• Contemporary

    Anonymous, a Contemporary Romance @LocGlin #RLFblog #Contemporary

    Anonymous 

    About the Book

    Title Anonymous
    Genre Contemporary Erotic Romance
    Author Loc Glin
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Blurb

    Jennifer Hartstrum has
    trouble with men. Her relationship with an abusive father left her with a speech
    impediment that flares up only when she dates. Her friend talks her into trying
    an exciting new dating experience, the Anonymous Club, a place where a date is an
    adventure and fantasies can come true. One must choose an alias, and anonymity is
    guaranteed.
    Andrew Martin is looking
    for a woman who can keep up with him outside of the bedroom as well as in bed. He
    tries the Anonymous Club with low expectations.
    When Jennifer and Andrew
    meet, it is Chemistry 101. Have they found what they are looking for? In a world
    of aliases and mystery, is anyone really who they say they are? What happens when
    anonymity is good for one but not the other?

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  • Modern Western

    Cowboy Boss and his Destiny @maryjdressel #RLFblog #ModernWestern

    Cowboy Boss and his Destiny 
    Genre Contemporary Western Romance
    Author Name Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Living the good life in a big city for many years, Nora Trinity
    ends up a statistic after the magazine she works for makes cutbacks. Despite a family
    betrayal from her past that still needs mending, she moves back home to the
    small town of Canyon Junction, Arizona, with forgiveness on her mind. When she
    is hired by a local rancher to help with his ranching magazine, she finds herself
    profoundly attracted to him, and the feeling is mutual. The thing is, her sexy boss
    comes as a package deal, and his little girl is immediately drawn to her. It’s not
    just about two hearts taking a chance now—or two people falling in
    love… Nora has to be sure of what she wants before she takes on the cowboy and
    his child.
    Tristan Carlson does the best he can to raise his four-year-old
    daughter on his own. His mother remains on the Double Dutch to lend a hand—giving
    him the ability to maintain the ranch, tend to his horses, and keep up his small-time
    ranching magazine. His pretty, new assistant is everything he wants in a woman,
    including her ginger-red hair. He finds it hard to keep her out of his arms—especially
    since she doesn’t mind being in his embrace. But from his experience with
    women lately, he’s learned that some don’t want a ready-made family. This one seems
    different, and he’s falling hard. But, there’s his little blue-eyed girl, and he’ll
    protect Destiny’s heart with everything within him. Until he knows for sure…
    Publisher Teel Blue Books
    Amazon http://amazon.com/Cowboy-Destiny-Double-Dutch-Series-ebook/dp/B00INIXETA
    Amazon AU http://amazon.com.au/Cowboy-Destiny-Double-Dutch-Series-ebook/dp/B00INIXETA/
    Barnes and Noble http://barnesandnoble.com/c/mary-j.-mccoy-dressel
    Apple iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cowboy-boss-and-his-destiny/id829337508?mt=11&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
    KoboBooks: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/cowboy-boss-and-his-destiny

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  • Book Release,  Contemporary

    Interview: Marilyn Baxter Author of Tea for Two @marilyn_baxter #RLFblog #contemporary

    Tea for Two
    Title Tea for Two
    Genre short contemporary romance
    Author Name Marilyn Baxter
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
    Take one tea shop-owning divorcee, add a new-to-town attorney
    and two meddling grandmothers and the result is a romantic brew that will make everyone’s
    dreams come true.

    Interview with Marilyn Baxter

    Why did you write this
    book?
    Ever since I experimented with hot tea with milk and sugar after
    reading a Miss Marple mystery, I’ve been hooked on tea. Glance around my kitchen
    and you’ll find numerous types of tea and teapots and teacups and saucers. I love
    to have afternoon tea and was able to do a fancy one at the Ritz Carlton in Atlanta last summer and at Fortnum & Mason (the Queen’s
    grocer) in London
    last fall. So it just seemed natural that someday I’d write about a heroine who
    owned a tea shop. The plot and characters took a few twists and turns before it
    finally morphed into Tea for Two, but that’s half the fun of writing – seeing just
    how stubborn and obstinate your characters can be.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Contemporary romance and romantic suspense
    What is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own characters)?
    It’s a tie between Milla Edge in Linda Howard’s Cry No More and
    Blair Mallory in Linda Howard’s To Die For. Milla suffered a horrendous loss and
    drew on strength she never knew she had, then turned her tragedy into a resource
    to help others. I can relate, not to the same kind of loss, but to discovering inner
    strength and using that to pay it forward. Blair? She came along when I needed to
    laugh, and boy did she make me laugh. Most people don’t take cheerleading seriously.
    If they only knew… And thus begins Blair’s story.
    Do you enjoy films and/or
    TV shows? Which are your favorites?
    I am a crime drama junkie. My DVR is regularly set to record
    shows like Law & Order: SVU, CSI, Bones, Castle, Rizolli & Isles, Major
    Crimes and Elementary. I also adore Downton Abbey, and don’t tell, but I’m a big
    Survivor fan. All that scheming and making and breaking alliances – well, it makes
    my life seem pretty darned normal. The last movies I saw were The Monuments Men,
    Philomena and Academy Award winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom. Loved them
    all. Also don’t tell, but I’m eagerly awaiting the next X-Men film. Can you say
    Hugh Jackman? ;-)
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?
    I’m in the midst of plotting a story set in Ireland, where I had the privilege to visit last
    fall. I have a couple plots in mind. I’m fleshing out characters and trying to see
    who talks loudest. On May 13 I will have a novella released by Boroughs Publishing
    Group. It’s called Better as a Memory and is a story about secret pregnancy, reunited
    lovers, a matchmaking mother and of course, happily ever after.
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    Tea for Two is part of Boroughs’ Lunchbox Romance line. These
    are stories between 6,000 and 12,000 words, and are designed to be read during your
    lunch hour. The various titles already published in the line run the gamut from
    contemporary to historical to paranormal. There’s something for everyone. The package
    may be small, but inside there’s still a central love story and HEA.

    Buy This Book

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    Author Bio

    In 2001 Marilyn discovered romance novels quite by accident,
    which led to a renewed interest in writing. She’s had over forty stories published
    in the confessions and romance magazines and taught a class in how to effectively
    write for this genre. Her most recent release is Tea for Two, a Lunchbox Romance
    from Boroughs Publishing Group, and it will be followed later
    in 2014 by a novella entitled Better as a Memory.
    She is a member of Romance Writers of America and her local RWA
    chapter, Heart of Dixie Romance Writers. Her involvement on the local and national
    level has combined to give her a great love of the romance genre and to develop
    friendships that span the globe.
    In addition to reading and writing, Marilyn loves to knit simple
    things, cook in the crockpot and garden in a few pots on her patio. Her motto is
    “Have passport, will travel,” and last fall she added Ireland and Wales
    to the list of 32 states and 21 foreign countries she has visited.
    A native of North Carolina,
    she came to Huntsville, Alabama by way of Frankfurt, Germany.
    She has lived here longer than anywhere else and calls it home. After raising two
    great sons, she loves to dote on her two granddaughters. And somewhere amidst all
    the above, she fits in a day job as an administrative assistant for a boutique law
    firm.

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  • Contemporary

    5 Easy Questions: Last Chance @martha.osullivan.50 #RLFblog #contemporary

    Last Chance 
    5 Easy Questions is an interview is designed to be quick,
    easy, and fun. Today’s guest is Martha O’Sullivan.
    What is your go-to meal
    to order when you dine out? Your favorite “I know it will hit the spot”
    item.
    Lettuce Wraps at Cheesecake Factory.
    What were you like when
    you were in school?
    Shy and underestimated. Boy, has that changed!
    Would you rather stay
    inside and watch snow falling, or get out in it and build a snowman?
    Go out and build a snowman. I’m a doer!
    What is your favorite
    quote?
    “Wherever you go, there you are.”
    If the hero of your latest
    book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
    Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse.

    About the Book

    Title Last Chance
    Genre Contemporary Romance
    Author Martha O’Sullivan
    Book heat level (Based on movie ratings): R
    In Second Chance, star-crossed lovers Lindsay Foster and Brian
    Rembrandt get a second chance at love amid the brilliant blue waters of Lake Tahoe. In Chance Encounter, Delaney Richards and Mike
    Savoy’s quest for love takes them from Tahoe’s fawn-colored shores to the serpentine
    streets of San Francisco.
    And the heat in Last Chance comes not from the blazing summer sun and rugged, white-hot
    sand, but from the prurient fervor between friends-turned-lovers Moira Brody and
    Paul Webster.
    Here’s a blurb from Last Chance (Chances trilogy #3):
    Moira knows Paul better than he knows himself. But neither one
    of them know that he is as in love with her as she is with him. These lifelong friends
    will have to look at each other with fresh eyes and brave hearts. And even the single-digit
    temperatures and snowcapped peaks of the Lake Tahoe
    winter are no match for their long-bridled desire.

    Buy This Book

    Publisher http://eredsage.com/store/OSULLIVAN_MARTHA.html
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Chance-Chances-Trilogy-Martha-OSullivan-ebook/dp/B00GD0JPF2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1383319222&sr=8-1&keywords=last+chance+red+sage+publishing
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  • Character Interviews,  Contemporary

    Character Interview: Link Jacks from Loving Link @tdhassettauthor #RLFblog #contemporary

    Loving Link 
    About the
    Book
    Title Loving Link
    Genre Contemporary Rock Star Romance
    Author Name T.D. Hassett
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Blurb
    What
    happens backstage doesn’t always stay backstage. Recent college grad Madison Clarke
    shared a sizzling one-night stand with bad boy guitarist Link Jacks. She expected
    it to be just one incredible memory but a well placed web cam will make her indiscretion
    a viral sensation and have consequences for both of them.
    Link
    Jacks is done with women and determined to focus solely on music and rock-band Becket’s
    upcoming album. He’s been living as a marketing-prop bad-boy rock star for so long
    he doesn’t remember who he really is anymore. Not until he meets Madison, the emotionally
    guarded and theoretically off-limits younger sister of his best friend’s wife.
    Madison
    wants to get her fledgling tattoo career off the ground and stop relying on the
    generous charity of her wealthy brother-in-law to get by. She knows she should never
    get involved with the likes of Link but his presence is downright intoxicating.
    Her indiscretion will lead to Internet sex video and media frenzy. Their one wild
    night of passion will have scandalous repercussions and force each of them to confront
    their inner fears and emotional demons.

    Buy This Book

    Barnes
    and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/loving-link-td-hassett/1117447875?ean=9781622100446
    Kobo
    http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/loving-link

    Interview with Link Jacks

    Tell us about yourself,
    please.
    I used
    to be a pretty normal guy. I grew up middle class, raised by two music teachers.
    I had a talent for music so I got a partial scholarship to Julliard. Never had much
    luck with girls at least not until I was discovered and joined rock band Becket.
    Once the image consultants, wardrobe people and public relations advisors got their
    hooks into me, well life changed. All the sudden I couldn’t keep the women away
    and everyone wanted a piece of me. I’m not really the bad boy monster the press
    makes me out to be, but it sells albums and keeps my name current. At least that’s
    the way I used to feel before I met her, Madison.
    She brought out the real me and made me strong enough to face the world as myself.
    Oh, I’m also thirty years old and questioning everything.
    What is it that you want,
    but cannot have? Authors call this the conflict of the story.
    I want
    Madison but I want
    her fully in my world. She’s determined to not disappoint her sister by hooking
    up with me but I know I can get her family to see things my way. I’m not who the
    all think I am, I’m the real me when she’s around. I want to wake up with her every
    day of my life but she just keeps on running.
    What’s your external complication?
    In the story world your author created, explain what it is you fear most.
    I know
    she’s attracted to me; she even seems to care. The trouble is being with me has
    practically ruined her life. She lost her job, she’s been shamed in front of everyone
    she knows and the whole on-line world got to see her fucking me. The press is hassling
    her, people are giving her the stink eye and I can’t get her to forgive me for something
    I didn’t really even do.
    What is your family like?
    My mom
    passed away but my dad is still around. He’s actually part of the problem. He thinks
    the best way for me to stay on top is to keep my name in the tabloids. He’s always
    working on some scenario that will get me press, whether it be dates with supermodels
    or rumors of trashed hotel rooms and drug addictions.
    What special skills do
    you rely on?
    I am
    an incredible pianist and guitar player. I can really sing although I usually only
    sing back up. I love building small models and like to think I can teach anyone
    how to play an instrument – heck, I wanted to be a music teacher when I was growing
    up. I also have a head for business – I sure don’t want to be hopping around on
    stage in my fifties so I have diversified.

    About the Writer

    Why did you choose to
    write about this character?
    He seemed like such a loveable, misunderstood bad boy and he
    made my pulse quicken just thinking about him.
    Was there anything you
    discovered about this character that was a surprise to you?
    When I started writing about Link I didn’t expect him to be so
    smart. I was originally going with musical prodigy with a make over. He came into
    his own and proved to be a truly kind person, motivated business man and stand up
    guy.
    What do you want to write
    next?
    I am finishing up a third book right now. It is a bit of a romantic
    mystery that I hope will give readers a sexy love story and a who dunnit all at
    the same time.
    What other character from
    this book do you want to write about? Care to tell us why?
    I have already begun writing about the female protagonist’s best
    friend, Darling Roberts. Link will also feature in the book as he really wants to
    see his friend find love, even if that means a little manipulation!

    Author Bio

    T.D.
    Hassett grew up reading the romance greats–Jackie Collins, Julie Garwood, and Judith
    McNaught. She was certain that life should be like a romance novel, with lots of
    passion, some incredible adventures, and a guaranteed happily ever after. She attended
    college in New England, earning a B.A. in History
    and an M.S. in Clinical Psychology before changing her mind again and studying education.
    Currently Ms. Hassett lives in Connecticut
    with her very patient husband and two young children. Her rambunctious family shares
    their home with three crazy cats and a darling golden retriever named Delilah. Her
    eccentric relatives and their quest to make her feel like the only normal nut in
    the family tree inspire her writing.

    Author Social Media

    Blog: http://tdhassett.wordpress.com
    Twitter: http://tdhassettauthor

    Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/T.D.-Hassett/e/B00CJE2MPQ/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1394146175&sr=8-1

  • Paranormal

    Cursed in Shadow @AndreaRCooper #RLFblog #paranormal

    Cursed in Shadow 
    Today’s featured book is Cursed in Shadow Book 1.5 Legends of Oblivion by Andrea
    R Cooper.
    Genre Fantasy Paranormal Romance
    Author Andrea R. Cooper
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Cursed in Shadow is the continuation of The Garnet Dagger, Book
    1 Legends of Oblivion series. This novelette bridges Book 1 and Son of Dragons,
    Book 2.
    After defeating the Warloc, Brock, the Elvin Vampyre, takes Celeste
    to Tamlon to search the prophecies of the four and the Son of Dragons. However,
    the Elvin city is not safe, even for his witch.
    The Warloc’s protégé is bent on his physical return to the living.
    Her necromancy brings forth Brock’s first victim and more.
    Brock and Celeste must defeat prejudice and power to continue
    their journey and find Brock’s twin sister, Mirhana.

    Buy This Book

    Only 99 cents for this novelette
    Amazon http://goo.gl/wu7Jjd
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