• Time Travel

    Ancient Ties #timetravel Jane Leopold Quinn @jelquinnauthor #RLFblog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and
    introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Sensual fantasies were locked in my mind for years until a
    friend said, “Why don’t you write them down?” Why not, indeed? One
    spiral notebook, a pen and the unleashing of my imagination later, and here I
    am with more than a dozen books published. The craft of writing erotic romance
    has become my passion and my niche in life. I love every part of the creative
    process—developing characters, designing the plot, even drawing the layout of
    physical spaces from my stories. My careers have been varied—third grade school
    teacher, bookkeeper, secretary—none of which gave me a bit of inspiration. But
    now I’m lucky enough to write romance full time—the best job in the universe!
    And I’m fortunate enough to have found my own happily ever after husband.

    Interview with Jane Leopold Quinn

    Why did you write
    this book?
    I’d always been fascinated by the
    ancient world – Rome, Greece, Egypt. When I finally took my first trip to
    England, the British Museum in London was a treasure trove, and the Rosetta
    Stone was one of the many highlights.
    But what turned out to be the best
    for me was the Roman Museum at Bath, touring the baths, and seeing the
    surviving artifacts. I was totally in love with everything there and had no
    idea the real impact Bath would have on my life.
    I took photos of everything I
    could see – statues, pediments, mosaics, and a row of tombstones. Roman
    soldiers’ tombstones. I took a photo then moved on. The actual bath itself was
    much smaller than I’d thought but more impressive and beautiful than I could
    have ever imagined.
    When I got home, I had my photos
    developed – yes, this was years before digital cameras. All the pictures turned
    out very well except for the one of the tombstone. The edges of the stone were
    sharp, but the center where it was carved was hazy. Darn! I told my friends
    that the Roman soldier’s spirit was coming out to meet me. Haha.
    About a month after that trip, I
    met the man who became my husband. After we’d been married a couple of years,
    we went back to England (he’d never been) and our tour visited some of the
    places I’d already seen. Bath and the Roman Museum was a repeat. I wanted to
    retake the tombstone photo and hoped it would come out clear this time. I
    wouldn’t know until we got home, because I still didn’t have a digital camera.
    The photo was clear! This time I
    claimed the carving was clear because the soldier approved of my new husband.
    After another many years, I began
    writing romance. One of my first inspirations was to write a story about a
    third-grade Iowan school teacher (I’d been a third-grade teacher in Dubuque,
    Iowa) who visits England and goes back in time to the Second Century Roman
    Britain. Oh, yeah, and she meets a Roman soldier. Ancient Ties was born!
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Big surprise — my favorite genre
    is romance. In the past I’ve read almost every kind of book there is —
    literary fiction, mysteries, biographies, non-fiction, Mad Magazine, and for a
    while I binged on Pulitzer Prize winning novels. Also for a period of time I
    read romances. Then I didn’t for years. When I first started writing, I
    realized it was romance. I believe in Happily Ever Afters. I can’t abide crying
    as a book ends unless I’m crying happy tears. Since I’ve written in many kinds
    of genres, I also read all kinds — westerns, contemporaries, Regencies,
    vampire. Reading has always entertained me and helped me through rough times. I
    can’t imagine living a non-reading life.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    If I say Mr. Darcy, is that too
    cliché? To me he’s the quintessential romance hero. Tall, handsome, hunky sure,
    but he’s got his wounds. They weren’t written by Jane Austen as we write
    wounded heroes nowadays, but he’d been burned by events in his life and by
    people like Wickham. He responded by closing down his emotions so another
    person couldn’t touch him and hurt him. Once he looked outside his own pain and
    focused on Elizabeth’s, then he came alive and accepted love. I’ve tried to
    write my heroes that way, warriors afraid that love will weaken them, fighting
    their need for a particular woman, not ever sure they will have their own
    happily ever after, not knowing that’s the future they actually want.
    What are you working
    on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I’ve spent the last few months
    working on self publishing books I got back from publishers. AND, I’ve been
    creating my own covers. I don’t have Photoshop, but using what’s already loaded
    on my computer and Paint and PowerPoint, I can make fairly simple covers. My
    latest, Ancient Ties, was created by my using romancenovelcovers.com for the
    top picture. The two lower photos of Stonehenge and the Roman Bath in Bath,
    England were taken by me on my trips to England. I also created a cover for two
    short stories I’ll be releasing soon in one volume, Scorching Mini Tales, with
    a photo of the Eifel Tower that I took myself in Paris last summer. I’ve also
    created several other covers. It’s been fun to use another creative part of my
    brain.
    As far as writing, probably the
    next thing I’ll work on is a western serial of short stories taking place in
    one small town with all the characters connected. Working title is Scorching
    Mini Tales of the Olde West.
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    Nursing a broken heart, Janney Forrester flies to England for a much
    needed vacation. She gets one—and much more. A drive through the countryside
    and the sight of a mysterious heavy gold bracelet found nestled against ruined
    walls draw her across the crumbling stone threshold of an ancient villa where
    she beholds a Roman room in perfect historical detail. To add to the unreality,
    there’s the most gorgeous, masculine man she’s ever seen, her every sensual
    fantasy personified. Confusion by what’s happening to her vies with attraction
    when Janney is thrust two thousand years into the past.
    Roman soldier Marek Benin Verus considers the woman suddenly appearing
    before him as a gift from the gods. Zeus knows he needs one! Battle fatigued
    and emotionally scarred after fifteen years in the army, he’s on a leave of
    absence and has all the time in the world to devote to seducing this beautiful
    woman into his bed. He doesn’t plan on the powerful and dangerous emotions she
    inspires in him.
    Marek’s hard, muscular body is too luscious to resist. Janney decides to
    risk the comfort of her safe life and carpe diem—seize the day. Marek
    seizes her body and takes her to the edge—and over—to an ecstasy she never knew
    existed. Can a new world for her, timeless desire, and a loving exploration of
    each other’s bodies forge a passion that survives centuries of separation?

    About the Book

    Title – Ancient Ties
    Genre – Time Travel Romance 
    Author – Jane Leopold Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This Book

    Amazon – http://amzn.com/B00WFTJYPG 

    Author Social Media

    Website and Blog – http://janeleopoldquinn.blogspot.com
    Amazon Author Page – http://amzn.to/1DfiXkP

  • RLF Gems

    RLF Gem: @KTBlack_author Top Blogger Mar 2015 #RLFblog

    RLF Gem 
    Last month, Romance Lives Forever had 31 posts in a 31 day month.
    Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not counted, in order
    to focus on guests.
    The Top Blogger for March was KT Black. She wins a month of free cover advertising on the blog.
    Our Top Blogger of the Year is publisher Liquid Silver Books, which won a year
    of free advertising.

    About KT Black

    Blog www.ktblackbooks.com
    TSU www.tsu.co/KTBlackAuthor

    Top Five Bloggers for the Month

    (judged by page views). Congratulations to each one!
    1. KT Black
    2. Jessica Cale
    3. Jane Leopold Quinn
    4. Clare Dargin
    5. Jessica E Subject
    Honorable mention: Nancy Corrigan, Barbara Donlon Bradley
    Romance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has
    a blogger’s FAQ page with a downloadable guide and six optional interviews. Readers
    can follow via Google+, Networked Blogs, Linky Followers, email, an RSS feed, and
    there’s a blog button that readers and authors can grab. Authors can share previous books.
    The blog uses author or publisher names as tags on posts, and author Twitter handles
    in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr with a potential reach of over 2M readers via its Twitter-linked network. Twitter mentions are also gathered
    in several Paper.li ezines, giving the author additional opportunities for promotion.
    The Romance Lives
    Forever Paper.li ezine
    features only guest authors, and the day’s guest is on
    its front page every day.
    New for 2015
    Each post will be featured on the Romance Lives Forever
    Pinterest board within a few days after it goes live. https://www.pinterest.com/kayelleallen/romance-lives-forever-rlfblog/

    New RLFblog Admin – Nicole Morgan

    I’m pleased to announce that author Nicole Morgan has agreed to assist me with scheduling for Romance Lives Forever. She is the new blog admin. Look for emails from her. As we transition to a new system of recording and verifying guests, you might receive a duplicate note about your date. Please bear with us. We want to ensure everyone who requests a spot on the blog gets a personal response. Please use this email if you have questions or need help: rlfblog-owner@yahoogroups.com We both receive email sent here. You don’t have to join this group — it’s simply a way for us to have a joint email and streamline things for you. The email address is included in all downloadable interviews on the FAQ page.

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    My thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance Lives
    Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.
    Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
    name are:

    Alanna Lucas, Andrea K. Stein, Anita Cox, Barbara White
    Daille, Brita Addams, Elodie Parkes, Erica Ridley, Eva Lefoy, Houston Havens, Ines
    Johnson, Jacquie Biggar, JoAnne Myers, Jocelyn Dex, Kim Headlee, Lauren Linwood,
    Lisa Haman, Russell Brooks, Sabrina York, Sasha Cottman, Taylor Brooks, Tina
    Gayle
  • Contemporary

    Home to Stay @jelquinnauthor #RLFblog #Contemporary

    Home to Stay 
    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Home to Stay.

    About the Book

    Author Jane Leopold Quinn
    Genre Contemporary Erotic Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    When Nickie begins restoring an old house in Parkersburg, Iowa,
    the last thing she expects is a stalker. But when Deputy Sheriff Hank responds to
    her call for help, all thoughts of danger flee her mind. The more she’s forced to
    be with him, the stronger her attraction grows. He’s never been the staying kind,
    but he can’t fight his own growing feelings for her.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00P3AQ8WQ

    About the Author

    Jane Leopold Quinn is a multi-published author of highly sensual
    novels, novellas, and short stories. She loves the creative process and is constantly,
    madly writing and revising the “next great book.” Nothing gives her more
    satisfaction than bringing two people together for a happily-ever-after ending.
    Writing romance is the greatest job in the world and is her passion and niche in
    life. Creativity in romance authors isn’t usually limited to writing. Her other
    interests include building and decorating doll houses and miniature room boxes,
    as well as designing silk flower arrangements. Next up? Mosaics… Jane lives in
    Chicago, overlooking the park and Lake Michigan, with her loving, supportive husband.

    Author Social Media

    Website: http://janeleopoldquinn.blogspot.com
    Blog: http://janeleopoldquinn.blogspot.com
  • Contemporary

    RLF Gem Award: Top Bloggers Jan 2015 #RLFblog @vickyburkholder

    RLF Gem Award 
    Last month, Romance Lives Forever had 28 posts in a 31 day month.
    Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not counted, in order
    to focus on guests.
    The Top Blogger for January was Vicky Burkholder. She wins a
    month of free cover advertising on the blog.

    About Vicky Burkholder

    Top Five Bloggers for the Month

    (judged by page views). Congratulations to each one!
    1. Vicky
      Burkholder
    2. Lindsay
      McKenna
    3. Sandy
      Wolters
    4. Allie
      Ritch
    5. Red L
      Jameson
     Honorable mention: Jane Leopold Quinn, Daisy Banks, Naughty Literati
    Romance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has
    a blogger’s FAQ page with a downloadable guide and six optional interviews. Readers
    can follow via Google+, Networked Blogs, Linky Followers, email, an RSS feed, and
    there’s a blog button readers and authors can grab. Authors can share previous books.
    The blog uses author or publisher names as tags on posts, and author Twitter handles
    in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr with a potential reach of over
    1.2M readers via its Twitter-linked network. Twitter mentions are also gathered
    in several Paper.li ezines, giving the author additional opportunities for promotion.
    The Romance Lives
    Forever Paper.li ezine
    features only guest authors, and the day’s guest is on
    its front page every day.

    Share your book cover on Romance Lives Forever

    Limited spots to share book covers are available. Cost is $3
    per month, with discounts for covers posted for one quarter and up to one year.
    Covers can be changed monthly.

    Sign Up for a Future Post

    Guest calendar http://bit.ly/rlf_dates
    My thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance Lives
    Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.
    Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
    name are:
    Anne Kane, Dariel Raye, Diane Saxon, Kate Hill, Tarah Scott, DP Denman, Iris
    Blobel, Kate Moore, Kayelle Allen, Kristina Knight, Kryssie Fortune, Lauren
    Linwood, Layna Pimentel, Leigh Court, Lucy Felthouse, Sabrina York, Sharon
    Hamilton, Sue Swift
  • Contemporary

    Cover Love: Wooing the Librarian @jelquinnauthor #RLFblog #historical

    Wooing the Librarian 
    Author: Jane Leopold Quinn
    Book: Wooing the Librarian
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Wooing the Librarian (previously published as Hot Under the Collar)
    After a spectacularly failed romance left her devastated, all
    Isis Garrett wants is to start her library in this California town. The last thing
    she wants is another man, not even the handsome preacher who offers his church for
    her books.
    Pres MacKay is starting a new life as a preacher. He can’t hide
    his attraction to the sweetly rounde
    d new librarian even as she pushes him away.
    Can he discover the way into her closed heart and prove to her he’s one of the good
    guys?
    Pres isn’t about to give up on Isis, though. The question is
    can she forget the pain of the past and see a future with him?

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00ONZSRPS

    About the Author

    Sensual fantasies were locked in my mind for years until a friend
    said, “Why don’t you write them down?” Why not, indeed? One spiral notebook,
    a pen and the unleashing of my imagination later, and here I am with more than a
    dozen books published. The craft of writing erotic romance has become my passion
    and my niche in life. I love every part of the creative process — developing characters,
    designing the plot, even drawing the layout of physical spaces from my stories.
    My careers have been varied — third grade school teacher, bookkeeper, secretary
    — none of which gave me a bit of inspiration. But now I’m lucky enough to write
    romance full time — the best job in the universe! And I’m fortunate enough to have
    found my own happily ever after husband.

    Author Social Media

    Website: http://janeleopoldquinn.blogspot.com