S.H.A.Y.
The
Almost Series
Book
One
Christina
Leigh Pritchard
Genre:
NA Sci-Fi 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.
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