I sat down (virtually) with Cara Bristol for a short interview. Her latest release is Mated with the Cyborg (Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance 2), with a sexy cyborg hero!
Cynthia Sax: What is one thing that excites you about Mated with the Cyborg?
Cara Bristol: Excite, scare. Potato, potahto. Lol. I took some big risks with this story and the series overall by making the villains religious terrorists. As you know, religion is a touchy topic that is best avoided in polite company. I pretty much run into it head-on in Mated with the Cyborg. But be clear: it’s an erotic sci-fi romance.
Cynthia Sax: Where did you get the idea for Mated with the Cyborg?
Cara Bristol: First, I fell in love with cyborgs because they’re the ultimate alpha males—so who better to save the world, or in this case, the galaxy? My cyborgs are cyberoperatives, spies working for a covert paramilitary organization fighting to save the galaxy from terrorism. The terrorism part was inspired by present day threats.
In Mated with the Cyborg I wanted to put the hero in a precarious spot where he finds himself attracted to the enemy. Mariska, the heroine, is the daughter of the villain. Her people (Lamis-Odg) are the ones the galaxy is fighting against, but she herself is innocent of any wrongdoing. Her father is a terrorist; she is not.
Cynthia Sax: How does Mated with the Cyborg start?
Cara Bristol: Kai, my cyborg hero, goes undercover as an android on the enemy’s space station to gather intel on the terrorists. He’s assigned to the general’s daughter. She thinks he’s a spybot who reports her actions back to her father. In the opening scene, her father informs her he’s sending her to become the concubine mate of alien. Kai realizes that will lead to her death. He wants to save her, but can’t abandon his greater mission.
Cynthia Sax: Does someone in Mated with the Cyborg have a secret?
Cara Bristol: The heroine’s father wants her dead with a capital D. Why he wants to kill her is a big secret. Also, early on, she is veiled because she has a facial deformity. I think readers will be surprised when they see her through Kai’s eyes. It’s the “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” thing.
Cynthia Sax: Thank you, Cara Bristol, for joining us today!
Cara Bristol’s Website: http://www.carabristol.com
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Kai Andros’s orders were simple. Get in. Gather the intel on the terrorist organization. Get out. Then he met her. Mariska. Beautiful. Innocent. Ignorant of her father’s atrocities. And marked for death. His orders said nothing about saving her. But he did. He went off-mission. Can a rogue cyborg outrun both Cyber Operations and the terrorists to save the woman he loves? Mated with the Cyborg is an action-packed erotic sci-fi romance between a man with a mission and a woman with a secret that jeopardizes their lives and the fate of the galaxy.
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On ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-matedwiththecyborg-1958978-143.html
Thanks so much for the interview! Woo hoo for the Year of the Cyborg.
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