• Historical

    Read the historical romance The Countess and the Cavalier by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance

    Read the historical romance The Countess and the Cavalier by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomanceForced to wed against her will at seventeen, beautiful Elizabeth Drummond’s loyalties are tested eight years later when her husband is imprisoned by the Royalist lover she was forced to surrender through duty. Read The Countess and the Cavalier by Beverley Oakley.

    Beverley, welcome back 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 Countess and the Cavalier by Beverley Oakley

    Genre Historical Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Mature Audience

    Drummond Castle, home of staunch Puritan Silas Drummond and his beautiful wife Elizabeth, has been besieged by Royalist forces.

    When the Commander of the hated King’s Men agrees to spare Silas’s life in return for a night with Elizabeth, she agrees.

    Elizabeth may have been forced by her father to wed the cold-hearted Puritan, but an honorable wife will do whatever is within her power to save her husband.

    But second-in-command Charles Trethveyan has other ideas. Eight years before, he and Elizabeth had been deeply in love. He’s not forgotten Elizabeth’s betrayal in relinquishing him to marry Silas.

    When Elizabeth discovers that her former Cavalier lover has taken the place of his superior, and that she will spend the night with the man she’s never stopped loving, she realizes she is treading a delicate tightrope.

    Is Charles motivated by love or revenge? How much does Silas know and guess?

    Whichever way she responds to Charles, her actions will have devastating consequences.

    The Countess and the Cavalier is the fourth book in the Hearts in Hiding series but can be read on its own.

    Warning: This steamy, passionate romance about revenge and forgiveness will have you on the edge of your seat and reaching for the tissue box.

    Where to buy The Countess and the Cavalier

    Amazon (Kindle Unlimited) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085NXGH5L/

    Beverley Oakley Social Media

    Beverley Oakley was seventeen when she bundled up her first her 500+ page romance and sent it to a publisher. Unfortunately drowning her heroine on the last page was apparently not in line with the expectations of romance readers so Beverley became a journalist.
    Twenty-six years later Beverley was delighted to receive her first publishing contract from Robert Hale (UK) for a romance in which she ensured her heroine was saved from drowning in the icy North Sea.
    Since 2009 Beverley has written more than thirteen historical romances, mostly set in England during the early nineteenth century. Mystery, intrigue and adventure spill from their pages and if she can pull off a thrilling race to save someone’s honour – or a worthy damsel from the noose – it’s time to celebrate with a good single malt Scotch.
    Beverley lives with her husband, two daughters and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy the size of a pony opposite a picturesque nineteenth-century lunatic asylum. She also writes Africa-set adventure-filled romances starring handsome bush pilot heroes, and historical romances with less steam and more sexual tension, as Beverley Eikli.
    Website http://www.beverleyoakley.com/
    Blog http://www.beverleyoakley.com/blog/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/BeverleyOakley
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyOakley/
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  • Historical

    The Accidental Elopement by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance

    The Accidental Elopement by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomanceWith secrets and misunderstandings, friends become lovers in The Accidental Elopement by Beverley Oakley.

    Beverley, welcome back 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 Accidental Elopement by Beverley Oakley

    Genre Historical Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Mature Audience
    A seven-year secret. A tragic misunderstanding. Can love outwit fate in this twisted tale of misadventure and thwarted dreams?
    Earl Quamby’s niece, Katherine, and Jack, a foundling home lad adopted by a local family, have been loyal friends for as long as they can remember.
    As Jack is about to leave England to make his fortune and Katherine is being courted by two eligible suitors, they unexpectedly realise their friendship has blossomed into passionate love. A love, they are warned, that has no future.
    Despite a brave attempt to defy the forces keeping them apart, tragedy results and the pair is separated.
    When chance throws them together seven years later, Katherine, newly widowed, is being pressured into a marriage not of her choosing to avoid scandal and Jack feels he must honour his pledge to the worthy Odette whom he met in India and whose father is dying.
    Katherine knows that revealing a long-held secret may win Jack to her but she also knows conflicting obligations from past and present may tear him apart.
    Can master matchmakers, Fanny, Antoinette and Bertram Brightwell, outwit fate in its latest attempt to keep these star-crossed lovers apart and deliver them the happiness they deserve?

    Where to buy The Accidental Elopement

    Amazon http://amzn.to/2EkEXVX
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-accidental-elopement-beverley-oakley/1127687370
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-accidental-elopement/id1327378109?mt=11
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-accidental-elopement-1
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/772271

    Beverley Oakley Social Media

    Beverley Oakley was seventeen when she bundled up her first her 500+ page romance and sent it to a publisher. Unfortunately drowning her heroine on the last page was apparently not in line with the expectations of romance readers so Beverley became a journalist.
    Twenty-six years later Beverley was delighted to receive her first publishing contract from Robert Hale (UK) for a romance in which she ensured her heroine was saved from drowning in the icy North Sea.
    Since 2009 Beverley has written more than thirteen historical romances, mostly set in England during the early nineteenth century. Mystery, intrigue and adventure spill from their pages and if she can pull off a thrilling race to save someone’s honour – or a worthy damsel from the noose – it’s time to celebrate with a good single malt Scotch.
    Beverley lives with her husband, two daughters and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy the size of a pony opposite a picturesque nineteenth-century lunatic asylum. She also writes Africa-set adventure-filled romances starring handsome bush pilot heroes, and historical romances with less steam and more sexual tension, as Beverley Eikli.
    Website http://www.beverleyoakley.com/
    Blog http://www.beverleyoakley.com/blog/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/BeverleyOakley
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyOakley/
    Pinterest https://au.pinterest.com/beverleyeikli/
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    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Beverley-Oakley/e/B01HOFCS8K/
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  • Historical

    Read the historical Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance

    Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomanceBeverley Oakley, 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.

    Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley

    Genre Historical Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Mature Audience
    “My beautiful Revenge.”
    Four years ago, Faith’s mysterious benefactress falsely accused her of stealing and deposited her in Madame Chambon’s exclusive brothel.
    There, Faith was to learn how to entrance London’s noble gentlemen with her learning in philosophy, politics and art.
    Her body was to be saved for the greatest enticement of all: revenge.
    Faith doesn’t care what she has to do. She lives only to fulfil a bargain that will set her free.
    But when Faith is recruited as the muse of a talented, sensitive painter whose victory in a prestigious art competition turns them both into celebrities overnight, she discovers the reasons behind her mission are very different from what she’d been led to believe.
    Now she is complicit in something dark and dangerous while riches, adulation and freedom are hers for the taking.
    But what value are these if her heart has become a slave to the man she is required to destroy?

    Where to buy Keeping Faith

    Amazon https://amzn.to/2Dg70UP
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keeping-faith-beverley-oakley/1129773466
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/keeping-faith/id1439994712
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/keeping-faith-41

    Beverley Oakley Social Media

    Beverley Oakley was seventeen when she bundled up her first her 500+ page romance and sent it to a publisher. Unfortunately drowning her heroine on the last page was apparently not in line with the expectations of romance readers so Beverley became a journalist.
    Twenty-six years later Beverley was delighted to receive her first publishing contract from Robert Hale (UK) for a romance in which she ensured her heroine was saved from drowning in the icy North Sea.
    Since 2009 Beverley has written more than thirteen historical romances, mostly set in England during the early nineteenth century. Mystery, intrigue and adventure spill from their pages and if she can pull off a thrilling race to save someone’s honour – or a worthy damsel from the noose – it’s time to celebrate with a good single malt Scotch.
    Beverley lives with her husband, two daughters and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy the size of a pony opposite a picturesque nineteenth-century lunatic asylum. She also writes Africa-set adventure-filled romances tarring handsome bush pilot heroes, and historical romances with less steam and more sexual tension, as Beverley Eikli.
    Website http://www.beverleyoakley.com/
    Blog http://www.beverleyoakley.com/blog/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/BeverleyOakley
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyOakley/
    Pinterest https://au.pinterest.com/beverleyeikli/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5989577.Beverley_Oakley
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  • Historical

    Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance

    Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley @BeverleyOakley #RLFblog #HistoricalRomanceBeverley Oakley, 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.

    Keeping Faith by Beverley Oakley

    Genre Historical Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Mature Audience
    “My beautiful Revenge.”
    Four years ago, Faith’s mysterious benefactress falsely accused her of stealing and deposited her in Madame Chambon’s exclusive brothel.
    There, Faith was to learn how to entrance London’s noble gentlemen with her learning in philosophy, politics and art.
    Her body was to be saved for the greatest enticement of all: revenge.
    Faith doesn’t care what she has to do. She lives only to fulfil a bargain that will set her free.
    But when Faith is recruited as the muse of a talented, sensitive painter whose victory in a prestigious art competition turns them both into celebrities overnight, she discovers the reasons behind her mission are very different from what she’d been led to believe.
    Now she is complicit in something dark and dangerous while riches, adulation and freedom are hers for the taking.
    But what value are these if her heart has become a slave to the man she is required to destroy?

    Where to buy Keeping Faith

    Amazon https://amzn.to/2Dg70UP
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/keeping-faith-beverley-oakley/1129773466
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/keeping-faith/id1439994712
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/keeping-faith-41

    Beverley Oakley Social Media

    Beverley Oakley was seventeen when she bundled up her first her 500+ page romance and sent it to a publisher. Unfortunately drowning her heroine on the last page was apparently not in line with the expectations of romance readers so Beverley became a journalist.
    Twenty-six years later Beverley was delighted to receive her first publishing contract from Robert Hale (UK) for a romance in which she ensured her heroine was saved from drowning in the icy North Sea.
    Since 2009 Beverley has written more than thirteen historical romances, mostly set in England during the early nineteenth century. Mystery, intrigue and adventure spill from their pages and if she can pull off a thrilling race to save someone’s honour – or a worthy damsel from the noose – it’s time to celebrate with a good single malt Scotch.
    Beverley lives with her husband, two daughters and a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy the size of a pony opposite a picturesque nineteenth-century lunatic asylum. She also writes Africa-set adventure-filled romances tarring handsome bush pilot heroes, and historical romances with less steam and more sexual tension, as Beverley Eikli.
    Website http://www.beverleyoakley.com/
    Blog http://www.beverleyoakley.com/blog/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/BeverleyOakley
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorBeverleyOakley/
    Pinterest https://au.pinterest.com/beverleyeikli/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/5989577.Beverley_Oakley
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Beverley-Oakley/e/B01HOFCS8K/
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    #Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top blogger Marie Lavender @marielavender1

    Be sure to read What is RLF? Romance Lives Forever in 2018 and discover great new opportunities for authors and readers.

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    Top Blogger for this month is Marie Lavendar, who wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Top Blogger of 2017 was Vicki Batman, who won a year of free advertising for 2018.

    Top Blogger Marie Lavender

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  • Free Book Friday

    Free Read: Three For The Win by Keta Diablo @ketadiablo #Contemporary #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    Free Read: Three For The Win by Keta Diablo @ketadiablo #Contemporary #FreeBookFriday #RLFblogIt’s #FreeBook Friday on RLFblog! Join us for a collection of free reads and downloads. All genres and heat levels. This week’s featured book is Three For The Win by Keta Diablo. Bookmark this site so you don’t miss a thing.

    Welcome to FreeBook Friday

    Each week, you’ll find free books to download and read. Some are straight up giveaways, some Kindle Unlimited, others are Kindle Select, and some are free with newsletter sign up. Always a mix of genres and heat levels. These free deals may be limited in time, so please be sure to check prices before clicking the final buy button.

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    Three For The Win by Keta Diablo

    Eli
    I’ve loved Hollis forever, it seems. I meant to tell her so many times but always chickened out. Then Stede rode into town on his big shiny motorcycle and saved my life. Hollis fell hard for him. I get that, what’s not to love about Stede? I watched and waited, hoped whatever they felt for one another would pass. It didn’t, and now Stede’s hot head has landed him in trouble…again.
    Hollis
    I should have known better than to fall for a bone-melting man like Stede Marrow. A man who hides everything about his past. I know Stede loves me and I know he loves Eli too, like a brother. Stede’s gone now and Eli’s here to pick up the pieces of my broken life.
    Stede
    I should have kept on riding after I saved Eli at the creek. But then I saw Hollis and forgot about that road up ahead. I wanted to tell her why I’m running and who I am. But I haven’t even told Eli. It’s safer that way. I said I’d never go back to that hick town, swore I’d forget about Hollis. I didn’t bank on her being so damn unforgettable.
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    Her Gilded Prison by Beverley OakleyFree Read: Her Gilded Prison by Beverley Oakley #Historical #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    She was determined to secure the succession, he was in it for the pleasure. Falling in love was not part of the arrangement.
    When dashing twenty-five-year-old Stephen Cranbourne arrives at the estate he will one day inherit, it’s expected he will make a match with his beautiful second cousin, Araminta.
    But while proud, fiery Araminta and her shy, plain sister, Hetty, parade their very different charms before him, it’s their mother, Sybil, a lonely and discarded wife, who evokes first his sympathy and then stokes his lustful fires.
    As Stephen introduces Sybil to every pleasure she’s been deprived of, duty and passion become a deep and mutual love. But with the unexpected arrival of a contender to the estate, Sybil realises that what she’s set in motion to save the family might have tragic consequences.
    Her Gilded Prison is Book 1 in the Daughters of Sin series, a Regency-set ‘Dynasty’ that follows the sibling rivalry between Viscount Partington’s two nobly-born and his illegitimate daughters as they compete for love during a London Season. Her Gilded Prison can, however, be read as a stand-alone.
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    Alien Mate by Cara BristolAlien Mate by Cara Bristol #SciFi #Romance #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    I’m Starr Elizabeth Conner. Earth’s government falsely convicted me of a crime, packed me on a ship with other female felons, and sent us to Dakon, a primitive, frozen wasteland of a planet.
    But I’m no barbarian’s ‘mail order bride,’ even if he is super tall, muscular, and the chief of his tribe. He doesn’t want a BBW blonde, either–it’s written all over his chiseled face. He’ll be truly angry if he ever learns what my ‘crime’ was.
    I am Torg. I have waited 34 rotations for a mate of my own. With this shipment, I was sure to get a fine, sturdy mate who’ll bear me many daughters. Instead, I receive a small, curvy, pale-haired female who looks at me with anger and fear.
    It is only when we ‘kiss’ that I believe things may work out between us. But I’m hearing rumors that Starr and her shipmates are law-breakers. To survive, Dakonians must obey all laws … or be exiled into the frozen wasteland. Just when I have found my mate, will I have to banish her?
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    Mated to the Pack by Jade AltersMated to the Pack by Jade Alters #PNR #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    Vivian was thankful for everything her wealthy Aunt left her.
    Until she found out that also meant she’s now responsible for that old run down mansion she grew up playing in.
    She would keep it, but she would go bankrupt; she would sell it, but there’s no one out there to buy it.
    That’s when four super-hot and mysterious renters show up to save the day.
    They’ve got more big secrets than she can handle though, the biggest of which might be why she’s finding herself drawn to each of them.
    Call it nature.
    Call it instinct.
    Whatever it is, this pack has found its mate, and the only question is going to be whether Viv can handle being mated to this pack.

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    Whole Lotta Love by Luanna Stewart#FreeBookFriday #RLFblog Whole Lotta Love by Luanna Stewart #Contemporary

    Lotta has a few days to get her bakery up and running, otherwise she’ll let down her best friend days before her wedding. But that means talking to an old high school crush, the cutest handyman in town. Baking bread and hanging out with her dog is much safer.
    Mitch is high and dry with a broken leg so can’t help run the family fishing business. To keep from going stir crazy he straps on his tool belt – he can still pound a few nails. His customer is the shy girl from chemistry class, now a sensual woman with a sweet smile, though she still doesn’t say much. But what Mitch has in mind doesn’t involve a lot of talking.
    While Lotta struggles to bake all the sweets, Mitch becomes interested in nibbling more than just her cookies.
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    Endure, Illustrated Quotes of Pietas by Kayelle Allen

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    What does the most dangerous man in the galaxy have to say about enduring?
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    Thirty beautifully illustrated quotes.
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