Why Is Balvan From Dark Strength Green?
Balvan, the hero from Dark Strength, is a modified humanoid. He’s part Geminorum Giant, part human and is enhanced to be bigger, stronger, tougher than both species.
Geminorum Giants are, from our human perspectives, aliens – GREEN aliens. Aliens can be any color. They can be blue like Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians or purple like Eve Langlais’ Alien Abduction heroes or a variety of other colors.
Often, however, we envision aliens as being green. The rumors are ‘little green men’ have been abducting humans for centuries. That’s the default color for aliens in fiction and movies.
Green is also the color I associate with giants, thanks to the pea-pushing Jolly Green Giant. The alliteration makes me happy in a silly sort of way.
But there’s a biological reason for Geminorum Giants being green. Their planet is lush with green-colored vegetation. Many of these plants are as huge as Balvan is. Yes, on Carinae E, he sticks out, but on the planet his kind originated from, he would be camouflaged, could hide from predators and from his enemies. His kind has evolved to be part of their environment.
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Dark Strength
The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.
Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.
Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.
That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce’s captors want their slave back and they won’t stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce’s love, and his life.
Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.
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Battle Of The Cyborgs
The Battle of the Cyborgs is on like Donkey Kong!
Betcha haven’t heard that phrase in a while, huh? (grins)
https://katherinedeane.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/battle-of-the-cyborgs-free-prizes/
Death will face Eve Langlais ‘ Avion, Cara Bristol’s Dale and Anna Hackett’s Xander!
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Defying Death
He’ll risk it all for one moment of happiness.
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.
Tifara is Death’s obsession, his sole opportunity for happiness, to express the all-consuming passion burning brightly inside him. He’ll do anything to obtain the curvaceous medic: defy a direct order, abduct Tifara from her battle station, and wage war on his fellow cyborgs.
To earn her love, he’ll have to risk much, much more.
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Defying-Death-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B01D6OUQS2/
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Releasing Rage – Favorite Sci-Fi Book of 2015
Woot! Releasing Rage is a finalist in the Favorite Sci-Fi Book of 2015 at Dreams and Screams Bookaholics.
Also finalling are…
Eve Langlais ‘ Avion (an awesome cyborg romance)
Jessica E Subject ‘s Her Alien Hero (with a SUPER sexy alien – bites fist)
Cara Bristol ‘s Stranded With A Cyborg (OMG – another cyborg romance story you MUST read)
and
Bianca Darc ‘s King Of Stars (a hunky merc for all of my fellow merc/bounty hunter/space pirate reading buddies)
IMHO… these four stories are must reads for any SciFi romance loving buddy.
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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?
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Cyborg Romances
Veronica Scott has an awesome post on cyborg romances today!
Releasing Rage is mentioned.
“The series is billed as a “Dark SF Erotic Romance” and the author herself warns readers on Amazon that if they’re sensitive to violence of any sort, to please read one of her lighter romances instead. But in the end the story is all about the cyborg and the woman he comes to love. I just finished reading Breathing Vapor and I’m eagerly anticipating Crash and Burn in February 2016.”
http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2016/01/cyborg-romance-is-here/
Also mentioned are fabulous stories by Melisse Aires, Cara Bristol, Eve Langlais, Donna McDonald, and M.L. Adams!
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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?
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On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
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My Top 10 Favorite Cyborg Romances
I’m at Anna Hackett’s online home, talking about 10 of my fave cyborg romances!
http://annahackettbooks.com/top-ten-cyborg-romances/
Includes stories from Anna Hackett, Laurann Dohner , Eve Langlais , Cara Bristol , Evangeline Anderson , Shelley Munro , Linnea Sinclair, Melissa Aires, Mina Carter and Megan Hart
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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.
She’s his one temptation, his sexy target. Vapor shouldn’t crave her caresses, steal her kisses, make her scream with ecstasy. The cyborgs want her dead and they would question his loyalty if he didn’t kill her. The humans would shoot him on sight if he dared to touch her.
Their love is forbidden. Their desire could be lethal. One human and one cyborg will risk everything for a moment of passion.
Buy Now:
Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/
Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Breathing-Vapor-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B015UN87JC/
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Interviewed by EverydayFangirl
I’ve been interviewed on EverydayFangirl today!
I’m talking about my fave cyborg writers – Mina Carter, Eve Langlais, Laurann Dohner
and giving a shout out to four writers who keep this otherwise crazy writer sane – Wylie Snow, Christine D’Abo, Kristina Coi and Amy Ruttan.
(big hugs)
I also talk about what makes me laugh and what makes me cry!
Read the full interview here!
https://everydayfangirl.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/12591/
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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?
Buy Now:
On Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Releasing-Rage-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B00ZOL1DRO
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What Is Your Cyborg Name?
I’m at Smart Girls Love SciFi Romance, talking about cyborg names.
Of course, what would a discussion about cyborgs be without mentions of Laurann Dohner ‘s unrelenting Steel, Eve Langlais’ cleverly sexy Einstein, and Mina Carter ‘s drool-worthy Lyon?
Here’s a snippet…
Rage, the hero of my most recent SciFi romance Releasing Rage, is a hunky cyborg. Cyborgs are (normally) manufactured to be warriors. They’re viewed as weapons and are often given model numbers instead of names.
Rage’s model number, for example, is C899321. That is how his human masters refer to him.
That ISN’T how other cyborgs refer to him. The cyborgs have given themselves names. These names reflect something core about them. Rage is often angry, infuriated by the injustices against his kind. His buddy, Crash, tends to push the limits of his processors until they ‘crash.’ Intrepid is fearless. Green (I’ll be giving his story for free to newsletter subscribers in December) loves his plant, Windy.
Read the full article here and let me know what your cyborg name is!
https://smartgirlsscifi.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/what-is-your-cyborg-name-with-author-cynthia-sax
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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?
Buy Now:
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Sexy Treats – Humorous And Erotic Paranormal Romance Shorts
Big girls deserve Halloween treats also. Here are some paranormal erotic romance shorts (less than 20,000 words or 80 pages) that are sexy, funny AND no-calorie.
If I were to recommend one of my paranormal shorts for this Halloween, it would be Fangs In Fur. It’s about 40 pages, features a vampire heroine and a hunky wolf shifter hero, star-crossed love, and it cracks me up every time I read it.
Blurb:
I’m Helena and I’m no delicate flower, my rough touch making former paranormal lovers cry. I’m looking for someone big and strong and preferably not a wolf, especially not that alpha wolf I have stalking me.
I’m not attracted to him — no matter how wide his shoulders or how high his pain tolerance. I’m not that foolish. Lasting relationships between wolves and vampires are forbidden, and this male has the gleam of forever in his wild eyes. He is determined to make me his mate and that, I know, will break the fragile peace between our species.
There’s a thin, blood-red line between enemies and lovers. I’m about to cross it.
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fangs-Fur-Cynthia-Sax-ebook/dp/B00C4YHR6U
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B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fangs-in-fur-cynthia-sax/1114975068
Here are two more paranormal erotic romance shorts I love
Claiming Her Geeks
Eve Langlais
Blurb:
How does an alpha she-wolf who can snap a man in half, learn to love and accept a pair of males who can only beat her in a game of chess?
Deena’s searched a long time for a man she can claim, but nobody’s ever stirred her interest, until Simon and Frank. The moment she meets the nerdy friends, she wants to mark them as her own, but as alpha of her pack, she can’t settle for a pair of geeks as her mates even if in the bedroom they make her submit.
At first Deena terrifies them, but as Simon and Frank get to know her, they realize that beneath the tough exterior is a woman who wants a man—or two—to take control. When it comes to fistfights, they might not have the strength to prevail, but in a battle of the mind and heart, they’ve got the smarts it takes to emerge victorious, to her screaming pleasure.
Trust fate and two men, to show this she-wolf that with a little bit of bondage, teasing and pleasure, she can claim the geeks who draw her, because after all, even a bitch can’t fight fate and her need for love.
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Claiming-Her-Geeks-Eve-Langlais-ebook/dp/B00CQW3X7W
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B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/claiming-her-geeks-eve-langlais/1115287272
Protect And Service
Mina Carter
Blurb:
Eloise is a woman on a mission. She needs to find a date for the annual hospital ball, and fast.
The trouble is she’s not only man-free but, after her bastard of an ex has a nasty little curse hurled her way, no human guy will touch her with a barge-pole—not after one of her dates ends up with green acne, another with a nose like Pinocchio…the list goes on.
Out of options, Eloise ends up at the offices of the Paranormal Protection Agency. She’s not sure what to expect, but she certainly doesn’t expect Jared Stone. No one expects Stone…
Buy Links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Protect-Service-Paranormal-BBW-romance-ebook/dp/B00KCXUATQ
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B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/protect-and-service-mina-carter/1113748332
What are some of your favorite humorous and erotic paranormal romance short stories?
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Is Humor Necessary In A Romance?
I’m helping the always fabulous and wonderfully funny Eve Langlais celebrate the release of Kodiak’s Claim tonight on Facebook from 8 pm to 10 pm EST. I love her delicious erotic romances (and this one has a bear shifter – bites fist). Eve’s stories always make me laugh.
All of my stories contain humor. Yes, even Assassin’s Haiku, my post-apocalyptic series (which my editor calls post-apocalyptic light – grins), has jokes in it. I believe the happy ever after ending that all romances should have is difficult to achieve without some humor, a hint of laughter and jokes in the couple’s (or more) future.
My dear wonderful hubby makes me laugh at least once a day, and I make him laugh, even when I’m not trying to be funny. He’ll call me when he’s stressed or angry, knowing our conversation will take a turn for the humorous, easing his tension.
Humor also eases tension between us. We’ve been madly in love for over twenty years but we still argue. All couples (or more) do. Our arguments almost always end the same way. One of us will say something the other person finds ridiculously funny, we’ll burst out laughing, and this turns negative emotions into positive constructive energy.
Bee, our heroine in Sinful Rewards, makes both of the heroes laugh. Nicolas, our elusive billionaire, is delighted when she shares her honest opinion of him. He’s not a man prone to mirth and his laughter surprises even himself. During their first encounter, they establish some inside jokes, the glue of a healthy, happy relationship. This is a link between Bee and Nicolas, connecting them.
Hawke, our tattooed bad boy biker, is even more amused by Bee’s antics, laughing loudly and often during their first meeting. They also establish the necessary inside jokes, phrases and humor that we know will be repeated and added to during the 12 novella serial.
That is one of the many magical things about humor and relationships. The longer a healthy couple (or more) is together, the more inside jokes they share, the tighter their connection. Words and phrases are associated with the loved one, with laughter. I know, decades from now, if Nicolas is called an a$$hole, he’ll think of Bee and smile. If Hawke sees a hot mess, he’ll also think of our heroine and relive that same happiness.
Do you believe humor is necessary in a healthy relationship? Do you like a touch of humor in your romances?
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Sinful Rewards 1
Cynthia Sax
Belinda “Bee” Carter is a good girl; at least, that’s what she tells herself. And a good girl deserves a nice guy—just like the gorgeous and moody billionaire Nicolas Rainer. He is everything she wants in a man.
Or so she thinks, until she takes a look through her telescope and sees a naked, tattooed man on the balcony across the courtyard. Hawke is mysterious, the bad boy she knows will bring only heartbreak. He has been watching her, and that makes him all the more enticing.
But when a mysterious and anonymous text message dares her to do something bad, she must decide if she is really the good girl she has always claimed to be, or if she’s willing to risk everything for her secret fantasy of being watched.
Is her mystery man the reclusive billionaire with a wild side or the darkly dangerous bad boy?
Buy Links:
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Barnes And Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sinful-rewards-1-cynthia-sax/1119055390
Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Cynthia_Sax_Sinful_Rewards_1?id=g08ZAwAAQBAJ
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Why We Write Bunny Shifters
Eve Langlais (OMG – her books are so freakn’ hilarious! I LOVE them), Stephanie Beck (hot, hot, HOT) and I are talking bunny shifters/wererabbits at the ARe blog today.
http://www.arecafe.com/cafe-news/hopping-along-the-bunny-shifter-trail/
Please join this not-so-serious conversation!
By Cynthia Sax
Available Now From Changeling Press
I am known by many names. My beloved mother called me Flopsy Lapin. Lady Grace Satin jokes that I am the wickedest rabbit in all of the world. Her father, Lord Satan, dares to label me a mobster street rabbit. You, my friend, may call me the Godrabbit.
Lady Grace is the only female I lust after. My bloodstained hands are unworthy of holding her, so when a high-class hooker with Lady Grace’s face, voice, scent, and everything else, wanders into my casino, I make her an offer she can’t refuse. This leads to a night I will never forget.
Note: The Godrabbit is a prequel to Protect And Serve: Badge Bunny .
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