Is It True
Easy yes or no questions that reveal the author and book
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Is It True: Jericho Jaxon: Alien Hunter by Karen M Bryson @karenmbryson #RLFblog #ScienceFictionRomance
The hunter becomes the hunted in Karen M Bryson’s romantic science fiction adventure, Jericho Jaxon: Alien Hunter. A psychic spy is trained by a military super soldier to hunt aliens, but when their training ends, their psychic bond doesn’t. When he discovers she’s an alien hybrid, he knows she’ll end upon the military’s kill list if they find out.Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Karen M Bryson. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Jericho Jaxon: Alien Hunter by Karen M Bryson
Science Fiction Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
When Jericho Jaxon is offered an internship with The Optimal Mind Institute doing mind expansion research, she doesn’t realize they’re producing psychic spies for the military.
And they want her to be one.
Jericho is teamed with Falcon, a super soldier who is bigger and stronger than the average warrior. He’s supposed to be without empathy or the need for human connection. Their mission is to track and kill aliens who live among us.
But when the training ends, their psychic bond doesn’t.
When Falcon discovers that Jericho is an alien hybrid, he knows she’ll end upon the military’s kill list if they find out, and the hunter will become the hunted.
Is it true:
this is your first book?
Not true.
this book is part of a series?
True.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
True.
you did research for this book?
True.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
True.
this book has more than one genre?
True.
you speak more than one language?
Not true.
you grew up where you live now?
Not true.
you love to read?
True.
you are never late?
True.
you love pizza?
True.
you love sushi?
Not true.
you have a pet?
True.
Where to buy Jericho Jaxon: Alien Hunter
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Jericho-Jaxon-Alien-Hunter-Adventure-ebook/dp/B096Y9QTVN/
Karen M Bryson Social Media
Dr. Karen M Bryson is an award-winning/optioned screenwriter and USA TODAY bestselling author of over 50 books. She hosts two podcasts, The Curious Professor and Motivate The Muse. She works with authors, and those aspiring to be, as a book strategist, authorship coach, and certified book marketing professional.
She is a winner of the prestigious RONE Award for Excellence in the Indie and Small Publishing Industry as well as the RWA Lone Star Writing Contest. She is a Kindle Scout winner, which earned her a publishing contract with Amazon’s Kindle Press. She also made the TOP 10 in the Tracking Board’s Launch Pad Manuscript Competition.
Karen and her husband are the owners and founders of Short on Time Books, a small boutique publishing company, and Short on Time Academy, where they help people tell their stories through book authorship and the power of podcasting.
When she not writing or podcasting, Karen works as a tenured university professor and searches for fascinating stories in unusual places.
Karen integrates the power of story in all aspects of her life as a teacher, writer and podcaster. She’s also an advocate for the accurate portrayal of women in midlife in media, and for middle-aged women to be able to tell their own stories in their authentic voices. Her goal in all of the content she creates is to entertain, inspire, motivate, educate and enlighten others.
Website https://www.thecuriousprofessorpodcast.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/karenmbryson
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/motivatethemuse
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/karenmbryson/
BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/profile/karen-m-bryson
Amazon Author https://www.amazon.com/Karen-M-Bryson/e/B001K8S0U8You May Also Like
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Is It True: Privilege by Tina Donahue @tinadonahue #RLFblog #DarkMafiaRomance
A young woman’s quest for revenge turns deadly when the FBI agent sworn to protect her may also be her killer.Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Tina Donahue. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Privilege by Tina Donahue
Genre Dark mafia romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): MA (Mature Audience Only) or NC-17 Adults Only
She’ll destroy the mobsters who murdered her brother… unless they kill her first.
District cop Lia Blosky warned her twin brother not to get involved with the Valesky Crime Family. He didn’t listen. Now, he’s dead, tortured horribly before mobsters murdered him. Out for blood, she’ll do anything to see these monsters dead.
FBI Special Agent Adrian Kalin is connected to the Valesky Family in a way he loathes and doesn’t want. His stepfather rules the syndicate and is tired of Lia threatening to kill him and others responsible for her brother’s death. To shut her up for good, he orders Adrian to murder her. Who better than an FBI agent who has no connection to her and knows how to hide evidence?
Adrian resists, but if it comes down to saving Lia or his brothers and mother from Dimitri’s rage, he’ll have to choose family.
In a deadly game between each other and the mob, Lia and Adrian fight to survive… while also surrendering to their undeniable attraction to each other.
This is book two in the Valesky Crime Family series, can be enjoyed independently and has an HEA.
Publisher’s Note: This contemporary dark mafia romance contains elements of mystery, suspense, action, adventure, adult themes, and possible triggers for some readers.
Is it true:
this is your first book?
LOL – absolutely not. I have close to 100 books under my belt. Whew!
this book is part of a series?
It is. Privilege is book 2 in The Valesky Crime Family series…dark mafia romances.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
Nope. The book was so intense, and fun to write, that I was pleasantly exhausted after each day’s work and conked out.
you did research for this book?
Totally. Since I knew zip about the FBI, mafia, and the Washington DC area, I had to research like crazy in order to make the story and characters believable. But then, I do that will all my novels.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Well, some might say Dimitri, the murderous head of the crime family, isn’t human, but technically he is. I guess my answer would have to be ‘no’ here.
this book has more than one genre?
Mmm, maybe. It’s romance and crime, plus suspense, technically a dark mafia romance.
you speak more than one language?
I wish! I took Spanish all through high school and college and none of it stuck. *sigh*
you grew up where you live now?
Uh-uh. I’m 2,000 miles away from where I grew up – left as soon as I was able and couldn’t be happier. Where I live now has always felt like home. Where I grew up never did.
you love to read?
You can’t imagine. As a kid, I read everything. Even at breakfast, I’d read the cereal boxes. Got my first library card as soon as I could.
you are never late?
Never. Grew up in a household where being on time wasn’t a thing, which meant I was often late. Drove me nuts.
you love pizza?
Is this even a real question? LOL. I live for pizza.
you love sushi?
Ew, no. I love fish, but not raw. I can’t even stand cottage cheese…too slimy.
you have a pet?
Used to. A tuxedo cat. Damn, I loved my fur baby. Since she’s passed, I just can’t seem to replace her.
Where to buy Privilege
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Privilege-Tina-Donahue-ebook/dp/B09QLBZ89H
Tina Donahue Social Media
Tina’s an Amazon and international bestselling novelist who writes passionate romance for every taste – ‘heat with heart’ – for traditional publishers and indie. Booklist, Publisher’s Weekly, Romantic Times and numerous online sites have praised her work. She’s won Readers’ Choice Awards, was named a finalist in the EPIC competition, received a Book of the Year award, The Golden Nib Award, awards of merit in the RWA Holt Medallion competitions, and second place in the NEC RWA contests. She’s featured in the Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market. Before penning romances, she worked at a major Hollywood production company in Story Direction.
On a less serious note, she’s an admitted and unrepentant chocoholic, brakes for Mexican restaurants, and has been known to moan like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally while wolfing down tostadas. She’s flown a single-engine airplane (freaking scary), rewired an old house using an ‘electricity for dummies’ book, and is horribly shy despite the hot romances she writes.
Website/blog www.tinadonahuebooks.blogspot.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/tinadonahue
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DonahueTina1/
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Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Tina-Donahue/e/B001IZPJXO
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Read a Sweet Christmas Romance by Daryl Devore Christmas Notes by Daryl Devore @daryldevore #RLFblog #Contemporary #Romance
Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Daryl Devore. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.Christmas Notes by Daryl Devore
Genre Sweet Christmas
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Can a slice of pizza and a flute erase the ravages of life and allow Giselle and Ethan to fall in love by Christmas?
Collapsing in front the biggest department store in the city on one of the busiest days of the holiday season was not how Giselle imagined her day. Cold and hungry, she trudged through her daily existence wondering if she’d ever find happiness again.
Teenagers. Ethan loved working with them and turning their raw musical talent into something beautiful and rewarding, but that didn’t fill the black void in his soul.
Like fate, the songwriters’ muse nudged Giselle and Ethan together. But can Giselle overcome her fears and can Ethan get past the darkness that surrounds him, so they can find love?
Is it true:
this is your first book?
No. Not sure, but it’s like my 18th.
this book is part of a series?
Not yet. It might become one in the future.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
No. This book wrote itself.
you did research for this book?
No. Only a tiny little bit.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
No. I don’t think there are any animals, aliens, shapeshifters or fairies in this book.
this book has more than one genre?
Yes. By itself it is a romance. But it is also close to Christmas which makes it seasonal.
you speak more than one language?
No. I grew up in Canada. We are a bilingual country. But I haven’t spoke French in so long – I would be back to considering myself unilingual.
you grew up where you live now?
No. Opposite end of the 401. Major highway. I grew up at the south western end of the 401 and now live at the eastern end of it.
you love to read?
Yes. When we were in lockdown – family and friends used my library to find things to read.
you are never late?
No. Myself – I can be late. But with my hubby – not a chance. If he says we are arriving at 8:52 – he means 8:52. Our friends have learned to live with it.
you love pizza?
Yes. Didn’t like it as a kid. Only liked the crust. My parents starting leaving pizza and crust and eventually I discovered that the whole thing was good.
you love sushi?
Yes. Only had it once. At a ritzy sushi place in Washington, D.C. It was amazing.
you have a pet?
Yes. Two black cats – Licorice and Ginny-furr.
Where to buy Christmas Notes
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L7954ST
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/3keqvODaryl Devore Social Media
Two writers in one. Daryl Devore writes hot romances with sexy heroes and strong heroines. Victoria Adams is Daryl’s alter ego when she’s inspired to write sweet romances with little to no heat.
Daryl lives in an old farmhouse in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, two black cats – Licorice and Ginny-Furr Purrkins – and some house ghosts. Her daughter is grown and has flown the nest. Daryl loves to take long walks on her quiet country road or snowshoe across the back acres, and in the summer, kayak along the St. Lawrence River. She has touched a moon rock, a mammoth, and a meteorite. She’s been deep in the ocean in a submarine, flown high over Niagara Falls in a helicopter, and used the ladies room in a royal palace. Life’s an adventure and Daryl’s having fun living it.
Website https://daryldevore.wixsite.com/mysite
Blog https://daryldevore.blogspot.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/daryldevore
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Daryl-Devore-Erotic-Romance-Writer-280168402052520/
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.ca/daryldevore2013/
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Is It True: Body Conscious by Ana Diamond @AuthorDiamond #RLFblog #CozyMystery
Lily Reynolds finds herself the target of a murder case in Ana Diamond’s new cozy mystery, Body Conscious. Can she solve the case or will her attraction for Detective James Rivers get in the way of proving her innocence?Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Ana Diamond. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Body Conscious by Ana Diamond
Genre Cozy Mystery
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
Mortician Lily Reynolds is used to seeing bodies, but not the type murdered in her own funeral home. As Detective James Rivers zeroes in on her as the town’s number one suspect she must rise above the accusations and rumors to solve the case herself while keeping her attraction to the troubled detective at bay.
James has a past. The last time he let someone into his life she wound up dead. Vowing never to let that happen again he has sworn off dating for good. Until he meets Lily. In his gut he knows she’s not the murderer but pressure to solve the case puts him on the wrong trail while he struggles to keep Lily off the case.
Can she solve the case on her own or will their scandalous romance get in the way of proving her innocence?
Is it true:
this is your first book?
True.
this book is part of a series?
Potentially. I have started a sequel but we’ll see how it goes.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
Not while writing it but definitely while editing it.
you did research for this book?
True. I have no experience in the business of funeral homes or in mortuary science.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Nope. All human.
this book has more than one genre?
True. It’s a cozy because I have an amateur sleuth but there’s a clear romance going on between the two main characters.
you speak more than one language?
Fluently, no.
you grew up where you live now?
True! But that’s only because I moved back to where I grew up recently.
you love to read?
True! It’s a true passion but it’s hard to find the time to lose myself in a book these days.
you are never late?
True! Being late makes me anxious.
you love pizza?
False. With young children in the house it’s always a staple and I’m kind of over it.
you love sushi?
True.
you have a pet?
True. I have 2 cats who are sisters, a calico and a torti. Their names are Aurora and Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty—one of my favorite classic Disney movies.
and most browsers will follow not long after.
Where to buy Body Conscious
Publisher The Wild Rose Press
Universal link https://books2read.com/anadiamondauthor
Ana Diamond Social Media
When Ana Diamond isn’t writing about tough gals finding love in unexpected places, she’s at work by day in the medical field. She writes romantic cozy mystery novels with feisty strong women and alluring men who can’t resist them. Her books are fast paced, entertaining and heartfelt all at once.
Ana is a 2020 Tara Contest Finalist for Body Conscious and 2015 Melody of Love contest finalist. She lives in New York with her husband, two children and two needy but wildly entertaining kitty cats.
Website https://anadiamondauthor.com/
Blog https://anadiamondauthor.blogspot.com/
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Is It True: Mistletoe in the City by Amber Daulton @amberdaulton1 #RLFblog #NewAdult
Crafting romance with sugar and heat in Mistletoe in the City a novella by Amber Daulton.Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Amber Daulton, author of Mistletoe in the City, a New Adult Contemporary Romance. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Mistletoe in the City by Amber Daulton
Genre New Adult Contemporary Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
Krista Hartley never expected the unrequited love of her life, the irresistible Derek Weston, to work as the groundskeeper at the apartment building she just moved into. They barely spoke in high school but now, three years after graduation, they tore at each other’s clothes and jumped into bed together at every opportunity. After all, how could a hot-blooded woman say no to a sexy man with an eyebrow ring, a dragon tattoo and a deadly swagger?
A Christmas miracle drew Krista back into Derek’s life. He kissed her for the first time under mistletoe, pampered her with romantic candlelight dinners and memorized every inch of her delectable body with his tongue. He refused to let his dream girl slip through his fingers again but then another woman threatened their whirlwind romance. Hurt once before, Krista broke off their relationship and then Derek made a drunken mistake that could destroy their love forever.
With just days to Christmas, he vowed to win back her heart and trust, and prove his innocence once and for all.
Is it true:
this is your first book?
No. Mistletoe in the City is my fourth book out of a dozen-plus now available.
this book is part of a series?
Yes! It’s book 3 in the Handmade for Christmas anthology. Authors Jennifer Conner and Natalie Nicole Bates also have stories in the antho. All the novellas are standalones.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
Not really. The plot and characters came together fairly easily, which is always a relief.
you did research for this book?
Of course. Research is a must, no matter the genre or type of story. I had a blast researching the artsy neighborhoods in Seattle, where the story takes place, and since Krista is into arts and crafts, I found a bunch of cool pictures and projects on Pinterest.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
Not true. No pets, shifters, aliens, sea monsters, etc make an appearance. Sorry, folks!
this book has more than one genre?
Yes. It’s a New Adult, Contemporary Romance, Christmas novella.
you speak more than one language?
Nope, but I wish I could.
you grew up where you live now?
Give or take twenty miles, yes.
you love to read?
Oh, yes. You can’t be a professional author without reading.
you are never late?
True. I’m usually early, which can be just as bad.
you love pizza?
I’m only human.
you love sushi?
No. Yuck. I’ve tried it, but I just can’t eat raw fish and seaweed.
you have a pet?
I have two wonderful kitties, Darby and Pepper. Both are 8 years old.
Where to buy Mistletoe in the City
Universal link https://books2read.com/u/4XKKD1
Amazon http://amzn.to/1pC6Tb9
Barnes and Noble https://bit.ly/3fRnXoc
iBooks https://apple.co/2rZ2Nxq
Amber Daulton’s Social Media
Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press and Books to Go Now, and are available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats.
She lives in North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats.
Website https://amberdaulton.wordpress.com/
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