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Blurb
When
17-year old Mira Johns travels from the Planet Nreim to Earth, she wastes no
time blowing through a long list of rules, including the requirement that she
stay away from the planet’s teenage males. But when it appears that her actions
have put her new friends in danger, Mira must figure out who is behind a series
of violent attacks before the agency figures out her secret relationship and
sends her back home.
DESCRIPTION
They
told me it would be easy—just blend in, observe, and keep to myself. They
didn't tell me that failure would cost me everything.
Mira
Johns is pretty much like any other teenage girl. Which is why it's a shock
when she's selected ahead of six hundred other candidates to be the first
student ever to travel from the planet Nreim to Earth. Even though she’s only
there to observe, she’s given what feels like a million rules that are mostly
intended to keep her away from the planet’s primitive males. But after she
finds one mysterious boy too irresistible for stupid rules, she realizes they
have a connection that transcends their two planets—and puts both their lives
in danger. When a series of serious accidents makes it clear that someone wants
to force her return, Mira decides her only hope is to uncover the truth to why
she, the most mediocre of candidates, was actually chosen for this
assignment—before the agency discovers her secret and sends her back home.
Excerpt
A short time later, however, while
entering the classroom to my next period, I gained an appreciation for those
rules. I timed my entrance poorly and found myself wedged between two males in
the choir room door.
Keddil, my trainer, had warned me
about primitive neo-human male pheromones. Repeatedly. I’d thought he was just
exaggerating to make sure I kept my distance. Which I definitely would be doing
in from now on. I gasped, which filled my mouth with the most offensive odor
I’d ever encountered.
I wriggled forward until my
shoulders released so I could lunge out of the way. I paused to allow the haze
in my head to clear, but I was still too close.
Several females were gathering on
the far side of the room, so I hurried in that direction and climbed to the top
row, where I plopped myself into the first available seat. A female sat down
beside me and smiled, displaying a jumble of metal and pink bands on her teeth.
I smiled back but didn’t want to stare, so I turned my attention to the odd
parade of bodies entering the room: hair colors and skin tones by the dozens.
Spots on one: freckles? Wounds on another…blemishes. No, pimples. Maybe zits?
It was the most beautiful display of
diversity I’d ever seen. Even with their flaws, every single neo-human had
something distinctive, something that made them who they are. I would have
killed for that.
Author bio and links
A
decade ago, author Suzanne V. Reese had a string of land-mark events—published
her first novel, outlined her second novel (while daydreaming in a university
science class), graduated from that university, became a grandmother, and then
topped it all with a late-stage breast cancer diagnosis.
That
second novel, ExtraNormal, YA speculative fiction, became her therapy during a
long and difficult treatment program. It was published a few years later with
the encouragement of her incredibly supportive friends and family. Despite
little marketing, the book quickly became an Amazon best-seller.
Suzanne
then made the difficult decision to ensure her long-term existence by focusing
on her health rather than continue with the series. Happily, to celebrate her
ten-year survival and end-of-treatment mark, she is releasing an updated
version of the best-selling novel ExtraNormal, this time to be soon followed by
the remaining books in the ExtraNormal Chronicles.
Suzanne
has a degree in communications from Utah State University, as well as
certifications in nutrition and holistic health. She is the founder of Story
Igniters, which offers courses that help readers find their real-life
superpowers. She lives with her husband in Draper, Utah, where she enjoys
doting on her seven grandchildren.
Connect:
Website:
www.SuzanneVReese.com
Twitter:
@suzannevreese
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/suzannevreese
Facebook:
https://facebook.com/suzannevreese
Amazon
sales page for ExtraNormal:
Note: Because
this is my ten-year cancerversary, I will be donating author proceeds during
launch week to cancer research. (The Huntsman Cancer Research program, where
100% of donations go towards research. They are also the center that treated
me.)
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