"fabulous military science fiction romance"

Exiled monarch Jared Bennett struggles to free his people, the Refarians, from oppressors who overthrew his government and imposed dictatorial rule. He desperately wants to free his people and has a weapon that he believes can turn the trick. However, his vessel is under attack by the enemy forcing him to make a dangerous crash landing on planet earth, a place he once visited years ago during his first mating cycle, but his memory of that stopover was erased from his mind by the betrayal of his advisors who rationalized that by claiming Jared did not need a distraction when his people need him.

Severely wounded, Jared receives perhaps his first break in years when an earthling geologist Kelsey Wells finds him. Instead of fleeing she is transfixed by the beautiful hunk she knows is not of this world or at least Wyoming. Jared is even more stunned as recognizes that he has found his soulmate. The kiss between them eliminates any lingering doubt especially on her part. However, he has a world to save and fears placing his beloved in danger, but Kelsey obstinately rejects his efforts to keep her safe even as she contains secrets that just might save his people if she can just remember them.

The star-crossed lead couple turns PARALLEL ATTRACTION into a fabulous military science fiction romance. The story line focuses mostly on the relationship between the heroic single minded Jared and the amusingly satirical Kelsey. He has no time for a woman while she refuses to let him escape without her at his side. Readers will enjoy the soul-mating of the exiled Refarian ruler and the American geologist with a stellar war as the backdrop.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 28, 2006

In 2006, NAL will launch a new paranormal romance series by Deidre Knight, featuring strong heroes and sexy yet bold heroines faced with universal stakes. These characters fight to save Earth as they come face to face with people from their near future and alternate pasts. Much as in the Terminator series, our protagonists have the opportunity to "reset" the unfolding of events, each time with different, destiny-altering results. But can they rectify the mistakes of their futures in order to avert the fate to which they seem doomed?

Look for upcoming series releases:

PARALLEL HEAT (10/06)
PARALLEL SEDUCTION (04/07)

Summary

It has been years since exiled alien king Jared Bennett thought of anything other than his people's fight for freedom. Now his rebel force has the one weapon that can turn the tide against their enemy: the key to the secrets of time. Victory has never been closer-but one woman has the power to change everything.

Kelsey Wells can't deny that there is something unearthly about her fierce attraction to Jared Bennett. His revelations about alien wars and time travel can't possibly be fact-yet with every seductive touch, every searing kiss, Kelsey circles closer to the truth: that although Jared is exactly what he says, he hasn't told her everything. And when the future crashes into the present, Kelsey must decide if his deception will cost them the love that should have been their destiny.