• Suspense

    Illusions of Death #romsuspense @LaurenLinwood #RLFblog #TuesdayBookBlog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Lauren Linwood’s historical romances use history as a backdrop to place her characters in extraordinary circumstances, where their intense desire for one another grows into the treasured gift of love. Her romantic suspense novels feature strong heroes and heroines who unite to defeat a clever antagonist and discover a deep, abiding love during their journey.
    A native Texan, Lauren is an avid reader, moviegoer, and sports fan who manages stress by alternating yoga with long walks. She plans to start a support group for Fixer Upper addicts—as soon as she finishes her next piece of dark chocolate.

    Interview with Lauren Linwood

    Why did you write this book?
    Although I enjoy reading romantic suspense, I usually write historical romance (medieval and the American Old West eras). Every now and then, another type of story calls out to me. That was the case with Illusions of Death, my second romantic suspense novel. I envisioned a serial killer who would be impossible to catch because he had no set murder pattern. He kills victims from every gender, race, and socio-economic background—and equal opportunity killer!
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    I enjoy thrillers that have some type of historical connection. Steve Berry and Brad Meltzer do a fabulous job of weaving history into action-packed stories that keep a reader guessing till the very end.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice gets my vote. Lizzy is intelligent, compassionate, loyal, witty, charming, and feisty—everything I love in a heroine.
    What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I’m excited to share that I’m launching my first series after nine standalone novels. The Knights of Valor series will debut with Word of Honor in April, followed by Marked by Honor in July and Code of Honor in October. Three more books from this medieval historical romance series will be released in 2017.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Best-selling author Karlyn Campbell is ready for a new start after her recent divorce from a temperamental artist. When she receives word that her father had a stroke, she heads for Walton Springs with mixed feelings. Broderick Campbell wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning literary novels and denounced his daughter’s work as pedestrian and commercial, causing a rift that finally heals on his deathbed. Karlyn chooses to stay in the small Georgia town to write her popular Matt Collins series and decides to try her hand at true crime when Atlanta’s Rainbow Killer, Roy G. Biv, captures her interest.
    Detective Logan Warner’s marriage didn’t survive after he lost his twins to a crazed killer who was never caught. He returns to his hometown’s police force and runs for police chief, happy he’s escaped big city crime and corruption. Emotionally dead, his interest in life is renewed when he falls in love with Karlyn and begins to build a new life with her.
    But the Rainbow Killer moves beyond Atlanta, leaving a trail of dead bodies painted in bright hues in several towns north of the city. Leaving no trace evidence or DNA and choosing random victims with no apparent rhyme or reason, Roy proves unstoppable. Then he arrives in Walton Springs, threatening the peaceful town with his murder spree. With a serial killer in their back yard, Logan and Karlyn unite with the FBI to find the killer—before he finds them.

    About the Book

    Title: Illusions of Death
    Genre: Romantic Suspense
    Author: Lauren Linwood
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13

    Buy This Book

    Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing
    Amazon:  http://amzn.com/B019Y45TS0

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  • RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever Top Bloggers @JackieWeger @eNovelAuthors #RLFblog

    RLF Gem Award 
    The Top Blogger for this month is Jackie Weger. She wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Our
    Top Blogger of the Year in 2015 was Sabrina York, who won a year of free advertising
    for 2016.

    About Jackie Weger

    Top Five Bloggers for the Month

    Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not
    counted, in order to focus on guests. The winners are judged by page views. Congratulations
    to each one! There is a tie for third place.
    1 Jackie Weger
    2 MQ Barber
    3 Alanna Lucas
    4 Kate Moore
    5 Anna Durand
    Honorable mention: Cecilia
    Tan, Tess Delacour

    Top Chatters for the Month

    Top Chatter Award 
    Because the person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the
    person who gets the most page views per month, I instituted the Top Chatter Award.
    This is the award for the person who receives the most comments. To win, a guest
    must have five or more comments (not counting the guest author’s).
    This month’s winners are:
    1 Jackie Weger
    2 Alanna Lucas
    3 PT Macias
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    Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.
    Other participants this month
    in alphabetical order by first name are:

    Alison Stuart, Barbara White Daille, Beverly Ovalle, Brita Addams, Ciara
    Gold, Collette Cameron, Collette Cameron, DP Denman, Houston Havens, Iris Blobel,
    Kayelle Allen, Kristina Knight, Livia Quinn, Nhys Glover, Nicole Morgan, NJ Walters,
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  • Double Feature,  Regency

    Double Feature: #HistoricalRomance with Author @AlannaLucas27

    Todays double feature includes historical romance from Alanna Lucas. 

    Author Bio

    Alanna Lucas grew up in Southern California, but always dreamed of distant lands and bygone eras. From an early age she took interest in art, history, and travel, and enjoys incorporating those diversions into her writing. However, she believes that true love is the greatest source of inspiration and is always an adventure.
    Alanna makes her home in California where she spends her time writing historical romances, dreaming of her next travel destination, spending time with family, and staying up too late indulging in her favorite past time, reading.

    About Mistletoe Waltz

    Title     Mistletoe Waltz
    Genre Historical Romance- Regency
    Author Alanna Lucas
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): PG13
    Trust, patience, and mistletoe must overcome a forced marriage, dark secrets, and a looming shadow that threatens all chance of Faith finding love with the Marquess of Hawthorne.

    Holiday Wish
    Marcus, the Marquess of Hawthorne, vowed never to fall in love. He should have vowed never to marry. Caught in a compromising situation, he’s been forced to wed the young woman he was trying to rescue. Beautiful? Yes. But his new bride’s apprehensions seem worse than his own, and as family and friends arrive at Deer Park to celebrate Christmastide, all he wants is for Faith to play the part of a happy wife and hostess. 

She will not, however—or cannot. And when she commits yet another desperate act, this time with disastrous results, Marcus must save Faith once again. Now he must discover what drives her, what dark secrets keep her unable to trust or love, and what she truly desires. Only then will they, with the magic of mistletoe, overcome the pasts and taste the delights of the season.

    Buy This Book

    Publisher http://www.boroughspublishinggroup.com/books/mistletoe-waltz
    Amazon  http://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Waltz-Alanna-Lucas-ebook/dp/B00P8BZB5A/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1120690716?ean=2940046389937
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/mistletoe-waltz

    About Face to Face

    Title     Face to Face
    Genre Historical Romance- Regency
    Author Alanna Lucas
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): R
    A masquerade, a chance meeting, and a kidnapping: Little did Miss Penelope Ashurst realize that breaking the rules would result in the adventure—and love—of a lifetime.
    Unseen
    One night. That’s all Miss Penelope Ashurst wants away from the strict decorum of Regency society. Donning a mask and attending a forbidden masquerade, she meets the man of her dreams. Then, before she discovers his identity, she is kidnapped.
    Untasted
    From their first encounter, his goddess in a golden mask stirs a deep and different longing within Ranulph, the Earl of Monfort. When she disappears, he vows he will find her no matter the cost.
    Unstoppable
    Soon it’s a race against time, and the kidnappers are just the start. Penelope and Ranulph’s very lives are in jeopardy. Before the end, everything will be stripped away, and Penelope and Ranulph will be more than just face-to-face. But this is true love, and nothing will stop it.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Face-Alanna-Lucas-ebook/dp/B00MBOYOZ0/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/face-to-face-alanna-lucas/1120057329
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-facetoface-1583680-153.html
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/face-to-face-28

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  • Contemporary

    The Sheriff’s Son by @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #contemporaryromance

    Today’s featured book is The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille.


    About the Book

    Title  The Sheriff’s Son
    Genre  Contemporary romance
    Author  Barbara White Daille
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): PG-13
    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 shows up holding Kevin by the scruff of his neck for egging his car, she knows she’s lost control. 
    Sheriff 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. But Sarah can’t deny the feelings she still has for Tanner, or how her son is benefiting from his attention. 
    When Tanner finds out the truth, what will he do?


    Buy This Book

    Publisher: Harlequin http://bit.ly/TSS-LP-HB (Larger Print and new e-book reissue)  
    Original e-book version:
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Sheriffs-Son-Barbara-White-Daille-ebook/dp/B00N79F94I   
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sheriffs-son-barbara-white-daille/1007881628?ean=9781460369876  
    Books-A-Million http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Sheriffs-Son/White-Daille-Barbara/Q116488734?id=6126607008967


    About the Author

    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’s new series, The Hitching Post Hotel, features a matchmaking grandpa determined to see his three granddaughters wed. The series began with The Cowboy’s Little Surprise, and the latest book is The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal (released in December 2015). Cowboy in Crisis will debut in July 2016, with other books in the series to follow.
    Barbara’s first book, The Sheriff’s Son, has just been reissued in both larger print and a new e-book version, available exclusively from Harlequin. The original version is also still available at most major e-tailers, including Amazon.

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  • Suspense

    Saint Michael Defend Us by Tess Delacour @TessDelacour #RLFblog #romanticsuspense

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Saint Michael Defend Us by Tess Delacour.
    About the Book
    Title Saint Michael Defend Us
    Genre Romantic Suspense
    Author Tess Delacour
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Anchored to the past, can two damaged souls solve a string of murders and heal themselves in the process?
    After a cheating fiancé sours her on relationships, investigative journalist Laura McDuffy goes on a man-cation. But her plans for a romance-free life get derailed when work brings her face to face with hunky childhood crush Detective Nate Miller.
    While investigating the deaths of several former Catholic grade school classmates, they become closer, but each of them harbors painful childhood memories that threaten to interfere with their burgeoning relationship.
    As they piece together the clues to solve the case, will Laura and Nate figure out how to open up and let love in or will a secret destroy any hope of happiness?
    Buy This Book
    Publisher goo.gl/mx5kMs
    Amazon goo.gl/tHS8Es
    Barnes and Noble goo.gl/PI1osd
    iBooks goo.gl/zrmSr1
    Kobo goo.gl/0aUgdX
    About the Author
    Contemporary romance author Tess Delacour writes fiction that will ignite your mind as well as your body. She fell in love with the genre as a young girl after reading Pride and Prejudice. Hooked by the ‘happily ever after’, romance fiction has been a lifelong obsession. She calls her writing ‘sexy modern romance with a dose of fun and humor’. Tess attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for undergrad and law school, and currently resides in rural Virginia with her family and dog. She is a member of Romance Writers of America.
    Author Social Media
    Website http://www.tessdelacour.com
    Goodreads Author Page http://goo.gl/XKP0aj
  • Erotic

    Dominant Persuasions by @AuthorNicMorgan and @RomanceRebels69 #RLFBlog #EroticRomance

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Surrender Her Inhibitions from Dominant Persuasions by Nicole Morgan.

    About the Book

    Title: Surrender Her Inhibitions (Dominant Persuasions)
    Genre: Erotic BDSM
    Author: Nicole Morgan
    Book heat level: R
    Three years ago Sophia Hunt was on the tail end of a bad break up and in a vulnerable and confused state of mind when she crossed paths with the sexy and seductive J.T. Mastrantonio. 
    Stuck in a rut and no longer satisfied with his successful life, J.T. finds an unfamiliar ache when the scared girl who ran out on him years earlier walks back into his life. 
    Though time is not their side, Sophia is faced with the realization that her biggest fears and greatest temptations are one in the same. And only J.T. will be the one who can get Sophia to surrender to her inhibitions.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon CA: http://goo.gl/9DFjlm
    Amazon AU: http://goo.gl/PJ0INF
    B&N: http://goo.gl/CRmMDB
    Kobo: https://goo.gl/AB0vbD

    About the Author

    Nicole Morgan is a multi-published author of erotic romantic novels, which more often than not have a suspenseful back story. Erotic romance mixed with a good old-fashioned whodunit. While she’s written everything from contemporary to paranormal her leading men will more often than not be wearing a uniform of some kind. From military to police officers, she has a love for writing about those who protect and serve.
    From her very first novel (which turned into a four book series) about Navy SEALs to her more recent releases you will be sure to find a few twists and turns you were not expecting.
    Nicole currently lives in the Rocky Mountain region where she continues to gain support and inspiration from life’s everyday blessings.

    Author Social Media

    Website http://www.authornicmorgan.com (under construction)
    Goodreads  http://goodreads.com/nicolemorgan
    Amazon Author Page http://amazon.com/author/nicolemorgan
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