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Understanding Lara from In My Own Shadow, a new #Fantasy #romance by Susan A Royal @susanaroyal #RLFblog
Susan A Royal, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.Meet Lara
Age: early twenties
Gender: female
Birthplace: I’m a country girl, born and raised in a rural area.
Profession: Entry level clerical work
Ethnicity: White
Species (for scifi/fantasy characters): Human
Please provide a physical description of yourself.
I’m tall. Nearly six feet. Dark blue eyes and long thick hair – the color red everyone seems to want these days.
Please tell us a little about yourself.
Something about me seems to intimidate guys. Could be my sarcastic attitude. That’s what my friend, Carrie, seems to think. And she’s right. It’s my defense mechanism.
Who is the significant other in your life?
Never in a million years thought I’d fall for a guy like Rhys. Quiet, capable, keeps to himself. He takes his job seriously…even to the point of blaming himself when things go wrong, the way I did when Dad died. Only one problem. He treats me like an unwanted responsibility. Every time I try to get to know him better, he clams up and starts acting like commando man. And it goes downhill from there. I let him get under my skin..
What special skills do you rely on?
Lara and her father spent a lot of time in the woods while she was growing up. Hunting, camping, fishing.
What do you have a knack for doing?
Lara’s stubborn. She won’t give up on something she believes in.
Is she close to family?
Lara had no brothers or sisters, and her mother died when she was very young. She and her father were very close.
How do others perceive your character based upon looks? How true is this assumption?
In the book, her best friend Carrie refers to her as the redhead with a killer figure, and she’s spot on.
If someone from your character’s past showed up, who would she most want it to be, and why? OR who would she most NOT want it to be, and why?
Lara would give anything to see her father again. They argued just before he died and she’s never gotten over it.
Can your hero keep a secret? If not, why not? If yes, why?
Lara can keep a secret. Something important has been planted in her memory. She has no idea what it is, but she refuses to let someone pick her brain to find out. Especially someone who will use the information for all the wrong reasons.
What inner doubt causes your character the most difficulty?
Lara doesn’t realize how strong she really is.
What is your character’s biggest need at the beginning of the story?
Lara needs to forgive herself. She’s not responsible for her father’s death.
What would help your character face hardship and meet any challenge?
If she knew how Rhys truly felt about her, she’d have the strength to do anything.
How does your character express disappointment?
She gets angry.
Who in his life has the power to hurt this character the most? Why?
Rhys . Because Lara cares about him.
About Your Writer: Questions for your character to answer about you.
To honor the person who chose to share your story, please answer at least four of these questions. Questions with more than one point should be considered one question. You may answer as many more as you like.
Why do you think your writer chose to write about you?
I’m stubborn, sarcastic, determined. We have those traits in common
What do you wish your writer had not told others about you?
I wish she hadn’t told anyone who I feel about Rhys. It’s embarrassing.
Was there anything your writer discovered about you that was a surprise to one or both of you?
I’m stronger than I thought.
What makes your writer the most sad?
It makes her sad to think me losing my father, but she’s happy that I came to terms with his death.
Why do you think your writer loves to write?
She loves words and how they can paint a picture.
What other character from your book do you think your writer should write a book about? Care to tell us why?
Cobal’s father is chieftain of the clan, and Cobal was supposed to follow in his footsteps until he realized his future lay in another direction.
Tell us about In My Own shadow
Publisher MuseItUp https://museituppublishing.com/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/My-Own-Shadow-Susan-Royal-ebook/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/reviews/in-my-own-shadow-susan-a-royal/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15751776-not-long-agoSusan A Royal Social Media
Susan A Royal takes her readers on adventures to other worlds where anything can happen and frequently does. She shares a 100 year old house in east Texas with a ghost who likes to harmonize with her son when he plays guitar. She writes SciFi/Fantasy with action, adventure and liberal doses of romance. She is currently working on the third in her time travel series, It’s About Time. Want to know more?
Visit susanaroyal.wordpress.com for a peek inside this writer’s mind. You never know what you’ll discover.
Website http://susanaroyal.wordpress.com
Blog http://susanaroyal.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/susanaroyal
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Do It Write: Where Karen Cino writes @Karencino #RLFblog #CozyMystery
Karen Cino, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Before we talk about your office, please tell us about your latest book.New Beginnings Cookie Cutter Cozy Mystery by Karen Cino
Genre Cozy Mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 17
After a traumatic event in her life, Connie Acosta heads down to the Jersey Shore to stay with her friend, Sara Mazza, who lives in a fifty-five and over community. For Connie, this is a temporary stop until she figures out what she wants to do.
Connie and Sara have a brief discussion and decide to start the baking business they had spoken about decades before. But things take a dramatic turn when Sara gets Connie involved in a mysterious adventure at the clubhouse.
How long have you been writing?
I’ve been writing since I’m fourteen years old. I wrote my first short story when I was a freshman in high school. Since then, writing has been my whole life.
What was your first published book?
My first book published was Roses. Roses is a Women’s Fiction Contemporary Romance with Romantic Elements.Tell us about your writing space or home office.
I recently finished my office adding lights. I bought two new book cases to make that eight bookcases in total. My parents bought me my desk and I put my apple desk top on it. I use it to edit because the screen is big but I write on my laptop.
Anything special about your space?
I can see out the side window and it’s the first office space that I’m completely happy with.
What do you love most about that area?
I love the fact that it has a french door, which I can close and block out the television coming from the other room.
What would like to change about your home office?
I’d like to have all my bookcases in the room with me. I also would love to have one chalk wall so I can make my notes all in one place.
If money was no object, what would your home office look like?
It would like like something out of HGTV. I’d probably hire the Property Brothers to make me a big space with my own wet bar and coffee station!
What office equipment do you use most, other than your computer?
I use my printer. I print out whatever a wrote for the day. When I do my edits I have to have a hard copy. I have two prints.
What do you think is a must have for an efficient office?
Most important feature of an efficient office is privacy. Once I get going, there can be a high school band playing behind me and it wouldn’t interrupt me. But I need quiet to start so I can focus.
Are you a writing mom/dad?
My kids are now on their own. But I was a writing mom when I wrote my first seven books.
How do you juggle writing and family?I always made it a point to find an hour a day to write. I always put myself on a 1000 word a day schedule, which I still keep today. Some days I’ll write 1000 words and other days I can right up to 3000 words. But it essential to have a schedule.
What book or books about writing do you recommend for new authors?
I’d recommend any of the books the Writers Digest Books. Every one has been a fountain of information to me. I still refer to many of them when I’m stuck. Joining writers groups is another way to learn. I belong to Romance Writers of America, Women Fiction Writers Association and Liberty States Fiction Writers. There are so many groups. If your a mystery writer there’s Sisters in Crime. You can find multiple online genres through Romance Writers of America.
What do you like to read for relaxation?
I read women’s fiction, lots of cozy mysteries and you can never go wrong with a Stephen Kind novel.
Do you have an author newsletter?
Yes. If you would like to receive my quarterly newsletter you can sign up here: http://http://bit.ly/2V4OEQL
Where to buy New Beginnings
Publisher Mandolay Press
Amazon https://amzn.to/2GWtUlc
Karen Cino Social Media
Karen Cino is multi-published and has been writing since she was fourteen years old. She started her career by writing poetry, short stories and writing articles for her high school newspaper. Her daily walks down at the boardwalk are what gets her muse going. It clears her mind and helps her find realistic plot ideas and the characters boosting up her muse. Karen loves writing about local places that people can relate to.
Karen loves the summer, loves the beach. Her previous books were written and take place in various places across Staten Island. Karen relocated to Barnegat, New Jersey in 2015. She traded in the Staten Island Boardwalk for the shoreline in Long Beach Island. Her Camp Mirage Series takes place in Barnegat, NJ.
Karen is a member of Romance Writers of America, Women’s Fiction Writing Association and Liberty States Fiction Writers. She was Vice President of the New York City Chapter for four years and President for three.
Karen has two adult children, Michael Giordano who’s a singer, songwriter and producer and Nicole Giordano who works in Retail Management and is also a photographer. In 2014 Karen married John Gatti. Her husband is an actor, teacher and attorney.
Website http://karencino.com
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Star Brides: Dept of Corrections by Pia Manning @piamanning3 #RLFblog #NewRelease #romance #SciFi
Pia Manning, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.Star Brides: Dept of Corrections by Pia Manning
Genre Erotic Romance, SciFi, Action/Adventure
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): NR
Inmate 1640 would do anything to escape serving her long and well-deserved prison sentence. Anything. Including leaving Earth with Zuntx warrior Kadir, to serve as mate to him and the three other men of his unit.
Janine Longo was sentenced to twenty years for beating a man who tried to cheat her. Sick of her trouble making ways, prison authorities gave Janine an opportunity to attend a Bridal Fair, find an alien husband and leave Earth. When the pool of available mates dwindles and the guards call her name, Janine hastily agrees to return to Zuntx with Kadir. Besides, if she doesn’t like Zuntx or the men, she can always wander away and blend in with the crowd. Right?
Scarred and disfigured Kadir, is growing desperate. This is his third time as a Fair participant, and he doesn’t have the money to fund another attempt. So, when the woman in the orange jumpsuit agrees to accompany him, he accepts her offer.
Shortly after landing on Zuntx, Janine meets the other men in Kadir’s unit: Tero, Kobak and Bakur. Together, they disembark and head for home. Problem is, the thriving bustling Zuntx that Kadir left behind is not the same place he returns to. Riot torn, the planet’s homeless men now wander aimlessly seeking food, shelter and women.
This is not at all what Janine had in mind.
Can Janine find redemption on Zuntx? Is this her second chance? Can she learn to love her men? All four? And what about Tero’s little ‘problem?’ Hmmm…
Will life on Zuntx improve? Kadir has a plan…
Why did you write this book?
Kadir’s story kept nagging at me! I met him in Star Brides: Procured, when he was in a tough spot. His views of women and their capabilities needed to evolve. Janine’s not much of a rule follower. Her attitude has gotten her into trouble many times. She needs a second chance at redemption. So, I thought they’d be good for each other, and their journey a tale worth telling.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love reading erotic romances, scifi/fantasy, mystery, suspense, and well, you get the idea!
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
I’d have to say Meg Corbyn from Anne Bishop’s The Others series. Bishop manages to weave the paranormal into the normal in such a way as to make it an accepted part of her character’s everyday life.
What are you working on at the moment?
Star Brides 4 looms on my horizon, as well as a paranormal/horror novel.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Star Brides 4 will make an appearance in the next few months. I hope readers have enjoyed the Star Brides universe as much as I have enjoyed writing about its characters and their trials and tribulations finding true love. The as yet untitled para/horror novel will also find a release date.
Where to buy Star Brides: Dept. of Corrections
Publisher https://www.bookstrand.com/book/star-brides-dept-of-corrections-mfmmm
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076KXRTG6/
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/star-brides-pia-manning/1127259708?ean=9781640105911
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=pia+manningPia Manning Social Media
Pia Manning lives in the deep dark woods of northwest Wisconsin with her spousal unit, two spoiled dogs and three rotten cats. She writes cuz she has to. She writes for herself and all those who need some relief from the day to day, but can’t leave the room.
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Read Russian Pride #Contemporary #Romance by @HollyBargoBooks #RLFblog
Holly Bargo, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.Russian Pride by Holly Bargo
Contemporary Mafia Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Rescued from domestic abuse, Bratva princess Inessa recuperates from the latest beating in the home of Giovanni Maglione, the mafia captain of Cleveland. Learning that her husband double-crossed the Chinese triad, and they want their pound of flesh–and they’re happy to take it out of Inessa–her parents ask Giovanni to marry their newly widowed daughter. The Chinese triad will be looking for a Russian mobster’s wife, not the wife of an Italian mobster. Inessa agrees to this marriage of convenience which, of course, isn’t so convenient. The ruse fails, which forces Giovanni into a violent and bloody mob war, because he protects what’s his… and Inessa is most definitely his.Where to buy Russian Pride
Publisher: Hen House Publishing
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0756ZR13RHolly Bargo Social Media
Holly Bargo never outgrew a love of fairy tales, legends, and myths. Or horses. However, one foot must remain firmly planted in the real world which is where Holly makes her living as a freelance writer and editor. She and her husband have two grown children and live on a southwest Ohio hobby farm with a menagerie indoor and outdoor animals.
When she’s not working on other people’s documents or reading, Holly finds time to transfer the voices in her head to paper … er … computer. If she doesn’t, there’s a definite possibility her mind will explode.
And for those who might wonder from where the pseudonym of Holly Bargo came, it’s quite simple really. Horses. Namely an elegant and temperamental Appaloosa mare who has long since crossed the Rainbow Bridge and is fondly remembered for guarding toddler children and crushing a brand new pager.
But that’s another story.
Website https://www.henhousepublishing.com/
Blog https://www.henhousepublishing.com/eggs-the-hen-house-blog
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Pride (Sin-Eaters #1) by Lynn Chantale
Huemac, a half-breed, covets ultimate power, but he needs two things—access to the royal family and an ancient artifact. He attains the former by seducing the Emperor’s sister, and then steals the latter.
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Know the Heroine from The Highlander’s Welsh Bride by Cathy and DD MacRae @CMacRaeAuthor #RLFblog #historical #romance
Cathy and DD MacRae, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your heroine, but first, tell us about the book.The Highlander’s Welsh Bride by Cathy and DD MacRae
Genre Scottish Historical Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
Prince Llywelyn was dead, his soldiers fleeing before King Edward’s army. Carys, a cousin to the prince, herself a princess of Wales, had picked up arms alongside her husband more than a year ago in the fight for Wales’s independence. Now homeless, her husband buried beneath the good Welsh soil, she seeks shelter in the north, far from the reach of Longshanks’s men.
Birk MacLean has been ordered to take a bride and produce an heir. He grows weary of the lasses paraded before him, women of delicate nature and selfish motives. He desires a wife strong enough to help lead one of the most powerful clans in Western Scotland.
One like the Welsh woman sitting in his dungeon, arrested for poaching MacLean deer.
Can Birk convince Carys marriage to him is preferable to a hangman’s noose? And will the heard-headed Scot be worthy of a Princess of Wales?
Know the Heroine from The Highlander’s Welsh Bride
Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.
It’s late, she’s bored. What does she do?
Carys would likely practice throwing daggers
What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?
A sweet fruit pastry
Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.
She prefers trews and tunics colored to fade into the trees
Does she know how to fix things?
She’s quite skilled with bow and lance, and she can rig anything from rope and a few sticks
She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
She was in a storm aboard a ship, and the ship went down despite her efforts
How does she act around children she doesn’t know?
She has a soft spot for children, especially those who are uncertain or afraid
What is she like first thing in the morning?
Carys is a morning person. Bright, cheerful, ready to get something accomplished.
How does she handle things when in a “proper” social situation?
Silk over steel.
Maid or takes care of herself?
She hasn’t had a maid in years.
Proper dress or casual clothes?
She’ll wear a gown, but prefers trews and a tunic
Sleeves buttoned or rolled up?
Rolled up
Powdered wig or natural hair?
Natural hair
Carriage or horseback?
Horseback.
Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!
Where to buy The Highlander’s Welsh Bride
Publisher Short Dog Press
Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B07KNYTMPK
Cathy and DD MacRae Social Media
Website https://www.cathymacraeauthor.com
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