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Read The Red Slippers the new #RegencyRomance by Ruth A Casie @RuthACasie #RLFblog (Two-Hour Romance Short Reads)
A ballerina obsessed with perfection. A man who will do anything to grant her wish. Are the second-hand red slippers he found magical, or is he the only one who can conjure the spell and make her the world’s greatest ballerina?
Ruth, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Red Slippers.
The Red Slippers by Ruth A Casie
Genre: Historical Regency Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): SweetIt will take magic for Cosette to believe in her abilities.
Is Avery the only one who can conjure the spell?Cosette Binet has been in the service to Queen Marie of France, since she was a young girl. She watched private ballet performances for the queen and was fascinated by the great Marie Camargo’s footwork and high leaps. Cosette studied to become a ballerina and earned a rare opportunity to audition for the Paris Opera Ballet’s corps de ballet where she met and found her soul mate, Avery, the ballet director. Her first performance brought the audience to their feet, but when she was chosen for a principal part in another ballet, a fellow dancer had her doubting her ability and Avery’s devotion.
While searching for additional dancers for the corps de ballet, ballet master, Avery Parsons DuBois, watched Cosette dance and was captivated when she performed a grand jetè that soared further and higher than anyone he has ever seen. Mesmerized, he was drawn to the dancer and fell in love with her. He offered her a position in the ballet, but when she began to doubt her ability and his love for her, he had to do something. He gave her red slippers and told her they were Marie Camargo’s dance shoes… filled with magic.
Did the red slippers hold the magic that made her a great ballerina or was it Avery’s love?
Why did you write this book?
I was attending the Authors and Dancers Against Cancer book event. The group was developing an anthology, the funds to go to Dancers Against Cancer. Several of my friends have been impacted and I have lost family members to cancer. I knew I had to be part of the event and the anthology.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love to read historical fiction, primarily romance. I also enjoy historical mysteries. This story is very different. My readers know to expect mysteries or murders within my love stories. The Red Slippers is very different. This is romance, a love story of a woman for her dancing profession and for the one man who believes in her abilities as a dancer and a woman.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
You may laugh, but its Dirk Pitt, the hero in the Clive Cussler stories. My favorite female action heroine is Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. On the more sedate side, Lady Emily Ashton in Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily series.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am currently working on book 4, The Lady and Her Barrister in my The Ladies of Sommer by the Sea series. I love this series about women with special skills who have graduated from the same female seminary in the town of Sommer by the Sea in northeast England. You just may see more from these ladies.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Aside from The Lady and Her Barrister, I am working on a new series, Barrington’s Brigade. Stories about veteran officers of the Peninsular War who take turns helping their former commander police the village of Sommer by the Sea as the men work to integrate back into society and are determine to find their heart’s desire, whomever she may be.
Where to buy The Red Slippers
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJTJJNX4
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Ruth A Casie is a USA bestselling author. She writes historical adventures from the shores of medieval Scotland to the cobblestone streets of Regency London. Her stories embrace strong woman and the men who deserve them. Within the pages you’ll discover ‘edge-of-your-seat suspense, mind boggling drama, and heart melting emotions. Grab your favorite cup of tea, or an ale if you prefer, and join her heroes and heroines as they race across the pages to find their happily ever after. Ruth hopes her stories are your next favorite adventures!
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Fantasy #Romance by Lyndsey Hall – The Solitary King @lyndseyhall #RLFblog #YA #Fantasy
Aria returns to the Fair Realm with deadly consequences, in Lyndsey Hall’s new fantasy, The Solitary King. Will her new found abilities save her from the Celeste King’s clutches, or will the prince who betrayed her come to her rescue?
Lyndsey, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Solitary King.
The Solitary King by Lyndsey Hall
Genre: YA Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
When Aria returns to the Fair Realm to attend a ball at the Salamander castle, it isn’t long before things take a turn for the deadly.
With her father’s home in ashes and her newfound family reduced to dust, Aria finds herself King Auberon’s captive once more. Deep within the mountains that border the Celeste Kingdom, Aria is powerless to fight back, her newly-discovered abilities suppressed by the weight of the rock that surrounds her. But when a Celeste guard whispers about rebellion and promises to help her escape, Aria is desperate to trust him.
Crown Prince Xander returns home to the Gnome castle, laden with grief for his brother and father, and dreading the day he will be crowned king. Preparations are underway for his marriage and coronation, but thoughts of the girl he betrayed trouble him day and night. Until the morning of his wedding, when a note arrives that Aria has been taken by Auberon once more, and Xander is forced to choose between his life of duty and obedience, and what he believes is right.
Where to buy The Solitary King
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B4DRVB1/
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Lyndsey Hall lives on the edge of Sherwood Forest, one of the most magical places in England’s history, and the inspiration for her debut novel, The Fair Queen. She grew up surrounded by books, and loved to write from a young age.
She loves to travel and try her hand at new things, but is most at home when curled up in a chair with a cup of tea and a good book, usually accompanied by at least one dog.
The Fair Queen, book one in The Fair Chronicles, is available now in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audio book!
A sequel, The Solitary King, will be released on 31 January 2022.
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Read the series: A Grand Slam Kind of Christmas by LB Joyce @lbjoyceauthor #RLFblog #Contemporary #NewAdult
In LB Joyce’s New Adult romance, A Grand Slam kind of Christmas, life has given Jessie one setback after another. So, she wants to hide away somewhere. But will a chance encounter with a man she doesn’t like, be just what she needs and change her life forever?
Linda, 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.
A Grand Slam Kind of Christmas in the Holidays in White Oaks Valley
New Adult/Contemporary
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): GEveryone wants to live in a small town. You know, the kind of place movies are made of, happy endings always a given.
Jessie Carter would be the first to tell you, living in a small town isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. In fact, this was exactly why she left Blossom Falls in the first place. She had big plans. Off to college in New York, she passed the bar and landed a job in one of the most prestigious law firms in Chicago. She was ready to take on the world.
But things don’t always go as planned.
Now reeling from a failed relationship and her integrity suddenly under question at the firm, it only takes a hysterical call for help from her nine-months pregnant sister Crystal, to have her packing up and heading home.
Not for long, though. Not if she can help it.
As one of the most sought out professional baseball players around, Max Kirby surprised everyone when he signed up with the first team that offered him a long-term contract.
Yeah… believe it or not, for the next seven years, he plans to call Cleveland his home.
He shows up the first week of December, eager to get settled, find a place to live. Little did he know an unplanned visit to Blossom Falls would lead him to Jessie. That she almost runs him over is just the start of a Christmas neither will ever forget.
Which book is this in the series?
This is book 1 of the series
How many books do you plan for the series?
Not quite sure yet, possibly 4.
How many books are completed?
There is 1 book completed.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Jessie Carter and Max Kirby
What is the overall theme in this series?
This series will celebrate different holidays, each with a new love story, in the towns that make up White Oaks Valley.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
A Grand Slam Kind of Christmas
What did you like best about writing this series?
The characters are fun, the type of people you’d like to hang around with. All in a small town setting where everyone looks out for each other.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
The series, Twelve Months, Twelve Love Stories:
A Million Decembers
For the Love of July
February’s Angel
Promise Me November
An Unexpected June
A January to Remember
September’s Moonlight Serenade
Goodbye Heartbreak, Hello MayWhere can we find links for all your books?
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/~/e/B01N2AFD4L
Where to buy A Grand Slam Kind of Christmas
Publisher LBBibboBooks
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Grand-Christmas-Holidays-White-Valley/dp/0960031154
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LB Joyce lives in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. By day, she designs Christmas ornaments and by night, you can find her at her computer, typing her way through her next novel. She’s always loved getting lost in a good book, has redecorated almost every room in her house more times than she would like to admit, never needs a reason to entertain, enjoys baking up a storm in her kitchen, hates housework with a passion and will drive just about anywhere because of her fear of flying.
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Read the series: Hunted at Whiteford Farm by Blye Donovan #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
A blind date takes a deadly turn in Brenda Sparks’ new paranormal romance, A Midsummer Night’s Demon. A mysterious man comes to the rescue, but will he be able to keep them both alive?
An impromptu road trip turns into a run for her life in this page-turner by romantic suspense author, Blye Donovan. A local cowboy comes to the rescue but will she trust him to keep her safe or will the men hunting her find her first?
Blye, 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.
Hunted at Whiteford Farm in the Rolling Brook Series
Genre: Small-town, romantic suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R (open-door sex scene)
She wanted fresh air but will it cost her life to get it?
Blair O’Rourke is a criminal defense lawyer who has written off men. She sets out on a road trip to forget the last one she was involved with and finds herself hunted by someone he has sent after her. Stranded in the small town of Rolling Brook, will she trust another man to keep her safe, and can she stop herself from falling for him in the process?
Not one to refuse someone in need of help, especially when Blair has no one else to turn to, local farmer Jake Redland becomes entangled in the same trouble she brought with her from Chicago. He has no problem risking life and limb to keep her safe, but, having been burned by love once, will he risk the flames again for another city woman?
Find out in this fast-paced, insta-love story!
Which book is this in the series?
Book 1
How many books do you plan for the series?
5
How many books are completed?
4
What characters are the main stars in your series?
The books are interconnected stand-alones with a new couple introduced in each book.
What is the overall theme in this series?
Small towns aren’t always quiet. The men of the Rolling Brook Police Department can attest to that. The women they fall for always seem to attract trouble ;)
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Hunted at Whiteford Farm, Book 1
Gifts from a Stalker, Book 2
Small Town Frame-up, Book 3
Condemned by Secrets, Book 4
Marked as Queen of Hearts, Book 5 (not yet released)What did you like best about writing this series?
I love the small town setting. There’s a diner that features in each of the books and one particular quirky character you always find there. Plus I love drawing out the suspense, making you want to keep turning the pages!
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
This is my first series, but I have a separate holiday novella out as part of a free anthology.
Where can we find links for all your books?
https://linktr.ee/blyedonovan
Where to buy Hunted at Whiteford Farm
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0999NZCYM
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iBooks https://books.apple.com/audiobook/id1585439599?ign-itscg=30200Blye Donovan Social Media
Blye Donovan is a military brat and a veteran who resides in the lowcountry of South Carolina with her husband and fur-child, Max. She writes books that are romantic suspense stories featuring strong heroines and sexy heroes overcoming dangerous villains. Her books are set in small towns because she loves the atmosphere associated with them, especially the historical architecture.
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Read Once Upon a Regret (Il Cuore #3) by Shilpa Suraj @shilpaauthor #RLFblog #Contemporary #Romance
First, they were friends, then they were lovers, and then one day… they were each other’s last hope.
Shilpa, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Once Upon a Regret.
Once Upon a Regret (Il Cuore #3) by Shilpa Suraj
Genre Contemporary Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Ved Kashyap had spent his life making good choices; the right choices. And then he met Aayushi Thakkar and realised that when it came to her, he had no choice at all. She burst into his life like a fireworks display at Diwali and managed to singe him like one too.
Aayushi Thakkar was the forgotten child, the invisible one, the one who didn’t make any waves but drifted along trying to keep the calm in the ocean of her life. Sandwiched between a responsible heir and an irresponsible brat, she’d grown up trying to be the balance between her brothers.
And then she met Ved and she forgot why balance was needed. Death, grief, misunderstanding, and ego all collide to bring that cloak of invisibility back in Aayushi’s life. Tired of others making decisions for her, she makes one of her own. A catastrophic one…
And now, they all have to live with its repercussions…
Will working together on their dream project help Ved and Aayushi find their way back to each other? Or is this ‘good choice’ going to explode their lives again?
Where to buy Once Upon a Regret
Amazon https://amzn.to/3tSFQfy
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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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Free to read – Lights Out a Sci-Fi by Kayelle Allen #SciFi #PietasFans #RLFblog #SciFi