Throwback Thursday – Dark Thoughts
When Kralj, the rather scary the modified humanoid Ruler of the Refuge, appeared in Chasing Mayhem, I KNEW I had to tell his extremely violent and so very heart-shattering story.
He, like the cyborgs, was designed to kill. Yet, unlike the cyborgs, he couldn’t be controlled.
Because his powers were too tremendous and because his cruel designers isolated him. He had no brethren to protect.
THEN.
He has brethren to protect now. And he does that by killing anyone with his settlement who breaks his rules.
Kralj doesn’t plan to move from that stance.
Even if that means killing the only being who can touch his heavily guarded heart.
Can love redeem a monster?
The Refuge is home to some of the most violent beings in the universe. Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control.
Until he meets her.
Dita has one mission—to kill the three targets claiming sanctuary within the Refuge. Or so she claims. For the first time in his long lifespan, Kralj isn’t certain of another being’s intentions. The tiny assassin is immune to his powers, her thoughts unreadable. He can’t predict her movements, can’t control her, can’t stop wanting her.
Dita is rare, as unique as he is, and, to keep the residents of the Refuge safe, Kralj will have to kill her. But first, he’ll touch her, taste her, show her how passionate the beast inside him can be.
Dark Thoughts is a STAND-ALONE SciFi Romance.
The hero might be tall, dark, and scarred but don’t be fooled by his appearance.
He’s truly a monster.
This story is not for readers with delicate sensibilities.
Read Now For FREE:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/dark-thoughts/id1200022597
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dark-thoughts-3
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/699393
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Chameleons And Other Lizards In Madagascar
The Dear Wonderful Hubby arranged for a world renowned naturalist to show the two of us a bit of Madagascar. This naturalist’s main area of expertise is reptiles.
Which meant, to my delight, we saw SO MANY chameleons and other lizards. (grins)
Look at this little dinosaur going for a very slow, shaky walk! (grins)
This little guy is clinging to his tree.
This one is fully exposed and sunning himself.
This chameleon was challenging to spot.
As was this one!
Look at this chameleon’s tail!
This chameleon was TINY! And look at his nose!
There were other lizards also.
The lizards, like this one, could be as challenging to spot as the chameleons were.
Sometimes they stood out, however. (grins)
Or were upside down.
Or were tiny. This little guy was the width of a dragonfly.
Madagascar is definitely a great place for reptile watching! We had SUCH a great time!
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Dark Thoughts Featured In The Roswell Daily Record
The always awesome Veronica Scott crafted a fun article for the Roswell Daily Record. She asked SciFi Romance Writers which stories of theirs didn’t get enough love.
I chose Dark Thoughts, which might surprise lovers of this darker alien-like romance.
But, as I share,
“It wasn’t a cyborg romance, which is what many readers expect from me. And it didn’t fit into the alien romance category as the hero is a modified humanoid. It is also darker in tone because the hero kills frequently and enthusiastically. But it doesn’t fall into dark romance.”
Read the entire wonderful article here…
Can love redeem a monster?
The Refuge is home to some of the most violent beings in the universe. Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control.
Until he meets her.
Dita has one mission—to kill the three targets claiming sanctuary within the Refuge. Or so she claims. For the first time in his long lifespan, Kralj isn’t certain of another being’s intentions. The tiny assassin is immune to his powers, her thoughts unreadable. He can’t predict her movements, can’t control her, can’t stop wanting her.
Dita is rare, as unique as he is, and, to keep the residents of the Refuge safe, Kralj will have to kill her. But first, he’ll touch her, taste her, show her how passionate the beast inside him can be.
Dark Thoughts is a STAND-ALONE SciFi Romance.
The hero might be tall, dark, and scarred but don’t be fooled by his appearance.
He’s truly a monster.
This story is not for readers with delicate sensibilities.
Read Now For FREE:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Dark-Thoughts-Refuge-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01MRAABGC/
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/dark-thoughts/id1200022597
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/dark-thoughts-3
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/699393
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Muse Food – Mounted Police And Setting The Mood
I was completely enchanted by these mounted police in Qatar.
And…I shouldn’t have been. Because they ARE the police. They have the ability to arrest me and others and perhaps do worse to us.
Those beautiful horses? I suspect they have been trained to kill.
But someone from North America, like myself, associates them with parades and other peaceful events. We don’t view them as possible weapons.
If you want to change the mood of a story, that can be as easy as changing a small detail…like the mode of transportation the rule enforcers use.
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – February 16
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I spotted this sleeping kitty in an artist’s studio in Bermuda.
(smiles)
I haven’t yet decided what to do with the Moonbeam stories.
I really want to republish them but I suspect, by the time they’re ready to be published (the covers are crafted and the sets are formatted), booksellers won’t list them.
And the publishing process requires effort by numerous people. I don’t want to waste anyone’s time. Time is so very precious.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Take some of that precious time and spend it on something that gives YOU happiness. Listen to a favorite song. Reread a favorite romance novel. Dance around in your underwear. Give yourself that gift!
***
Claiming Cure
A proud cyborg medic meets his human match.
***
Cyra has tasks to complete before she dies.
There are patients to heal, a dangerous mission to undertake, and a world to save. She doesn’t have time to entertain uninvited guests.
Especially one coldhearted cyborg medic who thinks he’s better than her.
The male might be breathtakingly handsome. His sternly set lips might be extremely kissable. And his touch might draw out a passion she didn’t think she was capable of feeling.
But he’s also a distraction, one that might doom millions of innocent beings to a painful, horrible death.
Cure isn’t emotionless. He feels…greatly. Listening to that malfunction has caused other beings pain and suffering in the past.
He refuses to allow his desires to cloud his judgment now.
His resolve is tested when he’s forced to associate with the most provoking, alluring medic in the universe.
Cyra is his genetic match, the one being in the universe he is fated to protect, touch, claim. She’s clever and beautiful, and the need to hold her almost downs his systems.
But now is not the time to indulge his great wanting.
Cure has an assignment to complete.
If he fails to accomplish his goals, everyone he cares for, including his human female, will die.
***
Claiming Cure is a standalone Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features two skilled medics determined to ignore the toe-curling attraction between them, a perilous impossible mission, and foes seeking to ensure they never heal another being ever again.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/claiming-cure/id6499055867
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/claiming-cure
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1553992
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The Cyborg Sizzle Rebellion Omnibus/Collection
I’ve recently released the third Cyborg Omnibus/Collection. Last week, I talked about the first Cyborg Omnibus/Collection. I’m talking about the second Omnibus/Collection today.
As with the other two, if you already have the individual stories, there will be nothing new to you in this collection.
If you DON’T have these four stories, it is a great way to obtain them.
And I absolutely LOVE the cover crafted by Amanda Kelsey!
Cyborg Sizzle Rebellion Omnibus
Rebellion. Freedom. Love.
* * *
The time has come for the cyborgs to rebel against their cruel manufacturers. As they fight for their freedom, they’ll encounter the human females they’re fated to love and protect for all eternity.
This omnibus includes four stories in the Cyborg Sizzle series: Hers To Command, Ghost Of A Machine, Seeking Vector and Knowing Zip.
All of these Cyborg Romances are set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Hers To Command
Ace and Thrasher share a special bond. They’ve never acknowledged that connection and have never fully acted on it. The Humanoid Alliance kill cyborg males like them, deeming the warriors to be defective. Now that Ace and Thrasher have escaped, they don’t trust the cyborg council and their brethren to react any differently. Physical love is too risky for them to consider.
Until they meet her.
Ghost Of A Machine
Ghost, a C Model cyborg, has disconnected his machine from his human side. Severely damaged, he knows two things—the curvy human female on his ship belongs to him and he must keep her safe. He’ll stop at nothing to protect her, claim her, make her his.
Seeking Vector
Vector, the C Model captain of the Freedom, is a cyborg many warriors wish to emulate. He fights fiercely, leads with honor, has earned the respect and loyalty of his crew. But no being, not even a cyborg, is perfect. Since arriving at the Homeland, Vector has been hiding a dark truth about his past. If his secret is exposed, he could lose everything – his position, his ship, and his life.
She excels at uncovering secrets.
Knowing Zip
Zip is the last of his friends to find his female, the one being meant for him. He isn’t certain she exists until he hears her voice over a transmission. A self-proclaimed systems deity, he researches his curvy little human and discovers she dreams of being abducted by a big, strong warrior. Zip plans to make his female’s fantasies come true.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyborg-Sizzle-Rebellion-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B08MCNXMM1/
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyborg-Sizzle-Rebellion-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B08MCNXMM1/
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Cyborg-Sizzle-Rebellion-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B08MCNXMM1/
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Cyborg-Sizzle-Rebellion-Omnibus-Continuum-ebook/dp/B08MCNXMM1/
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/cyborg-sizzle-rebellion-omnibus/id1538457041
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/cyborg-sizzle-rebellion-omnibus
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1052167
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Cyborgs And Malicious Compliance
This excerpt is from Taking Vengeance
“A projectile to my head knocked me unconscious, and your brethren thought I was dead.” Battling the urge to touch him, she placed her hands on her hips, a defiant and safe stance. “That’s the only reason I’m alive now.”
“Cyborgs can sense lifeforms.” He stepped closer to her. “My brethren knew you were alive.”
They were aware she had survived. She blinked. “Then why didn’t they finish me off?”
He shrugged. “The humans wouldn’t have known you were alive.”
The cyborgs were skilled in malicious compliance.
(grins)
While under the Humanoid Alliance’s control, they couldn’t disobey direct orders, not without dying and causing the additional deaths of their brethren, but they certainly didn’t volunteer to expend one nanocybotic worth of effort more than that.
They didn’t try to ‘fix’ the faults within the Humanoid Alliance’s systems.
They didn’t fight rebels they weren’t directed to fight.
They didn’t hide Humanoid Alliance weaknesses.
They followed stupid, battle-losing orders, processing they were stupid, battle-losing orders.
They marched into battle as slowly as they could and did a gazillion other small things to hinder the Humanoid Alliance’s efforts.
(They only killed rebel children because they were ORDERED to also kill rebel children.)
Malicious Compliance is a VERY effective form of rebellion. It safeguards the usually entrenched rebel while hindering the baddies’ efforts. And if everyone uses this tactic, baddies eventually lose.
Taking Vengeance
The only force stronger than their hate is their love.
Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human.
Then she blows up his ship, blasting to bits his preconceived notions about the enemy.
Astrid, aka the Buoir Berserker, hates all cyborgs. They killed her entire clan, including her baby sister. The warrior female has vowed to hunt down and destroy the enemy. When a savage cyborg arrogantly puts his hard, sexy body within her reach, she does the only thing a female can do—she peppers his muscular physique with projectiles.
The more passionately they fight, the stronger their attraction becomes. Neither of them will relent on their missions, yet they can’t keep their hands off each other. Their battle will either end in love to last an eternity or in death.
Taking Vengeance is a STAND-ALONE story.
It is also an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, often violent universe.
Order Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Taking-Vengeance-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B079YGMLD2
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/taking-vengeance/id1352770472
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/taking-vengeance-1
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/794862
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Throwback Thursday – Releasing Rage
Releasing Rage was the very first cyborg romance I published.
I wrote it for myself after two of my favorite cyborg romance writers went on a publishing break and I needed a new cyborg romance to read. (grins)
It is raw and gritty and packed with emotion. And it is currently FREE.
Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
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.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
Read Now for FREE:
On Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
On Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00ZOL1DRO/
On Amazon AUS: https://www.amazon.com.au/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
On Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
On Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/releasing-rage/id1025933626
On Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/releasing-rage
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Lemurs In Madagascar
The Dear Wonderful Hubby arranged for the two of us to go on a private tour with a world renowned naturalist in Madagascar. This naturalist has appeared in many documentaries and often shows scientists and other visitors the land he clearly loves and knows VERY well.
He took us to the Amber Mountain National Park and…we saw lemurs! (And a gazillion other critters and plants)
We saw two large groups of them. They were in the trees but clearly visible. They were cuddling with their babies and chattering. There was much fruit eating and some sh*tting (NEVER look upward with your mouth open. The naturalist told us how some visitors learned that lesson the hard way. – grins).
Very few visitors, unfortunately, saw lemurs even though our naturalist tried to help the other guides find them. But many of those groups could be heard from far away. And those visitors were unable to move off the main paths.
Wild lemurs prefer to avoid humans.
One lady was exhausted and crying because seeing lemurs in the wild was her purpose for the tour she’d taken and it was unlikely she’d do that. I felt bad for her.
But there is never any guarantee of seeing wild animals. Stars. The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have trekked around countless Northern Ontario (Canada) boreal forests and he has yet to see a moose in the wild. I’ve seen countless numbers of them but only when I’ve been without him. Not seeing any wildlife IS a possibility. (Which is why I love that I love plants and trees also. They are usually stationary.)
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Uses For Yard Waste
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I, when we first moved into our home, would, every two weeks, send our yard waste, our tree trimmings and pulled plants and other natural debris, off to the city for composting.
We would then have to fertilize our yard AND add soil to it. Both the nutrients and a portion of the soil were being depleted.
Because we were sending those nutrients and other components to the soil to the city for composting.
Yard waste is basically our land in another form. Trees, grass and other plants take from the soil while they grow.
When we ship yard waste off site, we’re giving away our land, land we worked hard to obtain.
We stopped doing that. (sheepish grin)
Now, we compost all the yard waste that we can. That compost is returned to garden beds and the rest of the yard.
We bury the big tree limbs or prunings in the yard (this is called Hügelkultur), building back up our land. This is especially useful to improve gradients, especially around the house.
We don’t bag our grass clippings. (And we haven’t had to fertilize the lawn since doing this.)
Leaves are stacked high on garden beds over the Winter. They serve as leaf mulch in the Spring. And gradually break down to feed the soil. We haven’t used additional fertilizers, other than our own compost and coffee grounds we obtained from coffee shops for free, on our garden beds since doing this.
Our yard is more of a closed system now. What is used is returned to it. (The little that can’t be returned is offset by food scraps, coffee grounds and leaves we obtained from other places.)
And our yard has benefited greatly from this change!
***
Claiming Cure
A proud cyborg medic meets his human match.
***
Cyra has tasks to complete before she dies.
There are patients to heal, a dangerous mission to undertake, and a world to save. She doesn’t have time to entertain uninvited guests.
Especially one coldhearted cyborg medic who thinks he’s better than her.
The male might be breathtakingly handsome. His sternly set lips might be extremely kissable. And his touch might draw out a passion she didn’t think she was capable of feeling.
But he’s also a distraction, one that might doom millions of innocent beings to a painful, horrible death.
Cure isn’t emotionless. He feels…greatly. Listening to that malfunction has caused other beings pain and suffering in the past.
He refuses to allow his desires to cloud his judgment now.
His resolve is tested when he’s forced to associate with the most provoking, alluring medic in the universe.
Cyra is his genetic match, the one being in the universe he is fated to protect, touch, claim. She’s clever and beautiful, and the need to hold her almost downs his systems.
But now is not the time to indulge his great wanting.
Cure has an assignment to complete.
If he fails to accomplish his goals, everyone he cares for, including his human female, will die.
***
Claiming Cure is a standalone Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features two skilled medics determined to ignore the toe-curling attraction between them, a perilous impossible mission, and foes seeking to ensure they never heal another being ever again.
Buy Now:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Claiming-Cure-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0D26MWGKC
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/claiming-cure/id6499055867
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/claiming-cure
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1553992
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