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Build a Mate: A Romantic Comedy
Can a brother from another planet find love?
Homer is an alien from the planet Bronzeville. A week before Christmas in a small West Virginia town, he’s running final tests on the XM-14, a lifelike robot designed to save trapped miners. All he wants is to finish XM-14 and return to his planet.
Jasmine is a firefighter in that small West Virginia town. She's led an unremarkable life until this full page ad ran on Black Friday:
Whatever you want.
Whenever you want.
For however long you want.
Build-a-Mate. Available this Christmas.
Homer didn't know his technology had been coopted to develop Build a Mate. Until the ad ran, Jasmine didn't know that XM-14, aka Build a Mate, looked exactly like her. So it's easy to understand why Jasmine burst into Homer’s office and demanded her face back.
Not so understandable is how Jasmine's face ended up on XM-14 in the first place and how a quest to right this wrong might lead to a love that spans the galaxy.
Take a holiday with love.
Build a Mate is the first Holiday With Love Romance, stand alone stories where a couple finds love on holiday whether an actual holiday like Christmas or Valentine's Day, being on holiday like the Europeans, or both. You'll be immersed in the characters' world as they find true love and a happily ever after you could see lasting a lifetime. With heroes ranging from businessmen to aliens, they all have one thing in common. They never expected to find true love until it happened to them. If you like a good old-fashioned romance where the characters fall in love, not lust, why not take a holiday with love?
Other books in the Holiday With Love Series
The One (romantic comedy) Can a man who values beauty above all find love with an ugly duckling?
Hearts Landing (inspirational romance) Keziah left the Lord in her past. Ric's past threatens his future. Can their hearts land in a love only God can give?
File under: sweet romance, romantic comedy, holiday romance, African-American romance, short read, Christmas, holiday novella, sci-fi romance, beta hero, small town
Homer is an alien from the planet Bronzeville. A week before Christmas in a small West Virginia town, he’s running final tests on the XM-14, a lifelike robot designed to save trapped miners. All he wants is to finish XM-14 and return to his planet.
Jasmine is a firefighter in that small West Virginia town. She's led an unremarkable life until this full page ad ran on Black Friday:
Whatever you want.
Whenever you want.
For however long you want.
Build-a-Mate. Available this Christmas.
Homer didn't know his technology had been coopted to develop Build a Mate. Until the ad ran, Jasmine didn't know that XM-14, aka Build a Mate, looked exactly like her. So it's easy to understand why Jasmine burst into Homer’s office and demanded her face back.
Not so understandable is how Jasmine's face ended up on XM-14 in the first place and how a quest to right this wrong might lead to a love that spans the galaxy.
Take a holiday with love.
Build a Mate is the first Holiday With Love Romance, stand alone stories where a couple finds love on holiday whether an actual holiday like Christmas or Valentine's Day, being on holiday like the Europeans, or both. You'll be immersed in the characters' world as they find true love and a happily ever after you could see lasting a lifetime. With heroes ranging from businessmen to aliens, they all have one thing in common. They never expected to find true love until it happened to them. If you like a good old-fashioned romance where the characters fall in love, not lust, why not take a holiday with love?
Other books in the Holiday With Love Series
The One (romantic comedy) Can a man who values beauty above all find love with an ugly duckling?
Hearts Landing (inspirational romance) Keziah left the Lord in her past. Ric's past threatens his future. Can their hearts land in a love only God can give?
File under: sweet romance, romantic comedy, holiday romance, African-American romance, short read, Christmas, holiday novella, sci-fi romance, beta hero, small town
- GenresScience Fiction
88 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 21, 2015
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About the author
Janice Croom
10 books25 followersJanice Croom is the author of the Kadence MacBride mysteries. Death of an Idiot Boss and Death of an Island are available now. Book three, Death of a Diet Queen, will be available this fall. In addition to novels, she also writes short stories and has had 15 of them published. The latest, The Phoenix, is included in the science fiction fantasy anthology Athena’s Daughters II by Silence in the Library publishing.
She loves to cook, is active in her church where she teaches Sunday School and Children’s church, and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
When not writing she’s a voracious reader and views writing as reverse reading. Toni Morrison said, ‘If there’s a story you want to read that hasn’t been written, you must write it.’ Janice has written the stories she wanted to read and hopes you enjoy reading them as much as she’s enjoyed writing them.
She loves to cook, is active in her church where she teaches Sunday School and Children’s church, and is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
When not writing she’s a voracious reader and views writing as reverse reading. Toni Morrison said, ‘If there’s a story you want to read that hasn’t been written, you must write it.’ Janice has written the stories she wanted to read and hopes you enjoy reading them as much as she’s enjoyed writing them.
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February 18, 2019
3.5/5 Stars
Jasmine Green is seeing red. A life-size sex doll is raking in the orders during the Christmas season… and it has her face. When she tracks down robot creator, Homer Jackson, he’s shocked to see a human version of his creation and confused when Jasmine accuses him of using her to market his sexbot (Build-A-Mate).
His invention—XM-14—was created to save trapped miners and is locked away in his vault.
The two form a tentative friendship to get to the bottom of the mystery. Jasmine wants her face removed from the XM-14/Build-A-Mate and Homer wants to help her… and he wants her.
The problem? Homer is on a deadline. His assignment is almost over—he returns to his home planet on Christmas Eve.
Yes… home planet.
Though he is human, Homer left Earth almost eighty years ago.
Disgusted and distraught by the rampant racism which claimed his father’s life, Homer stepped through a “poster portal” and landed on Bronzeville—a multi-race planet where everyone works together for the betterment of all.
But right now, Homer is on Earth where unscrupulous product promotions vip, Rachelle Myers, works to discredit the all-too-trusting Homer and make Build-A-Mate a worldwide sensation.
The connection between Homer and Jasmine is undeniable, but even with a nod and a wink to destined soul mates, a few too many unexplained loose ends bugged me, like how are Homer and Jasmine so deeply connected and how she can do some of the things he does? Jasmine’s a successful female firefighter… on holiday. With such an occupation, it would have been nice to see her skills on-the-job or at the mines.
Still, though light on details and explanations, this short read delivers emotion with heart and a great ending.
Enjoy!
Jasmine Green is seeing red. A life-size sex doll is raking in the orders during the Christmas season… and it has her face. When she tracks down robot creator, Homer Jackson, he’s shocked to see a human version of his creation and confused when Jasmine accuses him of using her to market his sexbot (Build-A-Mate).
His invention—XM-14—was created to save trapped miners and is locked away in his vault.
The two form a tentative friendship to get to the bottom of the mystery. Jasmine wants her face removed from the XM-14/Build-A-Mate and Homer wants to help her… and he wants her.
The problem? Homer is on a deadline. His assignment is almost over—he returns to his home planet on Christmas Eve.
Yes… home planet.
Though he is human, Homer left Earth almost eighty years ago.
Disgusted and distraught by the rampant racism which claimed his father’s life, Homer stepped through a “poster portal” and landed on Bronzeville—a multi-race planet where everyone works together for the betterment of all.
But right now, Homer is on Earth where unscrupulous product promotions vip, Rachelle Myers, works to discredit the all-too-trusting Homer and make Build-A-Mate a worldwide sensation.
The connection between Homer and Jasmine is undeniable, but even with a nod and a wink to destined soul mates, a few too many unexplained loose ends bugged me, like how are Homer and Jasmine so deeply connected and how she can do some of the things he does? Jasmine’s a successful female firefighter… on holiday. With such an occupation, it would have been nice to see her skills on-the-job or at the mines.
Still, though light on details and explanations, this short read delivers emotion with heart and a great ending.
Enjoy!
September 5, 2017
Ok story
This was not my kind of book. Love romantic stories but not in the future sense. Will try author again
This was not my kind of book. Love romantic stories but not in the future sense. Will try author again
December 26, 2015
Great quick reaf
Build a Mate is a very entertaining quick read, perfect for a cold winter. It had the right mix of sy-fy and humor.
Build a Mate is a very entertaining quick read, perfect for a cold winter. It had the right mix of sy-fy and humor.
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