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#Romance Lives Forever @ClareDargin @VickiBatman #RLFblog
The 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/B005CREN68The 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 MinnisTop Chatters for the Month
The 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 FieldNot 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/
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http://bit.ly/rlf4Q2017My 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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Alina K Field’s new Regency Adventure @alinakfield #RLFblog #RegencyRomance
Alina K Field author of The Bastard’s Iberian Bride answers five easy questions.Please tell us about yourself.
Though I earned a Bachelor of a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature, I discovered my true passion is in the much happier world of romance fiction. My roots are in the Midwestern U.S., but after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, I moved to Southern California where I share a midcentury home with my husband, a spunky, blonde, rescued terrier, and the blue-eyed cat who conned his way in for dinner one day and decided the food was too good to leave.
What’s your favorite down-home family style meal?…
My mother’s Sunday beef pot roast with pan roasted potatoes, and her homemade cherry pie for dessert. Mm-mmm, I miss my mom’s cooking!
What’s your favorite hashtag to watch on Twitter?…
I must confess, I love to watch the hot-button current event hashtags trending on Twitter (and they change day-to-day) to see the stories before they’ve been officially vetted. Sure, I know some of the posts are inaccurate, slanted, or downright fake, but I love when the folks on the ground manage to scoop the professional media, and I love the diversity of opinions expressed, even if they’re a little crazy!
Describe the perfect vacation.
The perfect vacation is a driving vacation, with no “gotta-be-there-by” commitments. I’d love to take that kind of vacation in the British Isles, if only I could get my driving brain to operate on the other side of the road!
What are your hobbies?…
I’m a knitter, and I also sew, nowadays mostly easy, straight-stitch things like curtains and table runners, but I do make the occasional Regency gown.
What kinds of things do you read when you’re researching a new book?…
My sources include blog posts and articles, memoirs, and historical books. For The Bastard’s Iberian Bride, I used Google maps to try to figure out the route to Gretna Green. I also love Pinterest for helpful images. I make boards for each of my stories to help me with inspiration and description. For the next books in this series, I’m reviewing books I read last year about 18th and 19th century smuggling in England, as well as early 19th century piracy in the West Indies. So much fun!
If the hero of your latest book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?…
Please tell us about your latest booK
Genre: Regency Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R-rated
Daughter of spies
For a chance at true freedom, Paulette Heardwyn needs the fortune left her by her inscrutable father. But she doesn’t know what it is, where it is, or how to find it, and the only man with answers, the Earl of Shaldon, takes his secrets to the grave. Worse, the dead earl tries to force her marriage to his bastard son—and leaves her prey to a traitor seeking the same treasure she’s after.
Soldier, Steward, Bastard
Bink Gibson is ready to throw off his quiet life as steward to his old commander and head for India and the chance of prosperity. But before he can leave he’s summoned to the deathbed of the Earl of Shaldon, a meddling spymaster, a complete stranger…and his father.
And the Earl has set a trap Bink will never be able to resist.
Publisher:Havenlock Press
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071D52388
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bastards-iberian-bride-alina-k-field/1126282774
iBooks https://itun.es/i6759FF
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-bastard-s-iberian-bride
CreateSpace https://www.createspace.com/7089759Alina K Field Social Media
Award winning author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature, but her true passion is the much happier world of romance fiction. Though her roots are in the Midwestern U.S., after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern California and hasn’t looked back. She shares a midcentury home with her husband, her spunky, blonde, rescued terrier, and the blue-eyed cat who conned his way in for dinner one day and decided the food was too good to leave.
She is the author of the 2014 Book Buyer’s Best winner, Rosalyn’s Ring, a 2015 RONE Award finalist, Bella’s Band, and a 2016 National Reader’s Choice Award finalist, Liliana’s Letter, as well as her latest release, The Marquess and the Midwife. She is hard at work on her next series of Regency romances, but loves to hear from readers!
Website http://alinakfield.com/
Blog http://alinakfield.com/blog
Twitter https://twitter.com/AlinaKField
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alinakfield
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/alinakf/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7173518.Alina_K_Field
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Alina-K.-Field/e/B00DZHWOKY/
Newsletter http://eepurl.com/4nU5TYou May Also Like
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#Romance Lives Forever @SayaraStClair @JessicaCale #RLFblog
May 2017 marked the first month on the new WordPress site. Because the feed into Triberr stayed the same, the number of viewers did not decrease. In fact, I linked to a few more tribes that feature the romance genre, which gave RLF an expanded reach and views were up all around. Sincere thanks to Dee Owens at Personalized Marketing Inc for her hard work at making this blog look awesome and work so perfectly.Three of the top four posts were blog related, including our special RLFblog Day One post titled Discover Authors and Books with RLFblog, RLFblog Moving Day, and the monthly RLF Gems. I did not count them among the top bloggers because all those awards 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 Saraya St Clair, 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.
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 cumulative page views, including return and unique visits.
Congratulations to these fine bloggers:
1. Saraya St Clair
2. Kristina Knight
3. Laura Strickland
4. Rainy Kay
5. Yoshiyuki Ly
Honorable mention: Alina K Field, Livia QuinnTop Blogger Saraya St Clair
Website: http://sayarastclair.com
Blog: http://www.sayarastclair.com/wp/blog-2/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sayarastclair
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sayarastclairauthor
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/sayarastclair
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/GoodreadsSSC
Amazon Author Page: http://bit.ly/SayaraTop Chatters for the Month
The person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the person who gets the most page views per month. For that reason, I instituted the Top Chatter Award. This award is for the person who receives the most comments. To win, a guest must have five or more comments. There can be up to three winners.
This month’s winners are:Jessica Cale
Zrinka JelicNot 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!Be a Guest Author
Romance Lives Forever uses Signup Genius to schedule guests. The system also reminds authors of their visit. One post is available each day. Once you choose a date, no one else will be able to take it. You can sign up for more than one visit; however, each visit must be in a different month.
May – June
http://bit.ly/rlf2Q2017
July – September
http://bit.ly/rlf3Q2017
October – December
http://bit.ly/rlf4Q2017My 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:
Adele Downs, Anne Kane, Ashley York, Cailin Briste, Dana Littlejohn, Jessie Clever, Jude Knight, Kate Hill, Kayelle Allen, Kris Bock, Liz Adams, Liza O’Connor, Ruth Kaufman, Shari Elder, Stacey E Bryan, Susana Ellis, Tina Donahue, Valerie Ullmer—
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Discover Alina K Field’s new Regency Romance @AlinaKField #RLFblog #historical
Welcome Alina K Field, author of The Bastard’s Iberian Bride, a new Regency Romance.Why did you write this book?I had a secondary character in one of my earlier books who stuck with me and demanded his own romantic adventure. As it turned out, Bink Gibson was an illegitimate son of an earl who served as a spy lord for England
during the Napoleonic wars. While I like all the titled gentlemen who populate the Regency world, I had a great deal of fun writing a character who doesn’t quite fit in with his aristocratic father and siblings. The Bastard’s Iberian Bride is the first book in a series I’m calling Sons of the Spy Lord.What is your favorite genre to read?I love historical romances, the more adventurous, the better.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?If I may have two: William Doyle, who appears in several of Joanna Bourne’s books, and is the hero of her book The Forbidden Rose, and Loretta Chase’s Rupert Carsington, the hero of her book Mr. Impossible.What are you working on at the moment?I’m cleaning up Book 2 in the Sons of the Spy Lord series, doing final revisions.What books will we see from you in coming months?I’ll be releasing the second book in this series in late summer 2017, and the third book around the end of 2017.Please tell us about your latest book.Genre: Historical Romance, Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RDaughter of spiesFor a chance at true freedom, Paulette Heardwyn needs the fortune left her by her inscrutable father. But she doesn’t know what it is,
where it is, or how to find it, and the only man with answers, the Earl of Shaldon, takes his secrets to the grave. Worse, the dead earl tries to force her marriage to his bastard son—and leaves her prey to a traitor seeking the same treasure she’s after.Soldier, Steward, Bastard Bink Gibson is ready to throw off his quiet life as steward to his old commander and head for India and the chance of prosperity. But before he can leave he’s summoned to the deathbed of the Earl of Shaldon, a meddling spymaster, a complete stranger…and his father.And the Earl has set a trap Bink will never be able to resist.Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071D52388
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-bastard-s-iberian-bride
iTunes https://itun.es/i6759FF
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-bastards-iberian-bride-alina-k-field/1126282774?ean=2940157193805Alina K Field Social Media
Award winning author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and German literature, but her true passion is the much
happier world of romance fiction. Though her roots are in the Midwestern U.S., after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern California and hasn’t looked back. She shares a midcentury home with her husband, her spunky, blonde, rescued terrier, and the blue-eyed cat who conned his way in for dinner one day and decided the food was too good to leave.She is the author of several Regency romances, including the 2014 Book Buyer’s Best winner, Rosalyn’s Ring. She is hard at work on her next series of Regency romances, but loves to hear from readers.
Website http://alinakfield.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/AlinaKField
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/alinakfield
Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/alinakf/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7173518.Alina_K_Field
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#Romance Lives Forever Top Bloggers @njwaltersauthor @StaciTroilo #RLFblog
The Top Blogger for this month is NJ Walters, 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.About NJ Walters
Website http://www.njwalters.comGoodreads http://www.goodreads.com/NJWaltersAmazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/author/njwaltersTop 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 cumulative page
views, including return and unique visits. A beautiful graphic award is presented each month.Congratulations to:
1 NJ Walters2 Collette Cameron3 Mary J McCoy-Dressel4 Rolynn Anderson4 Lizzi Tremayne5 Melissa McCloneHonorable mention: Alina
K FieldTop 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 Staci Troilo2 Beppie Harrison3 Lizzi TremayneRomance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has
a blogger’s FAQ page with a downloadable guide and six optional interviews. Readers
can follow via Google+, Networked Blogs, Linky Followers, email, an RSS feed, and
there’s a blog button readers and authors can grab. Authors can share previous books.
The blog uses author or publisher names as tags on posts, and author Twitter handles
in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr with a potential reach of over
3.5M readers via its Twitter-linked network. Twitter mentions are also gathered
in several Paper.li ezines, giving the author additional opportunities for promotion.
The Romance Lives
Forever Paper.li ezine features only guest authors.Each post is featured on the Romance Lives Forever Pinterest
board within a few days after it goes live. http://www.pinterest.com/kayelleallen/romance-lives-forever-rlfblog/Be a Guest Author
Romance Lives Forever
now uses Signup Genius to schedule guests. The system also reminds authors
of their visit. One post is available each day. If you choose a date, no one
else will be able to take that date, so please make a note of it in your own
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must be in different months.January – AprilMarch – JuneJuly – SeptemberOctober – DecemberMy 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:
Adam Mann, Cara Bristol, Cara McKinnon,
Ciara Gold, DP Denman, Erzabet Bishop, Eve Dangerfield, Helena Fairfax, Houston
Havens, Kayelle Allen, Keta Diablo, Kristina Knight, Kryssie Fortune, Laurel
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The Marquess and the Midwife @AlinaKField #RLFblog #Regency #Romance
Welcome Alina K Field, author of The Marquess and the
Midwife, a new Regency Romance.Why did you write
this book?For starters, I love the Call the Midwife stories, as well
as secret babies. And, a few months before I started The Marquess and the
Midwife, a family member tragically lost a good friend in childbirth to
toxemia. (Unthinkable, right, in the twenty-first century?) I guess pregnancy
and childbirth were on my brain! Somehow, my muse came up with this story.What is your favorite
genre to read?I love Regency romance, and I especially love stories with a
lot of adventure added to the romance.Who is your favorite
character from fiction (not including your own)?Hmm. May I have two? I love the rascally Rupert Carsington,
the Mr. Impossible of Loretta Chase’s book by that name. I also like William
Doyle, the bluff , clever spy of Joanna Bourne’s The Forbidden Rose. Actually,
all of Chase’s and Bourne’s characters are brilliant, but they both write the
most delicious heroes.What are you working
on at the moment, and what will we see from you in coming months?I’m working on a Regency series about four adult children
being married off by their father, an earl who is a retired spy lord. Or is he
retired? Book one is called The Bastard’s Iberian Bride and will be coming this
spring.About The Marquess and the Midwife
Genre: Regency romanceBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13Once upon a time, the younger brother of a marquess fell in
love with his sister’s companion. He was sent off to war, and she was just sent
off, and they both landed in very different worlds.Now Virgil Radcliffe has returned from his self-imposed
exile on the Continent to take up his late brother’s title and discover the whereabouts
of the only woman he’s ever loved.Abandoned by her lover and dismissed by her employer,
Ameline Dawes has found a respectable identity as a Waterloo widow, a new life
as a midwife, and a safe, secure home for her twin girls. Called to London at
Christmas to attend her benefactress’s lying-in, she finds herself confronted
by an unexpected house guest–a man determined to woo her anew and win her
again.But, is loving the new Marquess of Wallingford a mistake
Ameline cannot afford to repeat?Buy The Marquess and the Midwife:
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-marquess-and-the-midwife/id1167622013?ls=1&mt=11Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1125068696?ean=2940156905331About Alina K Field
Award winning author Alina K. Field earned a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in English and German literature, but her true passion is the much
happier world of romance fiction. Though her roots are in the Midwestern U.S.,
after six very, very, very cold years in Chicago, she moved to Southern
California and hasn’t looked back. She shares a midcentury home with her
husband, her spunky, blonde, rescued terrier, and the blue-eyed cat who conned
his way in for dinner one day and decided the food was too good to leave.She is the author of the 2014 Book Buyer’s Best winner, Rosalyn’s
Ring, a 2015 RONE Award finalist, Bella’s Band, and a 2016 National Reader’s
Choice Award finalist, Liliana’s Letter, as well as her latest release, The
Marquess and the Midwife. She is hard at work on her next series of Regency
romances, but loves to hear from readers!Alina K Field Social Media:
Website: http://alinakfield.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlinaKFieldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alinakfieldPinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alinakf/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alinak.field/
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/alina-k-field
