In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create egg or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety. Working for Thorne, her focus becomes split when she begins to fall for him, but she knows she hasn’t let anything slip–love or not, his DNA is safe. But then she and Thorne are confronted by a pregnant woman, Quinn, who claims that Thorne is the father of her baby, and all bets are off.

Thank you @netgalley for this ARC! This book had an interesting premise but I found the execution to be a hot mess. I really wanted to like it but the writing. Was. SO. Bad. The syntax was all over the place, making everything seem incredibly choppy. The characters also came across as quite flat and I couldn’t bring myself to care for or be invested in any of their stories. Their motivations are very murky for the majority of the book. There was kind of a twist at the end but it wasn’t enough to make up for the chaotic plot structure. I wouldn’t classify this as a thriller as there was really no suspense. The sci-fi elements were also kind of strange and rooted more in fantasy than science. The book also had an opportunity to delve into deeper themes of medical ethics and surrogacy, but those were more surface level plot elements and I was disappointed by that. Overall this had some potential but the execution made this a miss for me.