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Jaci's Experiment Launches Today! (Excerpt)

Today’s the day! Jaci’s Experiment – the third in my Resonance Mates series – is being released in ebook formats. This book takes a more intricate look at Alvian society and some of the genetic experiments they’ve done on their own people. It also explores their amazing capacity for compassion once their passions are reawakened, as Jaci falls for two human men – Michael and David. With a cast of intriguing supporting characters, including a former assassin turned mountain man hermit, I think this book will appeal to fans of the series and newcomers alike. Following is a little excerpt for your enjoyment…

Why won’t you help her? Both men were reasonably strong telepaths and had other gifts as well.

She needs to cry, Dave said firmly in his cousin’s mind. When she’s got this out of her system, we can begin to work on integrating the emotions.

This could be the break we’ve been looking for. Mike was excited by the possibilities. If the aliens are experimenting with reintroducing emotions into their people, it could help us all. I bet the O’Haras had something to do with this development.

The rumor mill among the Breeds was fast and furious. With so many telepaths among their number, even the separation into cells couldn’t keep many of them from communicating with each other. Word had spread quickly about the O’Hara brothers when an old O’Mara woman and her husband and daughter had been captured. She’dstood right up to the aliens and told them what the eldest O’Hara had told her to say and surprisingly, it had worked. She’d mentioned her maiden name and suddenly the family had been whisked out of the general population. They had friends down in the pens and they’d kept up the communication, telling them what had occurred.

Mike knew there were free humans working to better conditions for them all and the O’Haras were at the forefront of the fight. He’d even heard tell of the half-alien boy one of the brothers had fathered and his work to help his human kin. Harry, they called him, but the aliens called him Hara in almost reverent tones. Mike had watched and listened carefully, compiling information and looking for his own way out of the cells.

Whether that meant a breakout or cutting some kind of deal, he’d had enough of captivity. It was slowly driving him mad. Only his cousin’s calming influence had helped him through the worst of it. Of the two, Dave was the thinker and Mike was the doer. It had been that way since they’d been kids. They’d worked together to build their business. Dave had written the books and Mike had marketed them. Together they’d made millions, but it was all gone now, and Dave was putting his education and talents to use, simply helping those few people he came into contact with stay sane⎯or as sane as they could given the circumstances.

From what we’ve heard, the O’Haras have influenced the aliens more than anyone could have guessed. Maybe you’re right, Dave mused silently to his cousin as he moved nearer the sobbing girl. Maybe after studying humans for more than a decade, the aliens are finally coming to realize their own lack of emotion and what it’s cost their people as a whole. We’ve heard the rumors about the throwback crystallographer, right? He’s teaching humans now, so maybe they’ve found some link between emotion and their prized crystal gift.

We’ve speculated about that before, Dave. We have no evidence to support that theory, but now that we know they’re experimenting on themselves to this radical an extent, it makes sense to think something’s spurring them on.

Mike stroked her hair as his mind raced. Dave drew nearer and reached out his hand. Mike knew his cousin had a healing touch and he could feel Jaci’s tears winding down.

Give her to me.

Mike relinquished her without a word, knowing Dave would work his magic on her. He was glad of his cousin’s gift. He liked Jaci and didn’t like to see her suffer, even if she was an alien. After this he figured, if she survived her unintentional experimentation, she’d be less like the aliens and more like them. Maybe they could truly be friends now. Or more.

Jaci’s Experiment by Bianca D’Arc – available today from Samhain Publishing
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