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Playing With Fire

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Parts 14
Time 5h 13m

Reads 1,044
Votes 72
Parts 14
Time 5h 13m

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"Heart-pounding," -Reader's Favorite Reviews. "5 Stars!"
Fans of Veronica Mars and Scorpion will devour this fast-paced, cyber thriller.
Still recovering from her blemished past, Farris is no stranger to trouble. But when a series of apparent computer glitches threaten the security of her father's experimental aircraft squadron, she decides to put her computer skills to use digging up the truth. Soon she's drawn into the perilous world of a hacker who is determined to ground the fleet--at any cost. The closer she gets to the truth, the more it looks like her would-be boyfriend might be the one behind it all...All Rights Reserved

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Perception and Deception by andreahintz1

Felix Jaynes is a special agent for the Real Life Immersion Program (also known as RLIP). A few months ago, she had a traumatic experience that caused her to go from a confident agent who was a phenomenal expert in her field, to suddenly doubting her career. She has recently been sent to an extremely rural town called Toselville. Her mission: find the middle aged son of two weapons designers who created blueprints for the United States government. As time goes on, she befriends Ashton Mathis, the owner of the only grocery shop in town, and his best friend/employee. RLIP agents have partners who talk to them through their small earpieces that cannot be seen. These agents are not allowed to see their partners or even know their names. Felix has had many partners who are generally cold and over-professional. But Felix has been assigned to Wolf, an older gentleman who becomes a sort of wise father figure to her. After going with Ashton and his friends to the town bowling alley, Felix finds that she is starting to get into a clique of her own. Ashton is there to hopefully win Felix's heart, and Felix is there strictly on business, hoping to get information for her case...or so she keeps telling herself. Against Wolf's initial words of wisdom, Felix finds herself thinking about Ashton and accepts his invitation to go out on a date. But Felix accidentally blows her cover, and soon, Ashton is attacked. Felix was able to save him once, but now her enemies will stop at nothing to get to them. Felix is reassigned to a new mission...witness protection for Ashton and herself. Their budding romantic relationship comes to a sharp halt as they now have to focus on working together to survive. They can run, but they know their enemies are never far behind. Their only option to save themselves is to solve this case. And it is not going to be easy.

INTRUSIVE by LLRonin

Ember Manchester has it all. She's beautiful, she's rolling in money, and she has a job that she loves. Ember is one of the most renowned computer hackers in the world: respected, sought out by clients across the globe, and the absolute best at what she does. But she wants more, so when she's hired by a mysterious client for a job unlike any other, she springs at the chance. She's been tasked with a near impossible job: hack into a secure government agency, take down their firewall, and steal all of their money. After a job well done, her mysterious client reveals himself as Rylan Ford: a smug, arrogant, and oh so handsome man who simultaneously draws her in and gets under her skin. He reveals that she was hired as a test of her abilities. Wanting to see if she was as good as her reputation suggests, Ember passed his test with flying colors. He then offers her a job: he needs her help running a firm of hackers that take jobs all across the world. Initially reluctant to take the job, Ember finally agrees. Everything is going well until an old associate of hers materializes out of the past, blackmailing her for money and threatening her life. Unknown to Ember, however, Rylan also harbors a dark past, and his demons are much worse than Ember's. Meanwhile, Ember finds herself falling in love with Rylan, who underneath his smug exterior is not much different than herself. When both of their dark pasts threaten to reveal themselves, will their relationship survive? And more importantly, will they?

Room 19 by JasmineThayer

When Nova Simmons, a bright young nurse, begins her first night shift at White Wing Mental Institution, she's ready to prove herself. The hospital's halls are quiet - too quiet - and the staff seem tense, as if holding back something they're afraid to speak of. Then she hears it. A voice. A whisper. A cry for help. It's coming from Room 19. But according to everyone who works there - Room 19 doesn't exist. Drawn by compassion and an unshakable sense of déjà vu, Nova defies the warnings. What she finds inside changes everything: a pale, malnourished man sitting in the corner, trembling and forgotten. His name is Sawyer Addams - and the moment she looks into his haunted blue eyes, something in her memory stirs. Why does he look familiar? Why does the name Addams feel like a missing piece of her own past? And why does the head nurse, Willow Adams, seem to know more than she's willing to say? With the help of her new friend Journee, Nova begins to uncover the institution's darkest secrets - twisted experiments, vanished doctors, and the truth about her own father's role in what happened behind White Wing's locked doors. But the deeper she digs, the more she realizes: some rooms were never meant to be opened. And some patients were never meant to be found. Can Nova save the man in Room 19 before the madness that built White Wing consumes her too? Or will she discover that she's been part of the experiment all along?

Project NOVA by Elagomezv

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Freak of Nature by JuliaCrane

Donate Body to Science. Check.&amp;nbsp;When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.&amp;nbsp;Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scientist who can’t get over the guilt he feels knowing she was once a vibrant, beautiful young woman. He never expected a science project to affect him the way she does. As he tries to help her rediscover her past, he finds himself falling for the brave girl struggling to find her place and acceptance between the human and computer worlds.&amp;nbsp;*For mature teens due to some sexual content.

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Alliance || 1 || ✔️ mature by lustenvy

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Perception and Deception

Felix Jaynes is a special agent for the Real Life Immersion Program (also known as RLIP). A few months ago, she had a traumatic experience that caused her to go from a confident agent who was a phenomenal expert in her field, to suddenly doubting her career. She has recently been sent to an extremely rural town called Toselville. Her mission: find the middle aged son of two weapons designers who created blueprints for the United States government. As time goes on, she befriends Ashton Mathis, the owner of the only grocery shop in town, and his best friend/employee. RLIP agents have partners who talk to them through their small earpieces that cannot be seen. These agents are not allowed to see their partners or even know their names. Felix has had many partners who are generally cold and over-professional. But Felix has been assigned to Wolf, an older gentleman who becomes a sort of wise father figure to her. After going with Ashton and his friends to the town bowling alley, Felix finds that she is starting to get into a clique of her own. Ashton is there to hopefully win Felix's heart, and Felix is there strictly on business, hoping to get information for her case...or so she keeps telling herself. Against Wolf's initial words of wisdom, Felix finds herself thinking about Ashton and accepts his invitation to go out on a date. But Felix accidentally blows her cover, and soon, Ashton is attacked. Felix was able to save him once, but now her enemies will stop at nothing to get to them. Felix is reassigned to a new mission...witness protection for Ashton and herself. Their budding romantic relationship comes to a sharp halt as they now have to focus on working together to survive. They can run, but they know their enemies are never far behind. Their only option to save themselves is to solve this case. And it is not going to be easy.