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Read Dancing in the Dark #FreeBook March 17-21, 2022 by Virginia Kelly @virginiagkelly #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance
Do you believe in second chances? What if you discovered all you ever wanted were the things you left behind?
Virginia, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Dancing in the Dark.Dancing in the Dark by Virginia Kelly
Genre Contemporary Romance (with suspense undertone)
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
What if you discovered all you ever wanted were the things you left behind?Covert CIA agent Matt Kincaid is back in tiny Walton Springs, only to find Janey Blackmon waiting to ask him a favor. Matt’s not there to reminisce with the girl he’s never forgotten…and he’s definitely not there to divulge government secrets about her missing brother.
Ten years…and Janey hasn’t forgotten the love of her life…or that he abandoned her on prom night. Bound by duty and honor, he was shipped out to parts unknown by Uncle Sam. But she knew he’d go because adventure is in Matt’s blood. Being stuck in a small town with plain Jane the librarian wasn’t ever in his plans.
Trapped by a flood, with no phone or power, desire tempts them. Will passion—and Matt’s offer to recreate prom night–lead to a future together? Or are they just dancing in the dark?
Shadow Heroes, book 1. Each book in the series is a standalone read.
Do you believe in second chances?
When I started writing my contemporary romantic novella, Dancing in the Dark, I wasn’t sure where I was going with it. I never do. I’m what you call a pantser. I write by the seat of my pants—just sit down and begin. I had a hero, home for some R&R, exhausted. But I write romantic suspense (although this story is not RS), so having him home to fish, drink some beer and hang out with the guys wasn’t going to give him his happily ever after. I needed a heroine and a complication with suspense undertones.
I took a break, turned on the radio to do some housecleaning, and CCR belted out “Bad Moon on the Rise.” The singer mentions earthquakes and lightning. Isn’t falling in love a bit like being surprised by earthquakes and lightning? Metaphorically speaking, of course.
With that song, I had what I needed to start the story.
My super tough hero, Matt Kincaid, wakes up, still exhausted from his dangerous high-pressure job, and discovers that his little vacation isn’t going to be what he’d hoped. There was a storm, the power’s out, his small fictional town’s flooded, and the bridges are closed. Poor Matt, he’s stranded, he needs coffee—he doesn’t need any more complications.
But of course, he gets Janey Blackmon, the hometown girl he’s never forgotten. She has questions about her brother that Matt can’t answer.
A few chapters later, another favorite rock ‘n roll song inspired me. Bruce Springsteen’s “Dancing in the Dark” worked on several levels. (Copyright law does not protect titles, so I am able to legally use this one.) Yes, it’s dark because of the power outage, but there’s a play on the word dark in this story, one that involves Matt’s career. But the word dancing, now that one’s pretty obvious.
I’ve mentioned two songs that inspired me. What about your favorite songs? What if the lights were out and you had some quiet time with your significant other for a little dancing, what songs would you hope to hear? What songs do you consider romantic?
Pick up a copy of Dancing in the Dark now. It’s free from March 17-22, 2022 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CJFMX8G
Where to buy Dancing in the Dark
Publisher RBV Press
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Virginia Kelly is the author of romantic suspense and romantic adventure novels. Her books have been nominated for several awards including the RWA Golden Heart, the Holt Medallion, the Golden Quill, the Aspen Gold and the National Readers’ Choice Award.
Virginia writes about dangerous heroes (sexy, protective, gorgeous ones, of course!) and the adventurous women willing to take a chance on them. Adventure, steamy scenes and happily-ever-afters are a must in her books.
An academic librarian, Virginia is a Peruvian American and lives in Florida with her family.
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Read Talent (The Sentinel Agency Book 2) by Laurel Richards @Laurel_R_books #RLFblog #SciFi #Romance
A computer hacker with cybernetic limbs teams up with a former supermodel with special shifting abilities. They must go undercover to track the funds from an illegal auction and save lives in Laurel Richards’ new sci-fi romance, Talent (The Sentinel Agency Book 2).
Laurel, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Talent.
Talent (The Sentinel Agency Book 2) by Laurel Richards
Genre Sci-Fi Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RAndromeda is still trying to get used to her prosthetic arm and leg after a terrorist bombing left her injured. Through her work with the Sentinel Agency, she’s determined to stop the bad guys and keep innocent people from getting hurt.
Luka Stiles used to be the top supermodel in town. When the advertisers drop him and his film career fizzles, he’s left drowning his sorrows at the bar. He coasts along on his former fame, which happens to score him an invitation to an exclusive charity auction.
Andromeda must team up with Luka to get into that auction and hack the computers. She believes the foundation hosting it may be funneling money to terrorists, as well as trafficking in protected wildlife.
Together, Andromeda and Luka will face the rich and famous, high-tech security, evil science experiments, and government agents who aren’t at all what they appear.
Content: m/f romance, love scene, fight scene, reference to terrorist bombing
Where to buy Talent
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SQ56MMT
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Laurel Richards is a fiction author with a passion for shifters, space travelers, and other memorable characters. She has gathered inspiration from lots of different sources throughout her life and is here today to share her imagination through storytelling. Laurel writes sci-fi/fantasy, paranormal, and funny mysteries, with various degrees of romance mixed in.
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Read the #SecondChance romance Maybe I’m the One by Cheryl St John @_cherylstjohn_ #RLFblog #SweetRomance
Nashville meets Virgin River when a beloved country singer returns to her roots and encounters the cowboy whose song she unknowingly stole. This new release is a sweet romance by USAToday Bestselling author, Cheryl St John.
Cheryl, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Maybe I’m the One.
Maybe I’m the One by Cheryl St John
Genre sweet romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Nashville fans will enjoy this story of a beloved country singer who returns to her roots and encounters the cowboy whose song she unknowingly stole.
Audrey Knox sacrificed to make a successful career in Nashville, but the bigger her star shines, the smaller her world has become. After an eye–opening incident on tour, she wants her daughter to experience small-town life as she knew it, so she takes a break from touring to reconnect with her roots and introduce the eight-year-old to life on Big Pines Ranch. Facing the past might be her biggest challenge yet.
Jericho Tanner has loved Audrey since they were children on adjoining ranches, their families entwined. He fills the void of intimacy, love and belonging with ranch work and his deputy position in Rockwell County, with aspirations of taking over as sheriff. Emotional vulnerability is frightening, and his walls are sturdy and tall. When Audrey and her young daughter show up in Spencer, he’s forced to see his wounds in a new light.
Sweet romance from a USAToday award-winning author.
Where to buy Maybe I’m the One
Publisher: Aspen Gold Books
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Cheryl is the author of more than fifty historical and contemporary romances. Her stories have earned numerous awards and are published in over a dozen languages. In describing her stories of second chances and redemption, readers and reviewers use words like, “emotional punch, hometown feel, core values, believable characters and real-life situations.” Her bestselling non-fiction books, Writing With Emotion, Tension & Conflict and Write Smart, Write Happy by Writers Digest Books are available in print and digital.
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Read My Lord, My Rogue the new #HistoricalRomance by Anna St Claire @1AnnaStClaire #RLFblog #RegencyRomance
A web of danger, espionage, and deception abound in Anna St Claire’s new historical romance, My Lord, My Rogue. Can they survive the treacherous enemy that hunts them and gain a chance for love and happiness?
Anna, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about My Lord, My Rogue.
My Lord, My Rogue by Anna St Claire
Genre Historical romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Entangled in a web of danger, espionage, and deception, can he find love with the woman he thought long dead? Or will the danger deprive them of a chance for love and happiness?
Lady Honora Radcliff was betrothed to the most sought-after man of the Season— just not the man she loved. Too much champagne and too many dances with a handsome stranger leaves her life in tatters and she finds herself married to an abusive man whose only interest is the dowry her father refuses to release. Desperate to save her life and that of her unborn child, she fakes her death and disappears.
Lord Benjamin Crewe, the Marquess of Willington, planned to enjoy the Christmastide season relaxing. Instead, he accepts a dangerous assignment from the Crown and while working it, comes face to face with the woman he always wished he had married. Only she has been thought dead for three years.
Needing answers, he pursues her at the same time a treacherous enemy of England surfaces, and the two of them become tangled in a web of danger, espionage, and deception.
Can Honora and Benjamin survive the danger in which they find themselves and gain a chance for love and happiness?
Why did you write this book?
I wrote this book as a follow up to “The Duke’s Golden Rings.” It was one of those nagging stories that wanted to make itself known. So, I wrote it down before I forgot any of the details I had imagined.
What is your favorite genre to read?
My favorite genre is Regency historical romance. I think it must be because of the social contrasts and the changes in play at the time.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
My favorite fictional character is Santa Claus, although while I recognize him as fiction, in my heart he lives. I am one of those that believe.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m working on my second book in the Dragonblade Lyon’s Den world. It’s called, “The Heart of a Lyon.”
What books will we see from you in coming months?
On March 18, my third book on The Rakes of Mayhem series will release— just three days after “My Lord, My Rogue.”
I will also release “The Heart of a Lyon” later in the year. In a week, I will begin work on my contribution to “The Wedding Wager,” an anthology with a unique premise that will be releasing this fall.
Where to buy My Lord, My Rogue
Publisher Sassy Romances
Amazon https://amazon.com/Lord-Rogue-Noble-Hearts-Book-ebook/dp/B09SFFWN1P/
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Anna St Claire is a big believer that nothing is impossible if you believe in yourself. She sprinkles her stories with laughter, romance, mystery and lots of possibilities, adhering to the belief that goodness and love will win the day.
Anna is both an avid reader author of American and British historical romance. She and her husband live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their two dogs and often, their two beautiful granddaughters, who live nearby. Daughter, sister, wife, mother, and Mimi—all life roles that Anna St Claire relishes and feels blessed to still enjoy. And she loves her pets – dogs and cats alike, and often inserts them into her books as secondary characters.
Anna relocated from New York to the Carolinas as a child. Her mother, a retired English and History teacher, always encouraged Anna’s interest in writing, after discovering short stories she would write in her spare time.
As a child, she loved mysteries and checked out every Encyclopedia Brown story that came into the school library. Before too long, her fascination with history and reading led her to her first historical romance—Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind, now a treasured, but weathered book from being read multiple times. The day she discovered Kathleen Woodiwiss,’ books, Shanna and Ashes In The Wind, Anna became hooked. She read every historical romance that came her way and dreams of writing her own historical romances took seed.
Today, her focus is primarily the Regency and Civil War eras, although Anna enjoys almost any period in American and British history.
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Have you read The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot by Lorelei Confer @loreleiconfer #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense #Western
His past thwarts their future together and they may have to sacrifice a loveless future. But will she accept him with his past? Or will they both have to sacrifice a loveless future?
Lorelei, 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 hero, but first, tell us about the book.
The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot by Lorelei Confer
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Janelle Franklin arrives in Saddle Creek, WY for a relaxing visit with her childhood friend and new mother. She also wants to fine-tune a secret passion, baking. But when she meets ranch manager, Carter Weaver, passion takes on a whole new meaning.
Carter excels at horse breeding but has a dark past that haunts him. When he meets Janelle, a woman he’s comfortable with, sparks fly. But his past thwarts their future together and after a heated debate, Janelle leaves without a word taking his heart with her.
When she calls him out of the blue, he rushes to meet her. But will she accept him with his past? Or will they both have to sacrifice a loveless future?
Where to buy The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Q7FFTZH
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Amazon bestselling author of romantic suspense, Lorelei Confer, has been writing since the fourth grade. She lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with her husband and AJ, a longhaired Chihuahua, who are both her constant companions.
In 2010, her first novel, Deadly Deception was published, the first in the Deadly series. Another series, Saddle Creek, began with the first release, Rustlers and Romance in 2016. This series is set in the shadows of the Grand Teton mountains in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Mentoring children years ago led to helping aspiring authors set goals, and generally, meet their objective to finish the book. She practices her own discipline every day.
After six years as a copy editor and two years as an editor at The Wild Rose Press, she ventured out on her own as an indie author.
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