• Contemporary

    Time Out Valentine @melindadozier #RLFblog #Geek

    Time Out Valentine
    by Melinda Dozier
    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Time Out, Valentine.
    Author Melinda Dozier
    Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
    Release Date: January 21, 2015
    Word Count: 18K

    About the Book

    Lexi’s life is one big dump. Or so she thinks. To keep her
    mind off her latest breakup, she stays busy with work. It’s no big deal, since
    writing for Time Out Portland Magazine is a blast…except for the one small
    snag – Grant Reeds. Grant, a shy but sexy computer geek, is new to Time Out,
    working as the Networking Director for the online magazine. Even though Lexi
    thinks he doesn’t notice her, he sure as hell does. The owners have a plan for
    their upcoming Valentine’s Special, pairing up the two to explore romantic date
    ideas around the city. Soon, Lexi and Grant learn that the old adage,
    “Opposites Attract,” can ring true.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon: http://amzn.com/B00RASDUTS
    Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Time-Out-Valentine/book-yYA2K7SnFUSuL1kAU8LAhQ/page1.html?s=mfws6h0hQ0aRNbe-wLUbRQ&r=4
    Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-out-valentine-melinda-dozier/1121088879?ean=2940150238985

    About the Author

    Melinda is a multi-published contemporary romance author
    with books from Crimson Romance, Swoon Romance and The Wild Rose Press
    represented by Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency. She lives in
    Guatemala, Central America with her husband/college sweetheart who brings
    “mucho amor” to her life. Melinda enjoys being the queen of her
    household and dreams of being pampered fully by her three boys once they are
    grown. Melinda’s guilty pleasures include reality t.v., traveling, blogging and
    playing Zynga games.

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  • Contemporary

    #amreading Lady of the Knight a new #scifiromance by @mjschiller #RLFblog

    Lady of the Knight
    by MJ Schiller 

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

    About the Author

    M.J. Schiller is a lunch lady/romance-romantic suspense writer.
    She enjoys writing novels whose characters include rock stars, desert princes, teachers,
    futuristic Knights, construction workers, cops, and a wide variety of others. In
    her mind everybody has a romance. She is the mother of a twenty-year-old and three
    eighteen-year-olds. That’s right, triplets! So having recently taught four children
    to drive, she likes to escape from life on occasion by pretending to be a rock star
    at karaoke. Uhh…you won’t be seeing her name on any record labels soon.

    Interview with M.J. Schiller

    Why did you write this
    book?
    The first book in the series, Leap Into The Knight, was inspired
    by a reoccurring dream. After I finished writing it, I realized the story wasn’t
    over…
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Romance in pretty much any form, but I prefer contemporary or
    romantic suspense.
    Who is your favorite character
    from fiction (not including your own)?
    You can’t make me choose between R.T. Wolfe’s Reed men from the
    Black Creek Burning Series! First, there was Nathan. I fell in love with him and
    didn’t think I’d like Andy’s story, but I did. And then Duncan in the third book
    turned out to possibly be the hottest of them all!
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    The third book in the Romantic Knight Trilogy is on my laptop
    but next up is a contemporary romance titled “Blackout.” It is part of
    my Real Romance Collection and follows the story of Faith and Max…and Eli. Uh-oh!
    Yes, Faith and Eli are brought together by a blackout, and ripped apart by a second
    blackout. Max steps up to fill the void, but then Eli returns! Yeah, it’s quite
    a mess I get these three characters in. I hope it is a story that will touch you
    and make you dream about alternate endings!
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    Title Lady of the Knight
    Genre sci-fi romance
    Author M.J. Schiller
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Can she betray the man she loves in order to save him?
    Newly wed, Maggie is trying to figure out how life married to
    a Knight of the High Order is supposed to work. Then an explosion rips her husband
    away from her. Everyone believes him to be dead, but in her heart she knows it’s
    not true. How is she supposed to find him when others think she’s crazy for even
    looking?
    Will he betray The Order to make his way back to her?
    Darius’s captor wants information about Council members. If the
    Knight is killed keeping The Order’s secrets, his newfound life with Maggie will
    come to an abrupt end. Will duty win out over love?
    And will he betray his best friend for the woman he loves?
    Orion has learned to keep his distance from Maggie, but when
    circumstances throw them together in a very intimate way, how can he be expected
    to remain a loyal friend to Darius? He may be a Knight, but he’s human, too. He
    wants to do what’s right for all of them, but what’s right is becoming increasingly
    unclear.
    When hearts are pulled in separate directions, each painful decision
    they make could affect them all. Join us for another Romantic Knight!
    MJ Schiller 

    Buy This Book

    Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lady-of-the-knight-mj-schiller/1121154194?ean=2940149951963
    Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/lady-of-the-knight-3
    iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/lady-of-the-knight/id964388592?mt=11

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  • Suspense

    5 Easy Questions: Daughter of Valor @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #romsuspense

    Daughter of Valor
    by Emily Mims 
    Emily Mims author of Daughter of Valor answers five easy questions
    to help readers get to know her better.
    What’s your favorite
    down-home family style meal?
    Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and black-eyed peas
    Describe the perfect
    vacation.
    A road trip! My husband and I like to pile in the SUV, set
    the GPS (or not) and go where our curiosity takes us, having destinations in
    mind but at the same time the freedom to stop and explore if we see something
    that interests us.
    What are your
    hobbies?
    I play four instruments and perform in two bands, a dulcimer
    band that plays old Appalachian folk music and an all-ukulele band that plays a
    mixture of fun numbers
    When you read for
    pleasure, what kind of books do you choose?
    Romance novels-what else?
    What kinds of things
    do you read when you’re researching a new book?
    Wow-that depends on the book. For ‘Daughter of Valor’ and
    its two accompanying Lunchbox romances, I Googled everything from prostheses to
    IED and RPG explosions to grenades to paraplegic sex. I also do hands-on
    research. For my next book, ‘Never and Always’, I learned to make soap.

    Author Bio

    Author of twenty romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing
    career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full
    time. The mother of two sons and grandmother of three, she and her husband Charles
    live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in eastern Tennessee and
    Hawaii. She plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and ukulele and belongs to two performing
    bands. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”

    About the Book

    Title ‘Daughter of Valor’
    Genre romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Wounded war hero Holly Riley has come to the lakeshore community
    of Heaven’s Point to recover from her injuries and build a new life for herself
    and with her band of fellow wounded warriors. Temporarily employed as a nanny to
    Congressional candidate Jimmy Adamcik, Holly and Jimmy quickly begin to care for
    one another in spite of Holly’s distrust of politics. But Jimmy finds himself sucked
    deeper and deeper into the seamy side of the political process, and an old enemy
    from Jimmy’s past targets Holly’s soldiers one by one. Will Jimmy and Holly’s love
    survive the double onslaught-or will they be the final target of their unknown enemy’s
    rage?

    Buy This Book

    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-daughterofvalor-1720943-149.html

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    Blog www.emilymims/com/blog
  • Contemporary

    Coming Home (Santa Monica Trilogy) @Jill_Blake_ #RLFblog #contemporary

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Coming Home (The Santa
    Monica Trilogy, Book 2.)
    Genre Contemporary
    Author Jill Blake
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Eight years ago, Grace went to New York to meet the father she
    never knew. Drawn into a frenetic life among Manhattan’s uber-rich, she ends up
    staying. But when her new marriage collapses in a firestorm of scandal, she flees
    back to California to recover.
    After his college girlfriend dumped him without explanation,
    Logan spent eight years building his career and sampling some of L.A.’s finest talent.
    Now that Grace is back in town, Logan can’t stop thinking about her, and wondering
    What if…?
    Sometimes first love deserves a second chance.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon: http://amazon.com/dp/B00OZR19C2

    About the Author

    A native of Philadelphia, Jill Blake now lives in Southern California
    with her husband and three children. During the day, she is a physician with a busy
    medical practice. At night, she pens steamy Contemporary Romances.

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  • Contemporary

    Framily Ties in Enticing Hart: Mae Hancock @Hancockfiction #RLFblog #LGBT

    Enticing Hart
    by Mae Hancock 
    I think the family unit is considerably
    different from how it once was in western society. A friend of mine calls this framily and I’m inclined to go with her on
    this one because we so often see households made up of three or four generations.
    Relatives from the extended family and friends make up part of this family = fr-amily. In the case of The Red Fox Ranch,
    there is an absent mother and this leads to various people taking over the number
    of functioning roles that a mother would usually perform.
    Then, there are the friends who come
    to live and make up the clan of people who have a common ground, similar ideology,
    interests and who all love and look out for one another. I wanted the Red Fox Ranch
    to reflect all of these new dimensions of the family and as the first story Enticing Hart and the series as a whole progresses,
    readers will see the development of the ‘framily”.
    On the idea of the family unit and
    caring, another theme further explored in the story is that of looking after someone
    who is ill. This is particularly difficult for a young person who is just finding
    his or her feet in the world. I know from first hand experience, this can be stressful,
    tiring; financially draining and can have a big impact on your social life. Most
    of us work through illness with the help of other family members but I wanted to
    convey what might happen when someone who is unscrupulous, probably even mentally
    unbalanced, and in all likelihood has psychopathy, is then left to their own devices
    in caring for someone who is vulnerable. Abuse of vulnerable people often goes unnoticed
    as in this story. Fortunately the care for someone in my story extends outwards
    from a family who is close to the victim of abuse and this corrects the imbalance.
    I really enjoy exploring the dynamics
    of family relationships, particularly over generations. In the case of the Red Fox
    Ranch, grandma is accepting of her children’s sexuality and in many ways is a progressive
    thinker. Nevertheless, she’s a cantankerous older lady who often speaks the truth
    where it needs to be said. Oak loves his grandmother very much and she’s already
    noticed the spark between him and Hart. She’s the elderly lady that is a keen observer
    of human nature. She’s often aware that she’s a being difficult and plays on it
    to her advantage or to find out more information from a situation. I think the older
    lady is a universal character—we all know a ‘grandma’ type who has a twinkle in
    her eye and is able to influence our actions because we believe she is older and
    wiser.
    Enticing Hart

    About the Book

    Hart Emile is tired of cruising for
    guys, living a soulless existence. He needs a change; so when an acquaintance gives
    him the number of the gay friendly Red Fox Ranch that’s hiring for staff, he heads
    south.
    Oak Redman is eighteen years old and
    desperate to explore his awakening sexuality. The moment Hart lays eyes on the handsome
    young rancher he’s smitten. Not only is Oak hot, spirited and very persistent, he
    is also the ranch boss’s son and strictly off limits. Hart tries to fight his feelings
    and to respect his boss and the family who quickly become dear to him, but after
    Oak’s grandma suggests he gets with Oak he can’t deny himself the most exciting
    and enticing man he has ever met.
    Hart’s not the only man to have noticed
    how sweet and charming Oak Redman is. A family friend, Steve, is also anxious to
    have the affections of the young rancher. Can Hart work out Steve’s dark secrets
    before it’s too late and keep his job, his lover and his life?
    Title Enticing Hart
    Genre Gay Romance
    Author Mae Hancock
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Loose Id

    Buy This Book

    Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1B7Ivj9
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-enticinghart-1724320-340.html?referrer=6bdb1f9160564c0525b41f36e51861a0

    About the Author

    Mae Hancock enjoys reading all types of literature from thrillers
    to romance. She is interested in people who experience social marginalization and
    these are often themes that appear in her stories. She’s written erotic literature
    for pleasure for a long time, but it’s only recently she’s put romance and erotica
    together and found she enjoys writing about the exciting journey we all go on when
    falling in love. Her interests include cultural history, particularly in the Greek
    and Roman worlds.

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    Website http://www.maehancock.com
  • Contemporary

    1920s Romance: 4 Authors Share Their Passion @kathylwheeler #RLFblog

    Rebellious
    by Amanda McCabe 
    Before they introduce their stories, the four ladies have a question
    for readers:
    Amanda McCabe: What
    era do you enjoy reading most?
    Alicia Dean: Do you
    enjoy reading shorts/novellas or do you prefer complete novels?
    Krysta Scott: Do you
    prefer paperback or ebooks?
    Kathy L Wheeler: Do
    you ever re-read your favorite books?
    Before we dive into their stories, the four ladies want to share
    a fun fact:
    Amanda McCabe: When I told my dad I was majoring in English Lit,
    then mastering in Elizabethan Poetry, he demanded to know what I would do with those
    degrees. I told him, “I’ll write romance!”
    Alicia Dean: I normally only write contemporary, but I recently
    released a Vintage romance set in 1957, and now I have this 1920’s story. Quite
    a departure for me.
    Kathy L Wheeler: I just love a hero that has to work his tail
    off for the heroine, because she deserves the best. In all of my stories, even when
    the heroine needs saving, she’s usually saved herself just as the hero is busting
    down the door.
    Krysta Scott: I am a science fiction geek. A dystopian world,
    science mishap or paranormal creature are usually the subjects of my novels. Writing
    about the twenties was quite a stretch for me. Amanda, Alicia and Kathy have been
    quite gracious dealing with my lack of historical knowledge. I had a lot of fun
    writing this story.
    Amanda McCabe, Alicia Dean, Kathy L Wheeler and Krysta Scott
    have a unique friendship. Yes, they are all romance writers, and at different stages
    in their writing careers. But every Friday night, schedules permitting, they meet
    at the Martini Lounge in Edmond, Oklahoma where they chitchat, plan retreats to
    get away and for just a general get away. Over a period of time the idea to create
    a series of stories where the Martini Lounge would serve as a backdrop—well, as
    writers, that was inevitable. So here we are with our first go at it. Welcome to
    1920s New York City where four young women run away from England excited to make
    their own way in a new world.
    All four stories are now available for the pre-order price of
    $0.99 until February 26, 2015, the official release.

    Rebellious: Martini Club 4 Series – The 1920s

    Amanda McCabe
    Can an aristocratic lady melt the cold heart of a Russian gangster?
    Lady Jessica Hatton fled her high-society London debutante life
    for one of investigative journalism in New York—only to be relegated to the fashion
    pages. Searching for a juicy story leads her to Club 501, the city’s most glamorous
    speakeasy—and its handsome, mysterious owner, Frank Markov. But his past of war
    and revolution puts their hearts—and their lives—in danger…

    About the Author

    Amanda McCabe wrote her first romance at the age of sixteen–a
    vast historical epic starring all her friends as the characters, written secretly
    during algebra class (and her parents wondered why math was not her strongest subject…)
    She’s never since used algebra, but her books have been nominated
    for many awards, including the RITA Award, the Romantic Times BOOK Reviews Reviewers’
    Choice Award, the Booksellers Best, the National Readers Choice Award, and the Holt
    Medallion. She lives in Oklahoma with a menagerie of two cats, a Pug, and a very
    bossy miniature Poodle, along with far too many books.
    When not writing or reading, she loves taking dance classes,
    collecting cheesy travel souvenirs, and watching the Food Network–even though she
    doesn’t cook.

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    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00RICWBC8

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    Ruined: Martini Club 4 Series – The 1920s

    Alicia Dean
    Ruined
    by Alicia Dean
    Blurb: She vowed she’d be no man’s doxy, but fate had other plans…
    After the Earl of Goodwin attempts to force himself on her, housemaid
    Eliza Gilbert flees England for New York, hoping to build a better life. But the
    land of opportunity proves as harsh as the London docks, and she finds herself in
    a situation more dreadful than the one she escaped.
    Former boxer, Vince “The Fist” Taggart dreams of marrying,
    having a family, and living a quiet, peaceful life. But when a girl he’s known since
    childhood disappears, he heads to New York in search of her and meets Eliza, a woman
    with a less than honorable reputation. Inexplicably captivated, Vince can’t force
    himself to stay away, especially when he learns Eliza is the key to finding his
    missing friend.

    About the Author

    Alicia Dean lives in Edmond, Oklahoma. She has three grown children
    and a huge network of supportive friends and family. She writes mostly contemporary
    suspense and paranormal, but has also written in other genres, including a few vintage
    historicals.
    Other than reading and writing, her passions are Elvis Presley,
    MLB, NFL (she usually works in a mention of one or all three into her stories) and
    watching her favorite televisions shows like Vampire Diaries, Justified, Sons of
    Anarchy, Haven, The Mindy Project, and Dexter (even though it has sadly ended, she
    will forever be a fan). Some of her favorite authors are Michael Connelly, Dennis
    Lehane, Lee Child, Lisa Gardner, Sharon Sala, Jordan Dane, Ridley Pearson, Joseph
    Finder, and Jonathan Kellerman…to name a few.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00RICLM2I

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    Runaway: Martini Club 4 Series – The 1920s

    Krysta Scott
    Can she prove her innocence before more than her dreams are destroyed?
    Runaway
    by Krysta Scott
    After escaping an arranged marriage, Lady Charlotte Leighton
    lands on a new shore, determined to realize her dream of opening her own bakery.
    But her plans are shattered when her former fiancé follows her to New York. Now,
    she finds herself in a fight for her freedom.
    Haunted by a string of failures, Detective Felix Noble is determined
    to solve his latest case. But his efforts to find a murderer are jeopardized by
    a forbidden attraction to his number one suspect. While he’s certain Charlotte Leighton
    is keeping secrets, instinct tells him she’s not the murderess he first believed.

    About the Author

    Krysta Scott is a family law attorney in her false life. After
    years of writing and winning contests, she is now taking the plunge into publishing.
    A fan of sci-fi and dark stories surrounding people in crisis, she also enjoys way
    too much TV including Vampire Diaries, Breaking Bad, and Sherlock. Runaway is her
    breakout story.

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    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00RIFHGPC

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    Reckless: Martini Club 4 Series – The 1920s

    Kathy L Wheeler
    Lady Margaret turned Lady Bootlegger…
    Singer Margaret (Meggie) Montley needs money…fast. Her friend
    is in a dire situation with nowhere to turn. While Meggie is on the brink of stardom,
    it’s not soon enough to save her friend.
    Harry Dempsey is out to avenge the deaths of his father and brother
    at the hands of a ruthless gangster. But trouble spirals out of control when Meggie
    Montley shows up the night he meets his nemesis to settle the score. Saving the
    impetuous woman from a crime lord might be easier than saving her from her own reckless
    behavior.

    About the Author

    Kathy L Wheeler (also known as Kae Elle Wheeler) writes both
    Contemporary and Historical Romance. She was born in Presque Isle, Maine. How she
    ended up in Texas, then Oklahoma is as much a mystery to her as anyone. She graduated
    from the University of Central Oklahoma with a BA in Management Information Systems
    and a minor in Vocal Music.
    She is published through The Wild Rose Press. She loves to travel.
    Ports of call include a three week stint in Europe covering Madrid, Barcelona, Avignon,
    Paris, Koln, Amsterdam and London. Other exciting places she’s visited are Grand
    Cayman, Puerta Vallerta, Mexico, Vancouver, Canada, and roaming from one romance
    writing conference to another nationwide. You may have met her in Seattle, Dallas,
    San Francisco, San Diego, New York or Atlanta. She is a member of the Oklahoma RWA
    Chapter, Dara, and The Beau Monde. Kathy lives with her musically talented husband
    in Edmond, Oklahoma. They have one grown daughter and one bossy cat, Carly!

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00RICW0G0

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