• Urban Fantasy

    Cry Me a River by @liviaquinn #RLFblog #urbanfantasy

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Cry Me a River by Livia Quinn.
    About the Book
    Title Cry Me a River, Destiny Paramortals, Book2
    Genre Urban fantasy
    Author Livia Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
    Mayberry or Middle Earth? – The Paramortals have a saying, “One meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.” Our new sheriff said it differently, “Paramortal, my A$$!”
    My name is Tempest Pomeroy. For nineteen years I denied my heritage, until my brother’s genie bottle went missing. Time is running out for River, and the attraction that was growing between me and Sheriff Jack Lang derailed after a series of shocks sent us both reeling, and he got his first glimpse of my Paramortal “talents” – a few measly bolts of lightning aimed at his—in his general direction. In the course of the investigation we’ve gonr from attraction to suspicion, support to friendship, romance to oh-my-god-get-away-from-me revulsion.
    Jack’s an ex-Navy pilot. He says he wants to know “everything”. My ex-lover, but after we answer Jack’s questions, he’ll either join us, or grab his daughter and take the first jet out of Middle Earth.
    He might help me save my brother and discover the whereabouts of my parents, but he probably won’t still want to take me to the Mardi Gras ball, once he knows “everything”. There’s a lot of everything.
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    About the Author
    Hi, I’m Livia Quinn, a DC native living on the bayou. With a life long fascination (read that: phobia) of storms, and living in Louisiana where severe weather is a part of life, it was only natural that it would play a big part in my world. My former jobs as a mail lady, computer trainer, plant manager, professional singer, business owner and salesperson have stocked my brain full of quirky characters and I can’t wait to share them with my readers.
    Author Social Media

    Website: http://liviaquinn.com
    Blog: https://liviaquinnwrites.com/livias-ramblings
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  • RLF Gems

    Top Blogger on #Romance Lives Forever for Nov 2016 @Collette_Author #RLFblog

    The Top Blogger for this month is Collette Cameron, who wins a month of free advertising on the blog.
    Our Top Blogger of the Year in 2015 was Sabrina York, who won a year of free advertising
    for 2016.

    About Collette Cameron

    Website http://collettecameron.com
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    Book Bub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/collette-cameron

    Top Five Bloggers for the Month

    Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not
    counted, in order to focus on guests. The winners are judged by cumulative page
    views, including return and unique visits. There was a tie for 5th place.
    Congratulations to each one!
    1 Collette Cameron
    2 Susan Vaughn
    3 Alanna Lucas
    4 Paula Millhouse
    5 Mary J.
    McCoy-Dressel
    5 Livia Quinn
    Honorable mention:
    Diane Benefiel

    Top Chatters for the Month

    Because the person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the
    person who gets the most page views per month, I instituted the Top Chatter Award.
    This is the award for the person who receives the most comments. To win, a guest
    must have five or more comments (not counting the guest author’s). There can be
    up to three winners.
    This month’s winner’s are:
    1 Collette Cameron
    2 Susan Vaughn
    3 Alanna Lucas
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  • Military

    Support our Veterans #99cents Merry Christmas, Baby by @liviaquinn #RLFblog #romance

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Merry Christmas Baby by Livia Quinn.
    About the Book
    Title  Merry Christmas, Baby
    Genre  Military Romance
    Author Livia Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Through November all sales from Merry Christmas, Baby will go to veterans’ charities. And it’s on sale now for 99cents. It’s a win-win.
    It’s a Christmas weekend full of love and Larue social media is a twitter at the return of their hometown movie star, Ducane Beauregard Larue, and a visit by Raptors quarterback, Gino Manelli, at the only place to celebrate Christmas Eve—the Romanos’. Catch up with the characters from Larue and Thunder Point, and as a bonus get a peek at upcoming characters.
    Beau hates Christmas. It reminds him of what he can’t have. He’s been avoiding homecomings, and the biggest reason is unavoidable this Christmas – Madison Hart, who has loved Beau for most of her adult life. Whenever rumors surface about him returning home, Madison hyperventilates at the prospect of seeing him again.
    Samantha Larue’s baby is overdue and everyone is hovering including Jed, who ended their relationship last summer because kids weren’t “in his future”. But this one is in his present.
    Bad guys don’t scare Delilah Burke but Luc’s mother and five sisters have her stalling on setting a date to marry the man she loves.
    Nothing could make Buffy Romano happier than delivering a few surprises and helping the people she loves find love. Then, a Christmas Eve miracle confirms what she already knows – that with a little nudge, all her loved ones’ happily-ever-afters will happen in the not so distant future.
    Buy This Book
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    About the Author
    D.C. native, Livia Quinn, now lives and writes by the bayou in Louisiana. She’s written eleven books in her Storm Lake series, both paranormal and contemporary romance. While working as a plant manager, computer trainer, mail lady, professional singer, and small business owner she’s stocked her brain full of great characters and fodder for her stories, and loves to share them with her readers. Nothing gives her a thrill like being able to make a difference for our veterans to whom we owe everything.
    Author Social Media
    Blog: https://liviaquinnwrites.com/livias-ramblings
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  • Cancer Awareness,  Paranormal

    #Cancer one day at a time @liviaquinn #pinktober

    Livia Quinn is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate
    Cancer Awareness Week 2016.
    Much has changed in the last twenty-five years since my
    father died of lung cancer. Less than a month after he passed away it was
    discovered that my mother had ovarian cancer. Here are some of the words from
    the doctor when she came out of surgery…”It’s really too bad, she’s a
    beautiful lady. It was everywhere. We couldn’t get it all. I give her a 30%
    chance of living two years WITH chemo.” He patted her on the hand and
    said, “You’re going to be okay with a little chemotherapy.” She
    smiled.
    To say I was berserk knowing the truth and having to pretend
    like everything was going to be okay while she went around relieved is an
    understatement. But I don’t even know if he’d told her the truth if he could
    have kept her positive attitude at bay. She told me years later she just kept
    pretending it was happening to someone else and just took each step as
    something she had to do. She never ever gave a thought to giving up. She lived
    seven and a half years after her diagnosis, giving our family many extra years
    of chances to heal relationships and prepare. I’m so so grateful for that.
    I admire the strength and determination and denial it takes
    to get through a big C diagnosis and treatment and everything that comes with
    it. But people I know who have been through it often tell me that now they see
    it as just another of life’s challenges. I hope I get to see the cure in my
    lifetime, don’t you?
    I believe we’re close.

    About the Book

    My character Jack Lang has gone through a series of
    challenges right up to this latest one in Take These Broken Wings.
    Title Take These Broken Wings, Destiny Paramortals, Book 5
    Genre Paranormal Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Destiny. Is it Mayberry or Middle Earth?
    Jack Lang knows first hand about Destiny’s secrets. Turns
    out he was one of them. On Mardi Gras Eve he and his unlikely band of heroes
    defeated some particularly nasty creatures intent on taking advantage of the
    Paramortals’ vulnerability during the Chaos. They called it Chaos because the
    word “Armageddon” was already taken. Destiny survived with the help
    of their dragon and some special friends, then Jack received the biggest shocks
    of his life. And that was saying a lot.
    He’d chosen this town the year before for the normalcy and
    safety it could provide his teenager after a life of upheaval with his ex. He’d
    been looking for Mayberry. Instead he’d found, not a town, but a world full of
    magical beings, odd occurrences, and scary creatures. There’d been one shock
    after another and yet, instead of leaving and taking Jordie somewhere “safe”…
    he’d stayed.
    He suspects he felt the pull of this special place long
    before he’d known it existed. But that hadn’t been the only reason. It had all
    begun the first time he’d seen Tempest Pomeroy. That was when his world had
    turned upside down—along with half the town. He’d surprised himself with his
    acceptance of the supernatural. He’d even almost accepted this latest blow, but
    that had been before he found out he no longer belonged anywhere. Not with
    humans, and not among supernaturals. Something had gone haywire in his family
    DNA.
    Now he’s abandoned the women in his life, his
    responsibilities–everything except for the need to quench the gnawing hunger
    in his gut and this compulsion to jump off the highest levees in the parish. He
    was just sorry there were no mountains in Louisiana.

    About the Author

    Livia Quinn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in
    Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South,
    it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a
    place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of
    the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let mortals see you use your
    magic.).

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GK2MOB4
    Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1163902107
    Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940153209159
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/take-these-broken-wings-2

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  • Stressing the Heroine,  Suspense

    Stressing Cass McKay from Undone a #Contemporary RS by @LiviaQuinn #RLFblog

    Stressing Cass McKay from Undone by Livia Quinn.

    Author Bio

    Livia Quinn is a DC native who lives on the bayou in Louisiana. She met her hero, Cass McKay, while listening to Jesse Cook’s “Breathing Below Surface” and Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me if You Don’t”. When I turned down a narrow street there he was, in the flesh leaning against the wall of Elektra’s shop (well, a store on the corner on my route, actually but still,) all tawny and golden, asking for my help to get his woman back. I could tell he was desperate so… what else could I do? Undone was born.

    About the Book

    Title Undone (A Sexy Romantic Adventure)
    Genre Contemporary Romance
    Author Livia Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    When Aussie gem hunter Cass McKay appears unexpectedly on Elektra’s design shop doorway, her reasons for sending him away a year ago suddenly seem…complicated, their passion for each other and the secret, intricately entwined.
    One year ago on the eve of Carnival, Elektra broke their engagement after the “Blood” opal was stolen. No one steals from Cass, especially not when it cost him the woman he loved.
    Elektra’s reason for breaking their engagement has now come back to bite her. Cass intends to return to Brazil, putting himself in danger to retrieve her opal, in hopes that Elektra will give their relationship another chance.
    Staying out of Cass’ bed isn’t an option if she’s going to keep him safe, but coming clean might make things worse. Elektra is walking a tightrope between desire and deceit, and the truth will endanger not only their love, but their lives.

    Stressing The Hero

    Every hero has a story. He has a background, a history, and a past. This interview allows us to meet a hero and get to know him better, by focusing on how he handles being relaxed, as well as how he handles stress.

    The Hero’s Relaxed Side

    This hero is at a party. Considering his story, describe the party.
    A pleasant crowd of friends and family, couples sharing good food, drink and dancing to the Latin beats, from the slow sultry rumba and tango to the lively salsa
    How does the hero feel about being at this particular party, and what body language is he displaying that gives it away?
    He loves these people and especially the woman he hasn’t seen in a year. He’s banking on the atmosphere and the music to draw her in. He cues the music and begins to dance, his hips and eyes telling her the slow deliberate steps of their favorite dance how he feels.
    Is he more likely to mingle or remain aloof?
    Oh, Cass is a mingler, an extrovert who is well-liked and at home in two countries, Brazil and Australia. He tries to remain aloof with Elektra but the beat of the music is making him crazy. Hopefully, she’s not unaffected.
    If he drinks, what is his drink of choice at this party?
    Cass isn’t one to over indulge. But tonight he’s intoxicated by her presence and he goes a bit too far.
    The hero figures out where the hiding places are and then goes there. Is it to hide, to avoid someone, or to go drag a friend back to the party?
    When Elektra runs in the heat of the dance, he knows where to find her. And there’s hell to pay. He’s determined to make her admit her feelings but she’s well aware of the cost of giving in after all this time.

    The Hero’s Stressed Out Side

    How does the hero handle it if the cops or some other authority figure pulls him aside when he was blameless in a situation?
    Cass is an even-tempered guy who has no trouble talking his way in or out of situations.
    How does the hero react to hearing a scream?
    Well, like a hero. He would act before considering the danger to himself.
    What does he tell himself in order to get through the situation?
    If he can get the opal back and Elektra back in his arms, his world will be right again.

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
    Amazon  Link   http://amzn.to/1K9EbD8
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  • Contemporary,  Double Feature

    Double Feature with @LiviaQuinn #PNR Fantasy #RLFBlog

    “Love happens, when you least expect it”
    Author Bio
    Livia Quinn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South, it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let the mortals see you use your magic.)
    Storm Crazy
    Title Storm Crazy
    Genre Urban Fantasy Paranormal Cozy
    Author  Livia Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on the Gulf Coast. I’m Tempest Pomeroy, a mail carrier and a Paramortal like my family. Or I’m supposed to be. If I didn’t have a few little talents, I’d think I was adopted
    I’ve denied my heritage for too long. Now, my mother’s out of pocket, my brother’s genie bottle is missing and the sheriff thinks one of us is guilty of murder. I think he’s following me. Is it any wonder I’m calling this the worst MALE day of my life?
    Oh, and the sheriff? He thought he’d settled in a normal small town to raise his teenage daughter. Like Mayberry. Not…
    Things better settle down soon ‘cause I’m about to go Storm Crazy.
    Buy Storm Crazy
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    Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
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    Undone
    Title  Undone (A Sexy Romantic Adventure)
    Genre Contemporary Romance
    Author  Livia Quinn
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    When Aussie gem hunter Cass McKay appears unexpectedly on Elektra’s design shop doorway, her reasons for sending him away a year ago suddenly seem…complicated, their passion for each other and the secret, intricately entwined.
    One year ago on the eve of Carnival, Elektra broke their engagement after the “Blood” opal was stolen. No one steals from Cass, especially not when it cost him the woman he loved.
    Elektra’s reason for breaking their engagement has now come back to bite her. Cass intends to return to Brazil, putting himself in danger to retrieve her opal, in hopes that Elektra will give their relationship another chance.
    Staying out of Cass’ bed isn’t an option if she’s going to keep him safe, but coming clean might make things worse. Elektra is walking a tightrope between desire and deceit, and the truth will endanger not only their love, but their lives.
     
    Buy Undone

    Amazon http://amzn.to/1K9EbD8
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