• Christmas or Holiday,  Series Feature

    Read the series: Star Light ~Star Bright Christmas romances by LA Sartor @lesannsartor #RLFblog #ChristmasRomance

    Read the series: Star Light ~Star Bright Christmas romances by LA Sartor @lesannsartor #RLFblog #ChristmasRomanceChristmas is the perfect season to fall in love and find a family. Unless you’re hiding a secret.

    LA, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your series.

    Be Mine This Christmas Night in the Star Light ~ Star Bright series

    Genre Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG to PG16 (this book has a bit of heat, the others are warm)

    Annie Hamilton, author of a beloved children’s series, is about the flip the switch on her home’s annual Christmas light show when the sight of a lone boy among the crowd reminds her of what she wants most. A family of her own. But after Annie’s secret has already caused a groom to flee, she knows that wish is only a dream.

    Cole Evans may be a brilliant scientist, but raising two sons as a widower is beyond his expertise. When Cole moves next door to his youngest son’s all-time-favorite author, she becomes another complication, albeit a pretty one. But the boys’ beloved uncle doesn’t like Annie and makes no attempt to hide his distaste from anyone, including them, and creating an impossible choice for Cole, as choosing Annie means cutting ties to his late wife’s brother and hurting the boys.

    Can a Christmas star bring Annie and Cole a beacon of hope during this magical season?

    Be Mine This Christmas Night is the first book in the Star Light ~ Star Bright series set in the charming town of Boulder, Colorado. If you like holiday romances filled with characters facing what they believe to be impossible hurdles, in a series where characters make repeat appearances, then this book is the place to start.

    Which book is this in the series?

    #1

    How many books do you plan for the series?

    4

    How many books are completed?

    4

    What characters are the main stars in your series?

    Each book has its own stars with cameo appearances by prior main characters, they build on each other.

    What is the overall theme in this series?

    That Christmas is a time of hope and light. The Flagstaff star (which is featured in all the books) in Boulder is real and to me that’s exactly what it means.

    Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.

    Be Mine This Christmas Night
    Forever Yours This New Year’s Night
    Believe In Me This Christmas Morn
    Dream Of Me This Christmas Eve

    What did you like best about writing this series?

    Creating characters that needed love, knowing it wouldn’t happen, and I made it so. Christmas has always been magical, filled with love, family and tradition. And writing about my home town was a blast.

    What other books (not in this series, have you written?)

    Stone of Heaven ~ Carswell Adventure Series
    Viking Gold ~ Carswell Adventure Series
    Dare To Believe ~ The Kahuna Group Series
    Brushed By Betrayal ~ The Kahuna Group Series
    Prince Of Granola ~ The Plantation Series
    The Complete Star Light Series Compilation

    Where can we find links for all your books/audiobooks?

    https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0091XR9VK/

    Where to buy Be Mine This Christmas Night

    Amazon https://amzn.to/2B9ha81
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/be-mine-this-christmas-night-la-sartor/1118729654?ean=2940148272533
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/be-mine-this-christmas-night/id827227656?mt=11

    Kobo https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/be-mine-this-christmas-night/id827227656?mt=11

    LA Sartor Social Media

    I started writing as a child, really. A few things happened on the way to becoming a published author, specifically, a junior high school teacher who told me I couldn’t write because I didn’t want to study grammar.
    That English teacher stopped my writing for years. But the muse couldn’t be denied, and eventually I wrote, a lot, some of it award winning. However, I wasn’t really making a career from any of this.
    My husband told me repeatedly that independent publishing was becoming a valid way to publish a novel. I didn’t believe him, I thought indie meant vanity press.
    I couldn’t have been more wrong.
    I started pursuing this direction seriously, hit the keyboard, learned a litany of new things and published my first novel. My second book became a bestseller, and I’m absolutely on the right course in my life.
    Please come visit me at www.lasartor.com, see my books, find my social media links, and sign up for my mailing list. I have a gift I’ve specifically created for my new email subscribers.
    Website https://lesliesartor.com/
    Blog https://anindieadventure.blogspot.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/LesannSartor
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LASartor.Author
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lesann415/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6535151
    BookBub https://www.bookbub.com/authors/l-a-sartor
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0091XR9VK
    Get to know LA Sartor better by signing up for an email newsletter https://lesliesartor.com/contact-me

  • Christmas or Holiday,  Double Feature

    Double Feature: Holiday Romance by @LesannSartor #RLFBlog #HolidayRomance

    Get In The Mood For The Holidays: Bestselling, Award-Winning Christmas Series: Star Light ~ Star Bright

    Author Bio

    L.A. Sartor is a bestselling, award-winning author. She  began telling stories around the age of 4 when her mother, at L.A.’s insistence, wrote them down and L.A. illustrated them. As an adult, she writes suspense and action-adventure novels with a dash of romance, and screenplays—she’s had a contracted adaptation!  She lives in Colorado with her husband whom she met on a blind date.  L.A. loves to travel and thinks life is an adventure and we should embrace the journey.

    Be Mine This Christmas Night

    Holiday Romance, L.A. Sartor, PG13
    At Christmas, finding love and a family seems even more possible…unless you’re keeping a secret.
    The Children’s Author …
    Annie Hamilton’s children’s series Star Light~Star Bright is a mega hit. She loves kids and wants nothing more than a family of her own, but twice burned, thrice shy. When a gorgeous man with two young boys moves next door, Annie can’t help but dream her impossible dream.
    And The Widower Who Moved Next Door …
    Cole Evans is a brilliant scientist but finds fatherhood a challenge. When his son develops a bond with their enchanting neighbor, the boy’s favorite author, Cole discovers just how much he’s lost—and how much he needs.
    Will Their Wish Come True This Christmas Night?
    Can Cole overcome family meddling and alleviate Annie’s fears so they can be a ready-made family?

    Buy Be Mine This Christmas Night

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Mine-Christmas-Night-Light-Bright-ebook/dp/B00GGAGV1K/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/be-mine-this-christmas-night-la-sartor/1118729654?ean=2940148272533 

    Forever Yours This New Year’s Night

    Holiday Romance, L.A. Sartor, PG
    The clock strikes midnight and a new year begins…will this one bring love to heal a disbelieving heart?
    Jennifer Malone Can’t Believe What’s Happening To Her
    How dare he? Granted she’s far from home, dining alone on Christmas Eve. But that doesn’t give Major Brice Young—the cocky man who’d out-experted her on a big cyber forensics case months ago—the right to invite himself to her table and then do what he did.
    Brice Young Can’t Believe He Did What He Just Did
    Stupid move. Brice needs Jennifer Malone to be the beta tester of his new cyber defense program and he bet he’d just ruined his chances. Why on earth did he come here at all, let alone do what he just did? Would Jen still show up at tomorrow’s meeting and agree to work with him on testing his new system?
    Can Two Prior Adversaries Work Together?
    Getting Jen to test his new system is Brice’s priority until he discovers she is so much more than the icy cyber geek she portrays to the world. Jen fights to keep her distance, despite Brice’s undeniable charm. There is no way she ever mixes business with pleasure, especially with a recently divorced man…or can magic happen on this New Year’s Night?

    Buy Forever Yours This New Year’s Night

    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/forever-yours-this-new-years-night-la-sartor/1121918506?ean=2940151590976  

    Author Social Media

  • Christmas or Holiday

    Romance: Be Mine This Christmas Night @LesannSartor #RLFblog #Christmas

    Be Mine This Christmas Night 
    LA Sartor, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. Let’s talk about
    your book, Be Mine This Christmas Night.
    Genre: Romance
    Publisher: L.A.
    Sartor
    Cover artist: Neringa http://www.dvdezign.com
    Length: 288 pages print, apx 40,000 words digital
    Heat rating: mild
    Tagline: Will Their Wish Come True This Christmas Night?
    Blurb:
    The Children’s Author …
    Annie Hamilton’s children’s series
    Star Light~Star Bright is a mega hit.
    She loves kids and wants nothing more than a family of her own, but twice burned,
    thrice shy. When a gorgeous man with two young boys moves next door, Annie can’t
    help but dream her impossible dream.
    And The Widower Who Moved Next Door
    Cole
    Evans is a brilliant scientist, but finds fatherhood a challenge. When his son develops a bond with their
    enchanting neighbor, the boy’s favorite author, Cole discovers just how much he’s
    lost—and how much he needs.
    Will Their Wish Come True This Christmas
    Night?
    Can Cole overcome family meddling and
    alleviate Annie’s fears so they can be a ready-made family?
    Buy links:
    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00GGAGV1K
    What are your main characters’ names, ages, and occupations?
    Annabelle Hamilton (Annie) 30’s, Children’s book author
    Dr. Cole Evans, late 30’s, PhD Atmospheric Physicist
    Josh Evans, 7
    Peter Evans, 9

    Interview

    If you could change something
    about your first book, what would it be?
    I changed the cover to Dare To Believe once and I’d change it
    again. If you want to see the first cover, go to www.lasartor
    and scroll down to the bottom of that first page. I’m not sure how I would change
    it a third time, but I’d love to hear from the readers of the blog. Chime in. What
    would you change from my current cover…also on the same website.
    How do you cope with stress
    as an author?
    I go into my back yard which is an oasis for me. Pond, views
    of the mountains, peace. I get away from the computer, and if I still want to write,
    use the ancient tools of pencil and paper. While I love the computer, it can suck
    you dry. Too many distractions, and too many things I should be doing as well as
    writing, like promotion, emails, web-surfing…
    Do things your family
    or friends do ever end up in a book?
    Parts of them do and parts of me. I saw a T-shirt
    once that said, “Be careful what you say or you could end up in my book.”
    True. So watch out J
    Which of your books would
    you recommend to someone who doesn’t normally read your genre, and why?
    I was at a signing recently and was told by some of the readers
    who’d stopped by that they don’t read romance. So I started thinking about my books
    and really, they are a journey, not only of the main characters, but I try really
    hard to take you someplace you may not know. My screenwriting comes in as I set
    the scene, place you there. I’m told I’m good at it. So yes, it’s a love story,
    but so much more. Now how do I tell you that? Thoughts, dear readers?
    Imagine you get to go
    on a dream vacation, but you have only one hour to pack and leave, and it starts
    as soon as you finish this interview. What will you take with you and where will
    you go?
    Shorts, bathing suit, sunscreen and my credit cards. Any island
    where there is sun, sand, palm trees and blue, blue water. Let’s go now. Dare To
    Believe is set both in Hawaii and Colorado. Two of my favorite
    places.
    What is your favorite
    holiday and why?
    Christmas is. Which is why I HAD to write Be Mine This Christmas
    Night. I love the magic, hope, peace and goodwill of the season and wish it could
    last longer, like all year. Wouldn’t peace to all and hope for a better tomorrow
    be a good thing?
    Where were you at midnight,
    on December 31st when the new century started?
    Fun question. At home with my husband, waiting for a calamity
    to befall the bank I was part of. I was on the Y2K team. We were extremely prepared,
    but YAY, nothing!!
    Please underline which statement is more like you:
    “I am a vacation spa because I am laid back and relaxed.”
    “I am a ten-countries in ten-days tour vacation, because
    I do things as fast as possible.”
    Both honestly. But If I had to pick…nope, can’t do it.

    Please complete the sentences

    I love pizza with mushrooms, onions, bell peppers-any color
    and lots of cheese.
    I’m always ready for wine and pasta, a good walk and a chat
    with my best friend.
    When I’m alone, I love to read, do cross stitch and play the
    piano.
    You’d never be able to tell, but I can be a very shy person.
    If I had a halo it would be gold
    with diamonds.
    If I could win the lotto I’d set up a literacy foundation.
    I can never scuba dive again because I’m terrified
    of drowning, but love to swim.

    About the Author

    Leslie Ann Sartor (aka L.A. Sartor)
    began telling stories around the age of 4 when her mother, at Leslie’s insistence,
    wrote them down and Leslie illustrated them. As an adult she writes suspense and
    action adventure novels with a dash of romance, and screenplays—she’s had a contracted
    adaptation! She lives in Colorado
    with her husband whom she met on a blind date. Leslie loves to travel. She thinks
    life is an adventure and we should embrace the journey.

    Find Me Here

    Amazon author site: http://amzn.to/VB7ed9