Publisher's Synopsis
A Storm is brewing...
...When, where, and what kind is unknown.
Tessa Waterford is the key.
Hidden in Broad Daylight is the first book in The Apara Chronicles, a Paranormal Sci-fi Fantasy full of strong women characters existing in the world of the Apara. The Apara Chronicles takes paranormal beings and turns the table on them, making them the grain of truth behind the lore, dropping many of the tropes, in favor of much more 'human' non-humans...but they still BITE!
The Apara are virtually immortal guardians of humanity, working hard to keep humanity from imploding before they reach a true level of civilization. They live among us, indistinguishable from humans, unless you realize your neighbor hasn't aged in twenty years!
Tessa Waterford's life may not have hit a dead end, but she's been circling the round-about of life for the last two years, until she sees an ad in the local paper for a job she MUST apply for! She lacks one very important qualification, however. While she can do the job, she can't become one of the Apara, as she isn't genetically compatible. They hire her anyway, for her "special qualities". They can't shake the feeling she belongs with them, but that seems impossible!
It doesn't take long before Tess discovers the truth, but her special qualities prevent them from removing the knowledge from her mind. She becomes stuck between human reality and that of The Apara. She can't sit idly by while the Apara man responsible for her must prevent an ominous, but undefined threat to humanity.
Despite her incompatibility, The Apara bring out Tess's latent psychic gifts, and must teach her how to use them. As long as she's human, she'll never belong anywhere fully. She's more than human, but not truly one of the Apara.
Will they be able to stop the ominous "Black Cloud" event The Apara's precognitive warnings allude to? Or will Tess's new life be short-lived, along with many others on the planet?
