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Is It True: Privilege by Tina Donahue @tinadonahue #RLFblog #DarkMafiaRomance
A young woman’s quest for revenge turns deadly when the FBI agent sworn to protect her may also be her killer.Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Tina Donahue. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Privilege by Tina Donahue
Genre Dark mafia romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): MA (Mature Audience Only) or NC-17 Adults Only
She’ll destroy the mobsters who murdered her brother… unless they kill her first.
District cop Lia Blosky warned her twin brother not to get involved with the Valesky Crime Family. He didn’t listen. Now, he’s dead, tortured horribly before mobsters murdered him. Out for blood, she’ll do anything to see these monsters dead.
FBI Special Agent Adrian Kalin is connected to the Valesky Family in a way he loathes and doesn’t want. His stepfather rules the syndicate and is tired of Lia threatening to kill him and others responsible for her brother’s death. To shut her up for good, he orders Adrian to murder her. Who better than an FBI agent who has no connection to her and knows how to hide evidence?
Adrian resists, but if it comes down to saving Lia or his brothers and mother from Dimitri’s rage, he’ll have to choose family.
In a deadly game between each other and the mob, Lia and Adrian fight to survive… while also surrendering to their undeniable attraction to each other.
This is book two in the Valesky Crime Family series, can be enjoyed independently and has an HEA.
Publisher’s Note: This contemporary dark mafia romance contains elements of mystery, suspense, action, adventure, adult themes, and possible triggers for some readers.
Is it true:
this is your first book?
LOL – absolutely not. I have close to 100 books under my belt. Whew!
this book is part of a series?
It is. Privilege is book 2 in The Valesky Crime Family series…dark mafia romances.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
Nope. The book was so intense, and fun to write, that I was pleasantly exhausted after each day’s work and conked out.
you did research for this book?
Totally. Since I knew zip about the FBI, mafia, and the Washington DC area, I had to research like crazy in order to make the story and characters believable. But then, I do that will all my novels.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Well, some might say Dimitri, the murderous head of the crime family, isn’t human, but technically he is. I guess my answer would have to be ‘no’ here.
this book has more than one genre?
Mmm, maybe. It’s romance and crime, plus suspense, technically a dark mafia romance.
you speak more than one language?
I wish! I took Spanish all through high school and college and none of it stuck. *sigh*
you grew up where you live now?
Uh-uh. I’m 2,000 miles away from where I grew up – left as soon as I was able and couldn’t be happier. Where I live now has always felt like home. Where I grew up never did.
you love to read?
You can’t imagine. As a kid, I read everything. Even at breakfast, I’d read the cereal boxes. Got my first library card as soon as I could.
you are never late?
Never. Grew up in a household where being on time wasn’t a thing, which meant I was often late. Drove me nuts.
you love pizza?
Is this even a real question? LOL. I live for pizza.
you love sushi?
Ew, no. I love fish, but not raw. I can’t even stand cottage cheese…too slimy.
you have a pet?
Used to. A tuxedo cat. Damn, I loved my fur baby. Since she’s passed, I just can’t seem to replace her.
Where to buy Privilege
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Privilege-Tina-Donahue-ebook/dp/B09QLBZ89H
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Tina’s an Amazon and international bestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat with heart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’ Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book of the Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked at a major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.
On a less serious note, she’s an admitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and has been known to moan like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engine airplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity for dummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.
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Read the Science Fiction Romances in the Wayfarer Series by Eileen Troemel @EileenTroemel #RLFblog #SciFi #Romance
Decker knows he’s hired trouble but he needs a pilot. Adara Stone wants only to fly but her past haunts her. Eileen Troemel’s Wayfarer series follows Adara Stone from her lowest moment through the ups and downs of life. This complete eighteen book series will make you laugh, cry and sit on the edge of your seat.Eileen, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Wayfarer Series.
Wayfarer Series by Eileen Troemel
Genre science fiction romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings):
Recovered from the disaster of the Aegis, Adara longs to fly in space again.
Emotionally and physically battered, she applies to every piloting position but her heart and soul long to fly the Pritchard. The Manu investigatory ship requires all types of flying from chasing raiders, rescuing ships in danger, and getting investigators on site.
Captain Decker Flannery gets to hire his entire crew for the first time. He doesn’t want some damaged pilot to mess with the balance of his crew. When one of his pilots takes a better offer, he has no choice but to hire Adara Stone, highest ranking survivor from the Aegis. He doesn’t want her on his ship, he thinks she’s trouble.
Can Decker see through Adara’s quiet and discover more than he bargained for?
Where to buy Wayfarer Series
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/Wayfarer-book-1
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Coming soon: A Better Man by Bernadette Jones @RomanceBJones #RLFblog #Romantic Suspense
When a stalker threatens her, trusting a stranger means surrendering control. Risking it all for her makes him a better man in Bernadette Jones new Romantic Suspense, A Better Man.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 A Better Man.
A Better Man by Bernadette Jones
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Kicked out of her home in Spencer as a teenager, Breezy Richards made a life for herself on her terms. Never asking permission or explaining her choices. Always in control of her destiny. As a highly sought-after pole dancer in the Big Apple, life was good until a stalker set his sights on her. Now she’s hiding, trying to stay alive back in the one place she never thought she’d call home again.
The military had been the only escape for JackDaniels Vaughn. Assured his only sister would be taken care of he quickly embraced the loner lifestyle, committed only to the next mission and his comrades. He’d sworn to never settle down moving from job to job, city to city, woman to woman, always looking for something he couldn’t grasp. Until he’s asked to protect Breezy Richards.
When a stalker threatens her, trusting a stranger means surrendering control. Will risking it all for her, make him a better man.
Where to buy A Better Man
Coming Soon! To know when this book is available,follow the author on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Bernadette-Jones/e/B07ZY84C6K or sign up for the author’s newsletter https://www.bernadettejones.com/newsletters
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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 Scarred Melody the new #RockstarRomance by Heather E Andrews @AuthorHEA #RLFblog #Romance
Skyler’s last album bombed, and he needs a comeback now. Elsie is a brutally scarred songwriter living in solitude. Can Elsie help Skyler find a new sound to rehabilitate his career? Can Skyler bring Elsie back into the world?Heather, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Scarred Melody.
Scarred Melody by Heather E Andrews
Genre Rockstar Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
“We all have scars, El. The only difference is I can see yours.”
Elsie
All I knew was music. Writing it, playing it. The sway of the melody traveled through me. It kept me company as I hid my face under a mask.
My dream of singing in front of the crowds was long forgotten. Now I hide in the shadows, only emerging to help fellow artists launch their careers.
Enter Skyler Dalton, my teenage heartthrob.
Skyler
My best friend died. My last album bombed. I punched out a paparazzi.
Life hasn’t been going my way.
The label offered an ultimatum, work with a professional songwriter to salvage my solo career or hit the road.
Luckily, Elsie was easy to work with. I wasn’t looking for love, but what I found was a lot more than just a new song…
Why did you write this book?
I love fantasizing about being a Rockstar. Being on stage, feeling the music, the energy of the crowd. The adrenaline is sensual. Listening to music and letting the feelings consume you, is also very sensual.
So when I started reading rockstar romances, it surprised me that there wasn’t as much of a connection to the creation of music. What’s unique about this subgenre is that music is like a third person in the relationship. The characters connect to it separately and together.
When I started mulling this over, scenes of a washed up rockstar who’d lost his connection came to me and wouldn’t leave me alone. Skyler was begging me to help him find his voice again.
But who could help him? At the time I’d recently read The Bride Test by Helen Hoang, an amazing book about a young man with autism who finds love. Autism is amazing because some who have it are musical prodigies. People who connect to music so thoroughly, they express their feelings through it. Who better to help Skyler find his voice again?
Skyler and Elsie are more complicated than just a washed up rockstar and a musical prodigy. But this was the starting point for me. The story was just there…all the time, needing to get out. Its true what they say about characters living in your head—they wanted their story to be told and I was just the poor schmuck they chose to do it.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Other than rockstar romances I read a lot of MC romance. I love the biker clubs. Big, bad, tattooed men who ride motorcycles. Yum. I also read a lot of historicals. I love Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series. I am also a faithful Harlequin category romance subscriber from way back.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Bridget Jones. The shenanigans this poor woman gets dragged through cracked me up. She’s the everywoman who gets into the most ridiculous situations but just wants to find something meaningful.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m working on the second book in the Bold Melodies series, Bright Melody.
Rockstar Travis White, a former protégé of Elsie’s, finds himself in a bit of a pickle. He must redeem his reputation. The label sets him up to be a judge on a televised singing competition, National Voice.
Jody Boyd loves her life. Slinging coffee and singing at the local biker bar every week. When National Voice holds auditions nearby she decides it’s time to finally put her neck on the line. After all, it’s a blind competition—no one’s going to tell she needs to lose a few pounds, or her hair is too frizzy. Right? Now, if only she can keep her foot out of her mouth!
Travis needs his team to win the contest, that means he’s going to do everything in his power to help Jody beat her competition. She needs to connect to the music and show that to the world. What he wasn’t expecting to find was a connection to the woman herself.
I’m also working on a short story for the postapocalyptic anthology Until the End. The story, Eden Falling, is set in a world where an alien virus destroys 99% of the Earth’s population and women are struggling to reproduce. It’s going to be very cool.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Bright Melody is set for March 15th. Until the End – A Postapocalyptic Anthology is set to publish May 16th.
Where to buy Scarred Melody
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Read the #PostApocalyptic Lying In Ruins by Jami Gray @JamiGrayAuthor #RLFblog #Romance
A kidnapped child throws a woman of secrets into the path of a ruthless vigilante in Jami Gray’s post-apocalyptic romance, Lying in Ruins. What will destroy them first—their suspicions or their enemies?Jami, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Lying In Ruins.
Lying in Ruins by Jami Gray
Genre Post Apocalyptic Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
In a world gone to hell, better to choose the devil you know…
The world didn’t end in fire and explosions, instead after an intensifying panic of disease, food shortages, wild weather, and floundering economies, it collapsed like slow falling dominoes, until what remained of humanity battles for survival in a harsh new reality.
As a ‘Hound, Charity puts the lethal survival skills learned at an early age to use by sniffing out pivotal secrets for one of the most powerful leaders on what remains of the west coast. Her work is deceptive, deadly, and best performed solo, but when her path crosses with a member of the notorious mercenary group known as Fate’s Vultures, she’s faced with a less than stellar choice – join the sexy as hell Ruin in a mockery of teamwork or waste her valuable time shaking him loose.
As one of Fate’s Vultures, a nomadic band of ruthless arbitrators, Ruin knows well the type of carnage created by the corruption and greed of what remains of humanity, so when he rides into a brutal murder scene and discovers his friend has been taken hostage, he’ll use whatever resources he can to save him. Even if one of those resources is a damn ‘Hound who’s clearly trouble. Trouble, Ruin knows he should avoid, especially since the suspicious circumstance of Charity’s involvement leaves every cell of his body skeptical – and painfully aroused.
But Fate has other plans, especially when Ruin and Charity realize they have a common enemy. Can they set aside their distrust to achieve their mutual goal of justice and revenge?
Sometimes, it’s better to stick with the devil you know…
Get your copy of Jami Gray’s darkly thrilling, post-apocalyptic romance series first to find out.
Tell us about your MC Romance
What type of MC club do you depict?
Welp, since my story takes place about 70 years after society as we know it collapses, think of Fate’s Vultures as a mix of ex-military, vigilante, bounty hunter cowboy types. Their hats may be a dingy gray, but they hold to their unique sense of honor and serve their community in their own unique way.
What level of violence do you depict, and why?
This particular series is pretty dark, mainly due to the setting. After the world imploded under sweeping pandemics, food shortages, wild weather and floundering economies, humanity has been reduced to survival by any means necessary. There’s not much room for polite discourse and many opinions are made clear by fist or weapon. So fair warning, this is not a series for the faint of heart.
Describe the place where the club meets, and where it’s located.
The series opens in Pebble Creek which is loosely based on American Falls, Idaho. I started there, because the landscape of the US is very different than what we’re used to today. States’ borders have shifted and some have been completely erased. State parks have taken over surrounding locations and rivers and earthquakes have redrawn the land. Pebble Creek is a central location as Fate’s Vultures travel down into Arizona, through Utah, over into Colorado and up into the pacific northwest.
Fill us in about the members of your club. What are their names and ages?
Their intrepid leader is Reaper, after serving in the Border Wars, he’s got his own secrets, but at 33, he’s their strategist and all around bad-ass.
His second in command is Havoc, a man of few words, he’s stood at Reaper’s side through a lot of thick and even more thin, but life has not been kind to this 32 year old closeted knight in rust armor.
Then come the twins, Ruin and Vex. At 28 they keep Reaper and Havoc on their toes. While Ruin is all lazy charm, his sister, Vex, is all sharp spice. After Reaper and Havoc plucked them from the mean streets, their loyalty to Fate’s Vultures is unquestionable.
Which member is most likely to need bailing out or a cover?
Unquestionably, that would be Vex. I don’t think she’s met a boundary she hasn’t pushed and it’s going to take a unique personality to balance her dance with the devil take on life.
Who do the other members go to when they need personal advice?
Strangely enough, that would be the not so verbose, Havoc. Despite his bruiser appearance, he’s the steadiest one of the bunch. Which is why when Mercy crosses his path, his world is set off kilter.
For Ruin
If you could choose a theme song, what would it be?
This one ain’t easy, but I’ll go with Something Else by Seether.
What would the ringtone be for your leader?
Big Bad Wolf by In This Moment, cuz y’know the title says it all.
What would the ringtone be for your significant other?
Hmm, gonna go with Desperado by Rihanna on that one, tho’ Charity might disagree.
Where do you hang out when you’re not with the club?
Considering there aren’t many I like to hang with outside the Vultures, I’m gonna have to pick my man, Simon. Of course, if Vex is around, we might not get a chance to enjoy a bottle of home-brew.
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Jami Gray is the coffee addicted, music junkie, Queen Nerd of her personal Geek Squad, Alpha Mom of the Fur Minxes, and award-winning author of the Urban Fantasy series, The Kyn Kronicles, the Paranormal Romantic Suspense series, PSY-IV Teams, and her latest Romantic Suspense series, Fate’s Vultures. She writes to soothe the voices in her head.
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Read Mortal Curse by Tia Didmon @TiaDidmon #RLFblog #ParanormalRomance #PNR
A reaper attack thrusts Dannika into the hidden world of the shadow shifters, in Tia Didmon’s new paranormal romance, Mortal Curse. As the first woman to survive conversion to the shadow species, one in the midst of a supernatural war, Dannika finds herself a pawn in a dangerous fight for power with humanity as its prize and a mate who will risk everything to protect her.Tia, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Mortal Curse.
Mortal Curse by Tia Didmon
Genre Paranormal Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
A shadow. A shifter. A curse.
When a reaper attack thrusts Dannika into the shadow shifter world and her transition results in her imprisonment, she turns to Raine, the sexy shadow who saved her.
As her attraction to Raine mounts, and dissension in the shadow shifter clan increases, she learns that being the only woman to survive the transition isn’t her only secret. Her new abilities come with a price, and if she doesn’t curb her killer instincts, she will end up as loathsome as the creature who attacker her.
Find out what hides in the shadows by reading Mortal Curse, the new Paranormal Romance Series readers are comparing to Christine Feehan and Patricia Briggs.
One click Mortal Curse and start your paranormal adventure today!
Where to buy Mortal Curse
Amazon https://geni.us/MortalCurse
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Tia Didmon is a USA Today bestselling author of provocative paranormal romance. When Tia isn’t busy writing about sexy shifters and dreamy demons, she spends her time binge watching The Order and reruns of The Vampire Diaries, cooking with her daughter, and serving her cat. Her love of writing stems from a self-diagnosed book addiction.
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