Fantasy
Fiction set in an imaginary universe, often with magic or supernatural characters or themes.
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Meet Daryl Devore @daryldevore Author of The Last Dragon #RLFblog #MedievalFantasy
Medieval dragons and audiobooks – Daryl Devore publishes a medieval fantasy romance audiobook – The Last Dragon.Daryl, 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 Last Dragon.
The Last Dragon by Daryl Devore
Genre Medieval Fantasy Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
What do dragons, knights and romance have in common? Grab a copy of multi-published author Daryl Devore’s medieval fantasy romance – The Last Dragon and discover the answer.
A sorcerer craving dominance merged with a dragon, the power overwhelmed him causing him to split into three dragons. Demora ruled thought, but was lost in time. Yidithe offered protection, shining like the light of the sun. Ayrradex craved chaos, revelling in destroying souls.
Many knights died, attempting to slay the devil beast. One knight, Prince Hawkyns, did not fear death. He’d lost everything. Away on a mission when Ayrradex attacked his father’s kingdom, Penrythe, Hawkyns returned to find his noble father – feeble and defeated. His wise mother – crazed. His beautiful wife and unborn child – dead. Only a pile of ashes remained for him to bury. He knelt before his King and vowed to slay the devil-beast or be slain.
Derry was born with powers that terrified her parents. They delivered her to a nunnery to be raised in secret. Jathe, a wise sorceress, discovered the young girl and trained her to one day use the secret hidden in her soul.
Legends spoken around campfires hinted the sole way to destroy Ayrradex was when the hearts of a knight and a golden dragon became one. But after a vicious battle with Ayrradex, the golden dragon was thought to be dead.
Can Prince Hawkyns’s bravery and Derry’s powers end the reign of the devil-beast’s terror?
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What makes you different from other people?
I am me. I dislike doing what other people do. A salesclerk telling me – Oh, everyone is wearing that – will make me put it back and walk away.
What is your personality type?
Introvert. I sit quietly and watch the world. But once I trust you – we will be friends for life.
What was your favorite childhood game?
Don’t actually think I had one. I took dance lessons and spent my free time at class or practicing at home.
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
Wow! These are tough. I guess it would be my daughter. Who just got married the Saturday before Christmas.
What is your favorite book?
Anything by Dorothy L. Sayers. She’s a British mystery writer. If I absolutely had to choose 1 – I’d probably say – Gaudy Night.
What is your favorite meal?
Shrimp smothered in butter and Old Bay seasoning. For dessert – a luscious chocolate mousse.
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
What made you want to be a writer?
Nothing made me. I just am. I was that annoying kid in school who liked writing essays. I found it easy.
What are your favorite books for writing advice?
Not books – people. When I have a writing question, I prefer to ask a human for help. It’s more personal and I get a faster response.
What are your favorite reference books?
Duck Duck Go. It is a search engine that doesn’t track its users. There is nothing I can’t search for there.
When you go to a convention, what kinds of things do you take along?
Never been to a convention. Last conference I signed up for was 20+ years ago and I backed out a month before as the Back Street Boys were performing in town and my tween was about to lose her mind!!
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
Find a critique group. It’s not easy. Try locally. Try online. But find one. You cannot edit your own work.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
I don’t make goals. I’ve got a WIP I’d like to finish. If I get it done – I get it done. If not…
Where to buy The Last Dragon
Amazon Audio https://www.amazon.ca/The-Last-Dragon/dp/B094YMNP6B
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Two writers in one. Daryl Devore writes hot romances with sexy heroes and strong heroines. Victoria Adams is Daryl’s alter ego when she’s inspired to write sweet romances with little to no heat.
Daryl lives in an old farmhouse in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, two black cats – Licorice and Ginny-Furr Purrkins – and some house ghosts. Her daughter is grown and has flown the nest. Daryl loves to take long walks on her quiet country road or snowshoe across the back acres, and in the summer, kayak along the St. Lawrence River. She has touched a moon rock, a mammoth, and a meteorite. She’s been deep in the ocean in a submarine, flown high over Niagara Falls in a helicopter, and used the ladies room in a royal palace. Life’s an adventure and Daryl’s having fun living it.
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Read All Roads Lead to Christmas by Lydia Guleva @LydiaGuleva #RLFblog #ChristmasRomance #Fantasy
A too-good-to-be-true knight helps a lonely engineer create Christmas in a honest to goodness magical world.Lydia, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about All Roads Lead to Christmas.
All Roads Lead to Christmas by Lydia Guleva
Genre Contemporary Christmas Romance, Fantasy Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Can a handsome Christmas knight help a lonely engineer spruce things up?
Isabella knew Bralazin was too good to be true, but to find out that he was a knight from another world, a lord, and her brother’s friend? That was almost as bad as learning that the magical world didn’t have Christmas.
At least Bralazin could help her organize an epic Christmas party and get gifts for every child in their kingdom. Easy. They could do it. Even if Bralazin kept questioning why they needed Christmas in the first place.
Would’ve been great if there were roads they could use to deliver gifts, but Isabella wasn’t a road engineer for nothing. She could build the roads. Or have elves in neon green pants do it for her while singing Christmas songs.
Bralazin, on the other hand, was something she’d have to handle herself. He could say what he wanted about not wishing to upset her brother, but it wouldn’t help him. Isabella set her eyes on him, and he was going down.
Where to buy All Roads Lead to Christmas
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/All-Roads-Lead-Christmas-Boundaries-ebook/dp/B095CSMQCD
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My life is a crossbreed of a disaster documentary and a thriller. I moved a lot and often until I finally settled in my sixth country. Things eventually calmed down… sort of. Come on, I can’t have a peaceful life. I have to, at least, get a fixer-upper from hell with neighbors that keep things interesting. If I go a whole month without my foot going through the floor or an old, intoxicated lady asking me if I want a dead cat in a box (there was no dead cat. She hallucinated it), then it won’t be my life.
I could probably write a memoir, but who would believe this crap?
So, here I am, writing things that are a lot more realistic. It’s easier to suspend disbelief and imagine the world with mind-reading demons than me on a date with a guy who kept bragging about how silky his hair is, how he likes getting his butt fingered, how he likes to choke women during intercourse, and that he loves giving women expensive gifts but doesn’t have anyone to give those gifts to because his girlfriend is in jail. That’s okay, though, because it all made sense when his dad showed up (he was tracking his son’s car). Upon seeing me, his dad started profusely apologizing and said… and I quote, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were with a girl. I thought you were doing drugs.”
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Read the Urban Fantasy Shadow’s Edge by Jami Gray @jamigrayauthor #RLFblog #UF #UrbanFantasy
Shadow’s Edge, first in Jami Gray’s award-winning Urban Fantasy series. She’s the monster other monsters fear, but is it enough to keep the man she loves safe? Check out Jami Gray’s Urban Fantasy series, The Kyn Kronicles.
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 your book.
Shadow’s Edge by Jami Gray
Genre Urban Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
Everyone fears what hunts in the shadows—especially the monsters…
It takes a monster to hunt one, and Raine McCord, forged in the maelstrom of magic and science, is the one for the job. In a world where the supernatural shares a shadowy existence with the mundane, a series of disappearances and deaths threatens the secrecy of her kind and suggests someone knows the monsters are alive and kicking.
Partnering with the sexy and tantalizing Gavin Durand proves to be as challenging and dangerous as the prey she hunts. When the trail leads back to the foundation, which warped Raine’s magic as a child, her torturous past raises its ugly head.
Gavin and Raine sift through a maze of lies, murder, and betrayal, to discover not only each other, but the emerging threat to them and the entire magical community.
***This revised edition contains the Kyn short story, SUBMERGED IN SHADOWS***
Treasures from the deep come in all shapes and sizes…
Forced on an unwanted vacation, Raine McCord soon discovers that boredom is the least of her worries when danger washes ashore, bringing unexpected complications.
Where to buy Shadow’s Edge
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KM1578Y/
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KM1578Y/
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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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Is It True: Double Moon Destiny by *lizzie starr @lizziestarr #RLFblog #FantasyRomance
*lizzie starr, 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 the book.Double Moon Destiny by *lizzie starr
Genre Fantasy Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
On the night of the Double Moon a child is born, and the destinies of an acolyte and a rebel are changed forever.
Jermanah, acolyte of the religious Compound, has never been given the opportunity to make her own choices. Although she accepts her way of life and yearns to rise higher in the order, she learns ancient, forbidden healing from the Seer. On the night of the
Double Moons, a child is born and given into Jermanah’s care until the boy is taken to the king.
Kierigh was born moments before the rising of the Double Moons, but his twin brother wasn’t so lucky. Rumors flow from the Stronghold—following an ancient prophecy, the king sacrifices the baby boys to increase his power. But Kierigh senses that even after five cycles, his brother still lives.
When Kierigh’s rebels attack the procession, he takes the babe, and Jermanah, to his hidden camp. The captivating acolyte disrupts Kierigh’s ordered and simple life. He opposes her religion and all the Compound claims to stand for. She’s everything he doesn’t need in his life. Yet she is everything he desires.
No longer considering herself one of the Compound, Jermanah discovers freedom, and truths she finds difficult to believe. But when the babe is taken from the forest, she will do anything to save the child, including face the leader of the Compound—and the king.
Can a rebel and an acolyte set aside pride and differences to find a lost brother, defeat evil, and discover their prophecy fulfilling destinies?
Is it true:
this is your first book?
No, although it is close. The original first scene was one of the first I wrote when hoping to write fantasy romance
this book is part of a series?
No. At least not yet. I like connecting things, so you never know.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
I have no clue.
you did research for this book?
Not too much.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Yes. There’s a huge, equine-like war beast owned by one of the characters.
this book has more than one genre?
Yes. Fantasy and romance. It’s a great combination!
you speak more than one language?
I speak fluid sailor. Oh. That’s probably not what you meant. My 4 years of German were so long ago, I have to say no.
you grew up where you live now?
No. But close. About 100 miles away.
you love to read?
YES! Any author worth their weight in words should love to read.
you are never late?
No. To me being late is being less than 10 minutes early.
you love pizza?
Yes. With pineapple! No pepperoni or sausage though.
you love sushi?
Nope, uh uh, no way.
you have a pet?
I live with my siblings. They aren’t pets. :) But we do have an elderly mini-doxie named Lessa and a distinguished tuxedo cat named Goku. Who doesn’t like me. Except for cat nummies.
Where to buy Double Moon Destiny
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DCH69HL
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*lizzie starr always made up games and stories to keep her company. So, a cunning witch lived in Grampa’s weather research station and was only held at bay by waving a certain weed. An ancient road grader morphed into a boat carrying wild adventurers to islands filled with fierce lions and dangerous cannibals, which really looked a lot like sheep. When her 6th grade teacher read to the class, *lizzie discovered the knights of old, Hobbits, and traveling through space and time. Her first written tales delved into fantasy worlds, and she passed many literature classes by handing in stories instead of essays.
Even though she’d turned up her nose at her mother’s love stories, long night shifts at a nursing home drew her to the facility’s library. There she discovered that romance made tales of fantasy and science fiction more delightful, and the focus of her writing expanded.
Filled with fantasy, love, and romance with a sparkling twist, the stories of her imagination swirl their way into the mundane world and into her reader’s hearts.
When *lizzie must return to a more routine life, she’s *the Lunch Lady* at a private school. Author and lunch lady~~what a combination!
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Read Risky Goods by Jami Gray @JamiGrayAuthor #RLFblog #UrbanFantasy
An unexpected assignment, a jealous ex, and a game-changing serum trigger unanticipated risks in a dangerous race against the clock. Buckle in for a wild ride in this adrenaline-laced urban fantasy series.
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 Risky Goods.
Risky Goods by Jami Gray
Genre Urban Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R (mainly for language)
Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, finds herself babysitting a trio of bad-ass Arbiters, including the highly distracting Zev Aslanov, as they track down a magical serum that shouldn’t exist and a killer who’s targeting the researchers behind it.
As if that wasn’t enough for the fledgling Arcane entrepreneur to handle, the growing attraction to Zev is shifting into potential relationship territory, a terrifying road that could expose her lifelong secret behind her magical ability. But that’s not the only hazard ahead. One of the Arbiters is Zev’s ex-girlfriend and she’s not ready to put Zev in her rearview just yet.
Dodging Family rivalries and mad scientists out for blood, Rory is blindsided by an unexpected turn and it’s going to take more than magic to get her back on track.
Where to buy Risky Goods
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LSXMKV2
Audiobook
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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 #PNR Grave Cargo by Jami Gray @jamigrayauthor #RLFblog #Paranormal
A dead mage, a missing friend, and an unpredictable alliance merge into a volatile package sending Rory careening through the Arcane elite’s deadly secrets. Find out in this pulse-pounding thrill ride, series starter.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 Grave Cargo.
Grave Cargo by Jami Gray
Genre Urban Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R (mainly for language)
Rory Costas, Arcane Transporter, is finally out from under the Guild’s thumb and ready to jumpstart her career as an independent contractor. Even better than the potential income, her promising future offers the additional perk of keeping her coveted magic out of the hands of the all-powerful Arcane Families. But when a dead mage drops at her doorstep on the same morning her best friend and roommate, Lena, goes missing, Rory is drawn out of her comfort zone and into an ominous race against time.
Retracing Lena’s convoluted path through the Arcane elite’s moneyed secrets, bitter vendettas, and lethal curses, Rory crashes into Zev Aslanov’s investigation of the murdered mage. When the Cordova Family’s enigmatic hunter reveals the dead man was Lena’s last client, Rory must convince Zev her missing friend is a victim, not a suspect. To uncover the truth and save her friend, Rory agrees to work with Zev, even though their uneasy partnership may mean revealing her hidden magic.
As the clock ticks down, can they dodge Zev’s suspicions and Rory’s secrets to expose the real evil mastermind, or will they crash and burn?
Where to buy Grave Cargo
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0871PSQ11
Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Grave-Cargo-Audiobook/B095KPVW47Jami Gray Social Media
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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