Throwback Thursday – Doc’s Orders
Doc’s Orders deals with a pandemic on an alien planet caused by visitors to that planet.
It was written long before COVID happened.
I felt this key aspect of space travel, heck, of ANY travel had to be addressed. Visitors spread illness. And sometimes those illnesses are unique to the local population. That can cause a pandemic.
Thankfully, the locals on the alien planet in Doc’s Orders have Doc, a skilled cyborg medic, and Allinen, a local with an interest in healing, to help them deal with their pandemic.
Doc’s Orders
She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast.
A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior.
Doc isn’t fully functional.
The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he’s the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans. Once his organics take charge, he becomes the savage beast…and beings die.
Both sides of Doc want to be the first to claim his female.
Allinen is one of the few beings in her small settlement who wasn’t born with a fated mate. Determined to belong somewhere, she has crafted a plan to leave the planet.
That plan doesn’t involve a huge stormy-eyed male who alternates between cool seduction and out-of-control ravishment. Doc isn’t her fated mate. Allinen knows that. But his dual nature and forbidden embraces tempt her to forget forever and indulge in more immediate delights.
Neither side of Doc views their relationship as being temporary. Her conflicted cyborg is prepared to battle her family, her planet and death itself to keep her.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Docs-Orders-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07RML2WG1
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/docs-orders/id1463105812
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/doc-s-orders
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/938342
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Aerogarden – Week 3
It is week 3 of having the Aerogarden, the mini grow station.
The dill is growing like…well…dill. When it grows, it REALLY grows, doesn’t it? And it is looking like dill with the real leaves more expected of the plant.
The Thai Basil is looking strong. FIVE seeds sprouted. I’m waiting for it to get a little bit bigger. Then I will thin the plants and try to root the seedlings that weren’t chosen. That might or might not work but it is worth a try.
The mint has finally broken through the sticker level. Mint grows slowly.
And I see the Genovese Basil has finally germinated. It is barely visible when I peer into the hole in the sticker but it lives!
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Being A Kind Person In A Cruel World
I want to be a kind person.
The world is working against that goal right now. Many of the people in control of it seem to be terrible people. There’s a normalization of terrible, a view being established that we must be terrible to become what society deems as successful.
I don’t want to be that version of successful. I don’t want to be terrible. I don’t want to be stingy with help or cruel or uncaring or evil.
That’s not the person I want to be OR the world I want to live in.
Thankfully, the Dear Wonderful Hubby is a genuinely kind person. His first thoughts are of kindness. He trusts people until they give him reason not to trust them. He helps…everyone.
We joke that we’d never survive a zombie apocalypse because he’d be out there, trying to heal and to help the bitten. (smiles) That’s the type of person he is and I love him for this.
He is helping me, tremendously, to be kind.
I hope that you have found or will soon find at least one other being who will help you stay kind in a cruel world, my friends!
(This being could be a human friend or a rescue dog or a seedling struggling to establish itself.)
Being and staying kind is such a worthy goal!
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Muse Food – Who Is Watching?
We saw these two little ‘guys’ intently watching some action on the pier.
(smiles)
Who is watching your hero’s or heroine’s actions? Why are they watching? What will these observers do with the information they gain? How will being watched change your character’s future?
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – April 19
I’m still happily working on the fifth installment of the Super Secret Project. This HUGE story contains so much humor and humor is definitely what I and many others need right now.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Tell a VERY bad joke to someone this week. You’ll likely get a groan in response but, inwardly, I suspect they’ll laugh. And moments later, when they think about you, they’ll think about the joke and smile. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
(smiles)
Cyborg Sizzle Escape Omnibus
Half Man. Half Machine. All Theirs.
* * *
While these cyborg warriors battle to escape their cruel manufacturers, they find the human females they are destined to love for all eternity.
This omnibus includes the first seven stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Releasing Rage, Breathing Vapor, Being Green, Crash And Burn, Defying Death, Chasing Mayhem and Jumping Barrel.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Releasing Rage
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals–kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
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.
Being Green
Green, a cyborg warrior, cares for one being—his plant Windy. When Windy becomes sick, he’ll do anything to heal her, even venture across the universe to visit a worlds-renowned plant doctor.
He doesn’t expect to find love.
Crash And Burn
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.
Defying Death
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.
Chasing Mayhem
Mayhem has spent his lengthy lifespan obeying the Humanoid Alliance’s rules. Finally free from their cruel control, the cyborg warrior plans to cause chaos. He infiltrates a remote settlement, provokes the savage locals until they want him dead, and allows himself to be captured by the sexiest little Retriever he has ever laid his mechanically-enhanced eyes on.
Jumping Barrel
Barrel requires an Expert for the Tau Cetian orphans. He’s looking for a female who is willing to commit to a lifespan-long role, who is comfortable with moving off planet, and who, preferably, has the ability to speak the offsprings’ first language.
His female, however, is looking for a hero.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Sizzle-Escape-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B081VFHF1S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus/id1488934271
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-escape-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/992060
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How Habits Help Us Deal With Change
Every morning, after the Dear Wonderful Hubby and I eat breakfast, I complete the same 20 minute walking video-led workout.
I can recite this video word-by-word. I know all the moves. Sometimes my mind wanders during it and I do the workout without thinking.
And this is comforting for me.
Because the world is changing dang quickly in almost all ways.
Yet this workout, this habit of mine is a constant (as is the Dear Wonderful Hubby – smiles). This is reassuring. It is calming.
If you feel like your world is changing too quickly, consider creating a habit for yourself.
This could be a personal affirmation you say to yourself in the mirror every morning. Or cleaning the sink every night before you go to bed. Or spending ten minutes during your lunch break to read. Or something else.
Do this every day.
And draw comfort in knowing that this habit, a part of your world that YOU control, hasn’t changed.
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You Are Loved
Know that you are loved, my friends.
(big hugs)
You might be thinking, ‘Cynthia doesn’t truly know me. How can she love me?’
Do we EVER truly know another person?
I’ve known my Awesome Mom all my life. (grins) Yet I find out new things about her with almost every conversation.
And I love her.
Plus I do know some key things about you.
You read romance, which means you likely believe a bit in love, optimism and hope.
That, in itself, makes you worthy of so much love, my friends.
(more hugs)
I know you’re curious. That’s why you are reading this post.
I know you like connections. Again, you’re reading another person’s post.
And I know other things.
And ALL of those things make you worthy of love.
I also think if people can hate for no reason, people can certainly love for no reason.
(smiles)
And, as I’ve shared, I don’t lack reasons to love you. I have plenty of reasons.
You ARE loved. Know this.
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Throwback Thursday – Choosing Chuckles
Chuckles is a VERY grumpy wounded warrior. He is constantly in pain. And he is disillusioned with the world. One might say he has a beastly personality.
Bettina, aka Bait, has caused the disillusionment of many beings (most of them evil). (grins) She lies and she tricks beings…all for a good reason.
She is also Chuckles’ destined female.
Choosing Chuckles
A Cynical Cyborg Meets A Bad, Bad Female.
Chuckles hates all humans. In the past, humans betrayed him. That treachery caused permanent damage to his muscular form, resulting in a lifespan of pain.
When the primitive D Model cyborg answers a distress call sent by a pink-and-blue haired, sparkly human female, he knows it’s a trap. He still has to respond to her fake cry for help. She belongs to him, is the one being genetically fabricated for him. But he plans to be her captor, not her captive.
Bettina, aka Bait, works with a team of females, snaring sexual predators in space, seizing their ships and transporting them to primitive planets. As soon as she speaks with Chuckles, she knows he’s not like the others. He has honor, is a being worthy of respect, of caring.
But she can’t let him go. She has to trap him. His dominance thrills her. His deep voice evokes desires she’d never experienced in the past. She’ll risk it all, breaking every rule for one wild encounter with the male she calls Sir.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Chuckles-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07MXQ13WS
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Choosing-Chuckles-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07MXQ13WS
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Choosing-Chuckles-Cyborg-Space-Exploration-ebook/dp/B07MXQ13WS
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/choosing-chuckles/id1450000541
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/choosing-chuckles
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/918618
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Aerogarden – Week 2
It is Week 2 with the Aerogarden mini grow station and both the Thai Basil and the Dill are now taller than the seed pod stickers.
The Dill is growing so aggressively, as Dill does, it has outgrown the little plastic cap used to keep the heat and humidity in. It is now FREE, free to grow like it wants to grow.
(grins)
Every other pod, with the possible exception of the Thyme, shows signs of life.
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The Death Of Mass Market Paperback
I LOVE mass market paperback, the size that most Harlequin Romances and…well…most romance novels in North America were published in.
They fit easily in my hands and in my purse and in my luggage. I can fit four mass market paperback novels in one freezer-sized ziploc bag, making it super convenient to travel with.
(I prefer to read paperbacks when I travel because it allows me to disconnect completely and I can leave the books in Little Free Libraries all over the world for other readers to enjoy.)
I will miss this size of books. Greatly.
But, hey, the only constant in life is change, isn’t it? And I’ve read that change keeps our brains healthy and us feeling and thinking younger.
And the stories won’t have changed. They will still be wonderful escapes from reality.
(smiles)
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