Author: derynpittar

For Thomas Winters, single and lonely, meeting Kate Bentley is the chance of a lifetime. Shy and hesitant, Thomas courts her with gentle determination. When he discovers she can see memory bubbles and collects them to return to her father’s failing mind he suspects she could be g-altered. He asks his old friend William Corban to investigate.Their romance falters when Thomas adopts Suzie, a … genetically-altered child from the “Nursery” where he grew up. A misunderstanding on Kate’s part sees her cut Thomas from her life, but when her father, wanders from the house she turns to Thomas, and his…

For all her talents the one thing Stella Corban has no control over is the power of love. Will her heart put her family’s safety at risk?Stella Corban’s choice is hard – fall in love and endanger her genetically altered family, or lose the one man who makes her heart joyful. For three generations they have avoided conscription by the Defense Department but Matt’s acquaintance with the Minister of … with the Minister of Defense frightens Stella into avoiding further contact with him. Matt Saunders is not a man to be thwarted. Stella is the woman he wants, and he…

Jill Corban meets Dr Michael Scott while on holiday with family in Alice Springs. Although the attraction is mutual, Michael has made a promise to his grandmother and a future with Jill, who is genetically altered, isn’t on the cards. Their love seems doomed as they deal with a kidnapping and a research field trip where Defence Department agents are on the trail of a woman the Aborigines are … Aborigines are calling ‘little lizard’. Will James Corban’s skill to stop time, and little Stella’s ability to ‘jump’, untangle this lover’s knot?Discover the beauty of the Red Desert and how…

James Corban stops time to rescue Sarah Coster from an attack in a nightclub. He has recognized that she is g-altered, like him.They begin a relationship, hoping to remain unobserved by the government. When Sarah becomes pregnant, both are questioned by the Defense Department. They deny their relationship, but have they successfully deflected the government’s attention? And what of the talents … what of the talents the unborn baby appears to have? Can James save Sarah and his child – even if he has to stop time again to do it?A romance fraught with heart stopping moments and time stopping…

William and Belinda, both genetically altered, meet years after leaving the government-rearing nursery. Their late development allowed them to escape a life devoted to the government’s defence departments. If their skills are now discovered they will be conscripted and never be free again.William’s talent is to move through space between locations in the blink of an eye. Belinda can lift objects … lift objects of great weight with her mind. Their relationship creates a raft of problems both struggle to overcome.‘Catching Love When it Falls’ explores an alternative reality and discovers the one thing neither Belinda nor William can control…