• Know the Heroine,  Military

    Know the Heroine from Naval Maneuvers by Dee S Knight @DeeSKnight #RLFblog #Romance #Military

    Know the Heroine from Naval Maneuvers by Dee S Knight @DeeSKnight #RLFblog #Romance #MilitaryFalling in love is only half the battle for Mel Crandall. She must overcome long-held prejudices about the military and move on, or take the chance of losing her love in Dee S Knight's Naval Maneuvers.

    Dee, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I'm Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We're excited to find out more about your heroine, but first, tell us about Naval Maneuvers.

    Naval Maneuvers by Dee S Knight

    Genre Contemporary erotic romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): X

    Men and women of the armed forces experience desire and love pretty much like everyone else. Except, well, there is that uniform. And the hard-to-resist attraction of "duty, honor, service" as a man might apply them to a woman's pleasure. All things considered, romance among the military is a pretty sexy, compelling force for which you'd better be armed, whether weighing anchor and moving forward into desire, dropping anchor and staying put for passion, or setting a course for renewed love with anchor home.

    Know the Heroine from Naval Maneuvers

    Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.

    It's late, she's bored. What does she do?

    Makes a cup of cocoa and binge-watches cooking shows.

    What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?

    Dark chocolate M&Ms. As a doctor she knows they're not really "food" or good for her, but sometimes you just gotta live a little.

    Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.

    Classic styles—trouser pants with pleats and a belt when going out casually and soft, collared blouses. She has three distinct little black dresses and almost always wears dresses or skirts when going out for an evening. She enjoys heels because they make her feel feminine (and yes, sexy!) but is just as comfortable in flats. Clothing must be comfortable and she tends towards the flowy, draping types of materials of very good quality.

    Does she know how to fix things?

    Yes, she's a good handyman type. Her dad was gone a lot while she was growing up (in the Marine Corps) and her mom insisted she know how to take care of herself. No matter how much you might want it (her mom would say), men aren't always there right when you need them to fix a faucet. This is one of the things Mel dislikes about the military—that it requires long periods of being apart from the person you love and need the most.

    She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.

    She took test in high school English after watching TV the night before instead of studying. After all, she'd read the material, right? No need to reviewt he class notes too. So seeing the questions shook her up and her grade reflected her lack of preparation. Since she'd always wanted to be a doctor, it hit her then that lack of preparation could mean a life instead of a bad grade and she never slacked off again.

    How does she act around children she doesn't know?

    She likes kids but she's an only child, so she doesn't have a lot of personal interaction with them.

    What is she like first thing in the morning?

    Years of schooling and then internship and residency ingrained a sense of waking up quickly and getting a move-on. That's what she's like every morning. Up, shower, dress, coffee, and she's off!

    Can she use chopsticks?

    Yes, though she doesn't usually, even in Asian restaurants. She's normally in a hurry and forks simply have that time advantage.

    Does she drink coffee? If so, how does she take it? If not, what does she drink instead?

    OMG, YES! She takes it as God intended—black and without sugar.

    What apps would she have on her phone?

    Her hospital's app, one for her email server, JAMA, and the Food Network.

    Android or iPhone?

    iPhone

    Earrings or unpierced ears?

    Pierced ears. She usually wears stud style because anything that dangles could get in the way while she's working.

    Tattoos or unadorned skin?

    Unadorned

    Personal vehicle or public transport?

    Because her job is unpredictable, she drives herself most of the time. Plus, public transport isn't that great around Charlottesville.

    Recycle or toss?

    Recycle. It's something small she can do.

    Where to buy Naval Maneuvers

    Universal Buy Link https://viewbook.at/Naval-Maneuvers

    Dee S Knight Social Media

    A few years ago, Dee S Knight began writing, making getting up in the morning fun. During the day, her characters killed people, fell in love, became drunk with power, or sober with responsibility. And they had sex, lots of sex.
    After a while, Dee split her personality into thirds. She writes as Anne Krist for sweeter romances, and Jenna Stewart for ménage and shifter stories. All three of her personas are found on the Nomad Authors website (www.nomadauthors.com). Fortunately, Dee's high school sweetheart is the love of her life and husband to all three ladies! Once a month, look for Dee's Charity Sunday blog posts, where your comment can support a selected charity.
    Website https://nomadauthors.com
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  • Fiction Furbaby,  Paranormal

    Fiction Furbaby: Meet Tom from The Eyes of Bast by Lisabet Sarai @LisabetSarai @RobsRescues #RLFblog #Pets #Contest

    Fiction Furbaby: Meet Tom from The Eyes of Bast by Lisabet Sarai @LisabetSarai @RobsRescues #RLFblog #PetsWhen Shaina discovers a beautiful black tom in her feral cat trap, she has no idea the feline is a shape shifter and her fated mate. In Lisabet Sarai’s paranormal erotic romance The Eyes of Bast, an apparently ordinary woman battles a centuries-old sorceress to save the cursed creature she loves.

    Lisabet, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We support all furbabies, real life or fictional. We want to know all about your Fiction Furbaby, but first, please tell us about The Eyes of Bast.

    The Eyes of Bast by Lisabet Sarai

    Genre Paranormal erotic romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): NC-17

    Trust your heart. Follow your dreams.

    When instinct tells Shaina to visit the feral cat trap she’s set in Central Park, she listens to that inner voice. She discovers she’s caged a magnificent black tom, but the cat inexplicably vanishes after she tends to his wounds. Seeking the missing feline, Shaina encounters instead a handsome stranger whose slightest touch sets her body on fire. As the day dawns after a night of ferocious passion, her mysterious lover is forced back into his true shape—the tomcat she rescued.

    Born a cat, Tom was transformed into an unwilling shape shifter by a sorceress who craved a human plaything to satisfy her perverse lusts. Centuries old and irresistibly powerful, Delphine Montserrat will stop at nothing to find her runaway familiar. Shaina vows to do whatever is necessary to defeat the vicious but seductive witch and save the man she believes is her soul mate—even though it might mean losing him forever.

    Meet Tom from The Eyes of Bast

    Full name: Tom
    Nickname: Tom
    Gender: Male
    Species: Feline
    Physical description: Tom is an all-black mature male cat, sleek and muscular, with hypnotic green eyes.

    Relationship to main character: In his human form, Tom is Shaina’s lover and soul-mate.

    Relationship to the villain/antagonist: Powerful witch Delphine Montserrat laid a shape-shifting spell upon Tom when he was young, in order to bind him to her as her familiar and to use him as an outlet for her perverse lusts.

    Where this furbaby came from: Tom was born to a stray mother in coastal Maine. He was captured by Delphine when he was about six months old.

    What inspired you to create this character?

    To start with, I’m a confirmed ailurophile. I can’t imagine living without cats. But I’d never actually written a story with a cat as a main character. Meanwhile, I wanted to create a paranormal romance with a different sort of story line from what is typical.

    Tom borrows some of his characteristics from the (mostly) black male cat Samson who currently lives with me although Tom is considerably more ferocious. Samson is a bit of a moosh cat, very sweet and affectionate. Physically, though, they have the same sort of grace and power.

    What does the main character think about this furbaby?

    Shaina is an animal lover who volunteers for a New York animal shelter. In her spare time, she works to capture and neuter feral cats. So she truly cares for the cat she discovers in her trap, especially when she sees that he’s wounded. Even though animals are not allowed in her building, she brings him back to her small apartment and carries him up five flights of stairs to tend to his injury.

    By the time she realizes that Tom is more than just a stray feline, she has already fallen in love with his human persona. She commits herself to helping him free himself from the clutches of Delphine Montserrat, even though she understands she may be risking her love and in fact her life.

    What does the villain/antagonist think about this furbaby?

    Sorceress Delphine Montserrat believes that she owns Tom. After all, in a sense she created him. At the same time, some of her magical power comes from his presence. Thus, she’s determined to reclaim him as her own and vows to punish him for escaping.

    What does this furbaby eat?

    When he’s in cat form, he eats cat food. (Shaina keeps a supply in her apartment just in case even though she’s not allowed to have pets.) When he’s in human form, at one point in the story, he eats buffalo chicken wings!

    What is this furbaby’s natural habitat?

    Tom is a New England cat. He grew up by the ocean, sleeping under the piers or overturned boats, and no doubt eating scraps thrown out by the fisherman.

    What does this furbaby add to the story?

    Well, since Tom is actually the hero, the story wouldn’t exist without him, LOL.

    What about this furbaby will readers like, and why?

    In his cat form, Tom is gorgeous (as only a cat can be!), intelligent and independent. He’s very friendly and affectionate to Shaina, despite being an apparent feral.

    In his human form, he’s strong, handsome and devastatingly sexy. In addition, he’s a tragic character, ensnared in evil through no fault of his own.

    What triggers the shift from human to animal?

    Tom is human at night and normally a cat during the day.

    How does the shifting process happen?

    When he’s touched by morning sunlight, Tom will shift from human to animal.

    How does the human character think and feel about the animal side?

    As a human, he retains quite a few of his animal characteristics. He has never fully embraced life as a man.

    How does the animal character think and feel about the human side?

    We don’t know, since the novella is written from Shaina’s perspective. Indeed, she wonders how much he remembers about being human when he’s in cat form.

    About Samson

    This post is called Fiction Furbaby, but perhaps your own pet does not have fur. If you have a pet that has fins, wings, scales, or other features, please tell us about them here.

    I actually have two cats at the moment, but as noted above, many of Tom’s attributes are modeled after my male cat Samson. He’s about eight now; since he was a rescue cat, we don’t know exactly how old he was when we adopted him. Unlike Tom, he’s not one hundred percent black; he has white whiskers, a white spot under his chin and under one arm, and one white toe. Also, his eyes are gold rather than green like Tom’s.

    Samson is sleek and athletic. He’s a “high places” cat. He loves jumping up on top of our kitchen cabinets or other tall furniture. I don’t think I’ve ever had a cat with a sweeter personality. He loves to cuddle, and sleeps with me almost every night.

    On the other hand, he does have his idiosyncrasies. Due to his early upbringing, he doesn’t always use the cat litter. And for some reason he likes to munch on plastic bags!Fiction Furbaby: Meet Tom from The Eyes of Bast by Lisabet Sarai @LisabetSarai @RobsRescues #RLFblog #Pets

    What do your pets do when you are writing?

    Sometimes Samson will sit on my lap while I write. He’s very skilled at being unobtrusive, unlike our female cat Delilah, who always wants attention.

    Much of the time, though, they’re both sacked out on the living room furniture or on one of the chairs pushed under the dining room table.

    What’s the most unusual pet you ever had?

    When I was in high school, I had a white mouse as a pet. Unfortunately, mice are pretty fragile. As I recall, he didn’t last long; one day I found him dead in his cage. We always had cats as well, so it’s possible the mouse died of fright!

    Where did you find your pet?

    We adopted Samson from a veterinary clinic that had rescued him from the street. We already had Delilah and were looking for another cat to serve as her companion and stop her from being so aggressive. The vet attendant opened the cage where Samson was kept. The cat stepped out, put his front paws on my chest and gazed up at me with his gorgeous golden eyes. I was hooked!

    Where to buy The Eyes of Bast

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4LVYDLH
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    Lisabet Sarai Social Media

    Lisabet Sarai became addicted to words at an early age. She began reading when she was four. She wrote her first story at five years old and her first poem at seven. Since then, she has penned plays, tutorials, scholarly articles, marketing brochures, software specifications, self-help books, press releases, a five-hundred page dissertation, and lots of erotica and erotic romance – over one hundred titles, and counting, in nearly every sub-genre—paranormal, scifi, ménage, BDSM, GLBT, and more. Regardless of the genre, every one of her stories illustrates her motto: Imagination is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
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    Shout out to Rob’s Rescues – founded by a 9-year-old animal activist

    Rob’s Rescues is a non-profit organization in Georgia helping people in need care for and feed their pets. It was founded in 2014 by a then nine-year-old boy. Rob’s Rescues is dedicated to collecting pet food for people in need to reduce shelter surrenders, and to advocating for the adoption of shelter pets. Rob writes monthly articles advocating for shelter animals in the Around About Local Media magazine publications. His column was first published in 2014. He also has pet food collection sites for people in need in the community and interviews amazing people. His interviews appear online once they are published in his column.
    Rob volunteers for Pet Buddies Food Pantry, the Cherokee County Animal Shelter and Cobb County Animal Control and collects pet food for these organizations and the communities they serve. He also wants to bring attention to smaller, rural shelters. Mostly he wants to get kids to be Rob’s Rangers to teach kids that they can help shelter animals. Rob has also talked to kids in a classroom setting.
    Rob’s Rescues is a Non-Profit Corporation and all donations are tax deductible.
    Website http://www.robsrescues.com/
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/robsrescues/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/RobsRescues

    Shout out to The Mountain Lion Foundation

    The mission of MLF (https://mountainlion.org) is to help ensure the survival of the American mountain lion (also known as cougars, pumas or panthers). Their work includes teaching people how to co-exist with mountain lions, fighting legislation (e.g. related to hunting or trapping) that jeopardizes mountain lions, conducting research into mountain lion distribution and behavior, and generally raising public awareness about lions. Mountain lions are both a key indicator of a healthy environment, and a factor in maintaining such an environment. As an apex predator, mountain lions function as ecological engineers, meaning they help keep entire ecosystems functioning properly. Lions reduce the time deer and elk spend browsing along streams, which helps protect our waterways from both droughts and flooding. Furthermore, mountain lion carrion provides food sources for countless wildlife species, helping maintain biodiversity and keeping ecosystems intact and resilient to change.


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  • Contemporary,  Series Feature

    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): R

    Single 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/janinagrey

    Where 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
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    Janina 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.
    Website https://www.janinagrey.com
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  • Know the Heroine,  Lesbian

    Know the Heroine from You See Me by Gabbi Grey @gabbigrey #RLFblog #lesfic #WriteLGBTQ

    Elouise is recovering from a broken heart by filming in a new movie up in Vancouver, Canada. When she meets Kelci, a make-up artist, sparks fly.  Will they cross borders to find their happily ever after?

    Gabbi, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! We’re excited to find out more about your heroine, but first, tell us about You See Me.

    You See Me by Gabbi Grey

    Know the Heroine from You See Me by Gabbi Grey @gabbigrey #RLFblog #lesfic #WriteLGBTQGenre LGBTQ romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R!

    Elouise

    After a public break-up with my fiancée, I’ve retrenched in Vancouver, British Columbia to lick my wounds and star in a movie. I’m acting as if everything is okay, but then I meet a woman who sees the real me. Dare I take a chance to find real love?

    Kelci

    I’ve admired Elouise Hynes from afar for years. She’s recently come out of the closet and was dumped just a short time later. I want to offer comfort, but I’m a make-up artist on her movie crew. Can we really form a lasting bond when she lives in LA and I’m staying in Canada?

    Know the Heroine from You See Me

    Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.

    It’s late, she’s bored. What does she do?

    Elouise is a huge fan of cat and dog videos.  She’s very much a small-town girl and would much rather hang out at home than go out in the big city.

    What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?

    She might or might not have a bit of a sweet tooth and might, on occasion, indulge in some ice cream.

    Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.

    Although the characters she portrays in films often wear dresses, Elouise is very much of the ‘comfort is everything’ motto and she loves her jeans and sweaters.

    Does she know how to fix things?

    Growing up in rural Newfoundland, Canada, Elouise learned how to build things, fix things, and to knit.  She’s independent and is fiercely proud to stand on her own.

    She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.

    For Elouise, her first disaster was her first lesbian relationship.  She met a woman she loved and finally came out of the closet only to be dumped publicly and humiliated.  After that, she swore off love.

    How does she act around children she doesn’t know?

    Elouise loves kids.  She’ll happily get down on their level as she helped raise her younger siblings.

    What is she like first thing in the morning?

    Having grown up in a fishing village in rural Newfoundland, Elouise is accustomed to early hours.  As one of the biggest film actresses in Hollywood, she often has early call times and cheerfully arrives on time, if not early.

    Can she use chopsticks?

    Although she’s lived in Los Angeles for years, and eaten at many different restaurants, chopsticks are her kryptonite.

    Does she drink coffee? If so, how does she take it? If not, what does she drink instead?

    Elouise is a true Canadian – she loves Tim Hortons Double Double coffee (black coffee with two shots of milk and two sugars).

    What apps would she have on her phone?

    Her fitness app is likely her favorite as she enjoys a sense of accomplishment when she hits her targets.  She also has an apps to order Tim Hortons and Starbucks and, finally, she has an app to listen to her favorite audiobooks – most especially Canadian post-modern literature.

    Android or iPhone?

    Elouise loves her iPhone because she can stream old movies on it.

    Earrings or unpierced ears?

    Her work requires her to have pierced ears, and she loves the teardrop diamond ones.

    Tattoos or unadorned skin?

    Some actresses might have tattoos these days – great makeup is a thing – but Elouise prefers unadorned skin.

    Personal vehicle or public transport?

    Growing up in a rural small-town, she only had the family car or truck to get her around.  When she first got to LA, she was fine with transit.  These days, though, being so famous, she’s more likely to hail a cab.  She tries to nab electric or hybrid ones as she’s worried about the environment.

    Recycle or toss?

    Elouise is an environmentalist all the way.  She’ll go out of her way to find a recycling container and prefers her own refillable water bottle.

    Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!

    Where to buy You See Me

    Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/You
    Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/You-See-Me-Gabbi-Grey-ebook/dp/B0BVRW5SGC
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-see-me-gabbi-grey/1143069019
    iBooks https://books.apple.com/book/you-see-me/id6445718954
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    Gabbi lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black.

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  • Erotic,  Gay or MM,  Science Fiction Romance

    A hot #MMRomance from Kayelle Allen, Jawk: Tales of the Chosen #WriteLGBTQ #SciFi #RLFblog

    Jawk: Tales of the Chosen #WriteLGBTQ #SciFi #RomanceEasy mission.

    All he has to do is seduce Luc, the most powerful man in the empire.

    And then betray him.

    Jawk spies on the enigmatic Luc Saint-Cyr, known empire-wide as the Harbinger.

    Undercover as a waiter in Luc's favorite haunt, Jawk gets a break when Luc seeks to hire him for a one-night ménage with his current lover, Wulf.

    Jawk agrees, and things go well until Wulf and Luc fight, and Jawk is dismissed.

    He must get back in the man's good graces.

    When Luc seeks to make Wulf jealous by taking Jawk on a long trip, the means to gather intel is too good to pass up.

    But meanwhile, a forbidden dalliance between Wulf and Alitus tests the bounds of trust between immortals and their Chosen humans.

    The elicit affair threatens to rupture the eons-old alliance forever, and subject every last immortal to risk...

    This erotic MM Sci-Fi Romance serves as the conclusion to the Tales of the Chosen series, and the gateway to the Antonello Brothers: Immortal series.

    PREORDER - OUT AUG 20, 2021

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    Wulf: Tales of the Chosen #WriteLGBTQ #SciFi #Romance

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    Wulf - Tales of the Chosen

    With his career threatened and his life at risk, Wulf must seek help from the one man he swore he would never trust again, Luc Saint-Cyr, a.k.a. the Harbinger. An enigmatic man whose legendary power makes him the most feared person in the empire.

    For the Harbinger, saving Wulf is a simple matter of asserting his will. Luc's ties to the Thieves' Guild grant him access anywhere. He can protect Wulf without difficulty.

    Until Luc brings Wulf home for safekeeping, and discovers the real reason for the threats. Protecting Wulf has not only put his and Wulf's lives at risk, it's also risked the life of Luc's teenaged son. This is beyond protection, now. To the Harbinger, this is personal...

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  • Contemporary,  Erotic,  Rockstar

    Get ready to fall hard for this Rockstar romance from Serena James Chase #RLFblog #FreeBook #NewAdult Contemporary Romance

    When your totally hot and totally off-limits rockstar client offers to drive you home, what’s the worst kind of mistake you make in only one night? Turns out, it’s a big one! But it might the best kind.

    Serena, I’m happy to host you on Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Tell us how to get Only Tonight free.

    Only Tonight by Serena James Chase

    Genre New Adult Contemporary; Rockstar Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Charlie Archer can’t believe her luck. By this time tomorrow, her overbearing boss will be miles away in London promoting their new client, the three-man rock band August Company, and wreaking havoc on her other personal assistant’s life.

    But she really gets lucky when the band’s frontman, rockstar Evan Parker, offers her a ride home in his limo.

    They live miles apart. Their lives are completely different. He’s a star and she’s a nobody in the music business, but it’s only one kiss and it’s only tonight.

    Get ready to fall hard for Charlie and Evan’s story in this quick and steamy August Company Rockstars Prequel!

    Available in the following formats: Mobi (Kindle), epub (Nook + other readers)

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