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When Claire Luna is
kidnapped and taken to a remote island, her predictable life is torn to shreds.
She thought she understood grief, loss and loneliness. But nothing prepared her
for the island.
Tucker Knight had his
world turned upside down when he was a young teen. He’d known love, security
and normality. But things changed, and somehow he lost his innocence along the
way.
Barrier takes you on a
compelling, thrilling and sometimes brutal journey of Claire and Tucker, who in
a bid to control their destiny, must learn about trust and submission. And also
about love.
The island is under the
control of Dr. Stephen Bell, a scientist obsessed with the secrets of humanity
through genetic engineering. Claire is part of his obsession, and quickly
comprehends Bell’s twisted intentions. She is forced to decide between
submission and life-altering consequences. In her desperate attempt to survive,
Claire surprises Bell and Tucker with her strength to fight.
But, can she trust
Tucker? Is he her enemy or her savior? Claire understands that to surrender
means to survive, but can she endure? Tucker can’t help but be enamored by the
spirited and determined Claire, but to survive, he must face and overcome his
haunting past. Up until Claire’s arrival on the island, he had never thought
himself capable, or deserving, but perhaps this was his chance to finally do
the right thing.
Excerpt
I’m stubborn, strong to a fault, and fiercely independent,
especially when I shouldn’t be. I’ve had to learn my way around this world
sooner than most. Circumstance made sure of that. It’s true my life has been
burdened with difficulty. I’m not complaining, though. It has made me the
person I am. It made me courageous in ways superman wouldn’t understand.
Mostly, it has taught me to never give up. Even when the water was rising and
it seemed I would drown, I fought, and survived.
My eyes eased open. The yellow light flooded my pupils and
made them tiny, needle-sized, black dots. The ground shifted under me like the
waves of the ocean. Gently, my body waved back and forth. Was I drugged?
Since my eyes were useless, I tried to use my other senses
to assess my surroundings.
A ticking clock, somewhere on a wall, clicked the seconds
away. Over me, I could hear a distant hum from the lights. I had a latent
awareness of danger. My nerves danced and twitched. I struggled to discern the
reason from my muddled brain.
The sound of fabric rubbing against something hard triggered
my head to whip around, which also made the swaying worse. My eyes struggled to
focus through the blinding light.
Someone else was in the room, draped across an
uncomfortable-looking, gray chair. Blonde hair, almost white, fell across the
girl’s face. Her head hung off the arm of the chair in an uncomfortable way.
One of her arms hung lifelessly off the edge and jerked slightly.
This was not my small apartment. It was unfamiliar,
definitely not a room I had ever been in before.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I began writing many years ago and put it aside to
raise a family. I put myself through college working toward a Bachelor’s Degree
in Communication, which I have almost completed. I took every writing class
that was offered and finally put pen to paper after dreaming of completing a
novel for almost twenty years. In the meantime, I worked as a freelance
journalist for a local newspaper briefly and wrote a personal blog while living
in south Florida. I currently work as an Instructional Designer based in
Austin, Texas. I am a mother of four and truly believe they are my greatest
creation! Two of my children inherited my love of writing and I encourage them
to write every chance they get!
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