Title- The Samantha Project
Series- The Samantha
Project Book #1
By-Stephanie Karpinske
Genre- YA Sci Fi
Seventeen-year-old Samantha has a seemingly perfect life;
great parents, early admission to Stanford, and a boyfriend who happens to be
the hottest guy in school. But Sam's life takes a dark turn when she starts
developing powers brought on by her unknown involvement in a global
corporation's genetic enhancement project. Now the corporation decides it's
time to take Sam back and turn on the genetic switch that will unleash all the
powers of her enhanced genes.
During a heart-pounding race to flee from the people who
created her, Sam encounters another person who was part of the experimental
project. He's been living in hiding for years and now that Sam's found him,
she's put both their lives in danger. But they can't run for long. A
technological safeguard embedded in their cells ensures that if the corporation
can't have them, nobody will.
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Excerpt 1
“What is this? Why am I here?” I
asked, still feeling like I was half asleep.
More footsteps entered the room. “I
think she’s slept most of it off,” I heard Erik say to whoever walked in.
I felt Erik’s other hand on my arm
and then felt a prick from a needle. Soon I could feel the grogginess go away
and the strength in my muscles return. I opened my eyes and could see normally.
Erik was sitting at my side, still
holding my hand. “Ready to get up now?” His smile was so warm and kind that the
anger I had prepared to unleash on him was quickly disarmed.
Jack stood behind him, arms
crossed, studying my every move.
“Amazing,” he said. “But I can’t
quite understand it.”
Erik shot him a glance of
annoyance.
“Um, yes. Well, let’s get started
then, shall we?” Jack said, sitting on a chair at the end of my bed.
Erik sighed, disappointed in how
the old man was handling things. He turned back to me. “I know it may not seem
like it, but we’re actually trying to help you.”
I gave him the look that I had
heard that line before.
“Sure. You don’t believe me,” he
continued. “I wouldn’t believe me either. Someone drugs me and I wake up in
some strange place, I’d be pretty pissed.” He flashed a slight smile. “But
here’s the deal. We have a lot of stuff to tell you and we’d like you to tell us some stuff, too.” He paused, sensing my hesitation. “If, and
only if, you want to. Okay?” He waited for me to shake my head yes.
“I’ll start with the basics.” Erik
let go of my hand and sat in the chair next to my bed. “I don’t know if you noticed, but I’m a little like you.” I glanced
over at him, unsure of what he was trying to tell me. “You see what I mean? Not everyone can do this.”
I looked at him confused. Not do what?
I thought. This guy is cute but not at all good at explaining things in clear
and simple terms.
“So you think I’m cute, huh?” I looked up to see him smiling. “And by the way, I think my explanation is
very clear. You just need to pay attention.”
“I AM paying attention!” I said
loudly. And then it hit me. My voice had filled what had been a silent room.
Nobody had spoken for at least a minute. Erik hadn’t said anything. And yet we
were having a conversation. A two-way conversation—without spoken words. He
could read thoughts! That’s why he said we were alike.
Title-The Golden Couple
Series-The Samantha
Project Book #2
By- Samantha Karpinske
In this action-packed second installment of The Samantha
Project series, Samantha and Erik go on a search to find a way to save
themselves from the genetic time bomb ticking away in their cells. Along the
way, they discover a shocking secret that changes everything.
Although Samantha's boyfriend, Colin, is back now, she can't
deny her feelings for Erik. It isn't long before she learns the real reason why
she can't resist Erik. But only after she's gone too far with him. So far that
Colin may never forgive her.
GlobalLife Genetics continues to pursue Samantha and they'll
stop at nothing to get her. Sam still doesn't understand GlobalLife's plan for
her but she knows it's something big. And she knows it isn't good.
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Excerpt 2
“And now, the moment you’ve all
been waiting for,” Drew announced. “The arrival of our stars for the evening.
Prototypes of the future. May I introduce for the very first time, Samantha and
Erik. The golden couple.”
The golden couple? I glanced at
Erik, who seemed just as confused. Rachel pushed Erik toward me, reminding him
to take my arm as we walked out onto a small stage that had been set up. Bright
lights shined down on us and people stood up and clapped. I peered through the
light to see the room of onlookers. There were people of all nationalities. I
could hear different languages and accents in the crowd.
“They are simply amazing,” I heard
one woman say.
“What a gorgeous couple,” another
woman said.
I noticed two ladies near the stage
staring up at us. “Oh, can you imagine?” the one lady said to her friend.
“They’ll be even more gorgeous. And
perfect in every way,” her friend responded.
I looked back to see a large banner
hanging behind us. On it were the words “Celebrate The Golden Couple” along
with the Greek letter phi. Just like the one on the necklace Allie gave me.
“Samantha, turn around,” Drew
scolded as he smiled at the crowd.
The clapping got louder as everyone
stood up. The room gradually quieted. Drew went to the microphone again. “Thank
you. I can see you’re all as excited as I am about these two. And I encourage
you to express your enthusiasm for the project by continuing to invest in the
research that will bring this technology to life in all of us.” He gave them a
huge salesman grin. Then he came over next to us and said loudly and
forcefully, “This is the future, my friends! Let us celebrate it!”
Title- A Chosen Destiny
Series- The Samantha Project Book # 3
By- Samantha Karpinske
Samantha's destiny was chosen long ago. At least that's what
she's told by the people who created her. Her enhanced genes and genetic
software were meant to do everything from mold her personality to pick who she
falls in love with.
But can destiny be changed? Ever since Samantha learned the
truth about herself, she's struggled to figure out who's really in charge of
her life. Can she make her own choices? Or is her future determined by her
genes?
Old enemies reappear and new ones emerge as Samantha and Erik
use their powers to fight the people who are after them. But it's getting
harder to figure out who's good and who's evil. The enemy they've been fighting
may not be the one who's truly after them.
Excerpt 1
“No! Please! Not now!” I said aloud
to myself. I’d never been stopped for speeding before. And I couldn’t be
stopped now. GlobalLife had connections with the police. The cop would look me
up in his database and I’d be back in GlobalLife’s custody within the hour.
“Calm down.” I continued to talk to
myself. “Maybe he’ll just give me a ticket and leave.”
I slowed the car and pulled over.
My hands were shaking as I waited for the officer. Escape scenarios began
playing in my head in response to the stress hormones being released in my
blood. It was one of my abilities, but it wasn’t always that helpful. The
scenes showed me different roads to take in an attempt to get away. But the
last thing I needed was a police chase.
I took a deep breath to calm
myself. It didn’t work. As the officer approached the car, I heard his
thoughts.
“Stupid teenage drivers. She looks to be around 16. Probably just got her
license. Bet she’s one of those rich kids from The Academy. Taking Daddy’s
fancy car for a spin.”
“You were going 81 in a 55, young
lady,” the officer said as I rolled down my window. “License and registration.”
I kept my head down. “I have to get
it in the glove compartment. Is that okay?”
“Go ahead.” The officer let out a
long sigh as he crossed his arms and stared down at me. “So do you go to The
Academy?”
“Um, no. I don’t know what that
is.” I reached over and opened the glove compartment. It was filled with
papers. I started searching for the registration.
“It’s that private school. Just up
a few exits from here.” The officer leaned down and poked his head through the
window. “Nice car you got. Is your daddy one of the execs at that research
place?”
“I don’t know what place you’re
talking about.” I found the registration and handed it to him. It had Owens’ name
on it. Once the officer saw Owens’ name, I knew he’d be suspicious. Some
teenage girl driving a well-known billionaire’s car?
The officer didn’t look at the
registration. Instead he kept talking to me. “You know, that research place
that does something with genes? It’s a big corporation. GlobalLife something.”
I tried to act normal. “Um, no.
I’ve never heard of that place. Is it around here?”
“It’s down in White Plains. But a
lot of the bigwigs who work there like to live out here in the country and send
their kids to The Academy.” He paused. “License, please.”
I froze. I didn’t have a license!
It was sitting in my bedroom back in Minnesota. My mind began racing so fast
that I developed a massive headache. How could I be so stupid speeding like
that?
“License, please.” The officer
repeated the request as he leaned down closer to me. “What’s the problem? You
don’t have one? You’re driving without a license?”
I said nothing and stared straight
ahead.
He sighed again. “Okay, then.
You’ll need to come with me. Your folks will have to come get you at the
station. Gather your things. I’ll be right back.”
The officer returned to his squad
car. My headache intensified as my mind tried to hear what he was thinking. But
I heard nothing as he walked away.
“Please, please just let me go,” I
whispered to myself as if doing so would somehow help. “I’m begging you. Let me
go. Just forget this ever happened and go away.”
My head now felt like it was
splitting into pieces. I closed my eyes and tried harder to hear the officer’s
thoughts. I still couldn’t hear anything.
I opened my eyes again. The bright
sun made the pain in my head even worse. I checked my mirror to see if the
officer was still in his car. But the police car was no longer behind me. I
looked out the front window and noticed an expensive black car with dark tinted
windows. Had another car been pulled over? Or did the car belong to someone
from GlobalLife?
I wasn’t sure what was going on,
but I knew this wasn’t going to end well. I decided I had to at least try to
escape. I reached down to turn the keys in the ignition, but something didn’t
look right. Then I noticed the dashboard was different. It had all kinds of
equipment attached to it. I quickly realized that I was sitting in the front
seat of the police car. The black car in front of me was the one I’d been
driving. How did I get in the police car? I looked to my left and caught a
glimpse of myself in the side mirror. But it wasn’t me! It was the officer!
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Stephanie is a freelance health writer by day and novel
writer by night. She's been dreaming up stories for as long as she can remember
but finally put a few down on paper (or ebook) with her YA trilogy, The
Samantha Project. She's currently working on a new adult romance series that’s
coming out soon! When she’s not writing, she’s reading (usually YA/NA romance
or a mystery thriller), cooking something really good, or running (to burn off
the calories of whatever she cooked that was really good).
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MY REVIEW
The Samantha Project by Stephanie KarpinskeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received a copy of this book for an exchange of an honest review.
I have to say this is the first book that i read of this author, and i really like it i did not think i was gone like it but i did, and i am glad i got a chance to read it.
I love the characters and how this story formed.
Samantha life was perfect, she got the good grades, and a great boyfriends, and she got to score an early admission to standford. But all that changes when she loses her parents in a bad accident and her world comes crashing down, and that’s when she finds out that her parents accident was not an accident at all and the fertility assistance resulting in her birth were not ordinary.
I really enjoy this book. I like the action the plots the twist and the romance in between, i also like the hole science fiction background and how the human emotions blend in this story. I want to thank Author Stephanie Karpinske for introducing me to this amazing book and awesome characters.
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The Golden Couple by Stephanie KarpinskeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received this book for an exchange of an honest review.
I read the first book and i really like it but i think i like and enjoy this one more.
The Golden Couple starts right of where The Samantha Project left off. And i really love it when a series is pick up where the other one ends. I am loving the characters, and i am having way too much fun with this book.
This is a book that is full of action packed, while reading this book i kept thinking to myself how far human will go. I am gone keep this short because i don’t want to give anything away. If you haven’t read the first book do it it’s a great book.
In this book you could expect spy like scenes, jealousy and running emotions from Sam and the journey that she and her friends had to go through just to stop their time bomb from shutting down their own bodies. I absolute love this book.
I said it once i am saying it again Thank you Author Stephanie Karpinske for introducing me to another amazing story and great characters.
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A Chosen Destiny by Stephanie KarpinskeMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I received this book for an exchange of an honest review.
Ok once again Author Stephanie Karpinske did it again. i don’t have enough words for this one i love how this series end it, i am gone keep this short but you really gone have to read this amazing story.
Ever since Samantha learned the truth about herself she has been struggling to figure out who’s really in charge of her life, and she is trying to make her own choices. And i am not disappointed of how this book end it. i was so hooked on this series that i couldn’t put the book down i just did not wanted to finish it and i just wanted to keep on reading more, you just gone have to read this book and i am gone keep saying it . Thank you so much Author Stephanie Karpinske for this amazing awesome trilogy i love it and can’t wait to read more of your books
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