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Read the series: Aspen Gold The Series by Cheryl St John, Lizzie Starr, Barbara Gwen, Debra Hines, Donna Kaye, Bernadette Jones @gold_aspen #RLFblog #romance
Welcome to Spencer, Co. Meet our families as they expose secrets, recover from their pasts, and as they fall in love.Aspen Gold Authors, 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.
The First Six Books in the Aspen Gold Series
Genre Romance and Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Sweet to PG-13
Founded in the 1800s, Spencer, Colorado is a quaint little tourist city of about 6,000. The community is a delightful mixture of historical homes and businesses alongside new construction, artfully crafted to support the growing population. From spectacular mountain views and hiking trails to kayaking, trail rides, antique shopping and artisans, the town is a goldmine to people of all ages and interests.
Jakob Spencer, founder of Aspen Gold Lodge, which is known for its elite services and strict privacy. The Spencer family and the lodge’s wealthy clientele have supported and funded many of the town’s endeavors, such as the hospital, schools, and the historical society. The generosity of the Aspen Gold Lodge clients has also stimulated opportunities in the area.
Although, incidents of danger, envy and greed occasionally taint the community the people grow, share goals and vision, and keep love, respect, and humility alive. These are the core attributes of this lively population. Through the generations, citizens have left to pursue careers and relationships, but many find their way back to their roots. To Spencer, where family is important, friends become family, and love is everything.
Come discover Spencer and find your next inspiration, a passion, or maybe even a home.
Which book is this in the series?
The first six E-books in the series are on sale for $2.99 for a limited time.
How many books do you plan for the series?
Books 13 and 14 will still be out soon. We have another 5 books planned for next year.
How many books are completed?
Currently available we have 12.5 books.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
The series takes place in Spencer, Colorado. Jakob Spencer, a descendent of the original founding family, owns the elite, Aspen Gold Lodge. His wealthy clients bring money, attitude and drama to the town. His children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are following in his audacious footsteps making Spencer home, entwining their secrets and adventures throughout the community. Each author has chosen a family member or close family friend to follow and expose, while weaving intricate paths and new friendships within the community.
What is the overall theme in this series?
It all starts with Jakob Spencer. From there every author has chosen their own path. Introducing a family member or friend and then developing their nucleus of friends, family and relationships. The unique thing about this series is that each author has their own voice and approach to their characters place in the community. Our stories range from sweet romance to edgy romantic suspense, with a touch of paranormal. Just like in a real town!
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
** books are on sale
** Dancing In The Dark, Cheryl St.John
He had everything a man could want—except her forgiveness…
** Call Me Mandy, Debra Hines
The last man Miranda loved took everything from her…
** Ryder’s Heart, *Lizzie Starr
She can’t allow secrets o steal love from her…
** For Keeps, Barbara Gwen
Hiding the truth is like denying the sun…
** Second Chances, Donna Kaye
She tried the fairy tale and the fairy tale didn’t work out…
** Sleepin’ Alone, Bernadette Jones
Hunter Lawe…riding the line between enforcing the law and breaking it…
NEW RELEASES
Stay A Little Longer, Bernadette Jones
Death didn’t frighten Gage Ewing. Living scared the hell out of him…
Speechless, *Lizzie Starr
How many peonies does it take for Vianna and Ryder to get married?
Close to the Heart, Debra Hines
He raised her child as his own…
Finding Hope, Donna Kaye
Is the peace he’s found too good to be true?
Fortunate Cookie, *Lizzie Starr
This woman…wearing frosting…and nothing else…
Lonely Eyes, Bernadette Jones
There is an art to pursuit…
Whisper My Name, Cheryl St.John
She was the girl behind the headlines…
COMING SOON
Gorgeous Scars, M.A. Jewell
People love you—people kill you…
Where can we find links for all your books?
The Aspen Gold Series
Cheryl St.John
https://www.amazon.com/Cheryl-St.John/e/B001IXM9IE
Debra Hines
https://www.amazon.com/Debra-Hines/e/B07XRY6TLF
*Lizzie Starr
https://www.amazon.com/lizzie-starr/e/B003F33Y0W
Donna Kaye
https://www.amazon.com/Donna-Kaye/e/B07ZF76W51
Bernadette Jones
https://www.amazon.com/Bernadette-Jones/e/B07ZY84C6K
M.A. Jewell
https://www.amazon.com/M-A-Jewell/e/B071RN7J45Where to buy Aspen Gold The Series
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081YPJ5V8
Aspen Gold Authors Social Media
Once upon a time a group of writer friends–helping a member with a particularly difficult thread in a continuity series contrived by her editors–got the grandiose idea to create a continuity series of their own.
Yes, this was us, and we threw ourselves wholeheartedly into developing characters, fashioning families, family dynamics, and a setting, which evolved from one member’s love of all things Colorado. We created family trees, character profiles, detailed maps, brainstormed titles and themes. We collected photos and researched and even started the stories. We proposed our idea to a few publishers and got no traction. So, after a time the contracted books came first, two members dropped out of the group, a couple new ones came and went. But the core group remained.
In a tragic turn of events we lost a beloved friend and co-writer. Grief took the remaining wind from our sails. We recovered slowly, welcomed a new friend to our critique group. Then came a day when we got together and said, “We’re going to get serious and do this!” Energy built, and the series took on new life. A previous co-creator joined us again. Now, here we are, years after the initial idea, sharing the finished stories with you and hoping you will feel the same intensity and appreciation for this project as we do.
We have many more stories to share, and the ideas keep coming. Look for more books to follow in Aspen Gold: The Series.
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Linda O’Connor author of Behind the Bench (In the Game Hockey Romance Series) shares a #TechTip for improving security @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog
The new coach of the professional hockey team is stirring things up, and the team doctor is not immune. When they get caught up in a drug scandal affecting the team, they have to work together. Sparks fly and ice melts in Linda O’Connor’s medical hockey romance, Behind the Bench.Linda O’Connor, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We want to hear your tech tip, but first, please tell us about Behind the Bench.
Behind the Bench by Linda O’Connor
Genre Sports Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Dr. Danni Angelo is the team physician for the Clarington Quakes hockey team. She’s worked hard to earn the players’ respect, but the new coach, Trey Mason, is stirring things up, and Danni’s worried her job may be in jeopardy.
Trey finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he needs is a complication.
When the team spirals out of control and Danni and Trey get caught up in a drug scandal, things heat up on and off the ice. It’s a whole new game plan…Behind the Bench.
Tech Tip
Keeping your home and computer safe from hackers starts by keeping your WiFi router secure. If you’ve never changed the default settings on your router – both the username and password – now’s the time to consider doing so.
If a hacker can figure out the model of your router, chances are they can crack your password if you haven’t changed it from the factory setting. Routers often share common default settings and a determined hacker can take advantage of weak points in a particular model’s security or sneak in using the default passwords.
Change your router’s username so that it doesn’t identify your service provider or your address. This makes it more challenging for a hacker to determine the type of router you’re using. The default password should also be changed. Annoying as it is to have a long password incorporating uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols, it gives you an extra layer of protection since it’s harder to guess. For added security, the password should be changed regularly – when you change the clocks for daylight savings time, change your router password, too!
Here’s an additional tip: place your router in the middle of your home. Not only will it provide equal access to the WiFi signal throughout your home, it keeps the signal from spilling too widely outside the perimeter of your property, where it could be more vulnerable to attack.
Where to buy Behind the Bench
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FTWRR9N
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Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances – with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.
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What’s ahead on #RLFblog for 2021? New interviews and opportunities #books #authors
2020 was a long year and I know you are glad to see it end. The Romance Lives Forever blog added three new interviews for 2021: MC (Motorcyle Club), Pockets & Purses, and Anthology/Boxed Sets. Download one that fits you or your characters.Here’s where to get them. https://www.rlfblog.com/author-interviews/
For those interested in being on more blogs, check out the Book Promotion Directory (2021 Edition) by Deena Rae Schoenfeldt, which lists blogs by type, available post types, and more. RLF is one of the blogs listed. The book is available on Amazon and also wide.
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Twitter generates about 85% of the traffic to the RLF website, mostly because it is fed from Triberr — which did a great job. Because of my followers, the tribemates I associate with and their followers, RLF has a reach of over three million. The program works because it brings new readers, and reminds current ones of new material. It provides an average of 45 – 50 mentions on Twitter every day, and since each post has the guest author’s Twitter handle in the title, that means the guest gets mentioned too. If you aren’t using Twitter, you’re not getting the full power of this blog’s reach. Please consider signing up, and while you’re there, I’d love it if you’d follow me. https://twitter.com/kayelleallen
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Read the series: Wolf at the Door by NJ Walters @njwaltersauthor #RLFblog #PNR #ParanormalRomance
What starts out as a freelance article about werewolves turns deadly in NJ Walters’ paranormal romance, A Wolf at the Door. When real-life werewolf Jacque LaForge comes knocking, should Gwendolyn Jones run or let him in?NJ, 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.
Wolf at the Door in the Salvation Pack Series
Genre PNR
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Gwendolyn Jones is working on an article about werewolves, not that she believes they exist. But there are people out there who do, like the nervous man who slips her a flash drive with information he claims will prove to the word shifters are out there. Gwen starts questioning just what to believe when two very real werewolves come knocking on her cabin door later that night.
Someone has a flash drive with pictures that could endanger his pack, and alpha Jacque LaForge will do whatever it takes to destroy it. But the something deep inside him ignites when he knocks on the door of that “someone”. He didn’t think he’d find a mate, or that when he did, she’d be human. But now that he has Gwen in his arms found Gwen, he knows he has a fight on his hands to protect her from his former vengeful pack who are out to hurt him by any means necessary.
Which book is this in the series?
Wolf at the Door is the first book in the Salvation Pack series.
How many books do you plan for the series?
There are nine books in this series. It’s complete, although I have always toyed with doing an “next generation” spinoff.
How many books are completed?
There are nine books in total.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
The original Salvation Pack consisted of five male werewolves—Jacque LaForge (alpha), Louis LaForge (Jacque’s brother), Armand LaForge (cousin of Jacque and Louis), Cole Blanchard, and Gator Rollins. These men broke away from their former pack to start their own. Any of them could be alphas of their own pack, but together they are unbeatable. It was only intended to be five books, but when I started writing their world expanded bringing in more characters, including the women they love.
What is the overall theme in this series?
This series is ultimately about love, loyalty, acceptance, and what it means to be a real family.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Each book in the Salvation Pack series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 Wolf at the Door
Book #2 Wolf in her Bed
Book #3 Wolf on the Run
Book #4 Wolf from the Past
Book #5 Wolf on the Hunt
Book #6 Wolf on a Mission
Book #7 Wolf in his Heart
Book #8 Wolf in her Soul
Book #9 Wolf of Her OwnWhat did you like best about writing this series?
The characters. I fell in love with the Salvation Pack. I hated for the series to end. It was like leaving behind a group of old and trusted friends.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
I’ve written over 100 books over the past 16 years, so too many to lists. Some of my more popular paranormal series are: Forgotten Brotherhood, Hades’ Carnival, Blood of the Drakon, Legacy Series, Spells, Secrets & Seductions, and Dalakis Passion. I also have three sci-fi/futuristic series: Project Alpha trilogy, Marks Mercenaries, and Assassins of Gravas. Contemporary series: Jamesville, Summersville Secrets. The Tapestries series is straight up menage a trois/fantasy. And I have other single-title books, as well as stories in anthologies. I like to write in different genres, but I mostly write paranormal.
Where can we find links for all your books?
All My Books: https://www.amazon.com/N.J.-Walters/e/B004WW37IO/
Salvation Pack series: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753H2PLQ/
Where to buy Wolf at the Door
Publisher https://entangledpublishing.com/wolf-at-the-door.html
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TSP1GV/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolf-at-the-door-nj-walters/1118232475
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/wolf-at-the-door/id1257682971
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/wolf-at-the-door-22NJ Walters Social Media
NJ Walters is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks–all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.
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Do It Write: Where Bernadette Jones writes @RomanceBJones #RLFblog #Romantic Suspense
A runaway on a storm-buffeted highway brings danger to Spencer, Colorado, in Bernadette Jones’ new romantic suspense, Lonely Eyes. Can Owen Strong protect young Keira Hoa, or is she leading them all into a death trap?Bernadette, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Before we talk about your office, please tell us about your latest book.
Lonely Eyes by Bernadette Jones
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
There is an art to pursuit.
Keira is running out of time. The handsome stranger with a dragon tattoo says he can keep her safe, but he doesn’t know the demons on her trail… Will her mysterious past lead her to escape, or drag her back to living hell?
Owen Strong has suffered tragedy, but he’s made a new family in Spencer, Colorado—one he will protect at all costs. When he finds determined Keira Hoa, she rouses more than just trouble. Looking into her lonely eyes, he sees that everyone’s in danger.
But she’s come to the right place. He’s the monster hunter.
How long have you been writing?
I wrote for 18 years and came close to a traditional publishing contract 3 times. Then I had to quit writing for a few years. I’ve been back at it for a year and a half, with three self-published books out.
What was your first published book?
Sleepin’ Alone. You actually meet the hero of Lonely Eyes in Sleepin’ Alone.
Tell us about your writing space or home office.
I live in a studio apartment in the Big Apple. I have gorgeous views, but space is at a premium. My desk sits beside a window and my bookshelf is within easy reach—all my craft books, dictionaries and Thesaurus at my fingertips. Other than my coffee pot, everything is so handy. Um, maybe I should think about moving the coffee?!
Anything special about your space?
Two things make it special. The view of the east river and the magnificent skyline at night. Really, I have one of the best views of the city skyline and the most glorious light from the floor-to-ceiling window. The natural light to warm my spirits. Like I said, it’s not a huge space, but it has some definite perks.
What do you love most about that area?
My desk, computer, and bookcase have always been my safe place. My comfort zone. Like other authors, I spend a lot of time in my head and here, in this chair, I get to create what I love.
What would like to change about your home office?
I would like my desk to be one foot longer. Ha. But if it was, I’d still probably want another foot.
If money was no object, what would your home office look like?
I would have an ocean view and open windows so I could hear the surf. Doesn’t that sound like the best place to write everyday?What office equipment do you use most, other than your computer?
Alexa, I love her! I must have music when writing. Every book has its own playlist that helps inspire and drive the story.
What do you think is a must have for an efficient office?
Lots of colored pens, planners, and a storyboard. I am a plotter. I need to know where I’m going.
Are you a writing mom/dad?
My human children have left home, but they continue to support and assist with critiquing and social media.
My furbaby pup still lives at home and calls me mom.
How do you juggle writing and family?
Covid has forced me to stay home more. I have a six-day-a-week work schedule, but the off day is not set in stone. If something comes up that I want or need to do with family, I change my day off. Life inspires my stories… it can’t be all work.
What’s the last book about writing that you read?
I’m currently reading, Intuitive Editing, by Tiffany Yates Martin. I love her down to earth common sense suggestions. She keeps it simple.
What book or books about writing do you recommend for new authors?
I grew up on Techniques of the Selling Writer, by Dwight V. Swain. It is still the first book I always recommend. This book tells you why readers read, what they expect, and how to get the emotional reactions you want from your readers. After he explains, he gives examples to show exactly the impact he’s after.
What do you like to read for relaxation?
I’m a paranormal-junkie. I love shapeshifters. Oh, and MC books.
Where to buy Lonely Eyes
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JJL2BSR/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lonely-eyes-bernadette-jones/1137714832
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1532665553
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/lonely-eyesBernadette Jones Social Media
Romantic Suspense Writer, Never Giver Up-er, First Wives Club-er,
Lifelong Dream Achiever & Mom
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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