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Romances set in the western US in contemporary times.
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Read A Room in Blake’s Folly the new #WesternHistorical by J Arlene Culiner @JArleneCuliner #RLFblog #Contemporary #Western
Back in 1889, when Blake’s Folly boasted three silver mines, many saloons and brothels, the adventurer, Westley Cranston, fell in love with Sookie Lacey a former prostitute. Their powerful romance was doomed but never forgotten, and the repercussions could be felt 130 years later. The six stories in A Room in Blake’s Folly tell the tale.
J Arlene Culiner, I’m happy to host you on Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Tell us about your book.
A Room in Blake’s Folly by J Arlene Culiner
Genre Historical to Contemporary Western Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): sensualIn one hundred and fifty years, Blake’s Folly, a silver boomtown notorious for its brothels, scarlet ladies, silver barons, speakeasies, and divorce ranches, has become a semi-ghost town. Although the old Mizpah Saloon is still in business, its upper floor is sheathed in dust. But in a room at a long corridor’s end, an adventurer, a beautiful dance girl, and a rejected wife were once caught in a love triangle, and their secret has touched three generations.
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Why did you write this book?
I wanted to show the Far West as it really was, without the cowboy myths, without the shootouts and without the happy mail-order bride fantasy. I felt that real people had to be portrayed with all their failures and successes.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I read many different sorts of books, but my favourite is literary travel.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
The interfering and bossy Flora Post from Stella Gibbon’s delightful Cold Comfort Farm is a great favorite of mine. She can’t be fooled, but she sees the humour in everything.
What are you working on at the moment?
A non-fiction history of life on the Great Hungarian Plain.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Two new versions of stories that are also set in Blake’s Folly, Nevada will be coming out this spring: All About Charming Alice and Desert Rose. Here are the blurbs:
All About Charming Alice
Alice Treemont has no intention of falling in love. Living in Blake’s Folly, a semi-ghost town, she cooks vegetarian meals, rescues unwanted dogs, and protects the most unloved creatures on earth: snakes. What man would share those interests?
Jace Constant is in Nevada, doing research for his new book, but he won’t be staying. He’s disgusted by desert dust on his fine Italian shoes and dog hair on his cashmere sweaters. As for snakes, he doesn’t just despise them: they terrify him.
So why does the air sizzle each time Alice and Jace meet? A romance would entail far too many compromises.
Desert Rose
Rose Badger is the local flirt, and if the other inhabitants of backwoods Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage and a dead-end career far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Newcomer Jonah Livingstone is intriguing, but with his complicated life, he’s off limits for anything other than friendship. Besides, Rose has a secret world of her own—one she won’t give up for any man.
The last person geologist Jonah Livingstone expected to meet in a semi-ghost town is the sparkling and lovely Rose Badger. But Rose, always surrounded by many admirers, doesn’t seem inclined to choose a favorite. So why fret? Jonah keeps his personal life well hidden…and that’s the best way to avoid disappointment.
Where to buy A Room in Blake’s Folly
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Where to buy A Room in Blake’s Folly
Publisher The Wild Rose Press
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Writer, photographer, social critical artist, musician, and occasional actress, J Arlene Culiner, was born in New York and raised in Toronto. She has crossed much of Europe on foot, has lived in a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave-dwelling, on a Dutch canal, and in a haunted house on the English moors. She now resides in a 400-year-old former inn in a French village of no interest and, much to local dismay, protects all creatures, especially spiders and snakes. She particularly enjoys incorporating into short stories, mysteries, narrative non-fiction, and romances, her experiences in out-of-the-way communities, and her conversations with strange characters.
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Time for holiday romance with The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas by Kris Bock @Kris_Bock #RLFblog #Cowboys #Romance
Kris, welcome to Romance Lives Forever! Excited to have you here. Tell us about your new book.
The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas by Kris Bock
Genre Cowboy Romance, Contemporary
Heat Level GHe has everything this Christmas, but all he wants is the quiet ranch life he’s losing…
When Josh Tomlinson’s Texas ranching family wins a billion-dollar lottery, the family is overwhelmed. The standard advice is to go into hiding, but how can they when they have animals needing care? Josh reluctantly contacts his younger brother’s best friend, now an attorney, for help. Pretty little Carly Garza has become a sophisticated woman who would have no interest in a quiet, rugged cowboy like him.
Carly’s crushed on Josh for years, and now she finally plans to ask him out. But when Josh needs advice on how to handle his family’s lottery win, his client and billionaire statuses put him firmly out of reach.
They’re already keeping the family’s lottery win a secret from the town. Can they also hide their feelings for each other during the most magical time of year?
Where to Buy The Billionaire Cowboy’s Christmas
Tule Publishing https://tulepublishing.com/books/the-billionaire-cowboys-christmas/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1L4JR2Y
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Kris Bock writes novels of mystery, suspense, and romance, many with outdoor adventures and Southwestern landscapes. Get a free Accidental Detective short story and bonus material when you sign up for her newsletter. You’ll also get a free 30-page sweet romance set in the world of the Furrever Friends cat cafĂ© and a printable copy of the recipes mentioned in the cat cafĂ© novels
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Suspense western romance – The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot by Lorelei Confer @loreleiconfer #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense #Western
His past thwarts their future together and they may have to sacrifice a loveless future. But will she accept him with his past? Or will they both have to sacrifice a loveless future?
Lorelei, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your hero, but first, tell us about the book.
The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot by Lorelei Confer
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Janelle Franklin arrives in Saddle Creek, WY for a relaxing visit with her childhood friend and new mother. She also wants to fine-tune a secret passion, baking. But when she meets ranch manager, Carter Weaver, passion takes on a whole new meaning.
Carter excels at horse breeding but has a dark past that haunts him. When he meets Janelle, a woman he’s comfortable with, sparks fly. But his past thwarts their future together and after a heated debate, Janelle leaves without a word taking his heart with her.
When she calls him out of the blue, he rushes to meet her. But will she accept him with his past? Or will they both have to sacrifice a loveless future?
Where to buy The Cowboy and his Sweet Spot
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Q7FFTZH
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Amazon bestselling author of romantic suspense, Lorelei Confer, has been writing since the fourth grade. She lives on the Gulf Coast of Florida with her husband and AJ, a longhaired Chihuahua, who are both her constant companions.
In 2010, her first novel, Deadly Deception was published, the first in the Deadly series. Another series, Saddle Creek, began with the first release, Rustlers and Romance in 2016. This series is set in the shadows of the Grand Teton mountains in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Mentoring children years ago led to helping aspiring authors set goals, and generally, meet their objective to finish the book. She practices her own discipline every day.
After six years as a copy editor and two years as an editor at The Wild Rose Press, she ventured out on her own as an indie author.
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Have you read the #ContemporaryRomance The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #ModernWestern
Today’s featured book is The Sheriff’s Son, a contemporary western romance by Barbara White Daille.
The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille
Genre: Contemporary romance
Book heat level: PG13
Why Is Tanner Jones Back In Town?
Seven-year-old Kevin has been a handful for single mom Sarah Lindstrom, and when the new sheriff walks through her door holding her son by the scruff of his neck for egging his car, she knows she’s lost control. But can she control herself–and keep the secret she’s kept for so many years?
Tanner Jones has no idea Kevin is his son–he lost the right to that information when he abandoned Sarah soon after graduation. Just because he’s back in town doesn’t mean he can waltz into her life–and Kevin’s–to pick up where they left off. But Sarah can’t deny the feelings she still harbors for Tanner, and can’t deny how her son is benefiting from his attentions.
When Tanner finds out the truth, what is he going to do?Where to buy The Sheriff’s Son
Publisher: Harlequin http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=55991
Amazon http://bit.ly/TheSheriffsSon-A
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sheriffs-son-barbara-white-daille/
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Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-sheriff-s-son-10Barbara White Daille Social Media
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara also loves writing, reading, and chocolate. Come to think of it, she enjoys writing about those subjects, too!
Barbara wrote her first short story at the age of nine, then typed “The End” to her first novel many years later…in the eighth grade. Now she’s writing contemporary romance on a daily basis. Sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest in her writing life: https://barbarawhitedaille.com/newsletter.
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Read the series: Caught by the Cowboy Dad by Melinda Curtis @MelCurtisAuthor #RLFblog #SweetRomance #CleanRomance #SmallTownSeries #SeasonedRomance
A former Wall Street financier rediscovers his western roots and the true meaning of fatherhood in Melinda Curtis’ new sweet romance, Caught by the Cowboy Dad.
Melinda Curtis, 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.
Caught by the Cowboy Dad in the Mountain Monroe Series
Genre: small town sweet romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
This former cowboy’s planned his future, then love gets in the way!
Holden Monroe is focused on sending his son off to college until ex-girlfriend Bernadette Carlisle drops the bomb that she’s expecting their baby. The cowboy’s offer to do the right thing is an empty gesture to Bernadette. The successful doctor doesn’t believe Holden capable of settling down—she just wants a custody agreement. But an eventful road trip might just change everyone’s expectations!
Which book is this in the series?
This is Book 8 in the series, but each book stands alone.
How many books do you plan for the series?
I sold 12 books to Harlequin.
How many books are completed?
I just finished Book 10 – coming down the home stretch!
What characters are the main stars in your series?
Shane Monroe is the main staple of the series, but the three young cowboys he’s adopting are a warm and lighthearted mainstay.
What is the overall theme in this series?
Twelve siblings and cousins inherit a small town in remote Idaho. Now what?
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Book 1: Kissed by the Country Doc
Book 2: Snowed in with the Single Dad
Book 3: Rescued by the Perfect Cowboy
Book 4: Lassoed by the Would-Be Rancher
Book 5: Enchanted by the Rodeo Queen
Book 6: Charmed by the Cook’s Kids
Book 7: The Littlest Cowgirls
Book 8: Caught by the Cowboy Dad
Book 9: A Cowgirl’s SecretWhat did you like best about writing this series?
When I began the series for Harlequin, I had Bridgerton in mind. I’ve always loved the series by Julia Quinn. Unlike her series, I have plot threads pulling things through. For example, in the first few books, there’s a myth about a stagecoach robber and hidden gold. In the next few books, there’s trouble because a twin switch led to secret babies with a movie star dad. And then we enter a revitalization of the town with efforts focusing on new business ventures. The last few books deal with the over-arching plot of the family’s involvement with the town moving forward. The twelve books take place over the course of a year.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
I have a small town matchmaker series with Forever Romance (Sunshine Valley). And I write a rom-com series (The Kissing Test). Plus I’m part of a multi-author series set in fictional Christmas Town, Maine (all authors write for Harlequin Heartwarming).
Where can we find links for all your books?
I just launched a Welcome page on my website that describes a little about each series.
https://www.melindacurtis.net/welcome
Where to buy Caught by the Cowboy Dad
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Harlequin https://www.harlequin.com/shop/books/9781488074639_caught-by-the-cowboy-dad.htmlMelinda Curtis Social Media
Prior to writing romance, award-winning, USA Today Bestseller Melinda Curtis was a junior manager for a Fortune 500 company, which meant when she flew on the private jet she was relegated to the jump seat—otherwise known as the potty. After grabbing her pen (and a parachute) she made the jump to full-time writer. A hybrid author, Melinda has over 60 titles published or sold, including 40 works to Harlequin, five to Grand Central Forever and two to Arc Manor, mostly sweet romance and sweet romantic comedies. One of her Harlequin books – Dandelion Wishes – was made into a 2020 TV movie – Love in Harmony Valley. She recently came to grips with the fact that she’s an empty nester and a grandma, concepts easier to grasp than movies made from her books or jet-setting on a potty.
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Have you read The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #western
Today’s featured book is The Sheriff’s Son, a contemporary western romance by Barbara White Daille.
The Sheriff’s Son
Genre: Contemporary romance
Book heat level: PG13
Why Is Tanner Jones Back In Town?
Seven-year-old Kevin has been a handful for single mom Sarah Lindstrom, and when the new sheriff walks through her door holding her son by the scruff of his neck for egging his car, she knows she’s lost control. But can she control herself–and keep the secret she’s kept for so many years?
Tanner Jones has no idea Kevin is his son–he lost the right to that information when he abandoned Sarah soon after graduation. Just because he’s back in town doesn’t mean he can waltz into her life–and Kevin’s–to pick up where they left off. But Sarah can’t deny the feelings she still harbors for Tanner, and can’t deny how her son is benefiting from his attentions.
When Tanner finds out the truth, what is he going to do?Where to buy The Sheriff’s Son
Publisher: Harlequin http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=55991
Amazon http://bit.ly/TheSheriffsSon-A
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sheriffs-son-barbara-white-daille/
Books-a-Million http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Sheriffs-Son/White-Daille-Barbara/
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-sheriff-s-son-10Barbara White Daille Social Media
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara also loves writing, reading, and chocolate. Come to think of it, she enjoys writing about those subjects, too!
Barbara wrote her first short story at the age of nine, then typed “The End” to her first novel many years later…in the eighth grade. Now she’s writing contemporary romance on a daily basis. Sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest in her writing life: https://barbarawhitedaille.com/newsletter.
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