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Read Sommerville holidays and Sommerville holidays too by Vicki Batman @Vicki Batman #RLFblog #ChristmasBooks #SmallTownRomance
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Meet Bernadette Jones @RomanceBJones Author of Another Night Alone #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
How far will a man go to protect everything he never knew he wanted in Bernadette Jones the latest book, Another Night Alone.
Bernadette welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Another Night Alone.
Another Night Alone by Bernadette Jones
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
She’d had the courage to save her child. Will she be able to save herself?
Avie’s dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter are shattered when the shadows of their past threaten their new life. With their dreams on the line once again, Avie knows giving in will cost her everything, but is she strong enough to fight back?
She is the light to his dark…
Deke Ward has witnessed true evil in his life. When he finds the goodness in Avie and her young daughter, he’ll do anything to protect them. Their hope starts to heal his lonely heart and when the evil shadows of their past return to haunt them, he’ll go to hell and back to save them.
Even if it means letting them go.
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What makes you different from other people?
Growing up we moved— A LOT! Which meant starting over every time in a new city or state.
What is your personality type?
I’m what most people call an extroverted introvert (an Ambivert). I can be social when required, but am most comfortable in my own space.
I learned very early to be quiet, listen and watch because kids can be brutal. If you were shy and unobtrusive most kids would leave you alone. As I aged, I realized how important it was to sound like the other kids and learned to pick-up whatever the local accent was from down south to the east and west coasts. I still tend to do this when traveling or at conferences.
During this time, books and music on the radio were my constant companions. I credit my growing up experiences as the time that started my writing career. I learned to read at a very early age and driving down the interstate I could read my books in the daylight but at night I relied on the radio. A line in a song would catch my attention and a story would start to build. When? Where? Why? and What if? are still my favorite game to play. I can still remember the first song that spurred a story. I even remember asking my dad if Garreth (the character in my first story) was a real name.
I fell in love with mysteries and soon my internal stories took on a suspense and danger angle. Next I found one of my grandmother’s Georgette Heyer books and there was no turning back.
Finally after a few other careers I find myself doing what I have always wanted to do with my life. I am a Romantic Suspense writer. My stories deal with love, loss, hate, envy, greed, regret, disappointment and so many other emotions that we all experience. Most importantly, there are families.
I write with six other authors in the Aspen Gold Series which is set in the fictitious town of Spencer, Colorado. Each author writes their own style of book, some sweet, some sexy, some paranormal, but all set in Spencer. All the books are standalone.
My books are essentially a series within a series. My characters have made a family, bound by friendships which is just as strong (maybe stronger) than blood. Hunter Lawe and Ruby from Sleepin’ Alone have created their chosen family. Another Night Alone is the most recent addition. But don’t miss my short story, Racing Heart, about the Gonzales family in Yesterday’s Promise, an Aspen Gold Short Story Collection.
Come visit the family. I think you’ll feel welcomed and at home.
Look for JackDaniels and Breezy’s story, A Better Man, coming out in early 2022.
PS: I’d love to hear what you think of the new covers!
Where to buy Another Night Alone
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097CQMR88
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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, Washington, 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 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 enjoys a wide variety of music and book genres.
After a career in corporate writing, she’s decided to settle down and put pen to paper doing what she loves. Living the dream in her NYC apartment with her canine companion, she’s bringing her stories and characters to life.
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Read the boxed set Into The Fire by Amber Daulton et al. @amberdaulton1 #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
Into the Fire features 10 romantic suspense novellas sure to scorch your e-reader. In Ryan’s Temptation by Amber Daulton, how will a doctor and a beautician work together to escape a serial killer?
Amber, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Into The Fire.
Into The Fire by Amber Daulton
Genre – Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
The Fire box set
Danger, Secrets, Murder, Passion… Love.
Lose yourself in the world of cops and criminals, witnesses and fugitives, old loves and new flames, where the stories turn scandals into romance and secrets into passion. With all levels of law enforcement included in the intrigue, you’ll find unintended romance, passionate secrets, and forbidden love.
Your favorite contemporary romance authors invite you to join them for scintillating stories of law and order. Which of these arresting stories will have you cuffed?
These romances will take you deep into the fire.
Who will get burned when the case is cracked wide open?
Ryan’s Temptation
Wrong place, wrong time. Now she’s running for her life.
Beautician Chanel Leroc can wield a pair of scissors like nobody’s business. After she witnesses a murder and lands on a serial killer’s hit list, she has to figure out how to protect herself—and fast. The killer tracks her down, but her sexy new neighbor, Dr. Ryan Naylor, drives the brute off.
The police dump the pair in a witness protection program, which doesn’t last long. Either the killer has a connection to the police, or he’s far more intelligent than they realize. All Chanel wants to do is get back to her safe life and get to know her attractive neighbor better. Instead, she and Ryan hit the road and try to survive on their own.
How will they stay alive and keep their blooming romance intact with the killer hot on their trail?
Where to buy Into The Fire
Universal Link https://books2read.com/intothefireboxset
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Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=jmM0EAAAQBAJ
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/into-fire-limited-edition-collection-romantic-suspense/id1573513856Amber Daulton Social Media
Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press and Books to Go Now, and are available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats.
She lives in North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats.
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#ParanormalRomance Read — Know the Heroine from A Witch’s Holiday Wedding by Tena Stetler @tenastetler #RLFblog
Torn in too many directions, with a covert mission throws a wrench in Tena Stetler’s paranormal romance/mystery A Witch’s Holiday Wedding. Will Pepper and Lathen make it to the alter or will life as they know it be destroyed?
Tena, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your heroine, but first, tell us about A Witch’s Holiday Wedding.
A Witch’s Holiday Wedding by Tena Stetler
Genre Paranormal Romance/Mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Elemental witch, Pepper McKay and former Navy SEAL, Lathen Quartz have built Lobster Cove Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on enchanted McKay land. During a romantic interlude on Halloween night, Pepper happily agrees to become Lathen’s wife. What better day than Winter Solstice for their wedding in a town that loves celebrations and Christmas. However, planning a wedding and operating their wildlife center takes a toll on both Pepper and Lathen.
When the couple takes a much-needed break for Thanksgiving with family in Colorado, a Maine snowstorm fills the center with injured wildlife. Lathen finds himself drawn into a covert military mission, while trying to deal with issues concerning friends and family. Pepper wants to cancel the wedding. Is she having second thoughts? Will the nosy McKay ghosts, Lathen’s werewolf pack, Pepper’s parents, and her best friend help or hinder the wedding and holiday plans?
Know the Heroine from A Witch’s Holiday Wedding
Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.
Do you know how to fix things?
Yes. I had to make do with a shoe string budget when she worked for Gwen in the Salem Sanctuary for ten years. Now the knowledge comes in hand for my own Rescue and Rehab in Lobster Cove, Maine.
What are you like first thing in the morning?
Slow and a bit of a bear first thing in the morning. I’m a night owl by nature.
How do you act around people who don’t know what you are?
Friendly but reserved. No one but my close friends and family know I’m a witch. I want to keep it that way.
Do you let a worker handle things or do it yourself?
I’ve hired responsible workers and let them handle the tasks assigned. They know to come to me with any questions.
Recycle or toss?
Recyle
Who is the significant other in your life?
Lathen Quartz
Do you get by, live comfortably, live extravagantly?
I live to get by comfortably. There’s too much unknown in the world of wildlife rescue to live extravagantly. The creatures in your care many need the funds more than you.
What is your viewpoint on wealth?
I live on a comfortable budget. I always believe in putting funds away for unexpected expenses. Believe me, there are always unexpected expenses with animal rescue, some in life or death situations.
Do you see morality as black-and-white, or with shades of gray?
Oh definitely black-and-white. There’s wrong and right, bad and good. I’m aware everyone makes mistakes, I’ve certainly made my share. But when individuals are purposely doing something cruel and someone or a poor creature ends up paying the price. That is unacceptable under any circumstances.
If you could make any one thing happen, what would it be?
That every mistreated animal or injured creature find safety in a wildlife sanctuary or be treated and released into their natural habitat. As far as people are concerned, I wish they’d realize that they are forever responsible for that which they have tamed.
What is your biggest personal flaw?
I tend to like animals more than I do people except the friends and family I surround myself with. I don’t trust easily. That trust has to be earned and a lot of people see that as unfair. It used to bother me what others thought, but now I figure it’s their loss.
Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!
Where to buy A Witch’s Holiday Wedding
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Witchs-Holiday-Wedding-Lobster-Cove-ebook/dp/B01MA1GYIB
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MA1GYIB
Amazon AU http://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01MA1GYIB
Amazon Canada https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MA1GYIB
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-witchs-holiday-wedding-tena-stetler/1124913622?ean=2940156845989
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/a-witchs-holiday-wedding/id1164098061?mt=11
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Tena Stetler is a best-selling author of award winning paranormal romance novels. She has an over-active imagination, which led to writing her first vampire romance as a tween to the chagrin of her mother and delight of her friends.
With the Rocky Mountains outside her window, she sits at her computer surrounded by a wide array of paranormal creatures, with a Navy SEAL or two mixed in telling their tales. Her books tell stories of magical kick-ass women and strong mystical males that dare to love them. Travel, adventure and a bit of mystery flourish in her books along with a few companion animals to round out the tales.
Colorado is her home; shared with her husband of many moons, a brilliant Chow Chow, a spoiled parrot and a forty-five-year-old box turtle. Any winter evening, you can find her curled up in front of a crackling fire with a good book, a mug of hot chocolate and a big bowl of popcorn.
Website https://www.tenastetler.com
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Can’t Please ’em All by @AddisonBrae1 author of Dark Energy #RomanticSuspense #RLFblog
The more powerful your enemies, the more friends you need. Will Gillian sacrifice her life to keep a promise? Dark Energy, a thrilling romantic suspense story of love and surviving evil by Addison Brae, is dedicated to anyone whose livelihood depends on bars.
Addison, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Dark Energy.
Dark Energy by Addison Brae
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Cybercrime doesn’t talk. It creeps in and destroys lives right under Gillian’s nose when a cryptojacking scheme lands her boss, Pinkie, in jail. Gillian had just started over with a new career, boyfriend, and confidence after escaping a vicious murder investigation that shattered her ability to trust. Then Pinkie’s arrest leaves her struggling to run his two bars while also unraveling the conspiracy.
Gillian will not let her mentor and friend go down for something he didn’t do. Neither will Jon, the most talented musician on the bar’s stage and the perfect boyfriend…until his good fortune sends her reeling. Gillian forces herself to trust the cops, people who hurt her, and known criminals. Will it be enough to free Pinkie and save her life?
Can’t please ’em all
As the holidays approach, we scramble to purchase gifts and host fabulous events. Many of us set the bar too high. A 2018 survey ago says 44 percent of people “strive for holiday perfection,” and 32 percent “end up disappointed”.
The holiday season is for us to have fun with family and friends. It’s not the time to outdo others with the most original gift, perfect decorations, or a dinner menu guests will rave about until you do even better next year.
The American Psychological Association says nearly 70 percent of us are stressed during the season. Striving for perfection may come from childhood experiences, exes, or the mother-in-law you wish would never join the celebration. We can control stress by lowering our own expectations for ourselves. My other half has an amazing sign on his home office wall that says, “Almost perfect enough.” I remind myself often, and not only at holiday time.
Gillian, the main character in Dark Energy has similar issues. Remember you can’t please ’em all. It’s impossible and rarely worth trying.
Where to buy Dark Energy
Publisher https://tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Brae_Addison/dark-energy.htm?fbclid=IwAR3JxFrd2hK60VSCx47QlVSh3hy-jNzQCWgxQIfeF9hPjs5zXxHSBaXppEs
Amazon https://amzn.to/2YSkP6H
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-energy-addison-brae/1137002173
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/isbn9780463686379
Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/search?Query=9780463686379
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1021319
Author proceeds go to Hope’s Door New Beginning Center to help fight domestic abuse.Where to buy Dark Energy
Publisher https://tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Brae_Addison/dark-energy.htm?fbclid=IwAR3JxFrd2hK60VSCx47QlVSh3hy-jNzQCWgxQIfeF9hPjs5zXxHSBaXppEs
Amazon https://amzn.to/2YSkP6H (99c through December 16)
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Author proceeds go to Hope’s Door New Beginning Center to help fight domestic abuse.Addison Brae Social Media
Addison Brae lives in Dallas, Texas on the edge of downtown. As a child, she was constantly in trouble for hiding under the bed to read when she was supposed to be napping. She has been writing since childhood starting with diaries, letters and short stories. She continues today with articles, video scripts and other content as an independent marketing consultant.
Addison writes new adult and adult romantic suspense and young adult contemporary fiction. When she’s not writing, Addison spends her time traveling the world, collecting interesting cocktail recipes and hosting parties. She’s still addicted to reading and enjoys jogging in her neighborhood park, sipping red wine, binge-watching TV series, vintage clothing and hanging out with her artistic other half and their neurotic cat Lucy.
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Read Yuletide with the Rookie by Fran Thomas @FrancesOThomas #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #HolidayRomance
All Leeanne Corey wants to do after a day teaching eight-year-olds is go home and put her feet up, but her little brother has other ideas.
Fran, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Yuletide with the Rookie.
Yuletide with the Rookie by Fran Thomas
Genre Sweet contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
The course of true love never did run smooth
Baseball rookie Brett Hoak is spending the off-season teaching kids to ice skate. The knockout big sis of one of his pupils is a bonus.
Leeanne Corey was sure teaching was her best career path. Now, she’s having second thoughts.
When Brett shares a secret and needs Leeanne’s help, she can’t refuse. But losing her heart to a jock again isn’t in her plans.Where to buy Yuletide with the Rookie
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NY2XV6L
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Fran Thomas is a Pennsylvania native transplanted to Florida. She lives with her husband on an island in the Gulf of Mexico.
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