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Immerse yourself in the magic of Alexa Aston’s Regency Era series with Training the Duke @AlexaAston 💕 Sparks fly as a quirky dog trainer and a dashing duke cross paths #RLFblog #RegencyRomance
Can a newly-minted duke convince a dog trainer who is mistrustful of men that they are meant to be together? Try Training the Duke, the seventh book in Alexa Aston’s Regency Era romance series.Alexa, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Training the Duke.
Training the Duke: Suddenly a Duke Book 7 by Alexa Aston
Genre: Regency romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RAn army officer who has returned to his childhood home. An earl’s daughter forced to earn her own living. Two damaged souls who find friendship . . . and love . . .
Lieutenant-General Cyrus Cressley’s head wound leaves him blind in one eye and unsuited to lead men into battle. Selling his commission, Cy returns to Melrose to find his father long dead and his distant brother, who is in poor health, the new Duke of Margate. Cy is given use of the hunting lodge on the estate, where he seeks to find his purpose in life after being forced from the military.
Lady Finola Honeyfield’s come-out was ruined when a cruel trick was played upon her, leaving her to trust no one but her dogs. She retreats to the country and becomes one of England’s premier trainers of English springer spaniels, having found a way to earn her keep, even as she is lost in loneliness.
Thanks to her Honeyfield spaniels, Finola has a chance meeting with Cy. Soon, a friendship springs up between them, with Cy even helping Finola train her current litter of pups. But these two keep secrets from one another and when Cy suddenly finds himself the Duke of Margate, Finola washes her hands of him.
Can Cy convince Finola they are meant to be together and forge a path as the Duke and Duchess of Margate—or will her mistrust of gentlemen of the ton keep them apart forever?
Find the answer in Alexa Aston’s Training the Duke, Book 7 in Suddenly a Duke.
Each book in the Suddenly a Duke series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order and can be read for free with Kindle Unlimited.
Suddenly a Duke Series Order:
Book 1 – Portrait of the Duke – Daniel & Margaret
Book 2 – Music for the Duke – Henry & Fia
Book 3 – Polishing the Duke – Pierce & Nalyssa
Book 4 – Designs on the Duke – Elijah & Abby
Book 5 – Fashioning the Duke – Fox & Delaney
Book 6 – Love Blooms with the Duke – Xander & Willa
Book 7 – Training the Duke – Cy & Finola
Book 8 – Investigating the Duke – Jasper & ShelbyWhere to buy Training the Duke
Amazon (in Kindle Unlimited!): https://amzn.to/45bIQ7Q
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Discover secrets behind Burning Bridges by Anne Krist @DeeSKnight #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #SecondChance
Old letters turn Sara’s life into chaos in Anne Krist’s Burning Bridges. Did you ever tell a lie for so long that even you believed it? And then get caught? Ah… Then you understand Sara in Anne Krists’ Burning Bridges.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.
Burning Bridges by Anne Krist
Genre Contemporary romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PGNot your typical “secret baby” book, this Southern romance is filled with emotion between a mature heroine and the man she used to love.
Letters delivered decades late send shock waves through Sara Richards’s world. Nothing is the same, especially her memories of Paul, a man to whom she’d given her heart years before. Now, sharing her secrets and mending her mistakes of the past means putting her life back together while crossing burning bridges. It will be the hardest thing Sara’s ever done.
Tell us a secret!
Describe a scene you decided to cut. Bonus – explain how you decided.
I really liked Matt, the Marine in the book who is sort of Sara’s boyfriend. He’s being transferred to California and wants Sara to come with him. He’s in love with her but because of her daughter, her heart always has a tie to Paul, the sailor she fell in love with as a young girl. I had a scene where Sara and Matt were almost intimate but I cut it because it felt like Sara would be cheating on Paul.
Fill us in on a quirk or background info about your main character that you might not have revealed in the book.
Sara and Paul enjoyed some real-life places, like Virginia Beach itself, the Alan B. Shepard Convention Center, and Sand Bridge, a beach in the area.
What quirk of your own is written into one of your characters?
Sara and I share a little history. My dad was in the Navy when we lived in Virginia Beach and, like Sara, I attended a concert at the convention center, though I didn’t meet a sailor there and fall in love. Like Sara, my dad did not want me dating sailors. Wonder why…? 😉 I did fall in love while living in Virginia Beach, though, a young man I went to school with in eighth grade. We later married but before that, we walked along the shore at Sand Bridge many a time, like Sara and Paul. Happy memories!
Without naming names, tell us about a character quirk that is patterened after someone you know.
Sara’s father is a lot like mine. He was strict and protective, but I know he loved me and that that was the reason for his protectiveness.
Where to buy Burning Bridges
Amazon Kindle Unlimited https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bridges-Anne-Krist-ebook/dp/B083HN3ZG2/
Amazon paperback https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Bridges-Anne-Krist-ebook/dp/B083HN3ZG2/Anne Krist Social Media
Anne Krist is the “sister” to erotic romance author Dee S Knight. She is quieter, more reserved, and certainly more circumspect about S-E-X than her wild and crazy sibling. Thus, she’s more comfortable writing sweet(er) romance, where there might be a few sensual scenes, but no more than that. One thing about Anne: she’s not less romantic than Dee. They both write in happily ever after and share the solid belief that love can last forever and beyond!
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Read Mistletoe in the City the new #NewAdultRomance by Amber Daulton @amberdaulton1 #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
In Mistletoe in the City, Krista treats herself to a bad boy for Christmas, but will the heat between her and Derek last well into the New Year? A steamy holiday romance by Amber Daulton.
Amber, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Mistletoe in the City.
Mistletoe in the City by Amber Daulton
Genre: New Adult Holiday Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RDerek’s world is about to change forever—again.
After his father’s stroke, Derek Weston dropped out of college and returned home to help his parents with the family business, Oak Landing Apartments. Now living on the premises as the groundskeeper and handyman, he never expected the girl he’d secretly crushed on in high school to move into a unit right before Christmas or stir up desires he thought long gone.
Krista Hartley needs a fresh start away from her overbearing parents, but falling for the tattooed hottie who ignored her back in school wasn’t in the plans. Despite old hurts, Derek’s hot kisses and strong arms offer the shelter she craves.
When another woman sets her sight on Derek and drives a wedge between him and Krista, they’ll have to decide if their relationship is real, or just a winter fling.
Where to buy Mistletoe in the City
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/mistletoeinthecity
Amazon https://amzn.to/3R0mClf
Apple https://apple.co/3PfRHyH
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1144022237
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mistletoe-in-the-city-2
Google Play https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Amber_Daulton_Mistletoe_in_the_City?id=UknVEAAAQBAJ&hl=en_US&gl=USAmber Daulton 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.
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#ContemporaryRomance The Cowboy’s Little Surprise by Barbara White Daille @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #ModernWestern
Welcome back to RLF! Good to have you Barbara. Tell us about The Cowboy’s Little Surprise.
The Cowboy’s Little Surprise by Barbara White Daille
Genre: Contemporary romance
Book heat level: PG13Farewell but not goodbye…
I’ve been thrilled to be a regular visitor to Romance Lives Forever as a reader and as an author. This visit is both special and especially bittersweet as we’re all saying farewell to RLF. Kayelle, thank you for providing this resource for romance story lovers for so many years. The blog will be missed. However, I’m looking forward to hearing about exciting things happening in your future.
Readers, thank you for reading my posts and commenting and/or contacting me directly and for your support of my books.
For my final visit here, I’m circling back to the first book in The Hitching Post Hotel series, The Cowboy’s Little Surprise. No pun intended, but it’s also a happy surprise—and a fitting farewell—that this book was my first Cover Love shared at RLF.
Happy reading, always!
The Long Way Home
A guy like Cole Slater is hard to forget. Tina Sanchez should know—for years since high school she’s tried to bury the pain of Cole’s cruel betrayal. But it’s impossible to ignore the man she sees reflected in her young son’s eyes now that Cole is back in her life—and about to meet the child he never knew he had.
Returning home to New Mexico, Cole is determined to put his playboy reputation to rest. Especially now that he knows there’s a little boy looking up to him. And seeing Tina again reignites all the feelings Cole ran from as a teen. Despite his fear that he can’t be the man Tina deserves, he’s determined to try. For his son’s sake—and his own.
Where to buy The Cowboy’s Little Surprise
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Cowboys-Little-Surprise-Hitching-Hotel-ebook/dp/B00OY9Z9AE
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cowboys-little-surprise-barbara-white-daille/1120323490
Books-a-Million https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Cowboys-Little-Surprise/Barbara-White-Daille/Q897140487
Harlequin https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781460379844_the-cowboys-little-surprise.html
Kobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/the-cowboy-s-little-surpriseBarbara White Daille Social Media
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A Sweet Christmas Romance by Daryl Devore, Christmas Notes @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): GCollapsing 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?
A Farewell from Daryl Devore
I love to write. I was that weird kid in school, who, when the teacher announced an essay, got excited. I got to do research – which I LOVE, and I got to write a paper – squee-ing with delight. My delight would morph to sadness when a page limit was put on the paper. I always suspected the teacher was trying to limit the number of pages she would have to read. But now, I understand it was more of the opposite. She wanted her students to write and knew they could put an entire history of the Roman Empire in 3 paragraphs – max!
But not me. I could have written a dissertation on each Roman general. I once wrote a 6-page story about a cat who was flirting with me. And I mean an actual cat – 4-legged, male Felis Domesticus.
So, my question is – why can’t I write now? This past June, in response to the frustrations and confusions of book promotion, added to the stubbornness of my story allowing itself to be written, on top of it being summer in Canada (not a fan of winter), I announced I was taking a break from social media and writing. And wow – did I ever. I seemed to have not only stepped away, but I mentally deleted my mojo.
I have written articles before – usually humourous ones – about my writing muse going off on a vacation and not taking me. But this time it seems I took the vacation, and my muse is very unhappy with me.
I’m not sure I want to write any more. I’m not sure I can. Writing this article is like riding a bike. I may not have been on one for a while, but motor memory will make it possible.
Christmas Notes, the book I am promoting below, that book was a joy to write. I smiled all the time I wrote it.
There was a pause between that line and this one as I have just had an epiphany. I started as a hot romance author. I had gotten very tired of the genre. Then I wrote Christmas Notes – a sweet romance. A break. A change. The next books were also sweet romances.
I think I need a change.
I think I am going to go write that cozy mystery I have always wanted to write.
Saying good-bye is often sad. Thank you, Kayelle, for all the work you do for other writers and for the work you put into this blog. I understand you must move on, and I wish you all the luck in the world.
Where to buy Christmas Notes
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L7954ST
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/3keqvO
AudioBook https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/id1676259116Daryl 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. Each of her characters is so captivating they leave her readers spellbound as they rush to reach the end of her stories. She has several published books available in ebook, print and audio – available at Amazon and other book retailers via Books2Read.
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
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Is It True: Love and the Hidden Hockey Clues by Linda O’Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #SportsRomance
Finding a hidden box during a reno turns into a fun caper. Can she convince a reluctant hockey player to help her follow the clues…and fall in love? Love and the Hidden Hockey Clues is the first book in Linda O’Connor’s Laugh-out-Loud Hockey Caper Romance series.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, Linda O’Connor. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.
Love and the Hidden Hockey Clues by Linda O’Connor
Genre Sports Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PGWhen she was younger, Dr. Abigail Clark dreamed of playing professional hockey, but the world
wasn’t ready for a female player. That stung. She skated as far away from hockey as possible –
until she lands a job in the emergency department of a hockey-crazy town and buys the house
of the late beloved Zamboni driver. A tin box is discovered during the renovation of her new
home, and Abigail brushes it off as a time capsule left by the previous owner – that is until
someone tries to steal it. Turns out, the odd collection is more than just sentimental hockey
memorabilia.
Abigail inadvertently embroils Del Braebury, captain of the local pro hockey team, into helping
her sort it out. Her history with hockey players is rocky at best, but he comes in handy when she
needs to access parts of the rink that are off limits. Del is happy to be tangled up in the clues of
the hidden hockey loot. In the process of solving the mystery, he hopes to win Abigail’s heart!
Is it true:
this is your first book?
Nope. This is the sixteenth book I’ve written. They keep getting better and better!
this book is part of a series?
Yes. It’s the first book in the Laugh-out-Loud Hockey Caper Romance series.
you lost sleep while writing this book?
No. Sometimes if I’m lying awake I might plot the next scene, but writing never keeps me awake at night.
you did research for this book?
No, not really. I might have researched hockey schedules and seating in arenas, but that was the extent of it.
some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
No. Only humans in this one.
this book has more than one genre?
Yes! It’s a hockey romance, a romantic comedy, a medical romance, and a white collar mystery.
you speak more than one language?
No, unless you consider medical-speak a language of its own. I balance writing with my work as a physician.
you grew up where you live now?
No. I haven’t moved very often, but I didn’t settle where I grew up. I’m in the same province, Ontario, but it’s about three hours away.
you love to read?
Yes, reading is my way of relaxing. Right now, as well as romances, I’m breezing through cozy mysteries.
you are never late?
Yes. I always aim to be ten minutes early.
you love pizza?
Yes, I do love pizza. I’m currently on the hunt for a delicious gluten-free pizza crust recipe that I can make. If you know a good recipe, let me know!
you love sushi?
Yes, I love sushi. I love it even more when someone else makes it for me.
you have a pet?
No, no pets. Raising three sons was busy enough without throwing a pet into the mix.
Where to buy Love and the Hidden Hockey Clues
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YJXZS7H/
Linda O’Connor Social MediaAward-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances – with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.
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