I have a secret to tell you...
It's not a juicy secret, but not one that many people know, especially my readers. But, I want to share it with you. Okay, here it goes... My new release, BRYCE, is set in London, Ontario, Canada. The story does leave Earth, but the first scene is set in a London residential neighborhood, a city very close to where I live. And, you're the first to know the next story in the series, JAGER, will return to London for part of the adventure.
Here's an excerpt from the beginning of the story, when they're in London:
Bryce raised his crossbow, lining his sights
on the creature standing amongst the bushes, its branch-like tentacles
undulating in the gentle breeze. Focusing the crosshairs on the alien’s torso,
he drew in a deep breath. He had one shot. If he missed, the Erebus would cry
out and alert the natives of Terra to its existence, resulting in more
casualties. At first glance, no one on the planet, also called Earth, would
believe an Erebus anything more than an overgrown bush, but Bryce knew the
truth. He’d trained to hunt the creatures from childhood.
Each step carefully placed, he advanced until
he stood twenty feet from the Erebus, no chance to miss the shot. With a slight
movement of his finger, he squeezed the trigger, sending a zuranium-tipped
arrow racing toward the alien.
“Quinn, would you grab me another garbage
bag?”
Fornax. The creature lunged toward the
female voice, Bryce’s arrow stuck in one of its tentacles. A kill, but not
instant.
He loaded another arrow. At the risk of being
seen, he charged through the hedges. He had to cut the Erebus off before it had
a chance to kill the Terran. He leaped over metal furniture and large urns,
keeping his focus on the creature.
“What the hell? Get out of my yard!”
The woman rushed him, but Bryce darted around
her. When the Erebus lumbered in front of him, he raised his weapon and fired.
A clean shot to the middle. The creature dropped like a fallen log, crushing
the furniture it landed on.
Bryce loaded the crossbow again. No time to
celebrate the kill. He had to worry about the possibility of other Erebus in
the area, along with the Terran woman who had seen him. Instead of running away
screaming, as he’d expected her to do, she stared, wide-eyed in horror. Not at
him, but the Erebus. Her body trembled as she shuffled backward, mumbling incomprehensible
words.
An unexpected sense of familiarity washed
over him. He couldn’t draw his attention away from her slim figure, the way her
long brown hair flowed over her shoulders. Far more attractive than he’d
pictured the Terrans when others talked about them. He took a closer glance.
Lalia? How had she traveled so far from home without anyone knowing? She was no
stranger, and definitely not Terran. Or, perhaps she was simply a doppelganger
of the woman he’d once loved. He had the sudden urge to comfort her, relieve
her worry. Hold her in his arms the way he had many years ago. But what if the
missing princess had somehow made her way to a planet unaware life existed
beyond their own? After she’d left Hemera and him behind without so much as a
goodbye, he’d searched everywhere. Though not once had he thought to look on
Terra.
A ground-shattering bellow pierced the night.
Bryce spun around, finding himself face-to-face with another Erebus. It stared
at him with beady red eyes. Thick black goop dripped from its mouth.
Bryce raised his bow, but the creature
slammed him with one of its tentacles, flinging him back. The Erebus lunged at
Lalia.
Rolling to his knees, Bryce aimed and fired.
He hit the alien from behind, launching it forward. Onto his former lover.
Slinging the bow over his shoulder, he raced toward her. The creature’s
tentacles still pulsed, even though dead. Careful not to trip himself up, he
shoved his hands under the creature’s torso and heaved it off her.
Lalia stood immediately and wiped the black
goop from her clothes, as if she hadn’t been flattened by an alien. “They
weren’t supposed to follow me. I was supposed to be safe here.”
BRYCE (Galactic Defenders #1)
A dedicated
Defender…
Bryce fell in love once, but after Lalia was
ripped away from him, he locked his heart from feeling anything for anyone
else. Instead, he devotes his life to the Galactic Alliance, killing every bloodthirsty
Erebus he comes across.
A shunned princess…
Lalia Comosova fell in love with the wrong
man. When her parents learned of her transgressions, they sent her to Earth to
hide her error in judgment from the rest of the kingdom.
A second chance?
When these lovers are reunited after many
years apart, they have a chance to find happiness together. But fate steps in
and threatens to rip them apart as it did years ago.
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Not only am I celebrating the release of BRYCE, the first book in my Galactic Defenders series, I am also celebrating FIVE years published. And
she is offering three fabulous prize packages. Contests are open as stated,
except where prohibited by law. Must be 18 or older to enter. Contest will
close July 24, and winners will be notified by email. Good luck!
RTC Giveaway (Canada/US only) includes:
3013: Renegade by Susan Hayes (signed)
Reader Abduction by Eve Langlais
(signed)
As Cold As Ice by Mandy Rosko (signed)
Alien Next Door: The Complete Series by
Jessica E. Subject (signed)
Cosmic Desires by Jessica E. Subject
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My Favorite Things Giveaway (Canada/US
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The Host by Stephanie Meyer
The Martian by Andy Weir
Alien Next Door: The Complete Series by
Jessica E. Subject (signed)
Cosmic Desires by Jessica E. Subject
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Bryce by Jessica E. Subject (signed)
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Alien Next Door: The Complete Series by
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