• Shapeshifter

    Dark Stranger a new #pnr #shifter romance by @lisacbooks #RLFblog #PNR

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

    About the Author

    Lisa Carlisle is a USA Today Bestselling author of romance
    and suspense. She loves stories with dark, brooding heroes and independent,
    caring heroines. Lisa feels very honored to be a multi-published author since
    she’s wanted to write since the sixth grade. Her travels have provided her with
    inspiration for various settings in her novels. She backpacked alone through
    Europe, and lived in Paris before returning to the U.S. Now she lives in New
    England with her husband, two children, a cat, and many fish.

    Interview with Lisa Carlisle

    Why did you write
    this book?
    Dark Stranger is part three in the Chateau Seductions
    trilogy. The manager of the art colony is a loyal companion to the owner of the
    chateau, Antoine. Since Cameron was first introduced in book 1, Dark Velvet, I
    knew he deserved his own story. How did he end up working for a supernatural
    being on a remote island when he is human? How does he feel about the
    isolation?
    With the wolf shifters coming to the island and his wariness
    of shifters from an earlier altercation, I wanted to see what would happen with
    him paired up with one of them. And oh my, the forbidden attraction is hot!
    Especially when Nadya resists the idea of her mate being human.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Paranormal romance, especially shifter romance at the
    moment.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    I’m a sucker for dark, brooding characters. My favorites are
    Dracula and Heathcliff, and if we’re including movies, Darth Vader. I’ve always
    had a bit of an obsession with him.
    What are you working
    on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I’m finishing up a short story with one of the characters
    from the Chateau Seductions series. Also, I’ve started book two in the Highland
    Gargoyles series, the follow up to Knights of Stone.
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    Dark Stranger is part 3 of the Chateau Seductions trilogy
    Wolf shifters come to Chateau
    seeking a missing pack member. During an altercation, Cameron Stevens, the
    manager of the art colony, is separated from the others. He ends up alone with
    Nadya, one of the female shifters.
    Together, in the forests of DeRoche
    Island, they struggle against conflicting feelings. In addition to battling
    each other as well as their mistrust, they fight a powerful, inexplicable
    attraction to one another—one that leaves them irrevocably entwined.
    They’re mates? Cameron can’t
    comprehend or accept such a thing is possible. They’re two different species
    and their worlds don’t mesh. He can’t fight the heated desire burning between
    them and her touch is impossible to resist. His heart and mind aren’t on the
    same page where she’s concerned. One thing is certain—Nadya is stamped on both.
    Paranormal, Erotic Romance
    Shifters, vampires, gargoyles

    About the Book

    Title Dark Stranger
    Genre Paranormal romance
    Author Lisa Carlisle
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This Book

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    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-darkstranger-1778318-344.html
    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/dark-stranger-6
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/dark-stranger/id960021514?mt=11

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  • Western

    Lauren Linwood’s Ballad Beauty @LaurenLinwood #cowboys #RLFblog

    Ballad Beauty 
    Romance Lives Forever welcomes Lauren Linwood, historical
    western romance author.

    About the Author

    Lauren Linwood became a teacher who wrote on the side to maintain
    her sanity in a sea of teenage hormones. Her 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 lives in a Dallas suburb with her family.
    An avid reader, moviegoer, and sports fan, she manages stress by alternating yoga
    with long walks. She plans to start a support group for House Hunters addicts—as
    soon as she finishes her next piece of dark chocolate.

    Interview with Lauren Linwood

    Why did you write this
    book?
    I’d written five previous historical romances, but I’d never
    mined the gold in my native state of Texas! I decided it was time to feature a hero
    who lived here, and the first thing that came to mind was a Texas Ranger. They helped
    tamed Texas from the wild land that it was. My twist? My hero is the son of an infamous
    outlaw and chose to become a lawman because of what he’d seen in his childhood.
    He knows exactly what his daddy is, but the heroine he falls for has no idea that
    her father is also an outlaw—and partner-in-crime to the hero’s daddy!
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Since I was a history teacher for many years, I enjoy authors
    who combine pieces of history within thrillers. Steve Berry, David Baldacci, and
    Brad Meltzer are some of the best at this.
    Who is your favorite character
    from fiction (not including your own)?
    Hands down, it’s Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. He’s
    a hero in every sense of the word, and I admire his moral core and what a great
    father he is to his two children.
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I’m pleased to announce that I’ve dipped my toe into the romantic
    suspense pond after releasing six historicals. Leave Yesterday Behind will be released
    in June. I have another medieval historical, A Knight for Kallen, coming out in
    the fall, and early in 2016 my second romantic suspense, Illusions of Death, will
    appear. I’ve just finished another western which I’m letting ferment a bit before
    I send it off to my editor, and I’m 25 chapters into another romantic suspense that’s
    set in Dallas.
    Please tell us about your
    latest book.
    After ten years apart, Boston schoolmarm Jenny McShanahan receives
    a letter from her beloved father that instructs her to join him in Texas. She has
    no idea that he’s become Famous Sam McShan, the Robin Hood of the West. She arrives
    to find Sam already gone, but he left instructions for Jenny to hire a guide and
    rendezvous with him in Nevada.
    Texas Ranger Noah Daniel Webster knows Sam personally because
    his father, Pistol Pete Webber, was Sam’s longtime partner in crime. When Pete is
    killed during their last big score, Noah requests the assignment to bring Sam to
    justice. Going undercover, he volunteers to act as Jenny’s escort across the dangerous
    prairie, using her to track her outlaw father’s location.
    As they journey through rough country, love blossoms—but Noah
    knows the second he arrests Sam, his betrayal will kill Jenny’s love for him. Should
    the lawman do his duty as a Ranger, or should he let love rule? The choice Noah
    makes will change their lives forever.

    About the Book

    Title: Ballad Beauty
    Genre: western historical romance
    Author: Lauren Linwood
    Book heat level: PG13

    Buy This Book

    Publisher: http://www.SoulMate.Publishing.com
    Amazon (Kindle Unlimited!): http://amzn.com/B00U9TV2XQ

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  • Contemporary

    5 Easy Questions: Fallen Leaves Tina Gayle @AuthorTinaGayle #RLFblog #MFRWauthor

    Fallen Leaves 
    Tina Gayle author of Fallen Leaves answers five easy questions
    to help readers get to know her better.

    Author Bio

    Tina Gayle grew up a dreamer and loves to escape into the
    world of books.
    After years of working in the business world doing a variety
    of jobs, she decided to try her hand at writing and hope to incorporate the joy
    of being a mother into her books.
    She writes romance with strong women fiction elements as
    well as a paranormal romantic mystery series called the Family Tree series.
    Married twenty-five years, she and her husband love to
    travel and play golf.  She can’t wait for
    Mike to retire so they can do more of both.
    Read the first chapter of any of her books by visiting her
    website.
    What’s your favorite down-home family style meal?
    Having grown up in the South, I enjoy Mexican food so
    Unlimited Nachos are a treat or fajitas.
    What’s your favorite hashtag to watch on Twitter?
    #mfrwauthor 
    Describe the perfect vacation.
    A sunny place where I can enjoy the great outdoors, play golf
    and hike.
    Tell us about your favorite toy as a child.
    My Teddy Bear, Tommy, which I still have. He was always there
    when I needed him.
    What are your hobbies?
    Playing golf, reading, gardening, hiking, and traveling to
    new places.

    About the Book

    Title: Fallen Leaves
    Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense
    Author: Tina Gayle
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    As autumn comes to the Winston
    estate in Ohio, Amber Harrison learns further lessons in her new position as
    keeper for the spirits and ghosts who haunt the estate–and further lessons in
    love, too. She and her love, Carter Miller, grapple with the fears and passions
    of new love, while caught up in the storm of ancient family drama.
    This is the second book in the
    unfolding saga of the psychics and talents associated with the Winston estate,
    a sheltered place where past, present, and future are woven into a single
    dramatic tapestry of love and desire. The tale spans multiple generations,
    multiple eras, and offers something special for all ages of reader. A sexy,
    erotic winner, with an assortment of couples to appeal to most tastes.
    Remember you can read the 1st
    chapter of any of my books on my website.

    Buy This Book

    Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fallen-leaves-tina-gayle/1119233833?ean=2940149229918
    ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-fallenleaves-1479048-140.html
    Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/fallen-leaves-6

    Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/428955

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    Blog www.tinagayle.blogspot.com
  • Contemporary

    Merry Chris Mas a Love Play Matchmaking Clare Dargin @clare_dargin #RLFblog

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

    About the
    Author

    I am a fan
    girl and scifi geek who loves romance novels. Not a contradiction by any standards
    if you consider the love story between Han Solo and Princess Leia in the original
    Star Wars trilogy (and we won’t even talk about that taboo thing with Luke and Leia–
    hello! I don’t write that kind of stuff nor go for it. Anyways, moving on…)
    I’ve been
    writing stories since I was a child and bored everyone I knew with my little made
    up tales of I can’t remember but all I do know is that they were precious gems that
    developed into gold mines. Okay maybe I’m exaggerating but my parents did encourage
    to continue writing stories.
    My first novel,
    Cold Warriors, a scifi romance was published in 2007 and that just fed my insatiable
    need to keep entertaining people with stories of love conquering all. I live in
    the midwest and am still writing hoping one day to convert the entire world to my
    way of telling stories.

    Interview with Clare Dargin

    Why did you write this book?
    I had to when
    the inspiration struck. I’ve always wanted to write a menage romance and this story
    was the perfect fit for that type of romance.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    It depends
    on the mood I’m in… it can be contemporary, scifi, paranormal, erotic, menage,
    mainstream… It just depends on what catches my eye or strikes my fancy.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your
    own)?
    It’s weird
    but I have favorite characters who live in tv and movies but love certain books
    or series. It’s just the way my brain works when I see things. I’m a visual type
    of person though I work with words primarilly– yes it’s strange but that’s who
    I am.
    What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you
    in coming months?
    Presently,
    I am working on two paranormal books that will be the first of two different series
    whilest playing around with a couple of ideas for the sequel to The Love Play Matchmaking
    Service. In the coming months you will see the paranormal books published first
    followed by hopefully two in the Love Play series.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Jilly Reimers
    wants love but can’t find it. Chris Spinell is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan
    who suffers from PTSD and a haunting feeling that something is missing in his life.
    Chris Poole is also an Afghanistan war veteran is ready to break out of his shell
    but is unsure how.
    With Christmas
    just around the corner, they decide not to spend it alone. Believing The Love Play
    Matchmaking Service to be just what they need for a night of fun and passion, they
    sign up. But when the guys show up and see that they’ve been set up on a menage,
    the only one happy about it is Jilly.
    Their consultant, called an Eros, assures Jilly that the service
    has a perfect track record but she’s certain they’ll be the first ones to get their
    money back. Will they have a very merry Christmas? Or will the three spend yet another
    one alone?

    About the
    Book

    Title Merry
    ‘Chris’ Mas – The Love Play Matchmaking Service 1
    Genre Contemporary
    romance
    Author Clare
    Dargin
    Book heat
    level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This
    Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Merry-Matchmaking-Service-Publishing-Menage-ebook/dp/B00SGCDRNQ
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/merry-chris-mas-love-play-matchmaking-service-1-clare-dargin/1121099224?ean=9781632587244

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    Media

    Blog Clare’s Blog 2: The Haven http://claresblog2thehaven.blogspot.com
    Blog The Embraced Scribal Love http://theembraced.blogspot.com
  • Contemporary

    Marilyn Baron Author of The Widows’ Gallery @MarilynBaron #RLFblog #mystery

    The Widows’ Gallery 
    Today’s authbor interview is with Marilyn Baron.
    Why did you write this
    book?
    I love using art and art theft as themes in my books. I studied
    art history in Florence, Italy, in college where I fell in love with my favorite
    painting—The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli—which hangs in the Uffizi Gallery.
    So I decided to make that painting the centerpiece of my story. The cover art is
    also reminiscent of that painting. Last year, my husband and I took an anniversary
    cruise to the Mediterranean. All these things gelled and I decided to set part of
    my book in Florence, Italy, and on a cruise ship, before the main characters arrived
    in Lobster Cove, Maine, where the Lobster Cove series for The Wild Rose Press is
    set.
    What are your favorite
    genres to read?
    Literary fiction, women’s fiction and thrillers
    Who is your favorite character
    from fiction (not including your own)?
    Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series.
    What are you working on
    at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    On March 20, Killer Cruise, the third book in my Psychic Crystal
    Mystery Series, will be released from The Wild Rose Press. It also takes place on
    a cruise ship and one of the themes is art theft. It’s murder, mystery, and mayhem
    combined with high jinks on the high seas. The novel even features a vampire.
    TWB Press just released my fifth dark and humorous supernatural
    short story, The Files Death Forgot http://www.twbpress.com/thefilesdeathforgot.html
    The Grim Reaper with a failing memory, a craving for chocolate chip cookies and
    a penchant for old movies: Could this agent of death inadvertently save the world
    from mass annihilation??M
    My current work in progress is called Landlocked, where an inexperienced
    South Florida realtor with weather issues, tries to sell her widowed grandmother’s
    rural property on an isolated Western North Carolina mountaintop only to discover
    the tract is landlocked, and therefore, unsalable. The book features a missing artist,
    two romances and a serial killer.

    About the Book

    Title The Widows’ Gallery
    Genre Women’s Fiction/Romance
    Author Marilyn Baron
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Childless heiress Abigail Adams Longley and three other widows
    on a Mediterranean cruise bond over a Renaissance masterpiece in Florence, Italy,
    and find love, friendship and joy in their joint venture to open an art gallery
    at the Longley mansion in Lobster Cove, Maine.
    Since the death of her husband, Abigail has been lonely and drifting
    in a house that’s too big and a town that’s too small. When she literally runs into
    sexy widower and whale-watching excursion captain Tack Garrity on the dock, she’s
    entranced by his adorable five-year-old daughter.
    But will Tack, who has harbored a secret crush on Abigail for
    almost two decades, be able to capture her heart? A secret pact her husband made
    with Tack could either tear them apart or bring them closer together and change
    their lives forever.

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Gallery-Lobster-Cove-ebook/dp/B00S4CHGUI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422995192&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Widows%27+Gallery
    Amazon (Print) http://www.amazon.com/Widows-Gallery-Marilyn-Baron/dp/1628307609/ref=sr_1_1_twi_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1422995259&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Widows%27+Gallery+paperback
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-widows-gallery-marilyn-baron/1121178917?ean=2940150156319
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-thewidows039gallery-1734443-149.html

    About the Author

    Marilyn Baron
    Marilyn Baron is a corporate public relations consultant in Atlanta.
    She’s a member of Marketing For Romance Writers, Romance Writers of America and
    Georgia Romance Writers (GRW), recipient of the GRW 2009 Chapter Service Award and
    winner or finalist in writing awards in single title, suspense romance, novel with
    strong romantic elements and paranormal romance.
    Marilyn writes in a variety of genres, including: Humorous coming-of-middle-age
    women’s fiction (The Widows’ Gallery, Stones, and Significant Others); a psychic
    suspense series (Sixth Sense, Homecoming Homicides and the soon to be released Killer
    Cruise); and historical romantic thrillers (Under the Moon Gate and the prequel,
    Destiny: A Bermuda Love Story) for The Wild Rose Press; and dark and humorous supernatural
    short stories for TWB Press (A Choir of Angels, Follow an Angel, The Stand-In Bridegroom,
    Dead Mix and The Files Death Forgot).
    Marilyn is a member of the Roswell Reads Steering Committee and
    belongs to two book clubs. A native of Miami, Florida, Marilyn now lives in Roswell,
    Georgia, with her husband and they have two daughters. She graduated from The University
    of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism [Public
    Relations sequence] and a minor in Creative Writing.
    When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, going to movies,
    eating Italian food and traveling. She often sets her stories in places she’s visited,
    including Bermuda, Australia and Italy, where she spent six months studying in Florence
    during her senior year in college.

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  • Science Fiction Romance

    5 Easy Questions: Anne Kane author Love and Wishes @annekane #RLFblog #fantasy

    Love and Wishes
    by Anne Kane 
    Anne Kane author of Love and Wishes answers five easy questions
    to help readers get to know her better.

    Author Bio

    Anne Kane lives in the beautiful Okanagan Valley with a bouncy
    Jack Russell terrier, a cantankerous Himalayan cat, a bossy little calico and too
    many fish to count. She spent many years trying to fit in and act normal, but finally
    gave up the effort. She started writing romance, and her fate was sealed when she
    won a publishing contract with Red Sage Publishing and just a month later Changeling
    Press accepted her first submission. Since then she had published more than thirty
    stories in a variety of sub-genres, all with a happily ever after.
    Her hobbies, when she’s not playing with the characters in her
    head, include kayaking, hiking, motorcycles, swimming, skating, karate, playing
    guitar, singing and of course, reading.
    What’s your favorite down-home
    family style meal?
    You know I live on the west coast of Canada, and up here wild
    Salmon is fairly common. You can catch a nice one by standing on the bridge in the
    middle of town and dropping your line into the river. These aren’t little fish!
    A side of one can feed at least six people. My favorite way to cook them is to slather
    maple syrup on a side of salmon and barbeque wrapped up in tinfoil with some lemon
    slices. A nice fresh garden salad, picked that day supplies the veggie component
    and some baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon bits and green onions finish the
    meal off. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!
    Describe the perfect vacation.
    The perfect vacation is a jaunt somewhere exotic with my sister.
    We live far apart and rarely get to see each other so one year we decided that each
    spring we would meet somewhere in the world and have a vacation together. We’ve
    been doing this for the past five years, and absolutely love it! It’s wonderful
    to have a travel companion that you get along with, and we’ve been to lots on amazing
    places. Come to think of it, it’s time to start planning our trip for this year.
    What are your hobbies?
    I have way too many hobbies. I sing in two choirs, play guitar
    and piano, hike the mountain trails with my dog, kayak in the river (yup, same one
    the salmon came out of) putter in the garden, and read lots and lots of books. I
    also swim, skate and practice karate.
    When you read for pleasure,
    what kind of books do you choose?
    I think I’ve read darn near anything at one point or another!
    Romance, murder mysteries,.fantasy, science fiction, contemporary, and autobiographies
    of famous people. It depends on what mood I’m in, or what caught my attention when
    I was in the book store or browsing in the online bookstores.
    If the hero of your latest
    book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
    Definitely the James Bond Theme song!

    About the Book

    Title Love and Wishes
    Genre Fantasy romance
    Author Anne Kane
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Jenna has a secret — her alien blood makes her completely lose
    control during sex. It takes a strong man to be able to stand up to her demands,
    and so far she hasn’t found one strong enough to want to come back for more. On
    the eve of the biggest Sci-Fi convention in the known universe, she makes a wish.
    Now it’s up to Doug, the sexy troubleshooter from the Wishes Gone Wrong department
    of Wishlabz Inc. to make sure it comes out right. Because a wish gone wrong can
    be a very dangerous thing…

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Love-Wishes-Anne-Kane-ebook/dp/B00RETCJ22/

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