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Published on October 01, 2020 08:16

Testing Truth And Found Families

Princess Nancy, the heroine of Testing Truth, is surrounded
by family.

She has her biological family. Her parents are the Queen and
the King and her two brothers are the Crown Prince and the Prince. Her arrangement
with her biological family is very business-like and extremely cold. She is not
seen as a daughter or a sister but as the Spare to the Heir. There are no hugs or
kisses, no ‘I love you’s, very few smiles and little warmth.

There’s a reason for that. The Queen feels she must always
put her Kingdom first. That might mean sacrificing one of her children. That’s
easier to do if she isn’t emotionally attached to them.

Thankfully, Princess Nancy also has a found family. The
relationship between her Royal Dresser, her Private Secretary and her Private
Guard might seem like duty-driven roles. But Marthe, Valentin, and Claude view
her as their own daughter. They would kill for her, die for her. They and their
love are always nearby.

The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I think of my reading and
writing buddies as part of our found family also. (group hugs) Like Princess
Nancy with her entourage, I suspect I’m not supposed to care as much as I do
about you…yet I do. Some of you have been with me for years and I love that. I
love you.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

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Published on September 30, 2020 07:43

Testing Truth And Dressing Like A Princess

Often, the heroines in my stories dress in flight suits and
other super practical garments. They’re medics and warriors and engineers. The females
are active (especially after meeting their cyborgs, modified humanoids or
aliens – grins) and they get dirty (in all sorts of ways).

It was a treat to record Princess Nancy’s story, to describe
her dressed in her big poufy ball gowns and her glittering tiaras. Her dresses
and assorted accessories are brightly colored and sparkly and extremely impractical.
But they are expected for her. She is Royaume Royalty and has to play the part.
The garments do what they are designed to do—attract attention, impress, signal
that a Princess isn’t like a normal female.

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Of course, Nancy also has more practical garments. Her ship
is designed for her big ball gowns but she can’t sweep into a Rebel beverage
outlet filled with rough, tough warriors in a huge, dazzling dress. She has
flight suit-type garments for the occasions when she doesn’t want to attract
attention, when she has to run and kick and fight.

She IS a heroine and heroines tend to be extremely active. (grins)

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

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Published on September 29, 2020 09:08

Testing Truth And Drakons

In Testing Truth, Dissent discovers a drakon in a cage in
the beverage outlet on Nereid Negative One. The creature-loving cyborg is immediately
enchanted with the tiny, dark red mini-dragon. They communicate. He feeds the
drakon pieces of raw meat. They bond.

Some reading buddies have asked, “What happened to the
drakon? Did Dissent return him to his home planet?”

The drakon was born in captivity and doesn’t remember his home
planet. He also has a tight bond with the Gegenee, the six-armed bartender. He considers
the humanoid to be his family and he is very possessive and protective of his family.

The cage surrounding the drakon isn’t there to ensure he
remains captured. It is there to prevent patrons from bothering him and to stop
him from lighting them on fire. (grins) Drakons don’t have the easiest of
tempers.

There is a drakon in Warlord’s Return, the sixth and final
story in the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series (releasing in November). We’ll
learn more about drakons and their touchy temperaments in that story. (This
story can be read on its own.)

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

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Published on September 28, 2020 07:55

Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – September 27th

I’m three chapters into the first draft of Containing Malice
(releasing in February) and I absolutely LOVE it! I love it so much; I was
supposed to take today off writing and I can’t. I MUST write a couple more scenes
because I can’t wait until tomorrow to find out what happens. Yeah. (grins)
That’s how interesting I find this story.

My primary focus for the upcoming week is to write five more
chapters in Containing Malice. That’s it. That’s all. (laughs) The life of a writer
isn’t that glamorous, is it? We sit in front of our screens all day and write.

My goal is to send Containing Malice to my Awesome Editor by
the end of October. That, even with the slowdown around the holidays, should
ensure it will be ready to release in February.

I’ll also be doing the usual this week – chatting with
reading/writing buddies, admin stuff, promoting Testing Truth, trying to get my
Facebook account reactivated, things like that.

And I’ll be enjoying the Autumn in my area of the universe.
The leaves are turning. The big Maple Tree outside the bedroom window has decided
to turn a bright, Halloween-like orange this year. (Last year, it turned bright
yellow.) Squirrels are busily hiding pieces of bagels (the huge German neighbor
supplies those to them) on our exterior windowsills (which is extremely clever
because they’re ‘hidden’ there yet they won’t be covered with snow).

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

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Amazon US:

Amazon UK:

Amazon AUS:

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Published on September 27, 2020 09:34

Upcoming Cynthia Sax Stories

Some reading buddies are asking if the cyborg series has
ended.

No!

Holding Hoarse will release in December. This FREE thank you
short story will be part of the Cyborg Space Exploration series. We first met Hoarse,
the big ulu/doll-making C Model, in Passion Surge.

Then, in February, Containing Malice, the first story in the
Rebel Cyborgs series, will release. If you enjoyed Releasing Rage, I think you
might like this story.

Malice has been kept in a Humanoid Alliance underground lab.
Transmissions have been blocked and he is unaware his brethren have rebelled.
He is angry and a bit damaged and he wants to kill his female (and his reasons
for wanting to end her lifespan are completely justified…based on the information
he has).

There will be six stories in the Rebel Cyborgs series. The
last one will belong to Power and his heroine. That one will be EXPLOSIVE.

And, of course, Warlord’s Return, the sixth and final story
in the Chamele Barbarian Warlords series, will be releasing in November. The
Chameles return to the Refuge, the home of Kralj and Dita from Dark Thoughts. We
will get an update on how the Modified Humanoids are doing!

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:

Amazon UK:

Amazon AUS:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/testing-truth/id1520415369

Apple Books:

B&N:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/testing-truth-cynthia-sax/1137237855

Kobo:

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Published on September 26, 2020 08:52

Will Cyborgs Ever Learn To Lie?

While cyborgs were under the Humanoid Alliance’s cruel
control, their knowledge of the universe was restricted to all things battle-related.
They might have observed other things. Chuckles, for example, noted the rocks
on the planets he and his brethren had invaded. But their focus was fighting.

Now that the cyborgs have freed themselves, they’ve learned new
information about the universe, about other beings, about themselves.

Green, for example, has indulged his love for plants and has shared his newfound knowledge with his brethren. Cyborgs now likely know more than they ever wanted to know about vegetation. LOL

As they explore planets and bond with the female living there, they learn about different cultures, about religion, about art.

Hoarse, the hero of December’s short story, for example, crafts ulus or dolls. He perceives that as a necessary offspring-rearing skill to be mastered but you and I realize the tough, rough C Model is indulging his creative, artist side. Relay, with his collection of lullabies, is also dipping his E Model toes into art.

Cyborgs are changing, are evolving and I find that extremely
exciting to witness and to explore.

A reading buddy asked me if cyborgs would ever learn how to
lie. Would they master the dubious skill of fabricating the truth?

Cyborgs HAVE learned other beings, including their females,
can lie. They’ve learned how to recognize that and they realize that lying is
sometimes the best tactic.

But they will never have the ability to lie. That is hard
coded into their program and they wouldn’t risk damaging themselves to remove
it.

Many of them also view it as a dishonorable tactic. They would prefer to utilize other tactics
like evasion or misdirection.

Cyborgs will change but some things will remain constant. Most of them will always love fighting. All of them would die before allowing another being to harm their genetic matches (their females or males or others). And they will never have the ability to fabricate the truth.

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Testing Truth

A fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love.

***

Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The
cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts
every call of adventure he encounters.

When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel
structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual
entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior. She claims their assignment is
dangerous, warns him he might not survive the task.

That is exactly the type of fun he has been seeking.

Princess Nanette of the planet Royaume must rescue her
estranged brother from an enemy prison ship. That is her duty, and she has been
trained to always place the needs of her planet and her subjects before her
own. Nancy doesn’t have the freedom to indulge her passions for a certain
dark-haired, gray-skinned cyborg. Not permanently and not publicly.

But she is unable to resist the warrior. Truth, with his
laughing eyes, smiling lips, and rough hands, tempts her as no one else ever
has. He could be her one fleeting act of rebellion before she’s matched with
the powerful ruler her planet requires.

If they survive their current mission.

Their love is doomed. Their lifespans are at risk. This
cyborg and his princess will need the help of every ally they have if they wish
to see another sunrise.

Buy Now:

Amazon US:

Amazon UK:

Amazon AUS:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/testing-truth/id1520415369

Apple Books:

B&N:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/testing-truth-cynthia-sax/1137237855

Kobo:

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Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Machine-Cyborg-Sizzle-Book-ebook/dp/B06XR6M6GG/

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Published on September 24, 2020 21:26

Throwback Thursday – Ghost Of A Machine

If you’ve read Testing Truth, you likely know why today’s
Throwback Thursday choice is Ghost Of A Machine. (grins) This story will give
reading buddies more in-depth insights into the next section of the series
(Containing Malice is releasing in February!).

I adore Ghost. This C Model is so very broken and he is key
to…well…EVERY cyborg romance I’ve written. He is the cyborg who saved Joan,
Rage’s female, the very first found cyborg female. I love him to bits and he
was in my thoughts while writing many of the cyborg romances.

I think Lethe is the only female who could have put him back
together again after the universe shattered him. He’ll never be a fully
functional cyborg. There is a legitimate reason why he and Lethe and their
family is isolated on their own planet. But Lethe accepts his damage. She loves
him even more for having survived his traumatic past.

Fragile. Stubborn. His.

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.

Primitive. Damaged. Hers.

Lethe has seen the savage side of beings. The courageous Rebel captain has never met a male like Ghost. Overpoweringly dominant, he appeals to her on a primal level, filling her mind with thoughts of sweet surrender, hard kisses, and body-heating encounters against the warship’s walls.

They are two broken beings, one determined to protect, the other intent on flying into danger. Can love heal them both before they face their common enemy?

Ghost Of A Machine is Book 9 in the Cyborg Sizzle series and is a STAND-ALONE story.

It is also a BBW Cyborg SciFi Romance.

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Published on September 24, 2020 10:08

Medieval Dragon Shifters Featured On Veronica Scott’s New Release Post

Medieval Dragon Shifters, a short story collection released under C.S. Sax was featured on Veronica Scott’s awesome new release post!

You can see all the new releases here: https://veronicascott.wpcomstaging.com/2020/09/23/new-releases-in-scifi-fantasy-and-paranormal-romance-for-wednesday-september-23/

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Medieval Dragon Shifters

It is a time of legend, a time of gallant knights, fearless ladies and mythical beings, a time when dragons rule the land. Primitive, possessive, deadly, these dragons have a secret—they’re also the human-appearing rulers of their kingdoms.

Dragon-shifting warriors court their fated mates in three tales of adventure, magic and passion.

The Spare (The Black Dragon) – Taja dreams every night of a great scarred dragon. She is stunned when, one morning, her dragon-shifting lord arrives at her father’s castle, intent on claiming her forever.

Dragon Games (The Golden Dragon) – Sabine wants to wed a serious, constant lord. She is in love with a teasing, laughing dragon warrior.

Dragon Fire (The Red Dragon) – Trinia must compete against an ancient prophecy to claim her dragon warrior’s heart.

Claim your inner dragon. Escape into a medieval fantasy world with these lunch-hour-length romances.

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