Promo Spot & Giveaway: Sinful Rewards Series – Cynthia Sax

Posted June 16, 2015 by Shannon in Blog Tour, Giveaways / 2 Comments

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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.

 

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Saying Goodbye to Bee, Hawke And Nicolas

Cynthia Sax

One of the most common questions reading buddies ask me is β€œWhat is the toughest part of writing?” 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 I’ll be saying good-bye to beloved characters. Yes, I’ll be able to reread the story and visit them but I’ll 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. She’s endured quite a bit. These experiences have changed her.

I suspect she’ll continue to change, continue to make the transition from twenty-something new grad to mature, confident woman. She’s surrounded by strong female role modelsβ€”her mom, Ellen, Lona. I can see them all influencing her. I’ll miss seeing that change.

Hawke

Hawke is a man of surprises. That’s what I’ll 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 β€˜normal’ day. His job is constantly changing and he enjoys this aspect of it.

I couldn’t guess what he’ll be doing a day, month, year after Sinful Rewards ends. I know he’ll have his loved ones, his team around him. He’s as loyal as Bee is, as committed to his friends, family, woman. But I don’t 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 haven’t even started to explore. I’ll miss his self-depreciating sarcasm and his feigned arrogance, the vulnerability he hides under his business bastard personae.

I’ll miss the characters from Sinful Rewards but I feel fortunate to have known them. They’ve changed me as much as, I suspect, I’ve changed them.

Are there characters from romance novels that you miss?Β  Β 

CnB About the Book

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

β€œA YEAR OF SIZZLING HOT SAX”

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?

 

Excerpt

Nicolas stands in the hallway, a sheepish smile on his beautiful face, and my small burst of joy dissipates, replaced by the dreaded malaise. He’s handsome, the lights shining on his black wavy hair, tanned skin, dark eyes. He’s immaculately dressed in a gray suit, white shirt, pink tie. He’s carrying ice cream, a small tub of Heavenly Hash cradled in his perfectly manicured fingers.

But he’s not Hawke. He’s not the man I love, the only person I want to see.

β€œDon’t look at me like that, Bee.” Nicolas pushes his way into the condo. β€œI had that situation with the New York build last night. There will be fancy events in the future.” He holds up the tub. β€œI brought ice cream.”

I summon a smile. β€œYou forgot about me.” I take the ice cream from the dashing billionaire. β€œWhat do those articles I sent you say about forgetting friends?”

Nicolas grimaces. β€œYou knew I was a bad friend.” He walks with me to the kitchen, smelling of expensive cologne and wealth.

β€œYou’re not a bad friend.” I set two bowls and two spoons on the counter. β€œYou’re a terrible friend.” 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. β€œYou’re not giving up on me, are you?” The lines carved between his perfect eyebrows belie his casual tone.

β€œI’d never give up on you.” I knock his sucked-clean spoon away and huddle over the tub, protecting the ice cream from impatient-billionaire-induced contamination. β€œHawke doesn’t love me,” I blurt, needing to voice this, to share this with someone.

β€œHe said that?” Nicolas steals a spoonful of ice cream from the bowl I’m filling.

β€œNo.” I frown, scooping as fast as I can. β€œBut he’s never said he loves me, either.” I push Nicolas’s bowl toward him.

His eyes sparkle. β€œI’ve never said I love ice cream.” He shovels the sweet treat into his mouth with a boyish glee. β€œBut I do. Very much.” His lips curl upward. β€œThe name of this flavor is perfect. It is heavenly.”

β€œHawke doesn’t love me,” I repeat stubbornly, dishing out a smaller portion for myself.

β€œA good friend would agree with you.” Nicolas’s head is bent over his ice cream.

β€œYou’re not a good friend.” I place the tub in the freezer compartment of the fridge. β€œWhat would you do?”

β€œI’d tell you that neither of you are acting rationally, that if craziness is a sign of love, Hawke has it much worse than you.” Nicolas licks his spoon. β€œHe guards you like you’re the last piece of prime real estate on the planet. I’m taking my life into my hands by simply eating ice cream with you.”

I climb onto the bar stool beside him, his observations about Hawke’s protectiveness appeasing me, banishing some of my melancholy. β€œHe cares about me.”

β€œNo, he cares about his team.” The billionaire’s lips flatten grimly. β€œDisregarding all of my advice about maintaining his distance.” Nicolas believes remaining aloof from his employees makes painful staffing decisions less traumatic. β€œWhat Hawke feels for you is in an entirely different category.”

β€œIt isn’t love.” Or is it?

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CnB About the Author

USA Today bestselling author CYNTHIA SAX lives in a world filled with magic and romance. Although her heroes may not always say β€œI love you,” 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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