Originally published 10-07-08 in e-book format.
SummaryResisting alien invaders is easy. Protecting her heart is
another story...
Leah's plans for the weekend didn't include dealing with an
alien invasion in her kitchen. But there's something about
the wary, vulnerable, refugee half-breed Gabriel that
compels her to hide him when the authorities come knocking
on her door.
Gabriel has good reason to be suspicious of both humans and
his own kind alike. He's a halfling—half human, half
Dar—the product of a breeding program undertaken for
one purpose. To use the offspring's inbred powers to
influence humans on a deeply emotional level. So deep, they
won't know until too late that the Dar have gained more than
a toehold on Earth.
Raised in subhuman conditions, all Gabriel knows of life is
how to endure it. Then Leah opens his eyes to a life richer
than any he's ever known. Suddenly he's not so sure he wants
to be a pawn in the Dar's non-violent, but no less
insidious, plans.
Leah and Gabriel go on the run to seek help from the
government, only to discover the invasion's tentacles have
gotten there ahead of them. In the final confrontation, the
bond Leah and Gabriel have forged may be more than an
emotional haven. It could save her world.
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