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
“A YEAR OF SIZZLING HOT SAX”
THE SEXIEST 12 MONTH SERIAL
is SINFUL REWARDS
The thrilling conclusion to the Billionaires and Bikers series!
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.
“Don’t look at me like that, Bee.” Nicolas pushes his way
into the condo. “I had that situation with the New York build last night. There
will be fancy events in the future.” He holds up the tub. “I brought ice
cream.”
I summon a smile. “You forgot about me.” I take the ice
cream from the dashing billionaire. “What do those articles I sent you say
about forgetting friends?”
Nicolas grimaces. “You knew I was a bad friend.” He walks
with me to the kitchen, smelling of expensive cologne and wealth.
“You’re not a bad friend.” I set two bowls and two spoons
on the counter. “You’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. “You’re not giving up on me, are
you?” The lines carved between his perfect eyebrows belie his casual tone.
“I’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. “Hawke doesn’t love me,” I blurt,
needing to voice this, to share this with someone.
“He said that?” Nicolas steals a spoonful of ice cream
from the bowl I’m filling.
“No.” I frown, scooping as fast as I can. “But he’s never
said he loves me, either.” I push Nicolas’s bowl toward him.
His eyes sparkle. “I’ve never said I love ice cream.” He
shovels the sweet treat into his mouth with a boyish glee. “But I do. Very
much.” His lips curl upward. “The name of this flavor is perfect. It is
heavenly.”
“Hawke doesn’t love me,” I repeat stubbornly, dishing out
a smaller portion for myself.
“A good friend would agree with you.” Nicolas’s head is
bent over his ice cream.
“You’re not a good friend.” I place the tub in the
freezer compartment of the fridge. “What would you do?”
“I’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. “He 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. “He
cares about me.”
“No, he cares about his team.” The billionaire’s lips
flatten grimly. “Disregarding all of my advice about maintaining his distance.”
Nicolas believes remaining aloof from his employees makes painful staffing
decisions less traumatic. “What Hawke feels for you is in an entirely different
category.”
“It
isn’t love.” Or is it?
USA
Today bestselling author CYNTHIA
SAX lives in a world filled with magic and romance. Although her heroes may
not always say “I 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/
Sinful Rewards 12 – Saying Goodbye to Bee,
Hawke And Nicolas
Cynthia Sax
One of the most common questions
reading buddies ask me is “What 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 models—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 ‘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?
USA Today bestselling
author CYNTHIA SAX lives in a world
filled with magic and romance. Although her heroes may not always say “I love
you,” they will do anything for the women they adore. They live passionately.
They play hard. They love the same women forever.
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I've admired in secret before, but never told the guy that I liked him. This was in high school, and I was really shy :)
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I have never had a secret admirer, but I think it would be fun.
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