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Read Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek, the new humorous #Mystery by Kris Bock @Kris_Bock #RLFblog
Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek is third in Kris Bock’s Accidental Detective series. The series starts with Something Shady at Sunshine Haven, which introduces former war correspondent Kate Tessler, a witty journalist who solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. Kate is still adjusting to her new underemployed life back in her childhood home in Phoenix when she receives an anonymous message claiming that Mayor Todd Paradise is taking bribes. Could good guy Todd, Kate’s almost boyfriend, really be corrupt or is someone trying to set him up? Kate sets out to discover the truth, with help from her multi-generational, unconventional, and often unhelpful crew.Kris, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek.
Someone Cruel in Coyote Creek by Kris Bock
Genre: humorous mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Turning fifty in her childhood bedroom wasn’t on her bucket list…
Kate Tessler is convinced her sister is trying to kill her. In fact, she might prefer death to Jen’s “50 for 50 Challenge,” where Kate will try fifty new things throughout the year she turns fifty. Still adjusting to her new underemployed life back in her childhood home in Phoenix, the last thing Kate wants is to prepare for paddle boarding, especially when she receives an anonymous message claiming that Mayor Todd Paradise is taking bribes. The author claims to have proof, including photos, and challenges Kate to publish the story.
Could good guy Todd, Kate’s almost boyfriend, really be corrupt or is someone trying to set him up? Kate sets out to discover the truth, with help from her multi-generational, unconventional, and often unhelpful crew. She thrived reporting from war zones as an international war correspondent, but can she survive a deadly fundraising party, a close encounter with a taser, a turn at an open mic night, and a hundred-pound dog named Whiskers?
Why did you write this book?
As I faced fifty, I wanted to create a mystery lead dealing with some of the same issues: aging parents, concerns about financing retirement, and a body that doesn’t recover like it once did.
What attracts you to this book’s genre?
Mysteries usually have an active plot, with lots going on. Humorous mysteries add quirky characters and fun dialog. Cozy mysteries or cozy-adjacent, like mine, also have a happy ending. You know you’ll get a good time and finish in a positive mood.
Is there an issue that you’re addressing with your book?
I didn’t specifically set out to educate or influence readers, but the Accidental Detective series does explore issues related to aging. Kate is dealing with the things a lot of us face in midlife: aging parents with health or memory problems, concerns about financing retirement someday, menopause, and a body that doesn’t recover like it once did. She has to figure out how to live with the new limitations from an injury that requires her to walk with a cane.
Kate’s father and his friends are also major characters. They are in their seventies and eighties and are active, intelligent, and a positive force in society. At the same time, the stories explore challenges older people face, such as loneliness, being treated as incapable, and the potential for abuse by family members. Maybe readers will think twice before making assumptions about older folks they see.
What’s a fun fact about your books?
I started in children’s literature. My first published book was a middle grade novel (for ages 9-12) called The Well of Sacrifice – historical drama set in ninth-century Mayan Guatemala. It still in print and used in schools when they teach the Maya.
I also have a short series about kids who travel with a ghost hunter TV show. My other 100+ books for kids are educational work for hire, both nonfiction and fiction I’ve been a ghostwriter for some popular children’s mystery series starring your favorite young detectives. I write for kids as Chris Eboch and MM Eboch.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m working on the fourth book in an upcoming series about cowboy billionaires – specifically, a ranch family that finds out winning the lottery causes as many problems as it solves.
I’m also writing a series with my brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama. These are prequel novels set when the movie characters are teenagers. We follow the crazy antics of Melanie, Jake, and their friends a decade before the events of the movie. We just released book 3, Felony Melanie and the Prank War. Sign up for our romantic comedy newsletter to get a free short story or find book 1 at Amazon US, or B&N, or other E-book retailers.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
In the Accidental Detective series, Someone Missing from Malapais Mountain comes out in February of 2023, with two more to follow. The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas comes out November 8, with four more books next year.
Where to buy the Accidental Detective series
Tule Publishing https://tulepublishing.com/books/something-shady-at-sunshine-haven/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097WJYYBZ
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/something-shady-at-sunshine-haven-kris-bock/1139733398
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Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097WJYYBZ
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Kris Bock writes novels of mystery, suspense, and romance, many with outdoor adventures and Southwestern landscapes. Get a free Accidental Detective short story and bonus material when you sign up for her newsletter. You’ll also get a free 30-page sweet romance set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café and a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat café novels
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Felony Melanie and the Prank War: a romantic comedy with characters from the movie Sweet Home Alabama as teens Kris Bock @Kris_Bock and @dougeboch #RLFblog
Laugh along with a romantic comedy series featuring characters from the movie Sweet Home Alabama as teenagers, by Douglas J. Eboch & Kris Bock.Douglas J Eboch and Kris Bock, 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.
Felony Melanie and the Prank War by Douglas J Eboch and Kris Bock
Genre romantic comedy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
You met her in the movie Sweet Home Alabama. Now see what Melanie Smooter was like before she became hot fashion designer Melanie Carmichael.
In high school, Melanie Smooter is known as Felony Melanie, the teenage troublemaker of Pigeon Creek, Alabama. Aching to escape the boredom of small-town life, her restlessness sparks many reckless adventures. Her boyfriend, Jake, is always by her side – and the local sheriff is usually close behind.
This week, everyone in town is looking forward to the big football game against Greenville, Pigeon Creek’s hated rivals. Jake is more excited than most – as the new quarterback, he’s poised for stardom. But the lead up to the game becomes as exciting as the game itself when pranksters from Greenville steal Pigeon Creek’s pig mascot. Then Jake’s playbook goes missing, which could get him kicked off the team. Could the pranksters have stolen it as well? Melanie, Jake, and their friends embark on an undercover mission to recover the stolen mascot and find Jake’s playbook before the team is disgraced in front of the whole town.
Head back in time to the early 1990s for this laugh out loud rom com based on one of the best rom com movies of all time.
Where to buy Felony Melanie and the Prank War
Visit the Amazon series page for Felony Melanie: Sweet Home Alabama romantic comedy novels. Or find the books at other E-book retailers.
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Douglas J Eboch is a screenwriter and author who wrote the original screenplay to the movie Sweet Home Alabama starring Reese Witherspoon. Doug currently teaches screenwriting and pitching at Art Center College of Design and LMU.
Doug’s sister is the author of over 80 books under the names Chris Eboch and Kris Bock. As Kris Bock , she writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest.
Kris Bock writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. Get a free 50-page novella set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café when you sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter.
Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest.
Website https://www.krisbock.com/
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Get to know Kris Bock better by signing up for their email newsletter. You’ll get Lions and Love at the Cat Café, a free 50-page novella, plus fun cat photos and links, book news, and a printable copy of recipes mentioned in the cat café novels.Douglas J Eboch
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Read Goldberg Variations by Lisabet Sarai @LisabetSarai #RLFblog #Romance
A gorgeous and exquisitely talented cellist becomes the apex of a love triangle in Lisabet Sarai’s polyamorous romance Goldberg Variations. Al and Harv Goldberg each fall for the newest member of the respected Goldberg Trio, unaware that they’re both targets for her affections.Lisabet, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Goldberg Variations.
Goldberg Variations by Lisabet Sarai
Genre Erotic romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
All great music is born of passion
A violinist, a violist and a seductress.
For twenty-two years the Goldberg brothers – Richard on cello, Harvey on viola and Albert on violin – have made music together, earning a decent living and a modicum of respect in the classical music community. When Richard’s sudden demise forces Harvey and Al to find a replacement cellist, neither can imagine how their new colleague will shake up their middle-aged lives.
Deidre Rasinovsky-Corbatta is an unlikely addition to the Goldberg Trio, a shapely siren with purple hair, scarlet lips and a rose tattooed on her ample breasts – but she plays cello like an angel. The passion she pours into her music spills over into her relationships with the two brothers. When both Al and Harv fall in love with her, will this tear the trio apart – or transform it?
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Do you write more than one genre? If so, what are they?
Actually, there are only a few romance genres that I have not written. My back list includes contemporary, historical, paranormal, steam punk, science fiction. LGBTQ, power exchange, ménage, multicultural – pretty much everything except Western romance and sports romance. I haven’t written any motorcycle club romance or mafia romance either, but I would not rule out the possibility that I might in the future.
My reading tastes are diverse and eclectic, and that carries over into my writing. I love experimenting with new genres. From an author branding perspective this probably isn’t the best strategy, but at least my readers are not likely to get bored.
How do you come up with ideas?
I have dozens of ideas rattling around in my head or jotted down in my notebook. Almost anything can serve as the seed for a story: personal experiences (especially travel), a stranger I catch sight of in the distance, a song. Sometimes a title will pop into my mind, and the tale with follow. Sometimes the trigger is a “what if” question or some news article.
When I was writing for a publisher (as opposed to self-publishing), I’d often respond to their calls for anthology submissions. I liked the challenge of finding a creative, distinctive approach to these calls, something beyond what the publisher might have expected.
Actually quite a few of my books had their beginnings as reactions to established genre tropes. I love taking the stereotypes and turning them upside down. I want to surprise and delight anyone who picks up one of my books. The worst thing I can imagine is for readers to consider my work predictable.
What is the single most important part of writing for you?
I love the process of writing, taking some vague inspiration and shaping it into a story. Sometimes it’s painful, trying to get the ideas out of my mind and onto the page, but at times it feels like magic. The words flow freely from my imagination to the page. The internal critic is silent. This is such an intoxicating experience – like an altered state of consciousness or waking dream. Sometimes after a writing session like that, I read the results and simply marvel, wondering where this marvelous prose came from.
The other thing I love is hearing from readers who’ve enjoyed my work. Writing is wonderful, but so is being read and appreciated.
When did you write your first book?
I’ve been writing stories and poetry all my life, but my first novel, Raw Silk, was published by Black Lace Books in 1999. That book is now in its fourth edition. To be honest, I’ve kind of lost track of how many novels, novellas and short stories I’ve released since then. In such a long career, books go in and out of “print”, stories get revised and republished – what’s important to me is that I continue to create new work.
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Leather or lace? Considering the climate where I live (in the tropics), it’s got to be lace
Black or red? Red, without a doubt. Crimson, scarlet, vermilion…
Satin sheets or smooth cotton? Smooth cotton.
Ocean or mountains? Ocean heals my soul.
City life or country life? These days, I’m a city gal. I love the convenience.
Party life or evening at home? How about a party at home?
Dogs or cats? Cats. How can you even consider asking?Where to buy Goldberg Variations
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goldberg-variations-lisabet-sarai/1141999234
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/x/id6443274647
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/goldberg-variations-5
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1157445
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61952496-goldberg-variationsLisabet Sarai Social Media
Lisabet Sarai became addicted to words at an early age. She began reading when she was four. She wrote her first story at five years old and her first poem at seven. Since then, she has penned plays, tutorials, scholarly articles, marketing brochures, software specifications, self-help books, press releases, a five-hundred page dissertation, and lots of erotica and erotic romance – over one hundred titles, and counting, in nearly every sub-genre—paranormal, scifi, ménage, BDSM, GLBT, and more. Regardless of the genre, every one of her stories illustrates her motto: Imagination is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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Meet Joanna Campbell Slan @JoannaSlan Author of Tuesday Trash and Trouble #RLFblog #CozyMystery
Set in 1986, Joanna Campbell Slan’s latest cozy mystery Tuesday Trash and Trouble–features a down-on-her-luck divorcée whose passion for solving crimes lands her in the arms of a secretive cowboy–and the cross-hairs of a vengeful killer.Joanna, 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.
Tuesday Trash and Trouble: Book #3 in the Friday Night Mystery Club Series by Joanna Campbell Slan
Genre: Cozy mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
The year is 1986, the place is…pitiful. It’s Decatur, Illinois, known for high unemployment, striking unions, the pervasive stink of soybean processing, and seven railroad crossings at one intersection. A wrong turn along life’s marital highway has left Catherine “Cragan” Collins stuck in Decatur. With a mountain of post-divorce bills to pay, Cragan takes a job selling high-priced newspaper advertising. If she’s lucky, her commissions will cover the cost of her grandmother’s stay in a nearby retirement home.
After the divorce, Cragan swears off men, but she’s a sucker for a guy in a nice suit. She falls hard for a man who publicly snubs her. On the rebound, she accepts an invitation from Ross Gentry, a quiet hunk who favors pearl snaps and cowboy boots. Cragan reasons that her heart is safe, because she and Ross come from two different worlds. But one night in his arms might be enough to prove her wrong. Without warning, everything blows up in Cragan’s face. Her boss threatens to take away her accounts, a friend’s little sister is kidnapped, and an overnight guest is shot. Cragan’s best friend, Pru, is accused of attempted murder. After all, Pru’s gun was used in the crime.
Cragan calls an emergency meeting of the Friday Night Mystery Club. These mystery-loving career women are a group of smart cookies. Can they combine talents to prove that Pru is innocent? And will they find an answer in time to save Cragan from the wrath of a vengeful shooter?
It takes a club to solve a mystery!
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What makes you different from other people?
I am weird. I love anything creative, and I am totally crafty. Last week, a friend returning from Ethiopia brought me a bag of coffee inside a fabric sack. The coffee is nice, but I’m over-the-moon about the sack, as it is a woven material that’s unique. I’ve turned it into a dress for a doll I made. Today, someone sent us a gift from Harry & David. I don’t care about the fruit, but I’m wild about the gold foil that a pear was wrapped in. I can’t wait to use it in a craft!
What is your personality type?
My astrology sign is Cancer, and my Myers Briggs personality is INFJ, which is the rarest type. Put that together and you get someone who would rather be alone than socialize, who wants to inspire, who is quiet and and idealistic. That’s me to a “T.”
What was your favorite childhood game?
I loved making fairy houses in the roots of a nearby maple tree. I made beds and dishes and all sorts of furniture. (Notice I was playing alone! An early indicator of the future me.)
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
Either my dog, Jax, or Steinway pianos. My husband has sold Steinway pianos for more than 40 years, and I love the romantic lore surrounding the brand. Jax is a purebred Havanese, and he’s my best friend. Everybody loves Jax! He’s always cheerful, smart, and great company.
What is your favorite book?
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. I love it so much that I wrote a series as a sequel, and the first book (Death of a Schoolgirl) won the Daphne du Maurier Award for Literary Excellence.
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
What made you want to be a writer?
I grew up in a chaotic home with two alcoholic parents. Early on, I learned to live in my head. Books were the only way to escape, and they offered me a roadmap for living a better life than what I was exposed to. (Yes, I ended a sentence with a preposition.)
What are your favorite books for writing advice?
William Zinsser’s Writing to Learn was a game-changer for me. Zinsser explains that writing is a method of exploring an idea. Rather than thinking you have to know everything before you sit down to write, he suggests you start and allow yourself to ask questions along the way. Writing is a process, not a product. Once you accept that, you’ll never have writer’s block. You’ll always approach a blank page with a sense of excitement and wonder.
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
Keep writing, even when you don’t feel like it. I write almost every day. (Usually I take one day off on the weekends.) The best marketing tool you’ll ever have is your next book. The best learning tool will be your next book. The more you write, the better you’ll get. (Okay, some people might NOT get better. LOL) If you listen to your critics, and study your craft, you’re bound to improve.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
If I keep on pace, I’ll write six books this year, just as I did last year. I think I can do the same next year. This year, I was blessed with my first grandchild, and he’s been a happy interruption and priority for me. Next year, I might tackle some of the books I’ve been contemplating that aren’t part of the various series I’m currently fleshing out.
Where to buy Tuesday, Trash and Trouble: Book #3 in the Friday Night Mystery Club Series
Publisher Spot On Publishing
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9T64ZNY/
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New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestselling author Joanna Campbell Slan has written more than 70 books, both fiction and non-fiction. A firm believer that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood, she lives on a nearly deserted island off the coast of Florida. Her motto is borrowed from Emily Dickinson, “Dwell in Possibilities.” After all, who would guess you could make a living by telling stories that aren’t true?
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