• Quick and Fun,  Shapeshifter

    Wolf Holding by Kara James @KaraJames_Autho #RLFblog #PNR

    Wolf Holding by Kara James @KaraJames_Autho #RLFblog #PNRKara James, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. I’d like to get to know you better. After we talk, I’ll ask for your bio and social media. Let’s jump in to a Quick and Fun answer session.

    Kara James QUICK

    Do you write more than one genre? If so, what are they?

    I write paranormal romance. Specifically shifters: merging werewolves and Rugby and dragon and other shifters with MMA.

    How do you come up with ideas?

    I think of a character first usually, then what if’s come next. For my Wolf Binding series, it was: What if a rugby teams goes off on holiday to the Transylvania Mountains and become werewolves? How would they cope and hide their secret from the world?

    What is the single most important part of writing for you?

    Discovery. I know the characters, the general idea of the storyline and how it will end, but not all the stuff in-between.

    When did you write your first book?

    Wolf Binding is my debut paranormal romance/ shifter book.

    Kara James FUN

    Leather or lace? Leather
    Black or red? Black
    Satin sheets or smooth cotton? Satin
    Ocean or mountains? Mountains
    City life or country life? Country
    Party life or evening at home? Evening at home
    Dogs or cats? Dogs

    Tell us about Wolf Holding

    Careful what you wish for…

    Kevin Taylor awakes to his worst nightmare. His leg has been amputated from the knee down because of his motorcycle stunt accident. Thinking his life is over, he broods until a new physical therapist takes over his care and he finds himself falling for her.

    Amber Carter loves her job helping people, but she lives with a secret. As a teen, she tried a spell from her family’s grimoire and her parents ended up dead. Now she’d rather just live a normal life. Except when Kevin finds her book and turns himself into a wolf, will she have enough power to fix him?

    Book 2 in the Wolf Binding series, but written as a standalone

    Genre: paranormal romance

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Amazon: http://a.co/dMHsDys

    Kara James Social Media

    Kara James is fascinated with Rugby and werewolves. So what better way to bring her two passions together than with bad boy romance in the Binding series?

    She also holds degree belts in Karate and Mauy Thai – and was excited to blend MMA and Shifters in her Shadow series.

    Kara lives with her family and is a full-time mom and a writer (whenever all the kids are in bed).
    Website: https://www.karajamesauthor.com/
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaraJames_Autho
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karajames13/
    Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Kara-James/e/B01N06L6ST/
    Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cR-Ojj

     

  • Four ways to Spot a Witch by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #urbanfantasy
    Shapeshifter,  Vampire

    Four Ways to Spot a Witch by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #urbanfantasy

    Four ways to Spot a Witch by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #urbanfantasyKryssie Fortune shares four ways to spot a witch.

    1. Is the witch female?

    Women are easily tempted to sin. Remember Eve and that damn apple? It taunted her from the tree branch while poor, innocent Adam ignored it. Historically, women were seen as morally week. Making a pact with the devil opened up a women’s wildest fantasies. Sometime, when struggling as an uneducated peasant, those fantasies were all she had.

    Forget science and facts. Although… Okay, witches and flying go together. Ever wondered why? Most bread in the middle ages was rye bread, but that goes moldy fast. That mold’s interesting. It’s called Ergot. Too much is lethal. Smaller amounts are hallucinogenic and can give the illusion of flying. Most witch suspects were healers or herbalists, and they’d include Ergot in their potions. Rub that potion on your broomstick and straddle it, pre-flight. Middle ages remember. No underwear. Their bare genitals absorbed the potion, making them writhe and contort as it sent orgasm speeding though their body. Afterwards, they would think they’d been flying

    2. Does the witch have a pet?

    Don’t ever be lonely enough to take in a stray cat or dog, no matter how many purrs or puppy-dog eyes they give you. Witch hunters will claim the Devil sent the pet to her. Some believe the creature can shape shift. Historically witch hunters were warned to be on guard for small snakes, birds, cats, rats, dogs, and griffins. It makes you wonder how many griffins they found.

    Pets or familiars didn’t only belong to women. During the English Civil war, Prince Rupert of the Rhine commanded the Cavaliers’ cavalry. By the age of 23, he was an experienced soldier, and everywhere he went, he took his huge white poodle, Boy, with him.

    Parliamentarians thought the dog was Prince Rupert’s familiar, or even the Devil in disguise. They even claimed the dog could catch bullets in its mouth. Boy held the rank of Sergeant-major-general. After the cavaliers lost the Battle of Marston Moor, parliamentarians shot Boy, some say with a silver bullet. So, devil’s familiar? Werewolf? Or just a well- loved dog? You decide.

    3. Does the witch have a wart?

    Women breastfeed babies. Since I can’t find a reference to a female witch catcher, I assume they were male. Men are fascinated with women’s breasts, right? So, if the poor suspect had a third teat somewhere on her body, then that was a secret place for her familiar to suckle. Clearly men are terrified of women, why else would they need a panel of expert females to help find the hidden wart. Or maybe the men didn’t mind looking at the women’s breasts but not at her more private places.

    4. Is the witch annoying?

    What? Who decides this one? Does she get drunk and dance naked around the village? Some might call that local color. Does she come begging at the manor door? Surely powerful men had a duty to help the poor. Perhaps, if they were powerful, they were also greedy. What better way to not give alms than to out the poor beggar woman as a witch.

    Why my interest in witches? Easy, the Tempest, the heroine in my book, Claimed by the Vampire, Seduced by the Werewolf is one. Since she’s scared to touch her powers, she’s not a very good one, but then there’s the exploding cauldron to consider. Or the time an injured vampire crash landed on her carpet. Or the way her demon death spell bounced off a cluster of spider demons. All things considered, she’s probably best leaving her magic alone.

    Kryssie Fortune’s Claimed by the Vampire, Seduced by the Werewolf

    After seven centuries, Elias, a former Spartan turned vampire, finds his eternal bride.

    Seth, Elias’s werewolf half-brother, scents his mate.

    Vampire and werewolf loathe each other. The only thing they agree on is that Tempest is their mate–and they’re not sharing.

    A prophecy will force Tempest, a twenty-first-century witch, to choose between them. As the half-brothers vie to win her heart, they teach her about spanking, the way pain heightens pleasure, and the joy of multiple orgasms.

    A vampire can’t survive without his fated bride. A werewolf dies if he loses his mate. Their future rests in Tempest’s hands. Which one will she choose?

    Note: While loosely linked to the Scattered Siblings series, this book may be read as a standalone story.

    Where can we find your book online?

    Publisher https://app.bitly.com/BebnjNZnvC8/bitlinks/2pFyQ5Z
    Amazon http://amzn.to/2pLmmK4
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/2q36
    Kobo http://bit.ly/2qBMdl5

    Kryssie 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/kryssie
    Blog http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kryssie.fortune
    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/2hA0ZVO

  • Book Release,  Shapeshifter

    Unnatural Allies (Shifting Alliances 2) Shari Elder @sharielderbooks #RLFblog #PNR #romance

    Welcome Shari Elder author of Unnatural Allies, a new Paranormal Romance.

    Why did you write this book?

    Last year, Evernight published my novel, Shifter Trials. Although I had not planned for it to be part of a series, two of the secondary characters in the book—the wolf beta and heroine’s best friend, and a rat alpha – started bucking for their own story. Then I fell in love with the idea of a love story between a rat and a wolf. I like to push at rules, and this story definitely does that.

    What is your favorite genre to read?

    I love science fiction, fantasy and paranormal stories, romance and non-romance. I just love to see how writers create new worlds, new rules of engagement, new species, and new cultures. It’s why I write them as well. I also love mysteries. Like romances with their HEAs, mysteries have to tie up the story by the end as well.

    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?

    I have to share two, because I always like to have to have a male and a female. The first is Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings. He’s not the hero, yet the final victory (and happy ending) would not have succeeded without him. He’s the best friend, the sidekick, the shadow, on which the hero’s success ultimately rests. He’s a unique character, often overlooked, because his evolution is to become his best self, beyond what he thought he could be. And he gets the girl in the end.

    The second is Ms.Jane Marple, because I adore the quiet, older character that everyone ignores. Yet it she who sees and hears everything, and ultimately is the only one who can figure it out. Reliable, loyal and kind, with depth and intelligence that comes out quietly in the acts of day to day life. Like Sam.

    What are you working on at the moment?

    I am working on a science fiction romance novel called the Scent of Memory, which is book 2 in my Green Rising Series. In this novel, a rebel computer genius is reunited with her fiancée, who she believed to be dead from a mining accident. Instead, he was rebuilt as a cyborg and had his memories wiped.

    What books will we see from you in coming months?

    In addition, to the Scent of Memory, I am also working on book 3 in Shifting Alliances, where shifters continue their battle against the fae (see blurb below). In this novel, a cougar shifter and a fae man find love. I also plan to write a holiday hannukah story.

    Please tell us about your latest book.

    Genre: Paranormal Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    A World in Transition

    Violent fae encroachment on shifter land is heating up. With death tolls rising, the impossible becomes necessary – an alliance among predator and prey shifters.

    An Inconceivable Love

    Nicca Baron, lone wolf and wolf clan beta, finds herself under the command of Evan Grant, the rat alpha. In different circumstances, he’d be dinner. Or so her wolf keeps reminding her. Evan proves to be a perceptive leader, a skilled fighter and irresistible to her lonely heart.

    To rule the rats, you have to rule the pack. Evan is a whiz at managing people and groups. Until he finds himself leading a mission made up of every single large animal that thrives on rat flesh. And not the kind between his legs. The only bright light is Nicca. Her storm gray eyes miss nothing, her brilliant mind comprehends everything and her succulent curves offer the perfect place for a rat to nestle.

    An Impossible Future

    In each other’s arms, Nicca and Evan discover love and a new perspective in an off-kilter world. But a wolf cannot mate with a rat, no matter the strength of the human attraction.

    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718ZTNFY/
    Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/unnatural-allies-by-shari-elder/
    Bookstrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/unnatural-allies-mf

    Shari Elder Social Media

    Hello, I’m Shari. By day, I crawl out of bed, mainline coffee, walk the dog, get my kid off to school, hop on the metro, and save cities within the four walls of my office. Usually by email.

    At night, the other Shari emerges. I take off the suit, curl up on the couch and let my imagination play, with words and images until stories take shape (while periodically checking on my teen-ager, hiding out in the bedroom and plotting world domination with her furry minions). As my alter ego, I save cities in a cape and spangled tights, wander space and time on a surfboard, fly over the Himalayas on feathered wings, make six-toed footprints in indigo talc snow on the sixth planet in the Andromeda galaxy or eavesdrop on Olympian gods while pretending to whip up a bowl of ambrosia. In all these wondrous worlds, romance and passion blossom. I can’t resist a happy ending. And I am particularly prone to writing happy endings for those who have given up on ever getting one.

    Website http://sharielder.com
    Blog http://sharielder.com/blog-2
    Twitter http://twitter.com/ShariElderBooks
    Facebook http://facebook.com/ShariElderStories/
    Pinterest http://pinterest.com/ShariEldeBooks
    Goodreads http://goodreads.com/ShariElder
    Amazon Author Page https://amazon.com/Shari-Elder/e/B01IMME7K6/
    Newsletter http://sharielder.com/blog-2 (sign up on my blog)

  • Shapeshifter

    Knights of Stone: Bryce a new #pnr by @lisacbooks #RLFblog

    USA Today bestselling author Lisa Carlisle loves stories with dark, brooding heroes and independent heroines. She’s honored to be a multi-published author writing in different genres since she’s wanted to be a writer since the sixth grade.  For much of her professional career, she’s written non-fiction — but she’s discovered writing romance is the most fun. Her romances have been named Top Picks at Night Owl Reviews and All Romance Ebooks.
    When she was younger, she worked in a variety of jobs, moving to various countries. She was deployed to Okinawa, Japan, while in the military; backpacked alone through Europe;  and lived in Paris before returning to the U.S. She owned a bookstore for a few years as she loves to read. She’s now married to a fantastic man, and they have two kids, two kittens, and too many fish.

    Interview with Lisa Carlisle

    Why did you write this book?
    I’ve always had a thing for gargoyles. I envisioned writing a story about five statues; the story begins when one begins to move. That story bloomed into a much larger world—one on a mystical Scottish island with five gargoyle shifter brothers. I wrote the first book, Knights of Stone: Mason, and was thrilled and surprised when readers asked for more. Of course, I was happy to comply and ideas began spinning for each brother. Bryce is the second oldest brother and the beta of the gargoyle clan. He’s content as his role as second—until he meets Mairi and his entire world changes.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    I enjoy reading romance, mysteries, and nonfiction, but the last year I’ve read many shifter romances.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    I’m drawn to dark, brooding characters, like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, or Snape in the Harry Potter books.
    What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    For 2016, my main focus is on stories for each brother in the Knights of Stone, but I’m also working on other paranormal and military romances. I’m also in three upcoming, multi-author boxed sets.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    What happens when love interferes with plans, during the most unfortunate of times?
    Gargoyle shifter, and the last of her clan, Mairi, is running for her life, desperate to keep hidden. When she spots two winged creatures flying high above her in the Highlands of Scotland, she momentarily panics, thinking they’re the same beasts who murdered her family along with her entire clan. Realizing they’re gargoyles like her, she takes flight and discreetly follows them to an island.
    Bryce, beta of his clan and drummer for the Knights of Stone, senses something is amiss on the Isle of Stone. At first, he believes he’s merely discomfited by the rumors of atrocities occurring in the Highlands. However, he discovers an intruder on the magically-concealed island home. Once he ascertains that the flame-haired beauty is the sole survivor of a traumatizing attack, he returns to the Highlands to warn his former clan.
    Somewhere between cautioning the clan and realizing the necessity of destroying the beasts that threaten them all, Mairi and Bryce discover an attraction that quickly evolves into a consuming passion. A problem even greater than the murderous fiends becomes apparent – the love they share may not survive the battle.

    For a unique shifter romance series with hot men in kilts, read about the brothers in the Knights of Stone today!

    About the Book

    Title Knights of Stone: Bryce
    Genre Paranormal / shapeshifter romance
    Author Lisa Carlisle
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Indie
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knights-of-stone-lisa-carlisle/1123770151
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-knightsofstonebryce-2034081-140.html
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/knights-of-stone-bryce/id1100872888?mt=11

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  • Shapeshifter

    Alpha Awakened by @jocelyndex #RLFblog #PNR

    Today’s featured book is Alpha Awakened by Jocelyn Dex.

    About the Book

    Title Alpha Awakened
    Genre Paranormal Romance, Shifter Romance
    Author Jocelyn Dex
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Hale, a fox shifter, hates everyone and everything,
    especially himself. He’s an angry, bitter, mentally unstable drunk who blames
    himself for his mate’s death. Not being able to tolerate being in the presence
    of female fox shifters, uncontrollable rage erupts when he meets Hope, and he’s
    torn between killing her and kissing her.
    Hope knows she has to have Hale the second he steps inside
    her shop. The fox inside her comes to life and demands to be claimed. Even
    though Hale is vulgar, volatile, and threatens her at every turn, she wants to
    ease his pain, bring joy back into his life, and make him hers.
    Can Hope break through Hale’s walls and awaken the alpha
    within, or will Hale finally scare her away for good?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher http://www.evernightpublishing.com/alpha-awakened-by-jocelyn-dex
    /
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-alphaawakened-1986663-340.html

    About the Author

    Jocelyn was born in Iowa and currently resides in hot-as-hell Texas. She shares her home with her very own 6’4″ alpha male and varying numbers of spoiled cats and dogs. Jocelyn writes paranormal and contemporary romances that include humor, lust, love, and four-letter words on the way to a Happily-Ever-After.

    Author Social Media

    Website http://www.jocelyndex.com
  • Shapeshifter

    Wolf on a Mission by @ njwaltersauthor #RLFblog #PNR

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Wolf on a Mission by N.J. Walters.

    About the Book

    Title Wolf on a Mission
    Genre Paranormal Romance
    Author N.J. Walters
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    When love runs wild, there are no limits.
    Salvation Pack, Book 6
    Full-blooded werewolf Elias Gallagher, sole guardian of his half-breed teenage nephews, is all too aware that the world is not a safe place for a werewolf on his own. Doubly so for half-breeds.
    He brings his nephews to North Carolina to check out the Salvation Pack’s openness to half-breeds. He never expected to find a mate—the fully human mother of a young boy—while there.
    After enduring one tragedy after another over the past two years, Sue Walsh is focused solely on earning a living and raising her five-year-old son. With her ex suddenly demanding custody, the last complication she wants or needs is an attraction to a ruggedly handsome stranger.
    But the sexual pull between them is too strong to be denied. And when there’s trouble with the local hunters, Elias will do whatever it takes to protect the people he loves. Even if it means revealing his biggest secret.

    Buy This Book

    Publisher https://www.samhainpublishing.com/book/5761/wolf-on-a-mission
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/ebook/wolf-on-a-mission

    About the Author

    N.J. Walters is a New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks—all vie for her attention. It’s a tough life, but someone’s got to live it.

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