Baring Grudge And Mentors Who Don’t Realize They Are Mentors
I’ve been lucky to have many awesome mentors in my life. Some…or many of them (grins) didn’t know they were my mentors. Recently, I thanked one of them and she was surprised I saw her in that light. She was merely trying to pass along what she knew, she told me.
Which is exactly what a mentor does. (laughs)
Taelyn, the heroine of Baring Grudge, considers Medic Neidan and Mulls to be her adopted mother and father. They are also her mentors, beings she approaches for advice and tries to emulate.
Medic Neidan knows she holds that honored role, though I suspect she’ll never truly realize how much Taelyn loves her.
I suspect grumpy, surly Mulls has no clue how important he is to Taelyn.
I suspect you have no clue how much you mean to someone out there in the universe. (big hugs) You likely also don’t realize how much you mean to me.
You’re making a difference and you don’t even know that. Not knowing doesn’t make it less true, however.
You matter. Never doubt that.
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Baring Grudge
No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.
***
Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty.
That resolve is tested when a tiny human female enters the space station and sets the prettiest little explosives the warrior has ever seen. She is Grudge’s genetic match, the one being manufactured for him. He wants to touch her, kiss her, claim her in all ways, but first he has to stop her from blasting him into the next galaxy.
Taelyn has a self-appointed mission—to destroy every battle robot the Humanoid Alliance has ever manufactured. A huge gray-skinned, blue-eyed cyborg warrior with mismatched arms won’t prevent her from achieving her goal. She’ll escape him, leaving destruction in her wake.
Before she departs, she’ll experience one toe-curling moment of hatred-edged passion with her handsome foe. She’ll show him how skilled with detonations she truly is. He will have his universe rocked.
Then she’ll disappear.
Her cyborg, however, has no intention of ever letting her go.
***
Baring Grudge is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a determined, damaged warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an explosive game of predator and prey played across galaxies.
Baring Grudge is the third of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power
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Baring Grudge And The Planet Of Misfit Beings
In Baring Grudge, Mulls tells Grudge, “Welcome to the planet of misfit beings.”
This is a fun, light reference to the Island of Misfit Toys that first appeared in the 1964 TV Special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (that special features Rudolph, Hermey, and Yukon Cornelius).
TV stations would play this classic special every Christmas when I was a kid and I was fascinated by the island. I wanted to find it, live on it.
Like many kids, I was acutely aware I was different (as all of us are). I felt like I was a bit of a misfit toy myself and thought I would fit right in with Charlie-In-The-Box and the ostrich-riding cowboy. It seemed like such a magical place.
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Baring Grudge
No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.
***
Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty.
That resolve is tested when a tiny human female enters the space station and sets the prettiest little explosives the warrior has ever seen. She is Grudge’s genetic match, the one being manufactured for him. He wants to touch her, kiss her, claim her in all ways, but first he has to stop her from blasting him into the next galaxy.
Taelyn has a self-appointed mission—to destroy every battle robot the Humanoid Alliance has ever manufactured. A huge gray-skinned, blue-eyed cyborg warrior with mismatched arms won’t prevent her from achieving her goal. She’ll escape him, leaving destruction in her wake.
Before she departs, she’ll experience one toe-curling moment of hatred-edged passion with her handsome foe. She’ll show him how skilled with detonations she truly is. He will have his universe rocked.
Then she’ll disappear.
Her cyborg, however, has no intention of ever letting her go.
***
Baring Grudge is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a determined, damaged warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an explosive game of predator and prey played across galaxies.
Baring Grudge is the third of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power
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Baring Grudge And Resistance
My Awesome Mom has always told me I’m perverse. If someone tells me not to do something, that’s exactly the thing I yearn to do.
Taelyn, the heroine of Baring Grudge, is very similar.
As Grudge notes, “Resistance was her default setting.” She’s a fighter, a questioner of commands, a being intent on obeying her own rules.
That is how she has always tackled challenges and she’s seen a LOT of challenges in her lifespan. Being a fighter has worked for her. She might soften her responses in the future but I doubt she’ll ever fully abandon that strategy for dealing with the universe.
Which is awesome for Grudge as he NEEDS someone who will push back, who will battle him on his decisions and his often wild schemes. He loves Taelyn’s resistance.
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Baring Grudge
No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.
***
Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty.
That resolve is tested when a tiny human female enters the space station and sets the prettiest little explosives the warrior has ever seen. She is Grudge’s genetic match, the one being manufactured for him. He wants to touch her, kiss her, claim her in all ways, but first he has to stop her from blasting him into the next galaxy.
Taelyn has a self-appointed mission—to destroy every battle robot the Humanoid Alliance has ever manufactured. A huge gray-skinned, blue-eyed cyborg warrior with mismatched arms won’t prevent her from achieving her goal. She’ll escape him, leaving destruction in her wake.
Before she departs, she’ll experience one toe-curling moment of hatred-edged passion with her handsome foe. She’ll show him how skilled with detonations she truly is. He will have his universe rocked.
Then she’ll disappear.
Her cyborg, however, has no intention of ever letting her go.
***
Baring Grudge is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a determined, damaged warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an explosive game of predator and prey played across galaxies.
Baring Grudge is the third of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power
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Baring Grudge And The Support For Cadet
The Rebel Cyborgs series is building to the fifth and final book, Seizing Power. That story will feature the sure-to-be bloody confrontation between Cadet aka Eirene Ours, the leader of the Rebel Cyborgs, and Power, the E Model self-appointed leader of the Cyborg Council.
When I first uncovered what Cadet was doing, how she was rebelling against the Cyborg Council, I thought that battle would be very much one-sided. Power is older, more experienced, has the backing of millions of freed cyborg warriors and their ships.
But Cadet has been quickly amassing support. She has the loyalty of the thousands of cyborg warriors she helped free.
She has also earned the gratitude of thousands of potential females (and males) of not-yet-identified cyborg warriors. We don’t yet know who these warriors are and which roles they hold on or around the Homeland.
In Doc’s Orders, Cadet gained a ‘favor’ from Doc. I suspect Vector and the rest of the Reckless’ crew will back their Medic.
In Under Strain, the Rebel Cyborgs commandeered thousands of Humanoid Alliance warships. Cadet obtained a formidable fleet.
Now, in Baring Grudge, Cadet has forged an informal alliance with the Retrievers.
Power should be scared. (grins) VERY scared.
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Baring Grudge
No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.
***
Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty.
That resolve is tested when a tiny human female enters the space station and sets the prettiest little explosives the warrior has ever seen. She is Grudge’s genetic match, the one being manufactured for him. He wants to touch her, kiss her, claim her in all ways, but first he has to stop her from blasting him into the next galaxy.
Taelyn has a self-appointed mission—to destroy every battle robot the Humanoid Alliance has ever manufactured. A huge gray-skinned, blue-eyed cyborg warrior with mismatched arms won’t prevent her from achieving her goal. She’ll escape him, leaving destruction in her wake.
Before she departs, she’ll experience one toe-curling moment of hatred-edged passion with her handsome foe. She’ll show him how skilled with detonations she truly is. He will have his universe rocked.
Then she’ll disappear.
Her cyborg, however, has no intention of ever letting her go.
***
Baring Grudge is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a determined, damaged warrior, an equally resolute human female, and an explosive game of predator and prey played across galaxies.
Baring Grudge is the third of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power
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Cyborgs And Earth
A reading buddy asked me if there will ever be a cyborg story set on Earth.
That COULD happen. I never say never. Whenever I do that, I’m usually presented with a story idea the very next day. (laughs)
But the probability is low.
Why?
Because the cyborgs were manufactured to fight the Humanoid Alliance’s (i.e. the humans’) wars against mostly non-human species. The majority of beings on Earth are humans.
And because most of the cyborgs were stationed far away from Earth. The Humanoid Alliance benefited from the physical distance between the less loyal humans (i.e. those not in deep with the Humanoid Alliance) and the cyborgs. The less beings knew about cyborgs, the less likely they were to figure out cyborgs are living, feeling beings, not emotionless weapons of war.
The Humanoid Alliance wanted to separate the majority of humans from the majority of cyborgs. The cyborgs would need a strong incentive to bridge that distance.
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Under Strain
A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.
***
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.
***
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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Cyborgs And Cleaning Cloths
In the cyborg world, the main method of cleaning skin and bodies is by using cleaning cloths.
Cleaning cloths are NOT wipes. (grins) They aren’t the little pieces of material some of us have been using to sanitize our hands during the pandemic. Those wouldn’t be effective at all for larger clean ups and for everyday use.
A few years ago, in the Before Times, I attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas and met a scientist/inventor. He was looking for funding for a project he was working on.
That project was a liquid-less fabric that could clean bodies, other fabrics, other surfaces. The technology it utilized was similar to electronic charges. The cleaning fabric was ‘recharged’ in a little machine.
He claimed his cleaning fabric was more effective than soap and water.
Cleaning cloths are an evolution of that idea. They are much more advanced and more effective than the demo cleaning fabric I saw.
You might be wondering…
Why don’t the cyborgs use water to clean themselves?
Water is more valuable than sunstones in the universe. Heck, I suspect in 300 years, drinkable water will be more valuable than diamonds right here on Earth.
The number of planets supplying water to the ever-increasing populations of humans and humanoids are few. Water can’t be squandered on cleaning beings or clothing or things. It has to be reserved for drinking.
So beings, being inventive, devised another solution – cleaning cloths. Cleaning cloths are portable, effective, can be used pretty much forever, and don’t require liquids.
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Under Strain
A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.
***
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.
***
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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Changing Roles And Cyborgs
The Dear Wonderful Hubby is starting a new job on Monday. Woot!
He’ll be meeting new co-workers and clients, learning new jargon, acquired different skills.
He’s excited and a bit nervous. Change is always like that – a swirling vortex of emotions. The old ways or environment might not be ideal. That’s why we want to move from it. But we know it. We know how to navigate it. The new is…well…new. We’re not quite sure what to say or do or if we’ll find happiness.
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what the cyborgs are now grappling with. They know how to be warriors, how to fight and kill. But the Homeland (and Mercury Minor) needs more than warriors. It needs beings in a vast array of roles. It’ll be exciting to witness how the cyborgs deal with that.
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Under Strain
A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.
***
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.
***
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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Bonding Ceremonies – Chasing Mayhem
The celebration of marriages and other unions during this wonderful month of June wouldn’t be complete without the bonding ceremony found in Chasing Mayhem. The exchange of armlets and words play an important role in Imee’s culture and in her story.
Here is a snippet from Chasing Mayhem…
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“I’m never releasing you.” He reached under the pile of body armor. “I’ve decided to bind you to me for all eternity.”
“No more games.” She pulled on the restraints. “I—”
He held out two silver-colored armlets, one small, one large, and she stopped talking, stunned. The gear-and-cog design was unique, intricate, beautiful.
But it was his words paired with his choice of gift that caused tears to prick her eyes and a ball of emotion to form in her throat. He wanted to bind their souls forever.
It was one of her secret wishes, a dream she held close to her heart.
“Don’t you dare joke about this, Mayhem.” She wouldn’t survive it.
“I’m serious.” And he did appear that way, his lips flat. “They’re manufactured from my mechanics, some of the most durable substances in the galaxy.”
He’d put a piece of himself in the armlets. Her vision clouded. “You fool. You shouldn’t have done that.” It must have hurt him.
“My nanocybotics replaced them.” He shrugged. “Our lifespans will be long. My mechanics were the logical choice.”
She suspected his decision had involved more than logic. “If we do this, our souls will be entwined until time ends.”
“They already are, my female.” He snapped the smaller armlet around her left biceps. “I give to you my soul for safekeeping. It is yours. In this lifespan and the next. Guard it well for I have no other.”
He had studied and learned the binding words. Imee stared at the armlet, unable to speak. His nanocybotics bubbled inside her. She wore his armlet, a symbol of his soul.
He’d always be with her. She would never be solitary.
***
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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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Under Strain And Communities On Mercury Minor
Mercury Minor is, first and foremost, Ghost and Lethe’s home. They ‘rule’ the planet. They brought it back from the dead, cleaned it up, made it inhabitable.
Ghost requires space. He requires quiet and he requires terrain he can protect, a place where he can feel safe. A section of the planet will always belong exclusively to him and to Lethe.
Some newly rescued warriors also require quiet, less populated places, places inhabited by only cyborgs and no other species. There will be a few severely damaged warriors who never become accustomed to sharing spaces with other species.
There is land set aside for them on Mercury Minor.
Most cyborgs, however, like having beings around them. They were manufactured in huge batches. They trained all together. They were stored together, fought together. Now that they are freed, they often want to stay together. They don’t mind crowded sites. Those can be comforting for them.
The largest communities on Mercury Minor are allocated to these cyborgs.
Cyborgs who have found their genetic matches often want to have their own semi-private spaces and their own communities. Their genetic matches have unique needs, especially around socialization, and they feel more comfortable being around beings like them, beings who are going through similar experiences.
There are some smaller communities on Mercury Minor reserved for these small and growing families. Often, the not-yet-matched non-cyborg beings are situated in these communities too.
As Mercury Minor evolves, the communities will, of course, change. But right now, this set up works for the Rebel Cyborgs and their genetic matches.
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Under Strain
A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.
***
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.
***
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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Under Strain And Mudholes
The scene in Under Strain that took the most research and time to write was the theropod in the mudhole scene.
Getting the theropod stuck in the mud wasn’t the challenge. (grins) Some of the best-preserved dinosaur fossils currently in existence are those of creatures that became stuck in mud and couldn’t escape it. Getting stuck in mudholes happened.
But quite often the dinosaur also died, especially if they were as deeply stuck as the theropod in Under Strain was. Getting the dinosaur OUT of the mudhole is the challenge.
Especially as Kamyelle, our human heroine, is much smaller and lighter than theropod.
There are quite a few articles and videos showing how people have helped free cows and horses from mudholes. Deep mud continues to be a peril for large animals.
Getting animals unstuck often requires a variety of tactics. To free the theropod, Kamyelle used building traction (throwing the branches into the mudhole), use of a winch (the rope attached to the tree – this was okay for the theropod as they have tough hides and huge necks but it could be an extremely dangerous tactic for a horse or cow) and most importantly, working quickly before the dinosaur became overly tired. Unless the rescue team is huge, a large animal has to be able to help with the process.
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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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Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/under-strain/id1545957749
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/under-strain-cynthia-sax/1138505613
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/under-strain
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/10602
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