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Read Wishing on the Stars the new #SmallTownRomance by Lori DiAnni @loridee21 #RLFblog #SweetRomance
Can a single mother find a daddy in time for Christmas to make her daughter’s wish come true? Find out in Lori DiAnni’s second book in her Misty River small town sweet romance seriesLori, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Wishing on the Stars.
Wishing on the Stars by Lori DiAnni
Genre: Small town sweet contemporary
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Chloe Sweet, a small town bakery owner and single mom to Sophie, has one wish on her Christmas list this year: to win the local Christmas tree contest so she can purchase a new oven for the bakery. Chloe loves Christmas in Misty River, Maine, despite the fact the man she loved had left her on Christmas Eve, five years ago. As she prepares for Christmas, she asks Sophie what her Christmas wish is. Sophie tells her she wants a daddy!
Tyler Anderson, a talented photojournalist and world traveller, is not a fan of Christmas and doesn’t believe in wishes coming true. He had made a wish a long time ago only to have it break his heart. For five years, Tyler has avoided Christmas and the small town of Misty River, Maine because of the painful memories. But now he’s returned to the little town to help his ailing grandfather. As Christmas approaches, his grandfather makes a wish to have Tyler settle down and raise a family.
Can Chloe and Tyler bury the hurt of the past to make their loved ones’ Christmas wishes come true?
Why did you write this book?
Wishing on the Stars is Book 2 in my Misty River series, which focuses on a couple I introduced briefly in my first book, Dancing in the Grass. I wanted to write a second chance love story based on how a simple Christmas wish, made by a little girl, who only wants a daddy for Christmas, brings two broken hearts together. I love the idea of wishing on stars, (which I still do!) and believing and hoping that what you wished for may come true, if you truly believe it in your heart. I used a small town setting because I grew up in a small town and loved it! It’s as simple as that. My inspiration comes from the town I grew up in in Massachusetts as well as the small towns surrounding where I live in Maine. When I plotted out this series, I knew it had to be based on this small town.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Small town sweet contemporary romance, but I also love time-travel and historical romance.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Oohh, this is a hard question and I’m going to be vague and maybe cliche’. I don’t have a favorite to speak of. I guess my favorite character is the one I’m reading about at the time. There are too many to pick out one favorite.
What are you working on at the moment?
Nothing at the moment. I’m taking a break for Christmas and waiting for the release of Wishing on the Stars, which will be available December 21st. Although, I have to say, I’m plotting, in my head, the next book in my series, Dreaming of Sunsets. A writer is always working, right?
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Dreaming of Sunsets is Book 3 due for release in June of 2022 and then Falling Inn Love, Book 4 due for release in October of 2022. I’m also planning on releasing two novellas—but not sure when. One will be a wedding novella involving a couple from one of my books in the Misty River series and the other novella will take place during a winter storm involving a character who has had a very minor role in all four books in the Misty River series. I’m giving him his own book this time.
Where to buy Wishing on the Stars
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09B8NKD9K
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dancing-in-the-grass-lori-dianni/1139653108?ean=2940165221729
Lori DiAnni Social Media
Lori DiAnni writes small town sweet contemporary romance novels. Her Misty River Romance series features four friends who find love in the small fictional town of Misty River, Maine. Lori is inspired by the small town she grew up in– Essex, Massachusetts as well as the small towns in Maine. Her stories contain themes of friendship; family; a strong sense of community and of course, forever love. Lori also writes non-fiction and time-travel under her pen name of Lori LeVeille.
She enjoys going for long rides with her husband along the beaches of Maine and NH; going for walks; photography; scrapbooking; and spending time with her two daughters and two grandchildren. You can also find her watching her favorite channel—Hallmark.
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A Sweet Romance – Christmas Notes by Daryl Devore @daryldevore #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Daryl Devore. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.Christmas Notes by Daryl Devore
Genre Sweet Christmas
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Can a slice of pizza and a flute erase the ravages of life and allow Giselle and Ethan to fall in love by Christmas?
Collapsing in front the biggest department store in the city on one of the busiest days of the holiday season was not how Giselle imagined her day. Cold and hungry, she trudged through her daily existence wondering if she’d ever find happiness again.
Teenagers. Ethan loved working with them and turning their raw musical talent into something beautiful and rewarding, but that didn’t fill the black void in his soul.
Like fate, the songwriters’ muse nudged Giselle and Ethan together. But can Giselle overcome her fears and can Ethan get past the darkness that surrounds him, so they can find love?
Where to buy Christmas Notes
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L7954ST
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/3keqvO
Daryl Devore Social Media
Two writers in one. Daryl Devore writes hot romances with sexy heroes and strong heroines. Victoria Adams is Daryl’s alter ego when she’s inspired to write sweet romances with little to no heat.
Daryl lives in an old farmhouse in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, two black cats – Licorice and Ginny-Furr Purrkins – and some house ghosts. Her daughter is grown and has flown the nest. Daryl loves to take long walks on her quiet country road or snowshoe across the back acres, and in the summer, kayak along the St. Lawrence River. She has touched a moon rock, a mammoth, and a meteorite. She’s been deep in the ocean in a submarine, flown high over Niagara Falls in a helicopter, and used the ladies room in a royal palace. Life’s an adventure and Daryl’s having fun living it.
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Read #HistoricalRomance #Nine Ladies Dancing: Christmas Miracles by Patricia Kiyono and friends @PatriciaKiyono #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
Nine bestselling authors, including Patricia Kiyono, present nine Christmas Regency romances — all clean and sweet — in the boxed set Nine Ladies Dancing: Christmas Miracles. Patricia’s story is “Five Gold Rings” and it’s the fifth in her Partridge Christmas series based on the song “Twelve Days of Christmas.”Patricia, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Nine Ladies Dancing: Christmas Miracles.
Nine Ladies Dancing by Patricia Kiyono (and friends)
Genre: Historical Romance
Book heat level: G
Grace Montgomery is known as a champion for social justice. She has fought against slavery and child labor. Her latest cause pits her against the railroad threatening the historical integrity of her beloved city of Cambridge. Her involvement in these causes keeps her mind off the one thing she’s always wanted: a family.
Arthur Gregory has just been offered the crown jewel of his architectural career: designing and overseeing the new railway station in Cambridge. He and the city fathers have chosen the perfect location in the city’s center, but protesters want to stop him, and they’re led by the one woman who could derail the entire project. She’s also his son’s godmother, and he needs her help to keep the youngster out of trouble. He’ll need to work both with her and against her, while resisting his growing attraction.
Where to buy Nine Ladies Dancing: Christmas Miracles
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09MYXVN77
Patricia Kiyono Social Media
During her first career, Patricia Kiyono taught elementary school music, computer classes, elementary classrooms, and junior high social studies. She now teaches music education at the university level.
She lives in southwest Michigan, USA, with her husband, not far from her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Current interests, aside from writing, include sewing, crocheting, scrapbooking, and making music. A love of travel and an interest in faraway people inspires her to create stories about different cultures.
Website https://www.patriciakiyono.com
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Pause for Romance: Paws-ing for Love Gayle M Irwin @wyoauthor1 #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
Paws-ing for Love by Gayle M IrwinGenre Sweet Contemporary Romance Holiday Novella
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Christmas Hope or Heartbreak?
Colter, Montana waltzes in brilliance during winter, with glistening snow on mountain peaks and diamond-like frost on trees and rivers. Romance and dreams flourish in this Christmas card setting. However, news of friends missing after a raging blizzard and a later accident and subsequent illness disrupt the lives of Rhiann and Levi Butler, who operate a horse ranch and pet rescue sanctuary. Will the joy of Christmas be silenced or strengthened after a pair of stray animals take refuge at the Butlers’ property? Can a cat named Mina and a Corgi christened Maverick deliver hope or will they add more heartache for a couple and community struggling with fear and sorrow?
Where to Buy Paws-ing for Love
Available on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, and other platforms at https://books2read.com/u/3RJdPj
Gayle M Irwin Social Media
Gayle M Irwin is a contributor to seven Chicken Soup for the Soul books and the author of many inspirational pet books and stories for children and adults. Her clean, contemporary romance series, Pet Rescue Romance, consists of Rescue Road, released November 2019, Finding Love at Compassion Ranch, released in May 2020, a 2020 holiday novella, Rhiann’s Rescue (the series’ prequel), and My Montana Love (sequel to Rescue Road), released March 2021. She subtly weaves important life lessons within the lines and pages of her stories, including the importance of pet rescue and adoption. Learn more about Gayle and her writing here on her website: https://gaylemirwinauthor.com/
Blog https://gaylemirwinauthor.com/blog/
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Get to know Gayle M Irwin better by signing up for her email newsletter: https://gaylemirwinauthor.com/ OR follow her bi-monthly blog at https://gaylemirwinauthor.com/blog/Shout out to Rob’s Rescues – founded by a 9-year-old animal activist
Rob’s Rescues is a non-profit organization in Georgia helping people in need care for and feed their pets. It was founded in 2014 by a then nine-year-old boy. Rob’s Rescues is dedicated to collecting pet food for people in need to reduce shelter surrenders, and to advocating for the adoption of shelter pets. Rob writes monthly articles advocating for shelter animals in the Around About Local Media magazine publications. His column was first published in 2014. He also has pet food collection sites for people in need in the community and interviews amazing people. His interviews appear online once they are published in his column.
Rob volunteers for Pet Buddies Food Pantry, the Cherokee County Animal Shelter and Cobb County Animal Control and collects pet food for these organizations and the communities they serve. He also wants to bring attention to smaller, rural shelters. Mostly he wants to get kids to be Rob’s Rangers to teach kids that they can help shelter animals. Rob has also talked to kids in a classroom setting.
Rob’s Rescues is a Non-Profit Corporation and all donations are tax deductible.
Website http://www.robsrescues.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/robsrescues/
Twitter https://twitter.com/RobsRescuesShout out to Hearts United for Animals
Hearts United for Animals is a no-kill animal rescue, sanctuary, and welfare organization located in southeastern Nebraska. A main mission for this group is rescuing and rehabilitating puppy mill dogs; they have helped more than 10,000 puppy mill survivors. Large or small, dog or cat, each animal receives love, care, socialization, and medical services, and animals that cannot be adopted (such as those with extreme health conditions) live out their lives at the sanctuary. Learn more about their work and current animals available for adoption, or to donate to this special organization, visit the website here: https://hua.org/
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Pick up cool tips from Linda O’Connor author of Don’t Mess with Christmas by @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
When he refuses to see her as a patient, she’s righteously indignant. Not a great intro! It’ll take a little Christmas magic and not-so-subtle powers of persuasion for her to add falling in love to her Christmas to-do list. It’s matchmaking at its funniest in Don’t Mess with Christmas by Linda O’Connor.Linda, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Thanks for sharing two tips with us today, but first, please tell us about Don’t Mess with Christmas.
Don’t Mess with Christmas by Linda O’Connor
Genre Holiday Romantic Comedy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
Dr. Brogan Corkie is happily semi-retired from medicine and now has time for other hobbies. Her passion for food is second only to her skill at matchmaking!
Parker Roy grew up in the middle of four brothers and has lived with enough testosterone to last her a lifetime. She’s finally moved out and made a life of her own. Between putting the finishing touches on the set for Mapleton’s Christmas play, plowing snow, and transforming her hydroponic greenhouse into a Christmas wonderland, it’s ramping up to be a hectic season.
Dr. Julian Murphy, the only allergist in town, has his eye on the woman behind the set design of the holiday play. He’s volunteering backstage in the hope of getting to know her. There’s a bit of a snag when she’s referred to his clinic for a rash – doctors aren’t allowed to date their patients – but Dr. Brogan Corkie doesn’t see it as an insurmountable problem and steps in to give their romance a nudge. She’d better be right because, if not, it could seriously mess with Christmas.
The allergist or the rash– which itch will Parker scratch?
Two Tips for Household Chores
I thought I’d share 4 tips for being the best dinner party guest ever!
When you’re invited to a dinner party, it’s always a lovely gesture to bring a gift for the hosts. Cut flowers are a traditional favorite, but do the host a favor and shop for an inexpensive vase at the Dollar Store and arrange the bouquet before you go. Nothing is more awkward than searching for a vase and scrambling to welcome guests while trying to save the flowers. They’ll thank you.
Practical edible gifts are a delicious alternative. Try flavored olive oils, infused balsamic vinegars, or a unique honey. Napkins and candles are always useful. One of the best gifts I’ve received was homemade jam.
And there’s this – if you bring a bottle of wine that doesn’t get opened, leave it for the hosts. Don’t take it back – that’s just, no. Even if they’re relative teetotalers, they can always use it for cooking or serve it to other guests in the future. Same goes if you bring a dish to share. Offer the leftovers to the hosts. They’ll thank you the next day when they can relax without cooking!
As a guest it’s always easier to lean on the hosts for introductions to people you don’t know, but you can help make the party a success by breaking the ice yourself. Here are a few suggestions to start a conversation (beyond talking about the weather!):
Does your family have any secret or famous recipes?
What’s your favorite restaurant that other people don’t tend to know about?
If you weren’t working at your current job, what would you probably be doing right now?
What was your first job? Did you like it?
What surprised you most about your current job?
If you could fly anywhere for free, where would you go?
Do you prefer action-packed vacations or relaxing on the beach?
Do you have any hidden talents or surprising hobbies?
There you have it – as you get back to socializing with friends, be the best dinner party guest!
Where to buy Don’t Mess with Christmas
Linda O’Connor Social Media
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.
Website https://www.lindaoconnor.net
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Read All Roads Lead to Christmas by Lydia Guleva @LydiaGuleva #RLFblog #ChristmasRomance #Fantasy
A too-good-to-be-true knight helps a lonely engineer create Christmas in a honest to goodness magical world.Lydia, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about All Roads Lead to Christmas.
All Roads Lead to Christmas by Lydia Guleva
Genre Contemporary Christmas Romance, Fantasy Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
Can a handsome Christmas knight help a lonely engineer spruce things up?
Isabella knew Bralazin was too good to be true, but to find out that he was a knight from another world, a lord, and her brother’s friend? That was almost as bad as learning that the magical world didn’t have Christmas.
At least Bralazin could help her organize an epic Christmas party and get gifts for every child in their kingdom. Easy. They could do it. Even if Bralazin kept questioning why they needed Christmas in the first place.
Would’ve been great if there were roads they could use to deliver gifts, but Isabella wasn’t a road engineer for nothing. She could build the roads. Or have elves in neon green pants do it for her while singing Christmas songs.
Bralazin, on the other hand, was something she’d have to handle herself. He could say what he wanted about not wishing to upset her brother, but it wouldn’t help him. Isabella set her eyes on him, and he was going down.
Where to buy All Roads Lead to Christmas
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/All-Roads-Lead-Christmas-Boundaries-ebook/dp/B095CSMQCD
Lydia Guleva Social Media
My life is a crossbreed of a disaster documentary and a thriller. I moved a lot and often until I finally settled in my sixth country. Things eventually calmed down… sort of. Come on, I can’t have a peaceful life. I have to, at least, get a fixer-upper from hell with neighbors that keep things interesting. If I go a whole month without my foot going through the floor or an old, intoxicated lady asking me if I want a dead cat in a box (there was no dead cat. She hallucinated it), then it won’t be my life.
I could probably write a memoir, but who would believe this crap?
So, here I am, writing things that are a lot more realistic. It’s easier to suspend disbelief and imagine the world with mind-reading demons than me on a date with a guy who kept bragging about how silky his hair is, how he likes getting his butt fingered, how he likes to choke women during intercourse, and that he loves giving women expensive gifts but doesn’t have anyone to give those gifts to because his girlfriend is in jail. That’s okay, though, because it all made sense when his dad showed up (he was tracking his son’s car). Upon seeing me, his dad started profusely apologizing and said… and I quote, “I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were with a girl. I thought you were doing drugs.”
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