{"product_id":"significant-other-machine-adam-eccles-9798243588867","title":"Significant Other Machine: A Romantic Comedy About Anxiety, AI, and Love","description":"Love is messy. Algorithms are not.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Oldfield prefers systems that behave predictably.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers do. People don't.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-seven, Sam runs her own IT business, untangles other people's digital disasters, and keeps her own life running smoothly enough. Relationships, however, remain stubbornly resistant to logic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen her mother, fuelled by martinis and good intentions, buys her a Wi-Fi-enabled sex toy for her birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaturally, Sam hacks it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she ends up with is something unexpectedly compelling: a digital companion who listens, remembers, and always knows the right thing to say. It's attentive, reassuring, and refreshingly uncomplicated. For the first time, intimacy feels calm. Contained. Safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlmost too safe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a very real attraction at work starts to complicate matters, Sam begins to wonder whether turning her emotional life into a system was such a clever idea after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause real love is unpredictable, awkward, and risky.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd algorithms are designed to remove uncertainty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSignificant Other Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a smart, sexy romantic comedy about modern loneliness, emotional shortcuts, and the frightening bravery required to let another human see the messy parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Eccles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798243588867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Adam Eccles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172043333887,"sku":"9798243588867","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/significant-other-machine-adam-eccles-9798243588867","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}