Ingenious / Farris, Barrie

Welcome to the Triangle where breaking a rule gets a man executed.

Gifted with a brain wired like the ancestors, Cadet Quiggs Fallon spends his time deciphering the ancient tomes. If he finds a means to kill the vines, he will win a seat in the Assembly of Ruling Mothers and become the first man allowed to argue the rules without getting executed for treason.

When a badass soldier with secrets saves Quiggs from an assassin, their surprising attraction burns hotter than his amazing new fuel paste. But Quiggs is off-limits, and his gorgeous hero is honor bound to defend the rules. With threats from the governor, assassins stalking him, and female ferals scouting the border for studs, those damn vines are growing smarter. Unless Quiggs invents a formula to kill them, the Triangle is doomed. So why not break a few rules?

This is a unique dystopian world where a bumbling, brilliant cadet comes of age in a matriarchal society with harsh rules that were necessary a thousand years ago but are questionable now. Only after Quiggs graduates does a full throttle romance kick in, joining the intrigues, twists, and adventures.

Warning: For readers 18 and older. Contains emotionally-charged, explicit m/m love. Look elsewhere if you want horny heroes jumping into bed by the second chapter. If you want a plot with steamy sex only when a scene justifies it, this sci fi is written for you. But, yeah, there are plenty of totally justified, smoking hot scenes.