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Author<\/h2>\nTessa Chamblin<\/p>\n
Tessa Chamblin in a freelance writer and online journalist living with her husband and young son in the San Francisco Bay Area. Born and raised in Southeast Missouri, Tessa took up an interest in creative writing at an early age, but pursued it only as a hobby while she gained her Baccalaureate in Child Development and Family Studies. As a behavioral therapist for children with autism, Tessa was able to utilize several of her creative outlets, including writing, as she created social stories that helped reach client goals.<\/p>\n
Tessa actively enjoys photography, painting, hiking, and journaling, and participates in multiple writing groups. She loves digital design and works to expand her implementation of the skill into web design.<\/p>\n
Tessa\u2019s passion for writing has spanned out over the years, from keeping diaries to journaling to a wealth of unfinished manuscripts and ideas.<\/p>\n
In 2011, a romance story with a supernatural twist took root in Tessa’s thoughts. Several days later, characters started to develop and soon she was writing down scenes while developing plot points. Though she wasn’t sure were the writing would take her, it quickly evolved into a flowing piece of work that would finish with the completion of her first novel: Kismet. Kismet carefully mingles and extraordinary supernatural existence with a satisfying romantic twist.<\/p>\n
Michael Clarkton is a small town graduating college senior, feeling lonely living in secret with his ability to manipulate the fabric of reality with his thoughts. A childhood of disbelieving parents, and a few too many doctor visits, force him into a life of disguise \u2013 and an awkward relationship with his parents. But when Michael falls into an unexpected love with Rylan, his gifts are rekindled.<\/p>\n
Michael feels connected to Rylan in a way that he\u2019s never experienced with another person; this connection makes his attachment to her passionate and fierce.<\/p>\n
As he’s navigating this new relationship, Michael is recruited into a secret organization of operatives with similar powers. They’re fighting a war with Integrated Technology Services (ITS) \u2013 a massive intelligence apparatus with enormous resources. They\u2019re dedicating to ridding the world of the supernatural beings.<\/p>\n
Michael eagerly learns the details of this dangerous company, while working relentlessly to strengthen his abilities with the others like him. His training reveals that his abilities far exceed those of his peers. The weeks spent with the other supernatural individuals lays a new foundation to Michael\u2019s life. He develops new friends, close relationships, but also a wealth of challenges. Ava, an attractive girl in the group, has a unique personality and gift that Michael finds alluring. The bond that they create, will threaten everything Michael has established with Rylan.<\/p>\n
Learning to balance the two worlds proves to be a challenge. And just as life starts falling into order, Rylan’s connection to the agency bent on eradicating Michael’s kind will unleash chaos. This revelation will force loyalties and push the limits of their budding romance, as Rylan takes the steps necessary to join ITS ranks while knowing Michael\u2019s secret.<\/p>\n
Frightened by what Rylan\u2019s position could mean, Ava and the others place an impossible demand on Michael: Take away Rylan\u2019s memories.<\/p>\n
With Rylan\u2019s past and Michael\u2019s future laced with incompatibilities neither could have foreseen, what will it mean for them?<\/p>\n
Can a forbidden love survive the odds stacked against it? Or will a new love come between them? What will Michael’s role be in the line of duty with his kind?<\/p>\n
Maybe I needed a break from relationships. I\u2019d gone from my first love, to finding others like me, to heart break, to another love. It all felt like too much.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d she asked incredulously.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a new family that I love and adore. Every one of them. You seeing me as an exception will never be good enough, Ry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMichael\u2026 it has to be. Look at everything that\u2019s happened.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, look. Look at how they saved your life.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t in any danger,\u201d she defended. It made me angry.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix of us risked our lives for yours.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, you made that pretty clear,\u201d she remembered bitterly.<\/p>\n
I scoffed, then my manner softened. I knew this was difficult for her, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sorry for directing my anger at you that day. People I love were in danger and I might\u2019ve behaved irrationally.\u201d<\/p>\n
We stood in silence for a long moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ready to give up everything for you. I was good to you. I loved you as much as any man has ever loved another person. I was ready and preparing to share my life with you. My whole life.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry for everything. I\u2019m sorry that these perfect words coming out of you right now are just too late. I\u2019m sorry that none of it will ever be enough for us. I\u2019m sorry, because it\u2019s something that I want, too. It just isn\u2019t going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n
She pondered what I said, but I could see the resolve on her face. There was no winning. She would never really budge and neither would I.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe man that killed your father died that same day. It doesn\u2019t make it any better, but he\u2019s dead too, and he was Ava\u2019s fianc\u00e9. Both sides of this are always going to have losses as long as we\u2019re fighting each other. It sucks that it all happened, but \u2018normal\u2019 humans kill each other every day and no one is bent on wiping you out.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sorry for the mess that has become of things. I knew the moment we couldn\u2019t be together that you\u2019d always be my weakness. But I care for Ava now\u2026I love her. For some stupid, messed up reason, I still love you, too. It was your insecurities, your actions, and your rebellion that pushed me into this, something that I\u2019ve never wanted to be a part of. Yet, here I am, confused by my feelings for two different people, and idly wondering if I\u2019m even able to really be in love with you again.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are, Michael. You know it. We\u2019re in love with each other, and it\u2019s real. And it\u2019s not going away,\u201d she protested.<\/p>\n
\u201cRylan, my thoughts are just idle thoughts though, because the real answer is I can\u2019t\u2026 or I won\u2019t. I\u2019ve already taken enough risks with you. I can\u2019t be what you want me to be, and you can\u2019t be what I need you to be.<\/p>\n
In so many ways, I started living my life when I met you and for that among other reasons, I will always care about you.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to hurt you, but hurt is just how this ends, Ry.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was being brave, fighting the wetness that filled her eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re na\u00efve if you think you\u2019ll get your happily ever after. ITS will not stop,\u201d she didn\u2019t say the words with hostility. In fact, she said them very gently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the tables have turned on them. I think they\u2019re going to be taking a step back to reevaluate.<\/p>\n
But, for the record, I won\u2019t stop either,\u201d I remarked.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t even have the element of surprise on them anymore. They know you, they know what you can do. Is that the life you\u2019re really choosing?\u201d Though her tone was soft, it seemed like it held a subtle threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd being with someone who works there would be better?\u201d I asked, just to humor her statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI could keep you safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was heartbreaking. The thought of her wanting me and me refusing her felt stupidly impossible. I sucked in a deep breath. There really was only one way this could all end.<\/p>\n
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