Dark Strength

The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall.Balvan, the Refuge's Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He's a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him.Elyce, snatched from her home half a solar cycle ago, has finally escaped her brutal captors. She arrives at the Refuge barely alive. Only a blood transfusion from the largest male she has ever seen will save her life. But it will also bind her to him forever. Staring up, up, up at him, she wonders why she wants to be free. His gentle touch revives yearnings she thought dead. His lips set her skin ablaze. His massive muscles make her feel safe.That feeling could be an illusion. Elyce's captors want their slave back and they won't stop until they have her. To give his mate her freedom, Balvan might be forced to give up everything he has – his role as the Gatekeeper, Elyce's love, and his life.Dark Strength is a STANDALONE Alien SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.It is the third of six stories in the completed Refuge series.Book 1: Dark ThoughtsBook 2: Dark FlightBook 3: Dark StrengthBook 4: Dark FireBook 5: Dark WarlordBook 6: Dark CureDark Arsenal officially resides in the Cyborg Sizzle series but features Vicuska from the Refuge series. USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax writes steamy cyborg, alien and contemporary romances. Her stories have been featured on TV, in Star Magazine, and on numerous best of lists.She 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.Sign up for her dirty-joke-filled monthly newsletter and visit her on the web at www.CynthiaSax.com Refuge is an Alien SciFi Romance series in a gritty, dark world.