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Food for thought

You know I wrote Born To Resist over two years ago I had a bunch of editting and stuff going for the last two years. When I think about the politics behind my book and the crap that is going on in America right now I realize that it might not be too far off the mark. We could be headed for disaster if something isn’t done. Don’t get me wrong I am of the ALL LIVES MATTER mindset but I honestly believe if we don’t do something about the illegal immigrant population in this country we could be in for a very rude awakening one day. Letting potentially dangerous people  (not saying they all are dangerous) come into our country illegally is not the way to protect the people of this country. Born To Resist is just an example my own interpretation of what could happen if something isn’t done soon.

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Born To Resist Synopsis

It occurred to me today that while I have talked about my book I hadn’t told you what it was all about so here is the synopsis.

Seventeen years after a series of immigration wars that rocked the former United States, sixteen year old Alexa from rural Texas finds out that her ex-military father may have had a greater part in the wars than she ever could have imagined. He is arrested for treason by the new oppressive government (RONA or the Republic of New America) and given no explanation as to why. Alexa finds herself and her best friend Jacob on a journey to California to find the mother, who she thought died when she was a baby, and the resistance who plans to stop the RONA once and for all. Along the way, Alexa and Jacobs longtime friendship changes into something much more when they both realize they have loved each other since childhood. When they meet Xander, a boy their age who was sent by her mother to bring them to California, they find out how much trouble they are truly in. RONA has been searching for Alexa since she left her small town in Texas and will stop at nothing to bring her in. The journey to California is a rocky one. They are constantly running from RONA and dealing with some not so friendly allies. Meanwhile, they are given no information about what is happening and why. Frustration mounts for Alexa when she is left with nothing but cryptic messages from her mother and prophetic dreams. She tastes death for the first time, ending her childhood innocence forever. She is met with condescending questions from commanders at each resistance base she visits. She does the only thing she can do, the one thing her father taught her well. She fights to survive long enough to save her father from death. 

Alexa has one goal in mind to rescue her dad from prison but first she must confront her mother. The relationship between Alexa and her mother is strained because she continues to lie to her about her past. Alexa and her friends, Xander, Kara, Jed, and Jacob defy her mother, the leader of the resistance, and take off on their own rescue mission across the country to save her father. They not only have RONA to watch out for, but the resistance has also placed a price on their heads. During her quest to save her father she finds out everything is not what it seems and her parents are harboring yet a another explosive secret. Will they defeat the odds? Or be captured by one of the groups in the process? 

Born To Resist

Hey everyone! I finally finished editing! I think it turned out great! I self published with smashwords and it should be in most major ebook retailers within the next couple days! 

The cover for Born To Resist!!

I had a friend do the art for the cover I think it turned out beautifully. Catch Born To Resist coming to Ebook retailers soon!!! 

 

Hello again!

So I have recently taken some time off from writing and I am working towards a BS degree in business sports management! I know that is a far cry from what I have been doing here but, the end goal is to start a nonprofit sports program for underprivilaged kids to help them pay the fees required to play sports. Anyway I have gotten off topic. I have decided once and for all to Self Publish my book Born to Resist and hopefully if I get all of the formatting stuff right it should be available on smashwords and it’s partner retailers soon! I also started an author page on facebook. I will post a link to that page so all of my blogging friends can check it out and see what’s happening with my book and other releases that I may have coming soon! Thanks for reading and I will try to start up with the book reviews and short stories as time goes on. Thanks again and Happy Reading!!

Bound Series by AM Hudson

So, this series is a little different then the other series that I have reviewed so far on this blog. It’s more a fantasy series than anything it may be more leaning towards paranormal romance and there is some adult content. It’s not a lot in comparison to some other series I have read but I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone under the age of 17. 

I was surprised by this series only because I am not one that usually likes vampire books but there have been a couple series that have sucked me in and then I realize OMG they are vampires but at that point I am so into it I have to find out how it ends. 

This is one of those series and the vampires in this series are not your run of the mill Hollywood evil sedistic vampires without a soul. That go around killing people just for the hell of it. They are just like any other race with good and bad in everyone which I totally love.

It is set in Australia and it seems that the Author might be Australian as well because the way some of the words are spelled grates on my nerves a little. I am used to American English and everything is spelled in the British English but I’m a freak about spelling so that’s just one of my little pet peeves. 

All in all I really liked this series a lot the characters are great the storyline was good and I was sucked in to the story almost from the beginning. So much that I broke my own rule about vampires. I would give it four happy faces!