• Book Release,  Contemporary

    Violet by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #NewRelease #contemporary romance

    Violet by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #NewRelease #contemporary romanceEmily Mims, 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 book.

    Violet

    Genre contemporary romance

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    He’s Everything
    Karen Gregory has always been into big, take-charge, brooding alpha males. Not small, cute, second grade schoolteachers. Even though her marriage to Deke Gregory failed, she still thinks his type of man is what she wants. Or does she? When she returns to her hometown with the son her ex all but abandoned, she meets fellow teacher and singer Gary Jeffries, and finds herself falling for a man who is the antithesis of everything she thought she ever wanted. When Deke dramatically re-enters her life, Karen is faced with an impossible choice. Go back to her romantic ideal, and the father of her son, or stay with Gary?
    But Not Her Ideal
    Gary Jefferies knows he’s not what smokin’ hot, talented teacher and singer Karen Gregory wants. But he also knows that he is, by far, the better man for her and her son. Especially after meeting her arrogant, obnoxious ex. But shared history and a ten-year old child are strong ties to sever. Gary fears he’ll he lose Karen to her romantic ideal, even though Gary is the man she hasn’t yet realized she needs.
    Why did you write this book?
    I thought it would be fun to write a hero who doesn’t fit the romance novel ideal of big, take-charge and brooding. Gary is small, cute, and smiles all the timeā€¦just like the father I grew up with.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    Contemporary romance and romantic suspense. I also love a well-done paranormal.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Eve Dallas of the ‘In Death’ series. Without a doubt.
    What are you working on at the moment?
    I just finished ‘Ruby’, a Smoky Blues novella reuniting Lexi Barstow and Senator Collins Wentworth. They are my first foray into a love story involving characters with Medicare cards in their wallets.
    What books will we see from you in coming months?
    You will see the above-mentioned ‘Ruby’, as well as ‘Amethyst’, the sequel to ‘Violet’ in which Karen’s ex gets his own happily ever after.

    Where to buy Violet

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing company
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Violet-Smoky-Blues-Book-7-ebook/dp/B079F24B4V/
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/violet-emily-mims/1127912554
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/785846

    Emily Mims Social Media

    Author of thirty-six romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and ukulele. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”
    Website http://www.emilymims.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/EmilyMimsAuthor
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmilyMimsAuthor/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7336670.Emily_Mims

     

  • Book Release,  Christmas or Holiday

    Mistletoe by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #contemporary #romance

    Mistletoe by Emily Mims @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #contemporary #romanceWelcome Emily Mims, author of Mistletoe, a new contemporary Christmas romance.
    Why did you write this book?
    I love Christmas stories and enjoy reading them year-round. Tanner and Caitlyn both appeared in earlier installments of the Smoky Blue series and cried out for a story of their own.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    Contemporary romance and romantic suspense
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    Eve Dallas, without a doubt! She’s the lead in J.D. Robb’s ‘In Death’ series.
    What are you working on at the moment?
    I just finished ‘Violet’, the sequel to ‘Mistletoe, and will begin plotting a novella to fit between ‘Violet’ and ‘Amethyst’.
    What books will we see from you in coming months?
    ‘Violet’ will be out sometime in the spring. There will probably be a novella giving Lexi Barstow and Collins Wentworth their long-awaited happily ever after before I write ‘Amethyst’, which was supposed to be the last book in the Smoky Blue series.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Genre Contemporary romance with a Christmas theme
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): spicy
    Aspiring songwriter Caitlyn Murphy is tired of sister’s hand-me-downs. From toys and bicycles to men, it seemed like everything in Caitlyn’s life first belonged to her late sister. Roped into doing Christmas for motherless nieces, and entering into a pretend romance with their dangerously attractive father, Caitlyn soon finds herself falling in love with the girls, and the enigmatic Tanner Dyson. She resists the temptation and Tanner’s insistence that they make their pretend relationship real. She wants her own family, not the one her sister had first.
    She Always Wanted
    Tanner Dyson doesn’t get why he is so attracted to his overweight, opinionated sister-in-law. She wants love and the whole romance thing, emotions that died with his late wife. He wants a woman who is nice to have around, and he can’t understand why that isn’t that enough for Caitlyn. Worried their pretend relationship will wither and die come the new year, Tanner is surprised to find the magic of the holiday season gives them the gift of a new love neither expected, but both need.
    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Smoky-Blues-Book-6-ebook/dp/B077M8VV3R/
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/mistletoe-emily-mims/1127494372
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mistletoe-4
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/759729
    CreateSpace https://www.amazon.com/Mistletoe-Smokey-Blues-Emily-Mims/dp/1979474249/

    Emily Mims Social Media

    Author of thirty four romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and grandmother of six, she and her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in eastern Tennessee and Georgia. She plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and ukulele and belongs to two performing bands. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”
    Website http://www.EmilyMims.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/EmilyMimsAuthor
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmilyMimsAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7336670.Emily_Mims

     

  • Suspense

    Tying a New Series w/an Old One @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #suspense

    By Emily Mims
    When I wrote ‘Solomon’s Choice’
    back in 2012, I had no idea that it would become the first book the nine book ‘Texas
    Hill Country’ series, set around the fictional lake community of Heaven’s Point
    of Verde County, Texas. I had a wonderful time with those stories. I drew
    deeply from my own lake community and quaint charm of the Hill Country of
    Texas. I used my own house in the story, and sent my heroes and heroines on the
    same moonlit boat rides and eagle watching trips I had been on. I wrote about a
    place and the people that I loved.
    At the same time, as a writer I
    recognized that series have, or should have, a finite lifetime. As long as two
    years ago I was already thinking about my next series and getting to know the
    characters as they developed in my imagination. But at the same time, I didn’t
    want to just drop the Hill Country series cold, leaving my readers wondering
    what had happened to that series and those settings and characters. So I
    decided to do something I’ve seen done a few times but not often enough in the
    world of series romance. I decided to tie the two series together, by
    introducing a couple of characters in the last book of the Hill Country series
    that would travel to Tennessee. They would become two of my heroes in the ‘Smoky
    Blue’ series, set in the folk and bluegrass music world of the Appalachian
    Mountains. Hopefully, my readers would be eager to travel with these characters
    and join them in their new setting.
    My readers have already met Ren
    Navarro, the hero of ‘Mist’, in the last two books in the Hill Country series. He
    and his friend Sawyer Ellison both find themselves in Appalachia, again
    investigating drug dealing associated with a music club. Ren and Sawyer were
    both mysterious characters in ‘Once, Again.’ Although Ren’s true nature and
    Sawyer’s true mission are not revealed until the end of that book, I wrote both
    characters with the subsequent series in mind, making sure Ren had the traits
    and talents he would need as the hero of ‘Mist’ and laying the groundwork for
    Sawyer’s continuing development as a character and his role as an eventual
    hero. As cousin to the heroes of the last two Hill Country books and a part of
    the family business, through Ren we will see Alex and Misty again, and the
    series will continue to have ties to Texas and the characters we left behind
    there.
    But not too many ties. The Smoky
    Blue series has its own characters and stories. And it is set in a part of the
    country that in many ways is very different from Texas. This time the story is
    set not around a community, but around a bluegrass nightclub called Acoustics,
    and the heroes and heroines are in some was associated with the club. Many of
    the characters are musicians. This time, I’m drawing deeply from my experiences
    as a musician and avid lover of mountain music. The jam sessions depicted are
    modeled after those I’ve played in. My dulcimer-playing heroine, Kylie, plays
    the same songs on her dulcimer that I do on mine. The ukulele-playing heroine
    of the third book, ‘Evergreen’, plays the same music I play on my uke. The
    festivals-I’ve been to every one of them. Even the dulcimer on the cover
    belongs to me. These stories are coming from a very different
    place than the others. They call for fresh characters in this new setting, with
    new challenges to face as they find the man or woman of their dreams.

    About the Book

    Title Mist
    Genre Romance/romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Someone is distributing drugs out of the nightclub
    Acoustics, and musician and undercover operative Reynolds Navarro has come to
    Bristol, Tennessee to find out who. His prime suspect is the beautiful dulcimer
    player Kylie Barstow Richards, whose drug-dealing husband was gunned down and
    who has an unexplained source of money feeding into an offshore account. As
    part of his investigation, Ren must gain her trust-and access to her home. What
    better way to do that than to become her lover?
    Kylie hates liars-she has been lied to all her life and she
    vows never to be lied to again, especially by the appealing Ren Campbell. But
    with danger drawing nearer and everything Kylie’s ever wanted about to be lost
    to her, can Kylie put her faith in the man she loves but knows she cannot
    trust?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mist-Smokey-Blues-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LZBLPWO/ 

    About the Author

    Author of twenty-eight romance novels, Emily Mims combined
    her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the
    classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and
    her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in
    Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and
    ukulele. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”

    Author Social Media

    Amazon Author Page https://amazon.com/Emily-Mims/e/B00FQQ247K

  • RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever Top Bloggers @vickibatman #RLFblog

    The Top Blogger for this month is Vicki Batman, 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 Vicki Batman

    Website: http://vickibatman.blogspot.com/p/more-about-me.html

    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 cumulative page
    views, including return and unique visits. This month I was very surprised to
    find myself in the running for both top blogger and top chatter. That’s never happened
    before. The Cancer Awareness week tribute to a late friend and the MFRW
    Founding Day tribute put me in both 2nd and 3rd place in both categories. Thank
    you for the wonderful support. There was a tie for 5th place. I have noted the Cancer Awareness posts below.

    Congratulations to each one!
    1 Vicki Batman
    (Cancer Awareness)
    2 Kayelle Allen (MFRW Founding Day)
    3 Kayelle Allen (Cancer Awareness)
    3 Dee Owens (Cancer Awareness)
    4 Emily Mims
    5 Lloyd Meeker (Cancer Awareness), Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
    Honorable mention:  Merry Holly

    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 Vicki Batman
    (Cancer Awareness)
    2 Kayelle Allen (MFRW Founding Day)
    3 Kayelle Allen (Cancer Awareness)
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  • Suspense

    Mist, Romantic Suspense by @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #romance

    Today’s featured book is Mist by Emily Mims.

    About the Book

    Title Mist
    Genre Romance/romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13
    Someone is distributing drugs out of the nightclub
    Acoustics, and musician and undercover operative Reynolds Navarro has come to
    Bristol, Tennessee to find out who. His prime suspect is the beautiful dulcimer
    player Kylie Barstow Richards, whose drug-dealing husband was gunned down and
    who has an unexplained source of money feeding into an offshore account. As
    part of his investigation, Ren must gain her trust-and access to her home. What
    better way to do that than to become her lover?
    Kylie hates liars-she has been lied to all her life and she
    vows never to be lied to again, especially by the appealing Ren Campbell. But
    with danger drawing nearer and everything Kylie’s ever wanted about to be lost
    to her, can Kylie put her faith in the man she loves but knows she cannot
    trust?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Mist-Smokey-Blues-Book-1-ebook/dp/B01LZBLPWO/

    About the Author

    Author of twenty-eight romance novels, Emily Mims combined
    her writing career with a career in public education until leaving the
    classroom to write full time. The mother of two sons and six grandsons, she and
    her husband Charles live in central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in
    Tennessee and Georgia. For relaxation she plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and
    ukulele. She says, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman-if she’ll just let it.”

    Author Social Media

    Website/blog http://emilymims.com

  • Suspense

    Romance Can Happen to You @EmilyMimsAuthor #RLFblog #romance

    Author of twenty-six romance novels, Emily Mims combined her
    writing career with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to
    write full time. The mother of two sons and grandmother of six, she and her husband
    Charles live in Central Texas but frequently visit grandchildren in Tennessee and
    Georgia. She plays the piano, organ, dulcimer and ukulele and belongs to two performing
    groups. She sayw, “I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance
    happened to me and it can happen to any woman–if she’ll just let it.”

    About the Book

    Title Once, Again
    Once, Again 
    Genre romantic suspense
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    After losing his wife and unborn so to violence, Alex
    Navarro knew he could never love again, yet, when an old acquaintance comes
    begging for his help, what starts out as a ruse to save her brother turns into
    a love he swore he’d never find again.
    The survivor of a brutal attack, Misty Martinez has just
    come home to San Antonio to put her life back together when her little brother
    is framed for selling drugs. Her father insists she help, but to clear her
    brother’s name and find the real culprits she must go undercover, joining a
    band and posing as the girlfriend of the wealthy widower and owner of the
    nightclub where her brother worked.
    Alex Navarro is sensual, compellingā€¦and arrogant and
    embittered, unable to return Misty’s love, as his heart still belongs to his
    dead wife. Yet their attraction is there, undeniable, mutual, all-consuming. A
    choice might be made to find pleasure in a moment, but something sweeter begs
    to be tasted. This love is like the redemption Misty is seeking for her
    family-difficult, dangerous and the only thing that can destroy the demons of
    the past.

    Buy Once, Again

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing Company
    Publisher http://www.boroughspublishinggroup.com/once-again
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C7T0IY4
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-onceagain-1991395-149.html

    About the Book

    A Gift of Hope 
    Title A Gift of Hope
    Genre Contemporary Romance
    Author Emily Mims
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
    Gina Reyes takes her job as Miss Santa seriously. There are more
    needy families in San Antonio than money to help them, especially around the holidays.
    This year she receives an incredible donation that comes with a price, her new co-chair.
    Her family has felt the sting of his company’s Big Picture for the Greater Good
    philosophy, and the man represents everything she abhors.
    Lalo Navarro, a son of privilege, wants nothing more than to
    improve his beloved San Antonio. Imagine his surprise when he learns he’s a demon
    and not a do-gooder. Pushed into accepting the Miss Santa co-chair to raise his
    political visibility, Lalo is soon humbled by Miss Santa herself, the shapely Gina
    Reyes, who somehow becomes everything he wants. On opposite sides of just about
    every issue imaginable, the only thing that could bring them together would be to
    follow their heartsā€¦and then a Christmas miracle.

    Buy A Gift of Hope

    Publisher Boroughs Publishing Company
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-gift-of-hope-emily-mims/1122766039?ean=2940152399035
    Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/bppls/view/583533
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-agiftofhope-1902197-177

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