STRANDED WITH THE CYBORG
by Cara Bristol
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GENRE: science fiction romance
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BLURB:
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 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.
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EXCERPT:
What was so urgent it couldn’t wait until I got back from
Darius 4?” Brock flung himself into the wide-backed sensa-chair, which
conformed to the angles and lines of his body to provide optimal support and
comfort. He would have preferred that an android pleasure worker fit her
realistic feminine form around him than a piece of furniture—as he’d been about
to experience when the Cyber Operations director’s summons had come through.
“You’re the one who insisted I take respite time.”
“Drink?” Carter punched a button on his console, a cabinet
slid open, and he removed a decanter. After pouring two shots of bronze
liqueur, he shoved one across the desk.
Brock’s internal warning system flashed an alert. “What’s
the bad news?”
“Why do you assume that?”
“Whenever you break out the Cerinian brandy, you’re either
trying to butter me up or soften the blow.” He eyed the man who’d been his
friend since they served together in the Terran Central Protection Office
fifteen years ago. Carter’s blank expression betrayed nothing, but the brandy
sang like a yellow songbird.
The director knocked back his shot, then thumped his chest
with his fist. Cerinian brandy went down smooth until the afterburn lit your
throat on fire. Or it did to one who was unaltered. Brock downed his and felt
only slight warmth.
“I have an assignment for you,” Carter said, his voice
hoarse from the liqueur. “The Association of Planets Summit is on Malodonus
next week. There’s been a threat against…the Terran ambassador,” he hesitated
like he expected Brock to short-circuit a computer chip.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Multi-published,
Cara Bristol is the author of more than 20 erotic romance titles. She writes
science fiction romance, contemporary romance, paranormal, and spanking romance.
No matter what the subgenre, one thing remains constant: her emphasis on
character-driven seriously hot erotic stories with sizzling chemistry between
the hero and heroine. Cara has lived many places in the United States, but
currently lives in Missouri with her husband. She has two grown stepkids. When
she’s not writing, she enjoys reading and traveling.
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