• Paranormal

    Stealing Darkness @teaganoliver #RLFblog #paranormal #suspense

    Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a book
    and includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author.
    Today’s featured book is Stealing Darkness by Teagan Oliver.
    Book: Stealing Darkness
    Genre: contemporary, paranormal
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    You can’t run and you can’t hide, when the fear is all inside…
    Returning to Crescent
    Lake was never in Minn Sterling’s plans,
    especially considering that she’d left more than her tumultuous past behind her
    in the small Maine
    town. Haunted by the psychic legacy her mother left behind, Minn
    has run to Portland
    in an attempt to escape her own growing abilities. But it isn’t long before she
    finds that she can’t ignore the voices that keep calling to her. Three women have
    disappeared, and despite Minn’s
    help they are no closer to finding the killer. But when her psychic connection with
    the predator causes him to close in on her, Minn knows she has no other choice except to
    run.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.com/B007SH9IHO/
    Excerpt http://www.teaganoliver.com/p/stealing-darkness.html

    Author Social Media

    Website: http://TeaganOliver.com
    Blog: http://TeaganOliver.blogspot.com

  • Contemporary

    Cover Love: Falling Stars @sadiegrubor #RLFblog #contemporary

    Falling Stars 
    Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a book
    and includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author.
    Today’s featured book is Falling Stars by Sadie Grubor.
    About the Book
    Title Falling Stars
    Genre: contemporary romance
    Author Sadie Grubor
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    “The haunting pools of dark chocolate drew me in and made
    my skin crackle. She was beautiful, breathtakingly so. Before this moment, I don’t
    think I truly realized just how beautiful she is. A new ache formed in my chest.”
    Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten, is hot,
    famous, and everything you would expect from a famous rock star. He’s cocky, demanding,
    beautiful, and pained. Despite his fame and beautiful bad boy appearance, he’s battling
    age-old demons on the inside. Demons so powerful, they have the potential to destroy
    him and his band. He’s the ultimate falling star. Something so beautiful within
    the atmosphere, but so hazardous when trying to catch. You always wish on a falling
    star, but is all hope lost? Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality,
    is energetic, fun, and laidback. The good girl rocker willing to tame this falling
    star. Her band just made it big and fighting the temptation is hard. She’s handling
    lesser demons of her own. Give in to this bad boy or live for her band? Being everything
    that Christopher isn’t may just burn her in the end. Determined to get rid of the
    girl group plaguing his tour, Christopher will do almost anything. Mia fights him
    head on, causing a cataclysm of stars to shoot into the most beautiful performance
    of falling stars. Every dog has their day, will Christopher’s behavior become enough
    to bring this dog down? Within the downfall, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one
    thing, and it’s the one thing he’s tried so hard to push away. Will Mia be strong
    enough to catch a falling star?

    Buy This Book:

    Author Social Media

    Blog: http://booknerdrevelation.com/
  • Historical

    Interview: Allison Merrit author of The Convict and the Cattleman @allison_merritt #RLFblog #historical

    The Convict and the Cattleman 
    Title The
    Convict and the Cattleman
    Genre historical
    romance
    Author Allison
    Merritt
    Publisher
    Lyrical Press
    Book heat
    level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    His love is
    the key to her release.
    Sentenced
    to seven years of servitude in the penal colony of New South Wales, Bridgit Madden is thrust into
    a world unlike anything she’s known, dangers she never imagined and enemies with
    their own interests at heart. Certain that the conviction has ruined her chances
    of ever having a real family, she is fearful of her future.
    Despite his
    reluctance to take in a convict, Jonah Andrus, a grazier and pioneer cattleman,
    needs a servant to care for his orphaned niece. When presented with Bridgit, who
    is far too beautiful and distracting, he initially tries to refuse. However, with
    a busy cattle station to oversee, he needs help right away.
    Upon her first
    meeting with Jonah’s niece, Bridgit immediately falls in love with the girl and
    becomes entwined the mystery surrounding her birth. As she gets to know her employer
    better, Bridgit makes it her mission to remind him that family is priceless. When
    it seems as though she might have found the place she truly belongs, their love
    is threatened by lies and deceit, and both of them might lose everything they hold
    dear for a second time.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00HVM8WQO
    Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-convict-and-the-cattleman

    Interview with Allison Merritt

    Why did you write this book?
    The Convict
    and the Cattleman is the first novel I ever finished. When I started it four years
    ago―yep, that long―I hadn’t written anything in five years. I’ve always loved historical
    romance, so I knew that was the route I wanted to take when writing a novel, and
    I was looking for something unusual. I picked penal colonies, when I knew nothing
    about and what I knew about Australia
    amounted to they have desert, crocodiles, kangaroos, and an opera house. It took
    a lot of research to figure out the where and what and how, but it was worth it,
    and I learned so much.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    Definitely
    romance. I like historical, contemporary, and paranormal subgenres.
    What is your favorite character from fiction (not including your
    own characters)?
    James T. Kirk
    is one of my absolute favorites. Ladies’ man, charmer, the never-say-die type. He’s
    the sort who gets you in big trouble, but at least you had fun getting there.
    Do you enjoy films and/or TV shows? Which are your favorites?
    I love both.
    Rom-coms are always a good pick for movies. My favorites are Fool’s Gold, Warm Bodies,
    The Bounty Hunter, Pretty Woman, Alex and Emma, Leap Year, Hitch, and 27 Dresses.
    For TV shows, can you really go wrong with The Walking Dead? And Firefly?
    What are you working on at the moment, and what are we likely
    to see from you in the coming months?
    I’m currently
    working on the third book in a paranormal historical series, and a historical romance. I have a couple more historicals
    planned for 2014 as well.
    A love of
    reading turned Allison Merritt into an author who writes historical, paranormal
    and fantasy romances, often combining the sub-genres. She graduated college with
    a B.A. in mass communications that’s gathering dust after it was determined that
    she’s better at writing fluff than hard news.
    She lives
    in a small town in the Ozark Mountains with her
    husband and dogs. When she’s not writing or reading, she hikes in national parks
    and conservation areas.

    Author Social Media

    Blog http://havenovelwilledit.blogspot.com
    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.com/e/B006LZV3QS
  • RLF Gems

    RLF Gem Award: Top Bloggers March 2014 Romance Lives Forever #RLFblog #blogging

    RLF Gem 
    Last month, Romance Lives Forever had 31 posts in a 31 day month.
    There was a tie for fourth place, and if we had six spots, there would have
    three names listed. I’ve noted them as an honorable mention.

    Top Five Bloggers for the Month

    (judged by page views). Congratulations to each author!
    1. Vicki Batman
    2. EM Lynley
    3. Keira Andrews
    4. Carly Carson
    4. MQ Barber
    5. Jessica E Subject
    Honorable mention: Mary Marvella, Katheryn Lane, and I tied for what would
    be sixth place.
    Romance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has a
    blogger’s FAQ page with a downloadable guide and optional interviews. Readers
    can follow via Google Friend Connect, Networked Blogs, Bloglovin’, Linky
    Followers, email, an RSS feed, and there’s a blog button readers and authors
    can grab. RLF takes up to three images per article, so authors can share
    previous books. The blog uses author or publisher names as SEO tags on posts,
    and author Twitter handles in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr
    with a potential reach of over a million 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 guest authors 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://is.gd/rlfdates
    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:
    Angela Smith, Beth Barany, Elysa Hendricks, JJ DiBenedetto, JoAnne
    Myers, Kathy Kulig, Lauren Linwood, Lisa Carlisle, Liza O’Connor, Naomi Bellina,
    Nicky Penttila, Rachel Firasek, Romy Gemmell, Susan Mac Nicol, Tina Donahue, Ute
    Carbone, Virginia Kelly, VS Nelson