Set My Heart to Five: A Novel

✍ Scribed by Stephenson, Simon

• Publisher: Harlequin
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

A delightfully entertaining, deeply poignant debut novel about a humanlike bot, whose emotional awakening leads him on an unforgettable quest for connection
Jared works as a dentist in small-town Michigan. His life is totally normal, except for one thing. He is a bot engineered to look and act like a real person.
One day at a screening of a classic movie, Jared feels a strange sensation around his eyes. Everyone knows that bots can’t feel emotions, but as the theater lights come on, Jared is almost certain he’s crying. Jared, it turns out, can feel.
Overcome with unfamiliar emotions, and facing an imminent reset, Jared skips town and heads west, determined to forge real connections. He yearns to find his “mother,” the scientist who created him. He dreams of writing a screenplay that will change the world. And he might even fall in love. But a bot with feelings is a dangerous proposition, and Jared’s new life could come to an end before it truly begins.
Delectably entertaining and deceptively moving, Set My Heart to Five is a profound exploration of what makes us human and is a love letter to outsiders everywhere.