title: Captured by the Cyborg (Cy-Ops Cyborg Romance) (Volume 3)
author:  Cara Bristol 
description: Recently the<i>USA Today</i> HEA column interviewed me about Captured by the Cyborg. Here are a couple of Q &amp; As from the interview:<br /><br /><span><b>What three things influenced your writing <i>Captured by the Cyborg</i>?</b></span><br /><span>Number one, I fell in love with cyborgs, who to me, represent the ultimate alpha male in that that they have brawn <i>and</i> brains. They are humans (and look fully human) who have been modified with computer and/or machine parts. They&apos;re rough, tough warriors--the kind of guys you want on your side when things get dangerous. In most cyborg romances, cyborgs are created by an evil government who enslaves them andforces them to fight. It&apos;s a great trope, but I wanted to do something different, which leads to the second part.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Number two, I want to bring <i>romance</i>back into the romance genre. I&apos;ve read a lot of books where the alpha &quot;hero&quot; is a total jerk, a self-centered a-hole. That&apos;s not romantic or sexy to me. I want a hero who is truly <i>heroic</i>. Not perfect, you understand, but who is honorable and who demonstrates that hecares for the heroine. So my heroes are cyberoperatives with a clandestine paramilitary force. The tagline for the Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance series is &quot;Saving the girl and galaxy one mission at time.&quot;</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>What are they saving the girl and the galaxy from? Well, number three, I was influenced by present day terrorism. Although there are other threats and villains in the series, the main one is Lamis-Odg, a planet of religious terrorists who are seeking to extend their reach in the galaxy. However,in <i>Captured by the Cyborg</i>, the main villain is the ex-lifemate of the heroine.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span><b>Which character was the biggest challenge to write and why?</b></span><br /><span>The heroines of this series in general are hard to write because they have to be strong in their own right, yet still need to be in a jam so the hero can swoop in, be all heroic and save the day. You can&apos;t rescue someone who doesn&apos;t need rescuing! But readers have modern sensibilities (especially in sci-fi) and the damsel-in-distress isn&apos;t a popular trope. So in the series, I try to create strong heroines who have something to offer the world, but who need the hero&apos;s assistance with a life-threatening situation. In <i>Captured with the Cyborg</i>, heroine Illumina is on run after being attacked. She has some pretty special, in-demand abilities that make her the perfect partner for her cyborg hero. (I don&apos;t wantto give too much away).</span>
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  Kai Andros’s orders were simple. Get in. Gather the intel on the terrorist
  organization. Get out. Then he met her. Mariska. Beautiful. Innocent.
  Ignorant of her father’s atrocities. And marked for death. His orders said
  nothing about saving her. But he did. He went off-mission.
  Can a rogue cyborg outrun both Cyber Operations and the terrorists to
  save the woman he loves?
  Mated with the Cyborg is an action-packed erotic sci-fi romance
  between a man with a mission and a woman with a secret that jeopardizes
  their lives and the fate of the galaxy.
   
   
  
  Table of Contents
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  Chapter Twenty-One
  About This Book
  Books by Cara Bristol
  About the Author
  
   
  Mated with the Cyborg
  Copyright © January 2016 by Cara