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A new Romantic Suspense: A Better Man by Bernadette Jones @RomanceBJones #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense #ComingSoon
When a stalker threatens her, trusting a stranger means surrendering control. Risking it all for her makes him a better man in Bernadette Jones new Romantic Suspense, A Better Man.
Bernadette welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about A Better Man.
A Better Man by Bernadette Jones
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Kicked out of her home in Spencer as a teenager, Breezy Richards made a life for herself on her terms. Never asking permission or explaining her choices. Always in control of her destiny. As a highly sought-after pole dancer in the Big Apple, life was good until a stalker set his sights on her. Now she’s hiding, trying to stay alive back in the one place she never thought she’d call home again.
The military had been the only escape for JackDaniels Vaughn. Assured his only sister would be taken care of he quickly embraced the loner lifestyle, committed only to the next mission and his comrades. He’d sworn to never settle down moving from job to job, city to city, woman to woman, always looking for something he couldn’t grasp. Until he’s asked to protect Breezy Richards.
When a stalker threatens her, trusting a stranger means surrendering control. Will risking it all for her, make him a better man.
Where to buy A Better Man
Coming Soon! To know when this book is available,follow the author on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Bernadette-Jones/e/B07ZY84C6K or sign up for the author’s newsletter https://www.bernadettejones.com/newsletters
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Bernadette Jones has been making up stories since she learned to read on her daddy’s lap. She has imagined casts of characters everywhere she’s called home: Texas, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, Nebraska, Illinois, Massachusetts, and now New York.
Books and music filled her life as she, her dad and two brothers traveled the country. She would sit in the back seat of the car—her older brother always got to ride shotgun—listening to the current music on the radio, looking out the window and spinning a story based on a phrase she’d heard in the lyrics. As you can imagine, traveling the country, the music changed from state to state, as did the stories. To this day, she enjoys a wide variety of music and book genres.
After a career in corporate writing, she’s decided to settle down and put pen to paper doing what she loves. Living the dream in her NYC apartment with her canine companion, she’s bringing her stories and characters to life.
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Read An Angel’s Wylder Assignment the new #ParanormalRomance #Mystery by Tena Stetler @tenastetler #RLFblog #TimeTravel
An impromptu assignment for a Scottish Warrior Angel and a Native American shapeshifter from present day turns dangerous in Tena Stetler’s new paranormal romance/mystery/timetravel, An Angel’s Wylder Assignment. They must travel back to 1878 to unravel a mystery that could change history forever.
Tena Stetler welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about An Angel’s Wylder Assignment.
An Angel’s Wylder Assignment by Tena Stetler
Genre Paranormal Romance/Mystery/Timetravel
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Warrior Angel Killian Dugan’s annual trip to the family castle in Scotland is shattered by the arrival of Legion Commander North. Killian’s skills are needed for an urgent time travel assignment. A rogue demon has escaped back in time. He must discover the why and where and stop the demon before it can damage the past and change the future.
Killian’s girlfriend Chinoah Grace, a Native American shapeshifter is included in the mission which takes them to the wild west town of Wylder, Wyoming in the year 1878. She will have her hands full fitting in and making friends.
Nothing is as it seems. They encounter visions, spirit quests, and a mysterious shaman. On top of it all, blending in as a blacksmith is more physically difficult than Killian imagined. But not as challenging as keeping his hands off his undercover wife.
Why did you write this book?
My publishing company called for a submission for a multi-author series The Wylder West Series. I thought it would be fun to write something a bit out of my wheelhouse.
While still paranormal, the book is also historical, western, time-travel, and a mystery. Whew, did I bite off more than I intended. Since I am a seat of the pants writer, and my characters drive the story. They took off on a chosen path, including a spirit quest, visions, and there was no looking back regardless of what research (there was a lot) was required. What a Wylder ride! But also fun!
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love to read mysteries, paranormal, anything with magic in it. BUT it must have a happily ever after ending. In the world today, uplifting and feel good stories are needed! In my humble opinion. LOL
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Thor from the Marvel Universe. I love super hero tales. Also I enjoyed the myths of the God of Thunder.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m just finishing up a cozy mystery and prepping to send to my editor. Starting a fun Spring Romance/timetravel about jelly beans. And I’m also writing a sequel to Mystic Maples. Usually I have three books going at the same time. One in edits & polish phase, one in research, and one being written.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Meringue Snowflake Magic should be released during the holidays 2022
Hopefully, first part of 2023, my cozy mystery and the Spring Jelly Bean tale.
Where to buy An Angel’s Wylder Assignment
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Angels-Wylder-Assignment-West-ebook/dp/B09PJQYXMX/
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Amazson.DE (Germany) https://www.amazon.de/Angels-Wylder-Assignment-West-ebook/dp/B09PJQYXMX/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-angels-wylder-assignment-tena-stetler/1140834339?ean=9781509240050
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/an-angels-wylder-assignment/id1602043436
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Tena Stetler is a best-selling author of award winning paranormal romance novels. She has an over-active imagination, which led to writing her first vampire romance as a tween to the chagrin of her mother and delight of her friends.
With the Rocky Mountains outside her window, she sits at her computer surrounded by a wide array of paranormal creatures, with a Navy SEAL or two mixed in telling their tales. Her books tell stories of magical kick-ass women and strong mystical males that dare to love them. Travel, adventure and a bit of mystery flourish in her books along with a few companion animals to round out the tales.
Colorado is her home; shared with her husband of many moons, a brilliant Chow Chow, a spoiled parrot and a forty-five-year-old box turtle. Any winter evening, you can find her curled up in front of a crackling fire with a good book, a mug of hot chocolate and a big bowl of popcorn.
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Coming soon: Just My Imagination by *lizzie starr @lizziestarr #RLFblog #FantasyRomance #ContemporaryRomance
Fantasy and reality collide in *lizzie starr’s new fantasy/contemporary romance, Just My Imagination. Can his magic save her reality?
*lizzie, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Just My Imagination.
Just My Imagination by *lizzie starr
Genre contemporary/fantasy romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): M
Can his magic save her reality?
Owner of the Keltic Ranch gift shop in Olde Town, Konnor MacDhuibh is skilled in forging fantasy blades and keeping his Faerie heritage and magical abilities a secret. But when Bonnie Zhang and her two doxies need a place to stay, the empty apartment above his store is the perfect solution. Being so close to the cautious woman with haunted eyes tosses his good intentions to the wind.
Bonnie brings secrets of her own to Spencer. Leaving her broken past behind, she’s ready for a new beginning. But if her secret is exposed too soon, she could lose any hope for acceptance–and a family.
Will their truths lead to love or destroy any hope they’ve forged?
Where to buy Just My Imagination
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VDTM993
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Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/just-my-imagination-11
Apple Books https://books.apple.com/us/book/just-my-imagination/id1614108053
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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 Climbing Ivy Covered Walls the new #WomensFiction by Fran Thomas @FrancesOThomas #RLFblog #Romance
Three best friends navigate their opposites attract relationships and campus politics in a small Western Pennsylvania town.
Fran, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Climbing Ivy Covered Walls.
Climbing Ivy Covered Walls by Fran Thomas
Genre Women’s Fiction with strong Romantic Element
Heat rating (based on movie ratings): GTeamwork makes the dream work.
Three women with the same goal.Tomasina, aka Tommy, Lombardi has spent her life trying to be the son her dad always wanted. As the special teams coach of the Bolton College Bulldogs football team, she hoped to make him proud when her team won the division championship. Then her head coach assigned her to work with the neurologist from the town’s hospital on his grant-funded study of concussions. She can’t avoid handsome but infuriating Dr. Wu, but she can’t allow him to derail her career.
Tommy’s not the only woman on staff with man troubles. Motorcycle-riding Sandrina Tutko interned at the library at Stratford-upon-Avon, yet it’s a stuffy English professor who was chosen to head the study abroad program, not her. He may be an expert on Shakespeare, but he’s never even been to Great Britain.
Nichelle Washington is the first African American woman Dean of Students at the college. Opposing the town’s popular fast-food hangout isn’t winning her points with its charismatic owner, but she refuses to allow her students to risk the obesity she faced as a child before she became a vegan.
When Tommy discovers Sandrina and Nichelle, whom she hadn’t seen since high school, are now her colleagues, they join forces to navigate the halls of academe. Maybe it’s not a man’s world after all.
Why did you write this book?
I once worked at a local college, so that setting was something I knew about. My dedication gives a clue about a major plot line. I dedicated the book to the memory of the late, great Mike Webster, and to Dr. Bennet Omalu. I am a lifelong fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, so I was familiar with the sad story of Mike Webster, the team’s legendary center, who sustained permanent brain damage and died far too soon as a result of the many concussions he suffered. When Dr. Omalu performed Webster’s autopsy, he discovered a disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, one that hadn’t been connected to football players previously. When he published his findings, he was vilified by the NFL. It took them years to institute better concussion protocols. The movie Concussion told Omalu’s story.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Romance because I can’t deal with unhappy endings.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
I’ve always loved Scarlett O’Hara. I wish I had her self-confidence and determination.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am brainstorming my next series.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
The series will be set in a fictitious small Florida town. Many of its residents are practitioners of occult sciences. The main character in the first book in the series is a burned out journalist who inherits a house in the town. Her love interest is the contractor who remodels her house.
Where to buy Climbing Ivy Covered Walls
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TLC47H1
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Fran Thomas lives with her husband on a small island in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. She writes about strong women, friendship, and community.
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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/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-lord-my-rogue-anna-st-claire/1141004890?ean=2940160798554
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1610262220
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/my-lord-my-rogueAnna St Claire Social Media
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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