4.5 stars.

I admit, I purchased this novella for the cover and the title. I was not disappointed. The cyborg sheriff is everything a reader could ask for in a romantic cowboy hero, with all the best bits of the protective cyborg. And he's named Clint. The heroine is determined, courageous, and a bit foolhardy, but avoids the TSTL trap. The world building around the tech for a nascent Mars colony is creative and takes only a few (acceptable) liberties with the science of the matter. I would have liked a bit more character development and back story on both MCs, but overall, well done given it's only 56 pages.