Trouble has arrived
Lillian was startled when the blue-carpeted floor under her shining oxfords thrummed. Then it trembled. It shook. It quaked as rumbling thunder exploded through the air. Through her confusion, she saw Alek stagger forward a few steps, his arms pinwheeling as he fought to catch his balance.
The corridor was rising, leaving the walls behind. No, that wasn’t right. The walls were falling, crumbling around her. A great chunk smashed to the floor between her and Alek, and dust hid him from her sight. She shouted and staggered along the bucking ground, fighting to get past the debris, to make sure he hadn’t been hit.
The floor beneath her heaved, throwing her forward with violence, as if she’d been shot from a cannon. She landed hard, and pieces of the ceiling rained down on her. She cried out as pain walloped her.
There was a second of silence. Everything stopped moving, and she stared upward at the torn ceiling overhead. A metal conduit, round and serpentine, snaked overhead. She lay stunned, listening as noise began again, the rumble of large objects sliding, the tumble of smaller objects rolling across uneven surfaces. And screams.
She was moving. So was everything else around her, all the fragments of walls and ceiling. Tugged by an irresistible force that pulled her down the corridor. She slid with the rest of the rubble across the floor, heading down the hall in a bizarre imitation of riding a playground slide, except she was horizontal. She shouldn’t be sliding. Why was she sliding?
It came to her in a rush. There’d been a hull fracture. Sudden decompression. She was being sucked to wherever the hole was.
Sucked into space.
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He was the most hated cyborg on Earth, and love is far from
his original design. But when old enemies hunt the woman he’s sworn to protect,
he discovers a passion for vengeance…and her.
CyberServe’s president Lillian Kwolek enjoys Alek on her terms: no love, no strings attached. It’s easy to keep him at a distance and guard her heart from hurt until an extremist group determined to right old wrongs targets her. Alek is loaded with a security program to keep Lillian safe, and it opens the cyborg to learning emotions.
Alek doesn’t like these feelings, which include a confusing mix of devotion to and wariness of Lillian. She doesn’t like his developing emotions either. The new Alek, who fulfills desires and her need for safety from increasing threats, is too intoxicating a temptation for a woman who can’t trust men, whether they’re flesh or machine.
They can’t resist each other, but past hurts
threaten to destroy what they could have…and open the door to killers bent on
annihilating cyborgs and Lillian.
Releases June 3. Pre-order from Amazon, Amazon UK, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble. Now available in print.
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She’s marked for death. He’s her only hope. But can a de-commissioned cyborg once programmed to kill humans be trusted with her life…or her heart?
They
called him the Wall, part of a cyborg army that terrorized humans
during a long war waged by those intent on wielding power. When Tosha
Cameron, owner of a multi-billion corporation, first sees the
deactivated cyborg, he’s a tattered remnant of a horrific past.
Most
would prefer to see cyborgs destroyed, but those with vision see a
valuable resource. When Tosha’s business rivals target her for
assassination, the Wall—whom she renames Brick—is her best bet for
protection.
Reprogrammed,
Brick proves he’s more than a mere machine. Programmed to guard Tosha,
he can supply her every need. He soon develops beyond his learning
matrix and software, becoming capable of humanity…and more.
Dark secrets from a bloody past are waiting deep in his circuitry, however; secrets that could kill the woman he loves and has sworn to protect.
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