Review of Stranded with the Cyborg (Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance #1) by Cara Bristol

The daughter of the Terran president, Penelope Aaron resented the restrictions imposed upon her, but that was no reason to take it out on the man assigned to protect her. She regrets how she got Agent Brock Mann booted from the security force. But now that she’s an interplanetary ambassador about to embark on her first diplomatic mission, she still doesn’t want him tagging along. Especially since he seems to be stronger, faster, more muscled, and sexier than she remembers. And pretending to be her husband? This mission couldn’t get more impossible!

Ten years ago Penelope Isabella Aaron had been a pain in Brock Mann’s you-know-what. Much has changed in a decade: “PIA” as he code-named her, has grown up and is about to attend her first Alliance of Planets summit conference, and Brock was transformed into a cyborg after a near-fatal attack. Now a secret agent with Cyber Operations, a covert paramilitary organization, Brock gets called in, not when the going gets tough, but when the going gets impossible. So when he’s unexpectedly assigned to escort Penelope to the summit meeting, he balks at babysitting a prissy ambassador. But after a terrorist bombing, a crash landing on a hostile planet, and a growing attraction to his protectee, Operation: PIA may become his most impossible assignment yet. 

Overall Rating:  4.25 Rockin’ ★★★★

Take a young woman finding her place in the universe and a former shunned soldier turned Cyborg and what do you get? Stranded with the Cyborg! The first book in the Cy-Ops Sci-fi series, by Cara Bristol.  This entertaining story is fast-paced and full of action from the beginning.  The universe created by the author draws you in and continues to hold your attention to the last page.  This is Brock and Penelope’s story of forgiveness and love.

Penelope grew up in politics, her mother served as President of the Alliance of Planets.  She suffered her teenage years with a security detail.  Brock was assigned to protect her until she lied about him.  She knew it was wrong but wanted a reaction from him instead of the typical nod or short one word phrases.   Since then she has excelled in her career and is now an ambassador at the first Alliance of Planets conference.  When her mother confronts her to insist on a bodyguard, she takes off to the summit earlier than planned without her security detail.  

Brock is a Cyborg.  After a mission gone bad, he was recruited by Carter to join the Cy-Ops and his body became enhanced through different medical procedures.  When Carter requests that Brock handle Penelope’s security for the summit, old feelings resurface.  When he sees her again, there are feelings he doesn’t understand.  He also knows that he is no longer a man, but is now a machine.  Brock believes that he doesn’t deserve love or happiness, because he’s not human.

When the two once again connect, their chemistry sizzles and burns the pages as their story unfolds.  There are several twists and turns you don’t expect.  If you are looking for a new twist on science fiction romance try this book today!  

***Received an ARC of this book from the Author in exchange for an honest review***

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