Sophia Rose reviews: Vortex by Cara Bristol

Today my friend Sophia Rose is back with a review for Vortex by Cara Bristol from one of her favorite Sci-Fi Romance series.
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Vortex by Cara Bristol

#3 Cyborg Force

Sci-Fi Romance

Publisher: Cara Bristol

Published: 10.20.22

Pages: 195

Rating: 4.5 stars

Format: eARC

Source: author

Sellers: Amazon

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GoodReads Blurb:

Her dream job is becoming her worst nightmare.

Attorney Tempest Waters jumps at the chance to make a difference in the galaxy by joining the president’s administration. But once inside the White House she discovers the publicly personable politician is criminally corrupt and venal to the core. Unfortunately, Tempest has seen too much to be allowed to resign. When the menacing henchman Benjamin Bane begins dogging her every step she fears she may be in serious trouble. With the excuse of checking on the president’s planetary interests, she escapes to dune-covered, sand-blasted Sajave—only to have Bane follow her.

Not all cyborgs are good guys. Some are stone-cold killers.

When Benjamin Bane undergoes the transformation to cyborg, he suffers a rare complication—the loss of his emotions. He’s unable to feel more than shallow sentiments. On the plus side, being dead inside makes his job as an enforcer doing the president’s dirty work a lot easier. But then he encounters Tempest Waters. Something about the unassuming, but efficient presidential aide catches his eye. What begins as mild interest soon becomes an obsession as she reawakens his dormant passions and sweeps him into a vortex of emotion.

But he can’t afford to feel anything. He’s been ordered to kill her.

Vortex (Cyborg Force 3) is an enemies-to-lovers science fiction romance that will have you clinging to the edge of your seat. Get Vortex>, and hang on. Your steamy, suspenseful, action-packed ride is about to begin.

 

Sophia Rose's Review:

Going from big asset to major liability, attorney Tempest Waters, is in the crosshairs of the President’s most competent enforcer, Benjamin Bane.  Book two ended at an interesting place and Vortex launched from there. 

 

Vortex is book three in the Cyborg Force series on a sandy alien world with the suspense building with each connected book.

 

Tempest never dreamt that when she went to work for the President she wouldn’t be working for the good guys or that she would likely never break free.  Her life depends on getting the Sajave situation handled, but the complications come in the form of her big lethal shadow and the extenuating circumstances going on with the planet.  Bane says trust him and she finds herself wanting to, but… yeah right!

 

Bane lost his emotions when he was made cyborg and it served him well especially when he went to work as the ambitious President’s enforcer.  But, inconveniently, the emotions return when one warmhearted lawyer crosses his path.  Tempest should have never ended up working for the President and she doesn’t have the cold heart for the job.  The kill order will come.  And then what will he do about the woman who has gotten under his cyborg skin?

 

The suspense was there from the beginning and Vortex kept this up through the story and doubled down on the excitement there at the end. 

Tempest and Bane were introduced in the previous book as were the circumstances of the sentient alien sand of Sajave and the corporations that are set to ignore the scientific reports for their own ends with the full power of the President backing them.  It is a powder keg and there Tempest was saddled to ride it out and somehow find a win-win out of a big lose-lose situation. 

I had my suspicions about Bane’s interest in Tempest and could only hope I was right about him.  She didn’t even trust or like him when the attraction started to come for her.  Talk about good enemies to lovers’ material.  I liked how the author set this pair up and got their story from point A to point B.

Wow, the twist and exciting moment were great.  I didn’t see that coming.  When it finally went down, the powder keg fuse was lit and the next book with Clint, the leader and a surprising shades of gray heroine will see it igniting for the grand finale.

This is a long-novella length, fast read just like the others in the series.  There are spicy and exciting diverse romance scenarios with each one while the over-arcing series story continues with good sci-fi action.  Sci-fi romance lovers really need to give Cara Bristol’s hard action sexy cyborgs a go.

 

Author Bio:

USA Today Bestselling Author Cara Bristol writes character driven science fiction romance with humor, heart, and heat. She loves introducing new readers to science fiction romance, and likes to say she writes sci-fi for readers who don’t like sci-fi. When she’s not writing (ha ha ha – she’s almost always writing) she enjoys traveling to exotic destinations and chillaxin’ with her favorite reality TV shows. Cara lives in Missouri with her own alpha hero, her husband.

Website:  https://carabristol.com/

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063796386441

 

 Sophia’s Bio:

Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.

As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.

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