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Skin to skin contact is illegal. Sex? A felony. Insulated suits and gloves keep people from even the most platonic touches. Citizens line up in droves at simhouses for their rationed, prescribed orgasms in virtual reality machines.

Keith Borden has worked in a simhouse for years, and he's never been tempted to break the strict no-contact laws… until Aiden Maxwell comes along. The attractive and dangerously flirtatious patient invites him into the seedy underground where people engage in real, wireless sex. Though Keith stands to lose his career and his freedom, he's curious and Aiden is irresistible.

From the moment he sets foot in the wireless lounge, Keith is in a world of flesh and fantasy. He's hooked. On the sex, on the atmosphere, and most of all, on Aiden. Years of keeping everyone in his world at arm's length have left Keith craving a human touch, and Aiden offers all the contact—scorching sex, gentle affection, and everything in between—Keith can handle.

That is, until an unexpected act of betrayal throws Keith's world into chaos, and he finds himself more alone than he ever imagined possible…

This 55,000-word novel was previously published by Loose Id in July 2013, and has been extensively revised and rewritten from its first edition.

 

Book Review

In a not too distant future where skin on skin contact has been outlawed, two men struggle to handle their increasing attraction to one another. Sim houses exist to provide the populace with their designated orgasms as wireless sex is illegal due to an unprecedented number of diseases that medical science couldn't cure and overpopulation resulting in mass poverty. I was fascinated by this concept because I couldn't imagine living in a world with no skin to skin touching. I always enjoy this author's works so I was excited to read this story.

Keith has been a sim house worker for fourteen years and sure, occasionally, he's thought about wireless sex but no one has ever tempted him enough to risk finding out. Until Aiden. Aiden has been seeing Keith every other week for months at the sim house. He always requests Keith as his tech and Keith is finding it hard to stop thinking about Aiden. They say curiosity killed the cat but I'm fairly certain humans have the upper hand when it comes to being curious. Keith is no different and he ventures underground with Aiden to a wireless lounge. What he sees there shocks and arouses him to no end. After going back to the lounge twice, Keith knows he can't do this anymore. He's jonesing for Aiden constantly and the sim orgasms just aren't cutting it any longer so he tells Aiden no more and walks away. Six weeks later Keith is going out of his mind and he rejoins Aiden at the lounge. This results in them escaping from a raid, with Aiden then disappearing for several weeks with no contact.

I liked this science fiction world created by the author. Inevitably there was quite some predictability to the overall storyline but it was still an entertaining read. I might have liked a slightly different ending but they got their happy ever after and that will have to satisfy.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 55000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	23-October-2015
Price	$4.49 ebook, $8.99 paperback
Buy Link	http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-L-Witt-ebook/dp/B00WP3IB88