The
Almost Series
Book
One
Christina
Leigh Pritchard
Genre: NA S-F Romance
Publisher: Limitless Publishing
Date of Publication: 8/16/16
Word Count: 20-25k approx
Cover Artist: Deranged Doctor
Design
Tagline: “Experiment 318: Gone
Rogue”
Book Description:
Shay is scientific experiment
#318. Science may have created her, but she refuses to allow it to blind her to
the difference between right and wrong…
Synthetic Hominid Assumed Youth
(S.H.A.Y.) is eighteen years old, which means she has completed Phase One:
Developmental. Shay no longer requires the assistance of her Optional Human
Parent, Darla, who has guided her in the process of discovering her morality.
Shay loves her easy, charming life aboard the marine research facility and doesn’t
want it to change.
Phase Two: Experimental. All
S.H.A.Y. ages 18-20 will experience loss…
Darla shouldn’t have to die
because of an experiment. The thought of losing the only parent she’s ever
known is too much. Determined to make sure the scientists at the facility don’t
get their way, Shay entraps Darla in a transport device to escape across the
Miami Border. There, on the mainland, law enforcement will keep her human
parent safe.
Escape Mission: Failed…
Shay crashes into one of the Lone
Keys off the coast of Florida, abandoned to all humanity, except for the
stranger who drags her ashore. Shay must get Darla to safety or she will die of
radiation poisoning trapped inside the Freeze Portal, but Shay can’t do it
alone.
The boy who found her, an Ersatz
Reproduction Intelligence Clone (E.R.I.C.), is her only hope. He has adaptation
skills she needs to complete her mission. Eric was created by the same
scientists who want to kill Darla, though. She tries to keep their interaction
strictly business, but it’s hard to hate him. He’s flirty, charming and not to
mention devastatingly handsome.
Shay must put her trust in Eric’s
hands if she wants to save Darla from her fate. It may be worth her heart, but
will it be worth her life?
Excerpt:
S.H.A.Y. argues
with the E.R.I.C.
“Well then, I’m
not going to get in the water.” I bent over, snatching my clothes. He helped
me, handing me my shirt. I snatched it from him. “I’ll just wait up here for
you to get back.”
He laughed,
poking me in the stomach. “Look, creampuff, I’m not going in without you.”
“Oh yes you
will, or I’ll—”
“You’ll what?
Talk to yourself some more?”
I narrowed my
eyes at him, stumbling as I tugged my pants on.
“You’re the one
who needs my help, remember?”
“You make me
sick.” My shirt slipped down over my head and I struggled with the buttons.
He smiled. “Take
your clothes off.”
“Don’t tell me
what to do.”
Amie groaned.
She stood beside me, rolling her eyes. “You’re just creating more and more
sexual tension with the E.R.I.C. Soon, you’ll forget all about your Darla and
I’ll have no human mother for S.H.A.Y. 319.”
“I won’t!” I
unzipped my pants again. “I’ll do whatever it takes to save them both.”
Eric backed
away. “Whoa, there, I was just teasing you.”
“I’m not talking
to you.”
He rolled his
eyes. “Right, I forgot, you have others here with you.”
“I’m not doing
this for you, you’re the enemy. I’m trying to save my, my—”
“You’re trying
to save your ‘what’ exactly?”
“It doesn’t
concern you. Just follow me into the water. That way, we can get started.”
“Are you hitting
on me?” His eyes widened. “I enjoy a little banter and all, but—”
I shoved him.
“Like I’d ever flirt with you.”
About
the Author:
Christina Leigh Pritchard was
born and raised in South Florida. Her first stories were written at the age of
nine in spiral notebooks and in the various diaries she kept.
Since she's upgraded to a
computer, she's completed over fifty books, including her ALMOST Series, signed
with Limitless Publishing.
Christina Leigh Pritchard is
still going strong with many more to come! Her genre's include science fiction,
dark fantasy, young adult, drama, suspense, historical romance, multicultural,
comedy, poetry and many more.
Twitter: www.twitter.com/teeny120
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