Just in time for Christmas. DECEMBER 5 - RELEASE DAY! SAFFRON! And it's also my birthday so doubly special!
SAFFRON is Book 1 in my new series, The Chimeras.
Blurb: The alien invasion has left humanity teetering on the brink of total annihilation. The survivors need an edge, and fierce huntress Saffron sets out to make that happen. Smart, fast, strong, with razor keen senses, all Saff really cares about is wiping the invaders from the face of planet Earth. But life has a way of changing and when the hunter, Gabe, tracks her to the underground fortress, her world takes on new meaning.
Here's the Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/Saffron-P-L-Parker-ebook/dp/B0BM6PG543/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3NISP150NCO6Y&keywords=saffron+by+p.l.+parker&qid=1670223056&sprefix=saffron+by+p.l.+parke%2Caps%2C854&sr=8-1
Excerpt:
By
now, the rain had increased to a steady stream. Thunder rolled in the distance
but didn’t appear lightning was happening anywhere near them. One thing to be
grateful for. He found a good spot under a tall conifer and hunkered down. Going
to be a long watch. At least here under the tree, he was shielded from most of
the rain but common sense warned that if it’d been a lightning storm, he’d have
had to find a better place. He’d heard stories about people taking shelter
under trees during a storm and not living to tell about it later. He didn’t
want to be one of them. Besides that, lightning storms and the threat of fire
could be a major problem and he had no desire to be caught in the middle of a
forest fire. At least not in this getup! His imagination whirled. Death
by forest fire and his smoking body found later, still in the stupid hat and
the garbage bag.
The
branches rustled and then Wolf squatted down. “Thought I’d keep you company for
a while. Know I wasn’t followed but seems to be more jackers wandering the
hills.” He shook his head flipping water from the dark braid. “Might be they
have a camp somewhere close. Wouldn’t doubt it. Even those bastards aren’t safe
from the ADs.”
“Might
think they are but no one really is. Maybe they’re helping the Friems and maybe
they think by helping the bastards, they’ll be safe. Wouldn’t put it past them.
Not known for much brain power.”
“Makes
a person wonder,” Wolf muttered. “Can’t for the life of me figure out why
anyone would help them. Especially now when it looks like they might be
colonizing.” He slanted an amused look in Gabe’s direction. “Nice raincoat.”
Wolf
of course had a perfectly normal raincoat on, one of those plastic orange
things that were sold by the millions many decades ago.
“Yours
is better,” he groused feeling even more ridiculous.
“Wonder
why Saff didn’t lend you hers?”
Gabe’s
teeth ground together. “She has one?”
“We
all do,” Wolf chuckled. “Found a whole cache of them when we opened up one of
the storage rooms in the redoubt.” His chuckle grew to an outright laugh,
unusual for the stern-faced male.
***
In
the depths of Maggie’s tent, Saff buried her face in her coat giggling
uncontrollably. Ingrid was going to kill her when she found out what she’d done
with the garbage bag. They were almost like gold nowadays and Ingrid was very
stingy when it came to handing them out.
Paybacks
are hell she thought. But it was just too damn funny.
For
a while after, she listened to their voices, so clear as to seem they were
right next to her. Gabe’s low murmurs and Wolf’s replies. Talking about
everything and nothing. Silly as it seemed, it made her feel safe knowing Gabe
was nearby. She had this dumb idea that he would protect her. Like I need
protecting. But it was nice pretending.
First
thing she would do when they got back to the redoubt would be to call a sister
meeting and warn the girls off, making sure they knew without doubt that she
was staking a claim. Gabe was hers until she decided whether or not there was
even the slightest chance of a relationship. Sage was the only one who might be
a problem but Saff could handle her.
Decision
made, she finally let sleep claim her.
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