The SINFUL REWARDS series, by Cynthia Sax, is coming to an end. It’s a series that I’ve quite enjoyed and I was happy to help Cynthia and her publisher celebrate the release of the final installment to the novella series. Cynthia shares a little bit with us about saying goodbye to Bee, Hawke and Nicolas.
Saying Goodbye to Bee, Hawke And Nicolas
Cynthia Sax
One of the most common questions reading buddies ask me is βWhat is the toughest part of writing?β For me, the toughest part is the last chapter or, in the case of Sinful Rewards, my sizzling hot 12 novella contemporary erotic romance series, the last novella.
I know, while writing this part of the story, that Iβll be saying good-bye to beloved characters. Yes, Iβll be able to reread the story and visit them but Iβll no longer be living in their world, listening to their every thought, experiencing every emotion.
What will I miss most about the characters in Sinful Rewards?
Bee/Belinda
Bee, of all of the characters in Sinful Rewards, has grown the most. Our exhibitionist-in-training heroine started the serial with a fairly shallow view of others, herself, love, life. Sheβs endured quite a bit. These experiences have changed her.
I suspect sheβll continue to change, continue to make the transition from twenty-something new grad to mature, confident woman. Sheβs surrounded by strong female role modelsβher mom, Ellen, Lona. I can see them all influencing her. Iβll miss seeing that change.
Hawke
Hawke is a man of surprises. Thatβs what Iβll miss about our tattooed bad boy biker. He loves new experiences and sharing these new experiences with the people he loves. I doubt that he will ever have a βnormalβ day. His job is constantly changing and he enjoys this aspect of it.
I couldnβt guess what heβll be doing a day, month, year after Sinful Rewards ends. I know heβll have his loved ones, his team around him. Heβs as loyal as Bee is, as committed to his friends, family, woman. But I donβt know what his day will entail.
Nicolas
Nicolas is the character I wish I had spent more time with. Our jellybean eating billionaire has emotional depths we havenβt even started to explore. Iβll miss his self-depreciating sarcasm and his feigned arrogance, the vulnerability he hides under his business bastard personae.
Iβll miss the characters from Sinful Rewards but I feel fortunate to have known them. Theyβve changed me as much as, I suspect, Iβve changed them.
Are there characters from romance novels that you miss?Β Β
Sinful Rewards 12
A Billionaires and Bikers Novella
By USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax
9780062354327 / Avon Red Impulse / On Sale: 6/16/2015 / $0.99
βA YEAR OF SIZZLING HOT SAXβ
THE SEXIEST 12 MONTH SERIAL is SINFUL REWARDS
The thrilling conclusion to the Billionaires and Bikers series!
One tiny mistake turns Bee Carter’s worst fears into a terrifying reality. She knows she isn’t alone. The sexy, honorable man she adores stands by her side, willing to sacrifice his freedom to ease her concerns.
But she yearns for more than he is offering. She wants a partner who will love her as fiercely as she loves him, who will say the words and mean them, and someone who will choose her because this is what he desires more than anything else, not merely out of a misguided sense of duty.
Will saying no to the man she loves earn Bee unbearable heartache or will she finally get the forever she craves?
Nicolas stands in the hallway, a sheepish smile on his beautiful face, and my small burst of joy dissipates, replaced by the dreaded malaise. Heβs handsome, the lights shining on his black wavy hair, tanned skin, dark eyes. Heβs immaculately dressed in a gray suit, white shirt, pink tie. Heβs carrying ice cream, a small tub of Heavenly Hash cradled in his perfectly manicured fingers.
But heβs not Hawke. Heβs not the man I love, the only person I want to see.
βDonβt look at me like that, Bee.β Nicolas pushes his way into the condo. βI had that situation with the New York build last night. There will be fancy events in the future.β He holds up the tub. βI brought ice cream.β
I summon a smile. βYou forgot about me.β I take the ice cream from the dashing billionaire. βWhat do those articles I sent you say about forgetting friends?β
Nicolas grimaces. βYou knew I was a bad friend.β He walks with me to the kitchen, smelling of expensive cologne and wealth.
βYouβre not a bad friend.β I set two bowls and two spoons on the counter. βYouβre a terrible friend.β I open the tub of ice cream.
The real estate developer settles his long lean body on a bar stool and dips a spoon in the container. βYouβre not giving up on me, are you?β The lines carved between his perfect eyebrows belie his casual tone.
βIβd never give up on you.β I knock his sucked-clean spoon away and huddle over the tub, protecting the ice cream from impatient-billionaire-induced contamination. βHawke doesnβt love me,β I blurt, needing to voice this, to share this with someone.
βHe said that?β Nicolas steals a spoonful of ice cream from the bowl Iβm filling.
βNo.β I frown, scooping as fast as I can. βBut heβs never said he loves me, either.β I push Nicolasβs bowl toward him.
His eyes sparkle. βIβve never said I love ice cream.β He shovels the sweet treat into his mouth with a boyish glee. βBut I do. Very much.β His lips curl upward. βThe name of this flavor is perfect. It is heavenly.β
βHawke doesnβt love me,β I repeat stubbornly, dishing out a smaller portion for myself.
βA good friend would agree with you.β Nicolasβs head is bent over his ice cream.
βYouβre not a good friend.β I place the tub in the freezer compartment of the fridge. βWhat would you do?β
βIβd tell you that neither of you are acting rationally, that if craziness is a sign of love, Hawke has it much worse than you.β Nicolas licks his spoon. βHe guards you like youβre the last piece of prime real estate on the planet. Iβm taking my life into my hands by simply eating ice cream with you.β
I climb onto the bar stool beside him, his observations about Hawkeβs protectiveness appeasing me, banishing some of my melancholy. βHe cares about me.β
βNo, he cares about his team.β The billionaireβs lips flatten grimly. βDisregarding all of my advice about maintaining his distance.β Nicolas believes remaining aloof from his employees makes painful staffing decisions less traumatic. βWhat Hawke feels for you is in an entirely different category.β
βIt isnβt love.β Or is it?
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USA Today bestselling author CYNTHIA SAX lives in a world filled with magic and romance. Although her heroes may not always say βI love you,β they will do anything for the women they adore. They live passionately. They play hard. They love the same women forever.
Cynthia has loved the same wonderful man forever. Her supportive hubby offers himself up to the joys and pains of research, while they travel the world together, meeting fascinating people and finding inspiration in exotic places such as Istanbul, Bali, and Chicago. You can visit her at @CynthiaSax and http://cynthiasax.com/
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