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Read Gage in the Nevada Cowboys series by Kristina Knight @AuthorKristina #RLFblog #NewRelease #contemporaryromance
Kristina Knight, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Gage.
Gage by Kristina Knight
Genre Contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Hot Las Vegas nights get even steamier for these three powerful, wealthy businessmen with cowboy roots and the strong, independent women who fall for them. What happens in Vegas certainly won’t stay there as these successful tycoons win at love.
Hot shot property developer Gage Reeves is taking Vegas by storm – that is, until his brother makes him the face of desperate bachelors everywhere. Enter Callie Holliday, who is trying to get a new, upscale spa off the ground. Callie’s connections in Vegas run just as deep as Gage’s, but unlike Gage’s family past Callie’s is pristine. They make a deal: her business venture, his building but what starts off strictly professional turned decidedly personal. Will Gage and Callie risk their professional success for a shot at love?
It’s risky business gambling on love…
Why did you write this book?
I had been wanting to write a series of brothers for a while, and after a trip to Las Vegas with RadioMan, I realized where I wanted to write them. I wanted them to be powerful, but real. Smart and sexy. Independent and yet committed to their family. Gage, Connor and Jase were born out of that trip and Gage was really bugging me to write his story first (what can I say? he’s the baby of the family!) and here we are!
What is your favorite genre to read?
I adore contemporary romance, but I read all across the genre. Lately I’ve been reading a lot of feel-good romance – rom-com and the like. I think we could all use an escape from the pandemic!
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Oh, gosh, there are so many! I adore Nora Roberts’ Ford from Tribute and the March sisters (all of them, but Jo, especially), Suzanne Enoch’s Sam from her Billionaire series (who doesn’t love a smart alecky cat burglar?!?). Liz Flaherty writes characters I want to meet in every book and Nicole Flockton’s Gage (from the Sweet Texas series) is another favorite!
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m working on a couple of new things – a contemporary romance set on a Caribbean island and a women’s fiction set on a fictional island in the Mediterranean…I’m into islands lately!
What books will we see from you in coming months?
My next release is Jase, which wraps up the Nevada Cowboys series. And then I have a couple of books coming out in the fall, but I don’t have firm release dates on those yet – stay tuned!
Where to buy Gage
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Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084HHGNXQ
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Kristina Knight began her writing career as a radio and television journalist, working for NBC affiliates throughout the midwest as a reporter, anchor, and producer. After covering everything from a serial killer’s capture to the National Finals Rodeo, she decided to leave the TV biz in favor of writing stories she was passionate about.
Today, Kristina is a freelance writer as well as published romance author. She writes about family/parenting, covers entertainment news, and writes content for a small business website in her non-fiction hours. During her fiction time, she writes romances filled with great characters, fun communities, and always with a happily ever after.
In her personal life, Kristina is a wife, mom, and author, living her happily ever after one deadline at a time. A life-long Midwesterner, Kristina has lived in Missouri, Nebraska, and Ohio, where she job-hopped her way through college before eventually landing in the world of journalism. After a ten-year career reporting and producing news for several NBC affiliates, she traded in her journalism cap for yoga pants. She now writes stories that always end in happily ever after.
Kristina writes sassy contemporary romance novels; her books have appeared on Kindle Best Seller Lists. She loves hearing from readers, so feel free to email her!
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Read the romantic Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters by Shilpa Suraj @shilpaauthor #RLFblog #Romance #Contemporary
Shilpa Suraj, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters.
Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters by Shilpa Suraj
Genre: Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
She believes in love, family and…squiggles!
Alisha Rana is not your typical single desi girl. For one, she is on the wrong side of 30. For another, she is divorced. And last but definitely not least, she is still, gasp, a virgin!
Alisha doesn’t want much. But what she does want is that elusive thing all women search for – A man who gets her…but a man who gets her hot! She calls it “feeling the squiggle.”
Enter Dr. Vivaan Kapoor, cute, hot, squiggle worthy. The younger brother of her cousin’s prospective groom, he’s got the squiggle factor in spades. The only catch? He’s never been married and is years younger than Alisha. Basically, completely off-limits.
And then there is Arjun. Widowed, older than her by the right number of years and a genuinely nice guy. He’s Vivaan’s cousin and a so-called perfect match for Alisha. The problem is Alisha’s squiggle-o-meter refuses to budge for him.
What will Alisha choose? A lifetime together with the ‘right’ man or a chance at happiness with the ‘wrong’ one?
What’s your favorite down-home family style meal?
I’m Indian and my favourite family meal and comfort food is homemade chicken biryani.
What is your go-to meal when you dine out?
I enjoy continental food and my go-to meal when I dine out is a chicken steak with mashed potatoes.
Who is your “book boyfriend” (that hottie you read about and drool over)?
Kaleb Krychek from Heart of Obsidian.
Describe the perfect vacation.
Lazing by the pool with a good book in any hotel anywhere in the world.
When you read for pleasure, what kind of books do you choose?
Romance. Always romance. I enjoy lighter reads like chicklits and humour but romance is always my first choice.
Where to buy Love, Marriage, and Other Disasters
Amazon https://amzn.to/2IYNG04
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Shilpa Suraj wears many hats – corporate drone, homemaker, mother to a fabulous toddler and author.
An avid reader with an overactive imagination, Shilpa has weaved stories in her head since she was a child. Her previous stints at Google, in an ad agency and as an entrepreneur provide colour to her present-day stories, both fiction and non-fiction.
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Read the series: Slater’s Revenge by Claudia Shelton @ClaudiaShelton1 #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
Claudia Shelton, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your series.
Slater’s Revenge, Book 1 in the Shades of Leverage series
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Mackenzie Baudin is targeted by Coercion Ten, a criminal organization. OPAQUE Agent Josh Slater has been sent to protector her. Years ago, they were an item, then he left. He’s closing in on the crime boss who ordered a hit on her parents, but to tell her why he ever left would shatter them both.
Which book is this in the series?
First book in Shades of Leverage series.
How many books do you plan for the series?
At least four. Each book is a single title, and does not have to be read in sequence. Plus the OPAQUE agents wander in and out of all the books.
How many books are completed?
Two are published. I’m working on a third. And I’m already plotting the fourth book.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
The OPAQUE Agents – Josh, Mitch, Reese, Stealth, Cat, Joey, and OPAQUE Director Drake.
What is the overall theme in this series?
Good versus bad, and the thin line that separates the two when it comes to protecting the vulnerable.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Slater’s Revenge (Shades of Leverage, Book 1) (Josh’s story)
Dangerous Lies (Shades of Leverage, Book 2) (Mitch’s story)
Book 3 will be Stealth and Cat’s story.
Book 4 will be Reese’s story.
What did you like best about writing this series?
I love writing about these alpha-tough protector agents facing off against the enemy. And writing them as they fall in love with someone who’s confident, strong and sassy in their own right. My specialties are writing high energy action scenes and
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
Risk Of A Lifetime
2020 Planned Releases:
One romantic suspense
One contemporary romance women’s fiction
Where can we find links for all your books?
https://www.amazon.com/Claudia-Shelton/e/B00JNZ83DO/
Where to buy Slater’s Revenge
Publisher https://entangledpublishing.com/slater-s-revenge.html
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Slaters-Revenge-Leverage-Claudia-Shelton-ebook/dp/B07B8VPNL2/
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Award-winning author Claudia Shelton could write her name before the first day of school, but now she writes romantic suspense, thrillers and contemporary romance. Her debut novel, Risk of a Lifetime, was named one of eBooks Galore top reads for 2014. She is also a two-time nominated Daphne Du Maurier (Unpublished) finalist for excellence in mystery. Claudia is the author of the Shades of Leverage action-adventure romantic suspense series.
On a personal note, Claudia considers herself a traveler, music lover and water person. A cool drink while listening to the splash of waves is always nice—so is a mug of hot chocolate in the falling snow. Her main priority is spending time with family, friends and her two sweet, conniving rescue dogs.
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Check out the cover for To Heal a Heart by Jana Richards @JanaRichards_ #RLFblog #smalltownromance
Jana Richards, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about To Heal a Heart.
To Heal a Heart by Jana Richards
Genre: Small town contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Garrett Saunders’ world changed two years ago on a road in Afghanistan. Back home, he feels like a stranger. As he struggles to find his place in the world, he meets a horse destined for the slaughterhouse and a woman bent on rescuing the strays of the world, including him.
Blair Greyson moves to Masonville to look after her ailing grandfather and give her rescue horses a home. Right away she butts heads with a surly former Marine. Despite a rocky start, they come to an agreement: Blair will board Garrett’s rescue horse and he’ll help with repairs around her farm.
Garrett finds purpose working with Blair–and falls in love with her. But she’s hiding a secret. Can she forgive herself and accept Garrett’s love, or will she let guilt and regret continue to rule her life?
Where to buy To Heal a Heart
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When Jana Richards read her first romance novel, she immediately knew two things: she had to commit the stories running through her head to paper, and they had to end with a happily ever after. She also knew she’d found what she was meant to do. Since then she’s never met a romance genre she didn’t like. She writes contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and historical romance set in World War Two, in lengths ranging from short story to full length novel. Just for fun, she throws in generous helpings of humor, and the occasional dash of the paranormal. Her paranormal romantic suspense “Seeing Things” was a 2008 EPPIE finalist.
In her life away from writing, Jana is an accountant/admin assistant, a mother to two grown daughters, and a wife to her husband Warren. She enjoys golf, yoga, movies, concerts, travel and reading, not necessarily in that order. She and her husband live in Winnipeg, Canada with their Pug/Terrier cross Lou and several unnamed goldfish. She loves to hear from readers and can be reached through her website at www.janarichards.com
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Check out Stay A Little Longer, coming soon from Bernadette Jones @RomanceBJones #RLFblog #NewRelease #RomanticSuspense
Bernadette Jones, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.
Stay A Little Longer by Bernadette Jones
Coming Soon! Stay A Little Longer, a new romantic suspense by Bernadette Jones available at the end of May 2020
Genre Romantic Suspense
Death didn’t frighten Gage Ewing. Living scared the hell out of him.
The innocent one died. I lived. Where is the justice in that? I’ve spent every day since trying to save others. No matter how many I heal in the hospital or on the streets, I can never be forgiven for that one death. I don’t deserve a family, a home or one moment of happiness.
Then she walks into the Wild Card and I’m filled with need, hunger. Hope. But my past is coming. Can I walk away before I’m the death of another innocent?
Ivy (IrishMist) Vaughn studied the glass of liqueur that she’d been named after and contemplated her lack of a future. She’d been fighting to stay alive since the age of twelve. Trained with warrior skills to be whatever they asked of her. Trained to kill.
No permanent home. Living out of a duffel bag. Changing personas at the ring of a phone. I’m lost. I’m struggling to make sense of my life. I’m tired of fighting everyone else’s battles. All my friends have died. I want to quit. I want a little normal. A little happiness. A little….love.
Will they let me walk away?
Why did you write this book?
Gage Ewing had some scenes in Sleepin’ Alone and I fell in love with his tortured soul. He tried to run, he tried to hide. Trouble was, he was running from himself. When I caught him staring at the Blonde. I knew he had a story coming.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Romantic Suspense
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Only one? Gabriel Sinclair, from Double Dealing by Jayne Castle (aka Jayne Ann Krentz) Sneaking in a second. Paris Sweeney from, Now You See Her by Linda Howard
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m writing Owen Strong’s story with a goal of having it out in the fall of 2020.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Owens story is next in fall and Deke’s story is tentatively scheduled for the end of this year. I also hope to publish the first book in my Bound by Honor series. Titles are very important to me, but they also have to resonate with the characters and the readers so they take me a while. As soon as I have titles I will update my website so stop by often.
Where to buy Stay A Little Longer
Visit the author’s website https://www.bernadettejones.com/books
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Bernadette Jones has been making up stories since she learned to read on her daddy’s lap. She has imagined casts of characters everywhere she’s called home: Texas, Oregon, South Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Massachusetts, and now New York.
Books and music filled her life as she, her dad and two brothers traveled the country. She would sit in the back seat of the car (her older brother always got to ride shotgun), listening to the current music on the radio, looking out the window and spinning a story based on a phrase or word she’d heard in the lyrics. As you can imagine, traveling the country the music changed from state to state, as did the stories. To this day she loves all genres of music, and books.
After a career in corporate writing, she’s finally decided to settled down and put pen to paper doing what she loves. Living the dream in her NYC apartment with her canine companion, she’s is bringing her stories and characters to life.
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Read the new #PNR Finding the Perfect Mate by Stacy McKitrick @StacyMcKitrick #RLFblog #NewRelease #ParanormalRomance
Stacy McKitrick, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.
Finding the Perfect Mate by Stacy McKitrick
Genre Paranormal Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Finding the Perfect Mate just got way more complicated.
When Perry pledges abstinence until he meets a Perfect Mate—a rare mortal perfect for a vampire—he doesn’t expect to be tested. Especially by another vampire. But Mandy smells like heaven. Has a sexy British accent. And is the smartest person he’s met. She’s just so … perfect. If he holds on to his fantasy, will he lose his chance at love?
Finding the perfect vampire was never on her radar.
Mandy hasn’t seen her father in 500 years but when he goes missing she drops everything and heads for the States, only to discover the Russian vampires kidnapped him. She insists on being involved in his rescue and suggests she and Perry—who’s sexy as sin and makes her laugh—infiltrate as lovers. As they pretend, she realizes he’s just so … perfect. But she’s got a secret that will mean her death. Can she trust him not to turn her over to the authorities or does she keep mum and let him go?
Why did you write this book?
When I created Perry in Bite Me, I’m Yours, he was there for comic relief. I realized he could be the same thing in Blind Temptation and Biting the Curse. But then some of the readers wanted Perry to have his own book. I never thought he would because I really didn’t know all that much about his history. But I can’t disappoint my readers, now can I? Perry’s been around a long time. I sure hope I did right by him (and did a good job of torturing him, too!).
What is your favorite genre to read?
Favorite genre? Meaning just one? Yikes! I love the genre I write in, but I’m also a sucker for a good romantic suspense or thriller story.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Probably Stu Redman from The Stand (which I first read back in the late 70s). I’d want to be with someone like him in a crisis (I also thought Gary Sinise played him perfectly in the mini series!). And while my son Stuart is technically named after a family member, I like to think I got the idea from this book instead.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m currently working on Book 3 of the Ghostly Encounter series: Ghostly Protector (if I stay with that title). I’m really close to the end (finally!!!).
What books will we see from you in coming months?
I’m a slow-ish writer. Finding the Perfect Mate may be the only book that I’ll release this year. Next will be Ghostly Protector, but with the way my process goes, I’ll be shocked if it’s ready before December.
Where to buy Finding the Perfect Mate
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Stacy McKitrick fell in love with paranormal romance, decided to write her own and found her passion in life. She used to work in accounting, now she spends her time with vampires and ghosts. Born in California, she currently resides in Ohio with her husband. They have two grown children.
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