By Cynthia Sax on December 31, 2022

2022 was the first year in my two year ‘break.’ (grins)

I ‘only’ published 3 core stories in the cyborg universe – Seizing Power, Provoking Odium and Grin And Bare Him – and one ‘bonus’ short stories – Over Torque.

I really appreciate your support and understanding. (big hugs)

Writing is a team sport. I couldn’t spend the time I wish to tell my stories without awesome readers like you.

You ROCK! I’m fortunate to know you. The universe is a better place with you in it.

I look forward to sharing more stories with you in 2023!

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Over Torque

The safest place in the universe is in a cyborg’s arms.

Ceridwen has arranged transport for her and her cat on a freighter. They hope to find a new start and sanctuary on a distant planet.

That dream is blasted to bits when the Humanoid Alliance attacks the ship.

Torque, an E Model cyborg, is searching for wreckage to blow up. He and his friend locate an escape pod attached to the remnants of a freighter.

Inside that small craft are two lifeforms.

Both of these beings will change Torque’s lifespan forever.


Over Torque is a short, light, companion story set in the cyborg world and is meant to be read after Provoking Odium.

This Cyborg Romance features an explosion-loving cyborg warrior, a cautious human female, and her discerning cat.

Download Now:

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/q74mwmx22v

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Winter Gardening Update

By Cynthia Sax on December 30, 2022

The ground outside might be frozen but the grow station the Dear Wonderful Hubby set up for me in the basement is thriving. (smiles)

The cilantro is growing vigorously. I harvest a bit every day to put in soups and other dishes.

We have radishes! They are in different stages of growth. We harvest a couple every week as a treat.

The spinach is struggling a bit but there’s enough to give the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I one salad each every week…which is good because spinach, lettuce and other leafy greens are in short supply at neighborhood grocery stores.

The parsley seeds Awesome Mom-in-law found in her basement were duds. Nothing grew. I think they were a few decades old so that didn’t surprise me.

It is wonderful and a privilege to have veggies growing during the winter months. The grow station was one of the best presents the Dear Wonderful Hubby has given me. (smiles) He’s such a good person.

***

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Grin And Bare Him

This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.


Cyborgs are manufactured to fight.

Almost all of the half organic, half mechanical warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.

Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his weapons and allocated his processors to less-violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.

Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female—the one being he’s destined to protect, claim, love for all eternity—and his plans for peace are completely decimated.

Mohini needs a ship.

She has a dangerous mission to complete, and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.

To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, and seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.

A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.


Grin And Bare Him is a Fake-Mate Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy who has no idea what they will soon unleash.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/grin-and-bare-him

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1145153

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Throwback Thursday – Containing Malice

By Cynthia Sax on December 29, 2022

If I was to choose a newer cyborg romance release that was most similar to Releasing Rage, I’d pick Containing Malice.

Malice was transferred to an underground laboratory many human lifespans ago. He doesn’t know about the mass cyborg rebellion. He doesn’t know cyborg have genetic matches. He doesn’t know they can manufacture offspring with these genetic matches.

He doesn’t have hope.

Malice merely wants to free himself and his best buddy, Valor, from the torture they’ve been enduring.

At the hands of Illona, the human female he has confusing feelings around. She is another victim of the Humanoid Alliance but he doesn’t yet realize that.

All he knows is he wants to kill her.

He also wants to kiss her.

Containing Malice

This tormented cyborg craves vengeance…and her.

***

Malice, a C Model cyborg, has spent his long lifespan enslaved by the Humanoid Alliance. His cruel manufacturers have hurt him in all the ways a male could be hurt.

His enemy has now added a new weapon to their arsenal—a tiny human medic with soft hands and a delectable scent. She experiments on him multiple times a shift, delivering pain…and frustration.

He wants her. He also seeks retribution.

Once Malice frees himself, he plans to achieve both of his goals, taking Medic Illona captive and ending her research…permanently.

Illona is as much a prisoner as the cyborgs she experiments on. Since her arrival at the Human Alliance’s secret laboratory, she has carefully, stealthily, crafted a plot to free her test subjects. To conceal her covert activities, the medic has been forced to harm beings rather than heal them.

The being she has damaged the most is also the cyborg she fiercely desires— Malice, a huge, gray-skinned, blue-eyed C Model with massive hands and a voice deeper than space. He hates her, has good reason to do so, and, when he’s freed, there’s a high probability he’ll kill her.

Illona will take that risk to ensure he survives.

***

Containing Malice is a STANDALONE enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It is the first of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.

Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power

Buy Today:

Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LK4CWHS

Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08LK4CWHS

Amazon AUS:

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08LK4CWHS

Apple Books:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/containing-malice/id1536770487

B&N:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/containing-malice-cynthia-sax/1137961594

Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/containing-malice

Smashwords:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1049881

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Woman Vs Female

By Cynthia Sax on December 28, 2022

One of the questions I receive quite often is…

Why do I use female instead of woman to describe heroines in my cyborg romances and my alien romances?

The reason I do this is because woman is a very human-centric word.

Here on Earth, we only call humans who identify as females women. We don’t call, for example, female cats women or female butterflies women.

The cyborg universe is inhabited by a variety of other species. Many of the warriors’ genetic matches aren’t human. Heck, CYBORGS aren’t human. They wouldn’t use a human-specific term like woman.

Female is more humanoid and other species friendly. (smiles)

***

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Grin And Bare Him

This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.


Cyborgs are manufactured to fight.

Almost all of the half organic, half mechanical warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.

Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his weapons and allocated his processors to less-violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.

Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female—the one being he’s destined to protect, claim, love for all eternity—and his plans for peace are completely decimated.

Mohini needs a ship.

She has a dangerous mission to complete, and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.

To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, and seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.

A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.


Grin And Bare Him is a Fake-Mate Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy who has no idea what they will soon unleash.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/grin-and-bare-him

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1145153

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By Cynthia Sax on December 27, 2022

My cyborg romances are based heavily on current scientific thinking here on Earth. I couldn’t write my stories without the insights, research and generosity of scientists situated all over this beautiful planet.

Many of these scientists refuse to be directly compensated for their help so, as a thank you, I often semi-secretly donate to their favorite charities and causes.

(Thank you, social media, for providing this information. – grins)

I also donate a small portion of my book sales to ongoing science-based projects such as coral reef restoration and tree planting. This year, these donations were amplified as some of them were matched by the Dear Wonderful Hubby’s employer.

To date, donations sourced from the sales of my books have been responsible for the planting of approximately 551 coral fragments. We have funded the planting of 13,850 trees around our planet.

You’re making a difference in the world when you purchase one of my books. (big hugs) Thank you!

***

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Over Torque

The safest place in the universe is in a cyborg’s arms.

Ceridwen has arranged transport for her and her cat on a freighter. They hope to find a new start and sanctuary on a distant planet.

That dream is blasted to bits when the Humanoid Alliance attacks the ship.

Torque, an E Model cyborg, is searching for wreckage to blow up. He and his friend locate an escape pod attached to the remnants of a freighter.

Inside that small craft are two lifeforms.

Both of these beings will change Torque’s lifespan forever.


Over Torque is a short, light, companion story set in the cyborg world and is meant to be read after Provoking Odium.

This Cyborg Romance features an explosion-loving cyborg warrior, a cautious human female, and her discerning cat.

Download Now:

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/q74mwmx22v

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Muse Food – Boxes And Other Containers

By Cynthia Sax on December 26, 2022

Since today is Boxing Day, I thought I’d talk about boxes and other containers.

We, humans, like to store things and I don’t think this will change in space. (grins) That means we need containers to facilitate this activity.

There are practical working containers like cardboard boxes or these plastic crates the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted in Costa Rica. They are meant for rough handling and everyday usage and they do that job well.

There are practical works of art like this 18th Century bottle from Turkey the Dear Wonderful Hubby spotted in the Dallas Museum of Art. This beautiful container is meant to be used for many, many generations.

And, of course, we also like to give gifts in containers. We spotted these larger-than-me brightly wrapped boxes in Antigua.

There are SO many different types of containers – purses, medic packs, storage boxes, etc. It would be unusual to read a story that didn’t mention at least one.

***

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Grin And Bare Him

This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.


Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.

Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.

Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.

Mohini needs a ship.

She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.

To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.

A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.


Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/grin-and-bare-him

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1145153

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By Cynthia Sax on December 25, 2022

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are sending you much love and happiness!

(big hugs)

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates!

Happy reading day to everyone else!

Know that you are loved.

Oh, and if you haven’t yet done so, download Over Torque, my gift to you for being one of the most amazeballs readers in the entire universe!

***

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Over Torque

The safest place in the universe is in a cyborg’s arms.

Ceridwen has arranged transport for her and her cat on a freighter. They hope to find a new start and sanctuary on a distant planet.

That dream is blasted to bits when the Humanoid Alliance attacks the ship.

Torque, an E Model cyborg, is searching for wreckage to blow up. He and his friend locate an escape pod attached to the remnants of a freighter.

Inside that small craft are two lifeforms.

Both of these beings will change Torque’s lifespan forever.


Over Torque is a short, light, companion story set in the cyborg world and is meant to be read after Provoking Odium.

This Cyborg Romance features an explosion-loving cyborg warrior, a cautious human female, and her discerning cat.

Download Now:

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/q74mwmx22v

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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – December 24th

By Cynthia Sax on December 24, 2022

I’m posting the weekly update a day early due to the holidays. (smiles) Tomorrow is a sleep-in-late and laze-around-the-house type of day. I LOVE that.

Raw Desires, the third core story in the Cyborg Unity series (releasing in February), remains with my Awesome Editor. I love this story and I’m hoping you’ll love it also.

There WILL be the usual 3 rounds (or more) of edits. That’s the process with almost every story I write. Edits make those stories stronger.

I’ve started thinking about Strive For Forever, the 4th story. I likely won’t begin officially writing it until the second week of January. I like to leave my schedule chaotic this time of year. (laughs)

Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Reach out to the people and/or furbabies you love. Tell them you love them. But also remember to love yourself. (more hugs) Treat yourself with kindness. You’re the only you I have and you’re special to me AND to this universe.

***

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Grin And Bare Him

This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.


Cyborgs are manufactured to fight.

Almost all of the half organic, half mechanical warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.

Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his weapons and allocated his processors to less-violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.

Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female—the one being he’s destined to protect, claim, love for all eternity—and his plans for peace are completely decimated.

Mohini needs a ship.

She has a dangerous mission to complete, and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.

To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, and seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.

A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.


Grin And Bare Him is a Fake-Mate Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy who has no idea what they will soon unleash.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/grin-and-bare-him

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1145153

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Grin And Bare Him And Beings Without A Home Planet

By Cynthia Sax on December 23, 2022

Mohini and her kind are Praecipuans. They were born on Praecipua Trois and have a unique culture. Being a Praecipuan is a core part of their identity.

That makes the invasion by the Humanoid Alliance even more tragic. The Praecipuans lose their home planet but also part of how they see themselves.

Can they call themselves Praecipuans if they live on another planet?

***

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Grin And Bare Him

This cyborg will be the warrior his female requires.


Cyborgs are designed to fight. That is their primary purpose and 98.2356 percent of the manufactured warriors enjoy battle. Tremendously.

Grin, a K model, is one of the rare exceptions. When he escaped his cruel creators, he set down his sword and allocated his processors to less violent pursuits. He projects he’s left his war-waging planet rotations behind him forever.

Then he meets his beautiful, beguiling female, the one being he’s destined to protect, to claim, to love for all eternity, and his plans for peace are completely decimated.

Mohini needs a ship.

She has a dangerous mission to complete and the first step in that assignment is arranging transport to an enemy-controlled planet. The vessel she has set her sights on is guarded by the sexiest cyborg she’s ever seen.

To gain access to his ship, Mohini is prepared to kiss, caress, seduce the muscular male. The mission is her focus. The pleasure she experiences will merely be a bonus.

A female has to do what a female has to do to save the universe.


Grin And Bare Him is a Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a humanoid female undertaking a dangerous mission, a cyborg intent on keeping her alive, and an enemy with enough firepower to blow up an entire sector.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B09ZCWMSDV

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/grin-and-bare-him/id1622100495

B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/grin-and-bare-him-cynthia-sax/1141413965

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/grin-and-bare-him

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1145153

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Throwback Thursday – Testing Truth

By Cynthia Sax on December 22, 2022

I think of Testing Truth as a fairytale in space. (grins) There’s an unlikely human princess, Nancy, and an even more unlikely cyborg prince, Truth, and they undertake an extremely dangerous mission together.

This story is also very much about found family.

Truth has, of course, his brethren. And they ARE his brothers in every sense other than biological.

Princess Nancy has her entourage. They give her the love her Royal biological family can’t provide.

These two unique beings then find each other. (smiles)

I hope you know you are part of my found family. (big hugs) You aren’t alone this holiday season. I am merely an email away.

Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish to see another sunrise.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BTYN7TT

Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08BTYN7TT

Amazon AUS:

https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08BTYN7TT

Apple Books:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/testing-truth/id1520415369

B&N:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/testing-truth-cynthia-sax/1137237855

Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/testing-truth

Smashwords:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1029497

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