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Discover fast fun facts about LizAnne Axtel author of Makin’ Music @lizanneaxtel#RLFblog #instalove
A grouchy single father meets his sunshine match in LizAnne Axtel’s new short instalove romance,: Makin’ Music. The past has held him hostage, will her music soften his grumpy heart?
LizAnne, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Makin’ Music.
Makin’ Music by LizAnne Axtel
Genre Contemporary short instalove
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RPerfectly happy with her new job and life in a small, sandhills town, Jessi Swanson has no intention of falling for any of the eligible ranchers her married friends insist on introducing. Men her own age aren’t exciting, she prefers someone a little older, more intriguing and experienced. She meets the single father of a talented student and he’s all she’s dreamed of… and more.
Single father Cam Varga allows no distractions to interfere with raising his daughter. He’s done the relationship thing. They never work out. Then he meets the new band teacher and his orderly world skews out of control. Age difference aside, he has no business lusting after his daughter’s mentor. But he can’t ignore the music swirling through him when he sees Jessi.
Past pain and betrayal have held him hostage. Can Jessi finally break the bonds and allow his heart to heal?
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What’s your favorite book?
There’s probably a different answer for this on every different day. Today I’m gonna say a series rather than just one book. The Sigma Force series by James Rollins. I’m in the mood for some thrilling adventure
What’s a genre you want to write?
I would love to write those thrillers like James Rollins or Dan Brown, but my mind doesn’t necessarily work that way. I do love reading them though!
Best writing advice you ever heard?
Just puke it out. You can’t fix a blank page.
What’s the title and genre of your first book, and where can we find it?
My first book was Makin’ History, part of both the Heart of a Wounded Hero series and my Turquoise Creek Ranch series. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3YZ6PYN
Easy
Coffee or tea? Neither. My caffeine choice is Diet Pepsi
Sit down dinner or drive through? Sit down dinner—unless I’m craving a hamburger
Fold laundry immediately or let it sit? Hanging clothes are done immediately, the other stuff sits
Unload dishwasher right away or use dishes from it? Usually use dishes from the dishwasher
Driving for pleasure or avoid driving anywhere? I don’t mind not in the city driving although I will take any chance I can get to sit in the passenger seat. Especially in the city
Talk or text? Text!
Emoji or smilie? Eh, either one. I use too many anyway.
Where to buy Makin’ Music
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2ZBGQR6
LizAnne Axtel Social Media
A writer once wanted to write different things
Like short little tales of the joy loving brings,
True lovers who struggle with all of life’s stings.
Instalove magic to tug your heartstrings.
A little bit hot, a little more steamy,
And always, you know, with heroes so dreamy
With a promise the endings happy will be,
This pen name was formed by author *lizzie.
Her brain is a library with stories to tell,
She writes and she hopes you’ll like them as well.Website www.lizziestarr.com
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Meet Stella Ann George @stellaanngeorge Author of Note by Note #RLFblog #RomanticSuspense
A fateful flight from Sydney to Tasmania is just the beginning of a worldwide adventure in Stella Ann George’s new romantic suspense, Note by Note. Will a billionaire and a music teacher find love while searching for answers to their mysterious circumstances?
Stella, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Note by Note.
Note by Note by Stella Ann George
Genre Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RFor Finn Cooper, being a billionaire has the usual perks – fine dining, jet setting around the world, and beautiful women. However, no woman is going to break through his wall; he won’t allow himself to be that vulnerable again. But when the plane he is piloting crashes, an independent and capable woman leaves him questioning all he thought he knew about love.
For Jessica Turner, a fateful flight from Sydney to Tasmania turns her world upside down. Surviving in an isolated cabin with a well-known playboy is just the beginning of a journey that tosses the music teacher out of her safe, secure life. Falling for his charm is easy; guarding her heart is another matter.
In a search for answers about their mysterious circumstances, Finn and Jessica find themselves in an increasingly dangerous world neither of them could have imagined. Staying one step ahead of deadly outside forces makes falling in love a little … complicated.
Tell us about yourself as a person.
What is your personality type?
I’m definitely a Type A personality, mostly when it comes to my work and writing. I’m a perfectionist. Even before I sent Note by Note to my editor, I was fretting over the first chapter. There comes a time when you have to let it go. But with others, , my friends and family, I’m more of a Type B, very patient.
What is your favorite subject to talk about?
Besides books and writing, music is probably number one. I’ve been a piano and guitar teacher for 37 years. And I have favorite artists that I listen to – Donny Osmond, Rick Springfield, Barry Manilow, Air Supply, and basically any music from the 80s.
What is your favorite book?
There are so many. It’s probably easier to tell you my favorite authors, Alyssa Day and Sandra Brown. I read Sandra’s books when she was writing for Harlequin. I loved her style. Still do. And she inspires me with her blend of romance and suspense.
Tell us about yourself as a writer.
When you go to a convention, what kinds of things do you take along?
I haven’t done any conventions yet. But I am trying to get out there in my local area to meet as many people as I can – I go to craft shows and coming up, there’s a street festival which will be featuring local authors so that’s exciting. I take my books, bookmarks, business cards, brochures with the blurb and QR code for Note by Note and Memory by Memory. A few decorations like candles, ribbon, music confetti, anything to make the display fun.
What’s your best advice for a new writer?
I am a new writer. I just started on Amazon’s Kindle Vella serial site in July 2021 and released Note by Note as an ebook, paperback, and hardcover in the summer of 2022. I think the best advice is to keep writing, get the words on the page. Find a good editor. And don’t put your dreams on hold. I’m getting started pretty late at age 58, but better late than never.
What are your writing goals for the next year or so?
I started another book in the series following Note by Note called Memory by Memory. It’s currently being serialized on Amazon’s Kindle Vella serial site as I write it. I would like to finish it and have it published within the next year and continue on with a group of books with the same group of family/friends, giving them each their own story. I also have a direct sequel to Note by Note featuring Finn and Jess. I couldn’t seem to let them go at the end so I want to continue their story.
Where to buy Note by Note
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Note-Stella-Ann-George/dp/B0B71QN3GF
Stella Ann George Social Media
Stella Ann George is a part-time romantic suspense author and piano teacher living in southeastern Pennsylvania with her husband of 22 years, daughter, 19, son, 21 and her adorable long-haired chihuahua, Holly. She has been an avid reader all of her life. Her love of writing began in 4th grade when her teacher would post a picture in his classroom every Monday morning. By Friday, everyone had to write a story about it. She also loves to travel and has been around the USA, to Europe, and Australia and New Zealand.
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Read #Shadows of the Past by Alexa Aston @AlexaAston #RLFblog #SmallTownRomance
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Read Desert Rose the new #SmallTownRomance by J Arlene Culiner @JArleneCuliner #RLFblog #Contemporary
Two secretive people: it’s hard to know what they’re thinking or feeling, and that makes falling in love a definite challenge!
J Arlene welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Desert Rose.
Desert Rose by J Arlene Culiner
Genre Contemporary Small Town Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): SensualSecrets are the best protection against love.
Rose Badger is the local flirt, and if the other inhabitants of backwoods Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage and a dead-end career far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Newcomer Jonah Livingstone is intriguing, but with his complicated life, he’s off limits for anything other than friendship. Besides, Rose has a secret world of her own—one she won’t give up for any man.
The last person geologist Jonah Livingstone expected to meet in a semi-ghost town is the sparkling and lovely Rose Badger. But Rose, always surrounded by many admirers, doesn’t seem inclined to choose a favorite. So why fret? Jonah keeps his personal life well hidden…and that’s the best way to avoid disappointment.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/tHPrIciT0XU
Why did you write this book?
Once upon a time, I found myself in a clapboard, rusty trailer, semi-ghost town in Nevada, where an ever-buffeting wind dragged dust across the frozen ground, rattled grasses, and set the doors of abandoned shacks tapping. The hotel I stayed in was a rundown has-been: ceilings soared high, and the lumpy, almost colorless wallpaper was surely a century old. In the hotel’s bar, a talentless band whined out bad country music, and eccentric locals dished up tall tales, wry humor, and suspicion.
It was a singular community, quite magical, and I’ve recreated it as Blake’s Folly, the setting for three romances: A Room in Blake’s Folly, All About Charming Alice, and Desert Rose.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love reading history. A book that combines literary travel and history gets my undivided attention.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Flora Post in Stella Gibbon’s Cold Comfort Farm is a favorite. She is brisk, efficient, intelligent, but also has a wonderful sense of humor (so did Stella Gibbons, obviously).
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m finishing up Words for Patty Jo. It’s a romance, it’s women’s literature, and it is rather more literary than my other romances. I’m also working on a book of satirical cartoons.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Hopefully, a book of my own cartoons.
Where to buy Desert Rose
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/RosesDesert
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Writer, photographer, social critical artist, musician, and occasional actress, J Arlene Culiner, was born in New York and raised in Toronto. She has crossed much of Europe on foot, has lived in a Hungarian mud house, a Bavarian castle, a Turkish cave-dwelling, on a Dutch canal, and in a haunted house on the English moors. She now resides in a 400-year-old former inn in a French village of no interest and, much to local dismay, protects all creatures, especially spiders and snakes. She particularly enjoys incorporating into short stories, mysteries, narrative non-fiction, and romances, her experiences in out-of-the-way communities, and her conversations with strange characters.
Website https://www.j-arleneculiner.com
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Have you read the modern western Romance The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille @BarbaraWDaille #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #Western
Today’s featured book is The Sheriff’s Son, a contemporary western romance by Barbara White Daille.
The Sheriff’s Son by Barbara White Daille
Genre: Contemporary romance
Book heat level: PG13
Why is Tanner Jones back in town?
Seven-year-old Kevin has been a handful for single mom Sarah Lindstrom, and when the new sheriff walks through her door holding her son by the scruff of his neck for egging his car, she knows she’s lost control. But can she control herself–and keep the secret she’s kept for so many years?
Tanner Jones has no idea Kevin is his son–he lost the right to that information when he abandoned Sarah soon after graduation. Just because he’s back in town doesn’t mean he can waltz into her life–and Kevin’s–to pick up where they left off. But Sarah can’t deny the feelings she still harbors for Tanner, and can’t deny how her son is benefiting from his attentions.
When Tanner finds out the truth, what is he going to do?Where to buy The Sheriff’s Son
Publisher: Harlequin http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=55991
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Sheriffs-Son-Barbara-White-Daille-ebook/dp/B00N79F94I
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-sheriffs-son-barbara-white-daille/1007881628?ean=9781460369876
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-sheriff-s-son-10Barbara White Daille Social Media
Barbara White Daille lives with her husband in the sunny Southwest. Though they love the warm winters and the lizards in their front yard, they haven’t gotten used to the scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara also loves writing, reading, and chocolate. Come to think of it, she enjoys writing about those subjects, too!
Barbara wrote her first short story at the age of nine, then typed “The End” to her first novel many years later…in the eighth grade. Now she’s writing contemporary romance on a daily basis. Sign up for her newsletter to keep up with the latest in her writing life: https://barbarawhitedaille.com/newsletter
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Read the series: Earth and Sky Series by Janina Grey @janina_grey #RLFblog #ContemporaryRomance #PaganRomance #WitchLit
Life is for Living in the Earth and Sky Series is Book 2, following Love in the Forest, and preceding Lost in Your Rhythm, by Janina Grey. All three books (available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Soul Mate Publishing, focus on the lives of staff members at Earth and Sky, a healing retreat in the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York. The neat paranormal twist is that the many of the people live Pagan lifestyles and consider themselves witches. By day, their lives are filled with job stresses, relationship woes, life trauma, and family dysfunction many people can relate to at some point. But after hours, they show us glimpses at what life is really like for modern day practitioners. While there isn’t any sparks flying from their fingertips or pacts with demons, they do communicate with the dead, use Tarot, follow the Wheel of the Year, and devote their lives to Goddess.
Janina 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.
Earth and Sky Series by Janina Grey
Genre Contemporary Romance, Paranormal
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RSingle mom Jayde MacMillan does not need the headache of another man in her life, as she devotes her every breath for caring for her two toddler twins, and working full time to give them a stable and happy home.
Daniel Cameron is a free-spirited lover of all things beautiful—including women. He’s perfectly content with drumming around a fire and winding his way barefoot through the forests of upstate New York.
Neither expected to see each other again after a wild and passionate night of lovemaking at a local spring festival. A chance encounter and two precocious toddlers four years later says Fate has other plans for Jayde and Dan.
Some one-night stands are meant to last forever.
Which book is this in the series?
Life is for Living is Book 2 of the Earth and Sky series.
How many books do you plan for the series?
I planned on stopping at three books, but suddenly a mysterious cowboy named Brose Morgan joined the brand new Earth and Sky Equine therapy team. He and I are still getting to know one another. At this point I’ve only planned three, but who knows what the future holds?
How many books are completed?
My third book, Lost In Your Rhythm, is set to be released on May 17, 2023. So all three books are finished!
What characters are the main stars in your series?
In Love In The Forest, Book1, Brooke Meadows, the camp photographer for Earth and Sky Retreats meets Joshua Quinn, struggling to come to terms with the death of his wife and daughters a few years earlier. A photographer by day and witch by night, Brooke is affectionately known as a death walker, and soon learns Joshua’s dead wife is trying to set them up.
In Book 2, Life Is For Living, Barefoot Dan, the lovable Pagan drummer sworn to bachelorhood we meet in Book 1, discovers the one night stand who broke his heart at a Beltaine, May Day festival four years earlier, is the mother of his children. Can he win Jayde’s trust? Does he even want to?
Jayde would be just fine without Dan, and does everything in her power to keep him out of her life.
In Lost In Your Rhythm, Book 3, Liza Purkypile, the new Earth and Sky camp photographer and recent cancer survivor is determined to find her independence and success in Demilune, where her new job is located. Jack Issa, a local music shop owner who has escaped his past and taking a time out from life to heal mentally, emotionally, and physically, meets Liza and decides this is the woman he wants to grow old with. Not knowing how much time she has left, Liza realizes cancer was an easy battle compared to the war waging within her heart.
What is the overall theme in this series?
The overall theme of the series is to show how Paganism is real, and witches do not shoot fire from their fingertips, have drug-induced orgies, or make pacts with the devil. They live, work, and play like everyone else as they search for their very own happily ever after.
Please list the series titles below, in any order you prefer.
Lost In Your Rhythm, Book 3, release date May 17.
Life Is For Living, Book 2, And,
Love In The Forest, Book 1.What did you like best about writing this series?
I loved how the characters told their stories through me. It was as if they were dictating and all I had to do was make sure I got it right. They became a part of my life for the last three years, kept me company through the pandemic, and even helped me face a few of my own inner demons.
What other books (not in this series, have you written?)
I’ve written and published one other book with Soul Mate Publishing, Ten Bucks And A Wish, which was my first ever romance published. That takes place on Long Island, NY and is totally different from the Earth and Sky Series. No witches.
Where can we find links for all your books?
Website https://www.janinagrey.com
Amazon Author Page https://amazon.com/author/janinagreyWhere to buy Life Is For Living
Publisher www.soulmatepublishing.com
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Life-Living-Earth-Sky-Book-ebook/dp/B09WNG7J7F
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/life-is-for-living-janina-grey/1141939531
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/u/bMzPp5Janina Grey Social Media
Janina Grey has been writing since she could hold a crayon, and there has been no stopping her since. Journaling, short stories, poetry, newsletters, news, feature, columns, Op/Eds, and press releases have kept her busy her whole life. But it was the sweet Harlequin romances she read in her downtime that stayed forever in her heart and gave her the inspiration to write her own contemporary romances now published with Soul Mate Publishing.
By day, Janina guides domestic and sexual assault survivors down their path of healing and empowerment. But in the wee hours of the morning, she hunkers down at her childhood writing desk with Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, or Led Zep streaming through her earbuds while she brings to life her characters as they face their real-life sorrows and successes, and best of all, their happily-ever-afters.
Growing up on Long Island and living periodically in Tennessee as a youth has given her the opportunity to meet many different types of people and experience many different lifestyles. After moving from Long Island to settle in the Mohawk Valley in Upstate New York with her family, she found the support needed to pursue her writing endeavors with Central New York Romance Writers and Romance Writers of America.
When Janina is not writing, she may be marching for women’s rights, kayaking, camping, drumming, or dancing around the fire.
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