The Neural Baker

In a world where your mind isn't your own, love becomes the ultimate rebellion.
Mira Chen is one of the last free minds in New Boston. As a Null, someone born immune to the neural implants that connect everyone else to the corporate network, she's an outcast in a city that sees her as broken. Her small bakery is her sanctuary, a place where the warmth of fresh bread offers comfort in a cold, sterile world.
Holden Rivers was once OmniCorp's most brilliant technician, the architect of the very surveillance system that enslaves the city. Now he's a broken man, trapped by the technology he created, haunted by the lives he's destroyed, and desperate for redemption he doesn't deserve.
When corporate enforcers target Mira for her rare genetic immunity, Holden makes a choice that will change everything. He walks away from his gilded cage to protect a woman he barely knows, a woman whose fierce compassion and defiant spirit awaken something in him he thought was long hope.
Together, they'll descend into the city's forgotten depths, where a community of outcasts is building a new kind of family. But as their connection deepens into something neither expected, they'll discover that the greatest threat isn't the corporation hunting them. It's the cost of fighting back.
Because revolution demands sacrifice. And love, in a world built on control, is the most dangerous weapon of all.
Perfect for fans of dystopian romance, tech thrillers, and stories where broken people build something beautiful from the ashes.