• New Adult

    Let’s Start With Forever by June Kramin @junekramin #RLFblog #NewAdult College Age Romance

    Let's Start With Forever by June Kramin @junekramin #RLFblog #NewAdult College Age RomanceToday’s featured book is Let’s Start With Forever, a New Adult/College Age Romance by June Kramin.

    Vicki had always felt growing up on Maui was truly paradise in every way. Meeting Marshall her senior year made it that much more perfect. Flying to Oahu with him and losing her most valuable possession—her virginity—comes with a high price. Having just turned eighteen and now pregnant, she still doesn’t second guess her decision about breaking her rules and going through with it.
    She does however second guess his marriage proposal, feeling as if she’s trapping him in a course he’ll regret later. Marshall repeatedly convinces her marriage is what he wants, and she agrees to marry him. Life could not be more perfect, until she loses the baby late in the pregnancy. She finds herself once again questioning their marriage and flees back home with her parents.
    Marshall eventually convinces her to return to him, only to have her say goodbye days later to accomplish her original goal—college. They manage to make their marriage work through long semesters and separate islands. Once again, life is perfect…
    Until Vicki discovers a small detail Marshall left out about his past. She runs away yet again. He tracks her down and desperately fights for the only thing he has ever wanted in his life. Her.
    Let’s Start With Forever Genre – New Adult/College Age Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher :Pau Hana Books
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Start-Forever-June-Kramin-ebook/dp/B074Q34338/
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lets-start-with-forever-june-kramin/1126977349
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/let-s-start-with-forever
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/741990
    CreateSpace https://www.amazon.com/dp/1548991392/

    June Kramin Social Media

    Wife, Mother, Writer, Lunatic. Not necessarily in that order.
    “There is a fine line between genius and crazy… I like to use that line as a jump rope!”
    June, who prefers to go by Bug, was born in Philadelphia but moved to Maui, Hawaii when she was four. She met her “Prince Charming” on Kauai and is currently living “Happily Ever After” in a small town in Minnesota.
    Her son and daughter are her greatest accomplishments. She takes pride in embarrassing them every chance she gets.
    Being hopelessly addicted to 80’s music is her super power.
    Website http://www.junekramin.com/
    Blog http://www.junekramin.com/Blog
    Twitter https://twitter.com/junekramin
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/JuneKramin/
    Pinterest http://pinterest.com/junekramin/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4152894.June_Kramin
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/June-Kramin/e/B004ESVH4C/
    Newsletter http://junekramin.us11.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=b7e3775af9defc08038cf82d9&id=cadc8c999f

     

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Quick and Fun

    Christmas in a Small Town by Kristina Knight @AuthorKristina #RLFblog #contemporary

    Kristina Knight, 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.

    QUICK

    Do you write more than one genre? If so, what are they?
    I write contemporary romance, filled with heart, heat, and (of course) happily ever after.
    How do you come up with ideas?
    Sometimes an idea comes from a snippet of a conversation I’ve overheard (I’m an expert eavesdropper!), sometimes from a TV show or movie, and sometimes characters just plot right into my brain without any warning at all.
    What is the single most important part of writing for you?
    The creating part. I love developing an idea or character and then taking that idea or character and putting him (or her) into the absolute worst situation…and seeing what happens from there!
    When did you write your first book?
    The summer between 5th and 6th grade. My friends and I decided we’d write books that summer. I decided to write a girl power version of the Three Musketeers. They gave up about midway through the first afternoon, but I’ve been writing ever since.

    FUN

    Leather or lace? Leather (lace itches!)
    Black or red? Black (because, leather!)
    Satin sheets or smooth cotton? Ooh…satin, please!
    Ocean or mountains? Ocean, all the way!
    City life or country life? Country, although I’d like to be close enough to the city to drive in for special dinner or events.
    Party life or evening at home? Evening at home – with someone special, of course!
    Dogs or cats? Dogs! Snuggly puppies, lazy elder-dogs…they’re my favorites!
    Tell us about Christmas in a Small Town
    Running out on her wedding was the best decision ever!
    A cheating fiancé sends Camden Harris fleeing to her grandparents’ home in Missouri. When her ex follows, determined to win her back, Camden makes a deal with neighbor Levi Walters: they’ll pretend to be in love and she’ll support his plan to buy her grandparents’ land.
    The boy from her childhood has grown up into an impressive man. His charm, good looks and sweet gestures make it difficult for Camden to remember this is fake. And Levi’s kisses only confuse her more.
    Genre Contemporary
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Harlequin Superromance
    Amazon – http://a.co/3oY2ywe
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/christmas-in-a-small-town-kristina-knight/1126311788
    iBooks – https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/christmas-in-a-small-town/id1231894034?mt=11
    Kobo – https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/christmas-in-a-small-town
    HQN – print: https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9780373640546_christmas-in-a-small-town.html
    HQN – e: https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781488017377_christmas-in-a-small-town.html

    Kristina Knight Social Media

    Once upon a time, Kristina Knight spent her days running from car crash to fire to meetings with local police–no, she wasn’t a troublemaker, she was a journalist. Her career took her all over the United States, writing about everything from a serial killer’s capture to the National Finals Rodeo. Along the way, she found her very own Knight in Shining Cowboy Boots and an abiding love for romance novels. And just like the characters from her favorite books, she’s living her own happily ever after.

    Kristina writes sassy contemporary romance novels; her books have appeared on Kindle Best Seller Lists. She loves hearing from readers, so drop her a line!
    Website: http://www.kristinaknightauthor.com
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kristinaknightromanceauthor
    Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/authorkristina
    Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/authorkristina/
    Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5827833.Kristina_Knight
    Google+: https://plus.google.com/+KristinaKnightAuthor/posts
    Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kristina-Knight/e/B0081LO6DM/

     

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Sweet or Inspirational

    10 Sweet Christmas Romance Books #RLFblog #Christmas #Romance

    Can it ever be too early for a Christmas romance? Not at Romance Lives Forever! Here are a selection of holiday romances sure to get you in the spirit for the season. Check out these books by authors of RLFblog. They are presented in alphabetical order by title. You’re welcome.

    Christmas Romance Month

    Every Saturday during December Romance Lives Forever will present holiday romances by various authors. Be sure to bookmark the blog and come back for more next week.

    Book Rating

    This week, all books are rated G or PG.

    A Real Christmas

    Christie Logan
    Christmas hasn’t been the same for Allison Voss since losing her husband, but she’s determined to make it merry for her daughters’ sake. But the odds are against her. She’s between jobs and simply managing day to day is a struggle—until a stranger’s act of kindness changes everything.
    Ward Haysgard is not a fan of Christmas. He’s seen plenty of greed and selfishness and not much good will toward men. But Allison’s plight touches him. As he gets to know her and her girls, they work their way into his heart. A heart he thought had hardened long ago.
    As the holiday approaches, an old secret threatens their growing closeness. Allison concentrates on giving her girls “a real Christmas” with gifts and treats, but she and Ward will both discover that the only thing that makes Christmas real is the love of family and friends.
    Rating: PG
    Amazon http://a.co/fimHffj

    A Romance for Christmas

    Kayelle Allen

    A sweet feel-good holiday romance that reaffirms all you love about Christmas. It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything Dara loves was lost. Everything but her little girl and a fierce determination to survive. When a cop brings Christmas to her door, he brings another gift she never expected to get.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://amzn.to/1wpW8qE

    Christmas Crush

    Mickie Sherwood
    Although Ashley Wagner feels more like Scrooge than Santa, she keeps her promise and accompanies her sister back home for a Christmas wedding. Her three-day weekend is off to a rocky start, thanks to the unexpected run-in with her womanizing ex-husband, and his very pregnant new wife. She manages to get away with her dignity intact, but later, with old wounds ripped open, the professional crisis manager ends up in the middle of her own life-altering predicament.
    Then, sports journalist Craig Johnston, wheels to her rescue.
    Will Ashley spend Christmas brooding over bitter memories? Or will Craig, a dynamic paraplegic, present the deserving divorcée with a gift she can’t resist?
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Crush-Bayou-Love-Romances-ebook/dp/B00QQFBW1Y/

    Christmastime on Donner’s Mountain

    Laura Strickland
    For most of her life, Becca Monroe’s been running. The urge to see what lay beyond the next horizon took her away from Donner’s Mountain and the man she loved. Now, back for what will surely be her grandfather’s last Christmas, she’s caught in a tangle of unresolved emotions that leave her torn between the impulse to flee and the desire to stay.
    Jack Donner never stopped loving Becca, even though she deserted him. Better than anyone else, he knows how cruel it would be to fetter her wild spirit, and he doubts she could ever be happy living in one place, on his mountain.
    Can memories of Christmases past remind Becca what truly matters? And can love convince Jack to give her one more chance, even if it means risking his battered heart?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmastime-Donners-Mountain-Laura-Strickland-ebook/dp/B075XFHNQ8/

    Crystal Creek Christmas

    Laura Haley-McNeil
    When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two carat diamond sitting on her ring finger.
    Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s time for her to leave the ranch. She longs to stay with the man who’s determined to protect her, but she doesn’t dare. Her deadly secret is in hot pursuit. Any delay and she’ll endanger the family who opened their home to her.
    Noelle leaving Crystal Creek Ranch? Jake can’t let her go, but how can he convince her he’ll to anything to keep her safe?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Creek-Christmas/dp/1505698561/

    Last Chance Christmas, A Fairfield Corners Novella

    LA Remenicky
    From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordan’s past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused. In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordan’s brother pulled Brent back into Jordan’s life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect. Battling the past and present, can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Would this be their last chance Christmas?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRZK0Z4

    Once Upon a Christmas Moon

    Christine Young, Genie Gabriel, and CL Kraemer
    Twelve Days To Love
    When Archer Steele shows up at Calanthe Durand’s failing plantation with
    an alligator over his shoulder, Cali thinks she’s never seen a more
    handsome man. Independent and self-sufficient, she vows to never marry. But Archer has different ideas. The first time Archer sees Cali in town, he feels an instant attraction. He decides he will convince the beautiful Calanthe he is worthy of her love. During the weeks before Christmas, he gives her twelve gifts in hopes she will fall in love with him.
    Boots And Blades
    An ancient evil from the old country has arrived in the high desert of
    Oregon. Gnome children are vanishing then re-appearing, showing various
    stages of traumatization. Tiamoon, warrior gnome, will put her skills to
    use alongside Killian, a handsome warrior, also in need of a cause.
    Christmas Pawsibilities
    With their world destroyed and their space ship malfunctioning, the
    dogizens of Planet Canid have little choice but to crash land on Earth.
    They face tortuous experiments at the hands of the Geeks in Green…or
    they can trust an eccentric inventor and his zany family to deliver the
    Canine Queen’s puppies and help them celebrate new lives.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Christmas-Christine-Young/dp/1979071098/

    Reindeer Wars

    Liese Sherwood-Fabre
    Tina has a tendency to go a little overboard when decorating for the holidays, but Brian decides her skills are just what he needs to get into the Christmas spirit. Can this budding relationship survive when they find themselves in a knock-down-drag-out competition to win the office’s “most outrageous holiday sweater?”
    Rating PG
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Reindeer-Wars-ebook/dp/B009P6HWHO

    Santa to the Rescue

    Adele Downs
    Firefighter Jamey Tucker knows three things in life to be true: an honorable man doesn’t go back on his word; never hurts a woman; and lasting love isn’t a myth. But with his recent move to a new job at Appleton Fire Station, the long hours don’t offer hope of finding the love he’s looking for.
    When Jamey meets beautiful pediatric nurse Heather Longhurst after hearing her sing “Santa Baby” in a supermarket aisle, he offers her a promise he discovers he can’t keep. Heather has been betrayed by men in the past, making it hard for Jamey to gain her trust. Determined to find a way to win her heart, Jamey uses firefighter engine-uity and Heather’s favorite song to prove he’s got Christmas spirit she can believe in all year.
    Rating PG
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Rescue-Entangled-Bliss-Adele-ebook/dp/B00G1IM260/

    Sweet Holiday Wishes

    Melissa McClone
    Lizzy Hamilton wants to skip Christmas this year. Working as a nurse while holding her marriage to an Army Ranger together has drained her energy and joy. She’s a pro at caring for others, but she needs someone to look out for her, too. However, when her soon-to-be ex-husband, Mitch, asks if she’ll spend the holidays with him–just as friends–so he won’t be alone, she can’t say no because, other than his platoon, she’s the only family he has.
    Staff Sergeant Mitchell Hamilton wants only one Christmas gift–his wife. Frequent deployments and training exercises sent him away from home, and he had no idea how taken for granted Lizzy felt until she asked him for a divorce two months ago. Now his mission is to show his wife he’ll do anything to save their marriage. He only hopes his plan to win her back with a holiday vacation to Indigo Bay, a coastal resort town, works. He can’t–won’t–lose Lizzy forever.
    Rating G
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776ZDH46/

    The Unlikely Santa

    Leigh Michaels
    In the retail business, Christmas isn’t a holiday, it’s an endurance contest – and as manager of the Tyler-Royale department store in a major Chicago shopping mall, Brandi Ogilvie knows that surviving December will be a challenge. Merchandise is going astray and her staff is decimated by flu, but at least Brandi has a full roster of Santas. Then Zack Forrest shows up in her store, insisting he’s the perfect candidate to fill Santa’s red velvet suit.
    Brandi’s new Santa is too tall, too lean, too dark, and way too sexy for the role. But he’s enough to make a jaded department store manager think twice about what she’d like to find under her tree on Christmas morning – if only she wasn’t so certain that Zack is hiding something.
    The Unlikely Santa was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contest for best sweet traditional romance of the year.
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/The-Unlikely-Santa-ebook/dp/B00F6LL1Y2

    See you next week for more Christmas Romance!

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  • RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever @liviaquinn @SylvieGrayson #RLFblog

    #Romance Lives Forever @liviaquinn @SylvieGrayson #RLFblogThe most visited page last month was the Salute to Veteran Authors on Nov 11th. Top Blogger for this month is Livia Quinn. She wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Top chatter was Sylvie Grayson. Top Blogger of 2016 was Susan V Vaughn, who won a year of free advertising for 2017.

    Top Blogger Livia Quinn

    Website: http://liviaquinn.com
    Blog: https://liviaquinnwrites.com/livias-ramblings
    Twitter http://twitter.com/liviaquinn
    Facebook http://www.facebook.com/liviaquinnauthor
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    Bookbub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/livia-quinn
    Goodreads http://bit.ly/22VXuev
    Amazon Author page amazon.com/author/liviaquinn
    Livia Quinn Readers Group http://bit.ly/2gBFQ12
    Newsletter http://eepurl.com/W94bb

     

    The winners are judged by page visits. Congratulations to these fine bloggers:
    Salute to Veteran Authors
    Livia Quinn
    Barbara White Daille
    Constance Bretes
    Aurora Springer
    Honorable mention: Diane Saxon, Vicki Batman, Anne Kane

    Top Chatters for the Month

    #Romance Lives Forever @liviaquinn @SylvieGrayson #RLFblogThe person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the person who gets the most page views. For that reason, I instituted the Top Chatter Award. This award is for the bloggers who receive the most comments.
    This month’s winners are:

    Sylvie Grayson
    Salute to Veteran Authors
    Vicki Batman
    Constance Bretes

    New Server — New Power

    RLFblog has attracted so many visitors we crashed the server three times in the past month. On September 20th, we had no visitors on the blog so that we could move to a new, more powerful and roomier server. This should hold us for a bit! It also means I can add even more services. Look for new things in 2018, such as Free Book Friday and other goodies for readers (and authors)!

    Not only does RLF post automatically to Triberr with a reach of several million, each post is also featured on the Romance Lives Forever Pinterest board http://www.pinterest.com/kayelleallen/romance-lives-forever-rlfblog/ as well as on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/RomanceLivesForever/ and Twitter https://www.twitter.com/kayelleallen When you like, follow and share it increases the reach. Thank you for sharing with your readers and friends!

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