Throwback Thursday – Testing Truth

By Cynthia Sax on May 14, 2026

I think of Testing Truth as my fairytale cyborg romance.

The human heroine is a princess. The cyborg hero is her dedicated (though rarely serious) warrior champion.

There’s a quest. And adventure. Love and, of course, the romantic happy ending.

(smiles)

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

Kobo:

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

Smashwords:

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

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Cyborg Valentine’s Day Wishes

By Cynthia Sax on February 14, 2026

In the past, I’ve asked the cyborgs, the modified humanoids and the Chameles if they wished to share Valentine’s Day poems with you.

They didn’t quite understand the meaning of the holiday. (grins) But I thought you might enjoy their attempts.

Here’s one from Truth from Testing Truth…

Truth loves his human princess.

They share a link.

For her, he’d do anything

Even wear pink.

***

Here is an interesting one from Cadet from Seizing Power…

The universe is huge.  

The size of space is vast.

When Cadet meets Power,

She’ll kick his a$$.

***

This is from all of the cyborgs…

Roses Are Red.

Cyborgs Are Strong.

Choosing One As Your Warrior

Can Never Be Wrong.

***

And here’s a poem from Balvan from Dark Thoughts

Roses are red.

Gatekeepers are green.

Balvan is the biggest male

You have ever seen.

***

And Kralj from Dark Thoughts wrote a poem.

Roses are red.

Rulers don’t rhyme.

If you expect a poem from Kralj,

You’ll be waiting a long time.

***

Have a wonderful day, my friends!

Know that you are much loved.

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Throwback Thursday – Defying Death

By Cynthia Sax on January 8, 2026

Cyborgs are assigned a model letter and number. They give themselves names.

The cyborg hero of Defying Death gave himself the rather grim name of Death.

Because that is how he perceives himself – as the bringer of death.

And that is all he ever expects to experience – seeing death, delivering death, his own death ultimately in battle.

Until he meets Tifara, a human medic determined to keep all those around her alive.

And to bring a heart-dead cyborg back to life.

Defying Death

He’ll risk it all for one moment of happiness.

Cyborgs don’t show emotion. Death learned that lesson early in his long lifespan. To survive, he hides his fierce passions behind a stoic wall. He calls no warrior friend. He never admits to caring for any being.

Even the human female he’s destined to love.

Tifara is Death’s obsession, his sole opportunity for happiness, to express the all-consuming passion burning brightly inside him. He’ll do anything to obtain the curvaceous medic: defy a direct order, abduct Tifara from her battle station, and wage war on his fellow cyborgs.

To earn her love, he’ll have to risk much, much more.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/

Amazon UK:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/

Amazon Canada:

https://www.amazon.ca/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/defying-death/id1095072277

Kobo:
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/defying-death-2

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Assassin’s Haiku And Covers

By Cynthia Sax on December 12, 2025

The Dear Wonderful Hubby took the photo used on the cover of Assassin’s Haiku.

It is an image of a culvert that serves as a below ground road crossing between a restaurant (and the surrounding forest) and a beach.

The inside of it sported now faded images painted by school children.

And when I decided to re-release Assassin’s Haiku, I knew it was the perfect image for this story.

It could very much be the entrance to one of the secret spaces for children in this story.

(smiles)

Assassin’s Haiku

C.S. Sax

Twice a week, every week, Haiku sits beside Dante in the dimly-lit underground poetry bar. As they listen to the poets read, she basks in the warmth of her genetically-enhanced assassin’s body, and longs for the smack of large, leather-clad hands against bare skin. No other male, human or otherwise, makes her tremble like Dante can with one dark look.

Her heart, body and soul are his, if only he’d ask.

Dante won’t ask, because he knows a killer doesn’t deserve love. Instead, he sits in silent torment, watching Haiku, wanting Haiku, yet unable to touch her.

She is poetry and light, embodying all that he fights for, and when Agency operatives attack the bar, putting Haiku in danger, he must protect her. He takes her to the safest place on the planet, his underground bunker, and then realizes he has made a deadly mistake.

Haiku may now be safe, but Dante’s heart has been put in jeopardy.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon Canada:

https://www.amazon.ca/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/assassins-haiku/id6751852667

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/assassin-s-haiku-1

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845894

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Throwback Thursday – Crash And Burn

By Cynthia Sax on December 11, 2025

Crash And Burn is one of the emotionally toughest stories I’ve ever written.

It IS a romance, which means the main couple (or more) will earn their Romantic Happy Ever After. And my romances always have Romantic Happy EVER Afters. Past couples (or more) are always safe.

But everyone is at risk. And the cyborgs are at war.

Beings, even cyborgs, die in wars.

Crash was manufactured to be one of the best warriors in the universe. The cyborg has spent many human lifespans fighting the enemy. But, unlike his battle-loving brethren, he doesn’t enjoy killing. When he escapes the Humanoid Alliance, he vows to never end another life.

Then he meets Safyre, an infuriating human female, and he considers breaking his vow.

Safyre will do anything to save her friend, the being she loves like a sister. She’ll ravish a huge hunky cyborg, kiss his best friend, and invoke scorching hot desires the male never realized he could feel. Dark soulful eyes, a quick wit, and a tempestuous passion won’t divert her from her mission.

Love, and a planet-destroying weapon, however, might stop her permanently.

Order Now:

On Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Burn-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B019EBKIF2

On Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crash-Burn-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook-x/dp/B019EBKIF2/

On Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Crash-Burn-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook-x/dp/B019EBKIF2/

On Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/crash-and-burn/id1068299424

On Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/ebook/crash-and-burn-13

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Assassin’s Haiku – If You Liked Releasing Rage

By Cynthia Sax on December 5, 2025

Assassin’s Haiku was written LONG before Releasing Rage and Breathing Vapor.

Yet I think if you liked those two stories, you’ll also like Assassin’s Haiku. The story is set on a futuristic dystopian Earth but it has the same gritty feel, the same Rebels vs the Fascists against-all-odds type of faceoff, the same…love.

(smiles)

Assassin’s Haiku is one of my favorite stories I’ve ever written.

Assassin’s Haiku

C.S. Sax

Twice a week, every week, Haiku sits beside Dante in the dimly-lit underground poetry bar. As they listen to the poets read, she basks in the warmth of her genetically-enhanced assassin’s body, and longs for the smack of large, leather-clad hands against bare skin. No other male, human or otherwise, makes her tremble like Dante can with one dark look.

Her heart, body and soul are his, if only he’d ask.

Dante won’t ask, because he knows a killer doesn’t deserve love. Instead, he sits in silent torment, watching Haiku, wanting Haiku, yet unable to touch her.

She is poetry and light, embodying all that he fights for, and when Agency operatives attack the bar, putting Haiku in danger, he must protect her. He takes her to the safest place on the planet, his underground bunker, and then realizes he has made a deadly mistake.

Haiku may now be safe, but Dante’s heart has been put in jeopardy.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon Canada:

https://www.amazon.ca/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/assassins-haiku/id6751852667

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/assassin-s-haiku-1

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845894

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Throwback Thursday – Dark Strength

By Cynthia Sax on December 4, 2025

If you like your heroes HUGE and green and bald, Balvan in Dark Strength is the modified humanoid for you!

(grins)

I can’t call him a gentle giant (although he is VERY gentle with his human heroine and the small furry creatures he rescues), however, because he’s very much a warrior and he loves stomping on the skulls of his enemies, crushing them under his boots.

Dark Strength Alien Romance

Dark Strength

The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.

Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.

Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.

That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce’s captors want their slave back and they won’t stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce’s love, and his life.

Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.

Buy Now:

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Strength-Refuge-Book-3-ebook/dp/B078SYYWH5/

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Strength-Refuge-Book-3-ebook/dp/B078SYYWH5/

Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Dark-Strength-Refuge-Book-3-ebook/dp/B078SYYWH5/

Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/dark-strength/id1332249866

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/dark-strength

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/775942

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Assassin’s Haiku And Art In A Time Of Peril

By Cynthia Sax on November 28, 2025

Assassin’s Haiku is a dystopian romance. The world in this story is very dark, very grim.

Yet the heroine, Haiku, is a poet. She frequents a poetry-sex bar.

Because art is ALWAYS needed. Wherever there are human beings, there will likely be art. Our ancestors painted on cave walls. Soldiers wrote poems while they were in the trenches during war. Rebels passed messages through song. Last thoughts were embroidered beautifully on remnants of clothing.

Art is something our hearts crave and our souls need…to flourish and to survive.

Write your stories. Sing your songs. Crochet your scarves. Paint your walls.

This is necessary for you to remain you.

(smiles)

Assassin’s Haiku

C.S. Sax

Twice a week, every week, Haiku sits beside Dante in the dimly-lit underground poetry bar. As they listen to the poets read, she basks in the warmth of her genetically-enhanced assassin’s body, and longs for the smack of large, leather-clad hands against bare skin. No other male, human or otherwise, makes her tremble like Dante can with one dark look.

Her heart, body and soul are his, if only he’d ask.

Dante won’t ask, because he knows a killer doesn’t deserve love. Instead, he sits in silent torment, watching Haiku, wanting Haiku, yet unable to touch her.

She is poetry and light, embodying all that he fights for, and when Agency operatives attack the bar, putting Haiku in danger, he must protect her. He takes her to the safest place on the planet, his underground bunker, and then realizes he has made a deadly mistake.

Haiku may now be safe, but Dante’s heart has been put in jeopardy.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon Canada:

https://www.amazon.ca/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/assassins-haiku/id6751852667

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/assassin-s-haiku-1

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845894

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Assassin’s Haiku And C.S. Sax

By Cynthia Sax on November 25, 2025

I debated long and hard about whether I should re-release Assassin’s Haiku under the Cynthia Sax name or the C.S. Sax name.

I love this dystopian romance and I really wanted it to be available to reading buddies.

The world is dark like the cyborg world. Our heroes and heroines are battling an authoritarian government like the heroes and heroines in the cyborg world are. The hero is a genetically modified assassin, very similar to the modified humanoids in the Dark Thoughts/Refuge Series world.

I think reading buddies who love those two worlds will love Assassin’s Haiku.

But it IS a re-release. And it isn’t technically a SciFi Romance (or Contemporary Romance).

So I decided to release it under C.S. Sax.

Assassin’s Haiku

C.S. Sax

Twice a week, every week, Haiku sits beside Dante in the dimly-lit underground poetry bar. As they listen to the poets read, she basks in the warmth of her genetically-enhanced assassin’s body, and longs for the smack of large, leather-clad hands against bare skin. No other male, human or otherwise, makes her tremble like Dante can with one dark look.

Her heart, body and soul are his, if only he’d ask.

Dante won’t ask, because he knows a killer doesn’t deserve love. Instead, he sits in silent torment, watching Haiku, wanting Haiku, yet unable to touch her.

She is poetry and light, embodying all that he fights for, and when Agency operatives attack the bar, putting Haiku in danger, he must protect her. He takes her to the safest place on the planet, his underground bunker, and then realizes he has made a deadly mistake.

Haiku may now be safe, but Dante’s heart has been put in jeopardy.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Amazon Canada:

https://www.amazon.ca/Assassins-Haiku-Dystopian-C-S-Sax-ebook/dp/B0FN314X65

Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/assassins-haiku/id6751852667

Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/assassin-s-haiku-1

Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1845894

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Throwback Thursday – Breathing Vapor

By Cynthia Sax on November 20, 2025

I love cyborgs. I love assassin heroes.

The hero of Breathing Vapor is both and I love him SO much.

His next target is Mira, a human female and his genetic match.

This is a true enemies to lovers romance.

(grins)

Breathing Vapor

Vapor is the most advanced cyborg the Humanoid Alliance has ever developed. He’s a finely honed weapon, a warrior without parallel, half man and half machine. No lock can contain him. No being can stop him. Whatever he wants, he takes.

He wants Mira Breazeal, the Designer’s daughter.

She’s his one temptation, his sexy target. Vapor shouldn’t crave her caresses, steal her kisses, make her scream with ecstasy. The cyborgs want her dead and they would question his loyalty if he didn’t kill her. The humans would shoot him on sight if he dared to touch her.

Their love is forbidden. Their desire could be lethal. One human and one cyborg will risk everything for a moment of passion.

Buy Now:

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/

Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/

Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/

Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/breathing-vapor/id1044911340

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/breathing-vapor

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