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    Valentine's Alternatives
    Valentine's Alternatives
    Valentine's Alternatives
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    Valentine's Alternatives

    By Lesley L. Smith

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    Physicist Chloe Phillipson has a dark matter accident and gets a superpower which her sons inherit. When she and her husband plan a romantic getaway at the same time as her oldest son's first boy girl party, what could possibly go wrong?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLesley L. Smith
    Release dateFeb 1, 2017
    ISBN9781370541317
    Valentine's Alternatives
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    Lesley L. Smith

    All right, I confess! I love physics. I blame my misspent youth reading science fiction by the likes of Asimov, Heinlein, and Clarke. Not surprisingly, I also love science fiction. I grew up in Missouri, in a family of overeducated overachievers. Following in their footsteps, I've earned far too many degrees including an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Elementary Particle Physics and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction. Hmm? I may have a split personality. The evidence shows I've authored or co-authored many scientific articles, and am a longtime member of the American Physical Society. I'm also a founder and editor of the speculative fiction ezine http://www.electricspec.com and a longtime member of the Science Fiction/Fantasy Writers of America. Both sides of my personality live in Boulder, Colorado where I do physics by day and science fiction by night. Please visit me on the web at http://www.lesleylsmith.com.

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      Valentine's Alternatives - Lesley L. Smith

      VALENTINE'S ALTERNATIVES

      Also by Lesley L. Smith

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      The Quantum Cop Series:

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      Book 1: A Jack By Any Other Name
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      Book 3: A Jack For All Seasons

      Valentine's Alternatives

      By Lesley L. Smith

      Quarky Media

      Boulder Colorado

      Valentine's Alternatives

      Published by Quarky Media, P.O. Box 3332, Boulder, CO 80307

      www.quarkymedia.com

      Copyright © 2017 Lesley L. Smith

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Making or distributing electronic copies of this book constitutes copyright infringement and could subject the infringer to criminal and civil liability.

      Valentine's Alternatives

      Forget having a superpower, I was exhausted from my regular life teaching at the university and trying to be a good mom and wife.

      It still felt like the beginning of the semester as February rolled around. I was learning my students' names, and they were getting the hang of showing up to class and studying and all the other college stuff.

      When I sat down for dinner at the kitchen table--in the nick of time--I had to force myself to smile. We had a Phillipson family rule that everyone had to sit

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