• Erotic,  Is It True

    Is It True: Seducing Cat by Adriana Kraft @AdrianaKraft #RLFblog #Romance

    Is It True: Seducing Cat by Adriana Kraft @AdrianaKraft #RLFblog #RomancePlay Is It True with today’s guest Adriana Kraft, author of Seducing Cat (Meghan’s Playhouse, Book 1), an LGBT Erotic Romance. This is a game in which authors answer yes and no questions. They can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    First, tell us about your book.

    What could college English Professor Caitlin Shanahan ever have in common with the brash carpenter Kurt Davis? The sexy sprite Meghan Keenan, that’s what.

    Level headed English Professor Caitlin Shanahan has finally earned tenure and purchased the century-old two-story house of her dreams in the college town of Burntside, Wisconsin—at thirty-four, she’d better face facts: her future is teaching college and writing plays, not falling in love. So why is she so drawn to foxy little hometown actress Meghan Keenan, who’s rented her upstairs apartment, or worse, to the girl’s gorgeous hunk of a lover Kurt Davis, a carpenter who’s never even been to college?

    Twenty-year-old Meg has a plan. First she’ll seduce the reluctant professor, then she’ll share her sexual delights with both Cat and her brawny carpenter, and when she’s successfully brought them together, she can make her escape and explore what’s beyond the only town she’s ever lived in.

    Kurt can’t stand the up-tight professor who’s hired him to build a gazebo and refurbish her old house—the house he wanted for himself. Even if Meg’s scheme succeeds, he knows Caitlin would never look at him twice. No need to go there in his fantasies…

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): Four Flames ( R )

    Genre: Erotic Romance

    Now, tell us Yes or No for each answer below. Feel free to explain any (or none) of your answers.

    Is it true:

    this is your first book?
    No. Our first erotic romance was published in 2007, and we’ve never looked back. With the release of Seducing Cat, we now have a total of 40 novels, novellas and short stories published.
    this book is part of a series?
    Yes, though it didn’t start out that way. We planned Seducing Cat as a one-shot erotic romp, intending to create a structure to maximize tantalizing erotic scenes. But once characters are created, they take on a life of their own…There are now a total of six books in the Meghan’s Playhouse series, and Seducing Cat is Book One.
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    No… Unless you count research. See below:
    you did research for this book?
    Um, yes, but it might be TMI. We’ll just say we’ve learned a great deal about the polyamory lifestyle Meg thrives on. We like to keep readers guessing!
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
    Yes. The century-old four-square house Cat has just purchased plays a central role. It’s modeled on a house we loved and left (had to move) in the Midwest a few years back – 3300 square feet, a central oak staircase, beveled glass windowed double doors to the dining room, living room, and the solarium beyond… So we’ve made the house immortal in Seducing Cat. Without it, Meg wouldn’t have a place to live, she’d never have succeeded in seducing Cat, and Kurt’s path might never have crossed Cat’s.
    this book has more than one genre?
    Not really – Erotic Romance, pure and simple. Some sub genres, though – LGBT, polyamory, and Ménage. Both Meg and Cat are bisexual.
    you speak more than one language?
    Yes—and since there are two of us writing together as Adriana Kraft, I’m going to cop to all of them: Besides English, between us we have French, German, Spanish, and a mystery oriental language. I’ll let readers guess, but I might or might not answer truthfully.
    you grew up where you live now?
    No, neither one of us. We now live in the southwest. I grew up on the east coast, and my husband in the upper Midwest, where we set a lot of our stories, like Seducing Cat, which takes place in Wisconsin.
    you love to read?
    Do you really have to ask? Mr. Kraft’s parents used to get mad at him for finishing all his Christmas books by the end of Christmas day. I once didn’t hear the rest of the family call me to come downstairs for ice cream because I was buried in a book. And both of us as children sneaked flashlights to read under the covers after we were supposed to be in bed.
    you are never late?
    Mr. Kraft will laugh at this one! He is never late, and I am pretty chronically a little late. I always think there’s time to do one more thing before we head out the door…
    you love pizza?
    Yes, if it’s locally made from fresh ingredients and not from a chain restaurant.
    you love sushi?
    No, neither of us!
    you have a pet?
    No. A sadness—we used to.
    Where can we find Seducing Cat online?
    Publisher http://www.extasybooks.com/seducing-cat/
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SJFC36
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1017487094?ean=2940154391495
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/seducing-cat
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/727204

    Adriana Kraft Bio and Social Media

    Is It True: Seducing Cat by Adriana Kraft @AdrianaKraft #RLFblog #RomanceWhen it’s Time to Heat Things Up

    Winner of the 2014 Bisexual Book Award for erotic fiction, author Adriana Kraft is a married couple writing Sizzling Romantic Suspense and Erotic Romance for Two, Three, or More.

    One man, one woman, danger and intrigue – always a happy ending, but oh, what a ride! Readers can count on our Romantic Suspense line for gutsy characters, hot sex, and breathtaking intimacy as our hero and heroine battle outer threats and inner demons to stay alive and fall in love.

    A man, a woman (or two), or another man, threesomes, foursomes—what’s your fantasy? We write our Erotic Romance stories to entertain, of course, but most of all we write them because we believe in happy endings for all who fall in love, whatever their gender, sexual orientation or numerical combination. Here you’ll find multiple partners, three-way, four-way and more, swing lifestyle, lesbian, bisexual, ménage and polyamory, in both contemporary and paranormal settings. Together we have published forty romance novels and novellas to outstanding reviews.
    Website http://adrianakraft.com
    Blog http://adrianakraft.com/blog
    Twitter http://twitter.com/AdrianaKraft
    Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adriana-Kraft/182846025133440
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    Goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1578571.Adriana_Kraft
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/author/adrianakraft
    Newsletter http://eepurl.com/uRvCr

    (editor’s note: Proud to say, I made the Adriana Kraft “shoe” banner.)

  • Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romance
    Anthology,  Erotic

    Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romance

    Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romanceToday’s featured book is Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, by Delilah Devlin, Adele Downs, and 14 more.

    When it comes to love…Blue Collar is better!

    It’s time to set aside those sexy billionaires and enjoy stories about the everyday, even sexier bad boys you meet in real life. They may have dirty hands and wear tool belts and jeans instead of Rolex watches, but they’re earthy alpha males unafraid to get down and dirty when face to face with a woman in need–whatever her need may be!

    Just a few of the titillating stories inside…

    In “Elevation” by Megan Mitcham, an always-in-control policewoman trapped in an elevator shaft gets a sexy rescue from the handsome repairman. A lonely woman drives a thousand miles to meet an oil field roughneck ready for a long night of laying pipe in Mia Hopkins’ “We Drill Deep While Others Sleep”. Jennifer Kacey shows the lengths to which an enterprising gal will go to get the owner of an oil change shop to check her fluids in “The Boss”. And those are just a few of the sexy stories inside this collection about the everyday hero next door, including “Upside Down Love” by Adele Downs.

    These are men who’ve built their powerful muscles from hard work rather than inside any gym, and they sure know how to use their hard-earned skills to pleasure a woman…

    Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology of contemporary romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Twisted Page Inc.
    Buy for 99 cents
    Amazon: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZ
    Amazon w/Affiliate: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZAFF
    Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZUK
    Nook: http://bit.ly/BBBABCNOOK
    IBooks: http://bit.ly/BBBABCIBOOKS
    Kobo: http://bit.ly/BBBABCKOBO
    Googleplay: http://bit.ly/BBBABCGPLAY

    Adele Downs Social Media

    Adele Downs is the award-winning author of more than 20 romance titles, including those written under another pen name, and a former journalist with hundreds of articles to her credit. When not writing in her home office in rural Pennsylvania, she can be found reading a book on the nearest beach, taking photographs, or riding in her convertible.

    Website http://adeledowns.com
    Blog https://adeledowns.wordpress.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/Adele_Downs
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authoradeledowns
    Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/adeledowns/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/httpwwwgoodreadscomAdeleDowns
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Adele-Downs/e/B00G1RRS60
    Newsletter http://www.adeledowns.com/newsletter.html

  • The Vampire Next Door by Marilyn Baron @MarilynBaron #RLFblog #romance #comedy
    Vampire

    The Vampire Next Door by Marilyn Baron @MarilynBaron #RLFblog #romance #comedy

    The Vampire Next Door by Marilyn Baron @MarilynBaron #RLFblog #romance #comedyToday’s featured book is The Vampire Next Door: Book 4 in The Psychic Crystal Mystery series, a vampire romance by Marilyn Baron.

    True Blood Meets The Addams Family Meets Romeo and Juliet

    Aurora Dawn Hale, the ravishing daughter and granddaughter of psychics, wants to take a bite out of the boy next door, reformed vampire Lancelot “Lance” Lakeland, who repents his past and desperately desires to be good. Lance has given up immortality to be with the woman he craves. He must convince Aurora Dawn he is worthy of her trust. Will she love him for who he is and leave her fiancé at the altar? Or wake up from her spell in time to recognize the evil presence of the fiend who has terrorized her family for centuries?

    Genre Vampire Romance, Romantic Comedy

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13

    Publisher The Wild Rose Press, Inc. https://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-titles/5063-the-vampire-next-door.html
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Next-Psychic-Crystal-Mystery-ebook/dp/B071CSXPXM/
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-vampire-next-door-marilyn-baron/1126256723?ean=2940157538408

    Marilyn Baron Social Media

    Marilyn 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 and Paranormal/Fantasy Romance. Marilyn blogs at Petit Fours and Hot Tamales http://www.petitfoursandhottamales.com/. 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.

    Website: www.marilynbaron.com
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarilynBaron
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Marilyn-Baron-286807714666748/

  • Bitter Legacy by CB Clark @cbclarkauthor #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
    Book Release,  Suspense

    Bitter Legacy by CB Clark @cbclarkauthor #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense

     

    Bitter Legacy by CB Clark @cbclarkauthor #RLFblog #RomanticSuspenseWelcome CB Clark, author of Bitter Legacy, a new Romantic Suspense.

    Why did you write this book?

    The plot of my recent release came from hearing of terrible tragedy. Fires in sawmills are a big concern. With clouds of highly combustible sawdust clogging the air and piles of kiln-dried lumber in the yards, explosions and fires are not uncommon.

    These devastating disasters provided me with the idea behind my latest story. The hero and heroine are combative owners of a multi-million dollar lumber mill, the town’s main employer. What would happen if the sawmill was destroyed by a fire? What if someone deliberately set that fire? The owners must work together to find the arsonist and save the town by rebuilding the mill. Can they find love amidst this tragedy?

    What is your favorite genre to read?

    I read all genres of fiction, but my sweet spot is romantic suspense.

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

    Eve Dallas, the heroine in J.D. Robb’s romantic suspense novels is a strong, independent woman with a surprising soft side.

    What are you working on at the moment?

    Bitter Legacy is my third romantic suspense novel. I’m working on a fourth book where the heroine escapes from an abusive husband whom the police suspect is responsible for the murder of a wealthy publisher. With the help of a ruggedly handsome homicide detective, the heroine tracks down the killer and finds love.

    What books will we see from you in coming months?

    I’ve submitted another romantic suspense to my publisher. If that manuscript is accepted, it could be published within the next year. I’d like to try and release two books a year, but my daughter just had identical twin boys, so that could be a challenge.

    Please tell us about your latest book.

    Genre Romantic Suspense

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13

    Sharla-Jean Bromley returns to her hometown after a seventeen-year absence with vengeance in her heart. From the very beginning, her plans go awry when she meets devastatingly handsome Josh Morgan, the man to whom her father left half of his multi-million dollar lumber mill.

    Josh, suspicious of Sharla-Jean’s reasons for returning to town after such a long absence, vows to keep control of the company he feels is rightfully his. She is equally determined to prove she can run her father’s mill, even though it means working side-by-side with Josh, a man whose very presence evokes an attraction that is increasingly difficult for her to ignore. In the process, they must overcome a villain who’s determined to destroy both the lumber mill and their lives.

    Will Sharla-Jean succeed and heal the anguish that has long filled her soul? Will she and Josh find the passion of a lifetime?

    Publisher The Wild Rose Press
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06ZZVR5LJ/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bitter-legacy-c-b-clark/1126254341?ean=2940157509132
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bitter-legacy-4
    The Wild Rose Press http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-titles/5061-bitter-legacy.html
    iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bitter-legacy/id1231855938?mt=11

    CB Clark Social Media

    CB Clark has always loved reading, especially romances, but it wasn’t until she lost her voice for a year that she considered writing her own romantic suspense stories. She grew up in Canada’s Northwest Territories and Yukon. Graduating with a degree in Anthropology and Archaeology, she has worked as an archaeologist and an educator. She enjoys hiking, canoeing, and snowshoeing with her husband and dog near her home in the wilderness of central British Columbia. ‘Bitter Legacy’ is her third romantic suspense novel published by The Wild Rose Press. ‘My Brother’s Sins’ and ‘Cherished Secrets were both released in 2016.
    Blog https://cbclarkauthor.wordpress.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/cbclarkauthor
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cbclarkauthor/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15029617.C_B_Clark
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/C.-B.-Clark/e/B01BK61TQG/

  • Meet Dr. Aaron Kendall from Not Through Loving You @pat_preston #RLFblog #genre
    Character Interviews,  Contemporary

    Meet Dr. Aaron Kendall from Not Through Loving You @pat_preston #RLFblog #contemporary

    Meet Dr. Aaron Kendall from Not Through Loving You @pat_preston #RLFblog #genreWelcome Aaron from Not Through Loving You, a new single title contemporary romance.

    In the Southern town of Lafayette Falls, a new life brings together a woman with everything to lose and a doctor with everything to prove.

    When a sickly infant is surrendered at the Lafayette Falls Medical Center, and orphaned soon after, pediatrician Aaron Kendall arranges to adopt him. After a painful divorce, the busy baby doc is about to realize his own dream of becoming a father when the baby’s beautiful estranged aunt turns up. She doesn’t exactly approve of the Kendall bachelor pad complete with Aaron’s cranky dad and wacky brother, forcing Aaron to form a risky alliance with her.

    Country singer-songwriter Lia Montgomery barely knew her half-sister, but she’s determined her tiny nephew goes to a good home. If only she fit the bill herself, but her stressful life on the road is no place for a baby. Yet despite her misgivings, as she gets to know Aaron, she realizes the smart and sexy doctor is everything a child could want in a dad and more unsettling, everything she’s ever hoped for in a man. After all she’s put him through, is it too late to form a family and maybe put a song in the good doctor’s heart?

    Genre contemporary romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Kensington Books
    Amazon http://amzn.to/2p0U63y
    Barnes and Noble http://ow.ly/vuIs30brDgY
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/not-through-loving-you

    Introducing Dr. Aaron Kendall

    Age: 36
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Tennessee
    Profession: pediatrician/neonataology

    Please provide a physical description of yourself.

    I’m tall. Six three and I have athletic build. I inherited my mother’s black hair and blue that were passed down from her Irish ancestors.

    Please tell us a little about yourself.

    I live in Lafayette Falls, Tennessee where I practice medicine. I’m a partner at the Lafayette Falls Childrens’ Clinic. I completed a fellowship in neonatology and I’m the medical director of the newborn nursery at the medical center. I love sports and I played college baseball. I live in a large log-and-stone house on a wooded lot in the country. I bought with the intention of raising a family there. After my divorce, I kept the house and now my cranky widowed father lives with me and my youngest brother, a frat boy/con artist, comes and goes.

    Who is the significant other in your life?

    After my painful divorce, I decided to take a break from love and serious relationships. That was before my life got upended by Lia Montgomery.

    How do you dress?

    I wear scrubs at work. Tee shirts and jeans at home. I like pin-striped dress shirts and slacks when I go out.

    Do you get by, live comfortably, live extravagantly?

    I live comfortably and I don’t really want for anything in the way of material items. My heart longs for what money can’t buy: true love.

    What is your family like?

    My mother, a nurse, has passed away. My dad, Frank, is a retired cop and he is very outspoken at times. I have three brothers. I’m the oldest. Two of my brothers live out-of-state and my youngest brother, Stevie, is still in college. He’s been in college several years now. Stevie is something of a con artist and I never know if he’s telling me the truth, but he’s fun to be with and I love him.

    Do you have children?

    No, but I am in the process of adopting an unwanted baby. I have always wanted children and I had hoped my wife and I would have a large family, but that wasn’t to be.

    Now I have a second chance at having a son and I’m thrilled.

    What past event causes you the most fear?

    The day I came home and found a note from my wife. She had left. She loved another man whom she had been seeing and who was the father of the child she was expecting. I had no idea and I was shattered to lose her as well as the baby I thought was mine. I never want that to happen to me again.

    Who in your life has the power to hurt you the most and why?

    Lia. She’s Baby John’s aunt and when she arrives, everything in my world changes. All my plans for adopting John are in jeopardy because, well, she showed up during a bachelor party my dad was having for a friend. Needless to say, she got the wrong impression of me because I’d had a few drinks, the house was mess and we had several blow up dolls and porn on TV. She was horrified with me and the fact that I was single makes me totally unacceptable. Unfortunately, I am attracted to her, like love-at-first-sight, so I may be in trouble. You can read Chapter 1 to see what I mean.

    Patricia Preston Social Media

    Award-winning author Patricia Preston writes mainstream romance, historical romance and comic short stories. She is represented by the Seymour Agency. She is the author of a mainstream contemporary romances, Love Heals All, for Kensington Books/Lyrical Press imprint. Her other romance titles include a historical, To Save a Lady, a romantic adventure set in the French Quarter during the Battle of New Orleans. She also has a short story anthology, Dixie Darlings, available in print. Besides writing she loves music, photography, graphic design, and visiting her favorite historical locales including the French Quarter and the Natchez Trace.

    Website www.patricia-preston.com
    Blog www.patricia-preston.blogspot.com
    Twitter www.twitter.com/pat_preston
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  • Gun for Hire by JJ Montgomery @j_j_montgomery #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
    Contemporary,  Suspense

    Gun for Hire by JJ Montgomery @j_j_montgomery #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense

    Gun for Hire by JJ Montgomery @j_j_montgomery #RLFblog #RomanticSuspenseIn JJ Montgomery’s Gun for Hire, nothing is as easy as it seems.

    The job should have been easy—patrol a swank beach that serves as a backyard for Maui’s rich, kick out the riffraff, and get a tan in the process. But rent-a-cop Samantha Winters didn’t anticipate a deliciously grumpy cop, Sergeant Grady Roark, who comes down to the beach to bust her chops and instead leaves her breathless…and wondering why the one man who could help her seems determined to thwart her at every turn.

    Grady is keeping secrets from Sam that have him walking the line between attraction and duty. But when Sam becomes the target of a shadowy organization, Grady will have to choose between the law and the temptation of a woman who has him breaking every rule he’s ever known.

    The job should have been easy, but when the bullets start flying, Sam learns nothing is as easy as it seems when you’re a Gun for Hire.

    Genre Romantic Suspense
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
    Publisher http://catalog.thewildrosepress.com/all-titles/5066-gun-for-hire.html
    Amazon http://amzn.to/2pF9Bl2

    JJ Montgomery Social Media

    JJ Montgomery writes romantic suspense novels with a sense of humor. Her heroines are as smart as they are smart mouthed and the men in their lives are just trying to keep up. Gun for Hire is the first book in JJ’s Maui Heat Series.

    If you’d like to know more, including info on her newest book, where she gets her ideas, and how it’s possible she can’t use Facebook, please visit her:

    Website https://jjmontgomery.wordpress.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/j_j_montgomery/
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJJMontgomery/
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jmontgomerywrites/