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Bringer of Chaos #Scifi by Kayelle Allen @kayelleallen #RLFblog
Today’s featured book is Bringer of Chaos by Kayelle Allen.About the Book
Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas
Author: Kayelle Allen
Publisher: Romance Lives Forever Books
Genre: science fiction, space opera, genetic engineering, military science
fiction, dystopian science fiction,
Wordcount: 52,098
Pages: 210Two enemy warriors: one human, one immortal. Different in belief, alike in spirit, marooned on an alien world. Imprisoned and in isolation over a year without food or water, the immortal Pietas survives. Though broken in body, his intellect and will are intact, thanks to Six, the special ops warrior who captured him, but kept him sane. The warrior had no hand in his deprivation and, like Pietas, was betrayed by his own kind. When Pietas is abandoned on an alien world with nothing but his honor–and Six–he must find and rejoin other immortal exiles. After centuries of war, Pietas detests and kills humans on sight, but he is too damaged to continue on his own. Though he despises needing help, he allows Six to nurture and restore him to full strength, and then accompany him. As they cross the planet together on foot, the immortal begins to wonder if he has found his first human friend, or if Six is loyal only because Pietas could keep the others from tearing him to shreds. This human will either be his closest living friend, or the one whose betrayal will trigger all-out vengeance by the most powerful immortal ever born.
Immortal. Warrior. Outcast. They took everything. Except his honor.Buy This Book
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Author site https://kayelleallen.com/chaos-origin/About the Author
Kayelle Allen writes Sci Fi with misbehaving robots, mythic heroes, role-playing immortal gamers, and warriors who purr. She is the author of multiple books, novellas, and short stories. She’s also a US Navy veteran and has been married so long she’s tenured.
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Wolf on a Mission by @ njwaltersauthor #RLFblog #PNR
Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters.About the Book
Title Wolf on a MissionGenre Paranormal RomanceAuthor N.J. WaltersBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RWhen love runs wild, there are no limits.Salvation Pack, Book 6Full-blooded werewolf Elias Gallagher, sole guardian of his half-breed teenage nephews, is all too aware that the world is not a safe place for a werewolf on his own. Doubly so for half-breeds.He brings his nephews to North Carolina to check out the Salvation Pack’s openness to half-breeds. He never expected to find a mate—the fully human mother of a young boy—while there.After enduring one tragedy after another over the past two years, Sue Walsh is focused solely on earning a living and raising her five-year-old son. With her ex suddenly demanding custody, the last complication she wants or needs is an attraction to a ruggedly handsome stranger.But the sexual pull between them is too strong to be denied. And when there’s trouble with the local hunters, Elias will do whatever it takes to protect the people he loves. Even if it means revealing his biggest secret.Buy This Book
Publisher https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/5761/wolf-on-a-missionAmazon http://tinyurl.com/pgbzut4Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/ebook/wolf-on-a-missionAbout the Author
N.J. Walters is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.Author Social Media
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Meet Jack Sharpe from The Long Way Home @JessicaCale #RLFblog #Historical
Meet Jack Sharpe from The Long Way Home by JessicaCale.Author Bio
Jessica Cale is the award-winning author of the historical romance series, The Southwark Saga. Originally from Minnesota, she lived in Wales for several years where she earned a BA in History and an MFA in Creative Writing while climbing castles and photographing mines for history magazines. She kidnapped (“married”) her very own British prince (close enough) and is enjoying her happily ever after with him in North Carolina.About the Book
Title: The Long Way HomeGenre: Historical RomanceBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): RA paranoid king, a poison plot, and hideous shoes…it’s not easy being Cinderella.
After saving the life of the glamorous Marquise de Harfleur, painfully shy barmaid Alice Henshawe is employed as the lady’s companion and whisked away to Versailles. There, she catches King Louis’ eye and quickly becomes a court favorite as the muse for Charles Perrault’s Cinderella. The palace appears to be heaven itself, but there is danger hidden beneath the façade and Alice soon finds herself thrust into a world of intrigue, murder, and Satanism at the heart of the French court.
Having left his apprenticeship to serve King Charles as a spy, Jack Sharpe is given a mission that may just kill him. In the midst of the Franco-Dutch war, he is to investigate rumors of a poison plot by posing as a courtier, but he has a mission of his own. His childhood friend Alice Henshawe is missing and he will stop at nothing to see her safe. When he finds her in the company of the very people he is meant to be investigating, Jack begins to wonder if the sweet girl he grew up with has a dark side.
When a careless lie finds them accidentally married, Alice and Jack must rely on one another to survive the intrigues of the court. As old affection gives way to new passion, suspicion lingers. Can they trust each other, or is the real danger closer than they suspect?Introducing Jack Sharpe
Welcome to Romance Lives Forever! We’re happy to have you here today.Name: Jack SharpeAge: 23Gender: MaleBirthplace: Covent Garden, LondonProfession: Officially a soldier, unofficially a spy.Ethnicity/Species (if not human): English…probably.Describe your body and build, skin tone, height and weight. Include any unique features such as dimples, freckles, or scars.I’m tallish and gawky, with blue eyes and an abundance of curling black hair. I was a carpenter’s apprentice and I have little scars everywhere, but the biggest is a bullet hole beneath my left collarbone.Who is the significant other in your life?I would never presume to name her thus, though I suppose she is significant. I’ve always had a certain affection for Alice Henshawe. We grew up together, you see, and I seem to have inadvertently married her. You won’t hear a word of protest from me, but it was something of a surprise.Please tell us a little about yourself.What’s there to tell? My mother was an actress and I grew up a pickpocket in St. Giles before Mark Virtue took me on as an apprentice. An…incident…forced me to leave England at sixteen, and I’ve been with the army on the Continent ever since.How do you dress?By preference? I’ve been wearing the same patched clothes for years, but I’d be lost without my coat. My old master’s wife made it for me, and it’s full of secret pockets. It looks like any other coat when it’s on, but it’s filled with all the things I need to survive most any situation. Since I’ve arrived at Versailles, however, I’ve had to wear rather more silks than I’m comfortable with. My friend Achille is a Marquis, and he helps me to choose what to wear to court. I prefer darker colors, but If it were up to him, I’d be in lilac moire and violet hose.If we could only hear your voice (but not see you) what characteristic would identify you?I’ll be the one saying the wrong thing. When I’m nervous, I talk too much and too quickly, and I always sound like a right fool. Alice makes me very nervous. I wanted to tell her she looked lovely the other night, and ended up making some inane observation about her shoes. I’m hopeless.On what special skills do you rely?I’m quiet, I’m fast, and I’m good in dangerous situations. I can fight, spy, sew up wounds, start fires, and, should the need arise, I’m bloody good with a hammer. I can also make coffee. You’d be surprised how often that’s all you need.Are any of your skills a source of pride or embarrassment, and if so, which ones and why?I am very good with my hands. I can rob a man blind and be off with his pocket, his rings, and the buttons of his coat before he knows I’m there. This has been useful over the years, but it’s a source of embarrassment that I ever had to learn to do such a thing. I’m also not a bad actor. I drew up backstage in the theaters around Covent Garden and it comes naturally to me.What kinds of things do you always carry (in pockets or purse)?Three knives in my coat, two more in my boots. Two pistols, a spyglass, a map, enough money to get by or bribe a guard, half a dozen lock picks, a set of loaded dice given to me by the King of France, and a miniature portrait of a girl.Do you see morality as black-and-white, or with shades of gray?I see things as very black-and-white. That sounds mad coming from a pickpocket, doesn’t it? Truth is, the laws of man and real morality do not often match, and I live my life according to a very firm set of rules. No one I’ve met treats women with the reverence I do, but it isn’t at all moral the way they’re so often abused. Some might think I take my ideas of morality too far, but I’ve seen too much of the world to not follow ideas through to their logical conclusions.If someone from your past showed up, who would you most want it to be, and why?My sister, Joanna. Our mother sold her into service to the colonies when she was ten. Most don’t survive the crossing, let alone the work on the other side. She’d be seventeen now. I want to know if she’s alive, and I want to see her safe at home again.What would you like to tell your writer?I could have done without the cantarella, thanks! I’m very grateful to you for allowing me to find Alice, but was all that really necessary? I’ve never been so humiliated in my life for such a sustained period of time. Couldn’t there have been an easier–or less traumatic–way to get Alice to finally talk to me?Buy This Book
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Long-Home-Southwark-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B01CBY47COBarnes and Noble http://goo.gl/uPKJFuARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thelongwayhome-1981157-153.htmlKobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-long-way-home-62iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-long-way-home/id1086308046?mt=11Author Social Media
Website http://www.authorjessicacale.comTwitter https://twitter.com/JessicaCalePinterest http://www.pinterest.com/rainbowcarnageAmazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Jessica-Cale/e/B00PVDV9EWYou May Also Like
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Stressing the Hero Hometown Heartache #romance @mjschiller #RLFblog
Our guest author today is giving away an eCopy of Blackout to one random commentor. Please leave your comment below for your chance to win.Every hero has a story. He has a background, a history, and a past. This interview allows us to meet a hero and get to know him better, by focusing on how he handles being relaxed, as well as how he handles stress.Author Bio
M.J. Schiller is a lunch lady/romance-romantic suspense writer. She enjoys writing novels whose characters include rock stars, desert princes, teachers, futuristic Knights, construction workers, cops, and a wide variety of others. In her mind everybody has a romance. She is the mother of a twenty-year-old and three eighteen-year-olds. That’s right, triplets! So having recently taught four children to drive, she likes to escape from life on occasion by pretending to be a rock star at karaoke. However…you won’t be seeing her name on any record labels soon.About the Book
Title Hometown HeartacheGenre Contemporary Romantic SuspenseBook heat level (based on movie ratings):
PG13Nash is trying to
make a name for himself in the art world…But when he meets a realtor to buy a gallery, he is stunned
to find Chloe sitting at the table with the man. He has never stopped thinking
about her since she disappeared from his life without a trace. Is it too late
to win back her love?Chloe has finally
found a way to leave her past behind her…But her heart leaps out of her chest when she sees Nash. How
can he be here? Now…after all this time? On the surface, she pulls herself back
together. But underneath she feels she is about to shatter. After remaking
herself, how can she deal with being faced with Nash and the life she knew
before?If this chance
meeting doesn’t rip Chloe and Nash apart, he will.Little do they know, someone has been lurking in the
shadows, manipulating them all along. If he has his way, the two will never be
reunited. Even if he has to take one of them out to ensure it.Stressing The Hero
Every hero has a story. He has a background, a history, and a
past. This interview allows us to meet a hero and get to know him better, by
focusing on how he handles being relaxed, as well as how he handles stress.The Hero’s Relaxed Side
This hero is at a
party. Considering his story, describe the party.Nash would enjoy a big party, but would prefer just hanging
with his family and a few friends.How does the hero
feel about being this particular party, and what body language is he displaying
that gives it away?When he’s with his family, he’s relaxed. He would be sitting
on the couch, one arm resting on the top, with his back in the corner, totally
engaged in the conversation he is having, turned toward the speaker, one leg up
on the couch a little. He is an artist and so his conversation would be thoughtful,
cerebral, intelligent. But Nash was also an athlete in high school so he is
strong and physically fit and could talk sports. He would avoid politics unless
it was a subject he was particularly passionate about. He was popular in high
school, but not Mr. Popularity. He is a stand up guy, someone you could count
on in a crisis.Is he more likely to mingle
or remain aloof?With family he’d mingle. At a bigger party he would mingle
some, but would limit it to a handful of people.If he drinks, what is
his drink of choice at this party?Beer, craft or otherwise. Prefers a basic beer.How much drink is his
usual?Depends on the night and how long he is out. On average,
three or four.The hero figures out where
the hiding places are and then goes there. Is it to hide, to avoid someone, or
to go drag a friend back to the party?He wouldn’t hide or avoid someone, at least not for long. If
someone went missing, though, he’d know where to find them because he’d
understand that desire. He may bring them back to the party or stay and talk
with them there.Is he likely to latch
onto a friend and stay with him/her and ignore others, or is he the friend that
others latch onto?If he gets involved in a conversation with someone, he
doesn’t feel the need to leave it in order to talk to everyone. He’d rather
miss out on saying hi to someone than miss out on a good conversation, although
he’d regret not getting to talk to everyone a little.If someone picked a fight
at this party, how is the hero going to handle it?He would try to negotiate the situation, but if he needed
to, he’d be fine with throwing someone out if they were making trouble.Is the hero the one most
likely to get tossed out of the party, or the one who does the tossing?He’d be the tosser, not the tossee.Will he know when to leave,
or stay late and make a nuisance of himself?He will know when to leave, but will stay late and help
clean up.The Hero’s Stressed Out Side
How does the hero handle
it if the cops or some other authority figure pulls him aside when he was
blameless in a situation?He’s pretty calm about it, believes that it will all work
out, that the cops will be reasonable and listen to him.How does the hero react
to hearing a scream?Nash would go to find out who was in trouble and try to help
them. He’d take along his brothers if he thought he needed to.If he sees someone being
assaulted, what is the FIRST thing that crosses his mind?I need to step in and help this person.If he sees someone
being assaulted, what is the FIRST thing he does?He steps in to defend them.This hero attempts to
rescue someone and realizes that he is in over his head. The odds are against him
and there is no way out. He is going to get his butt handed to him. What does he
do?Takes it like a man.The hero runs into
the one person from his past he wanted to avoid. He can’t get out of the
situation and must interact with him/her in some way. What does he do?His jaw would be tight and conversation would be clipped.Someone younger than
the hero is in charge of the situation, and they are handling it badly, perhaps
bungling things. How does the hero deal with it?He would let them try to handle the situation themselves,
but if they gave a sign of needing help he’s be there to do his best to handle
it.The hero is in
physical pain but must bear up under it and keep going. What does he tell
himself in order to get through the situation?I’ve just got to hang on and get through this.What mentor’s words
come to mind in a bad situation?He’d probably think of something his mom told him. He looks
up to her a lot. It probably would be along the lines of “walk a mile in
someone’s shoes.” He would try to see things from their viewpoint.What lesson from his
past gets him through a stressful situation?His time without Chloe was the worst period in his life. He
would tell himself if he could get through that, he could get through anything.Buy This Book
Publisher Kissmet PublishingBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hometown-heartache-mj-schiller/1123353865?ean=2940158052897Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/hometown-heartacheiBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1081022176Author Social Media
Twitter https://twitter.com/mjschillerPinterest http://www.pinterest.com/mjschiller/Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/M.J.-Schiller/e/B009JOQFQQ/Tumblr http://mjschilz.tumblr.com/Instagram http://instagram.com/mjschillerYou May Also Like
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Storm Crazy (Book 1) is Free #paranormal by @liviaquinn #RLFblog
Storm Crazy (Book 1) by Livia Quinn is currently Free.
About the AuthorLivia Quinn is a DC native transplanted into the heart of Louisiana. Inspired (or terrorized) by the severe weather in the South, she started writing her Storm Lake series the summer of Katrina. She’s written 9 books based in the communities of Storm Lake – Destiny, Larue, and Thunder Point.Interview with Livia QuinnWhy did you write this book?I began writing stories about the communities surrounding Storm Lake in 2005. Storm Crazy started out as a cozy mystery about a rural carrier (and her wacky customers) who finds a dead body in the clubhouse. Back then, it was called Murder on a Bad Male Day ;) but it morphed into a cozy paranormal as my heroine struggled to control the crazy things happening around her and her impending quickening as a storm fairy. The whole dead body in the clubhouse thing took on bigger implications when it was connected to her brother’s missing genie bottle. And things just kept happening…What is your favorite genre to read?I can’t say I have a favorite although I love the edge and the extra escape value paranormal adds to a story. When I need to relax though, I’ll pick up a historical romance since I can resist the urge to analyze them knowing I couldn’t write one if I wanted to. Magic happens everywhere to some extent, so on my lake you’ll find both of these genres. Storm Lake West – Destiny – has a community of supernatural defenders, while in Larue and Thunder Point (Storm Lake East) you’ll meet the military heroes of my contemporary romance titles.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?Well, Jamie Fraser aside, it would have to be Roarke, J.D. Robb’s hero. Here again, the paranormal/futuristic element of this series lends so much to his persona. He’s got it ALL, including his own planet. And it doesn’t hurt that a Roarke and Eve book comes out several times a year.What are you working on at the moment, and what will we see from you in coming months?Take These Broken Wings is book 5 in the Destiny Paramortals which will be out in a couple months as well as the sixth book, Bad Moon Rising, toward the end of the year. In addition, the next book in the Storm Lake East series, Eye of the Storm is coming up in the Fall.Please tell us about your book.I’m Tempest Pomeroy, and my human job is delivering the mail. To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on New Orleans. First, River’s amphora went missing—that’s genie bottle to you mere-mortals. I know— the names right? We were just lucky we didn’t end up as Black Cloud and Little Sprinkle. Or Flash and Flood. With my hair, I’d have been Flash. I’m also a Paramortal like the rest of my family. Or I’m supposed to be. If it wasn’t for a few little talents I’d think I was adopted.On my first delivery, a scantily clad doctor triggered a hallucination when we touched. Pheromones? An old trouble-maker had a stroke but I saved the old fart with a zap of my Zeus juice! It was the first time I’d actually called my power on purpose, and our hunky new sheriff almost saw me use my magic—big no-no. He showed up again when the owner of Flowers by Dick complained that I’d dropped a seventy-five pound box on his foot. Yeah, I did, but it was an accident. He put his hand on my butt and my hands sorta… slipped. Then things really went downhill.I discovered a dead body while rescuing River’s bottle from a locker as the sheriff arrived again. Now, my brother’s missing, my mother’s AWOL and the sheriff and my ex-lover are squaring off like yard dogs staking a claim on a poodle. I am no one’s poodle. Aurora says all this chaos is a sign of my quickening power and things are only going to get worse.Oh, and the sheriff? He thought he’d settled in a normal small town to raise his teenage daughter. Like Mayberrry. We’ll see how that turns out. Things had better settle down soon, ‘cause I’m about to go Storm Crazy.About the BookTitle Storm CrazyGenre ParanormalAuthor Livia QuinnBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13Buy This BookPublisher Campbell Hill PublishingAmazon http://amzn.to/1Se1GTlARe http://bit.ly/SC-AReBarnes and Noble http://bit.ly/SC-nkCreateSpace (Print) http://bit.ly/1W0z0MqGoodreads http://bit.ly/SC-GRIBooks bit.ly/SC-IbkInktera http://bit.ly/SC-iterScribd http://bit.ly/SC-ScdKobo bit.ly/SC-KBoAuthor Social MediaWebsite http://liviaquinn.comBlog http://liviaquinn.com/blog.htmlTwitter bit.ly/1Oeek0LPinterest bit.ly/1mRx90SGoodreads bit.ly/22VXuevAmazon Author Page http://amzn.to/1OLwtUXTSU https://www.tsu.co/LiviaQuinnGoogle + plus.google.com/liviaquinn -
Tarnished Souls by @britaaddams #historical #MM #RLFblog
Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Tarnished Souls by Brita Addams.
About the Book
Title – Tarnished Souls (Frankie & Gent)Genre – Historical gay romanceAuthor – Brita AddamsBook heat level – R
Hollywood’s Golden Age is not all glitz and glamor. Mob boss Frankie Monetti controls the unions and the studios, which makes him and the syndicate very rich. But after five years, Frankie runs afoul of the law and those who put him in power.
Primo hit man, and Frankie’s lifelong friend, Arvin “Gent” Vitali, goes west with orders to clean up the mess and then bring Frankie back to New York to answer for his double cross. But as the noose closes tighter around Frankie’s neck, Gent questions where his loyalty truly lies. Is business just business or is freedom worth the risk?Buy This Book
Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/Tarnished-Souls-Frankie-Brita-Addams-ebook/dp/B00GQQQ2GS/About the Author
Born in a small town in upstate New York, Brita Addams has made her home in the sultry south for many years. In the Frog Capital of the World, Brita shares her home with her real-life hero—her husband, and a fat cat named Stormee. All their children are grown.Given her love of history, Brita writes both het and gay historical romance. Many of her historicals have appeared on category bestseller lists at various online retailers.Tarnished Gold, the first in her gay romance Tarnished series for Dreamspinner Press, was a winner in the 2013 Rainbow Awards, Historical Romance category. The book also received nominations for Best Historical and Best Book of 2013 from the readers of the Goodreads M/M Romance Group.A bit of trivia—Brita pronounces her name, Bree-ta, and not Brit-a, like the famous water filter. Brita Addams is a mash-up of her real middle name and her husband’s middle name, with an additional d and s.Author Social Media
Website http://britaaddams.netFacebook http://www.facebook.com/britaaddamsPinterest http://www.pinterest.com/britaaddams/Booklikes http://britaaddams.booklikes.comMonthly column at The Novel Approach http://thenovelapproachreviews.comNewsletter https://www.facebook.com/BritaAddamsEroticRomance/app_100265896690345Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/BritaAddamsEroticRomance
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