Blog Tour / Guest Post - Eye Contact (The Conditioned #1) by Rebecca Royce

I am pleased to be able to host Eye Contact by Rebecca Royce on my blog today through Sizzling PR.

Eye Contact - The Conditioned, Book one

Thirty years ago, after the breakdown of an oil negotiation, the President of the United States decided that all people born with unusual abilities, which he would now refer to as “the condition”, would be locked away from the general public where they couldn't harm others. Parents and loved ones of these people, most of whom were children, were forced to turn them in upon penalty of death. Formed to keep the institutions secure, the Committee for the Protection of a Free Society now rules these institutions with an iron fist.



The granddaughter of one the Committee members, Addison Wade has lived her life wary of the institutions and all they represent. A woman of secrets, she is forced to turn to Safe Dawn, one of the facilities designed to hold conditioned people, when her nephew is kidnapped and, despite her best efforts, cannot be recovered. She knows the last thing anyone in 'Safe Dawn' will want to do is to help a Wade with any problems, but she is desperate and out of options.



Spencer Lewis is famous for being the premier conditioned ‘locator.’ There's no one he can't find and he has a soft spot for missing children. But, Spencer has been through a trauma and locating Jeremy Wade may be dangerous both to himself and to those around him. In addition, he takes one look at ice cold Addison Wade and wants nothing more than to knock her down a peg. Never having turned down an opportunity to help a child, he reluctantly agrees to help recover Jeremy.



In a world where nothing is as it seems and every person they encounter has his own agenda, Addison and Spencer will find that the only people they can trust are each other. But how can anyone fall in love living in a world that wants you dead just for being born?

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About the author:

As a teenager, I would hide in my room to read my favorite romance novels when I was supposed to be doing my homework.  I hope, these days, that my parents think it was worth it.

I am the mother of three adorable boys and I am fortunate to be married to my best friend.  We live in northern New Jersey and try not to freeze too badly during the winter months. I am in love with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and try to use all of these elements in my writing.  I've been told I'm a little bloodthirsty so I hope that when you read my work you'll enjoy the action packed ride that always ends in romance. I love to write series because I love to see characters develop over time and it always makes me happy to see my favorite characters make guest appearances in other books.

In my world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will.

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GUEST POST:  An Active Fantasy Life  

As a child, my mother used to tell people that I had an ‘active imagination.’  As a mother, now, I can say that about my oldest son as well.  He has a great fantasy life.  The thing about me, however, and I can imagine this is true about most writers, is that I never outgrew it. 

I cannot imagine that most people when they are standing on line at the deli start to think about vampires.  I cannot imagine that most people stopped at a red light contemplate other worlds that don’t really exist. But writers do. 

When I look back, it’s amazing I got through elementary school. How did I ever learn to read when I was thinking about everything except what was going on in the classroom?  How did I pass science class when I was having great adventures, in my mind, outside in the trees?

I have a great deal of respect for the struggle it must have been for my parents because I am going through that with my oldest son now. He is VERY smart and his mind is not always where it should be. Does that mean that his active fantasy life will mean he grows up to be a writer? I would love that.

How about you? How was elementary school for you?