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Read Envy & Favour (Sins of the Virtuous Book 6) by Faye Hall @FayeHall79 #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance #Books
What happens when a resentful man is determined to win the favor of the one you love? A passionate retelling of sins and virtues in Envy & Favour (Sins of the Virtuous Book 6) by Faye Hall.
Faye, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Envy & Favour (Sins of the Virtuous Book 6).
Envy & Favour (Sins of the Virtuous Book 6) by Faye Hall
Genre Historical Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): M15+
For years Atol Livia has desired only one thing—to move north, far from the corruption of his father’s business, and start a life with the woman he loves. That is if Anna Jenel can look past his poverty and will agree to marry him. When Anna informs him that she gave her heart to him long ago, never once caring about any wealth he might have, he’s elated. But their plans are delayed when Atol’s father is found murdered. Once Atol has finally settled his obligations and is able to leave town, he goes to collect Anna but discovers that she is gone.
Anna doesn’t understand why her father whisked her away in the middle of the night to travel north. When they arrive, she finds a fully operational cattle station, and an associate of her father’s willing to do anything to gain possession of it—even marry her.
When Atol arrives up north, all he can think of is being reunited with Anna. But he soon discovers that the man who murdered his father now has his eyes set on Anna and will do whatever is necessary in order to have her as his wife. This man is determined to gain possession of Anna’s cattle station and the orange sapphires hidden there.
Will Atol and Anna be able to protect each other from a murderer, or will they fall victim to the envy of this man and lose each other forever?
Where to buy Envy & Favour (Sins of the Virtuous Book 6)
Publisher https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/envy-and-favour
Faye Hall Social Media
Faye Hall is an author of steamy Australian Historical Romantic Suspense novels, including the Sins of the Virtuous series. Born and raised in North Queensland, Australia, she uses the tales of local history, and the struggles and adventures of her own family, to bring her characters to life in a uniquely, rural setting.
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Read #Valued by the Viscount by Alexa Aston @AlexaAston #RLFblog #RegencyRomance
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Read Wrath and Mercy (Sins of the Virtuous Book 5) by Faye Hall @FayeHall79 #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance
Would you show mercy to the lover who deserted you? A passionate retelling of sins and virtues in Wrath & Mercy (Sins of the Virtuous Book 5) by Faye Hall
Faye, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Wrath & Mercy (Sins of the Virtuous Book 5).
Wrath & Mercy (Sins of the Virtuous Book 5) by Faye Hall
Genre Historical Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Finley Helmer thought he had it all when Elina invited him into her bed. He thought he found passion and love beyond compare. Instead he was thrown into a life of smuggling black opals, drugs and aboriginal slaves. When he was charged with murder, he fled town to escape the charges, vowing to return and ask his lover why she’d handed him over to the police.
Elina Clemence was ripped away from her home and the man she loved and brought to Australia to start her life anew. Her father promised her beauty and opportunity. What she found was a cruel and abusive business partner, and a step-daughter who wanted to destroy her.
Despite the constant accidents following her and threatening her life, Elina sets herself up as a profitable shipping tycoon, with control over most of the towns supply. Despite her powerful position, her heart still ached for the man she once loved who disappeared from her life without a trace.
Finding themselves passionately reunited, Finley and Elina discover the cruelty that tore them from each other. As they search for answers, they uncover the unrelenting wrath and vengeance of an opium addict who will stop at nothing until she has possession of the black opals she thinks they are hiding.
Will their love for each other allow them forgiveness, or will they fall victim to the horror that seems to be following them?
Where to buy Wrath & Mercy (Sins of the Virtuous Book 5)
Publisher https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/wrath-and-mercy
Faye Hall Social Media
Faye Hall is an author of steamy Australian Historical Romantic Suspense novels, including the Sins of the Virtuous series. Born and raised in North Queensland, Australia, she uses the tales of local history, and the struggles and adventures of her own family, to bring her characters to life in a uniquely, rural setting.
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Know the Heroine from Evil Lives in the Night by Jan Selbourne and Anne Krist @DeeSKnight @JanSelbourne #RLFblog #Historical #Suspense #Romance
In Evil Lives in the Night, Jan and Anne’s historical suspense noir novellas were written to keep you guessing. Surprise endings await!
Anne, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Evil Lives in the Night.
Evil Lives in the Night by Jan Selbourne and Anne Krist
Genre Historical mystery suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG+
Two great historical novellas that will keep you guessing.
In Jan Selbourne’s The Next Stop is Dead, a woman boards a city train one night and finds herself alone in the car with four strangers, all men. When she discovers one of them is dead, she has to find a way to exit the train and get help. Will she escape, or will the next stop be her final one?
In Anne Krist’s Missing, sisters Audra and Daina communicate using “twin language.” But how much difference will that make when Daina disappears? Can Audra find her sister before her abductor ends Daina’s life? Even with the help of an over-protective detective, saving her missing twin might not happen in time.
Know the Heroine from Evil Lives in the Night
Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.
It’s late, she’s bored. What does she do?
Audra has such a hectic schedule, she hardly has time to be bored. Plus, she’s almost always with her twin sister, Daina, and she can make anything boring into something fun. She’ll start singing, or grab Audra for a waltz around the room or suggest they race each other if they’re involved in a task that requires no thinking. Daina is the fun to Audra’s seriousness.
What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?
A Bing bar. They’re made at the Palmer Candy Company right there in Sioux City, Iowa. Dee-licious!
Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.
Audra rarely wears pants or slacks outdoors. If she goes out, it’s in a dress or skirt. She wears low heels or sturdy shoes, and her hair is braided and then set in a twirl on her head, much the way her mother and grandmother wore it in years past. She’s a Lithuanian farmgirl moved to the city, but she likes the ways she was raised. Not so with Daina, but then, Daina might revert back to more of the family’s ways when she’s ready to settle down.
Does she know how to fix things?
Simple things. Her parents were farmers, unused to buying replacements. She was expected to keep things running as well as she could, and that meant repairing until whatever she was using wore out.
She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
How does she act around children she doesn’t know?
Audra loves children and she does very well with them, whether she is familiar with them or not. She’s quiet and calm, and her bearing helps children be quieter and calmer, too. She’s not averse to sitting on the floor (or the ground) and playing on their level.
What is she like first thing in the morning?
Audra doesn’t jump out of bed, but she does wake up awake. When the alarm goes off, she sits up, stretches and gets up. She says her prayers and prepares for the day. She likes coffee with her breakfast but she isn’t one of those people who “have” to have it before she functions.
How does she handle things when in a “proper” social situation?
She isn’t used to very formal situations. She doesn’t know which piece of silverware to use if they’re more than four pieces at a place setting, or own formal gowns, for instance. But she was raised with good manners and she’s always found a smile takes her far in any situation.
Maid or takes care of herself?
Oh, definitely takes care of herself. If she finds herself in a clothing pickle, Daina helps out.
Proper dress or casual clothes?
A dress—clean, pressed, and to the knees—for church, along with gloves, a hat, and polished shoes. A skirt of casual wear, also to the knees. A pressed blouse. She mostly wears casual for work and school.
Sleeves buttoned or rolled up?
She isn’t above rolling up her sleeves for chores, though normally she will wear blue jeans (or corduroy in winter) and a blouse when she’s cleaning or helping out at home.
Powdered wig or natural hair?
Our stories take place in the mid-1950s, so no powdered wigs. I mentioned above how Audra wears her hair. Her twin, Daina, likes to wear hers down around her shoulders and turned under.
Carriage or horseback?
Neither. They take the bus or they walk. Taxis fares are too expensive. Some—but not many–of their friends have cars but catching a ride somewhere is a treat, not a common occurrence.
Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!
Where to buy Evil Lives in the Night
Amazon Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Lives-Night-historical-suspense-ebook/dp/B0B5B2VPB6/
Anne Krist Social Media
A few years ago, Dee S. Knight began writing, making getting up in the morning fun. During the day, her characters killed people, fell in love, became drunk with power, or sober with responsibility. And they had sex, lots of sex. That’s how Dee spends her days. Her nights? Well, she’s lucky that her dream man, childhood sweetheart, and long-time hubby are all the same guy, and nights are their secret.
After a while, Dee split her personality into thirds. She writes as Anne Krist for sweeter romances, and Jenna Stewart for ménage and shifter stories. All three of her personas are found on the Nomad Authors website. Also, once a month, look for Dee’s Charity Sunday blog posts, where your comment can support a selected charity.
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Read the series: Ladies of Carson Street by Rachel Brimble @rachelbrimble #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance
The Ladies of Carson Street trilogy by Rachel Brimble follows Louisa, Nancy and Octavia as they strive for independence and love on the backstreets of Victorian Bath, England. Will they thrive…or merely survive?
Rachel, 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 Widow’s Vow in the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy
Genre Historical Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
From grieving widow…
- After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath the only things she has left of him. And now the debt collectors will come calling.
To a new life as a madam.
Forced to leave everything she knows behind, Louisa finds more painful betrayals waiting for her in the house in Bath. Left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has nothing to turn to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined to spare the girls she saves from the street the horrors she endured in the past.
Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?
Which book is this in the series?
A Widow’s Vow is the first book in the series
How many books do you plan for the series?
The series is complete with three books – The trilogy is A Widow’s Vow, Trouble For The Leading Lady & A Very Modern Marriage
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Louisa Hill is the star of A Widow’s Vow, Nancy Bloom is the star of Trouble For The Leading Lady and Octavia Marshall is the star of A Very Modern Marriage
What is the overall theme in this series?
Female empowerment, friendship and survival
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
A Widow’s Vow
Trouble For The Leading Lady
A Very Modern MarriageWhat did you like best about writing this series?
Oh, so much! All three women in the series are strong, ambitious with big hearts and each of them were a joy to write. I very much enjoyed getting to know them and then finding their perfect heroes.
Due to their feistiness and determination, I had to find men capable of meeting them equally and also allowing them to fly – a difficult thing to do among the Victorian male population but I managed it in the end!
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
My 29th published novel comes out in the Autumn so I’d better not list them all! I have a series of 8 books (The Templeton Cove Stories) with Harlequin and my series before the Ladies of Carson Street was the Shop Girl series. A four-book series set in Bath’s finest Edwardian department store – if you are a fan of Mr Selfrige or Downton Abbey, this series is perfect for you!
Where can we find links for all your books?
Amazon Page US: https://amzn.to/3NQUgWe
Amazon Page UK: https://amzn.to/3iMhxKCWhere to buy A Widow’s Vow
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Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of 29 published novels including the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin). In January 2022, she signed a contract with the Wild Rose Press for the first book in a brand new series set in past British Royal courts.
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association as well as the Historical Novel Society and has thousands of social media followers all over the world.
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Discover fast fun facts about Ruth A Casie author of The Lady and Her Duke @RuthACasie #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance
Can Lady Katherine use her skills as a lockpick to crack open the secrets to a murder and unlock Lord Wallace’s heart?
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 Lady and Her Duke.
The Lady and Her Duke by Ruth A Casie
Genre Historical Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): A bit spicy
Lady Katherine Thornton has no interest in men after an indiscretion at her disastrous Season in London. No man can be trusted. Instead, she indulges in her fascination for gears and all things mechanical. Her unique drafting skill is an asset to her uncle Bennett Sutton, who is automating his textile factory. She doesn’t need anything else.
Lord Ian Wallace, the 4th Duke of Blackhall, is a retired military officer. An accidental duke after the deaths of his father and brother, he retreats from society and the clawing mothers and debutantes who stalk him. He’s focused all his energy on his partnership with Sutton. He’s satisfied and needs nothing else.
An oath to marry, a family legend to preserve, an uprising of the factory workers, and Sutton’s murder, throw Katherine and Wallace together to find a blackmailer and murderer. They also will find two things neither knew they were missing… each other and their happily ever after.
Quick
What’s your favorite book?
Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
What’s a genre you want to write?
Historical Romance. Specifically, Regency and Medieval romance.
Best writing advice you ever heard?
First, write the next book. Second, build your brand.
What’s the title and genre of your first book, and where can we find it?
Knight of Runes, a Time Travel romance. Review aren’t only when your book releases. I recently got a new review that made my heart stop.
“Imagine Game of Thrones and Outlander having a love child, whose nanny was Jane Austen. Yes, I am serious. No, I am not kidding. It’s that good.” ~ Pursuing Stacie
You can find it at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Knight-Runes-Druid-Ruth-Casie-ebook/dp/B08923C4S8
Easy
Coffee or tea? Tea
Sit down dinner or drive through? Sit Down
Fold laundry immediately or let it sit? Almost immediately
Unload dishwasher right away or use dishes from it? Unload eventually
Driving for pleasure or avoid driving anywhere? Pleasure all the way
Talk or text? Text
Emoji or smilie? Emoji ❤Where to buy The Lady and Her Duke
Available on Pre-Order until July 7, 2022
Publisher https://www.dragonbladepublishing.com/team/ruth-a-casie/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B3B6DX7MRuth A Casie Social Media
Hi – I’m Ruth A Casie and I write historical and contemporary romance. You might be wondering what I’m about. Sit back and let me tell you.
I’m happiest when I’m telling stories either chatting in a group or writing them down. I love to put my hero and heroine in tough situations and dare them to work it out—together, always together. They haven’t disappointed. Oh, they complain but in the end their love and relationships are stronger than ever.
Here are five things you probably don’t know about me.
1. I filled my passport up in one year.
2. I have three series. The Druid Knight stories are a historical time travel series. The Stelton Legacy is historical fantasy about the seven sons of a seventh son. Havenport Romances are stories set in a small coast Rhode Island town. I also write stories in the connected world the Pirates of Britannia.
3. I did a rap to “How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow If a Tow Truck Could Tow Trucks.”
4. When I cook I dance.
5. My Sudoku book is in the bathroom. I’m not saying anything else about that.
My stories feature strong women and the men who deserve them, endearing flaws and all. Their stories will keep you turning the pages until the end. I hope my stories become your favorite adventures.
I’m a USA Today bestselling author.
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