Recruited as a teenagers by the government for her genius level intelligence and compatibility to the hero, the heroine is given a Nano chip in her brain which essentially acts like a super computer, giving her interweb capabilities as well as linking her both mentally and emotionally to her partner. They act as one, they know each others minds and thoughts and carry a bond deeper than any other partnership could ever hope to achieve. He's her best friend- her only friend and she's the only one he ever always close enough to his heart. Too bad he thinks she's a computer. Even knowing the discovery she's lied to him by omission will infuriate him and in a way betray his trust, she has no choice but to make face to face contact for the first time. She finally has a hint to the whereabouts of her missing parents and she needs his help in finding them. As expected he's angry and horrified to discover the A.I. who knows all his darkest secrets isn't a machine at all but rather a stunningly beautiful woman-young as she is. But regardless of hurt feelings, the trust and bond between them can't be severed because of something so small, so when he learns that she's in danger and needs his help, he doesn't hesitate for a second to bring her on his mission. She's being targeted by another woman with part of the Nano chip experiment and as it happens this mysterious woman, the heroine's parents and the two rebels he's been assigned to bring in dead or alive have all gathered into one run down disgusting city. Despite their best attempts to avoid it however, they soon finds themselves kidnapped and imprisoned by the enemy who wants to use the heroine's abilities for 'world domination'. That's the least of their worried, though. Mainly the ever growing sexual tension between friends is becoming harder and harder to ignore and is threatening to change the dynamic of their friendship forever. But maybe change is good, maybe they are finally becoming what they have always meant to be but were too afraid to allow? Awesome book with passionate , loyal and incredibly connected characters. They were soo in tune with one another. Though they fought and disagreed at times, the hero respected and protected the heroine while allowing her to prove herself on her first mission. He promised to help her find her parents, kept her realistic and level headed when her emotions threatened to make her blind to the facts and above all, he loved her as both a friend and as 'his woman'. The heroine really stole the show though for me because she was so cool. She was passionate, yes. And a hell of a soldier despite her youth and sex, but she was quick on the draw and a perfect balance to her male partner. And the most likeable quality about her character was her total void of feminine stubbornness. She respected the hero's leadership, trusted him 100% and believed him when he tells her that he'll do what he can to find her parents as long as it doesn't interfere with their mission. And she acknowledge that the mission came first! I loved her and I loved him and I loved them together. So great. Oh and the part when the hero finally opens up about the subject of his repeating nightmares broke my heart. His guilt and remorse really resonated through the pages and just solidified my opinion of his character. Awesome book. ( )

The Power Of Two - 2176, Bk 4 by Patti O'Shea

Cai Randolph is in the Army Special Forces of the United Colonies of Earth. She is the tech half "anchor" of a Quandem. She can communicate with her partner in the field with neural implants. They have never meet face to face, he even thinks shes a computer, he's in for a surprise:)

Jacob Tucker is the receptor, he takes the information that she send through the implants to complete his missions in the field. Their new assignment has them going to the Raft cities, to find and capture Banzai Maguire. ( )

Cai Randolph has implants in her brain that enable her link to the computers of the Unified Colonies of Earth to feed data to her Recep, the gorgeous Jake Tucker, captain of an elite Special Forces team. Cai now believes that her parents are being held captive in the Raft Cities so she persuades Jake to include her on their latest operation. ( )