The Audacity

May narrowly escapes an oddly organized alien invasion and her first concern is finding a new job.
What happens when you put a workaholic in a rocket ship?
May's humdrum life gets flung into hyperdrive when she's abducted, but not all aliens are out to probe her. She's inadvertently rescued by Xan who's been orbiting Earth in a day-glo orange rocket ship, watching re-runs of "I Love Lucy".
Seizing the opportunity for a better life, May learns how to race the Audacity and pilots her way into interstellar infamy. Finally, she has a job she likes and a friend to share her winnings with-until the Goddess of Chaos screws the whole thing up, and Xan's unmentionable past makes a booty call.
Other people's words...
"Laura Loup's The Audacity is the book I've been looking for for a long time."
"Hilarious, witty and current. Could not ask for a more entertaining page turner!!"
"Fantastic characters, intriguing conundrums, space racing, time travel, smile-inducing friendships and so much orange."
If you like...
If Douglas Adams got punted into a sticky orange pool of feminism and made sweet love to Futurama, you'd have something approximating The Audacity.
Fans of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will appreciate the style, fans of Futurama will love the blend of laugh out loud humor and feels, fans of Steven Universe will enjoy that Space is Very Gay.
If you're tired of the same old cynical, militaristic sci-fi and crave characters who genuinely care about each other and an image of life in the Universe that isn't all gloom and doom, you're going to have a good time in the Audacity.