Review: Science Fiction Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
I received this book from the author and the Some Like It Hot group in exchange for a honest review.My Thoughts:  Loved this book!  It featured my favorite theme - the abused heroine.  Even through I had not read the previous books in the series, I was not lost.  I also liked all the secondary characters and will check out the other books in the series.The Hero:  He was a sweetheart, but also had a tough side.  He was caring and considerate with the heroine at all times.  He never took undue advantage of the heroine.  He was born with only one arm and sometimes jumped to conclusions and thought the heroine was disgusted by him.  She was never disgusted that he only had one arm.The Heroine: She is resilient after finally getting up the courage to leave her crappy, abusive husband.  During the course of the book, she comes out of her shell.  She is wary of the hero at first, but slowly begins to care for him.  This soon turns into love.The Background: Years ago, the government created "The Program" in which genetically enhanced soldiers were created.  The public views them with distrust and suspicion.  Every soldier in the program can request to be matched to a woman.  A match means that they both have a DNA connection to each other.The Story: Jill has concocted a plan to escape her abusive husband.  She submits her name into the program to be matched to a soldier.  She receives word that they have found a match for her.  She leaves her husband and shows up unexpectedly at the base.They put her in a room to await her match.  Rowan is summoned and goes into the room to meet her.  Things don't start off good so Rowan tells her they will not suit.  So, then she offers herself to him as a last resort.  Eventually, Rowan senses she is not into it and puts a stop to it.  He then gets her to tell him the truth.  Once he finds out the truth, he is determined to protect her and tells his superior they are a match.The rest of the book deals with the difficulties that Rowan and Jill go through to get to their HEA.