Review: Sci Fi and Romance do mix
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
Virginnia De Parte has brought together a mix of science fiction and romance to create a wonderful story based in the Australian outback.Jill is visiting with her brother and sister in law near Alice Springs.  They have a beautiful daughter with a strange ability.  She has the ability to disappear.  Jill herself has chameleon genes spliced with her own, which makes it difficult if she blushes.Her brothers friend, Michael is the family's physician.  Hailing from New Zealand, he is proud of his Maori heritage, which creates the first barrier between Jill and Michael when he tells her that he promised his grandmother that he would marry someone with Maori blood.With the romance dead in its tracks, Michael leaves to do his yearly study with the aboriginal people, but when he fails to make contact, they know something is wrong.Virginnia's characters are bright, breezy and easy to relate to.  They have real world problems, even though they have specialised genes.  Michael's own cat genes makes him a fantastic doctor, but he regrets one thing, not being honest with Jill about where his heart lies.The settings take you to the outback of Australia, you can almost taste the red dust!An excellent story if you like science fiction, romance, and adventures in the outback.