by J.K. Accinni
BOOK DESCRIPTION
A deeper, darker E.T. A tear jerker featuring the love of an
alien creature and the lives he touches.
The series "Species Intervention #6609" spans two hundred years, encompassing tender love between divergent species, political downfalls and violence of unspeakable order. It is an unfortunate tale of Armageddon and the despairing hope of redemption.
In Baby, Netty is a naive teenage farm girl given in marriage to an older brutal opportunist disguised as a successful citizen during the years of Prohibition in Sussex County, New Jersey. After years of enslavement, Netty flees into the night from her rapist husband, traveling back to the farm worked by her parents, where she rescues an unfamiliar damaged creature she finds in a cave in the woods of her childhood, falling in love with the enigmatic creature she names Baby. Together they find happiness and fulfillment despite the changes to Netty's body wrought by the proximity of the unusual creature.
When a
handsome Italian stranger comes into Netty's life, complications ensue as she
falls in love while trying to hide the bizarre and wondrous changes to her farm
and her body. Netty, Baby and Wil strive to conquer obstacles thrown in their
path by life, succeeding wildly until the heart-rending and astonishingly brutal
climax to their story.
AUTHOR BIO
I am a doggy mommy, wildlife nut and supporter, writer, author, world traveler, political junkie and a Survivor wannabee...hear that Jeff Probst?
J. K. Accinni was born and raised in Sussex County before moving to Randolph, New Jersey, where she lived with her husband, five dogs and eight rabbits, all rescued and currently resides in Sarasota Florida. Mrs. Accinni's passion for wildlife conservation has led her all over the world, including three trips to Africa, where ten years ago she and her husband fell in love with a baby elephant named Wendi that had been rescued by the incomparable David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Wendi is the inspiration for the character Tobi , the elephant featured in her fourth book titled Hive.
The character of Caesar is inspired by a real life iconic tiger from Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary in Sarasota. A portion of the proceeds from her third book, Armageddon Cometh, will be donated to the sanctuary in support of the enormous expense required to house and feed the displaced wildlife in their care. Mrs. Accinni invites her readers to visit bigcathabitat.org to view the astounding facility and plan a visit with your family.
Mrs. Accinni also invites you to visit her webpage at http://www.speciesintervention.com , where information on The Big Cat Habitat and Gulf Coast Sanctuary can also be viewed. Readers are encouraged to comment about the book or your own creature experiences.
REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars By
James L. Hatch, author of "The Substitute" October 17,
2012
Format:Kindle
Edition|Amazon Verified
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This week I had the pleasure of reading "Baby, Species
Intervention #6609," a novel by J.K. Accinni (edited/published by Skinny Leopard
Media). As fate would have it, only last week I blogged about the reasons I
read/write Sci-Fi at the Sweet N Sexy Divas blogspot, and it is against that
blog I rate "Baby" as a solid five-star read. As stated in my blog, my criteria
for outstanding Sci-Fi are imagination, technology, believability and some link
to a fundamental force in the Universe larger than us. "Baby" brought all of
those elements together, plus a compelling story that I couldn't put
down.
"Baby" tells the plight of a poor young woman, Netty, who escapes a brutal and violent marriage. Netty's husband, twenty-two years her senior, is a corrupt judge during the time of prohibition (1929). As a lawyer years earlier, he discovered Netty inherited land and money she knows nothing about, and he married Netty to get her wealth. When he plans Netty's death several years later, she escapes to a childhood hiding place. It is there she encounters a dying Oolahan, a creature who crash-landed on earth. That's where the story gets incredibly interesting.
The Oolahan can heal living things, but not themselves. Netty nurses the creature back to life, and they establish a lifelong bond. Astonishingly, Netty's dilapidated farm undergoes a metamorphosis that defies logic as the Oolahan gets stronger, and J.K. Accinni develops the relationship between the two so carefully the reader will fall in love with them both. Hard work brings some success to Netty, but she can scarcely keep up. She subsequently saves Wil, a younger man, from freezing to death, and the two become close as he pitches in to help with the chores. Wil eventually discovers "Baby," the Oolahan, and the three of them blossom into a loving family.
There are, however, downsides. Both Wil and Netty are changed, physically and mentally, by Baby. Alas, Netty's husband remains a mean-spirited brute with far reaching influence. When her husband re-discovers his wife, and realizes his claim to her inheritance could be challenged, he moves to have everyone associated with her eliminated. Murder after murder follows, and the story of love becomes one of heartache and horror.
But wait, there's more. Netty, Baby and Wil have all changed ... to the point they transcend death. And Baby has produced an offspring of his own. The retributions begin, and we find even the kindest creature imaginable is capable of vengeance.
"Baby" tells the plight of a poor young woman, Netty, who escapes a brutal and violent marriage. Netty's husband, twenty-two years her senior, is a corrupt judge during the time of prohibition (1929). As a lawyer years earlier, he discovered Netty inherited land and money she knows nothing about, and he married Netty to get her wealth. When he plans Netty's death several years later, she escapes to a childhood hiding place. It is there she encounters a dying Oolahan, a creature who crash-landed on earth. That's where the story gets incredibly interesting.
The Oolahan can heal living things, but not themselves. Netty nurses the creature back to life, and they establish a lifelong bond. Astonishingly, Netty's dilapidated farm undergoes a metamorphosis that defies logic as the Oolahan gets stronger, and J.K. Accinni develops the relationship between the two so carefully the reader will fall in love with them both. Hard work brings some success to Netty, but she can scarcely keep up. She subsequently saves Wil, a younger man, from freezing to death, and the two become close as he pitches in to help with the chores. Wil eventually discovers "Baby," the Oolahan, and the three of them blossom into a loving family.
There are, however, downsides. Both Wil and Netty are changed, physically and mentally, by Baby. Alas, Netty's husband remains a mean-spirited brute with far reaching influence. When her husband re-discovers his wife, and realizes his claim to her inheritance could be challenged, he moves to have everyone associated with her eliminated. Murder after murder follows, and the story of love becomes one of heartache and horror.
But wait, there's more. Netty, Baby and Wil have all changed ... to the point they transcend death. And Baby has produced an offspring of his own. The retributions begin, and we find even the kindest creature imaginable is capable of vengeance.
Beyond a fantastic and imaginative storyline, there is also
this: the book is extremely well-edited and the vocabulary is refreshing. J.K.
Accinni is an articulate and masterful storyteller with a solid understanding of
grammar. I loved reading this novel. You will too.
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