Now that Texas has seceded and the world is spiraling into chaos, good guys come in unlikely packages and love sprouts in the most inconvenient places…
Rogue scientist • technologically enhanced • deliciously attractive
Heron Farad should be dead. But technology has made him the man he is today. Now he heads a crew of uniquely skilled outsiders who fight to salvage what’s left of humanity: art, artifacts, books, ideas-sometimes even people. People like Mari Vallejo.
Gun for hire • Texan rebel • always hits her mark
Mari has been lusting after her mysterious handler for months. But when a by-the-book hit goes horribly sideways, she and Heron land on the universal most wanted list. Someone set them up. Desperate and on the run, they must trust each other to survive, while hiding devastating secrets. As their explosive chemistry heats up, it’s the perfect storm…
Titles in the Tether series include: Wanted & Wired –
Title: Wanted & Wired
Series: Tether #1
Author: Vivien Jackson
Genre: Science Fiction
Published: April 4, 2017
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
My Rating: 3.5 stars
Wanted and Wired is an intriguing science fiction romance in a futuristic world of our own crazy invention. A bit of a mystery, some romantic suspense tossed in and you have the beginning story in a series that promises to make your mind be fully engaged while your emotions fall all over the place.
There is world building in the beginning – it’s necessary for this is quite a different USA and the people who inhabit it now are vastly superior to what we once were… for the most part, humans will after all still be humans with all their different ways of doing things, and getting in trouble. I can safely say that this started out slow for me, but I felt the world building was vivid and necessary to understand where the mind set of this world came from. Once you get past the first information filled chapters, the story of intrigue and romance between Mari and Heron takes off in satisfying ways. This story is full of word pictures that paint an uncertain future with vivid images that are often softened around the edges by Heron’s viewpoint.
If you need a protector in your sci-fi romances, then Heron is your guy. Enhanced by technology, he holds on to that human part of him and while he may provide the brawn and strength in this relationship, he also is the brain of the operation with an undying love of history and the small things from the past that need to be preserved. As a gun for hire, Mari is an interesting woman. She has her own agenda yet the friendship she has with Heron is growing into something more. That’s probably the one thing that truly scares her in this world.
I enjoyed my time in this world and will definitely follow this series as it grows. If you are a reader of science fiction or post-apocalyptic romance then Wanted & Wired should be on your reading list.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
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