Stealing Coal

Reread. Just as fun the second time. I wish LD would get back to this series as it is my favorite.

The fifth installment in the Cyborg Seduction series is a winner. This is the story of Coal who had been kept as a breeding slave by a planet full of Cyborg women. When he finally gets free, he sacrifices himself for another cyborg male and his woman. Coal ends up back in the hands of human traders who plan to sell him to a cage fighting planet to fight until he dies. Jill, a human woman who is making a living on the edge of the blackmarket with only a couple of droids for company, rescues him. Jill has an unpleasant history with sex as does Coal but he at least knows that it can be a pleasant experience. She had an abusive ex husband and show more so wants nothing to do with sex. Coal decides that since she has saved him he will fix up her shuttle for her and also fix up her sexual hangups while he’s at it. Eventually, these two broken people fix each other up and fall in love.

There was good honest emotion here. The heroines of these stories keep getting better and better. They are strong women who have the compassion and openmindedness to fall in love with cyborgs who most humans either despise or fear. The characterization of both the hero and heroine are deep and well developed. Coal is damaged and he knows it. He worries about being a good enough man for Jill. I like that the two of them cleave to each other. They don’t doubt once they have declared their feelings. When Jill is kidnapped, she knows he will come for her and he knows that even if it seems that way, she did not leave him willingly. No silly misunderstandings just a sweet love story.

Good sci fi romance. Looks like the next one will be Councilman Zorus. Boy, he’s been a bad bad cyborg throughout the series. Can’t wait to see how Ms. Dohner turns him around. show less

I loved it!! This new story arc is great!! Really nicely written and great characters! Loads of steamy action!! It is great to see two wounded souls heal each other! Can not wait for the next book!

Romance. Cyborg Seduction 5. Number 4 was Touching Ice which I already read out of sequence. Jill is a merc trading on her dead fathers name. She has 3 androids. Coal was the one treated badly by the cyborg women. Good

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