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The Raven Witch of Corfu by Effrosyni Moschoudi @FrostieMoss #RLFblog #NewRelease #paranormalromance
Effrosyni Moschoudi, 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.The Raven Witch of Corfu by Effrosyni Moschoudi
Genre paranormal romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
A terrible evil lurks in the mountain…
Lizzie arrives on the idyllic Greek island of Corfu but far from feeling excited, her heart is heavy. She is here to claim back her twin brother who was kidnapped twenty years earlier on her previous visit. In a cave. By an evil witch.
When Lizzie sees her brother again, she receives the shock of her life. The witch has tricked her… As if this weren’t enough, Stamatis, a handsome local, steals her heart to complicate her life even further…
Why did you write this book?
I write books set on Corfu because I am passionate about the island, and especially the south east coast where I have family roots. As a youngster, I used to spend three-month summer holidays there with my grandparents. I was inspired to write this specific story by the enchanting beauty of the bright green mountains that dominate the skyline there. In case you wonder what they look like, you only have to look at the book cover…It depicts the actual vista in the village of Messonghi where the book is set! It was spooky how my graphic designer picked it among thousands of Corfu images online. I mean, what are the chances? (*chortles*)
What is your favorite genre to read?
Paranormal romance, anything with ghosts or angels in particular.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Froddo from The Lord of the Rings because despite being small and loving the comfort of his quiet life, he left it all behind and proved to be incredibly courageous in his efforts to protect all that he loves. His story is truly inspiring and reminds us that in the face of hardship we are all called upon to show our true metal. He was in the company of men a lot taller and bigger than him but proved to be the true ‘giant’ among them.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m currently writing the first draft of my new paranormal romance. It’s set in Nafplio, a historical town of Greece in the Peloponnese, and features a haunted house. It’s not scary though, and it’s actually a rom com; a moving family tale as well as a romance.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Other than the aforementioned book, I’m also working on a translation into Greek of one of my published novels. Past experience taught me not to take on too much at the same time, so these two projects will do for now.Where to buy The Raven Witch of Corfu
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PYPCQ42
Effrosyni Moschoudi Social Media
Effrosyni Moschoudi was born and raised in Athens, Greece. As a child, she loved to sit alone in her garden scribbling rhymes about flowers, butterflies and ants. Today, she writes books for the romantic at heart. She lives in a quaint seaside town near Athens with her husband Andy and a ridiculous amount of books and DVDs.
Her debut novel, The Necklace of Goddess Athena, has won a silver medal in the 2017 book awards of Readers’ Favorite. The Ebb, her romance set in Corfu that’s inspired from her summers there in the 1980s, is an ABNA Q-Finalist.
Effrosyni is a member of the writer’s groups eNovel Authors at Work, ASMSG and The Fantasy and Scifi Network. Her novels are Amazon bestsellers, having hit #1 several times, and are available in kindle and paperback format.
Go here to grab free PDF books by this author: http://effrosyniwrites.com/free-stuff/
Visit her website for free excerpts, book trailers, her travel guide to Corfu, yummy Greek recipes, and to join her email list for her news and special offers: http://www.effrosyniwrites.com
Website http://www.effrosyniwrites.com
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Devoted to the Duke (The St Clairs #1) by Alexa Aston @AlexaAston #RLFblog #NewRelease #RegencyRomance
Alexa Aston, 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.Devoted to the Duke (The St Clairs Book 1) by Alexa Aston
Genre: Regency Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
From bestselling Historical Romance author Alexa Aston comes a stunning new Regency Historical Romance saga!
Book One in the exciting new St Clair series has arrived. A lady with a dark secret refuses to marry the man of her dreams in order to protect him… but will he let her?
After returning to London from his Grand Tour, serious-minded Jeremy St Clair, the Marquess of Sather, attends a ball and meets a luminescent beauty who draws him out of his shell. They share a searing kiss—her first—and though he never planned to wed, Jeremy desires to make this young woman his.
But his life takes an unexpected turn when he leaves her that night.
With his father’s death, Jeremy becomes the new Duke of Everton, and learns the former duke has left the St Clair family almost penniless. Jeremy spends five years restoring the family fortunes but yearning for the auburn-haired beauty who understood him like no other before. One night with her was all he needed to remember her forever.
Lady Catherine Crawford has been inundated with offers of marriage and hasn’t cared for any of her suitors. She longs for love, seeing how devoted her parents are to one another. When she meets Lord Sather, she believes they are meant to be together. Yet her world collapses that night in a horrific carriage accident, killing her mother and seriously injuring both Catherine and her father. She retreats to their country estate and, once healed, cares her father and mothers her younger sister, Leah. But she’s never forgotten about Lord Sather… and their kiss.
When Jeremy and Catherine meet years later, the sparks are still present—though Catherine has recently learned a dark secret about her past, making it impossible to wed Jeremy without ruining his reputation. Through a misunderstanding, the ton believes them to be engaged and she goes along with the engagement, hoping to find a way to break it.
Will Catherine’s secret be revealed—and will Jeremy accept her if it becomes public knowledge?
Heartbreak is in their stars… or salvation.
The St Clairs series Books Two and Three are coming May 2019 and June 2019.
Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s first book of The St Clairs, Devoted to the Duke.
Each book in The St Clairs Trilogy is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Devoted to the Duke
Book #2 Midnight with the Marquess
Book #3 Embracing the Earl
Why did you write this book?
After writing 15 medieval romances, my publisher and mentor, Kathryn Le Veque, challenged me to try something new. She suggested the Regency Era—and here I am!
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love reading all kinds of fiction, but I’m partial to romance, suspense, and thrillers.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
There’s no one like Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’ve finished my St Clairs trilogy and am now working on a trio of novellas that will be loosely tied to the St Clairs.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Midnight with the Marquess (The St Clairs Book 2) comes out May 23. Embracing the Earl (The St Clairs Book 3) is a June 22 release.Where to buy Devoted to the Duke
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2us3Mb4 (and read for free in KU!)
Alex Aston Social Media
Native Texan and former history teacher Alexa Aston lives with her husband in a Dallas suburb, where she eats her fair share of dark chocolate and plots out stories while she walks every morning. She enjoys reading, Netflix binge-watching, and attending sporting events when she’s not watching Survivor, The Crown, or Game of Thrones.
Alexa’s Medieval and Regency historical romances bring to life dashing knights and loveable rogues and include the series The Knights of Honor, The King’s Cousins, and The St Clairs.
Website https://alexaaston.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/AlexaAston
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Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/alexa-aston
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Monk’s Bride by Caroline Clemmons @CarolinClemmons #RLFblog #Western #Romance
Caroline Clemmons, 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.Monk’s Bride by Caroline Clemmons
Genre historical western romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
A destitute widow; a reformed con man; the danger that links them…
Betsie Galloway Hirsch has escaped Memphis with her son. Her gambling husband tricked the wrong people and they’re demanding Betsie pay his debts—or else. She’s come to Kincaid Springs to stay with her mother and seek a safe place for her son. Being so far from her former home, she feels secure. That is, until danger confronts her.
After 34 years alone, Michael “Monk” Magonagle is falling in love with Betsie and is fond of her son. Monk is certain she is not free of the men her late husband cheated. Although he is not a violent man by nature, Monk is willing to fight for Betsie’s safety. He and the men of the Kincaid family prepare to meet the enemy.
How can Betsie and Liam be protected from the approaching danger? Will she and Monk be able to forge a love that endures or will one of them be silenced forever? What toll will the enemy exact?
Monk’s Bride is a sweet historical western romance.
Why did you write this book?
Monk was a secondary character in The Most Unsuitable Husband. I’ve received so many requests for Monk’s story that I decided to write him a happily-ever-after.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Western historical romance.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Taylor Stapleton from Julie Garwood’s Prince Charming
What are you working on at the moment?
Alexandra’s Awakening, book 2 of my Pearson Grove series.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
I’ll be releasing a Proxy Bride book titled Gideon on May 9, more of the Pearson Grove series throughout the year, and a Pinkerton Matchmaker book in August and in November.Where to buy Monk’s Bride
Amazon universal link: http://mybook.to/Monk
Caroline Clemmons Social Media
Through a crazy twist of fate, Caroline Clemmons was not born on a Texas ranch. To compensate for this illogical error, she writes about handsome cowboys, feisty ranch women, and scheming villains in a small office her family calls her pink cave. She and her Hero live in North Central Texas cowboy country where they ride herd on their rescued cats and dogs. The books she creates there have made her an Amazon bestselling author and won several awards.
Website www.carolineclemmons.com
Blog http://carolineclemmons.blogspot.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/CarolinClemmons (no E in Caroline)
Facebook http://facebook.com/CarolineClemmonsRomances
Facebook Reader Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/277082053015947/
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A Hand for the Duke by Meredith Bond @merrybond #RLFblog #NewRelease #Regencyromance
Meredith Bond, 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.A Hand for the Duke by Meredith Bond
Genre: Regency romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Can the Ladies of the Wagering Whist Society help an impoverished modiste win the hand of a sought-after Duke?
Tina Rowan is beautiful, talented—and wants nothing more than to be free of her past. The illegitimate daughter of a baroness, she is being blackmailed by her own foster-father. She must rely on her flair for designing dresses to earn enough to pay him off. Starting a business dressing the ladies of Regency society isn’t easy for a nobody. But Tina has three aces up her sleeve—her own amazing talent, her well-connected biological mother, and the helpful (if meddlesome) support of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society.
The handsome, arrogant Duke of Warwick has grown up schooled in the “proper” way for a nobleman to behave. Rule number one: do not fraternize with people of the lower classes. But when he has to introduce his beloved sister to society, he finds himself completely reliant on the beguiling woman he’s hired as his sister’s modiste. To his astonishment, he finds himself opening up to her and enjoying her company far, far too much.
When Tina discovers the true man behind the ducal title, her heart might very well be lost. But can the duke set aside his façade and allow himself to love the only woman who could possibly make him happy?
It will take the combined efforts of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society to see this difficult hand well played.
Why did you write this book?
This is the first book of my new traditional Regency series, The Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society. With this series, I wanted to explore character tropes.
I love characters. For me they’re the reason I read. It’s why I love the romances of Julia Quinn, Mary Jo Putney, and Tessa Dare. They all have amazing characters who just fall in love with.
The characters of the LWWS (Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society) are all based on a traditional Regency character trope. I’ve got the “forthright widow”, an athlete, the joker, the stickler, a mushroom, a high-and-mighty duchess, etc. Eight characters because it takes four people to play whist, so two tables of whist (I felt four people would be too few). Each of the characters will have their own book, plus I added a ninth book to make three trilogies.
The first book of the series is a “Cindarella” story about the illegitimate daughter of the woman who founded the LWWS, Lady Norman. Her daughter, Tina Rowan, was raised by a foster-family in a little village, and wants to be a modiste (she’s a talented dress designer and seamstress). Her mother sponsors her and helps her start on her career, never once imagining that she would catch the eye of a handsome, cold-hearted duke who hires her to dress his younger sister.
Tina manages to melt the block of ice that is this duke’s heart and begins to dare to dream the impossible – that this man could one day be hers.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Regency romance, of course! But I also read just about every genre. I love mystery, fantasy, and even sometimes literary fiction. Every so often I’ll read a biography or history because it’s just another way to learn about people and their lives.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Falconer, the hero of MaryJo Putney’s Stolen Magic, Daphne Bridgerton, heroine of The Duke and I by Julia Quinn, and whatever I’m reading at the moment!
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m just starting to write book 4 of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society, A Trick of Mirrors.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Next month, in May, Jack of Diamonds, Book 2 of the Ladies’ Wagering Whist Society will be released, and in June I’ll release Book 3, The Games She Played.Where to buy A Hand for the Duke
Publisher: Anessa Books
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q822RKS
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1131086919?ean=2940156472598
iBooks https://books2read.com/u/3nnDOP (proper links coming)
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/be/en/ebook/a-hand-for-the-dukeMeredith Bond Social Media
Meredith Bond’s books straddle that beautiful line between historical romance and fantasy. An award-winning author, she writes fun traditional Regency romances, medieval Arthurian romances, and Regency romances with a touch of magic. Known for her characters “who slip readily into one’s heart,” Meredith loves to take her readers on a journey they won’t soon forget. She is currently living in Europe enjoying the Bohemian life.
Website http://www.meredithbond.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/meredithbondauthor
Twitter https://twitter.com/merrybond
Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/merrybond/
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Meredith-Bond/e/B001KI1SNE/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meredith_bond/
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Time Travel by Roxanne San Jose @sjroxanne #RLFblog #SciFi #Romance
Roxanne San Jose, 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.Time Travel by Roxanne San Jose
Genre: Science Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Angelie Thompson invented a time machine in 2015 and accidentally transported her boyfriend, John Salvador, back to 1970. Left with no other option, Angelie journeys through time, searching for John. Along the way, she encounters several adventures, meeting new people on her desperate search for her lover.Meanwhile, stranded in 1970 and with no hope of ever returning back to his own time, John begins a new life, working as a receptionist in Lesti Hotel where he finds a new love, Elisha.
Conflict arises among the characters due to their complicated relationships and when disaster strikes, it’s up to Angelie to save the world with her time machine invention.
The tale of ‘Time Travel’ highlights love, determination and friendship.
What’s your favorite down-home family style meal?
Steak and spaghetti
What is your go-to meal when you dine out?
Spaghetti
Who is your “book boyfriend” (that hottie you read about and drool over)?
Robert Langdon
What’s your favorite hashtag to watch on Twitter?
Anything under the “Philippines” top category
Describe the perfect vacation.
The Philippines
Tell us about your favorite toy as a child.
Scooter
What are your hobbies?
Reading books and watching movies
When you read for pleasure, what kind of books do you choose?
Anything that captures my interest
If the hero of your latest book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
“After All” by CherWhere to buy Time Travel
Publisher: https://www.avid-publishing.com/product-page/time-travel
Roxanne San Jose Social Media
Roxanne San Jose was born in the Philippines but now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated with a degree in Political Science in University of Nevada. She works in her family business. Roxanne self-published her first book, Annagram, in 2015.
Website https://roxannesanjose.wixsite.com/roxannesanjose
Twitter www.twitter.com/sjroxanne
Facebook www.facebook.com/roxanneasanjoseYou May Also Like
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A Question of Trust by Mona karel @MonaKarel #RLFblog #Romantic Suspense
Mona Karel, 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.A Question of Trust by Mona Karel
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Lana Greene doesn’t care that most of the world sees her as avaricious and amoral. All the better for her to stand as a shield against those who would exploit the weaker. Until the day she comes up against a situation too difficult for her to handle on her own, and she has to reach out to her ex-husband.
Adam Roberts dedicated himself to keeping the world safe until his efforts took part of a leg and much of his self worth.. When Ty Randolph asks him to take on a simple escort he’s more than willing to help out his new friends.
But there is far more at stake than anyone realizes. Lana and Adam have to learn to trust themselves and each other to succeed in saving many innocent lives.
What’s your favorite down-home family style meal?
At one time, fried chicken and fresh biscuits. Now it’s more likely Chicken Molé or an Enchilada Casserole.
What is your go-to meal when you dine out?
Sushi. I would never try to make it at home. Or really good Chinese food
What are your hobbies?
Dogs…loving them, raising them, training them. Getting rid of the collectibles at one time I couldn’t live without
When you read for pleasure, what kind of books do you choose?
Romance. Good world building Fantasy or Space Opera. I use books as a buffer against the world and I can glut read (or re-read) whole series.
If the hero of your latest book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
Adam never likes to draw attention to himself. His ringtone is going to be subtle, maybe just a quiet buzz.Where to buy A Question of Trust
Publisher https://blackopalbooks.com
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Question-Trust-Stormhaven-Story-Stories-ebook/dp/B07HVV96DL/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-question-of-trust-mona-karel/1129690204Mona Karel Social Media
Mona Karel wrote some of her first book on a portable typewriter, using the backs of salvaged paper. Sounds pretty sad, but it was the beginning of a new life, and makes for a great memory. Written mainly as Romance, Mona’s books also address other pressing matters such as spousal abuse, terrorism, and human trafficking, In the Stormhaven books, Mona honors those who gave their all and more to stand against evil. Stormhaven is a ranch in northern New Mexico where these people can ease back into society.
Website https://mona-karel.com
Blog https://mona-karel.com/blog
Twitter https://twitter.com/MonaKarel
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4878639.Mona_Karel
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Mona-Karel/e/B0052GL1R8
