Cover
by Lou Harper
NOTE: This is a previously published work, but there has been
some new material added.
Blurb:
In the year 2050, humanity finds
out they are indeed not alone.
Massive space ships appear without warning above the capital cities of all major nations. The planet Tah'Nar is dying. Chemical warfare has reduced the once-intersexed warrior race to sterility. They need fresh DNA in order to reproduce and have an idea for a harvesting program... and so they turn to Earth.
Earth governments negotiate a lottery, and Dale Michael assumes he's safe since he's under the Harvest age limit. How wrong he is. He's illegally harvested and claimed by Tah'Narian starship captain Keyno Shou. From the moment Keyno sees Dale, he knows he must claim the spirited human male for his own. What he doesn’t expect is a spitfire with a mind of his own—and a deadly disease that will require a risky procedure to cure.
Massive space ships appear without warning above the capital cities of all major nations. The planet Tah'Nar is dying. Chemical warfare has reduced the once-intersexed warrior race to sterility. They need fresh DNA in order to reproduce and have an idea for a harvesting program... and so they turn to Earth.
Earth governments negotiate a lottery, and Dale Michael assumes he's safe since he's under the Harvest age limit. How wrong he is. He's illegally harvested and claimed by Tah'Narian starship captain Keyno Shou. From the moment Keyno sees Dale, he knows he must claim the spirited human male for his own. What he doesn’t expect is a spitfire with a mind of his own—and a deadly disease that will require a risky procedure to cure.
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Hey everyone! I’m so pleased to
drop by and talk about my re-release of The
Harvest: Taken. This is the first book of two books that cover Dale’s
journey through one of the scariest times in human history. But it’s also a
voyage of a young human male and alien who both grow, learn, find trust, and
fall in love. And their path is not always easy.
I thought it would be neat to focus
on Dale in this post. Dale also wanted to talk about his life now that he’s
mated to Keyno but also what his life was like before the Tah’Narians arrived.
~Who’s
your favorite horror villain and why?
Dale: Hmm, that’s a hard one. I’m
not much on horror movies, but I guess I’d say my favorite would be Jason from Friday the 13th. Frankly, the
first two movies were the best; I thought the rest were kind of silly. Yes, the
show was gory, but it also had that… I guess you’d call it ‘creep factor’. That
music alone was enough to make your hair stand on end, lol.
~What's the best advice anyone has ever given you?
*laugh* To think before I open my
mouth. I freely admit I don’t always do this. In fact—according to my mate,
Keyno, and my best friend, Chad—I rarely think before I act. But then, I can
think of several situations that have happened since I met Keyno that if I hadn’t acted spontaneously, things might
not have turned out like they did.
But yeah, I think the standing joke
around here is I leap before I look.
~What's
your guilty pleasure?
Huh. That’s a hard one too. I
really enjoy fishing, but that’s not a guilty pleasure. It’s just a pleasure,
lol. I don’t feel guilty about it. Well, I may feel a little guilty when Chad
and I go camping. I usually refuse to help him set up the tent. But hey! If
he’d get a new one, it would be much easier. Or let me spring for one. That one
he refuses to get rid of is possessed, lol.
~What
do you do to relax?
I like to exercise. Keyno and I
work out with the hast, which is similar to nunchucks. I like to read
romance novels, and I’m pretty sure Keyno reads the books when I’m not looking,
lol.
~What
is your idea of how to spend romantic time with your significant other?
*Laugh* Keyno could answer that
better than I. He’s always finding things to do that are romantic. I just like
spending time with my mate—just us, without the usual interference of his starship
duties, dealing with his royal family members, and so on. As long as we’re
together, that’s all that matters.
~What
is your favorite meal?
I guess I’d have to say fried
catfish, loaded bake potato, crab salad, and hushpuppies. *grin* But honestly,
I’ll pretty much eat anything and the more ‘alien’ foods and drinks I’ve tried
has been good too. *evil grin* There was this drink Ti served at the reception
held for the Tah’Narians. Hehe, if you read the book, you’ll know what I’m
talking about. Yes, I was being bad when I mentioned the drink to Keyno, lol.
Excerpt:
I spent the next hour with the
education headgear, listening and watching, learning about their culture.
Finally, Keyno made a motion with his hand for me to stop.
I removed the thing from my head.
“Yeah?”
“How do you feel?”
“I’m fine, I guess.” Fine as I
could be stuck off in space on a starship orbiting the Earth with an alien that
I wasn’t sure about. The smartass in me was tempted to plaster a big cheesy
grin across my face and do the universal ‘thumbs up’ sign. I resisted the urge,
barely. Who knew how long my self-control would last? “I’m a little hungry. Can we eat now?”
Keyno watched me for a moment
before nodding his head. “Yes. Anything special you want, or should I just surprise
you? Let me shut down the holo-comp and we can decide.”
“What’s that thing again?”
“It’s like a computer but the image
is projected.”
“Oh, cool.”
Keyno shut down the holo-comp and
moved around the living quarters, straightening things. “Anything in particular
you want?”
“I’m craving steak—and I want it
rare. Which is odd, since I don’t like my meat still kicking when it gets to
the table.”
Keyno moved around the room. It
took me a minute to figure out he was doing things to keep busy—like he was nervous
or something. Somehow, that made me feel better.
“Can that machine handle that?”
Keyno just gave me a little private
smile as he turned away, like he knew why my eating habits were suddenly
changing. “Yes, it won’t take long. Why don’t you go wash up? I’ll bring your
dinner to the bedroom and we’ll eat there.”
“You’re really serious about
keeping me in bed for the next two days, huh?” I jumped out of bed and
sauntered to the bathroom. I felt fine.
“Yes, I am. I just wish the reason
was different,” Keyno mumbled under his breath.
Okay, that got my feet moving. I hurried to the bathroom. I ran the sink full of
cool water and seriously debated dunking my whole face in it, anything to get
rid of the redness in my cheeks. I looked at my reflection in the mirror. What
he said actually made me hard, and wasn’t that a trip? Where had this sudden
spike of sexual tension come from? I didn’t want to be attracted to this alien,
even if I was wearing his—well, he called it a necklace, but the word “collar”
came to mind.
What was happening to me? Was it
all that alien DNA they flooded me with? Okay, yes, he was good-looking, for an
alien. I liked my guys big and tall… and human. Didn’t I? The whole
head-dunking thing was looking better and better. I stared at the mirror and
tried to figure out what was happening to me—what I wanted. Was I actually
attracted to him? The evidence said I was, even though my mind yelled that I
was being stupid. He’d all but kidnapped me and I still wasn’t happy with him
over that. Okay, “unhappy” was an understatement.
I didn’t want to be here—I shouldn’t be here, but here I was.
Author bio:
M.A. Church is a true Southern belle who spent
many years in the elementary education sector. Now she spends her days lost in
fantasy worlds, arguing with hardheaded aliens on far-off planets, herding her
numerous shifters, or trying to tempt her country boys away from their fishing
poles. It’s a full time job, but hey, someone’s gotta do it!
When not writing, she’s exploring
the latest M/M novel to hit the market, watching her beloved Steelers, or
sitting glued to HGTV. That’s if she’s not on the back porch tending to the
demanding wildlife around the pond in the backyard. The ducks are very outspoken. She’s married to her
high school sweetheart, and they have two children.
She was a finalist in the Rainbow
awards for 2013. Drop by her blog at http://machurch00.blogspot.com/
My links:
Twitter : https://twitter.com/nomoretears00
Facebook: M.A. Church http://goo.gl/OlGWFb
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