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Gratitude

By Cynthia Sax on October 10, 2020

Stock photo crafted by and indirectly purchased from: Akifyeva Svetlana

This is Canadian Thanksgiving and it is a unique one this year. (grins) My section of the universe is in renewed lockdown. In order to keep our loved ones safe, we have been asked to celebrate face-to-face only with the people in our household.

I’m grateful that our leaders are concerned about our wellbeing. Telling people to stay home for Thanksgiving wasn’t an easy task to tackle. But they did it because they care about us.

I’m grateful I have loved ones (biological and found family) I am trying to protect. I care about the family and friends I would have normally visited. I care about the people in my neighborhood. I want to keep the big German Neighbor, his tiny Wife, the two Princesses safe. I care about Dorine, the single Mom who works at the corner grocery store. And I care about so many others.

I’m extremely grateful for technology and online shopping. I’ve set up Zoom meet-ups with friends and family so I can see their beautiful faces. I’ve sent my Awesome Mom and other loved ones little gifts through online stores. My cards and letters to them have already been delivered.

I’m grateful for my Dear Wonderful Hubby who has purchased THREE pies for this weekend-pumpkin, blueberry and apple. He is striving to make this Thanksgiving special and I truly appreciate that and him.

And I’m super grateful for you and the rest of my Romancelandia family. (big hugs) When I feel a little lonely, I jump on Twitter or Instagram and there’s always a friend there, willing to chat. That is such a gift.

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends!

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Warlord’s Return

Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.

He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.

* * *

Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.

She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.

* * *

Warlord’s Return is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a determined barbarian warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an eyeball-eating mini dragon.

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Warlord’s Return And Family

By Cynthia Sax on October 9, 2020

Warlord’s Return, like Testing Truth, is, I believe, a perfectly timed release. I didn’t plan it that way. (laughs) I’m not that organized. But November and December are often a time for families, biological or found, and Warlord’s Return is definitely about families.

Oghul, Khan’s Second, is returning with his gerel to the Refuge on Carinae E to visit with his family, his brother and his gerel. He is taking Ariq and the rest of his team, his brothers-in-arms, his found family with him.

Lysagh, the bounty hunter-in-training we first met in Warlord’s Bounty, is searching for a place where she will fit. She thinks she’s looking for a mentor. I suspect she’s truly looking for a family. Xareni, the heroine of Warlord’s Return, is a bit of a loner and, at first glance, she seems to be someone who doesn’t need friends or family. But she would kill for Spark, her mini dragon hunting partner. She loves the grumpy little creature. Spark is HER family.

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Warlord’s Return

Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.

He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.

* * *

Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.

She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.

* * *

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Throwback Thursday – Chasing Mayhem

By Cynthia Sax on October 8, 2020

2020 has been a chaotic year. Strange things have happened and continue to happen. The weather has been extreme. We’re in the middle of a pandemic. Leadership has been…random. There is an outbreak of murder hornets and other bizarre things have occurred.

The cyborg I believe would most fervently embrace this year is Mayhem. (grins) His name says it all. He relishes the unpredictable nature of the universe, runs toward trouble, not away from it, and he sports a wide grin on his handsome face while doing so.

Imee, his female, is his match. She’s a little more stable, which is a GOOD thing because if she was any less stable, this wild couple would likely fly into the nearest star simply to experience that. (laughs) But she understands why Mayhem processes the way he does. Her lifespan has been chaotic also.

If you feel the need to escape this world for a while and embrace chaos, considering reading or re-reading Chasing Mayhem.

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Wild. Free. Hers.

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.

Imee’s sole mission in life is to keep her family alive. To do this, she must hunt rebels, returning them to the Humanoid Alliance’s evil clutches where they will be executed. She doesn’t allow herself to feel anything for her targets…until she meets a tall, muscular cyborg with wild hair and even wilder eyes.

With his sure hands, laughing lips and erotic holds, Mayhem makes Imee’s body sizzle and her resistance melt. Their love is doomed. She must deliver the warrior to his death or she’ll place her family’s safety at risk. But she can’t resist him.

Imee soon discovers that Mayhem, life, and love are never predictable.

Chasing Mayhem is Book 6 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STANDALONE story.
It is also a BBW Cyborg SciFi Romance.

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More Medieval Dragon Shifters From C.S. Sax Available For Pre-ordering!

By Cynthia Sax on October 7, 2020

More Medieval Dragon Shifters, the next short story collection to be published under C.S. Sax, has been listed at booksellers!

These three sexy dragon shifter romance short stories are set in the same world as the stories in the Medieval Dragon Shifters collection.

They are based on previously published stories (Her Dragon Lords, Dragon Lord’s Captive and Dragon Lord’s Destiny) and have been GREATLY revised and expanded (they’re 50% longer).

More Medieval Dragon Shifters

They’re primitive and possessive and they love with all the passion in their big dragon hearts.

Four dragon-shifting warriors rule their medieval kingdoms with might and fire and steel. They are searching for their fated mates, and when they find them, they will do anything to claim them, protect them, love them.

Their ladies need little protecting. Their bravery matches their warriors’. They seek adventure and belonging and caring. Some wield swords. Others conquer their enemies with kindness. All will ride their dragons and find their destinies.

Two Heads Are Better Than One (The Green Two-Headed Dragon) – In her fantasies, Guinevere cavorts with two-headed dragons. In reality, she must choose between two handsome twin brothers. Or must she?

Dragon’s Captive (The Blue Dragon) – Every solstice, the villagers sacrifice an untouched maiden to their guardian dragon. This solstice, Rhoslyn is chosen. The villagers don’t realize she isn’t untouched OR an unwilling sacrifice. She plans to claim her dragon-shifting captor. Permanently.

Dragons And Destinies (The Gray Dragon) – Celestria travels to King’s Keep, hoping to experience a destined love equal to the one her parents enjoyed. She encounters bandits, a bloody battle and one strong yet silent dragon-shifting warrior. His skills at courtly love are lacking. His rough touch enflames her passions.

Escape into a medieval fantasy world with these three lunch-hour-length romances.

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Warlord’s Return – A Bonus Story

By Cynthia Sax on October 6, 2020

Some reading buddies have asked me why I didn’t end the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series after Warlord’s Mercy. That story answers almost all of the questions raised during the series. What more is there to tell?

Lysagh’s story DOES need a happier for-now ending. Her story is one that hadn’t been completely told. This young bounty-hunter-in-training is still looking for her place in the universe. Her gut tells her it isn’t with the bounty hunters. There’s so much anger in her and she wants vengeance.

Ariq, Oghul’s best warrior and the hero of Warlord’s Return, also needed some resolution. He is struggling with peace, as many warriors here on Earth do.

Just because the wars for a species or nation end doesn’t mean the wars for those involved have ended.

Ariq has adapted to battle, is genetically-disposed to battle, has spent most of his lifespan honing those skills. Now they’re not needed.

And he’s lost. He doesn’t know where he fits anymore. I wanted to tell that story, to see him receive his happy ending.

But I DO view Warlord’s Return as a bonus story, a story I wrote mostly for myself and thought you’d enjoy. (grins) It is a reason to go back to the Refuge, the home of Kralj and Dita from Dark Thoughts. I hung out with Oghul and his crew and received updates on the modified humanoids.

The Refuge series and the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series are closely connected.

It felt right to return to Carinae E. It felt like returning home.

And I really needed that right now. I thought you might need it too.

(big hugs)

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Warlord’s Return

Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.

He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.

* * *

Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.

She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.

* * *

Warlord’s Return is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a determined barbarian warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an eyeball-eating mini dragon.

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Warlord’s Return – First Scene Of The First Chapter

By Cynthia Sax on October 5, 2020

The countdown for Warlord’s Return, the next Chamele Barbarian Warlords romance, is on! Woot!

While we wait for it to release on November 3rd, I’ll be sharing the first chapter, starting with the first scene.

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Chapter One

Ariq was a warrior without a war.

The Chamele sector was finally at peace.

That was cause for celebration for the average Chamele. The Succession Wars had waged for solar cycles. Beings had died. Families and homes were destroyed.

All that hardship was over.

But it created a different type of trauma for beings like him, beings who lived for battle—who were created for it. There was a restlessness within Ariq, a need to fight, to kill, to appease that thirst within his soul. The beings in his birthing settlement called it the os khonzon, the vengeance, and that genetic aberration had carved its claws deep into him, threatened to tear him apart.

Carinae E, an outlaw planet, could provide the hostilities he craved…if they ever reached there. The trip there from Chamele 2 was long, and it involved too much sitting on his ass, not enough bloodshed.

Looking for a diversion, Ariq moved through the ship.

Yesun, the youngest Chamele warrior reporting to Oghul, their Warlord’s Second, was seated at his usual place in the nourishment-consumption chamber. He clutched a nourishment bar in each of his hands. “Is Second looking for me?”

“He’s not looking for you.” The last time, Ariq saw Second, his friend and leader was cuddling with his gerel, the ship’s Lead Medic. “Leave some of those for the rest of us.” He teased the always-hungry youth.

“I’d leave them all for you if there was something else to eat.” Yesun grimaced. “These bars don’t fill me up…not like my mother’s do.” His gaze lost focus.

The young warrior was likely thinking of all the nourishment he’d eaten in his short lifespan.

Not wanting to hear that recap, Ariq picked up two nourishment bars, a container of beverage, and three cleaning cloths, put them in the holsters on his ass coverings, and hastily exited the space.

Rinchinbal was in the corridor. The Chamele boy had been adopted by Qulpa, the ship’s pilot, and Qulpa’s gerel, their Warlord’s Head of Ship and Weapons Design.

The boy twisted his slender form to the right and to the left. The tips of the mechanical claws attached to his right hand were yet again stuck in the wall panel.

It was the third time in three planet rotations Ariq had found him that way.

Qulpa’s gerel had deliberately made Rinchinbal’s claws dull…which was a good thing as the boy would have done serious harm to himself if they were sharp. His small body was covered with scratches and shallow puncture wounds.

But bluntness meant, with great force, the boy could pierce a surface but couldn’t cut himself loose. He huffed and puffed, struggling to free himself.

Hitch, one of their bots, tugged on the boy’s index finger, seeking to help him. The little creation chirped encouragement. His lights flashed.

Tubby, another bot, was positioned at the boy’s booted feet. He held out a straightening tool.

That would make the situation worse.

Ariq stifled a sigh. “Stay still.” He extended his natural claws and made slits in the wall panel around the boy’s mechanics. “You’re patching these holes also.”

Rinchinbal might not yet be a skilled warrior, but he had become very good at repairs.

“Please don’t tell Head of Ship and Weapons Design about this.” The boy extracted his claws. “If she finds out how bad I am at using her claws, how I can’t work them properly, she might send me back, choose another boy and—”

“Head of Ship and Weapons Design has already invested almost a solar cycle of training into you.” Ariq stopped the young Chamele’s impending meltdown.

The boy had been born without claws, had been rejected and abandoned by his biological parents for being different. He worried others would be as judgmental as those uncaring beings had been.

“It takes Chameles much longer than one solar cycle to learn how to use their claws. See this mark?” Ariq pointed to one of the scars on his side. “I inflicted that wound on myself after I had my claws for fourteen solar cycles.”

Unlike Rinchinbal, he had been born with claws. He had been trying to impress other boys during training, had misjudged a move and accidentally impaled himself upon his natural weapons.

The boy’s eyes widened. “That’s a great scar.”

Hitch whistled, adding his commentary.

Ariq grunted. He had plenty of great scars. “Head of Ship and Weapons Design would be a fool to exchange you for another boy at this stage of your training.”

Qulpa’s gerel also loved the boy more than she loved her own lifespan. Qulpa cared for Rinchinbal with that same intensity. The boy was part of their family…permanently.

Ariq narrowed his eyes at the young warrior, forcing himself to be tough on him. Rinchinbal wouldn’t respond to soft words. “Are you calling Head of Ship and Weapons Design a fool?”

“No, sir.” The boy straightened, almost poking himself in the hips while doing so.

“Then stop worrying about nonsense.” Ariq shook his head. “Patch the holes and continue your training.”

He walked away from the boy and the bots.

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Read the next scene (available October 12th) here: http://tasteofcyn.com/?p=7515

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Warlord’s Return

Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.

He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.

* * *

Ariq finds that conflict and more when he meets his fated mate.

She’s a monster and monsters don’t need anyone.

* * *

Warlord’s Return is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a determined barbarian warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an eyeball-eating mini dragon.

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