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Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #contemporary #romance
Play Is It True with today’s guest Kryssie Fortune, author of Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier, a Contemporary romance. This is a game in which authors answer yes and no questions. They can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
First, tell us about your book.
Luke Roberts, a former army mechanic, has a new sub. She’s shy and inexperienced, but willing. As he teaches her about sensation play, she fears he’ll really hurt her and screams her safeword at him. Her reaction causes Luke to have a flashback. Although he’s clawing his way back to normal, he suffers from PTSD. Determined to get well, he contacts a PTSD specialist in Westhorpe Ridge.
Kathryn Johnson has visited a BDSM club three times. When she hooks up with Luke Roberts, he unintentionally terrifies her. She swears off spankings and goes home to Westhorpe Ridge. The last person she expects to see there is Luke Roberts.
Circumstances force them to share an apartment. Can Luke protect her when danger threatens? Or is she just a temporary sub in residence?
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Genre: Contemporary romanceIs it true:
this is your first book?
No. Loose id have published 11 of my books. Luminosity have published two.
this book is part of a series?
Yes, but each book is stand alone. I hate cliffhangers and unhappy endings.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
No
you did research for this book?
Yes
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Not this one, but Duffy, the Border Collie owned by the Sheriff Sean Mathews appears in the other three books of the series.
this book has more than one genre?
Yes – The Heroes of Westhorpe Ridge are all former military men building a civilian life in Westhorpe Ridge.
you speak more than one language?
Yes, but badly. I studied French in my teens and can make myself understood if I have to. I need to smile and apologize a lot though.
you grew up where you live now?
No, but I haven’t moved far. I grew up in a big city and moved to a small town on the Yorkshire coast almost two years ago.
you love to read?
Yes. I never leave the house without my Kindle.
you are never late?
No. I set off early and sit and read until the appointed time.
you love pizza?
Yes, especially the homemade variety
you love sushi?
No
you have a pet?
No, because I’m away visiting my kids in London too often. When they lived at home, we always had cats, and I miss having one around the house.
Where can we find your book online?
Publisher LooseId http://www.loose-id.com/heroes-of-westhorpe-ridge-4-submission-secrets-and-the-soldier.html
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075DN9PLG/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/submission-secrets-and-the-soldier-kryssie-fortune/1127096261
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/submission-secrets-and-the-soldierKryssie Fortune Social Media
Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae, or BDSM loving dragons.
Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life – or Kryssie – throws at them.
Kryssie’s pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliff hanger.
Her books are all stand alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.
Website http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssi
Blog http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KryssiesFortune
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Kryssie-Fortune/e/B00J5AQOBU -
Zoe’s Mates by Izzy Szyn @izzySzyn #RLFblog #PNR
Today’s featured book is Zoe’s Mates, a Paranormal Romance by Izzy Szyn. Previously released under the title Sexual Healing in the Coming In Hot Boxed Set.
Paramedic Zoe Whitaker is set to become engaged to Saratoga Falls Hospital’s Chief of Staff Derek Barnes. But when his twin brother Liam returns with his lover Brent Taylor, Zoe begins to think she’s with the wrong twin.
Liam and Brent came back from Ravana for one reason only, to claim Zoe Whitaker.
Genre Paranormal Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Publisher Smexy Publishing
Amazon http://amzn.to/2gMaf9VIzzy Szyn Social Media
New York Times Bestselling Author Izzy Szyn was born in May of 2014 when a friend dared her to write. Born and raised in Detroit, Mi. Izzy now lives in Oklahoma City with her furchild Misty, the friendliest Chihuahua/Terrier you will ever meet. Currently works in a call center, where she writes in between phone calls. Izzy loves to keep in touch with her readers.
Blog https://izzyszyn.wordpress.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/izzySzyn
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/izzyszynhome/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13836241.Izzy_Szyn
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Izzy-Szyn/e/B00XKHESO4/
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Adam Mann: Love in the Boondocks #RLFblog #Romance
Dave is working for a development project with farmer
families in remote and distant areas, often mountainous. Very few people speak
English, and he works with several translators. He comes across primary school
teachers who work in villages in those areas, and one of them who speaks English
asks him for help with transport to one of the distant villages. She inadvertently
invites herself for accommodation overnight in Dave’s small village house.
Kim Anh comes from a family of teachers, and unfortunately is just recovering
from a failed marriage, so meeting Dave is quite fortuitous and she
instinctively cleans and tidies Dave’s kitchen and bedroom.
Kim’s departure to her new village is delayed as her transport is not
available, until after the forthcoming luni-solar holidays, and she stays
another day in Dave’s house. The weather grows colder and Dave kindly offers
her warmer sleeping facilities!
Kim had found Dave an attractive man when she first met him, but Dave found all
young ladies beautiful, until Kim began to blossom under Dave’s care.
Initial contact turns to passion and passion to deep love.
Everything works out well until Kim’s co-teacher turns up with a baby, a
non-husband, and big problems!Genre Fantasy Romance
The word originally military slang used by American soldiers
engaging guerrillas in the Philippines before World War II, from Tagalog
bundok, mountain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk, elevated ground. The
word has since been used by many others to denote a remote and wild area in any
country.Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M72IO4W
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/676005
Adam Mann Social Media
Adam has worked for over 50 years in what is called “developing
economies”. Most of the time Adam’s work has been with the thousands of
small scale farmers, who have appreciated sustainable livelihoods, so that they
now have enough food to feed themselves, and also some to sell so that they
have a cash income. That is why most of Adam’s novels are set in these remote
locations.Two years ago Adam finally retired and started writing, and
has now produced 25 fantasy romance books nine of which have been published,
and sixteen self-published at Smashwords and Amazon KDP.Adam is a member of the Romance Writers of Australia.
Website http://www.adammannauthor.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/AdamMannAuthor
FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/adamthemann/app/2415071772/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8293610.Adam_Mann
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Kinky Briefs, Thrice by Seelie Kay @SeelieKay #RLFblog #romance
Today’s featured book is Kinky Briefs, Thrice, an erotic romance by Seelie Kay.
Take a kinky romp through lawyerland!
Lawyers get their kink on in this sizzling collection of short stories. Through the eyes of a lawyer toiling away in the backroom of a law firm, a wicked window into the legal world opens as she spins her outrageous tales of lawyers in love, cranky judges, and those who serve them. From a randy AG who uses his cycle to woo a young law firm associate to a Sheikh and lawyer in a fight for their lives, or a kinky lawyer struggling to adapt to a diagnosis of a crippling, chronic illness to a rowdy fantasy about a new sheriff in town, each lawyer attacks life with humor and passion, always ready to embrace just a dash of kink. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you might even blush, but one thing’s for certain, when you’re done reading, you’ll run out and buy a set of handcuffs!
Genre: Erotic romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Publisher eXtasy Books
Extasy Books http://www.extasybooks.com/kinky-briefs-thrice/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Kinky-Briefs-Thrice-Seelie-Kay-ebook/dp/B075JD2ZD4/Seelie Kay Social Media
Seelie Kay engages in flights of fancy about lawyers in love, drawing on a vivid imagination, an inquisitive mind, and more than 25 years in the legal world.
After stints as a journalist and lawyer, Seelie hung out her shingle as a freelance writer, editor, and author. When not spinning her kinky tales, Seelie ghostwrites nonfiction for lawyers and other professionals.
Seelie resides in a bucolic exurb outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she shares a home with her son and enjoys opera, gourmet cooking, organic gardening, and an occasional bottle of red wine.
Seelie is an MS warrior and ruthlessly battles the disease on a daily basis. Her message to those diagnosed with MS: Never give up. We will find a cure!
Website http://seeliekay.com
Blog http://seeliekay.blogspot.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/SeelieKay
Facebook https://facebook.com/seelie.kay.77
Goodreads https://goodreads.com/author/show/16492565.Seelie_Kay
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The Lovin’ Is Easy by Gemma Snow @GemmaSnowAuthor #RLFblog #WesternRomance
Welcome Gemma Snow author of The Lovin’ Is Easy, a new erotic western romance.
Why did you write this book?
This actually started out as a short story for a summer-themed anthology. At the end of the day, it wasn’t a good fit for the anthology, but my editor suggested that I think a little bigger. Not only did The Lovin’ Is Easy become a full-length novel, but it became part of a four season series set at or near the Triple Diamond Ranch in Wolf Creek, Montana.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love nearly every romance genre. I got started on regency novels, but long since discovered contemporary, erotic, highlanders, and all the rest. I write romance because I love to read romance.
That being said, I’m also on a nonfiction jag, mostly books about climate change and modern feminism. (Sometimes both!) I just finished Hidden Figures which was a really fantastic read. Anything with great women at the fore.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
One of my all-time favorite authors is Juliette Mariller, who writes fantasy set mostly in the British Isles. I don’t know if I could pick a favorite from her lineup, but the first three books in her Daughter of the Forest series, Daughter of the Forest, Son of Shadows and Child of the Prophecy are some of my very top reads.
Also, Hermione Granger. She’s my everything.
And if you want a really embarrassing secret, I sometimes pretend that the SEALs from Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooter series go on my morning runs with me, so I don’t get lazy because they wouldn’t stand for it…
What are you working on at the moment?
So right now I’m in final edits on the next book in the Triple Diamond series, Wild Flowers, which centers on her heroine from The Lovin’ Is Easy, Madison’s younger sister Lily.
This series is a lot of fun because it’s been very challenging. The books all share a setting and all four of them are M/F/M menage romances, which runs the risk of my writing the same book four times. In the case of these books, characters and their reactions to the proposed relationship are fundamental for differentiating them, so it’s been a lot of fun figuring out who my heroes (and heroes) and heroines are in each different story.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
I’m so excited to share the news! I have a new historical BDSM novella coming out in October called Leather and Gold, book one in the At My Lady’s Pleasure series. I think a huge draw of writing historical romance is the built in tension based on society’s rules and requirements, and adding a deeper, more depraved layer to that just called to me.
Please tell us about your latest book.
Genre: Erotic Romance (Menage)
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Publisher https://www.totallybound.com/book/the-lovin-is-easy
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Lovin-Easy-Triple-Diamond-Book-ebook/dp/B074V8YY1Y/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1127085565
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-lovin-is-easyGemma Snow Social Media
Gemma Snow is the author of several works of erotic and romantic fiction in both the contemporary and historical genres, and enjoys pushing the limits of freedom, feminism, and fun in her stories. She has been an avid writer for many years, and recently moved back to her home state of New Jersey from Boston, after completing her education in journalism and creative writing.
In her free time, she loves to travel, and spent a semester abroad living in a 14th century castle in the Netherlands. When not exploring the world, she likes dreaming up stories, eating spicy food, driving fast cars, and talking to strangers.
Website http://gemmasnow.com
Blog https://gemmasnow.com/blog/
Twitter https://twitter.com/GemmaSnowDesire
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GemmaSnowRomance/
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/gemmasnowdesire/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15243308.Gemma_Snow
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Gemma-Snow/e/B01F6KW736/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Newsletter https://gemmasnow.com/mailing-list/
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Cosmic Cabaret: Where Hearts Collide by Cailin Briste, et.al @CailinBriste #RLFblog #SciFi #Romance
Today’s featured book is Cosmic Cabaret: Where Hearts Collide in the Greatest Show in Space a sci-fi romance anthology by CJ Cade, Kerry Adrienne, Tessa McFionn, Cailin Briste, Jayne Fury, Rosalie Redd, Selene Grace Silver, Athena Grayson, Kat Vancil, Dena Garson, Blaire Edens, Jenna Lincoln, and Diana Rivis, all USA Today, Amazon best-selling, award-winning speculative fiction romance authors.
Join us aboard Blue Star Line’s crown jewel, the LS Quantum. Thirteen USA Today, Amazon best-selling, award-winning speculative fiction romance authors deliver their twists on tales set in the dance halls and clubs of this luxury starship as it travels through space and time.
Follow princes, sultans, rock stars, scientists, cirque artists, and dancers as they solve murders, track thieves, fight bullies, plan heists and fall in love.
Genre Science Fiction Romance, Speculative Fiction
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13 to R
Publisher SFR Shooting Stars
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0755XPYTM
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cosmic-cabaret-sfr-shooting-stars/1127023699
Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/ebook/cosmic-cabaret
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details/SFR_Shooting_Stars_Cosmic_Cabaret?id=-sAyDwAAQBAJ
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36144442-cosmic-cabaretCailin Briste Social Media
Cailin has been writing fiction for six years and non-fiction for two decades. Her non-fiction work has been published in magazines and in a non-fiction anthology. She’s a member of Romance Writers of America, the RWA Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter, and the RWA Passionate Ink Chapter.
Cailin loves science fiction and romance, so combining the two came naturally. She is currently writing the third book in her Sons of Tallav sci-fi erotic romance series. Shane: Marshal of Tallav and Maon: Marshal of Tallav were released in 2016 by Loose Id. Her first book in the sci-fi suspense romance, A Thief in Love Suspense Romance series, It Takes a Cat Burglar was released in May 2017.
Website http://cailinbriste.com/
Blog http://cailinbriste.com/category/all-posts/
Twitter http://twitter.com/CailinBriste
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cailinbriste/
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/cailinbriste/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7413817.Cailin_Briste
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Cailin-Briste/e/B00GSX9QVW
Newsletter http://cailinbriste.com/cailins-newsletter-sign-up/