• Contemporary

    Chances Are a new #contemporary romance by @WendyLouWriter #RLFblog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Wendy Lou Jones was born and raised in West Sussex, in the south of England. At 18, she moved to Birmingham to study Medicine at University, where she was lucky enough to meet her husband. She worked in hospitals, general practice and palliative care before starting a family, at which point she took a step back from medical life to concentrate on being a mum.
    She now lives in a little village in Herefordshire with her husband and two grubby boys and discovered a love of writing not long after their youngest started school. And if you were to ask her what it was that made her make the switch, she would tell you quite simply, that it started with a dream.

    Interview with Wendy Lou Jones

    Why did you write this book?
    This story follows on from my other Echoes of Nutt Hill novels. It is about the brother of the hero of Sun on Sundays, the previous book, and is still within the village of Lower Nutton. They are all rural village love stories. I wanted to let him experience true love.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    Historical romance
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Jon Thornton, from North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell
    What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    Currently I’m attempting to lick the final Echoes of Nutt Hill story into shape and after that I have something quite different planned.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Luke is the man with the money, the fast car and the hot woman. There’s no way he would even think about getting serious, but a face he can’t remember soon threatens his calm.
    Rebecca isn’t interested in a relationship, and definitely not with him. How could she, after all he put her through? She’s spent the last 4 years hiding away from society, a one woman crusade for children’s road safety. Who would have thought one fateful day, it might almost be her … again.
    As two worlds collide, will opposites attract?
    Not if she can help it.

    About the Book

    Title Chances Are
    Genre Contemporary Romance
    Author  Wendy Lou Jones
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): PG13

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    Publisher  CreateSpace/Pronoun
    Amazon https://books.pronoun.com/chances-are/
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    CreateSpace https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chances-Are-Wendy-Lou-Jones/dp/1530945364

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  • Fantasy

    The Pixie Queen by @susanvaughn1124 #RLFblog #YA Fantasy Romance

    Today’s featured book is The Pixie Queen by Susan V. Vaughn.

    About the Book

    Title The Pixie Queen
    Genre YA Fantasy Romance
    Author Susan V. Vaughn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): PG
    In the small town of Caseville strange things have occurred…
    From the time Jane Hensley was little, she knew she was different. Instead of hanging out with friends, she was often in the woods, alone, chanting magical words that filled her with power and effected the environment around her. A sudden summer storm on a perfectly sunny day. Monster waves crashing into the shores of Lake Huron. Strange things happening in nature with no rhyme or reason. Residents are mystified by these occurrences, but would never dream they could come from Plain Jane Hensley, the girl that was so quiet, it was like she wasn’t there at all.
    But David Reynolds, the town’s football star, has noticed Jane. In fact he has been secretly in love with the strange girl for years. And on the morning of her sixteenth birthday, he is determined to finally reveal his heart to her. Instead David discovers Jane’s powerful secret. A secret that has brought a magical stranger to their town. One who claims to be a Pixie King, and entices Jane on a quest.
    Now David must choose whether to allow the girl of his dreams to disappear forever. Or follow her on a journey that defies logic.

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    Amazon : http://amzn.com/B01DPP14RO          

    About the Author

    Romance Author, Susan V. Vaughn understood the meaning of sarcasm before she could walk.  Her childhood in the suburbs of Detroit was spent mainly trying to outwit her six creative siblings.  When she wasn’t working on the next soul crushing jab, she sharpened her imagination on romantic literature and day dreamed about her knight in shining armor.
    It didn’t take long for Susan to take her passion for reading romances into writing her own unique love stories.  Susan lives her life finding laughter in all situations, and delights in marrying sarcasm with romance to create realistic falling-in-love stories in the unlikeliest of scenarios.  
    Susan lives on the shores of Lake Huron with her real life knight in shining armor and enjoys watching their three children learn the art of sarcasm and wit.

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  • Suspense

    Sweet Redemption (Sweet Awakenings 1) by @AuthorNicMorgan #RLFBlog #RomSus

    Today’s featured book is Sweet Redemption by Nicole Morgan.

    About the Book

    Title: Sweet Redemption (Sweet Awakenings 1)
    Genre: Erotic Suspense Contemporary
    Author: Nicole Morgan
    Book heat level: R
    Tamara is in an unsatisfying relationship with her boyfriend, Brent. She is shocked when she learns he has been unfaithful. Seething with the betrayal, Tamara throws herself into a night of passion with the sexy owner of the health club she attends.
    Jack, a former Navy SEAL and current health club owner, is wrestling with demons from his past. A former SEAL mission that went horribly wrong has left him struggling with issues of betrayal.
    Brent is prepared to do whatever it takes to get Tamara back. His desire for her becomes an obsession that he cannot control. He sets out to destroy anyone that stands in his way. Will Brent succeed? Or will the power of Jack and Tamara’s love give them the courage to fight against an unrelenting evil?

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    Publisher http://www.bookstrand.com/sweet-redemption
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sweet-redemption-sweet-awakenings-1-nicole-morgan/1029586328?ean=9781606019160
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/nl-nl/ebook/sweet-redemption
    iTunes/iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/sweet-redemption-sweet-awakenings/id578974735?mt=11

    About the Author

    Nicole Morgan is a multi-published author of erotic romantic novels, which more often than not have a suspenseful back story. Erotic romance mixed with a good old-fashioned whodunit. While she’s written everything from contemporary to paranormal her leading men will more often than not be wearing a uniform of some kind. From military to police officers, she has a love for writing about those who protect and serve.
    From her very first novel (which turned into a four book series) about Navy SEALs to her more recent releases you will be sure to find a few twists and turns you were not expecting.
    Nicole currently lives in the Rocky Mountain region where she continues to gain support and inspiration from life’s everyday blessings.

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  • Historical

    When We Dance by @alannalucas27 #RLFblog #historicalromance

    Today’s featured book is When We Dance by Alanna Lucas.
    About the Book
    Title Face to Face
    Genre Historical Romance- Regency
    Author Alanna Lucas
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Nigel Rochefort succeeds at everything he attempts, but burying his family in scandal and breaking up a wedding while seducing the bride is not quite what he had in mind. Nor was finding true love.
    Step by Step
    Miss Artemisia Germayne is used to gossip. She is far from the ton’s version of an ideal beauty. Worse still, she cannot dance. But when she finds herself in the uncomfortable predicament of abandonment on her wedding day, embarrassed and humiliated she retreats to the country. 
    Nigel Rochefort, second son of the Earl of Monfort, has always taken his good fortune for granted, so when the woman for whom he has a secret tendre is about to marry his friend, the only logical thing to do is break up the wedding. But that scandal is only the start. The bride’s sister has also disappeared, and Nigel must first clear his name to assure Artemisia’s affections. As he gives chase, many truths are yet to be learned. This is no simple country dance or game of seduction but an unstoppable waltz of desire—and true love.
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    Publisher http://www.boroughspublishinggroup.com/books/when-we-dance
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/When-We-Dance-Alanna-Lucas-ebook/dp/B00O3M4GKG/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-we-dance-alanna-lucas/1120440793?ean=2940046207859
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-whenwedance-1636664-153.html
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/when-we-dance-1
    About the Author
    Alanna Lucas grew up in Southern California, but always dreamed of distant lands and bygone eras. From an early age she took interest in art, history, and travel, and enjoys incorporating those diversions into her writing. However, she believes that true love is the greatest source of inspiration and is always an adventure.
    Alanna makes her home in California where she spends her time writing historical romances, dreaming of her next travel destination, spending time with family, and staying up too late indulging in her favorite pastime, reading.
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    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Alanna-Lucas/e/B00HPC0MYU/

  • Stressing the Heroine,  Vampire

    Stressing the Heroine: Feasting With the Enemy #vampire @katehillromance #RLFblog

    Stressing the Heroine from Feasting With the Enemy by Kate Hill.

    Author Bio

    Always a fan of romance and the paranormal, Kate Hill started writing over twenty years ago for pleasure. Her first story, a short erotic vampire tale, was accepted for publication in 1996. Since then she has sold over one hundred short stories, novellas and novels.
    When she’s not working on her books, Kate enjoys reading, working out and spending time with her family and pets. She also writes under the name Saloni Quinby.

    About the Book

    Title Scarlet Nights 3: Feasting With the Enemy
    Genre Erotic Vampire Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    After more than a century sharing a bed and fighting at each other’s backs, vampire warriors Blair and May have forged an unbreakable bond.
    Now the mysterious New Reign is seeking additional members. Their philosophy–recruit or destroy. Using mind manipulation, they stir up dark memories from the past to tempt Blair and May into killing each other.
    Given the chance to resurrect his murdered first wife and children, will Blair now sacrifice the woman he loves–his wife and blood child, May?Stressing The Heroine

    Every heroine has a story. She has a background, a history, and a past. This interview allows us to meet a heroine and get to know her better, by focusing on how she handles being relaxed, as well as how she handles stress.

    The Heroine’s Relaxed Side

    This heroine is at a party. Considering her story, describe the party.
    The party is located at the Cock and the Pussy Willow, an exclusive vampire club in London. It’s a masquerade party and takes place in the lounge section of the club. May and her husband, Blair, are dressed in 1920s attire that they have actually kept in storage from that era.
    How does the heroine feel about being this particular party, and what body language is she displaying that gives it away?
    May is enjoying herself immensely. Many of her and Blair’s old friends are at the party and she is spending time, relaxing on one of the couches or dancing with Blair.
    Is she more likely to mingle or remain aloof?
    May enjoys mingling with her friends. She likes to have fun, but she doesn’t feel the need to be the center of attention. She’ll dance and share jokes, but won’t make a spectacle of herself.
    If she drinks, what is her drink of choice at this party?
    Like most vampires, she has a taste for blood-laced wine.
    How much drink is her usual?
    She’ll have one or two. Neither May nor Blair drink to excess.
    The heroine 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?
    It’s to share some private moments with her husband, Blair. They’ve been hanging around the Cock and the Pussy Willow for so many decades that they know the best hiding spots.
    Is she likely to latch onto a friend and stay with him/her and ignore others, or is she the friend that others latch onto?
    She and Blair are quite close and will probably be together for most of the party. They’ll also spend time with their friends, in particular the club’s owner, Daria, and Blair’s blood father, Hamilton. Typically, May isn’t the sort to latch on to others.
    If someone picked a fight at this party, how is the heroine going to handle it?
    It depends on who’s involved. She might jump in to help or she might ignore it completely.
    Is the heroine the one most likely to get tossed out of the party, or the one who does the tossing?
    Again, it depends. If she and Blair get into an argument, Daria might toss them both out.
    Will she know when to leave, or stay late and make a nuisance of herself?
    May not only will know when to leave, but she and Blair will might say goodnight early, depending on their plans or if they get called away on duty.

    The Heroine’s Stressed Out Side

    How does the heroine handle it if the cops or some other authority figure pulls her aside when she was blameless in a situation?
    May is a warrior in the battle against evil vampires, so usually she and Blair are the authority figures. Daria rules the vampire warriors of London, so if she called May out, May would be respectful, but she wouldn’t be shy about explaining her side of the story. It’s happened many times before.
    How does the heroine react to hearing a scream?
    May’s first instinct is to investigate. She’s always prepared to handle a potentially dangerous situation.
    If she sees someone being assaulted, what is the FIRST thing that crosses her mind?
    Stop the fight and find out what’s going on.
    If she sees someone being assaulted, what is the FIRST thing she does?
    She’ll most likely do what crosses her mind and step in, especially if she sees a vampire attacking a human.
    This heroine attempts to rescue someone and realizes that she is in over her head. The odds are against her and there is no way out. She is going to get her butt handed to her. What does she do?
    May won’t go down without a fight. She’ll do her best to hold them off while sending out a telepathic call for backup. Hopefully Blair, Daria or another warrior will be nearby to help.
    The heroine runs into the one person from her past she wanted to avoid. She can’t get out of the situation and must interact with him/her in some way. What does she do?
    The leader of the New Reign is someone she never wants to meet again, but if she does, she’ll stand her ground and use the psychic skills she has learned from Blair, Disdain and her other mentors to prevent him from manipulating her mind.
    Someone younger than the heroine is in charge of the situation, and they are handling it badly, perhaps bungling things. How does the heroine deal with it?
    She’ll do her best to help them because not too long ago (at least by vampire standards), she was the overzealous novice in need of help. May will attempt to be discreet at first, taking the person aside, if possible, to offer advice. If they refuse, she might let them get into trouble so they’ll learn from their own mistakes, or if it’s a dangerous situation, she’ll overrule their decisions and do what she must to keep people safe.
    The heroine is in physical pain but must bear up under it and keep going. What does she tell herself in order to get through the situation?
    This happened recently when May suffered a gunshot wound. It wasn’t serious, but painful. She continued fighting and managed to subdue her enemy. She told herself to rely on her training, not to mention she had a personal grudge against this person that made her refuse to give in.
    What mentor’s words come to mind in a bad situation?
    She has had several excellent mentors, so it would depend on the exact situation. If faced with the leader of the New Reign, she’ll most likely rely on the teachings of Disdain, however.
    What lesson from her past gets her through a stressful situation?
    When she first met Blair, she was a victim of the way society treated lower class women during that era. Blair taught her how to defend herself and that she could do just about anything she put her mind to. It’s that lesson that has not only helped her survive many difficult situations, but has also saved Blair’s life on several occasions.

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  • Suspense

    Seduction in Seville by @olivianightread #RLFblog #romanticsuspense

    Today’s featured book is Seduction in Seville, The Men of FTI Book Two by Olivia Night.
    About the Book
    Title- Seduction in Seville, The Men of FTI Book Two
    Genre -Contemporary, Romantic Suspense
    Author – Olivia Night
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    In a hospital in Seville, Spain, Patrick Kane lies in a coma. Ambushed and shot while protecting a friend, he fights to survive.
    She never thought she would see him again. Patrick, the man who’d brought her back.
    Eight years ago, Patrick Kane, a joint partner in Fairlane Trade International, descended into a basement of horrors. That horrible day he rescued many women, but one he would always remember. Her beautiful doe eyes filled his dreams and haunted his nightmares.
    Madison Lockwood, a nurse, has struggled to put her past behind her, trying to forget the time she spent in captivity. But she recognizes the man who rescued her and brought her out of that terrifying reality. She owes him her life. Patrick is gravely injured, and Madison vows to see him through.
    When Patrick opens his eyes, he instantly knows that he made a mistake leaving Madison after freeing her from the clutches of a human trafficking ring. She is meant to be his. As Patrick tries to win over a wary Madison, the past they both thought was gone for good comes back with a vengeance. One by one, the survivors of the horrific ordeal are being murdered. Patrick knows that Madison will be next if he doesn’t protect her.
    Together they must fight for their survival. Seduction In Seville, book two in the Men of FTI series, is a tale of redemption, murder, new beginnings, and love that takes the reader on a wild, exotic ride.
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    About the Author
    Olivia Night, a fictional character herself, has always been an avid reader and writer. She found the romance genre in college and has never been able to get enough. One sleepless night, the main characters of Book One in her Men of FTI  series sprang from her head fully formed. They demanded she tell their story; so she did. As they revealed themselves, so did two other intriguing characters. Those characters convinced her to give them their own books because their stories were worth telling too. And so Olivia suddenly became a romance author. When Olivia is not writing, she has the best job in the world, which, too, will remain a secret. In her free time, she reads, write, drinks wine, or is, most likely, out emulating Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Olivia lives in one of the most diverse and vibrant cities in the U.S.—Baltimore. She lives with her cat, which she is convinced was a gladiator in his past life. Olivia plans to continue being awesome at this thing called life. Really, that’s her only goal.
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