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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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.
“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?
GUEST POST
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?
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 “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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