It is my absolute pleasure to shine a
Spotlight On, author and fellow Kiwi,
Virginnia de Parte.
Virginnia De Parte writes futuristic fiction, spiced with romance and adventure. She has three romances published as e-books by Secret Cravings Publishing and is working on a fourth in the series. Setting her stories in the future allows her imagination to run free, creating characters with unheard-of talents. She also has the pleasure of watching science and technology catch up with her imagination.
Virginnia is also a published poet and endeavours to put her poetry skills into her fiction writing, to enhance the word pictures she creates. She lives in the aptly named Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, a land of beautiful scenery, four million people and a number of hobbits.
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Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing (March 14, 2013)
Talents come in many
guises.
William and Belinda,
two genetically altered individuals meet years after leaving the
government-rearing nursery for genetically altered infants. Their late
development allowed them to escape a life devoted to the government's defence
departments. If their skills are now discovered they are in danger of
conscription by the government.
William, whose
talent is to move through space between locations in the blink of an eye, has
devoted his life to protecting other ex-nursery adults. Belinda occasionally
uses her talent, lifting objects of great weight with her thoughts. Their
meeting leads to love and a raft of problems both struggle to overcome.
Can they trust each
other enough to allow love to bloom? Can they risk the renewed attention of the
Defence Department?
A Talent for Loving
explores an alternate reality and discovers the one talent neither Belinda nor
William can control - love.
Excerpt
There it was again.
That
tickling on the edge of her safety net. She always put her confusion barrier up
when in the city. Anyone wanting to
approach her would be stifled at five paces away, their decision to approach
would waver and hopefully they would give up their effort. Any other pedestrian, not concerned or not
noticing her would walk right on through it.
It was a handy device that kept her safe and a secret she shared that
put her mother’s mind at rest.
Besides,
you never knew when someone from the ‘Nursery’ might be checking up on your
life. Cursed people. Thank God she’d escaped, been adopted by
loving indulgent parents and was managing to live her life to the fullest
The
sensation tickled her back again and she stopped mid-stride, turned and looked
down the street. There he was again, the
same young man who’d stared at her in the supermarket the other day while she’d
been shopping with her mother. He had to be about her own age - too young to be
a government agent. What did he want from her?
Probably some creep who stalked people, unless it was a co-incidence?
Could he be g-altered too?
Did he recognise her from the
Nursery? The children had mixed socially
when they were growing up until the magic age of seven. Any friendships formed were
then split asunder as some stayed, some were adopted and some seemed to vanish
overnight. His face didn’t ring any bells in her memory. Had he been adopted as
well? To be out in the world he must have. Those ‘conscripted’ didn’t enjoy the
luxury of free will.
She ran her gaze slowly over him,
taking in his tall frame, broad shoulders and thick, dark hair. He met her gaze with equal interest before
she turned and walked on. She could feel his indecision prickling again behind
her. If he really wanted to talk to her then her confusion barrier would be
stopping him. A smile tugged at the
corner of her mouth. She could feel his puzzled thoughts bouncing off her
barrier, as other pedestrians streamed past close to her and wove between them.
No doubt he couldn’t work out how they could get close to her and he couldn’t.
She wondered if he’d work out how break through the barrier.
No one else had so far. It wasn’t that she was against men or found the
opposite sex unattractive. It was simply a matter of safety first. On reaching
the corner she took the steps into the train station at a run, glad to be out
of the wind and stopped to read the digital notice board’s moving message. There was a ten minute wait till her next
train on Platform three. Should she get a coffee to sip on the train? She checked her barrier, no tickling, no
irritation. He must have given up, or moved away. Pity, obviously no stickability. He’d looked
rather nice too. Ah well, he might try again and she just might let him
approach next time.
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Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing (January 9, 2013)
In the near future genetically altered individuals live
among the wider population, not always trusted, wanted or even accepted. Jill Corban, a nurse from a g-altered family is looking for ways to control her chameleon
genes. A vacation in to visit her family teaches her these skills and a meeting
with Dr. Michael Scott offers her a
chance at the kind of love she’s given up hope of ever finding.
Their romance takes a dusty trip through the heartland of Australia,
blending tales of the Dream Time with adventure. Is their attraction to each
other strong enough to survive the challenges of prejudice, a time stopping
rescue, and challenges to Michael’s research programme?
Can their desire survive these events and grow into
love?
Discover the beauty of the Red Desert
and how the power of love can change a life, for Love’s Red Heart beats within
us all.
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Publisher: Secret Cravings Publishing (July 25, 2012)
A romance, fraught with heart stopping moments, and time stopping episodes.
Siobhan,
a professional photographer with cat genes, is rescued from a night
club attack by James, a University Lecturer, who can stop time.
Set in the future these two genetically altered people fall in love. Against James’ wishes Siobhan becomes pregnant.
Their
relationship topples and during a scan the baby disappears from the
screen, alerting the Defense Department of her possible talent. James
and Siobhan, when interviewed, separately convince the Agents their
relationship is over, but can Siobhan forgive James his continued
absence, broken only when he stops time to talk to her at a city Mall?
Determined to rear her child alone Siobhan and her friend Anna prepare for the birth.
Can
James return in time to save the child, Stella, from her own talents,
which will put Siobhan and he, and their future together in jeopardy?
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