Krell has scars on his face and neck, put there by hateful humans. Mindy Kennedy delivers another enchanting narration of the story. Taunting Krell is an action-packed sci-fi erotic romance that's a perfect addition to this series. I'm really looking forward to the next book. My heart broke for both Krell and Cyan as they struggled to find happiness.

Where some of her previous books have felt repetitive in places, this one just had the perfect balance of everything I look for in a romance. Dohner's growth as a writer in this book. The last book made progress with the `human ownership' issues and I like that this book had even more progress within the Cyborg society. Issues that deal with Cyborgs' and the way they force their females to marry 2-3 males. Taunting Krell really brought out some issues in the series that I've been waiting for. In fact, I think this one has the least amount of sex compared to the others in this series. This book was heavier on action, romance and sexual tension as opposed to actual sex. With Krell's inability to trust the gorgeous woman falling for him, there is a lot of mis-communication and really tender moments. Cyan doesn't make a secret that she's attracted to Krell but he thinks she's using him for some ulterior purpose because he assumes no woman would ever want him. Zorus, a council member, orders Krell to take Cyan into his home so he can discover whether or not she's a spy or someone they suspect is very special to cyborgs. It's been 60 months since he's been with a woman so he's a little cranky. So much so that he's not in a marriage union and has even been excused from joining one because no women want him. When Krell lived in captivity on earth he was tortured and scarred by humans and is considered undesirable by cyborg women. When she realizes what kind of laws they've implemented on Garden regarding mating she's heartbroken and rips their council a new one in a very impassioned speech.

I don't want to give away any spoilers about her real identity, but she played an important part in Cyborg history. The cyborgs who capture her think she is a spy and when they send Krell in to interrogate her, things get out of control and she stabs herself in the leg to prove she's not exactly human. Why? Well, there is a lot more to Cyan than meets the eye. She's so stunned she drops her weapons because the last thing she would ever do is hurt a cyborg. While on the ship where she was after the Markus Models she runs into cyborgs. She's completely kick-butt and has no problem holding her own against anyone. Cyan is a soldier from earth sent on a solo mission to destroy Markus Models (psychotic robots that look human but are not sentient beings).

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