• Contemporary

    Character Interview: Logan from In Too Deep @anitaphilmar #RLFblog #historical

    In Too Deep 

    About the Book

    Title In Too Deep
    Genre Historical Western
    Author Anita Philmar
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    On the banks of the Trinity River, Sadie Pepperman is looking
    for a chance to escape the demands of her in-laws. With her husband’s dead, they
    want her to marry her brother-in-law so they can take control of her farm.
    Suddenly, the peace of the day is shattered when her best friend
    steps too far into the river. Rushing to save her, Sadie meets a handsome stranger
    that ignites her dormant lust. She sees her friend rescued by a steamship and backs
    away from Logan Jansen, only to turn her ankle.
    The agonizing pain leaves Sadie with the inability to walk. Needing
    help, she offers Logan a place to stay if he’ll help with the chores on her farm.
    With his agreement, Sadie adds another problem to her list. Now, not only does she
    have to worry about how to bring her crops in from the field and run her farm alone
    but she also has to fight her attraction to Logan.
    Can Sadie end her in-laws’ interference in her life, run her
    farm alone, and give love another chance?

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IMQLOMC
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-too-deep-anita-philmar/1118759403?ean=2940045720236

    About the Character

    Name: Logan Jansen
    Age: 20
    Gender : Male
    Birthplace: Kaufman, Texas
    Profession: farmer, but on his way to join the Civil War
    Describe his/her body
    build, skin tone, height and weight. Include any unique features such as dimples,
    freckles, or scars:
    Blond hair, blue eyed devil in a cowboy hat, he has broad shoulders
    and is tall with internal strength as well as a muscular body.
    Who is the significant
    other in your character’s life?
    Sadie Pepperman
    How does your hero dress?
    Button down cotton shirts, pants, boots, and a hat.
    How educated is this character?
    Is he book smart, self-taught, widely-experienced?
    Having grown up on a ranch, he understand what is needed to make
    a farm successful. He is also curious about the world and loyal to his country.
    This is one of the reason, he has decided to join the civil war.
    Does he scrape by, live
    comfortably, live extravagantly?
    He works for all that he has and knows the value of putting in
    a hard day’s work.
    What special skills does
    your character rely on?
    He understands that you’re willing to put in the time you can
    be successful at whatever you do.
    Is he close to family?
    No, he wants to make his own way in the world and see himself
    as not being depended on his family for a bright future.
    Does he have children?
    No.
    What past event causes
    your character the most fear?
    Not being accepted for who he is and the choices he’s made.
    What is your hero’s biggest
    hopes and dreams?
    To save the world, and he finds he can do this for one special
    person.
    What attracts Logan to
    Sadie?
    Initially, it is her looks. She’s wearing her bloomers and a
    camisole. Her dark hair and heart shaped face hid a woman, who is overwhelmed by
    the responsible of taking care of herself and her farm.
    Looking to be a hero, he wants to help her.
    Why?
    Because he can envision them building a life that they both want…a
    successful farm, a family, a future in each other arms.
    What frustrates Logan
    the most about Sadie?
    Her independent nature to do everything herself and to understand
    everything that is involved in running her farm.

    About Your Writer: Questions for your character to answer about you.

    Was there anything your
    writer discovered about you that was a surprise to one or both of you?
    How extremely possessive I am of the woman I love.
    When your writer is writing
    about you, what do you think makes your writer the most happy? What makes your writer
    the most sad?
    She likes the heat that is generated between Sadie and myself
    when we make love. She doesn’t care for how I can’t seem to understand Sadie’s view
    point. It frustrates her and us that we can’t seem to understand each other’s needs
    better.
    Why do you think your
    writer loves to write?
    She cares about the people in the story, their hopes, dreams
    and disappointments.
    What do you wish your
    writer would write next?
    I like Naked Bluff and I hope she finds other people in the area
    to write about.
    What other character from
    your book do you think your writer should write a book about? Care to tell us why?
    Kirk, because the boy needs someone to love.

    Author Bio

    Anita Philmar likes to create stories that push the limit. A
    writer by day and a dreamer by night she wants her readers to see the world in a
    new way. Influenced by sci-fi programs, she likes to develop places where anything
    can happen and where erotic moments come to life in a great read.
    Naughty or Nice? Read her books and decide.

    Author Social Media

    Website: http://www.anitaphilmar.com/
    Blog: http://www.anitaphilmar.blogspot.com/
  • Contemporary

    Executive Wives’ Club series @AuthorTinaGayle #Contemporary

    CFO’s Affair 
    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 books include the Executive Wives’ Club series by Tina
    Gayle
    About the Books
    Series: The Executive Wives’ Club
    Genre: Contemporary Romance with Strong Women Fiction elements
    Author: Tina Gayle
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Four women…
    CFO’s Widow 
    One fatal car wreck…
    Everyone’s lives changed…
    With the deaths of her executive husband, each woman must deal
    with the loss and continue with her life. Each book in the series tells how the
    woman has taken charge of her future
    IT Exec’s Baby 

    and allowed love back into her life.

    Buy This Book

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    Marketing Exec’s Widow
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    Author Social Media

    Blog www.tinagayle.blogspot.com
    Linkin http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tina-gayle/11/689/759

  • Contemporary

    Character Sketch: Kyle from Forbidden Waters @LMBrownAuthor #RLFblog #ParanormalRomance

    Forbidden Waters 
    Title Forbidden Waters
    Genre M/M/M Paranormal Romance
    Author Name L.M. Brown
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings):
    R
    To save his clan from ever-increasing shark attacks, merman Kyle
    seeks sanctuary for his people in the sunken city of Atlantis, even though he knows
    that as a homosexual merman, he will be sacrificing his own chance for love. Love
    finds him anyway in the form of Prince Finn, the rebellious young heir to the Atlantean
    throne.
    When their relationship is discovered, Kyle is the one to pay
    the price. Banished from the oceans, he seeks shelter in England and finds a new
    love with human, Jake Seabrook.
    For Jake, Kyle is the chance to move on from the crush he has
    on his straight best friend. The strange man he found naked on the beach seems to
    fit into his life with ease. If only Kyle weren’t keeping secrets from him, Jake
    could see them having a future together.
    Things are not what they seem for either of the men and when
    Kyle discovers the truth about Finn, he knows he must return to Atlantis.
    Three men, a tangled relationship, and one chance for happiness—if
    they can trust enough to take it.

    Buy This Book

    Forbidden Waters is available on Amazon and other online stores.

    About the Character

    Name: Kyle
    Age: 22
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean
    Profession: Bodyguard
    Ethnicity/Species (if not human): Merman
    Describe his/her body build, skin tone, height and weight. Include
    any unique features such as dimples, freckles, or scars:
    Kyle is quite pale since he spends the majority of his time under
    the water and away from the rays of the sun. He has brown hair which is cropped
    short. He has found having long hair tends to get in the way when you live underwater.
    His eyes are a silvery blue and an exact match in colour to his tail and fins. The
    constant swimming has given him excellent upper body strength. From the waist up
    he has a typical swimmer’s build. On land he is fully human and stands a little
    under six feet tall, not that measurements mean much in the ocean.
    Who is the significant other in your character’s life?
    Kyle is torn between two different men. Prince Finn, heir to
    the throne of the sunken city of Atlantis, is a merman like Kyle and Jake Seabrook
    is a human living in England.
    How does your hero dress?
    Naked is the preferred mode of dress
    for Kyle, though he is learning that being out and about in England does require
    him to be covered up to a certain extent. He dresses under protest.
    What is your character’s viewpoint on wealth? Not necessary,
    nice to have, important, obtain at all costs?
    Kyle has very little concept of money
    since it isn’t used under the ocean. On land he is actually very wealthy, although
    he didn’t realize it at first. The longer he stays on land, the more he will have
    to get used to things like money, but thankfully for him the funds he has are enough
    that he can live comfortably for the rest of his life, even if he never does learn
    the value of money. I think he will because he’s a pretty fast learner.
    Is he close to family?
    Kyle looks up to his father and hope
    to follow in his footsteps as the leader of the clan. He is close to his mother
    and keeps a watchful eye over his younger sister. Making the right choices for his
    family is of paramount consideration for Kyle, even at the cost of his own happiness.
    If someone from your character’s past showed up, who would he
    most want it to be, and why?
    Kyle would most like to see his mother,
    Maurissa. The oceans are dangerous places and although he understands her decision
    to swim away from the safety of Atlantis, he would like to know she is well.
    Can your hero keep a secret? If not, why not? If yes, why?
    Kyle isn’t generally a secretive person,
    but there is one secret which he can keep very well, that of being a merman. Of
    course there are sometimes circumstances where his secret is revealed because Kyle
    is the sort of person who will do the right thing even if it means revealing what
    he is.
    What is your character’s biggest need at the beginning of the
    story?
    After a devastating shark attack on
    his nomadic community Kyle’s biggest need becomes finding a safe haven for his people.
    Even if it means giving up any chance of love.

    About Your Writer: Questions for your character to answer about you.

    What do you wish your
    writer had not told others about you?
    I wish she hadn’t told everyone I’m a merman, but thankfully
    she has done it in a way that it makes me appear as only a character in a work of
    fiction.
    Was there anything your
    writer discovered about you that was a surprise to one or both of you?
    My writer expected me to sit around pining over Finn when he
    broke my heart. She definitely didn’t expect me to fall for someone else.
    What do you wish your
    writer would write next?
    I want her to write my first lover, Dax’s story. Although we
    parted on good terms I want to know that he is well and has found someone to love.
    Unfortunately she tells me that although she is keeping tabs on Dax, his story isn’t
    the next one.
    What other character from
    your book do you think your writer should write a book about? Care to tell us why?
    Although he scares me by what he can do, I would like to know
    more about Caspian. I’m just not sure he is the type to get all loved up with someone
    like the rest of us. He’s not exactly sociable.
    Is there anything you’d
    like to say to your writer?
    I know my story isn’t over yet, but could you at least give me
    a hint about what is to come?

    Author Bio

    L.M. Brown lives in
    England, in a quaint little village time doesn’t seem to have touched. No, wait
    a minute—that’s the retirement biography. Right now, she is in England in a medium
    sized town no one has ever heard of, so she won’t bore you with the details. Keeping
    her company are numerous sexy men. She just wishes they weren’t all inside her head.
    L.M. believes there
    is nothing hotter or sweeter than two men in love with each other… unless it is
    three.
    L.M. Brown loves hearing
    from readers so don’t be shy.

    Author Social Media

  • Book Release,  Romantic Comedy

    Marilyn Baron — Stones: Books and Bling @MarilynBaron #RLFblog #humor

    Stones
    Genre Humorous Women’s Fiction
    Author Marilyn Baron
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Desperate housewife seeks closure with first love about secret
    baby on the eve of their son’s wedding.
    When Julie Paver’s husband Matt moves his business to Atlanta,
    she is forced to leave behind her thriving jewelry boutique, Stones. The move threatens
    their twenty-five-year marriage, because now if Matt isn’t out of town negotiating
    a merger, he’s spending late hours on overseas phone calls with his sexy-sounding
    second-in-command. Feeling neglected and unloved, Julie seeks closure by reconnecting
    with her first love, Manny, when he pursues her with his Internet innuendos. Manny
    is unaware he’s the father of Julie’s son, and Julie contemplates revealing the
    secret to him on the eve of their son’s wedding. But would such a walk down memory
    lane be worth the cost? Julie and Manny finally meet at her oceanfront condo — in
    the midst of a hurricane — and elements collide to create the perfect storm in a
    coming-of-middle-age crisis.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Stones-Marilyn-Baron/dp/1628304413/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408029474&sr=8-1&keywords=stones+marilyn+baron
    After Stones’ worldwide release September 26, you can find other
    distribution channels and formats listed on Marilyn’s Web site at www.marilynbaron.com.

    Interview with Marilyn Baron

    Why did you write this
    book?
    I wanted to feature a heroine of a certain age because I’m not
    getting any younger and I believe people don’t just want to read about twenty-somethings.
    This book was originally called, The Colonoscopy Club, so right away you know what
    age I’m talking about. In Stones, I take a humorous look at a woman who can’t seem
    to get closure in her life. My central character Julie has issues. Even her issues
    have issues. Stones is about how Julie deals with those issues and features the
    themes of first loves and second chances.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    I write in a number of genres—from historical romantic thrillers
    and suspense to paranormal and women’s fiction—and I love to read a variety of genres.
    Among my favorite genres are thrillers, literary fiction, and romantic suspense.
    I have read a lot of amazing YA lately.
    What is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own characters)?
    Gabriel Allon in the Daniel Silva books.
    Do you enjoy films and/or
    TV shows? Which are your favorites?
    I love movies and I watch a lot of TV. Some of my favorite TV
    shows are Castle, Rizzoli and Isles, Major Crimes, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, The
    Bridge, and Downton Abbey.
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and what are we likely to see from you in the coming months?
    I am currently finishing Book Three of my Psychic Crystal Mystery
    Series. Book One is Sixth Sense; Book Two is Homecoming Homicides. Book Three is
    called Murder on the Repositioning Cruise.
    I have a new women’s fiction book coming out this year in The
    Lobster Cove Series from The Wild Rose Press (TWRP) called The Widows’ Gallery.
    I’m very excited to be participating in this series. Lobster Cove is a quaint and
    quirky fictional town on the coast of Maine near Bar Harbor. Participating TWRP
    authors write stories across all lines as long as they’re set in Lobster Cove.
    Here’s the blurb for The Widows’ Gallery:
    Four recently widowed women meet on a Mediterranean cruise, bond
    over the Renaissance masterpiece, The Birth
    of Venus
    , in Florence, Italy, and find love, friendship and joy in their joint
    venture to open an art gallery in the quaint, quirky, coastal town of Lobster Cove,
    Maine.
    Please tell us some fun
    facts about your latest book, Stones.
    The Colonoscopy Club (Now the published novel Stones) finaled
    in the GRW Unpublished Maggie Awards for Excellence in 2005 in the Single Title
    category.
    I lived in Florence, Italy, for six months during my junior year
    in college, where I studied Art History, Italian, English, Mythology and Religion.
    Part of Stones is set in Florence. The story is also set in Atlanta, Miami, and
    Palm Coast. I was born in Miami and currently live in Atlanta and I own a beach
    condo in Palm Coast. My central character owns an upscale jewelry boutique called
    Stones, hence the name of the novel. I love jewelry, which is why I chose that career
    for my heroine. My birthstone is an emerald which is why I wanted an emerald necklace
    on the cover. A priceless emerald medallion is also featured prominently in the
    book.
    In Stones, Julie is planning her son’s wedding and in real life,
    I’m planning my daughter’s wedding.
    The first line and my favorite line of the book is “Thank
    God for lint.”
    The book will be officially released September 26. Right now
    it’s only available in paperback. It was released early in paperback in time for
    my appearance on a panel at the Decatur Book Festival Saturday August 30 from 10:00
    a.m. to 10:45 a.m. called “Tackling Sensitive Issues in Fiction.” Additional
    information about the event is available on https://www.facebook.com/events/623254154448358/
    If you’re in the Atlanta area over Labor Day I hope you’ll attend the presentation/book
    signing.

    Author Bio

    Significant Others
    Marilyn is a finalist in the 2014 Georgia Romance Writers Published
    Maggie Award for Excellence in the category Novel with Strong Romantic Elements
    for her book Significant Others.
    Marilyn Baron is a public relations consultant in Atlanta. She’s
    a member of Marketing for Romance Writers, Romance Writers of America and Georgia
    Romance Writers (GRW) and the recipient of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service Award. She
    writes humorous women’s fiction, romantic thrillers/suspense, historicals and paranormal.
    She has won writing awards in Single Title, Suspense Romance, Paranormal/Fantasy
    Romance and Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. Marilyn blogs at Petit Fours and
    Hot Tamales at www.petitfoursandhotamales.com.
    She serves on the Roswell Reads steering committee.
    She and her sister, Sharon Goldman, just released a play about
    Alzheimer’s called Memory Lane. You can find out more about Marilyn’s books and
    short stories and listen to a medley of the music from Memory Lane on her Web site
    at www.marilynbaron.com or view it on
    YouTube at http://youtu.be/Hgi_mIdt5MA.

    Author Social Media

  • Contemporary

    Saxon Bride by Ashley York @ashley1066york #RLFblog #historical

    The Saxon Bride 
    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 The Saxon Bride by Ashley York.
    Genre medieval romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13

    In war torn England the battle lines between Saxon and Norman are clearly drawn. The Saxons must fight for everything they have in the hopes of winning their country back from the Normans who are determined to break their resistance.

    Rowena Godwinson, the sole remaining member of the defeated royal
    family, stands proudly against the Normans that would trample them underfoot but
    her nobility and grace make her an ideal pawn in the Norman King William’s play
    for power with the Saxon people. When he decrees she marry a powerful Norman knight,
    her subjugation appears to be complete. The handsome soldier with the kind brown
    eyes and gentle touch is a threat to her determination to defy the interlopers.
    Can she hold firm to her Saxon heritage and refuse to give in to his advances?
    John of Normandy wants only to prove himself worthy of the king’s
    trust. He is rewarded for his service and loyalty with land, titles and a Saxon
    beauty for a bride. John balks at the marriage, driven by the secret guilt of knowing
    Rowena’s father would be alive still if not for him. However, John’s reluctance
    is soon replaced by a burning desire to please this woman and win her over as well
    as her people.
     As their people look to
    them for guidance and peace, can John and Rowena find a love that unites all of
    England?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Ashley York

    Author Social Media

  • Boxed Sets,  Contemporary

    10 Alpha Males + 10 Hot Writers @tinadonahue @JennferKacey @SabrinaYork #RLFblog

    Brought to His Knees

    About the Book

    The Alpha male. Strong. In control. Letting no one and nothing
    rule him…until he meets the one, and all bets are off. The world tilts, the bed
    rocks, and suddenly that tough guy finds himself Brought to His Knees—in more ways
    than one.
    This collection of ten hot to erotic novellas and one short erotic
    novel will take you on journeys of lust, love, and adventure, leave you breathless
    and quite possibly in need of a cold shower.
    Enter with anticipation. Finish satisfied…

    Buy This Book

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    Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/brought-to-his-knees
    Brought to His Knees Boxed Set
    Including Make Me Surrender – by Tina Donahue
    99¢ for a limited time
    Blurb for Tina Donahue’s Make Me Surrender (ménage):
    She has a proposition…to
    win their attention, passion, hearts.
    For over a
    year, Mercy’s had her eye on Travis and Dutch, two of the hottest guys on the Oregon
    coast. Dark and dangerously virile, Travis owns a saloon that caters to bikers.
    Dutch looks like one, right down to his impressive tats, and operates a motorcycle
    repair shop on the premises.
    When a position
    opens in the saloon’s kitchen, Mercy sees a way to be near these sinfully sexy men,
    wanting the job and lodging, her cabin snuggled between theirs.
    Travis isn’t
    so sure about having Mercy nearby. She’s deliciously curvy, but too nice. He’s into
    temporary fun. To Dutch, forever is a dirty word.
    Imagine their
    surprise when sweet little Mercy encourages wild nights of carnal pleasure with
    a dash of bondage and spanking…followed by friendship and tenderness.
    Before she’s
    through, these tough guys will be the ones who’ve surrendered.

    Books in the set include

    Murder, mayhem and imprinting with a hot wolf shifter… And they
    say being an accountant is boring.
    Dark Wolf Enterprises
    — A.M. Griffin
    A vet tech and a lone wolf rancher ride out a sudden storm, but
    can they weather the emotions they stir up in each other…
    Building Bridges — Amy
    Ruttan
    Two lonely men. One secret affair. Irresistible passion that
    will push them both to the breaking point, and beyond.
    Three Strikes — Anya
    Richards
    One exhausted cowboy + One uptight accountant x A tropical resort
    = A hot seduction. But who is seducing whom?
    A Cowboy’s Seduction
    — Cynthia D’Alba
    A tomboy in love makes a desperate attempt to seduce her best
    friend and succeeds beyond her wildest dreams. But this Alpha male isn’t easily
    tamed and has secrets that could very well tear them apart.
    Born to Sin — Danica
    Avet
    Their silent erotic encounters change his luck and awaken his
    soul, but secrets and cowboy superstitions can only keep them apart.
    The Sound of Your Name
    — Felice Fox
    One wicked night with her did nothing but whet his appetite.
    Now he’ll settle for nothing less than her complete submission.
    Beneath the Pages — Jennifer
    Kacey
    A vacation cruise comes with surprises—like the BDSM theme and
    her high school love, the one man she can’t resist.
    Cruising for Love — Lynne
    Silver
    A scalding attraction. An irresistible passion. A pity she’s
    the one woman he can never have…
    Whipped — Sabrina York
    A taste of Sin isn’t enough. Instead she wants all of him, including
    the heart she once broke.
    Chief Sin — Sayde Grace
    When it comes
    to two of the hottest guys in town, she has a proposition…to win their attention,
    passion, hearts.
    Make Me Surrender — Tina
    Donahue

    About the Author

    Tina Donahue is an award-winning, bestselling novelist in erotic,
    paranormal, contemporary and historical romance for Siren Publishing, and Kensington. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times
    and numerous online sites have praised her work. Three of her erotic romances (Adored,
    Lush Velvet Nights, and Deep, Dark, Delicious) were named finalists in the 2011
    EPIC competition. The French review site, Blue Moon reviews, chose her erotic romance
    Sensual Stranger as their Book of the Year 2010 (erotic category). The Golden Nib
    Award at Miz Love Loves Books was created specifically for Lush Velvet Nights, and
    two of her titles (The Yearning and Deep, Dark, Delicious) received an Award of
    Merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competition (2011 and 2012). Take Me Away and Adored
    both won second place in the NEC RWA contest (different years). Tina is
    featured in the 2012 Novel and Short Story Writer’s Market. She was the editor of
    an award–winning Midwestern newspaper and worked in Story Direction for a Hollywood
    production company.

    Author Social Media

    Blog: http://www.tinadonahue.com/blog/