Excerpt Day- Love's Bright Star, A Futuristic Romance by Virginnia De Parte

BLURB: LOVE’S RED HEART

In the near future genetically altered individuals live among the wider population, not always trusted, wanted or even accepted. Jill Corban, a nurse from a  g-altered family is  looking for ways to control her chameleon genes. A vacation in to visit her family teaches her these skills and a meeting with Dr. Michael Scott offers her a chance at the kind of love she’s given up hope of ever finding.
   
Their romance takes a dusty trip through the heartland of Australia, blending tales of the Dream Time with adventure. Is their attraction to each other strong enough to survive the challenges of prejudice, a time stopping rescue, and challenges to Michael’s research programme?

Can their desire survive these events and grow into love?      

Discover the beauty of the Red Desert and how the power of love can change a life, for Love’s Red Heart beats within us all.

Excerpt-

Standing on the stairs, being carried downwards into the crowd, thinking of what was
left on her shopping list, she heard James voice in her ear. She felt her heart lift and skip a beat, then remembered his cold indifference for the past few months, his absolute silence in fact.

She held herself rigid wondering if she was imagining things.
“I’m right behind you,” he said. She started to turn. “No! Don’t turn around. Keep
looking straight ahead Siobhan. When you get to the bottom just step to the side and stand
still.”

She didn’t even nod in agreement. Her heart was thumping—was it excitement, or
fear, she wondered? Is he giving me instructions again? The thought crossed her mind
like an electric shock, as she realised that James must think they were being observed.
She stepped off the escalator, turned to the right and looked at him, ready to act
surprised if need be. She didn’t see him do anything, but once again the world stopped.
The escalator stopped moving, people stopped mid-stride, mid-speech, mid thought,
except for her and James.

“James!” she exclaimed “What a surprise. Well, a double surprise really,” waving her
arms around indication the frozen world around them. “How nice to see you,” she said
formally, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He pecked her on the cheek and
murmuring a quick walk with me in her ear led her over to a nearby table at the edge of the Food Court area, weaving them both around the living, breathing, people statues, before gently guiding her down to a chair. 

Available at Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/Loves-Bright-Star-ebook/dp/B008QXS6I6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374629127&sr=1-1

Excerpt Day! From 'A Talent For Loving.' A Futuristic Romance by Virginnia De Parte

BLURB FOR ‘A TALENT FOR LOVING’

Talents come in many guises. 

William and Belinda, two genetically altered individuals meet years after leaving the government-rearing nursery for genetically altered infants. Their late development allowed them to escape a life devoted to the government's defence departments. If their skills are now discovered they are in danger of conscription by the government.

William, whose talent is to move through space between locations in the blink of an eye, has devoted his life to protecting other ex-nursery adults. Belinda occasionally uses her talent, lifting objects of great weight with her thoughts. Their meeting leads to love and a raft of problems both struggle to overcome.

Can they trust each other enough to allow love to bloom? Can they risk the renewed attention of the Defence Department?

A Talent for Loving explores an alternate reality and discovers the one talent neither Belinda nor William can control - love. 

Excerpt

There it was again. 

That tickling on the edge of her safety net. She always put her confusion barrier up when in the city.  Anyone wanting to approach her would be stifled at five paces away, their decision to approach would waver and hopefully they would give up their effort.  Any other pedestrian, not concerned or not noticing her would walk right on through it.  It was a handy device that kept her safe and a secret she shared that put her mother’s mind at rest. 

Besides, you never knew when someone from the ‘Nursery’ might be checking up on your life.  Cursed people.  Thank God she’d escaped, been adopted by loving indulgent parents and was managing to live her life to the fullest 

The sensation tickled her back again and she stopped mid-stride, turned and looked down the street.  There he was again, the same young man who’d stared at her in the supermarket the other day while she’d been shopping with her mother. He had to be about her own age - too young to be a government agent. What did he want from her?  Probably some creep who stalked people, unless it was a co-incidence? Could he be g-altered too? 

Did he recognise her from the Nursery?  The children had mixed socially when they were growing up until the magic age of seven. Any friendships formed were then split asunder as some stayed, some were adopted and some seemed to vanish overnight. His face didn’t ring any bells in her memory. Had he been adopted as well? To be out in the world he must have. Those ‘conscripted’ didn’t enjoy the luxury of free will.

She ran her gaze slowly over him, taking in his tall frame, broad shoulders and thick, dark hair.  He met her gaze with equal interest before she turned and walked on. She could feel his indecision prickling again behind her. If he really wanted to talk to her then her confusion barrier would be stopping him.  A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. She could feel his puzzled thoughts bouncing off her barrier, as other pedestrians streamed past close to her and wove between them. No doubt he couldn’t work out how they could get close to her and he couldn’t. 

She wondered if he’d work out how break through the barrier. No one else had so far. It wasn’t that she was against men or found the opposite sex unattractive. It was simply a matter of safety first. On reaching the corner she took the steps into the train station at a run, glad to be out of the wind and stopped to read the digital notice board’s moving message.  There was a ten minute wait till her next train on Platform three. Should she get a coffee to sip on the train?  She checked her barrier, no tickling, no irritation. He must have given up, or moved away.  Pity, obviously no stickability. He’d looked rather nice too. Ah well, he might try again and she just might let him approach next time.

Available at Amazon- http://www.amazon.com/A-Talent-for-Loving-ebook/dp/B00BWDE1Q8/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374629127&sr=1-3