This book is a very sweet, yet exciting, novella. For those of you new to reviews, a novella is shorter than a standard book. That being said, the author Liz Bailey did a WONDERFUL job with the pacing and plot and you end the story completely satisfied that you just took a magical journey!

The main female character in this book is Catia, a woman in her 30s facing huge changes. Catia recently separated from her husband and is in the midst of a divorce. This is to be her first summer without the kids and she is unsure what to expect. For she had become simply the woman who took care of everyone, kids, husband, daily routines, chores, etc., etc. As many of us know, and live through, we become slaves to our families and our jobs. We lose time for ourselves. Time to feed passions and really time to even have passions. We no longer remember who we are and simply become caretakers to all else. Catia is facing this as her children walk out the door for summer fun with their dad.

Yet Catia decided that was NOT going to be the end of her story. She remembers as she sits there despondent in the utter quiet, after cleaning her entire house as it was simply something to do, that she used to love gaming. So she looks up a used game shop and goes there right away. What she gets sold was the LUX-1 system which looked very similar to all other gaming consoles with some minor deviations. She is informed by the witchy looking saleslady that all games are online and the console and controller are all she needs. That she will be ‘playtesting’ the newest gaming console. Catia nervously buys the system with little hope that it will help her quell her negative feelings of herself. Yet that is where magic comes in.

This is a story of growth, a journey for Catia to rediscover her self-worth, to reclaim the passion in her life. For as Catia engages with the new console it transforms into Lux, the ‘man’ she never knew she needed to meet. And as Catia and Lux learn each other’s likes and dislikes the impossible happens, Catia feels truly seen and loved. BUT WAIT! Is it not just a gaming console?? Or in this case simply a robot?? Can it ever love her back?

And wait again! What is Catia to do when her husband wants to come home? What about the kids? What about real life and engaging in that? What is a woman supposed to do when they fall in love with a LUX-1?

Read this quirky, magical, engaging, and spicy novella when it comes out 7/5/2026 and find out! You will not be disappointed. And who knows, perhaps some of us may re-visit our own old gaming systems or even search for a used game store to visit?

For we all need to remember we are more than just family and work. We have passion and deserve to be seen and loved. READ this book when it comes out!

I received a free copy of this book as an ARC and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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