• Christmas or Holiday

    Christmas Romances for the holiday spirit in all of us #Christmas #Romance #RLFblog

    Christmas Romance Month

    Love Christmas Romance? Presenting holiday romances by various authors. Be sure to bookmark the blog and come back for more great books every day. Scroll down for blurbs and buy links.

    A Real Christmas

    Christie Logan
    Christmas hasn’t been the same for Allison Voss since losing her husband, but she’s determined to make it merry for her daughters’ sake. But the odds are against her. She’s between jobs and simply managing day to day is a struggle—until a stranger’s act of kindness changes everything.
    Ward Haysgard is not a fan of Christmas. He’s seen plenty of greed and selfishness and not much good will toward men. But Allison’s plight touches him. As he gets to know her and her girls, they work their way into his heart. A heart he thought had hardened long ago.
    As the holiday approaches, an old secret threatens their growing closeness. Allison concentrates on giving her girls “a real Christmas” with gifts and treats, but she and Ward will both discover that the only thing that makes Christmas real is the love of family and friends.
    Rating: PG
    Amazon http://a.co/fimHffj

    Christmas Crush

    Mickie Sherwood
    Although Ashley Wagner feels more like Scrooge than Santa, she keeps her promise and accompanies her sister back home for a Christmas wedding. Her three-day weekend is off to a rocky start, thanks to the unexpected run-in with her womanizing ex-husband, and his very pregnant new wife. She manages to get away with her dignity intact, but later, with old wounds ripped open, the professional crisis manager ends up in the middle of her own life-altering predicament.
    Then, sports journalist Craig Johnston, wheels to her rescue.
    Will Ashley spend Christmas brooding over bitter memories? Or will Craig, a dynamic paraplegic, present the deserving divorcée with a gift she can’t resist?
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Crush-Bayou-Love-Romances-ebook/dp/B00QQFBW1Y/

    Christmastime on Donner’s Mountain

    Laura Strickland
    For most of her life, Becca Monroe’s been running. The urge to see what lay beyond the next horizon took her away from Donner’s Mountain and the man she loved. Now, back for what will surely be her grandfather’s last Christmas, she’s caught in a tangle of unresolved emotions that leave her torn between the impulse to flee and the desire to stay.
    Jack Donner never stopped loving Becca, even though she deserted him. Better than anyone else, he knows how cruel it would be to fetter her wild spirit, and he doubts she could ever be happy living in one place, on his mountain.
    Can memories of Christmases past remind Becca what truly matters? And can love convince Jack to give her one more chance, even if it means risking his battered heart?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmastime-Donners-Mountain-Laura-Strickland-ebook/dp/B075XFHNQ8/

    Crystal Creek Christmas

    Laura Haley-McNeil
    When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two carat diamond sitting on her ring finger.
    Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s time for her to leave the ranch. She longs to stay with the man who’s determined to protect her, but she doesn’t dare. Her deadly secret is in hot pursuit. Any delay and she’ll endanger the family who opened their home to her.
    Noelle leaving Crystal Creek Ranch? Jake can’t let her go, but how can he convince her he’ll to anything to keep her safe?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Creek-Christmas/dp/1505698561/

    Last Chance Christmas, A Fairfield Corners Novella

    LA Remenicky
    From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordan’s past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused. In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordan’s brother pulled Brent back into Jordan’s life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect. Battling the past and present, can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Would this be their last chance Christmas?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRZK0Z4

    Once Upon a Christmas Moon

    Christine Young, Genie Gabriel, and CL Kraemer
    Twelve Days To Love
    When Archer Steele shows up at Calanthe Durand’s failing plantation with
    an alligator over his shoulder, Cali thinks she’s never seen a more
    handsome man. Independent and self-sufficient, she vows to never marry. But Archer has different ideas. The first time Archer sees Cali in town, he feels an instant attraction. He decides he will convince the beautiful Calanthe he is worthy of her love. During the weeks before Christmas, he gives her twelve gifts in hopes she will fall in love with him.
    Boots And Blades
    An ancient evil from the old country has arrived in the high desert of
    Oregon. Gnome children are vanishing then re-appearing, showing various
    stages of traumatization. Tiamoon, warrior gnome, will put her skills to
    use alongside Killian, a handsome warrior, also in need of a cause.
    Christmas Pawsibilities
    With their world destroyed and their space ship malfunctioning, the
    dogizens of Planet Canid have little choice but to crash land on Earth.
    They face tortuous experiments at the hands of the Geeks in Green…or
    they can trust an eccentric inventor and his zany family to deliver the
    Canine Queen’s puppies and help them celebrate new lives.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Christmas-Christine-Young/dp/1979071098/

    Reindeer Wars

    Liese Sherwood-Fabre
    Tina has a tendency to go a little overboard when decorating for the holidays, but Brian decides her skills are just what he needs to get into the Christmas spirit. Can this budding relationship survive when they find themselves in a knock-down-drag-out competition to win the office’s “most outrageous holiday sweater?”
    Rating PG
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Reindeer-Wars-ebook/dp/B009P6HWHO

    Santa to the Rescue

    Adele Downs
    Firefighter Jamey Tucker knows three things in life to be true: an honorable man doesn’t go back on his word; never hurts a woman; and lasting love isn’t a myth. But with his recent move to a new job at Appleton Fire Station, the long hours don’t offer hope of finding the love he’s looking for.
    When Jamey meets beautiful pediatric nurse Heather Longhurst after hearing her sing “Santa Baby” in a supermarket aisle, he offers her a promise he discovers he can’t keep. Heather has been betrayed by men in the past, making it hard for Jamey to gain her trust. Determined to find a way to win her heart, Jamey uses firefighter engine-uity and Heather’s favorite song to prove he’s got Christmas spirit she can believe in all year.
    Rating PG
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Rescue-Entangled-Bliss-Adele-ebook/dp/B00G1IM260/

    Sweet Holiday Wishes

    Melissa McClone
    Lizzy Hamilton wants to skip Christmas this year. Working as a nurse while holding her marriage to an Army Ranger together has drained her energy and joy. She’s a pro at caring for others, but she needs someone to look out for her, too. However, when her soon-to-be ex-husband, Mitch, asks if she’ll spend the holidays with him–just as friends–so he won’t be alone, she can’t say no because, other than his platoon, she’s the only family he has.
    Staff Sergeant Mitchell Hamilton wants only one Christmas gift–his wife. Frequent deployments and training exercises sent him away from home, and he had no idea how taken for granted Lizzy felt until she asked him for a divorce two months ago. Now his mission is to show his wife he’ll do anything to save their marriage. He only hopes his plan to win her back with a holiday vacation to Indigo Bay, a coastal resort town, works. He can’t–won’t–lose Lizzy forever.
    Rating G
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776ZDH46/

    The Unlikely Santa

    Leigh Michaels
    In the retail business, Christmas isn’t a holiday, it’s an endurance contest – and as manager of the Tyler-Royale department store in a major Chicago shopping mall, Brandi Ogilvie knows that surviving December will be a challenge. Merchandise is going astray and her staff is decimated by flu, but at least Brandi has a full roster of Santas. Then Zack Forrest shows up in her store, insisting he’s the perfect candidate to fill Santa’s red velvet suit.
    Brandi’s new Santa is too tall, too lean, too dark, and way too sexy for the role. But he’s enough to make a jaded department store manager think twice about what she’d like to find under her tree on Christmas morning – if only she wasn’t so certain that Zack is hiding something.
    The Unlikely Santa was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contest for best sweet traditional romance of the year.
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/The-Unlikely-Santa-ebook/dp/B00F6LL1Y2

    A Chance at Christmas

    Beppie Harrison
    A Chance at Christmas tells the story of a Christmas that very nearly never happens for Catherine and her younger brother, struggling with poverty and the boy’s serious disabilities. But an invitation does come for a splendid Christmas at a friend’s great house, and Catherine dares to form a plan that might provide a future for her brother. What she never dreams of is a future for herself as well. Can romance come as a shocking Christmas surprise?
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B019A67PTS

    Holiday Disaster

    Vicki Batman
    The week before Christmas and all is in disarray when a librarian experiences horrible plumbing issues and a Mr. Maintenance Man who isn’t nearly as jolly as Santa Claus.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Season-Magic-Holiday-Box-Set-ebook/dp/B00OZ136A6/

    Court Me, Cowboy

    Barbara White Daille
    The End…Just the Beginning?
    Gabe Miller’s marriage ended so fast it had hardly begun. Which is why he couldn’t quite believe his luck—or his “ex”—when she returned a few months later with the news that legally they were still husband and wife. And that the child she was carrying was his son.
    Gabe feared Marissa would bolt again, making a custody battle his only option–unless he could turn back the clock and woo her the way he should have during their whirlwind romance. But even with his boy’s future at stake, mending fences with a woman–especially the one he loved—wasn’t something the strong, silent type found easy to do…
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amzn.com/dp/B00EM36HD0

    One Week to Win Her Boss

    Barbara White Daille
    Single mom Amber Barnett loves family, kids, Christmas…and unfortunately, her boss, confirmed bachelor Michael DeFranco. It’s a crush she really needs to get over. Except, when she’s temporarily forced from her apartment, her only option is to stay at Michael’s private ski lodge, where she’s the housekeeper. No problem. Her handsome boss rarely visits Snowflake Valley unexpectedly, plus he’s spending the holidays with his family. Or so she thinks…
    A stormy Christmas Eve reunion leaves Michael seeking the solitude of his lodge, where he finds Amber in residence—and in trouble. Attempting to save her from her matchmaking family, he announces they’re a couple. His good deed backfires when they’re instantly included in each and every holiday event in town. So much for solitude.
    Only the more time he spends with the beautiful, cheery brunette, the more he yearns to make things real between them. But he and Amber want different things, and Michael could never be the family man she’s looking for.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076PJ7SNN

    Perfectly Christmas

    Linda O’Connor
    On the first day of Christmas, his true love said to him, “Sorry, I have to work.” That’s the life of a surgeon, and Dr. Madison Hayes wouldn’t have it any other way.
    Dr. Quinn Malone has another priority. In the countdown to Christmas, he needs to convince his old flame that there’s more to life – and love – than the job itself.
    This time, his heart is in it for the long haul. Really. Romantic and . . . complicated – it’s Perfectly Christmas!
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MYW5T7X

    Sami’s Christmas Wish List

    PJ Sharon

    All Samantha Owens wants for Christmas is a working car, a miraculous improvement in her grades, and a boyfriend who sees her as more than just a friend with benefits.

    But with a single mom who’s struggling to make ends meet, presents seem unlikely, and with legal troubles looming over her head, she’ll be lucky not to be spending the holiday in juvenile detention. When she’s forced to do community service at the local church, she finds that wishing her life was different won’t make it so, and that avoiding her past may be what’s standing in the way of her future.

    It doesn’t help that Travis Vance, a freshman in college and intern for a teen drug and alcohol treatment program, is hanging around and pushing her buttons at every turn. Or that her friends are all going through their own dramas—most of which seem far worse than her own.

    Can Sami bring everyone together to save the church in time for Christmas? Or is hoping for a happy ending one more wish that will never be granted?

    Rating PG13
    PJ Sharon http://www.pjsharon.com/ya-books/#toc-5

    The House-Sitter’s Christmas

    Jean Joachim

    At Christmas, Laura Fleming lived her fantasy adventure. Paid to house-sit for the fabulously wealthy financier, C.W. Banley, while he traveled, she eagerly headed for New York City. As mistress of his elegant townhouse, she baked cookies and dressed the old gent’s richly-furnished residence for the holidays.

    As December rolled around, the lonely, lovely writer eagerly anticipated soaking up the Christmas atmosphere in the grand city. With only the cat for company, she’d turn Banley’s elegant home into a wonderland of sparkling lights, fragrant garland, and shiny tinsel.

    Every year, she wished, in vain, for a happy ending. Will this be the year that Miss Fleming discovers her dreams can come true, even in a big city, like New York?

    A sweet, New York City Christmas Fairy Tale.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZQ7BJS

    The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal

    Barbara White Daille
    The Lawman’s Christmas Proposal
    A husband for Christmas?
    Mitch Weston’s back in Cowboy Creek, and self-proclaimed matchmaker Jed Garland has his single granddaughter Andi on his mind. Mitch is a lawman, good with the little ones and easy on the eyes. He and Andi were high school sweethearts, for heaven’s sake! Why can’t they see they’re perfect for each other?
    Because Andi already lost one husband to a dangerous job, and now she’s all about playing it safe, for her sake and her children’s. Being a cop is everything to Mitch. After discovering Jed’s plan, Mitch and Andi come up with their own: they’ll pretend to get engaged and then break up due to irreconcilable differences. Jed’s got his work cut out for him –because this match needs a Christmas miracle!
    Rating PG13
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Lawmans-Christmas-Proposal-Hitching-Hotel/dp/0373755961

    The Southern Comfort Christmas

    Barbara Lohr
    Mistletoe and magnolias turn to wedding mayhem when Chicago in-laws mess with the Savannah bride and groom in this sweet Christmas romance.
    Rating PG13
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQ411ZO

    Boy Toys: Hot Off the Ice at Christmas

    Amy Wasp-Wimberger
    10 siblings, 7 fish courses, 6 hockey players, 5 cousins, 4 calling birds, 3 spouses, 2 houses and 1 night that changes everything.
    Betrayed by first his body and then his girlfriend, Liam O’Reilly, assistant coach of the Seattle Thunder, is not having a very merry Christmas. So when a smoking hot hockey player in a Santa suit offers himself up like a present begging to be opened? Well, it’s a freaking Christmas miracle.
    If only the man in question wasn’t hockey’s own bad boy, Joey ‘the Looch’ Luciano, his best friend’s little brother and the same kid who used to trail behind Liam like a loud, mouthy shadow.
    When the last present is opened and the Christmas lights go dark, will Joey and Liam’s night together be just another Christmas memory or can the holiday magic they made survive the pressures of the real world?
    Boy Toys is a heart-warming Christmas story featuring the inappropriate use of a Santa suit, sibling bribery, and ninety separate instances of the F-word.
    Joey and Liam’s story continues in Boy Next Door: Hot Off the Ice #4, releasing March 2018!
    Rating R
    Amazon (Kindle Unlimited) https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Toys-Hot-Off-Christmas-ebook/dp/B077GRJGH4/

    Champagne For Christmas

    Jean Joachim
    A contemporary holiday romance that starts in the country and travels into the glitzy glitter of New York City at Christmas. A steamy, funny, emotional story with a happy ending you’ll never see coming!
    Rating R
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Champagne-Christmas-Jean-Joachim-ebook/dp/B00PQMB2SQ/

    The Christmas of a Countess

    Linda Rae Sande
    The Torringtons are off to Northumberland for the holidays! When the weather forces the servants to remain behind at a coaching inn, the newlyweds must fend for themselves while their valet and lady’s maid discover just how much they have misjudged one another. A sensual tale of a couple’s first holiday away from home.
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074PLTQHB

    The Christmas Present From My Past

    Grace Risata
    Prepared to be alone for the biggest holiday of the year, Rachel’s life takes a dramatic turn when she bumps into her old high school crush while volunteering at a charity meal on Christmas Eve.
    Once Shawn recognizes the sweet, shy girl from his sophomore year Chemistry class, he realizes she’s all grown up…but the chemistry between them is still hotter than ever.
    Is the past a faded memory in the rear view mirror…or can these two lonely souls come together for one remarkable holiday hook-up? Perhaps Rachel’s greatest Christmas present will come from her past…
    Author’s Note: This is a 15,500 word Christmas story that has a guaranteed happy ending, a steamy encounter between the main characters, and a heaping spoonful of holiday cheer.
    Rating: R
    Amazon Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Present-My-Past-Holiday-ebook/dp/B0776XGNKT

    Genetic Snare

    Laura Baumbach
    A Christmas story set in the far future. Betrayal, passion, adventure, primal sex, and a fight to the death. Mating a 26th century Oracan Bounty Hunter with an 18th century Earth pirate has its little glitches.
    Bounty hunter Talos bows to pressure to bring his life mate home for the completion of his strict warrior culture’s bonding ritual. Aidan, displaced 18th century Earth pirate — light- fingered, sly, charming, and understandably naive about the new world he’s been thrust into — can’t wait. Even if it turns out someone wants him dead. The 26th century looks different, but it turns out to be a lot like his old life!
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Genetic-Snare-Details-Book-2-ebook/dp/B077RVW2N5/

    Gray Christmas

    Lisabet Sarai
    You’re never too old for some holiday naughtiness
    Widowed author Emma Granger has reconciled herself to spending Christmas Eve in snowy Boston, with a nice bottle of Pinot Grigio and her cat Vronsky. Her daughters have their own lives on the West Coast. Emma knows she can’t expect them to visit every holiday.
    A loud crash from the apartment above her overturns her plans for a quiet evening at home. When she investigates, she meets Nick North, an energetic iconoclast with a gray ponytail, a silver earring and bright blue eyes that kindle feelings she’d thought were gone forever. Nick is her own age, maybe older, but his lean body and impish grin affect her as if she were a horny teenager.
    Although Emma makes her living writing spicy romance, sex with a stranger seems ludicrous when you’re an arthritic grandmother in your sixties. Still, the attraction she feels for her charismatic upstairs neighbor appears to be reciprocated. A Christmas fling might be just what Emma needs to brighten her holiday.
    Rating R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N6JJIQD/

    Holiday On Ice

    Jody Wallace
    Travel Queen Survival Tip #23: If you get stuck in an ice storm, find a hot guy to melt it!
    Travel agent Darcy Burkell has a secret. Because she’s claustrophobic, she doesn’t precisely jet around the world despite what’s implied in her popular newsletter about vacation destinations. When she hires photographer James Jones, who grew up in the same town she did, to illustrate her stories, they become cyber-friends.
    James decides Darcy might be the one woman to help him settle down–or at least someone who’ll travel with him instead of expect him to stay home all the time. Right before Christmas, he shows up unannounced and suggests they take a holiday trip together.
    Darcy’s too embarrassed to admit her phobia and turns him down flat. She knows what kind of woman he wants, and she’s not it. Her resolve is tested when she and James become gridlocked near the same bridge by an ice storm. Impassable roads force them to spend hours together in his vehicle…shivering. And cuddling. It’s freezing outside, but inside it gets hot enough to melt all the ice in Alaska. The question is, can their affection remain toasty after Darcy confesses her secret?
    Rating: R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0769SMC1N

    The Santa Bargain

    Robin Michaela
    Santa’s gifts can be both nice…and naughty.
    Coffeehouse entrepreneur, Maria Thompson, has sworn off men ever since her young son’s father walked out of their lives. But, when she literally runs into sexy carpenter, Joe Sinclair, she wonders if it’s time to rethink her plan.
    Joe Sinclair doesn’t need or want romance or a family. He was raised in the foster care system and learned long ago not to get attached to anyone. Now, if he could just remember that, he could put the sensual owner of Copper River, Colorado’s new coffee shop out of his mind.
    After Maria and Joe volunteer to work together on the town’s first Christmas festival, their attraction lights up brighter than a new a string of holiday lights. When Santa comes to town, will they finally find everything they’ve ever wished for under the tree?
    Rating: R
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077996MP2

    When We Finally Kiss Goodnight

    Staci Troilo

    Chloe Upshaw suffers from what she calls the trifecta of awful—unfulfilling job, disappointed family, bad luck with love. Just before Christmas, she travels to Pittsburgh hoping to land a job that will change her career. But not only is she in stiff competition for the position, she angers her mother by rejecting her matchmaking efforts and not going home. Worse, she runs into the guy who got away—and this time, no matter how many lies she tells to protect her heart, she leaves herself vulnerable to hurt.

    Britt Garris’ callous and careless behavior in college cost him his dream girl. When fate crosses their paths ten years later, he thinks it’s serendipity. And he launches into one deception after another to win her back, including an auspicious trip for the two archaeologists to Gettysburg. Britt plays on Chloe’s love of history to spend time with her. He doesn’t count on the local lore and legend predicting their future—a future his duplicity puts at risk.

    When their lies finally crumble, their budding relationship is threatened. Their dishonesties and disillusions may be impossible to overcome. But maybe the magic of the season can make their dreams come true.

    Rating: R

    Books 2 Read https://books2read.com/STkiss

    A Touchdown To Remember

    Seelie Kay

    It takes more than a hard knock on the head to keep running back Tim Wheezer Douglas down. When life pelts him with the proverbial lemon—a career-threatening concussion—he simply runs the other way, right into the arms of litigator Laura Adler.

    When a second concussion sidelines Milwaukee Greyhound running back Tim Douglas, the rest of his life continues full-speed ahead. A some-time law student, Tim is faced with a classic Catch 22: Whether to continue to play football and risk a third and possibly life-altering concussion or quit the game altogether to pursue a career as a sports agent. He loves the game, but his priorities change when he meets Laura Adler, a sassy, sexy young attorney and rabid Greys fan. Their sizzling romp of a romance turns serious and Laura demands that he make a decision about football before she accepts his marriage proposal. Will Tim choose football or the law, and what role will Laura play in his future?

    Rating: R

    Extasy Books http://www.extasybooks.com/978-1-4874-1504-4-a-touchdown-to-remember/

    A Romance for Christmas

    Kayelle Allen
    A sweet feel-good holiday romance that reaffirms all you love about Christmas. It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything Dara loves was lost. Everything but her little girl and a fierce determination to survive. When a cop brings Christmas to her door, he brings another gift she never expected to get.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://amzn.to/1wpW8qE

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  • Christmas or Holiday,  Sweet or Inspirational

    10 Sweet Christmas Romance Books #RLFblog #Christmas #Romance

    Can it ever be too early for a Christmas romance? Not at Romance Lives Forever! Here are a selection of holiday romances sure to get you in the spirit for the season. Check out these books by authors of RLFblog. They are presented in alphabetical order by title. You’re welcome.

    Christmas Romance Month

    Every Saturday during December Romance Lives Forever will present holiday romances by various authors. Be sure to bookmark the blog and come back for more next week.

    Book Rating

    This week, all books are rated G or PG.

    A Real Christmas

    Christie Logan
    Christmas hasn’t been the same for Allison Voss since losing her husband, but she’s determined to make it merry for her daughters’ sake. But the odds are against her. She’s between jobs and simply managing day to day is a struggle—until a stranger’s act of kindness changes everything.
    Ward Haysgard is not a fan of Christmas. He’s seen plenty of greed and selfishness and not much good will toward men. But Allison’s plight touches him. As he gets to know her and her girls, they work their way into his heart. A heart he thought had hardened long ago.
    As the holiday approaches, an old secret threatens their growing closeness. Allison concentrates on giving her girls “a real Christmas” with gifts and treats, but she and Ward will both discover that the only thing that makes Christmas real is the love of family and friends.
    Rating: PG
    Amazon http://a.co/fimHffj

    A Romance for Christmas

    Kayelle Allen

    A sweet feel-good holiday romance that reaffirms all you love about Christmas. It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything Dara loves was lost. Everything but her little girl and a fierce determination to survive. When a cop brings Christmas to her door, he brings another gift she never expected to get.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://amzn.to/1wpW8qE

    Christmas Crush

    Mickie Sherwood
    Although Ashley Wagner feels more like Scrooge than Santa, she keeps her promise and accompanies her sister back home for a Christmas wedding. Her three-day weekend is off to a rocky start, thanks to the unexpected run-in with her womanizing ex-husband, and his very pregnant new wife. She manages to get away with her dignity intact, but later, with old wounds ripped open, the professional crisis manager ends up in the middle of her own life-altering predicament.
    Then, sports journalist Craig Johnston, wheels to her rescue.
    Will Ashley spend Christmas brooding over bitter memories? Or will Craig, a dynamic paraplegic, present the deserving divorcée with a gift she can’t resist?
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Crush-Bayou-Love-Romances-ebook/dp/B00QQFBW1Y/

    Christmastime on Donner’s Mountain

    Laura Strickland
    For most of her life, Becca Monroe’s been running. The urge to see what lay beyond the next horizon took her away from Donner’s Mountain and the man she loved. Now, back for what will surely be her grandfather’s last Christmas, she’s caught in a tangle of unresolved emotions that leave her torn between the impulse to flee and the desire to stay.
    Jack Donner never stopped loving Becca, even though she deserted him. Better than anyone else, he knows how cruel it would be to fetter her wild spirit, and he doubts she could ever be happy living in one place, on his mountain.
    Can memories of Christmases past remind Becca what truly matters? And can love convince Jack to give her one more chance, even if it means risking his battered heart?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Christmastime-Donners-Mountain-Laura-Strickland-ebook/dp/B075XFHNQ8/

    Crystal Creek Christmas

    Laura Haley-McNeil
    When a blinding snowstorm shuts down the Crystal Creek Ranch’s cattle operation, the Whitlochs have one mission – save the cattle. ER doc Jake Whitloch joins in the rescue, but the form he finds in a snowdrift is no cow. It’s a woman, a woman who consumes his thoughts despite that two carat diamond sitting on her ring finger.
    Noelle Beaupré thanks the rugged doctor for rescuing her from freezing to death and the Whitlochs for taking her into their home, but now it’s time for her to leave the ranch. She longs to stay with the man who’s determined to protect her, but she doesn’t dare. Her deadly secret is in hot pursuit. Any delay and she’ll endanger the family who opened their home to her.
    Noelle leaving Crystal Creek Ranch? Jake can’t let her go, but how can he convince her he’ll to anything to keep her safe?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Creek-Christmas/dp/1505698561/

    Last Chance Christmas, A Fairfield Corners Novella

    LA Remenicky
    From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordan’s past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused. In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordan’s brother pulled Brent back into Jordan’s life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect. Battling the past and present, can their love survive secrets and betrayal? Would this be their last chance Christmas?
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MRZK0Z4

    Once Upon a Christmas Moon

    Christine Young, Genie Gabriel, and CL Kraemer
    Twelve Days To Love
    When Archer Steele shows up at Calanthe Durand’s failing plantation with
    an alligator over his shoulder, Cali thinks she’s never seen a more
    handsome man. Independent and self-sufficient, she vows to never marry. But Archer has different ideas. The first time Archer sees Cali in town, he feels an instant attraction. He decides he will convince the beautiful Calanthe he is worthy of her love. During the weeks before Christmas, he gives her twelve gifts in hopes she will fall in love with him.
    Boots And Blades
    An ancient evil from the old country has arrived in the high desert of
    Oregon. Gnome children are vanishing then re-appearing, showing various
    stages of traumatization. Tiamoon, warrior gnome, will put her skills to
    use alongside Killian, a handsome warrior, also in need of a cause.
    Christmas Pawsibilities
    With their world destroyed and their space ship malfunctioning, the
    dogizens of Planet Canid have little choice but to crash land on Earth.
    They face tortuous experiments at the hands of the Geeks in Green…or
    they can trust an eccentric inventor and his zany family to deliver the
    Canine Queen’s puppies and help them celebrate new lives.
    Rating PG
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Christmas-Christine-Young/dp/1979071098/

    Reindeer Wars

    Liese Sherwood-Fabre
    Tina has a tendency to go a little overboard when decorating for the holidays, but Brian decides her skills are just what he needs to get into the Christmas spirit. Can this budding relationship survive when they find themselves in a knock-down-drag-out competition to win the office’s “most outrageous holiday sweater?”
    Rating PG
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Reindeer-Wars-ebook/dp/B009P6HWHO

    Santa to the Rescue

    Adele Downs
    Firefighter Jamey Tucker knows three things in life to be true: an honorable man doesn’t go back on his word; never hurts a woman; and lasting love isn’t a myth. But with his recent move to a new job at Appleton Fire Station, the long hours don’t offer hope of finding the love he’s looking for.
    When Jamey meets beautiful pediatric nurse Heather Longhurst after hearing her sing “Santa Baby” in a supermarket aisle, he offers her a promise he discovers he can’t keep. Heather has been betrayed by men in the past, making it hard for Jamey to gain her trust. Determined to find a way to win her heart, Jamey uses firefighter engine-uity and Heather’s favorite song to prove he’s got Christmas spirit she can believe in all year.
    Rating PG
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Rescue-Entangled-Bliss-Adele-ebook/dp/B00G1IM260/

    Sweet Holiday Wishes

    Melissa McClone
    Lizzy Hamilton wants to skip Christmas this year. Working as a nurse while holding her marriage to an Army Ranger together has drained her energy and joy. She’s a pro at caring for others, but she needs someone to look out for her, too. However, when her soon-to-be ex-husband, Mitch, asks if she’ll spend the holidays with him–just as friends–so he won’t be alone, she can’t say no because, other than his platoon, she’s the only family he has.
    Staff Sergeant Mitchell Hamilton wants only one Christmas gift–his wife. Frequent deployments and training exercises sent him away from home, and he had no idea how taken for granted Lizzy felt until she asked him for a divorce two months ago. Now his mission is to show his wife he’ll do anything to save their marriage. He only hopes his plan to win her back with a holiday vacation to Indigo Bay, a coastal resort town, works. He can’t–won’t–lose Lizzy forever.
    Rating G
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0776ZDH46/

    The Unlikely Santa

    Leigh Michaels
    In the retail business, Christmas isn’t a holiday, it’s an endurance contest – and as manager of the Tyler-Royale department store in a major Chicago shopping mall, Brandi Ogilvie knows that surviving December will be a challenge. Merchandise is going astray and her staff is decimated by flu, but at least Brandi has a full roster of Santas. Then Zack Forrest shows up in her store, insisting he’s the perfect candidate to fill Santa’s red velvet suit.
    Brandi’s new Santa is too tall, too lean, too dark, and way too sexy for the role. But he’s enough to make a jaded department store manager think twice about what she’d like to find under her tree on Christmas morning – if only she wasn’t so certain that Zack is hiding something.
    The Unlikely Santa was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contest for best sweet traditional romance of the year.
    Rating G
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/The-Unlikely-Santa-ebook/dp/B00F6LL1Y2

    See you next week for more Christmas Romance!

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  • #Romance Lives Forever @ClareDargin @VickiBatman @kayelleallen #RLFblog
    RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever @ClareDargin @VickiBatman #RLFblog

    #Romance Lives Forever @ClareDargin @VickiBatman @kayelleallen #RLFblogThe top post was the RLF Gems announcement last month. I did not count it among the top bloggers because that award would go to me. I’d like to see the credit go to guests. You are why I do this!

    The Top Blogger for this month is Clare Dargin, who wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Top Blogger of 2016 was Susan V Vaughn, who won a year of free advertising for 2017.

    Top Blogger Clare Dargin

    Blog http:claresblog2thehaven.blogspot.com
    Twitter: www.twitter.com/claredargin
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/clare.dargin
    Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/113201930657713285351
    The Embraced: Scribal Love http://theembraced.blogspot.com
    Publisher Author Page: www.bookstrand.com/clare-dargin
    Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Clare-Dargin/e/B005CREN68

     

    The winners are judged by cumulative page views, including return and unique visits.

    Congratulations to these fine bloggers:
    1. Clare Dargin
    2. Susan V Vaughn
    3. Marilyn Baron
    4. CB Clark
    5. Cynthia Sax, Kryssie Fortune
    Honorable mention: NJ Walters, Adele Downs, Danita Minnis

    Top Chatters for the Month

    #Romance Lives Forever @ClareDargin @VickiBatman @kayelleallen #RLFblogThe person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the person who gets the most page views. For that reason, I instituted the Top Chatter Award. This award is for the bloggers who receive the most comments.
    This month’s winners are:

    Vicki Batman
    Marilyn Baron
    CB Clark
    Alina K Field

    Not only does RLF post automatically to Triberr with a reach of several million, each post is also featured on the Romance Lives Forever Pinterest board http://www.pinterest.com/kayelleallen/romance-lives-forever-rlfblog/ as well as on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/RomanceLivesForever/
    When you like and share the posts it increases the reach. Thank you for sharing with your readers and friends!

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    My thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance Lives Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.

    Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first name are:
    Adriana Kraft, Alexa Aston, Bonnie Phelps, Cailin Briste, Candi Fox, DP Denman, Faye Hall, Iris Blobel, Jennifer Allis Provost, JJ Montgomery, Juli D Revezzo, Kayelle Allen, Laurel Richards, Livia Quinn, Liza O’Connor, Mary Anne Yarde, Patricia Preston, Sharon Buchbinder


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  • Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romance
    Anthology,  Erotic

    Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romance

    Anthology: Blue Collar Boys Behaving Badly @DelilahDevlin @Adele_Downs #RLFblog #contemporary #romanceToday’s featured book is Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology, by Delilah Devlin, Adele Downs, and 14 more.

    When it comes to love…Blue Collar is better!

    It’s time to set aside those sexy billionaires and enjoy stories about the everyday, even sexier bad boys you meet in real life. They may have dirty hands and wear tool belts and jeans instead of Rolex watches, but they’re earthy alpha males unafraid to get down and dirty when face to face with a woman in need–whatever her need may be!

    Just a few of the titillating stories inside…

    In “Elevation” by Megan Mitcham, an always-in-control policewoman trapped in an elevator shaft gets a sexy rescue from the handsome repairman. A lonely woman drives a thousand miles to meet an oil field roughneck ready for a long night of laying pipe in Mia Hopkins’ “We Drill Deep While Others Sleep”. Jennifer Kacey shows the lengths to which an enterprising gal will go to get the owner of an oil change shop to check her fluids in “The Boss”. And those are just a few of the sexy stories inside this collection about the everyday hero next door, including “Upside Down Love” by Adele Downs.

    These are men who’ve built their powerful muscles from hard work rather than inside any gym, and they sure know how to use their hard-earned skills to pleasure a woman…

    Blue Collar: A Boys Behaving Badly Anthology of contemporary romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Twisted Page Inc.
    Buy for 99 cents
    Amazon: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZ
    Amazon w/Affiliate: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZAFF
    Amazon UK: http://bit.ly/BBBABCAMZUK
    Nook: http://bit.ly/BBBABCNOOK
    IBooks: http://bit.ly/BBBABCIBOOKS
    Kobo: http://bit.ly/BBBABCKOBO
    Googleplay: http://bit.ly/BBBABCGPLAY

    Adele Downs Social Media

    Adele Downs is the award-winning author of more than 20 romance titles, including those written under another pen name, and a former journalist with hundreds of articles to her credit. When not writing in her home office in rural Pennsylvania, she can be found reading a book on the nearest beach, taking photographs, or riding in her convertible.

    Website http://adeledowns.com
    Blog https://adeledowns.wordpress.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/Adele_Downs
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authoradeledowns
    Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/adeledowns/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/httpwwwgoodreadscomAdeleDowns
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Adele-Downs/e/B00G1RRS60
    Newsletter http://www.adeledowns.com/newsletter.html

  • Is It True,  Vampire

    Is It True: Kisses From Lillith @Adele_Downs #PNR #Romance #RLFblog

    Is It True: Kisses From Lillith @Adele_Downs #PNR #Romance #RLFblog Kisses From Lillith author Adele Downs play Is It True on the RLF blog. This game lets authors answer quick yes or no questions.

     

    Play Is It True with today’s guest Adele Downs, author of Kisses From Lillith, a sizzling paranormal short story. This is a game in which authors answer yes and no questions. They can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Kisses From Lillith by Adele Downs

    A sizzling short story with bite.

    When Hunter receives an invitation for a group tour in an ancient cave to celebrate his cousin’s birthday, he and his girlfriend Rosa unwittingly attend a party…with unusual refreshments.

    “Wow! For a short story, this was a long, thrilling ride.” ~Will Work For Books

    Is it true:

    that Kisses From Lillith is your first book?
    Not by a long shot. J
    this book is part of a series?
    Maybe. If readers like it, I might create a series.
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    No. In fact, writing the story helped me relax.
    you did research for this book?
    Yes
    some characters in Kisses From Lillith are not human?
    True. Some are vampires.
    this book has more than one genre?
    Yes. Paranormal, Interracial, LGBT.
    you speak more than one language?
    No. I speak only English. My Spanish is awful.
    you grew up where you live now?
    No. I grew up in a neighboring county.
    you love to read?
    Of course!
    you are never late?
    Rarely. I’m usually punctual.
    you love pizza?
    Yes!
    you love sushi?
    No!
    you have a pet?
    No. He went to doggie heaven.

    Where can we find your book online?

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Kisses-Lillith-Adele-Downs-ebook/dp/B06XWZV69D/

    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/kisses-from-lillith

    Apple https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1222150135

    Nook, Tolino, Page Foundary, 24 Symbols https://www.books2read.com/u/b5OEak

    Adele Downs Social Media

    Adele Downs is the best-selling, award-winning author of more than 20 romance titles, including those written under another pen name, and a former journalist with hundreds of articles to her credit. When not writing in her home office in rural Pennsylvania, she can be found reading a book on the nearest beach, taking photographs, or riding in her convertible.

    Website http://adeledowns.com
    Blog https://adeledowns.wordpress.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/Adele_Downs
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authoradeledowns
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/httpwwwgoodreadscomAdeleDowns
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Adele-Downs/e/B00G1RRS60
    Newsletter http://www.adeledowns.com/newsletter.html

     

  • RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever Top Bloggers @tinadonahue @JArleneCuliner #RLFblog

    The Top Blogger for this month is Tina Donahue, who 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 Tina Donahue

    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/1ChWFkO
    Triberr: http://bit.ly/1CE2ec7
    Sweet ‘n Sexy Divas: http://bit.ly/1ChWN3K
    Romance Books 4 US: http://bit.ly/1JPtfeS

    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!
    1 Tina Donahue
    2 J Arlene Culiner
    3 Rue Allyn
    3 Mary E Thompson
    4 Milou Koenings
    5 Lisa M Owens
    Honorable mention: Red
    L Jameson

    Top Chatters for the Month

    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). There can be
    up to three winners.

    This month’s winner’s are:
    1 Red L Jameson
    2 Adele Downs
    3 Milou Koenings
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