Aric Brennan is a whisperer - a perfectly engineeredhuman/alien hybrid, designed specifically to charm andseduce.
When Lucy is stalked by his unearthly creators, she hasno choice but to trust him to help her navigate a way through ahorrifying reality - a reality filled with creatures which shouldreally only exist in nightmares.
"...His face drew nearer, and I caught my breath at thecloseness of such an impossibly perfect person. Despite everyinstinct which told me I was in danger, I couldn't help but stareback at him, and be pulled into the spell he was weaving. The panicreceded as I looked into his eyes and listened to the hypnotictimbre of his voice. The room filled with a strange buzz whichpermeated my body, vibrating and pulsing through every part of me.I didn't care - I was still listening to his voice. Paralysisovertook me, but I had no will to fight it. The creatures movedcloser and he backed away..."
"Star-crossed - a pair of lovers whose relationship, ordained bythe stars, is thwarted by outside forces."
"There are many things in this world, Lucy, that are not whatthey seem. Humans go about their business with their heads in thesand. They have no idea what's really going on."
After surviving a peculiar and unsettled childhood, Lucy Doyle'srelatively normal teenage existence is turned upside down with thearrival of the enigmatic, impossibly good looking Aric Brennan -her uncle's new ranch hand. Lucy's suspicion that there's something'different' about Aric is confirmed when she learns that hisuncanny ability to mind read and charm the socks off of any femaleisn't just an accident - he was bred for this purpose. Aric is a'whisperer' - a genetically manipulated human hybrid created by theInnaki - an alien race involved in a sinister abduction program.Aric's task - to calm the Innaki's 'specimens' during theirabductions, sits uncomfortably with him.
When Aric falls for Lucy and sees her distress during one of herabductions he vows to protect her from the Innaki. They embark on adangerous race to escape the attention of both the Innaki and theirgargoyle-like minions, as well as a malevolent military connection.Why do the Innaki harbor an extraordinary interest in Lucy? What istheir real agenda? Together Lucy and Aric discover the very realperil which threatens the Earth, and endeavor to make sense ofreality, who (or what!) they really are, and their role in thisextraordinary situation.
If you're into X File type aliens and ufos, vampiric creatures,weird powers, romance and fast paced adventure, then Starcrossed:Book 1 Perigee, by Tracey Lee Campbell is a must read!
"What girl wouldn't wish for the perfect guy? Unfortunately forLucy, he was created that way for a reason..."
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