Baggage Claim And Numerous Love Interests

By Cynthia Sax on May 25, 2021

Warning: This post assumes you’ve watched Baggage Claim (the 2013 movie starring Paula Patton) or have read the book (written by David E. Talbert). There will be spoilers.  

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I watched Baggage Claim recently. I was in the mood for something light and fun and this romantic comedy was certainly that. The movie had some issues but I treated it as fantasy and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I found Baggage Claim especially fun because we’re introduced to a variety of love interests for the heroine. They represented a range of romance hero types – the good-with-his-hands small business owner, the singer, the politician, the billionaire. They are all good looking in their own way and all fairly wealthy (because very few of us fantasize about being broke a$$ – grins).

If you read contemporary romance, you know immediately which man she’ll choose. The movie follows romance guidelines. The hero is not much of a mystery.

And that’s a good thing because I liked one of the men more than I liked the hero. That’s a risk with introducing numerous possible love interests. We might get attached to the wrong being and find the ending of the movie or book or other work not as satisfying.

In the case of Baggage Claim, that didn’t happen because the hero was obvious. He WAS a nice guy, very sweet and patient and so very much in love with the heroine. I merely thought the other man was a bit more interesting (but then I like Kralj, the hero from Dark Thoughts, and he likes to eat his enemies so my judgment might be lacking – laughs).

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Under Strain

A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.

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Strain is severely malfunctioning. The D Model cyborg was the sole survivor after a horrific decision was made by his cruel manufacturers. He hates all humans, and when he attacks one who is under his cyborg leader’s protection, he is reprimanded, stripped of his weapons, and told to watch and not actively participate in the next mission.

That mission takes place on a small remote planet. Its lush terrain should only be inhabited by the cyborgs they were sent to rescue, but Strain senses another presence on the surface. She is watching him, tracking him, hunting him.

A fully operational cyborg would end her lifespan.

Strain wants to claim her. Forever.

Kamyelle is the only one left of her kind. Warriors have killed the other nonviolent human inhabitants of her planet. She survived…barely…by hiding in the trees, observing her enemies, and covering herself with lifeform scan-concealing mud.

When a handsome, gray-skinned, brilliant-blue-eyed male arrives, surrounded by weapon-carrying warriors, she has to save him. Warriors harm and they kill. That is what they do.

She won’t allow them to hurt Strain.

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Under Strain is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It features a broken warrior, a human female who thinks he’s perfect, and velociraptor-like dinosaurs who view them both as light, tasty snacks.

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Talking Billionaires With Cassandra Carr

By Cynthia Sax on July 8, 2013

I’m at Cassandra Carr’s online home today

www.booksbycassandracarr.com

talking about yummy billionaire heroes.

Blaine is a billionaire. (grins)

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He Watches Me From Cynthia Sax

He Watches Me From Cynthia Sax

She desires to be seen. He wants to watch.

Anna Sampson has a naughty secret. Every night, she slips into her neighbor’s yard and swims naked in his pool. She fantasizes that the dynamic young billionaire watches her nightly nude aquatics, his brilliant green eyes gleaming with lust.

She discovers this isn’t pure fantasy. Gabriel Blaine has been watching her via his security cameras, and now that he has returned to L.A., he doesn’t plan to stop. That’s all he wants—to watch. Anna knows she shouldn’t allow him and she certainly shouldn’t want more, but she craves Blaine’s attention, needing his gaze fixed on her body.

Part One of The Seen Trilogy

Pre-order here: http://www.amazon.com/He-Watches-Me-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B00CD36FS8

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He Touches Me From Cynthia Sax

He Touches Me From Cynthia Sax

His touch enflames her desires.

Anna Sampson has allowed billionaire businessman Gabriel Blaine to watch her, all of her. And looking is all he’s done—until now. After giving him permission to touch her, Anna realizes she won’t be satisfied until she has all of this handsome and secretive man.

Soon she tempts him, shreds his control, and pushes him too far. Blaine’s reluctance to take her virginity frustrates Anna. He fulfills her fantasy, but what is their reality together?

Part Two of The Seen Trilogy

Pre-order here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CD36FVA

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He Claims Me From Cynthia Sax

He Claims Me From Cynthia Sax

A billionaire’s desires and a virgin’s wish to be claimed come together.

Two men want Anna Sampson. Gabriel Blaine is powerful, intelligent, the CEO of a successful company, and a billionaire. He’s watched her, touched her, encouraged her to become a strong, independent woman, a woman unafraid of her desires.

Now secrets from the past are exposed, threatening Anna’s freedom and safety. Will the man she loves stand by her side, or will he desert her, leaving Anna once again to face the future alone?

The searing climax of The Seen Trilogy.

Pre-order here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CD36FTW

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New Release: Tiger Byte

By Cynthia Sax on March 14, 2013

It is release day for Tiger Byte!
(Leopard Territory, the next Big Cat Mates story, will be releasing in June!)
TIGER BYTE
By Cynthia Sax
Now Available From Changeling Press
Tiger Byte

Billionaire tiger shifter Nikhil Baagh has learned to subdue his savage nature. He no longer chases enemies through the city streets, maintaining justice with his teeth and claws. The exotic CEO follows human laws now, laying a sophisticated trap for the curvaceous hacker daring to illegally access his technological empire.

Nikhil then takes one sniff of Violet’s delectable scent and all of his most animalistic instincts stir. The plus-sized rebel isn’t merely his prey. She’s his mate, and he hunts her — tracking Violet through the social jungle, intent on claiming her permanently.

When an uptight tiger shifter meets a no-rules hacker, chaos reigns, empires fall, and old enemies resurface. Can Nikhil embrace his wild side and risk everything for love?

Buy It Now At:  http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=2010

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Cover Reveal For Tiger Byte!

By Cynthia Sax on March 3, 2013

I received the cover for Tiger Byte! This story is releasing on March 14th and is story 2 in the Big City Mates series. It can (as with all of my stories) be read on its own.
TIGER BYTE
By Cynthia Sax
Coming Soon From Changeling Press
Tiger Byte

Billionaire tiger shifter Nikhil Baagh has learned to subdue his savage nature. He no longer chases enemies through the city streets, maintaining justice with his teeth and claws. The exotic CEO follows human laws now, laying a sophisticated trap for the curvaceous hacker daring to illegally access his technological empire.

Nikhil then takes one sniff of Violet’s delectable scent and all of his most animalistic instincts stir. The plus-sized rebel isn’t merely his prey. She’s his mate, and he hunts her — tracking Violet through the social jungle, intent on claiming her permanently.

When an uptight tiger shifter meets a no-rules hacker, chaos reigns, empires fall, and old enemies resurface. Can Nikhil embrace his wild side and risk everything for love?

Buy It Soon At:  http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=2010

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Review For Lion In Wait

By Cynthia Sax on March 2, 2013

Candy at Sensual Reads shares

“Royce and Starr spend their lives consumed by work and have no time for love. When they meet for the first time the chemistry between them is explosive.”

Read more at

http://sensualreads.com/?p=11703

LION IN WAIT
By Cynthia Sax
Now Available From Changeling Press

Lion In Wait

Every cat loves to play with his food. Royce, the alpha of the Leone
pride, is no exception. He takes one look at the newest applicant for
the assistant job and knows the only role Starr will be taking is
directly underneath him. He can’t keep his curvaceous human permanently,
he’s too busy for a mate, but he does have time for an evening of
boardroom table fun.

Starr is too busy for relationships. She has debts to pay off and
three jobs to juggle. The assistant job at Leone Media is a dream.
Spending the night with the firm’s sexy boss is pure fantasy. He pets
her in all of the right places, his big cat eyes shining with an
admiration she’s searched a lifetime to find.

When they wake, it will be back to work for both of them… but in this urban Serengeti, love and the lion never sleep.

Buy It Now At:  http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1994

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