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!
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?
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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?
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.
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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