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From cybersex partners to hackers gone awry, each of McCarthy’s three fiery tales involve couples who interact with computers and find love in the process. In “Hard Drive,” Kindra is mortified when her coworker and secret crush, Mack, catches her cavorting online with her cybersex lover. But when Mack offers to show her the benefits of love the old-fashioned way, Kindra realizes what she has been missing. In “Press Any Key,” it seems like Jared can’t stand his sexy coworker Candy. But beneath his scowl, he is deeply attracted to her sweet ways. “User Friendly” finds Halley reluctantly turning to her best friend, Evan, for help with a hacker. They both have feelings for each other but are afraid to act on them until the heat of the hacker chase finds them giving in to their lust and discovering the perfect mate in each other.
Publication Year: 2003
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I haven't gotten into Erin McCarthy yet. She doesn't stand out to me at all. Not that her writing is bad by any means. Her stories are just sort of static. Or at least, these ones were.
Sorry to ruin it for you buw why did EVERY story end with a proposal? Is it not right to have hot, sweaty, and satisfying sex unless it's with your intended. Every proposal (except maybe possibly the last if you wanted to stretch it) seemed to come out of no where! Totally rushed.
Now that I've thought this through, perhaps this book doesn't deserve the 3 star rating. Maybe it's a 2 star book.
I'm undecided so I'll leave it.
There was nothing here that interested me. A lot of my 3 star books are good but no better. The difference with this book was that I had to force myself to finsh the short stories. Usually, what I like best about short stories is the fact that if they start to get boring, you're almost done. With these stories I made myself grit teeth and bear it.
Yeah, I'm giving this 2 stars. This collection of stories just wasn't for me.