"I'm not ready to leave these characters!"

When Jana Jasper was nine years old, several incredible things happened in her life. When she and her brother and sister were visiting their grandfather at his farm, she saw a boy hanging in a tree outside her window. Apparently she was the only one who could see him. She unfortunately couldn't talk. It felt like all the words were jumbled in her head and she couldn't make them come out like she wanted them to. Even though she was told to go to bed, she knew she had to go help Peter Pan as she dubbed the boy in the tree.

Jana and "Peter" had a wonderful evening and when she fell and scraped her knee, Peter fixed it for her. Then he had to leave and when she got home she found she just had to tell her sister about Peter. She wasn't sure she could get the words out but when she saw her sister, she started talking like she'd been talking all of her life.

So begins the career of Jana Jasper, thespian senator for California. Even though her family thought Peter was an imaginary friend, Jana knew better. She had fallen in love with him and no man had ever lived up to his memory. Then one day Jana is in the grocery when a man who looked like he was from a science fiction movie walked up to her and told her he was there to help save her planet. What was Jana to think? Then when he told her exactly who he was, Jana really didn't know what to think. Should she believe him?

Cavin of Far Star had never forgotten nine year old Jana Jasper so when he heard that Earth was scheduled to be acquired, he knew he had to try to save her and her world. Could he do it before it's too late? He only has one shot and it's a long shot at best. He has to try.

I love Susan Grant's books and this one was simply incredible. I loved the characters, the story and the whole premise behind this fabulous book! My hope is that Susan Grant will see fit to give us more stories with these wonderful characters as I feel that there is more to the story!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted July 25, 2006

It's Bridget Jones' Diary meets War of the Worlds when a scandal-plagued California state senator finds out that her "imaginary" childhood friend is anything but when he tracks her down twenty years later in an aisle in the grocery store, a sexy, armor-clad interstellar warrior demanding her help in averting an imminent alien invasion.

Summary

He had her at "Greetings Earthling."

Think the grocery store is a great place to meet men?

Hunky interstellar fugitive, aisle 5

With outrageously false accusations piling up against her famous political family and an ex-fiancé in hot water determined to take her down with him, the last thing Jana Jasper needs is more trouble—especially man trouble. But when she heads to the grocery store for an ice cream fix, not only does the muscled hunk in the frozen foods section ranting about spaceships and invasions look crazy, he looks...familiar.

Cavin of Far Star has never forgotten the girl he met during his weeks spent on that quaint little world, planet Earth, the girl who didn't believe he was real. And now he'll risk his future to save her. All she has to do is take him to her leader. Simple enough plan—although Jana isn't so easily convinced. Hell-bent on charming his way past her defenses, he's determined to stay one step ahead of the galaxy's most feared assassin—and may just capture his favorite Earthling's heart in the process.