Sweet or Inspirational
A romance which contains no explicit or graphic content
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The Billionaire’s Christmas Contract by Laura Haley-McNeil @laurarmcneil #RLFblog #NewRelease #SweetRomance
Mardale, Colorado, is the perfect place for Leah to nurse her broken heart, but when she learns Bryg Winslow has other ideas for the aging farming community, the battle lines are drawn.Laura, 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 Billionaire’s Christmas Contract.
The Billionaire’s Christmas Contract by Laura Haley-McNeil
Genre Sweet Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
The best gifts aren’t always under the Christmas tree.
A broken engagement sends Leah Rendell home to Mardale, Colorado, where the stability of family and friends keeps her balanced.
Until billionaire Bryg Winslow blows into town with promises to revitalize the aging farming community, something that even captures Leah’s parents’ attention.
Change the town where Leah grew up? She can’t bear the thought of this golden boy’s guarantees altering her safe haven. Determined to fight him every step of the way, she draws the battle lines, but what she really needs is a fortress around her heart because this fascinating man is coming dangerously close to making her believe she can trust again.
The perfect holiday read with passion and laughter. Are you ready to make Christmas cheery and bright? Grab your copy now.
Why did you write this book?
As a child, I spent summers on the family ranch in western Colorado. The small community was warm and friendly, and I never forgot my love for the mountains and the people. As I started to write, I found myself returning to the area, to the ranch and to the beautiful countryside. It’s so much fun to remember those idyllic days that we spent on the ranch and remember the great friends we made. Of course, I can’t resist a good billionaire romance, and I LOVE Christmas, so these make a great combination and are so much fun to write.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Anything romance, but I also can’t resist a good legal thriller.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
I always come back to Scarlett O’Hara and Elizabeth Bennet. Those women don’t know the meaning of the word no. They know what they want and nothing will stop them, and they do that while maintaining their poise.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m outlining another Christmas billionaire romance that centers around a fake engagement. I love it when the solution to a problem creates more problems especially for this commitment phobic billionaire. The fun is about to begin.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
The Billionaire’s Christmas Promise, Book 4 of the Christmas Billionaire Series releases November 23, 2021, then we return to Crystal Creek, my western romantic suspense series for Whisper a Kiss for Book 9 of the Crystal Creek Serie, which releases February 22, 2022.
Where to buy The Billionaire’s Christmas Contract
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09GD1DPJ9
Laura Haley-McNeil Social Media
Laura Haley-McNeil is an award-winning author of romantic suspense and women’s fiction in novel length and in short stories. Her work has been featured in several women’s magazines. She has studied piano and ballet and has been a board member for two community orchestras. She and her husband reside in Colorado. When she isn’t writing, she jogs, bicycles and crochets.
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Hometown by Wendy Rich Stetson @StetsonRiches #RLFblog #NewRelease #SweetRomance
They say you can’t go home again, but for Tessa Meadows going home was easy. Figuring out how to leave, however, just might drive her crazy. “Hometown,” Wendy Rich Stetson’s sweet, small-town romance, is coming on August 11th.Wendy, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Hometown.
Hometown by Wendy Rich Stetson
Genre Sweet Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
When Tessa’s big-city plans take the A Train to disaster, she lands in her sleepy hometown, smack in the middle of the most unlikely love triangle ever to hit Pennsylvania’s Amish Country.
Hot-shot Dr. Richard Bruce is bound to Green Ridge by loyalty that runs deep. Deeper still is Jonas Rishel’s tie to the land and his family’s Amish community. Behind the wheel of a 1979 camper van, Tessa idles at a fork in the road. Will she cruise the superhighway to the future? Or take a slow trot to the past and a mysterious society she never dreamed she’d glimpse from the inside?
Why did you write this book?
The short answer is Oprah made me do it! Not long after I finished acting school in the early 2000s, an episode of her show featured romance writers. I thought, “I could do that,” every bit as naive as I was to think a starring role on Broadway would arrive on my doorstep tied up in a red ribbon. Ten years passed before I made my Broadway debut…and another ten passed before that sweet romance about a red-haired girl looking for her place in the world finally found its way to publication.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Picking a favorite genre is like picking a favorite child! I can’t do it! I love romance, chick lit, middle readers, YA, and the classics, just to name a few.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Lately, I’m obsessed with the audiobooks of Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant “Outlander” series. Davina Porter’s narration is brilliant, and I love Claire Fraser! I love her smarts and her resourcefulness and her spunk!
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m in the thick of writing the second book in the Hearts of the Ridge series, in which an unlikely character from “Hometown” gets her long-awaited happily ever after.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Book two is on its way, followed by a third after that! All three Hearts of the Ridge romances are set in Green Ridge, PA and feature one Amish and one “English” character. They’re sweet and funny and heartfelt, and I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them.
Where to buy Hometown
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097NVNFDF/
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iBooks https://books.apple.com/us/book/hometown/id1573329404Wendy Rich Stetson Social Media
Wendy Rich Stetson is a New York City girl who still considers the Central Pennsylvania countryside to be her home. She grew up road tripping in a 1979 VW camper van, and she keeps a running list of favorite roadside attractions from coast to coast. Now an author of sweet, small-town romance, Wendy is no stranger to storytelling. She’s a Broadway and television actress, an audiobook narrator, and a mom who likes nothing more than collaborating on children’s books with her artistic teenage daughter. Wendy lives in Upper Manhattan with her family of three and rambunctious Maine Coon kitty. Follow Wendy’s journey at www.wendyrichstetson.com
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Get a new Cat Café Sweet Romance by @Kris_Bock Meet mature characters and cats in this #SweetRomance #RLFblog
How does a chance meeting change three lives? Find out in Cupcakes and Confessions at The Cat Café, by Kris Bock, a mature sweet romance.Kris, 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.
Cupcakes and Confessions at The Cat Café: a Furrever Friends Sweet Romance by Kris Bock
Genre sweet romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Two years ago, computer genius Sean Gorsuch had a health crisis and sold the tech company he built. Now he works at a cat café, dishing out hot drinks and sweet treats to customers, and lavishing attention on cats. At 52 and never married, he might be a little lonely, but how can he find someone who gets his quirky way of seeing the world?
Twenty-three years ago, Fiona Jones gave up her baby for adoption when her teen fiancé abandoned her. Since then, she has spent most of her life alone. A chance meeting with Sean on a plane leads to a startling revelation: his coworker, Holly, looks like a younger version of Fiona. Could Fiona have a second chance with her daughter, now grown up?
Sean helps steady Fiona through the emotional roller coaster of getting to know Holly. Fiona’s life is too complicated for romance, and Sean doesn’t want to get between mother and daughter. Still, something sparks between them. Should they stay just friends or risk their hearts?
The Furrever Friends Cat Café helps people find furry forever friends – and just might lead to romantic true love too. If you enjoy friends to lovers and mature romance, check out Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Café. You’ll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.
The Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the workers and customers at the Furrever Friends Cat Café, and the adorable cats and kittens looking for their forever homes. Some characters appear throughout the series, but each book stands alone.
These sweet romances will leave you with the warm, cozy feeling of cuddling a purring cat.
Where to buy Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Café
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B093X483DX/
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Kris Bock writes novels of romance, mystery, and suspense. Her Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series features the employees and customers at a cat café. Watch as they fall in love with each other and shelter cats. Get a free 50-page novella set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat café when you sign up for the Kris Bock newsletter.
Kris also writes romantic suspense set in the Southwestern U.S. If you love Mary Stewart or Barbara Michaels, try Kris Bock’s stories of treasure hunting, archaeology, and intrigue in the Southwest.
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Meet Birdie Song, Author of The Guy From The Internet #RLFblog #SweetRomance #OwnVoices
When her new online relationship heads south, a hopeful digital artist must confront her past in order to embrace the future. The Guy From The Internet is Birdie Song’s new sweet romance, coming 2 Nov 2020.Birdie, 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 Guy From The Internet.
The Guy From The Internet by Birdie Song
Genre Sweet Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
A sweet romance with a touch of family drama.
Holly Chee does not have her life together. She’s flip-flopped on uni courses and career choices, and somehow scared off her long-term fiancée-to-be, much to the chagrin of her immigrant parents.
But she does have her streaming channel, where she broadcasts her art from her one-bedroom Mount Lawley apartment. And she has that guy from France… assuming he’s even who he says he is.
“The Guy From The Internet” is a sweet #OwnVoices Asian-Australian romance novella, set in the world of Somerville Downs.
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What makes you different from other people?
Did you know the world’s population is a little over 7 billion? If I were a “one in a million” kind of person, there’d be enough people just like me to fill a medium-sized town. Imagine that! A whole town of people just like you. Anyway, I’ve been told I can be a bit odd sometimes…
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
I’m not much of a talker, but there are some things I could listen to others talk about for ages. Their creative process, for one. I love seeing how other creatives go about doing their work. Another is their garden. It’s amazing when you meet a passionate plant nerd who’s really into the science of it—their passion is contagious!
What is your favorite meal?
Right now, I’m obsessed with a burger place about 20 minutes from home. Their patties are juicy, the bread is fantastic, and they probably have the best chips out of any other burger place in town.
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
What made you want to be a writer?
I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, starting with paper journals in my terrible juvenile handwriting, but I never thought I could have a career in it until later in life. Outside of my day job, fiction writing has been a way to explore ideas and empathise more with different kinds of people.
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
No matter how long I’ve been writing anything for, I still always feel like a new writer myself. It’s good in a way, helps to keep things fresh and interesting, and there’s always something new to learn about the craft. I’d probably tell them that — to hang onto that “newcomer enthusiasm” and try to keep learning new things.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
I’ve got two manuscripts in the works, one (or both!) of which I hope to release next year, but we’ll see how it goes. When I started writing the Somerville Downs stories, I vowed to keep this part of my life light and fun — especially off the back of this interesting year.
Where to buy The Guy From The Internet
Amazon https://books2read.com/u/3y7ljl
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Birdie Song is an Asian-Australian romantic who writes sweet stories about people falling in love. She believes love is more important than labels, integrity is our most attractive quality, and that no one should be judged for putting pineapple on a pizza.
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Discover fast fun facts about Laura Haley-McNeil author of The Billionaire’s Christmas Gift @laurarmcneil #RLFblog #SweetRomance
Sparks fly when movie mogul Quint meets small town girl Chrystelle in Laura Haley-McNeil’s sweet romance, The Billionaire’s Christmas Gift.Laura Haley-McNeil, 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 Billionaire’s Christmas Gift.
The Billionaire’s Christmas Gift by Laura Haley-McNeil
Genre Sweet Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): G
Everything in his life is planned. How’d she get on his agenda?
Quint learned long ago that in Hollywood everything’s make believe, including love, but can’t resist struggling scriptwriter Chrystelle. She’s entirely too fascinating, but he doesn’t want her–he wants her script.
Chyrstelle wishes she could spend Christmas with her grandmother in Colorado. When Quint offers to produce her TV series, she’s thrilled, but he wants to change everything. The battle begins. Then Chrystelle’s grandmother takes ill, Chrystelle knows where she belongs and hops the next bus home.
What she hadn’t expected was Quint on her front porch, and not to wish her a Merry Christmas. He wants her script–on his terms, of course.
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What’s your favorite book?
Anything by Phyllis A. Whitney, Victoria Holt and Jean Plaidy
What’s a genre you want to write?…
I love reading historicals, but I’ll leave the hard work to those industrious authors who like research.
Best writing advice you ever heard?…
Keep writing. With so many books being published, the best advertising for an author is another book.
What’s the title and genre of your first book, and where can we find it?
Prelude and Fugue. An oldy but a goody. As a pianist, I wrote this based on some of my experiences, but this book is more fact than fiction and was fun to write. It’s available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007LQD6GG
Easy
Coffee or tea? I like them both
Sit down dinner or drive through? Sit down. I love conversation and a nice dinner.
Fold laundry immediately or let it sit? Actually, my husband does the laundry.
Unload dishwasher right away or use dishes from it? I unload it only because does the cooking and we have lots of dishes.
Driving for pleasure or avoid driving anywhere? If I didn’t have to drive, that would be fine with me, but my husband would be antsy so we find ourselves exploring whenever we can.
Talk or text? Talking is nice. I hate when I have cut a conversation short, though.
Emoji or smilie? If the emoji is available, I’ll use it. With all those symbols, I could never figure out how to make my own.
Where to buy The Billionaire’s Christmas Gift
Amazon Publisher Huerfano Press, LLC
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GZQLGFN
Laura Haley-McNeil Social Media
Laura Haley-McNeil is an award-winning author of romantic suspense and women’s fiction in novel length and in short stories. Her work has been featured in several women’s magazines. She has studied piano and ballet and has been a board member for two community orchestras. She and her husband reside in Colorado. When she isn’t writing, she jogs, bicycles and crochets.
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Read the series: We Do? by Idabelle Aylor #RLFblog #SweetRomance
Idabelle Aylor, 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.We Do? in the Blue Collar Series
Genre Sweet Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
An arranged marriage? Nightmare in the making for some, hilarious shenanigans for Ford and Opal. When a poker game lands the pair together on an epic journey to wedding bells, a fun and happy story of two people and their love affair evolves.
Opal is a loving and outgoing person by nature, but finds that she is terrible at picking guys to share her time with. But when Ford is thrust into her life…he brings flowers! And all her problems just seem to float away.
Ford has been secretly in love with Opal for quite some time, but has never had the courage to ask her out. Now that he has been given such a great opportunity to not only get a first date, but possibly a lifetime of dates, he is going to try his best to keep her forever.
We Do? Is the second book in the Blue Collar series of sweet romance novels. If you like funny characters, crazy situations, and even some small time villains, then this series is for you! Most importantly these books will leave you with a smile on your face because of their heartwarming happy endings. So, what are you waiting for? Come join Idabelle Aylor and her characters that come alive on the pages in another one of her sweet romance books.
Which book is this in the series?
This is book two in the Blue Collar Series
How many books do you plan for the series?
There are five books planned for this series.
How many books are completed?
Two books of the Blue Collar Series are completed and ready for purchase. Book three will be out the third week of June.
What characters are the main stars in your series?
June Daily is the main character throughout the series. She is the grandma to several of the books main characters. She herself will be the topic of book five.
What is the overall theme in this series?
The overall theme in the Blue Collar series is that all the characters are from blue collar families and have blue collar jobs. They are also all connected through either blood or friendship.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Book One: Folded Corners
Book Two: We Do?
Book Three: Jed Phony
Book Four TBA
Book Five: TBAWhat did you like best about writing this series?
What I liked best about writing the Blue Collar series is that all the characters I can relate to. Whether it’s silly things they do, or just working hard to make a living, I’ve been there.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
This series is the first books Idabelle Aylor has written.
Where can we find links for all your books?
https://amazon.com/author/idabelleaylor
Where to buy We Do?
Amazon https://www.amzn.com/B0881YNWGF
Idabelle Aylor Social Media
Idabelle Aylor is a small-town girl who has done big town things. From spending many months on an aircraft carrier working directly with planes on the flight deck, to jumping out of a plane, to driving a race car, this girl has done some fun stuff! Since she was a girl, people watching, family stories, and life adventures have gotten her creative juices flowing like mad, and because of that she’s had stories brewing in her head, fighting to get out and down on paper, since she can remember. Nowadays, when she isn’t relaxing on the porch swing, or in her little trailer named ‘Story’ writing her next greatest book about all things love (including, of course, happy endings!), she’s hanging with her best friend/husband and her crazy, fun kiddos creating new adventures to use in her stories and remember for a lifetime.
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