life with Sara and her crew. Sara, however, looks just like Miri who disappeared centuries ago, and she draws the attention of the warring parties in the galaxy.
Both Fyn and Sara are wonderful three-dimensional characters. They have detailed back-stories, hopes, dreams, and fears. They’re flawed but strong-willed and honorable. Neither of them likes to talk about their pasts, which led to communication problems that could’ve easily been avoided.
There’s a great cast of secondary characters, both on the heroes’ side and on the villains’.
The space battles were awesome! Lots of people died, but reading about jets blowing up was great.
The story is a little wordy and could use a light edit. It’s also super long (about 7000% on my Kindle), but all of the scenes felt as though they were needed and served a purpose. Sometimes the story had detailed descriptions, but at other times the word “stuff” was used when describing the things people were wearing and seeing. That was confusing. The story definitely has a Star Trek and Star Wars feel to it, but I didn’t understand all of the pop culture references and unusual word choices.
I enjoy sci/fi and alien romances, but this story felt more sci/fi than romance. The plot revolved more around Sara’s mysterious origins and the warring civilizations than on Sara and Fyn’s relationship. The romance between the H/h bloomed very slowly. All the sex scenes faded to black, which I found disappointing since Sara was a 28-year-old virgin with a very big and virile man. Losing her virginity should’ve been a wonderful, overwhelming experience for her, but the H/h treated it as no big deal.
The book is fast-paced and kept my attention. There are some unanswered questions, but hopefully they’ll be answered in the next book in the series. Still, I would like to read more about these modern-day space-hopping Americans exploring this new galaxy.
4 Stars
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  AmberDaulton | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Fiction. Romance. Science Fiction. HTML:

Dream Realm Award Winner, 2007; Bronze IPPIE, Independent Publisher Book Awards

A science fiction/action adventure romance novel

When Sara Donovan joins Project Enterprise she finds out that what doesn't kill her makes her stronger...

An Air Force pilot â?? the best of the best to be assigned to this mission â?? Sara isn't afraid to travel far beyond the Milky Way on an assignment that takes her into a galaxy torn apart by a long and bitter warfare between the Dusan and the Gadi.

After she's shot down and manages to land safely on an inhospitable planet, Sara encounters Kiernan Fyn â?? a seriously hot alien with a few secrets of his own â?? he's a member of a resistance group called the Ojemba, lead by the mysterious and ruthless Kalian. Together they must avoid capture, but can they avoid their growing attraction to each other?

A mysterious, hidden city on the planet brings Sara closer to the answers she seeks â?? about her baffling abilities and her mother's past. She has no idea she's being pulled into the same danger her mother fled â?? the key to a secret left behind by a lost civilization, the Garradians.

The Dusan and the Gadi want the key. So do the Ojemba. They think Sara has it. They are willing to do anything to get it.

Sara will have to do anything to stop them...

Praise for The Key:

"This is a series that is a keeper for me and I will enjoy reading them all again. I did get The Key on Audible. I wasn't crazy about the narrator at first but she grew on me. Or better... the story became so engrossing I didn't notice any more! That is a sign of a really good story! This is a great series for anyone who likes sci fi action, like Star Trek or Galaxy Quest (funny movie!), with a clean, warm, intergalactic romance." Reviews by Martha's Bookshelf

"From the beginning, action is non-stop and filled with suspense. Sara is more than the quintessential kick-butt heroine. She is the perfect warrior, a woman confident in her abilities in the air and on the ground, and so loyal to her country that she is willing to make personal sacrifices to ensure its safety. Peripheral characters are well-developed and the plot so thrilling readers will be reluctant to put the book aside. This sci-fi adds a nice dose of romance and a touch of humor, placing it at the top of the list for a danged good read." Midwest Book Review

"Award winning author Pauline Baird Jones has created a dynamic other worldly story. Her characters are strong, well defined and interesting; capturing the reader on the first page. Ms. Jones has given her readers wonderful dialogue, adventure, humor, kick-butt action and thrilling romance; all set in alien territories. So, slip into another galaxy and revel in The Key by Pauline Baird Jones." Sing

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