4.5 stars until I determine rereadability. 
 This one really surprised me. I wasn't sure how everything was going to come out into the open, how they would reach their happy end, but what did happen wasn't what I expected. The authors sort of led you down that trail for a moment before they changed tack, and that made me happy. 
 This is one of those stories that you just can't imagine how something happy is going to come from any of this, but it does get there in the end, and it's believable. (Okay, I was stretched a little bit on believing Tate at the end, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt, since we really see almost nothing of who he was before this, and he's rather different after. Who wouldn't be?) 
 Rory is a simple, uncomplicated man. He doesn't understand what's going on, but something niggles at the back of his mind that what's too good to be true, usually is. He writes it off to being an outsider to Beulah's ways, but he can't ever let go of his suspicions until the truth finally comes out. Rory is as much a victim of this setup as Tate was. Though Tate committed a crime, the "restitution" doesn't match up. We see him in misery and torn in two because of the chip, unable to speak. 
 The story was vaguely reminiscent of Anchored in its emotional impact of slavery on the slave (though the premises are very different). And I LOVE Anchored, so I'm very happy with Bliss also. =)