Contemporary

Romance set in modern times during present day.

  • Contemporary

    Bare Threads @dpdenman #RLFblog #LGBT

    Today’s featured book is Bare Threads, book four of the
    Saving Liam Series by DP Denman.
    Genre Gay Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Liam is not a family man. He’s learned to avoid the entanglement
    and its mire of expectations. Expectations he is destined to crush. Unfortunately,
    Justin is pushing him into the arms of a new family and he’s fighting every step…until
    a person he never expected to see again reappears. The confrontation brings a new
    perspective and the inspiration to make a few concessions for the sake of the only
    man he is willing to call family.

    About the Author

    Award winning author DP Denman writes character-driven contemporary
    romance about gay men. Her stories are real and intense, but resolve in endings
    that make people want to read the book all over again. She is from the Pacific Northwest
    and bases all of her stories in Vancouver, British Columbia.
    In her spare time, she is a dedicated LGBTQIA rights activist,
    fighting for those who have been marginalized and abused. To that end, 25% of the
    royalties from every book go to support LGBT charities.

    Author Social Media

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dp.denman
    Blog: http://dpdenmanauthor.blogspot.com
  • Contemporary

    Lord Devere’s Ward @SuzdeMello #RLFblog #Regency

    Lord Devere’s Ward
    by Sue Swift 
    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Lord Devere’s Ward.
    Genre Regency romance
    Author Name Sue Swift
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Orphaned Kate Scoville is trapped in a tower prison by her scheming uncle, who
    plans to wed her to his loathsome son in order to gain control of her fortune. Plucky
    and resourceful, Lady Kate escapes to London to ask for help from her guardian.
    She’s sure the elderly Earl of Devere will help her in her plight. She’s astounded
    to find that the Earl has died, and his son has become her guardian.
    Quinn, the present Earl, remembers Kate from his childhood as an awkward child
    he loved to taunt and tease. But now his ward has grown into a beautiful young woman.
    Though honor prevents Quinn from making Kate his, their attraction is irresistible.
    Will Kate tempt Quinn into abandoning honor? Will the wicked uncle trap Kate,
    compromise her and steal her fortune?

    Buy This Book

    Author Social Media

  • Contemporary

    SEAL Michael Tarik Taking Fire @lindsaymckenna #RLFblog #militaryromance

    Zone of Fire
    by Lindsay McKenna
    Zone Of Fire, Taking Fire , On Fire: a new innovative way to
    tell a story by Lindsay McKenna, HQN, Harlequin
    1. Zone Of Fire, Ebook only, Shadow Warriors Series, epilogue
    to Never Surrender, HQN, July, 2014.
    On all major ebook platforms
    2. Taking Fire, HQN, 2.25.2015. Shadow
    Warriors series pocket book and ebook.
    3. On Fire, HQN, Ebook only, Shadow Warriors Series, Director’s
    Cut to Taking Fire
    Pub. date: 3.1.2015
    I am working with Harlequin to do
    something rather innovative for my many loyal readers. I got a lot of emails begging
    me to right a novella epilogue for Never Surrender (Bay and Gabe, the main characters).
    I did that, but I also wanted to take a secondary from that book, Mike Tarik, and
    add him to this 11,000 word novella. I married the two of them into it so that the
    novella was not only an epilogue regarding “what happened next to Bay and Gabe,”
    but also became a bridge to Mike’s book, Taking Fire.
    There are actually THREE books, with
    Zone Of Fire, 2.1.2015 coming out first to set up Mike’s book. Then, on 2.25.2015,
    Taking Fire comes out and is Mike and Khatereh’s story. It is followed on 3.1.2015
    by On Fire, Ebook only. It is what I term a “director’s cut” to their
    story. Unfortunately, in paperbacks, a 100,000 words is the max amount one can write
    about a story. I over ran that mark by roughly 40,000 words! And I did not want
    to delete it and forget it. My editor, Tara Gavin, agreed and so did Harlequin.
    This is how these three books are
    like boxcars in a row on a train, kind of thing. It’s a creative and new way to
    present characters and their stories. And I hope you enjoy them. Do let me know?
    Taking Fire is a story of US Navy
    SEAL, Mike Tarik, who is an American citizen, but 1/2 Saudi and 1/2 American, through
    his mother, Annie. His father is a world renown cardiac surgeon. Dr. Bedir Tarik
    met his wife, Annie, over in Saudi Arabia where she was an American school teacher.
    Bedir, who is Sufi, believes firmly that love is the only way to peace and harmony
    in the world. He falls in love with Annie, and they marry in Riyadh. Later, she
    gets pregnant with Mike and he is born in San Diego, California.
    Bedir takes his young son over to
    Saudi Arabia for three weeks every year. He has a charity in Riyadh, and he and
    Mike take a pickup and distribute clothes, food and money to the poor at the fringes
    of that city, as well as to many others areas. He teaches his son generosity, giving
    back and being grateful for what he has.
    Mike grows up wanting to become a
    Navy SEAL. Bedir has already shown him his family’s lineage and tells his warrior
    son that he has the genes of his warrior great-grandfather. Mike’s view on it is
    that he wants to help the poor and oppressed, to rid them of tyrants who kill or
    make their lives miserable. When he deploys to Afghanistan with Seal Team 3, he
    works with NGO charities to bring food, clothing, and shoes to the desperately poor
    Afghan villages near where his team is located.
    He carries on his father’s belief
    in always helping those who have less. But on one mission, he finds himself in need.
    He and his four-man SEAL team are out on a mission. And it is a black ops US Marine
    Corps sniper who saves his team and him from a deadly ambush. And she’s a woman!
    Mike’s entire life changes in the moment he is injured and saved by this mysterious
    operator who cares for him deep in the cave systems of the Hindu Kush Mountains
    near the Pakistan border.
    Sergeant Khatera Shinwari is wary
    of this SEAL, must maintain her deep black ops cover and although she’s powerfully
    drawn to Mike, there is no way she can act upon it. Mike, before he’s picked up
    by a Night Stalker helicopter once he’s ready to leave her care for FOB Bravo, promises
    her, he will see her again.
    Khat doesn’t believe him, as much
    as she wished she could. Her life is not her own. Her loyalty is to her Afghan people,
    not to a single man like Mike. But life has a funny way of changing up, and Mike
    isn’t about to just let this enigmatic, beautiful woman disappear out of his life.
    No way…..
    I had great fun creating this story
    and it’s unlike anything my readers have read. I’m very excited about it, about
    the sympathetic characters that you are sure to cheer on! And toward that end? I’ve
    created a “Director’s Cut” of a much longer ending to Taking Fire. Don’t
    worry, the book you’ve bought is complete with an HEA ending. But if you want to
    know more of “what else” happened,” then On Fire, HQN, 5.1.2015,
    digital only, 40,000 words long and $2.99, will be available to you to continue
    their twisting and dangerous destiny with one another! And an HEA ending, of course!

    Buy These Books

    On Fire — Coming March 1, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Lindsay-McKenna-ebook/dp/B00QXN8J3S

    Author Social Media

    Amazon: amazon.com/author/lindsaymckenna
    Instagram: www.instagram.com (Lindsay McKenna)
  • Contemporary

    Cowboy 12 Pack @sabrina_york #RLFblog #cowboys

    Cowboy 12 Pack 
    This post is a redirect from a previous post (Pets for
    Vets). That book is no longer available.

    When Crystal Wilson gets roped into a wild, girls-only weekend
    at a rowdy “stud” ranch, the last thing she wants to do is tangle with a bunch of
    half-naked men pretending to be cowboys. But when she meets Ford McCoy, she can’t
    help but be attracted to his dark, dominant, gruff appeal.

    What she doesn’t know is that Ford isn’t a stripper. He’s her
    friend’s overprotective brother, there to make sure his little sister doesn’t get
    into any trouble. She’s surprised at the passion that flares between them. In fact,
    what she has with Ford might just be what she’s been looking for all along.
    It’s a pity the sexy rancher isn’t in the market for a city girl.
    This book is part of the Cowboy 12 Pack. If you love sexy cowboy
    romance books, get ready for a 12-pack of ’em from New York Times and USA Today
    bestselling authors. Cowboy 12 Pack is available for preorder (releases January
    20th) Featuring twelve other authors.

    Buy This Book

    Preorder Now (Coming January 20th)
    Kobo: http://bit.ly/1H4M25u
    IBooks: http://bit.ly/1xyPCSu
    Nook: http://bit.ly/1BL0uiS

    About Sabrina York

    Her Royal Hotness, Sabrina York, is the New York Times and USA
    Today Bestselling author of hot, humorous stories for smart and sexy readers. Her
    titles range from sweet and sexy to scorching erotic romance.

  • Contemporary

    Cover Love: Dai’s Dark Valentine – Dariel Raye @pendarielraye #RLFblog #PNR

    Dai’s Dark Valentine 
    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Dai’s Dark Valentine.
    Three-hundred years is a long time, but left to its own devices,
    what began as the vendetta of one man can grow to encompass even
    more formidable hatred.
    Daitre Salons is a beautiful but naïve heiress whose true heritage
    has been kept secret even from her. Now, her abilities are emerging and her father’s
    enemies want her dead, but what bothers her most is that her new husband “in
    name only” insists on treating her like a child.
    Joban Beaucoup, professional guard to the Salons family, and
    dark fey, has chosen to leave the quaint yet suffocating French town of his orphan-birth
    and venture to the Americas, but he needs one thing he cannot concoct, despite his
    magical abilities – a wife.
    When Joban agrees to marry Daitre and take her to the Americas
    with him, he carries her three-thousand miles away, then whisks her three-hundred
    years into the future to assure her safety, but while Daitre struggles to adjust
    to this strange new world, manage her newfound powers, and figure out her feelings
    toward Joban, Joban learns that even here, their enemies have followed them, now
    more deadly than ever.

    Buy This Book

    Coming soon! Author website for info: http://pendarielraye.blogspot.com

    Author Social Media

  • Contemporary

    Hero’s Bucket List: Naughty List @NaughtyLiterati #RLFblog

    Naughty List 

    Heroes from the Naughty List

    Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. We have several heroes lined
    up today for you to know better.

    About the Book

    Title Naughty List: Thirteen Naughty Holiday Stories
    Genre Erotic Romance Holiday Anthology
    Author The Naughty Literati
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Naughty List: Thirteen Naughty Holiday Stories to warm up your
    winter. These tales by Naughty Literati authors range from heartwarming and sweet
    to scorching hot erotic, medieval to futuristic, humans to aliens and shape-shifters,
    vanilla committed couples to kinky ménage fun. Are you on the Naughty List?
    Naughty List Table of
    Contents:
    The NightWind’s Visit by Charlotte Boyett-Compo
    Dear Santa…I Want A MAN For Christmas by Marianne Stephens
    Prelude To A Most Unusual Marriage by Katherine Kingston
    No Gentleman by Francesca Hawley
    Jewel’s Ménage Christmas by Berengaria Brown
    Tune Me Up by Lainey-Jo Charles
    On the Eighteenth of January, ’78, or, A Night At Valley Forge
    by Regina Kammer
    The Christmas Leopard by Lynne Connolly
    Christmas Bad Girl by Trinity Blacio
    How The Alien Stole Christmas by Belle Scarlett
    Merry Christmas, Kitten by Nicole Austin
    Viking in Tartan by Suz deMello
    Holdin’ On by Alexa Silver

    Meet the Heroes

    When someone dies, we say they “kicked the bucket.”
    Therefore, a list of things that a person wants to accomplish, places to go, situations
    to experience, and so on became known as a “Bucket List.” If you haven’t
    made one before, perhaps now would be a good time. Who knows? It might inspire another
    book. First, each of you please tell us about yourself, then you can answer our
    “Bucket List” question: What are two places you would like to visit before
    you die, and why?

    Name: Ardian Cree

    Age: Roughly 500 years
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Somewhere in the Megaverse
    Profession: Incubus
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I will never die because I am immortal but my lady can leave
    this world. Before she does I would like to take her to the farthest reaches of
    her world where no human has ever trod. This wild place must be as beautiful as
    she and as exotic as I. I want to take her there so she will know how unique and
    precious she is to me. When we have visited there, I would take her to the wilds
    of the north, wrap her tightly in my arms to keep her warm and we will make love
    under the shifting lights. I would have her get a glimpse of the joy that explodes
    in my soul when she is with me.
    Author Name: Charlotte Boyett-Compo
    Story Title: The NightWind’s Visit

    Name: Nick

    Age: 30
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Kansas City
    Profession: Engineer/creator of life-size man dolls
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    England…view “history” up close. Grand Cayman Islands
    – sun and great place to relax.
    Author Name: Marianne Stephens
    Story Title: Dear Santa: I Want a MAN for Christmas

    Name: Richard Moreton, Earl of Chisenham

    Age: mid-thirties
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Sussex, England
    Profession: Earl
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    Venice and Vienna are two cities that I missed when I made my
    grand tour when I was younger.
    Author Name: Katherine Kingston
    Story Title: Prelude to a Most Unusual Marriage

    Name: Will Goldwolf

    Age: 30-something
    Gender: Male (wolf shapeshifter)
    Birthplace: New York City
    Profession: Saloon Owner
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I’d like to return to New York City to introduce my True Mate
    to my family. I’d also love to take a trip to San Francisco to see the Pacific Ocean.
    Author Name: Francesca Hawley
    Story Title: No Gentleman
    Name: Oscar
    Age: 30ish
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: USA
    Profession: Accountant
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    Hawaii. Sun, sand, surf, and sexy women in small bikinis. A quiet
    cabin in the mountains alone with Donovan and Jewel.
    Author Name: Berengaria Brown
    Story Title: Jewel’s Ménage Christmas

    Name: Jason Grier

    Age: 30ish
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Northern Alabama
    Profession: Software Sales
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I’ve lived in Northern Alabama all my life. I do get to travel
    with my job, but I don’t usually get to do any sightseeing. Alabama’s southern border
    is the Gulf of Mexico, but I’ve never seen the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. I know
    Dani would like to go to Myrtle Beach sometime, but I think she’s not thinking big
    enough. I want to take her to Hawaii on our honeymoon.
    I know she’s always wanted to see the Grand Canyon, and I’ve
    always wanted to see the Rocky Mountains (some people call them the “real”
    mountains compared to ours here). On our way to Hawaii, I’d love to stop in Arizona
    and Colorado and do some sightseeing before being on our way to paradise (my idea
    of paradise is keeping Dani in a bathing suit or nothing at all for at least a week).
    Author Name: Lainey-Jo Charles
    Story Title: Tune Me Up

    Name: Barnabas

    Age: 23
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: New York
    Profession: Infantryman of the 4th New York Regiment
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I’d really just like to see my home before I die. See my mother,
    my father, my sisters. Have a hot meal and sleep in a feather-down bed. But I hope
    to go home to a free New York, and I hope this damnable war ends soon. First, though,
    I’d like to march right into Philadelphia with my regiment and take it back from
    the British.
    Author Name: Regina Kammer
    Story Title: On the Eighteenth of January, ’78; or, A Night At
    Valley Forge

    Name: Fabrizio

    Age: Ancient
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Italy
    Profession: Archaeologist
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I have visited them all. My favorite place is the bedroom I share
    with Sandi and Gianni.
    Author Name: Lynne Connolly
    Story Title: The Christmas Leopard

    Name: Gianni

    Age: Ancient (shapeshifter)
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Italy
    Profession: Archaeologist and mystic
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I have visited many. I would like a new shower room so all three
    of us can get into it! and I would like to take Sandi to my birthplace.
    Author Name: Lynne Connolly
    Story Title: The Christmas Leopard

    Name: Hood

    Age: 230
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Another planet
    Profession: Clan leader future king
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I won’t die we are immortal and I’ve visited most places.
    Author Name: Trinity Blaico
    Story Title: Christmas Bad Girl

    Name: D’pal Blitzn

    Age: 104 arans (38 in Earther years)
    Gender: Alpha Male
    Birthplace: Felconian royal palace
    Profession: Physician, Felconian admiral, prince of Felcon
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    My Earther betrothed, Capt. Christie Trent, is where I most wish
    to be. Also, I hear DisneyUniverse on Pluto is nice.
    Author Name: Belle Scarlett
    Story Title: How the Alien Stole Christmas

    Name: Kenyon Fort

    Age: early 30’s
    Gender: Male liger
    Birthplace: Texas Hill Country
    Profession: Sex toy sales and design
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I’ve always wanted to visit the Serengeti, see the wild cats
    in their natural environment, run with them on the plains. Having been born and
    raised in Texas, I’ve seen snow but not much. I’d love to explore the Himalayan
    mountains and play in the snow as long as long as my mate’s there to warm me up.
    Anywhere with Sirena is the most perfect place to me.
    Author Name: Nicole Austin
    Story Title: Merry Christmas, Kitten

    Name: Erland Blodson

    Age: mid-30s
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: in the far north of Scandinavia
    Profession: Viking warrior/vampire
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    I would like to return to my lands in the far north. I miss the
    cold, long, dark winter nights…perfect for making love to my beautiful Scottish
    bride. Though I love our new home, Kilborn Castle, I would like to take my wife
    back to her birthplace, Kilbirnie Keep, on the Firth of Clyde, so she can visit
    her clan and family.
    Author Name: Suz deMello
    Story Title: Viking in Tartan

    Name: Max

    Age: 30
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: L.A.
    Profession: Rock star
    What are two places you would like to visit before you die, and
    why?
    Antarctica, because I haven’t been there before, and Ireland,
    since it is where my beloved’s family is from.
    Author Name: Alexa Silver
    Story Title: Holdin’ On

    Buy This Book

    Amazon Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Naughty-List-Thirteen-Holiday-Stories-ebook/dp/B00PYZON9U/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/naughty-list-charlotte-boyett-compo/1120834064?ean=2940150189195&isbn=2940150189195
    iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/naughty-list/id943985553?ls=1&mt=11

    Author Bio

    The Naughty Literati are a group of Amazon bestselling authors
    who’ve come together to showcase their epic talents in stories filled with powerful
    eroticism and satisfying romance. Our tales range from heartwarming and sweet to
    scorching hot erotic, medieval to futuristic, humans to aliens and shape-shifters,
    vanilla committed couples to kinky ménage fun.

    Author Social Media