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I’m continuing with my erotic space opera, From Mars, With Love, but this will be the last Mars snippet for a while. I know I’ve said that before, but I’ve got a new release to promote! I’d tell you all about it right now but my editor and I are still working on a title. Seems like my original title “Dark Heart” has been used about a gazillion times. So next week you get to hear all about it. But I digress. Our hero Eli is the prisoner of slavers who’ve stuck him in a stasis pod, but discovered something very unusual about the ring on his finger. I’ve skipped ahead a bit since last week’s snippet.
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The asteroider turned from the display and leaned over Eli. “You’ve been given a paralyzer, but you can still speak. Tell me, where did you get that ring?”
Eli had to dig deep into his muscle memories in order to send the proper signals to his mouth and tongue. “Mishhh,” he said.
“Keep trying.”
He licked his lips and mumbled, “My mother.”
“Is she altered? Has she ever been to the belt, the Oort or any other unregulated zone?”
Eli had no idea where his mother had been in her short life, but he doubted if she’d ever left Old York.
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Don’t worry, Eli, help is on the way. Though probably not any raccoons.
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Alexis Duran 
An unexpected source of mystery! How often we underestimate our mothers. Excellent 8, thank you for sharing.
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Mothers are the wonder of the world. I speak for myself and the woman in Baltimore who grabbed her big son from the mob burning down the city.
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Amen. Eli’s going to find out there was a lot more to his mother than he ever suspected.
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Terrific snippet, Alexis. Save Eli and soon and best of sales with your new book as well.
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I love that there’s probably something significant he never knew about his mother before this. Excellent excerpt!
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Yup. Now I’m wondering if there was more to his mother than he realizes. Great excerpt!
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Even loved ones who we’ve known for the entirety of our lives have secrets. Not necessarily ones they’ve deliberately hidden (though those are cool too!). Just those that come from a life well lived and a depth of years. I love the mystery built into this excerpt.
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Hmm, more to mommy than meets the eye! Great snippet and congrats on the new release!
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Ohhh, I can’t wait to find out what this ring is about. Great 8.
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Your writing is like silk, Alexis. So smooth.
Eli must have the racoon’s help. lol
Good 8!
~sigh~ the last of From Mars With Love, until your launch is over. 🙂
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I like the hint that there’s something about his mother and the ring he never suspected before.
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