Suspense
Romantic suspense or thrillers provide readers with heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation and/or anxiety.
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Seduction in Seville by @olivianightread #RLFblog #romanticsuspense
Today’s featured book is Seduction in Seville, The Men of FTI Book Two by Olivia Night.About the BookTitle- Seduction in Seville, The Men of FTI Book TwoGenre -Contemporary, Romantic SuspenseAuthor – Olivia NightBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RIn a hospital in Seville, Spain, Patrick Kane lies in a coma. Ambushed and shot while protecting a friend, he fights to survive.She never thought she would see him again. Patrick, the man who’d brought her back.Eight years ago, Patrick Kane, a joint partner in Fairlane Trade International, descended into a basement of horrors. That horrible day he rescued many women, but one he would always remember. Her beautiful doe eyes filled his dreams and haunted his nightmares.Madison Lockwood, a nurse, has struggled to put her past behind her, trying to forget the time she spent in captivity. But she recognizes the man who rescued her and brought her out of that terrifying reality. She owes him her life. Patrick is gravely injured, and Madison vows to see him through.When Patrick opens his eyes, he instantly knows that he made a mistake leaving Madison after freeing her from the clutches of a human trafficking ring. She is meant to be his. As Patrick tries to win over a wary Madison, the past they both thought was gone for good comes back with a vengeance. One by one, the survivors of the horrific ordeal are being murdered. Patrick knows that Madison will be next if he doesn’t protect her.Together they must fight for their survival. Seduction In Seville, book two in the Men of FTI series, is a tale of redemption, murder, new beginnings, and love that takes the reader on a wild, exotic ride.Buy This BookBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/seduction-in-sierra-leone-olivia-night/1122341426?ean=9781622102426About the AuthorOlivia Night, a fictional character herself, has always been an avid reader and writer. She found the romance genre in college and has never been able to get enough. One sleepless night, the main characters of Book One in her Men of FTI series sprang from her head fully formed. They demanded she tell their story; so she did. As they revealed themselves, so did two other intriguing characters. Those characters convinced her to give them their own books because their stories were worth telling too. And so Olivia suddenly became a romance author. When Olivia is not writing, she has the best job in the world, which, too, will remain a secret. In her free time, she reads, write, drinks wine, or is, most likely, out emulating Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Olivia lives in one of the most diverse and vibrant cities in the U.S.—Baltimore. She lives with her cat, which she is convinced was a gladiator in his past life. Olivia plans to continue being awesome at this thing called life. Really, that’s her only goal.Author Social MediaWebsite www.olivianight.weebly.comTwitter – https://twitter.com/OliviaNightReadFacebook – https://www.facebook.com/olivianightauthor/Amazon Author Page – http://www.amazon.com/Olivia-Night/e/B017I1WULU/You May Also Like
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A Villain for Vanessa a new #RomanticSuspense by @AliceOrrBooks #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
“Alice Orr is a brilliant writer who has a number one best seller in her pocket,” says one Amazon reviewer. Alice loves to write. Especially romantic suspense novels and blog posts. She’s been a workshop leader, book editor and literary agent. Now she lives her dream of writing full-time. So far she’s published fifteen novels, three novellas and a memoir – both traditionally and independently. Alice wrote her nonfiction book, No More Rejections: 50 Secrets to Writing a Manuscript that Sells, as a gift to the writers’ community. A revised edition is now in progress. Amazon says, “This book has it all.” And calls her novels, “Delicious well written suspense spiced with a love story.” Most of all, Alice is thrilled to hear from readers. Visit her website at http://www.aliceorrbooks.com. Alice has two grown children and two perfect grandchildren and lives with her husband Jonathan in New York City.Interview with Alice Orr
Why did you write this book?I’m fascinated by complicated families. You might call them messed-up families. I come from one. Many people I know come from one. The Kalli family is central to my Riverton Road series. They are definitely complicated, but they aren’t what I’d call messed-up because they’re all about love and loyalty. Vanessa (the heroine of A Villain for Vanessa) is a Kalli on one side, but she’s a Westerlo on the other. The Westerlo family is a mess in some pretty bizarre, maybe even evil ways. There’s been a murder in their midst after all. I wanted to find out how Vanessa would deal with being thrust into such a situation. Plus how she’d handle the added confusion of falling in love at the same time. Something similar once happened to me, minus the murder. Vanessa copes better than I did. Creating her and her story was my do-over opportunity.What is your favorite genre to read?My Suspense love affair began very innocently with reading Nancy Drew by flashlight under the covers. I’ve been a late-night reader ever since, and danger has always felt like the natural companion for darkness. The stakes are much higher in the stories I read now than they were for Nancy Drew. I also like a love story in the mix these days. Life or death? Happiness or heartbreak? That’s what keeps me turning pages, with or without a flashlight.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?She comes from the romantic side of my bookshelf. Though there’s suspense in her story and a lot at stake too. My favorite character is, and probably always will be, Katie Scarlett O’Hara. I have no excuse for it. I know she’s a bad girl. She’s selfish and willful. She’s a liar and a man-thief. She’s also strong and determined, and she refuses to give up no matter what obstacles are stacked in her path. Not even those dirty Yankees can stop her. I love her fire and her courage most of all. Like I said, I know she’s a bad girl. But I’ve heard that good girls go to heaven while bad girls go everywhere. Maybe I just want to go everywhere, or at least imagine I have.What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?I’ve begun to write Book 5 of my Riverton Road Romantic Suspense series. It’s called A Time for Fear and Feasting. In Book 3, I introduced a second Riverton family, the Millers of Miller’s Inn. Amanda is the middle daughter of that family. The solid, dependable daughter. Even through almost five years of widowhood, she could always be counted on as the chef at the Inn kitchen who never caused any personal heat for anybody. Now she’s ready to break away from all of that, especially from being taken for granted. A friend in serious danger gives Amanda one reason to explode out of the expected. An irresistible man named Jack gives her another.Please tell us about your latest book.A Villain for Vanessa by Alice OrrA story of tangled roots and tormented love.Two families are shaken to their roots. Vanessa Westerlo must find her roots. Bobby Rizzo is torn between Vanessa and his true roots. They are all tormented by love – past and too present. Meanwhile a man has been murdered. And that’s the most tormented tangle of all.Alice Orr is known for “Delicious well written suspense spiced with a love story.”She does it again in A Villain for Vanessa.A Villain for Vanessa is Book 4 of the Riverton Road Romantic Suspense series set in Riverton, New York. This book features the Kalli family and the fortunate people who find safety and welcome at the Kalli homestead on Riverton Road. A Wrong Way Home is Book 1 of the series and A Year of Summer Shadows is Book 2. A Vacancy at the Inn is Book 3 and introduces the Miller family of Riverton Road Hill.About the Book
Title A Villain for Vanessa – Riverton Road Romantic Suspense Book 4.Genre Romantic SuspenseAuthor Alice OrrBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R) R.Buy This Book
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Barbara’s Redemption a new #romanticsuspense novel by @Diane_Saxon #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about Diane Saxon and her story, Barbara’s Redemption.About the Author
Diane Saxon lives in the Shropshire countryside with her tall, dark, handsome husband, two gorgeous daughters, a Dalmatian, one-eyed kitten, ginger cat, four chickens and a new black Labrador puppy called Beau, whose name has been borrowed for her hero in For Heaven’s Cakes.After working for years in a demanding job, on-call and travelling great distances, Diane gave it all up when her husband said “follow that dream”.Having been hidden all too long, her characters have burst forth demanding plot lines of their own and she’s found the more she lets them, the more they’re inclined to run wild.Interview with Diane Saxon
Why did you write this book?I held a launch party for one of my previous books and one of the games we played was for everyone to put their name into a hat, and the winner got a walk on part in my next book. This happened to be Flynn’s Kiss, Book #1 in my Disarmed & Dangerous series. The winner, Barbara Ann Perry was so delighted, she didn’t want to be a gentle sweetheart – no – she wanted to be a kick ass female. Well, actually she would really have liked to be a psychotic killer, but we smoothed that out a little between us.By the time her sassy and strong willed character hit the first few pages of Flynn’s Kiss, I knew the woman had to have a whole book of her own.What is your favorite genre to read?Romance. Almost any sub-genres, but mainly thrillers, suspense, historical, contemporary and paranormal. And I love humour, so bring on the Julia Quinns and the Susan Elizabeth Phillips.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?Do you know, I’m quite fickle. There are so many that I love, but I have to say I read Tim by Colleen McCullough many years ago, before it was turned into a film and my heart almost exploded with love for him.What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?I’m torn. I’m currently working on If Love Had Wings, a follow-up to Banshee Seduction, but there’s another character being a bit pushy and wanting her own story, so I’m also writing one of my Atlantic Divide series too. Whichever one takes my fancy at the time.In the coming months, there’s going to be quite a bit of activity from me. I have Gun Shy coming out in August and several other projects which I’ll talk about more next time.Please tell us about your latest book.Black Hawk pilot Captain Barbara Lynn Perry is running scared. Witness to an event too horrible to think about and too dangerous to talk of, she finds herself alienated from a world she has always had faith in.With her Special Forces brother missing, she has only one other person to turn to. When her friend Flynn Swann isn’t available, Barbara is left with no choice but to trust the man Flynn sends to save her.Psychiatrist Dominic Salter’s information from her superior officer’s file is that Barbara has gone rogue. Despite the damning evidence, every instinct tells him he’s dealing with an honorable woman, one who single-handedly saved Flynn from torture and a sure death. Dominic’s challenge is to delve his way beneath her tough, defensive attitude and coax the truth from a woman who’s too frightened to reveal her dark secret.In his brand new facility containing a state of the art Dreampsych Transcender he’s experimenting with, a machine far beyond a simulator, Dominic has to gain the trust and confidence of Barbara while he resists the hard pull of attraction to this kick-ass woman.Betrayed by a member of his staff, events take a sinister turn, and the pressure is on in a fight against time for Dominic to persuade Barbara to put her trust in him and reveal the truth before matters are taken out of his hands.About the Book
Title Barbara’s RedemptionGenre Contemporary Romantic SuspenseAuthor Diane SaxonBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RBuy This Book
Publisher Hartwood PublishingBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/barbaras-redemption-diane-saxon/1123818316Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/barbara-s-redemptionSmashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/637299Author Social Media
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Double Feature with Author @susanvaughn1124 #RomanticSuspense #RLFBlog
Please enjoy this double feature of Romance Author, Susan Vaughn.Author Bio
Romance Author, Susan Vaughn understood the meaning of sarcasm before she could walk. Her childhood in the suburbs of Detroit was spent mainly trying to outwit her six creative siblings. When she wasn’t working on the next soul crushing jab, she sharpened her imagination on romantic literature and day dreamed about her knight in shining armor.It didn’t take long for this hairdresser by trade to turn her passion for reading romances into writing her own unique love stories. Susan lives her life finding laughter in all situations, and delights in marrying sarcasm with romance to create realistic falling-in-love stories in the unlikeliest of scenarios.Susan lives on the shores of Lake Huron with her real life knight in shining armor and enjoys watching their three children learn the art of sarcasm and wit.Burning Desire
Title Burning DesireGenre Contemporary RomanceAuthor Susan V. VaughnBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): RA steamy night not forgotten…One night of passion with a handsome stranger compels Louise Piekartz to change her path. Instead of finishing law school at her parents’ urging, she chases her dream to Bay Shore and revives her grandmother’s bakery. Now that she has secured a life of her own, she won’t let anything get in her way. But can she resist the temptation of the man from her past, when he shows up to rekindle their love affair?Ever since his father’s death, Isaac Rybak has a burning need to fix everything around him. But his mother’s addiction to drugs is not something he can cure. Consumed by his inability to stop his mother from using, he struggles with his inner demons—until the woman of his dreams walks back into his life, and all his efforts are focused on a battle he knows he can win: securing her heart.Buy Burning Desire
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No Longer AloneTitle No Longer AloneGenre Romantic SuspenseAuthor Susan V. VaughnBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): REx-football star Erik Bonay has never met a challenge he couldn’t conquer—until his sister’s unexpected death leaves him with her four-year-old son to raise alone. Now for the first time in his life, Erik is forced to ask for help. And the woman who rises to his need just might be too dangerously enticing to ignore.Nora Francis has been on the run from her demented ex-boyfriend for almost two years. Then her luck begins to change when she accepts a nanny position in Northern Michigan that offers her a chance to hide out. Too bad her new employer has her heart feeling anything but safe.
Nora just met the man of her dreams, but can she allow him to become part of her nightmare? No Longer Alone is a heart-wrenching romantic suspense story that follows one woman’s fear, and one man’s need to protect.Buy No Longer Alone
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/No-Longer-Alone-Susan-Vaughn-ebook/dp/B01EQFMT8KBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-longer-alone-susan-v-vaughn/1123525406Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/no-longer-alone-4Author Social Media
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Stressing the Heroine from Hometown Heartache #romance by @mjschiller #RLFblog
Stressing the Heroine from Hometown Heartache by M.J. Schiller.Author Bio
M.J. Schiller is a lunch lady/romance-romantic suspense writer. She enjoys writing novels whose characters include rock stars, desert princes, teachers, futuristic Knights, construction workers, cops, and a wide variety of others. In her mind everybody has a romance. She is the mother of a twenty-year-old and three eighteen-year-olds. That’s right, triplets! So having recently taught four children to drive, she likes to escape from life on occasion by pretending to be a rock star at karaoke. However…you won’t be seeing her name on any record labels soon.About the Book
Title Hometown HeartacheGenre romantic suspenseBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): RNash is trying to make a name for himself in the art world…But when he meets a realtor to buy a gallery, he is stunned to find Chloe sitting at the table with the man. He has never stopped thinking about her since she disappeared from his life without a trace. Is it too late to win back her love?Chloe has finally found a way to leave her past behind her…But her heart leaps out of her chest when she sees Nash. How can he be here? Now…after all this time? On the surface, she pulls herself back together. But underneath she feels she is about to shatter. After remaking herself, how can she deal with being faced with Nash and the life she knew before?If this chance meeting doesn’t rip Chloe and Nash apart, he will.Little do they know, someone has been lurking in the shadows, manipulating them all along. If he has his way, the two will never be reunited. Even if he has to take one of them out to ensure it.Stressing The Heroine
Every heroine has a story. She has a background, a history, and a past. This interview allows us to meet a heroine and get to know her better, by focusing on how she handles being relaxed, as well as how she handles stress.The Heroine’s Relaxed Side
This heroine is at a party. Considering her story, describe the party.Chloe is at an office cocktail party. She works for a large real estate agency so there are big-time clients here, brokers, other realtors, bankers, etc.It’s in the boss’ posh penthouse apartment, white furniture, waiters with trays of champagne, everyone’s dressed up.How does the heroine feel about being this particular party, and what body language is she displaying that gives it away?She is totally at home, working the crowd. Mostly the men in the crowd. Only a few of the women will even talk to her. She moves with ease, throws her head back and laughs, does a lot of touching.Is she more likely to mingle or remain aloof?Mingle. Definitely mingle.If she drinks, what is her drink of choice at this party?She like champagne or wine or mixed drinks, the more lethal the better.How much drink is her usual?6-8The heroine figures out where the hiding places are and then goes there. Is it to hide, to avoid someone, or to go drag a friend back to the party?She is more than likely sneaking off to be with a man in private.Is she likely to latch onto a friend and stay with him/her and ignore others, or is she the friend that others latch onto?She would be floating from man to man, but if anyone was troubled, she would try to talk to them. Although outwardly into playing games, under the surface she is a very sympathetic and compassionate woman.If someone picked a fight at this party, how is the heroine going to handle it?Chloe would feel very uncomfortable if a fight broke out and would probably cut out.Is the heroine the one most likely to get tossed out of the party, or the one who does the tossing?She would be more likely to be tossed. Either by a jealous female or, if she’s really snockered and getting out of control, the host/hostess.Will she know when to leave, or stay late and make a nuisance of herself?She would probably be one of the earlier departees, leaving with someone she didn’t come with.The Heroine’s Stressed Out Side
How does the heroine handle it if the cops or some other authority figure pulls her aside when she was blameless in a situation?It depends on the night. She would either be meek and mild (she doesn’t really like confrontation) or mouthy. Actually, she’d probably try to flirt with the cops, if they were male.How does the heroine react to hearing a scream?Terrifies her.If she sees someone being assaulted, what is the FIRST thing that crosses her mind?She would freeze up, thinking back to all the times she was scared growing up. She would want to run away.If she sees someone being assaulted, what is the FIRST thing she does?She would go berserk trying to help them. She could not let it go on.This heroine attempts to rescue someone and realizes that she is in over her head. The odds are against her and there is no way out. She is going to get her butt handed to her. What does she do?Emotionally buckles in for the ride. She’s been here before, knows the pain, know that she will survive.The heroine runs into the one person from her past she wanted to avoid. She can’t get out of the situation and must interact with him/her in some way. What does she do?This actually happens in the book when she runs into Nash. She withdraws within. Hopes to avoid any authentic interaction, but can fake her way through for a short time.Someone younger than the heroine is in charge of the situation, and they are handling it badly, perhaps bungling things. How does the heroine deal with it?She would step in to help and kindly explain to the younger person what she was doing and why. She would reassure them that she would have reacted the way they did when she was younger.The heroine is in physical pain but must bear up under it and keep going. What does she tell herself in order to get through the situation?I’ve been here before. I can take it. No one will destroy me.What mentor’s words come to mind in a bad situation?She would be thinking of things Nash’s mom said to her. Or perhaps her dad.What lesson from her past gets her through a stressful situation?Surviving her past is what gets her through.Buy This Book
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Twitter https://twitter.com/mjschillerPinterest http://www.pinterest.com/mjschiller/Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/M.J.-Schiller/e/B009JOQFQQ/Instagram http://instagram.com/mjschillerYou May Also Like
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A Taste of Tragedy a new #RomanticSuspense by @kimmcmahill #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
Kim McMahill grew up in Wyoming, which is where she developed her sense of adventure and love of the outdoors. She started out writing non-fiction, but her passion for exotic world travel, outrageous adventures, stories of survival, and happily-ever-after endings soon drew her into a world of romantic suspense. Along with writing adventure novels Kim has also published over eighty travel and geographic articles, and contributed to a travel anthology and cookbook. Kim recently relocated to Colorado. When not writing, she enjoys gardening, traveling, hiking, and spending time with family.Interview with Kim McMahill
Why did you write this book?A Taste of Tragedy is the second novel in the Risky Research series. The series explores how far a deadly group will go to control the 40-100 billion dollar-a-year diet product industry, and the lengths two dedicated FBI agents will go to stop them. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve begun paying more attention to what I eat and my overall health. The more I read about nutrition and fitness the more confused I become. Available research isn’t much help since often one study appears to contradict the next, and by nature I’m a little skeptical of what I read when a lot of money is at stake. So, as I look for answers I’ve enjoyed taking the subject and twisting it into a suspense series.What is your favorite genre to read?Adventure SuspenseWho is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?Dirk Pitt from Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt SeriesWhat are you working on at the moment, and what will we see from you in coming months?I’m currently working on the third novel in the Risky Research series, A Foundation of Fear. It’s got a ways to go, so I don’t have a release date yet. In this novel we get to know the antagonist on a much more personal level and learn that even the most deadly assassin may have something to fear.Please tell us about your latest book.Morgan Hunter sacrificed everything for her career. She had yet to encounter anything she wasn’t willing to do to succeed…until now. When she uncovers evidence that the healthy foods she’s been hired to promote may be dangerous, she must reevaluate her priorities. As questions mount and the body count rises, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs of an organization that will stop at nothing to hide its secrets and protect its profits. With no one else to trust, Morgan is forced to seek help from the man she drove away, but whom she never stopped loving.About the Book
Title: A Taste of TragedyGenre: Romantic SuspenseAuthor: Kim McMahillBook heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): PGBuy This Book
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