Throwback Thursday – Warlord’s Mercy

By Cynthia Sax on November 10, 2022

I’m a pantser, a writer who writes by the seat of her pants, someone who doesn’t have any idea where a story is going when she sits down to write.

I didn’t know how the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series would end, but I assumed, Tolui, the big baddie, would eventually die…because that is what big baddies do in romance novels – they die. I assumed the Warlord brothers would work together to defeat him. Permanently.

I was as surprised as many reading buddies were to find out Tolui would be the hero of his own story. The dang male refused to die. His mission was noble. He is deserving of a love to last forever.

And he is one of my all time favorite heroes.

Other Chameles view him as the enemy.

She sees the warrior hero he never believed he could be.

* * *

Tolui is a Warlord in search of a planet to rule. He has been leading his fellow clones in a stealth battle, fighting for both control of the Chamele sector and the right to exist. The brave warriors he commands warrant respect, and they deserve the best.

That best isn’t the barren, dangerous terrain on Chamele 4. When Tolui crashes on that planet’s surface, he’s determined to leave it as soon as possible. The tiny human female rescuing him might be as beautiful and as wild as the land she inhabits, but her flowing words, trusting gaze, and enthralling submission won’t stop him from rejoining the war.

After many solar cycles of living alone, Lea is overjoyed when a tall, scarred, muscular warrior falls from the sky. Her savage stranger is strong and severe, and he makes her feel safe, an emotion she hasn’t experienced in a long, long time.

He also insists they must part. Before they do, she’ll show him the splendor of her home, and she’ll enjoy his big form, collecting passionate moments she can revisit when she’s solitary once more.

Every additional moment Lea and Tolui spend together increases the chance they’ll both die. Lea is being chased by female-hating fiends. Tolui is being hunted by the best bounty hunters in the universe. War will soon arrive on their threshold, and the blood spilled might be their own.

* * *

Warlord’s Mercy is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.

It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a villain turned hero and a brave, chatty heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

Warlord’s Mercy is the fifth of six core stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

Book 1:  Warlord Sky

Book 2:  Warlord’s Bounty

Book 3:  Warlord Unarmed

Book 4:  Warlord Reunited

Book 5:  Warlord’s Mercy

Book 6: Warlord’s Return

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Throwback Thursday – Warlord Reunited

By Cynthia Sax on October 27, 2022

If I was to recommend one of my stories to a lover of Second Chance Romances, that story would be Warlord Reunited.

Alien Warlord Berke and Human Bounty Hunter Elle have history. Wowsers, do they have history! (shakes head) They fought. They loved. They broke up. BADLY. Now, Elle plans to sever their connection…permanently. With her daggers.

Warlord Reunited

This barbarian warrior’s cold demeanor hides the warmest of hearts.
* * *
Solar cycles ago, Berke, a savage Chamele Warlord, found his gerel, the one being he is destined to be with for all time…except he couldn’t embrace that fate. He was fighting a series of brutal wars.

To protect his little human female, he conveyed her far from the Chamele sector. He then returned to the endless battles, concealing his pain, his anguish, his need, under a thick layer of ice.

His gerel was safe. That was all that mattered to him.

When Elle was a young bounty hunter, she bonded with an arrogant warrior on a distant planet. She was deliriously happy…for a while. Then he dumped her in a strange settlement far from his home and left, never to return.

Their parting caused her excruciating pain—both physical and emotional. She endured it, earned the esteemed role of head bounty hunter of an academy, salvaged a bit of a life from the disaster her primitive warrior had made of it.

Now, two of her bounty hunters have made the same terrible mistake. Elle is determined to rescue her friends and break their connections with their Chamele Warlords.

While she is in the sector, she plans to kill the warrior she’d once considered hers. Elle is ending her relationship with Berke…permanently.
* * *
Warlord Reunited is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.
It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance featuring a warrior hero and a take-charge heroine set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

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Throwback Thursday – Warlord’s Bounty

By Cynthia Sax on September 29, 2022

The last Throwback Thursday pick of September 2022 is…

Warlord’s Bounty.

This is the story that started the series. I wrote it before any of the others because…well… Khan. (bites fist) I love him.

Khan is an over the top alpha alien warrior who believes battle is all he’ll truly have. Chameles have fated mates or gerels and he knows he doesn’t have such a match in his sector.

His fated mate is an equally battle-happy human bounty hunter from a distant sector. (grins) Zeta is kick a$$ and driven and she has no time for romance with the big sexy barbarian she’s tracking.

Warlord’s Bounty

Wanted: One Barbarian Warrior.

The bigger the bounty, the more dangerous the target.

Khan, a Chamele Warlord, has a huge bounty on his head. His enemy wants him captured and is offering any being in the universe an outrageous number of credits to accomplish that.

Khan wants to be captured, but only if the being apprehending him is a tiny, brown-eyed female with wickedly sharp daggers and an even sharper tongue. His passion for the feisty human can’t be inhibited by restraints. He’ll allow her to subdue him…in a variety of enticing ways.

When she finally collects her credits, he’ll collect his revenge, killing his enemy and claiming his little bounty hunter forever.

Zeta doesn’t do forever. After a lifespan of chasing dangerous beings across galaxies, apprehending and trading them for credits, she doesn’t get involved emotionally…with anyone.

Khan might be fierce and sexy and the most dominant male she has ever encountered, but the barbarian is also her target, and once she sates herself with his body, she’ll betray him.

That’s her job.

* * *

Warlord’s Bounty is based on a much shorter story sharing the same title.
It is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.

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Throwback Thursday – Warlord Sky

By Cynthia Sax on September 15, 2022

I often write about warrior heroes. Both the cyborgs and the modified humanoids were genetically designed for battle. Fighting pleases their design.

Qulpa, the hero of Warlord Sky, is an exception. This Chamele male is a superb pilot. Unfortunately, he has also been seriously injured. He might not fly again.

His sole hope is his gerel, his fated mate. Nayan is one of the best engineers and weapons designers in the universe.

There is only one problem – she is determined to avoid him.

Warlord Sky

No one grounds a barbarian warrior.

Qulpa, a Chamele warrior, lost everyone he loved in the brutal Succession Wars. Flying is the only thing that brings him joy. Serving as his team’s pilot is the sole duty he has left. Then a horrific crash leaves him injured and unable to fly.

The one being who can help him is also his gerel, the female destined to be his. She insists she doesn’t feel their connection. Qulpa is certain his beautiful mate is lying and nothing will stop him from finding out why.

Nayan knows the injured barbarian is her warrior, her one chance at a forever bond. His dominance makes her feel safe. His gentle touch inflames her passion. His kisses scorch her very soul. The tall muscular male tempts her as no one else has.

But she has a deadly secret. If it’s exposed, her injured male will lose more than his ability to fly. Both of them will die. She can’t take that risk, not for him, not for them, not for a lifespan filled with love.

* * *

Warlord Sky is a STANDALONE Alien Barbarian SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes violent universe.

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Throwback Thursday – Dark Cure

By Cynthia Sax on September 1, 2022

Dark Cure could have easily resided in the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series. The hero, Oghul, is a Chamele warrior. He is one of the Warlords’ second-in-command.

I placed it in the Refuge (Dark Thoughts) series because Oghul’s brother lives in the Refuge. The story starts in the Refuge. And the heroine, Gisella, is the Refuge’s head medic.

There are also many appearances by other individuals in the Refuge, including Kralj and Dita.

Dark Cure Alien Romance

A warrior seeking forever faces a medic living in the moment.

Gisella, the Refuge’s medic, is dedicated to her role. She doesn’t have the space in her lifespan for love, a mate, or children. Healing is her entire focus.

But she’s also a female in her prime. She has needs, wants, cravings…especially for a scarred, long-haired barbarian warrior temporarily residing in the settlement. One fierce, soul-blasting, passion-filled encounter is all she is willing to give him before she returns to her duties.

Oghul, a Chamele Warlord’s Second-In-Command, has waited his entire lifespan to find his gerel, the being fated to be his. He’s thrilled to discover she wants him as savagely as he yearns for her.

His little human medic appeals to his primitive possessive side. Greatly. He wants to stamp his ownership all over her bountiful curves, take her back to his home planet, claim his fiery female permanently.

When Carinae E’s solitary sun rises, two determined beings with very different desires find their lifespans entwined. Their battle for emotional supremacy will span systems and alter destinies.

The universe will never be the same.

Dark Cure is a STANDALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.

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Throwback Thursday – Dark Fire

By Cynthia Sax on August 18, 2022

I LOVE Dracheon warriors! They can breathe fire, sport scales, have claws and are oh-so-primitive. Dare, the hero of Dark Fire, is a Dracheon warrior who can’t control his inner Drache (dragon).

And Faylee, his human mate, LOVES this about him. She lives on the streets and can benefit from a big tough protector.

This is literally a beauty and the beast story. (grins)

Dark Fire Alien Romance

Dark Fire

What the Beast wants, the Beast gets.

Dare’s savage nature has made him an outcast among his kind. The silver-scaled Dracheon warrior can’t control his inner beast. It’s too strong. When his primitive instincts told him his destined mate was on Carinae E, he had no choice. He had to travel to the outlaw planet. There, he hoped to meet a female powerful enough to survive his Drache.

He finds Faylee, a delicate little human.

Faylee is the best thief on the planet. Everyone she encounters mistakes her for a young boy…except for a tall, shiny warrior from off-planet. When she gazes into Dare’s flame-filled eyes, he makes her feel, for the first time, like a desirable female. The fire-breathing male has her yearning for hot kisses, fierce embraces, and a future filled with love. She doesn’t realize mating with him might be the last thing she ever does.

Dare’s beast isn’t the only danger on the planet. An enemy from the past has returned and he’s determined to stop Dare and Faylee…permanently. They’ll need luck and the assistance of every warrior in the Refuge to stay alive.

Dark Fire is a STANDALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.

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Throwback Thursday – Dark Strength

By Cynthia Sax on August 4, 2022

If you like your heroes HUGE, green and bald, Balvan might be the male for you. (grins)

Balvan is the giant gatekeeper at the Refuge, a settlement that is home to some of the most violent beings in the universe. Balvan DOES have a bit of violence in him. He likes to stomp on his enemies’ heads and crush their skulls under his big boots.

But Balvan has a soft side also. He rescues and tends to small injured creatures.

Elyce, his female, is definitely injured. She’s also tired. And she needs a soft place to heal and recover.

She finds that sanctuary in Balvan’s arms.

Dark Strength Alien Romance

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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Throwback Thursday – Dark Flight

By Cynthia Sax on July 21, 2022

Orol, the hero of Dark Flight, is, I believe, the sole winged hero I have. Having flight as an option made the steamy scenes so much fun. Sex in the sky! (grins)

Rhea, the heroine, is a complete bada$$. She’s a bit of a mama bear about her younger sister, is extremely protective. And she loses her sh*t when that sister is abducted.

Stakes are high. As are the passions. Orol and Rhea set off sparks when they meet.

Dark Flight

His mission. His challenge. His forever.

Orol, the Refuge’s second-in-command, has been given what he believes is a simple mission—escort two human females to the settlement. The winged warrior arrives at the meeting site to find one of the females missing and the other aiming a gun at his head. To rescue the first, he must capture the second. Once he has Rhea in his talons, however, he realizes he never wants to let her go.

Her enemy. Her captor. Her everything.

Rhea doesn’t trust anyone. She certainly doesn’t follow commands issued by a gorgeous flying male with glittering eyes, a beautiful face, and a seductive touch. Orol is dominant, edged with darkness, and determined to find her sister. Rhea will do anything to prevent that, even if it means playing sensual games of submission with her powerful enemy, seducing him into forgetting everything except her.

Dark Flight is a STAND-ALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.

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Throwback Thursday – Dark Thoughts

By Cynthia Sax on July 7, 2022

Kralj, the hero of Dark Thoughts, is a monster. He is all powerful, all knowing, can kill beings with a mere thought and has a thirst for blood.

Knowing he is a danger to…well…everyone, he restricts himself to a settlement called the Refuge, ruling over the worst beings in existence.

He believes…no, he KNOWS he has no equal in the universe.

Then he meets Dita, a tiny female human assassin, and all his beliefs are decimated.

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.

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Throwback Thursday – Warlord’s Return

By Cynthia Sax on May 26, 2022

Warlord’s Return is one of those magical stories that bridges series. It is set in the Refuge, the settlement guarded by Kralj, Dita, and many of the modified humanoids from the Dark Thoughts/Refuge series. But Ariq, the hero, is a Chamele warrior and appears in many stories in the Chamele Barbarian Warlord series.

We meet some new beings in Warlord’s Return, including Xareni, the human heroine, and her eyeball-eating mini dragon.

I love this story. It is so much fun!

Warlord’s Return

Ariq is a barbarian warrior seeking a war.

He locates that battle when he meets Xareni.

* * *

Ariq is one of Chamele’s top warriors. A genetic predisposition to fighting, paired with intensive training and experience, has honed the scarred male into an effective killing machine. He loves war, can’t live without combat.

The Succession Wars, however, have finally ended and the Chamele sector is now at peace. Seeking excitement and purpose, the barbarian warrior accompanies his Second to the Refuge, an outlaw settlement on Carinae E. He hopes to locate the battle he’s been craving there.

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

Xareni owes the Ruler of the Refuge a favor. That’s the only reason she has returned to the settlement. She doesn’t like crowds or structures or a certain barbarian warrior who insists on following her everywhere. It doesn’t matter that there’s a connection between them, that he makes her burn with desire, that he looks at her with heat in his dark eyes.

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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