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Meet Ruth A Casie @RuthaACasie Author of The Lady and the Rogue #RLFblog #RegencyRomance
Deceptions, lies, and a timeless kiss forge an unbreakable bond between two unsuspecting people in Ruth A Casie’s new timeless Regency romance, The Lady and the Rogue.
Ruth, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Lady and the Rogue.
The Lady and the Rogue by Ruth A Casie
Genre Historical Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13In the shadowy depths of London, Lady Euphemia Brandt, a renowned concert pianist, is mistaken by an English nobleman for his intended rendezvous. She defends herself, losing her reticule in the process. Reluctantly, she takes coins from her attacker and secures a carriage home. Their eyes lock, and they share a searing kiss, altering their lives forever.
At an affair honoring the Prime Minister, Euphemia discovers that the rogue who accosted her is a much sought-after, wealthy member of society. Struggling to resist his attraction, she battles memories of their kiss.
Cayden Whitford, the Duke of Thornton, seeking a woman with vital information, mistakes Euphemia for his contact and is surprised by her swift blow and the ensuing kiss. Intrigued, he vows to find her. At a dinner party, Thornton learns she is the daughter of a trusted advisor and masquerades as a suitor to discover her allegiance.
As Thornton unravels Euphemia’s wit, logic, and passion, his initial mission falters. He’s fallen in love with her.
Feisty and passionate. He’ll enjoy making her fall in love with him… or die trying.
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What makes you different from other people?
I speak to my characters. Sometimes I have entire conversations with them. I reprimand them for not cooperating, and they quickly point out what I have overlooked.
What is your personality type?
People may think I’m an extrovert, but in my heart of hearts, I am an introvert. I am creative and enjoy challenges. I’m a logical thinker… to a point.
What was your favorite childhood game?
I’m the very youngest of three. My sister is fifteen years older than me, and my brother is ten years older than me. My sister was very involved in her school sorority. She went to formal affairs and wore gorgeous evening gowns. One Saturday afternoon, she came into my room loaded down with them, at least four or five. One by one, she dressed me in the gown, and we played fairy queen/princess or whatever. we played dress-up. My brother played chauffeur, think of a large box, or the prince.
Fast forward to 2011. I called my sister to tell her I had written a book, and it was published. Her comment…I’m not surprised. You always had a story in your head!
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
What is your favorite book?
Anything written by Julie Garwood.
What is your favorite meal?
Roast leg of lamb with sweet potato souffle, green beans, and a tossed salad. Finish it off with cherry vanilla ice cream and a cappuccino and I am set.
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
What made you want to be a writer?
I never planned to be a writer. I was helping someone else who was writing when she convinced me to write my own story. Now if that sounds as if I was getting in her way, you may be correct. Anyway, we were two months into our project when she could not continue. She was training for the New York Marathon. She convinced me to continue writing. That was Knight of Runes, my first book. It was digitally published by Carina Press, and the print copy was published by Harlequin.
What are your favorite books for writing advice?
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose by Constance Hale
On Writing by Stephen King
Goal, Motivation & Conflict by Debra Dixon
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder
Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies by Leslie Wainger
When you go to a convention, what kinds of things do you take along?
I have a list that I keep with my ‘convention’ materials:
- Comfy shoes.
- A sweater with pockets
- Business cards
- A water bottle
- Business casual outfits
- A sturdy notebook, several pens, and sometimes highlighters
- Tylenol
- Extra suitcase of duffle bag for books and swag
If I’m signing at the conference:
- Books are usually sent in advance
- Table runner
- Business cards
- Bookmarks
- Door hangers
- Information about my series
- Signed by Author stickers
- Packing tape
- Small picture stands for the books
- Newsletter sign up information – my contact info is all in a QR code people can download
- My favorite Pentel pen for signing
- More Tylenol
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
The best advice I ever got was… write the next book. The best way become a better writer is to read, read, read, and write, write, write.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
I challenged myself this year by writing four novels and three short stories. Next year I’m under contract to write two books for Dragonblade Publishing’s Lyon’s Den connected world. I have plans for a new six-book Regency romance series, Barrington’s Brigade. That should keep me busy until the first quarter of 2025.
Where to buy The Lady and the Rogue
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CDM498WL/
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/brBWwERuth A Casie Social Media
Ruth A Casie is a USA bestselling author. She writes historical adventures from the shores of medieval Scotland to the cobblestone streets of Regency London. Her stories embrace strong woman and the men who deserve them. Within the pages you’ll discover ‘edge-of-your-seat suspense, mind boggling drama, and heart melting emotions. Grab your favorite cup of tea, or an ale if you prefer, and join her heroes and heroines as they race across the pages to find their happily ever after. Ruth hopes her stories are your next favorite adventures!
Website https://ruthacasie.com/
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#ContemporaryRomance A Rancher’s Pride by Barbara White Daille @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #ModernWestern
Barbara, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about A Rancher’s Pride.
A Rancher’s Pride by Barbara White Daille
Genre: Contemporary romance
Book heat level: PG13His Whole World Is In Her Hands
Sam Robertson’s life just changed. In one short day, he found out that he’s a daddy; that his beautiful little girl, Becky, is deaf; and that her aunt, sign language teacher Kayla Ward, intends to fight him for custody.
There are plenty of reasons Sam shouldn’t fall for Kayla. A city girl like her has no place on his ranch, particularly when she’s his ex-wife’s gorgeous sister. But thanks to the judge’s orders, Sam’s spending a lot of time with Kayla, trying to give Becky the stable home she’s never known.
Despite their ongoing custody battle, Sam and Kayla’s love for Becky brings them closer than they ever expected, and Sam knows that no matter who wins in court, he could still lose—Kayla or his daughter.
Where to buy Court Me, Cowboy
Amazon http://bit.ly/Amazon-ARanchersPride-BarbaraWhiteDaille
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Try the new audiobook Birds Do It! by *lizzie starr @lizziestarr #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #Audiobook
Hyacinth macaws are really lovebirds in *lizzie starr’s contemporary romance Birds Do It! But will discovering the truth from nine years ago bring Garr and Birdie closer, or forever tear them apart?
*lizzie, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Birds Do It!.
I’m sharing this book today because of the rise in AI (Artificial Intelligence) in book creation. Birds is one of my older books, and so every word was written by me. My cover artist created the cover from scratch using various photos and her own talent.
However this book now has an AI component. Today I’m sharing an audio book read by AI. Is the narration as good as one done by a human reader? No, of course not. However, the quality of the voice and natural sounding pronunciation and minor inflections are good. Will AI replace human narrators? I sure hope not.
So why do an AI audio book? In this case, I’m just testing the waters. I personally love listening to books and know so many others do as well. But the best narrators (and don’t we always want the best?) are expensive. So AI narration in this instance is far more financially possible for me. I’ve always wanted to have my books in audio. :)
I’d love to hear what you think of AI narrated audio books in general, and Birds in particular. Check out the product page. You can listen to a brief excerpt before buying. Leave a comment and let me know what you think? Are AI read books a viable option of those who love audio books?
Happy reading—uh, listening!
Birds Do It! by *lizzie starr
Genre Contemporary Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RA search for truth, switched babies, and a threat from the past
Macaws as lovebirds?
An avian expert, Birdie Simons is called to help control a cantankerous hyacinth macaw during a young girl’s birthday party. Inexorably drawn to each other, she and single father Garr Logan share an afternoon of joy and bittersweet memories, for Garr’s wife died the same day as Birdie’s newborn child.
Something about Rachelle makes Birdie wonder if the golden-haired girl is her daughter, switched at birth. Then her child’s father returns, dogging her search for understanding and throwing her deeper into fear and confusion.
Ready to move on after his wife’s death, Garr wants the intriguing woman, but Birdie keeps the search, threats, and hidden relationships to herself, driving a wedge between them.
Will discovering the truth from nine years ago bring them closer, or forever tear them apart?
Where to buy Birds Do It!
Apple Audio https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1693070334
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008B2XTZW
Paperback. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0997754222
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/birds-do-it-lizzie-starr/1008083794
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/birds-do-it/id603828180
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/birds-do-it-1
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1409339
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=dn9CBAAAQBAJ&P*lizzie starr Social Media
*lizzie always made up games and stories to keep her company. So, a cunning witch lived in Grampa’s weather research station and was only held at bay by waving a certain weed. An ancient road grader morphed into a boat carrying wild adventurers to islands filled with fierce lions and dangerous cannibals, which really looked a lot like sheep.
Now filled with fantasy, love, and romance with a sparkling twist, the stories of her imagination swirl their way into the mundane world.
*lizzie recently retired from her more routine life of being *the Lunch Lady* at a private school. According to the kids, she was ‘the best cooker!’ Yes, she misses the students and teachers, but is delighted now to start her days by telling stories rather than opening cases of chicken nuggets and counting milk cartons.
Her tagline of Author and lunch lady~~what a combination! no longer holds true (which makes her sad because she really liked that one).
Now you’ll know *lizzie by her tales of~~Romance with a sparkling twist~~
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Read the series: Love Without Reservations by Gabbi Grey @gabbigrey #RLFblog #SmallTownRomance
Visit the small town of Cataluma, CA where the Strawberry Festival is the event of the year and the business owners in the downtown shopping district are friendly, knowledgeable, and surprisingly, all single.
The Shopping for Love in Cataluma shared world contains stories ranging from sweet to steamy. Look for the heat level indicator on the book cover and in the subtitle. The books can be read as standalones, by preferred heat level and subject, or in any order the reader chooses.
Gabbi Grey, 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 series.
Love Without Reservations: A Grumpy/Sunshine Gay Romance in the Shopping for Love in Cataluma
Genre contemporary small-town romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): adultNoel
I’ve tracked down my wayward sister to Cataluma, California, and my goal is to drag her back to Canada before she gets in trouble with the American authorities. The problem? She’s gone and fallen in love with some dude and refuses to come home. I need to stick around to talk some sense into her, but there’s only one damned inn in this podunk town and they insist they’re full. I can’t get the handsome innkeeper to make an exception, not even for the few days I’ll need to get Kendra safely headed back across the border.
Aaron
I love my job as the owner of the quaint Cataluma Inn. I also pride myself in being a peacemaker. When I find squawking siblings arguing about a good friend of mine at our traditional barbecue, I have to step in. Next thing I know, I’m offering to share my one-bedroom apartment with a very attractive Canadian. Oh, and he’s gay too…
Love Without Reservations is s story in the Shopping for Love in Cataluma series. The book is a 38k word small-town gay interracial romance novella with a grumpy Canadian entrepreneur, a sunshine American motorcycle rider, and the love they never saw coming.
Which book is this in the series?
Love Without Reservations is the last book in the multi-author series, Shopping for Love in Cataluma.
How many books do you plan for the series?
As a group of romance authors, we planned for the six books as a complete series.
How many books are completed?
All six are now published.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Each book features a different couple. The books range from sweet through to steamy. My book is the only gay romance.
What is the overall theme in this series?
Cataluma is a fictional town in California. As a group of authors, we tend to write small-town romances. We have second chance, enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine…we’ve tried a bunch of tropes for this series.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Inking the Deal by Roxie Clarke (Sweet Cataluma)
Something of Note by Jeanine Lauren (Sweet Cataluma)
Entangled in Love by Katrina Litwin (Sweet Cataluma)
Book, Line, & Tinker by MaryAnn Clarke (Steamy Cataluma)
High on Love by Gabbi Powell (Steamy Cataluma)
Love Without Reservations (Steamy Cataluma)What did you like best about writing this series?
I’ve done several shared world books before. Writing is such a solitary pursuit that any time I can inject a bit of comradery, I leap at the chance. I belong to a marketing group where we share tips, tricks, ideas, and are generally super supportive of each other. I don’t even remember who made the suggestion, but about a year ago we started talking about doing a project together. Twelve months later, we managed to publish all six books.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
Wow, I’ll keep it quick. For the shared world Single Dads of Gaynor Beach series, I wrote Hugh as well as Anthony. My third book in the series, Xavier, is coming out in September. In my own series, Love in Mission City, I’ve written, Ginger Snapping All the Way, Stanley’s Christmas Redemption, Page Against the Machine, and several others including the free short story Marcus’s Cadence.
Where can we find links for all your books?
Amazon for Shopping for Love in Cataluma: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZ8XVNYX
Where to buy Love Without Reservation
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BZK316JS
Gabbi Grey Social Media
Gabbi lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black.
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Read Waiting for the Son by Trevann Rogers @trevannrogers #RLFblog #WriteLGBTQ #UrbanFantasy
Chaos on the order of Genocide hangs in the balance in Trevann Roger’s new LGBTQ urban fantasy romance, Waiting for the Son.
Trevann, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Waiting for the Son.
Waiting for the Son by Trevann Rogers
Genre: LGBTQ Urban Fantasy Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RLiving After Midnight Series, Book 3
Cheyenne, the half-human son of the Monarch, is getting beaten up on the regular. He’s also fighting with his weretiger boyfriend, holding down his gig in the city’s premier nightclub, and taking care of his kids. Adulting is more complicated than he thought it would be.
Someone close to the Monarch is putting the supernatural races at risk. With everyone in his inner circle under suspicion, he asks his son for help unearthing the traitor.
Cheyenne declines. He doesn’t have the bandwidth, and politics is not his thing.
When his father’s troubles escalate, Cheyenne has no choice but to get involved. If he succeeds, the traitor will be exposed. If he fails, his father will die, and the backstabber will be free to lift the veil of secrecy that protects them all.
Waiting for the Son is the third book in the LGBTQ urban fantasy series Living After Midnight.
Warning: This book features quirky supernatural creatures, a luncheon that makes an orgy look like a made-for-TV movie and an incubus who makes you hope what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Where to buy Waiting for the Son
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C9XVHZKW
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waiting-for-the-son-trevann-rogers/1143735202?ean=2940160983226
iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/waiting-for-the-son/id6450937140
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/waiting-for-the-sonTrevann Rogers Social Media
Trevann Rogers writes rock star romances, urban fantasy, and LGBT paranormal romances. Her books include House of the Rising Son and After Midnight: The Beginning.
Her short stories appear in the anthologies Dangerous Curves Ahead: An Anthology, and Wickedly Ever After.
Each story incorporates an unquenchable addiction to music and Trevann’s love for vampires, Weres, incubi and rock stars. She writes long after the sun goes down because, like these elusive creatures, she learned long ago that sometimes being yourself means Living After Midnight.
Trevann lives in Connecticut with Toby, her 10-year-old rescue puppy, and Lil Monkey, a sock monkey who thinks he’s real but refuses to chip in on the mortgage.
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