They are here among us . . . Far from home, gifted with special abilities, hunted for their powers. And they are desperate to find their other, the one who completes them . . . before it's too late . . . Sometimes, Time Really Does Stand Still Mila Adams has always known she was different. For as long as she can remember, she has had the ability to shift time, and who would believe that? Certainly not the obnoxious blind dates her mother keeps foisting off on her. But Mila can't help feeling there's someone out there for her, a soul mate who might understand her unique ability. And when she looks into the dark eyes of financial whiz Garrick McClellan, she can't but feel her time has finally come. Any man would lust after a beauty like Mila, but the moment Garrick touches her-feels her shifting time just as he can-he recognizes her as his partner in power. Their connection is immediate, passionate, raw, and beyond anything either has ever experienced. But who are they? What is this gift that joins them so intensely? Are there others like them? And why do they feel that time is running out? Praise For The Novels Of Jessica Inclan "A magical, mystical tale, one you won't soon forget" -Amanda Ashley on Reason to Believe
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JESSICA BARKSDALE INCLAN is the author of twelve traditionally published novels, including the best-selling Her Daughter's Eyes, The Matter of Grace, and When You Believe. She has also published several ebooks and a women's studies textbook, Diverse Voices of Women. Her work had been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and Czech. A new Dutch edition of Her Daughter's Eyes is forthcoming.
Inclán teaches composition, creative writing, mythology, and women's literature at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and online novel writing courses for UCLA Extension.
Her short stories and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Rockhurst Review, Flywheel, The Salt Hill Journal, Mason's Road, The Drum, The West Wind Review, Compass Rose, Gargoyle and many other journals and newspapers. Her short story The Possibility of Fire was one of Carve Magazine's Esoteric Award winners in 2013. She is a 2002 recipient of the CAC Artist's Fellowship in Literature. Her short story Open Eyes was given first prize by Sandra Cisneros for El Andar magazine's 2000 writing contest.
Ms. Inclán has degrees in sociology and English literature from CSU Stanislaus and a Master's degree in English literature from SFSU. She is an MFA candidate at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Ms. Inclán lives in Oakland, California with her husband and is currently at work on just about everything.
Jessica Barksdale Inclán is a new author to me and I was pretty glad when she got in touch with me about being interviewed and having her latest Second Romance series books reviewed by me. I'm a bit late in posting this review but it's better late than never and I really enjoyed reading the first book Being with Him. This is a paranormal romance that I didn't at first really understand completely because the two main characters are from another plant placed on earth for their own survival by their parents. They have a similar species to them who are after them for evil purposes that could kill them in the end because they are the ones who destroyed their planet and parents in the first place. I did really start to get the hero, Garrick, and heroine, Milla, as the novel progressed and the reason for the special abilities became more clearer to them and the reader.
Milla is a very creative woman who has the ability to move time forward but she doesn't know what she missed between the time she was in the present and to the time she moved forward. So she missed minutes and hours and maybe days that she can never relive again because she can only move time forward. She also has never told anyone not even her beloved parents about her ability but that all changes for her when she is set up on a blind date with Garrick. Now Garrick is the other half of Milla because he has the ability to move time backwards and so he has relived the past over and over if he wasn't careful. But unlike Milla he told his parents that he kept reliving the past again and again as a child, which really freaked his parents out. Garrick had to spend many days and years of his childhood in mental hospitals with doctors trying to figure out what is wrong with him.
Until Garrick final stopped talking about his ability did he finally get on with his life as a semi-normal man but his parents were never the same with him again. Then he met Milla on a blind date that his aunt set up for him and everything changed for him as well because they both felt that deep soul mate connection between them. That is a turning point for both Milla and Garrick in this lovely and creative tale of two halfs of one whole coming together after years of separation. But that is also the turning point where things get really hard for Milla and Garrick because they finally find out what happened to their parents and their people with the special abilities. They find out about the people who want to use them for their own nefarious purposes or they die if they don't comply. By the time I finished reading this novel I had to immediately pick up the second book to find out what happens next with Milla and her brother and sister who she just now discovered she had.
Mila and Garrick were a great couple. I like the concept of two people complementing each other. Those two did that to perfection, as did all the other couples involved. A very interesting thought, that without the other half the impressive powers you've got are rather useless. However, once you found your other half, you can do quite a bit together.
I liked the unique setting and how the abandoned ones helped themselves. Mila and Garrick together were able to figure out a good deal and once they were united with the others they accomplished a lot without relying on others. On the other hand the villains in the book are some powerful and evil, but pretty miserable, pitiable creatures. I could picture mankind somewhere in their place in the not too far future. Not a very nice prospect.
The whole story was told well, even though I would have liked a few more details about Cygiria. I suppose and hope a lot more will be explained in the oncoming books in the trilogy. I can't wait to hear more about the situation at the moment, how Mila will find her sister and what will happen with Edan and his still missing double.
The secondary characters were all pretty amazing, too. One of my favourite couples were Porter and Stephanie. It is nice to see that Jessica Inclán didn't only pair up people who understood each other 100% and were just perfect, but also a couple who really got on each others' nerves. Still they couldn't be without the other. Hopefully we will see them in future books, too, and maybe watch them as they grow together in a satisfying way.
From the title and the book cover I expected a novel that was much more on the erotic side than it actually was. Don't get me wrong, the love scenes were sensual and extremely pleasant, but people who relish sex scene upon sex scene will be disappointed. There is a definite plot there and a lot of story to be told. I can't wait to read its continuation.
I won't bother going into what the story is about. I'll just say that I really did enjoy this book. It didn't have as much action in it as I normally like but besides that...I was happy enough. The sex is HOT, the story line is rather different, though I would've liked more info on that other world and what happened. I have a feeling though, that will be coming in next books..at least I hope so. I liked the characters too. Sooooo, not a HEAP of action but good story, great love scenes, different story line: which all means - regardless of the lack of full-on action, I am definitely getting the next one coming out. You'll notice I gave Jessica 3 stars for this book, but you need to know my 'rating ways'. I very rarely give a 5 unless it has EVERYTHING I love in it...which is heaps of action, different types of 'worlds/creatures', great hero and heroine, HOT SEX and a wonderful ending. And a 4 is only slightly less than those great 5 books. I would have like to give it a 3 1/2 but we can't do the halves eh!! All in all guys, I reckon you should try it. As I said, I liked it enough that I'm gettin' the next book in the series. Ciao Babies!! :)
