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Read The Lady of a Sultan the new #VictorianRomance by Linda Rae Sande @lindaraesa #RLFblog #HistoricalRomance
Captured by pirates. Sold to a sultan. This is not how Charlotte expected to spend her holiday in Linda Rae Sande’s latest historical romance, The Lady Of A Sultan.Linda Rae, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Lady of a Sultan.
The Lady of a Sultan by Linda Rae Sande
Genre Victorian Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): RA dowager duchess recently out of mourning, Charlotte is on her way to a holiday in Greece when pirates overtake her ship and enslave her. When they attempt to sell her to a Turkish sultan, she’s sure she can convince the ruler to let her go. She’s a matron and mother to two grown sons—and he has a harem and nineteen children. Whatever could he want with her?
Three nights, apparently.
For two decades, Sultan Ziyaeddin I has ruled his dwindling empire from several palaces in Constantinople, but the one on the edge of the Aegean Sea holds his most precious memories—and a precocious daughter who is overeducated for most men. Determined to introduce reforms, Ziyaeddin is far more enlightened than the sultans who came before him. Enlightened and alone. Convincing others of his vision for the empire has been a challenge.
Bored with his harem, he’s intrigued by the English woman who is unceremoniously dumped at his feet by pirates. With her skills as a duchess and desire for a daughter, will she be the companion his daughter needs—and the answer to his loneliness?
Why did you write this book?
This is the second novel in The Ladies of the Aristocracy series. These stories center on older women who are usually (but not always) widows who don’t expect to experience a second chance at love. The heroine in this one found her first love in my bestselling novel, The Grace Of A Duke, which released almost ten years ago.
Since most Victorian romances are set in England, I am always on the lookout for alternative settings. I’ve been studying the Ottoman Empire for the past couple of years and, although there is no historical precedent for an Englishwoman to end up with a sultan there, it seemed the perfect time and place for a fictional telling.
What is your favorite genre to read?
Regency romance. I’ve read hundreds of them over the years. I started out as a fan of science fiction, though, and I have a huge collection of SF novels, anthologies, and Isaac Asimov magazines.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Captain America (the newer version). He’s a man out of his own time in a world where his values aren’t as highly regarded as they once were, so he’s very conflicted.
What are you working on at the moment?
I have three WIPs in the works. Two are for my Australian publisher—one for Summer Secrets of the Soho Club and the other for an anthology featuring stories about abductions. The third is the sequel to The Lady Of A Sultan, which focuses on two Cambridge-educated men, one a sultan’s son, who are experiencing a Season in London after being out of the country for several years.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Two of WIPs I am working on are due to release by July 4 (The Betrothal of a Baron and The Love of a Şehzade).
Where to buy The Lady of a Sultan
Publisher Twisted Teacup Publishing
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BGW2QSP5
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A self-described nerd and student of history, Linda Rae spent many years as a published technical writer specializing in 3D graphics workstations, software and 3D animation (her movie credits include SHREK and SHREK 2). Getting lost in the rabbit holes of research has resulted in historical romances set in the Regency and early Victorian-eras as well as Ancient Greece.
A fan of action-adventure movies, she can frequently be found at the local cinema. Although she no longer has any tropical fish, she does follow the San Jose Sharks. She makes her home in Cody, Wyoming. For more information about her books, go to her website: www.lindaraesande.com
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Read the historical novel A Noble Deception by Veronica Bale @VeronicaBale1 #RLFblog #HistoricalFiction
Veronica 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.Noble Deception by Veronica Bale
Title A Noble DeceptionGenre Historical RomanceAuthor Veronica BaleBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13Forced to wed a landless knight in order to protect her home, Moira MacInnes intends an annulment of her marriage to the arrogant Lachlan Ramsay as soon as possible. Falling in love wasn’t part of the plan.Scotland 1455 – The Douglas clan is at war with their king. To protect his lands from confiscation, Lord John Douglas, the dying Earl of Kildrummond, must find an heir that doesn’t carry his name.A landless knight, Lachlan Ramsay expects no more of life than battles, blood, and the occasional warm bosom. But when Lord John makes him his heir, Lachlan has a chance at something he never dreamt of—a home. There’s just one condition: He must marry the earl’s bastard daughter, the fiery, eccentric Moira MacInnes.Lachlan has no desire for a headstrong, sharp-tongued wife. Moira has no need for an arrogant, too-handsome husband. To save Kildrummond they will marry and seek an annulment immediately upon the earl’s death. But deception is never simple, and passion once inflamed is impossible to ignore. Soon they will no longer be deceiving the earl but themselves.Where to buy Noble Deception
Publisher Boroughs Publishing GroupBarnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-noble-deception-veronica-bale/1122597120?ean=2940152119619Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/572434Author Social Media
Veronica Bale has written several novellas, short stories, and news articles as a freelance writer. With her Highland Loyalties trilogy she made her debut into the world of historical romance novels. Veronica lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband, young son and two spoiled cats. When she’s not writing she’s running, reading, spending time with her family, or hopelessly lost in the cobbles of Coronation Street.
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Know the Heroine from Envy and Favor by Faye Hall @FayeHall79 #RLFblog #Historical Romance
Know the Hero from Apathy and Vigor by Faye Hall @FayeHall79 #RLFblog #Australian #historicalromance
Read Sannah, a Stone Age romance by Miriam Newman @miriamnewman #RLFblog #NewRelease # ancient times historical fiction #romance
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Read Scandalous Behaviour the new #Historical #RomanticSuspense by Faye Hall @FayeHall79 #RLFblog
Will John and Jennie surrender to their heart’s desire, or will they fall victim to the murderer they’re chasing in Faye Hall’s new Historical Romantic Suspense Scandalous Behaviour.Faye, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about Scandalous Behaviour.
Scandalous Behaviour by Faye Hall
Genre Historical Romantic Suspense
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): MInkerman, Queensland, Australia
Fall 1889Jennie Stewart, an unemployed governess, is looking to escape the rule-abiding town of Inkerman. After the death of her childhood friend, Grace, Jennie takes refuge with several other friends at a beach house, needing to embrace the freedom she so craved…and hopefully find a clue that might lead her to discover who killed her friend and why.
John Atheling, an estate steward, made many personal sacrifices to get to his position, including distancing himself from the fairer sex and their manipulative ways. His ordered life turns to chaos when he finds the nanny, Grace, dead.
Being given leave from his job, John accepts an invitation from his childhood friend to join him and several others on a retreat to the beach. He reluctantly accepts after discovering one of the men joining them is suspected of knowing the truth about Grace’s death.
Arriving at the beach, John discovers who the rest of his companions would be over the coming days, including Jennie, a woman who ignites a longing in him that both thrills and scares him. He hadn’t come to the beach to be lured into the seductive web of a woman, but nor could he deny the instant attraction he has to her.
Jennie should have treated John as the stranger he was, but she was drawn to him, desires burning in her that she couldn’t — and didn’t want to — ignore. Struggling to remember why she’d come to the beach, she fought against the lure of love and passion, reminding herself that love at first sight was nothing more than a fairytale.
Will John and Jennie surrender to their heart’s desire, or will they fall victim to the murderer they’re chasing before they discover if love at first sight really exists?
Why did you write this book?
This was my Covid book. House was in lockdown during the worst of the pandemic and we were talking about when we’d be able to take the kids to the beach again. It made me want to write a book set on our local beach.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love historical romances of any kind and era.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
It changes so often for me, but right now it would have to be Ned Ridley from Catherine Cookson’s The Girl.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m trying to get the last of the titles re-released whilst preparing a new release about a budding relationship formed on a passenger ship coming to Australia.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Hopefully several releases with station owners, pickpockets, scarred heroines and heroes, and maybe one with childhood friends become lovers.
Where to buy Scandalous Behaviour
Publisher https://4thavenuepress.com.au/product/scandalous-behaviour
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/scandalous-behaviourFaye Hall Social Media
Faye Hall is an author of steamy Australian Historical Romantic Suspense novels, including the Sins of the Virtuous series. Born and raised in North Queensland, Australia, she uses the tales of local history, and the struggles and adventures of her own family, to bring her characters to life in a uniquely, rural setting.
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Read The Duke’s Lost Love part of A Duke in Winter by Ruth A Casie @RuthACasie #RLFblog #RomanceAnthologies #RegencyRomance
Will they fight the obvious, that their ideal person is in front of them, or will they walk away from their heart’s desire?
Ruth, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Duke’s Lost Love part of A Duke in Winter.
A Duke in Winter by Ruth A Casie
Genre Regency RomanceBook heat level (based on movie ratings):
Lady Nanette de Chappell, the Comtesse de Moyne and Lord Morgan Fitzhugh, the reluctant 5th Duke of Preswick grew up near each other in Sommer by the Sea. Nanette at her grandparent’s Dunamara Castle and Fitzhugh at Preswick Hall.
Fitzhugh is at Preswick Hall with his three closest friends. Each of them suffer from a form of feminine defeat. Fitzhugh has decided never to marry and pass the title to his younger brother. After a night of drinking and discussion, they all swear off the company of women for three years determined to study chivalrous love.
That snowy morning, Nanette and her three ladies arrive at Fitzhugh’s doorstep in broken carriage. After years apart, she is on her way to retrieve an item from the shuttered Castles for her ill grand mere. Avoiding a dinner party to meet yet another suitor she will find lacking, she seeks the solitude of Dunamara to determine if her ideal is realistic or a dream no man can fulfill.
Fitzhugh takes her to Dunamara. The weather changes and they are stranded at the castle by a snowstorm. Fighting through an avalanche and tunnel cave in, they must depend on each other to escape.
In the process of completing their quests, they both find something else. Will they fight the obvious, that their ideal person is in front of them, or will they walk away from their heart’s desire?
Where to buy The Duke’s Lost Love part of A Duke in Winter
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Duke-Winter-Historical-Romance-Collection-ebook/dp/B09X8JFNBS
Ruth A Casie Social Media
Ruth A Casie is a USA bestselling author. She writes historical adventures from the shores of medieval Scotland to the cobblestone streets of Regency London. Her stories embrace strong woman and the men who deserve them. Within the pages you’ll discover ‘edge-of-your-seat suspense, mind boggling drama, and heart melting emotions. Grab your favorite cup of tea, or an ale if you prefer, and join her heroes and heroines as they race across the pages to find their happily ever after. Ruth hopes her stories are your next favorite adventures!
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Pick up cool tips from J Arlene Culiner author of A Room in Blake’s Folly by @JArleneCuliner #RLFblog #Historical #Contemporary #Romance
Back in 1889, when Blake’s Folly boasted three silver mines, many saloons and brothels, the adventurer, Westley Cranston, fell in love with Sookie Lacey a former prostitute. Their powerful romance was doomed but never forgotten, and the repercussions could be felt 130 years later. The six stories in A Room in Blake’s Folly tell the tale.J Arlene Culiner, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Thanks for sharing two tips with us today, but first, please tell us about A Room in Blake’s Folly.
A Room in Blake’s Folly by J Arlene Culiner
Genre This book begins in 1889 and ends in 2022. Therefore, it’s a Western and a Historical to Contemporary Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): sensual
In one hundred and fifty years, Blake’s Folly, a silver boomtown notorious for its brothels, scarlet ladies, silver barons, speakeasies, and divorce ranches, has become a semi-ghost town. Although the old Mizpah Saloon is still in business, its upper floor is sheathed in dust. But in a room at a long corridor’s end, an adventurer, a beautiful dance girl, and a rejected wife were once caught in a love triangle, and their secret has touched three generations.
Two Tips for Organizing
1) Delegate. Why waste your own time on trivia? You can always find someone who is willing to do something boring in your place.
2) Always put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Given enough time, any obligation will disappear. Who will care about your unpaid bills, your ironing, or your housework in 2076?
Two Tips for Household Chores
1) Use your foot to push dust bunnies and those unsightly clumps of animal hair behind sofas, tables, counters or armoires. Who’s going to look and discover how lazy you are? And even if someone does catch you out, do you care? Really? Why?
2) Change your mind about dust. See it as a beautiful patina that adds atmosphere to any room and any piece of furniture.
Where to buy A Room in Blake’s Folly
Publisher The Wild Rose Press
Universal Buy Link https://books2read.com/BlakesFollyRomanceJ Arlene Culiner Social Media
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.
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Read The Red Slippers the new #RegencyRomance by Ruth A Casie @RuthACasie #RLFblog (Two-Hour Romance Short Reads)
A ballerina obsessed with perfection. A man who will do anything to grant her wish. Are the second-hand red slippers he found magical, or is he the only one who can conjure the spell and make her the world’s greatest ballerina?
Ruth, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about The Red Slippers.
The Red Slippers by Ruth A Casie
Genre: Historical Regency Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): SweetIt will take magic for Cosette to believe in her abilities.
Is Avery the only one who can conjure the spell?Cosette Binet has been in the service to Queen Marie of France, since she was a young girl. She watched private ballet performances for the queen and was fascinated by the great Marie Camargo’s footwork and high leaps. Cosette studied to become a ballerina and earned a rare opportunity to audition for the Paris Opera Ballet’s corps de ballet where she met and found her soul mate, Avery, the ballet director. Her first performance brought the audience to their feet, but when she was chosen for a principal part in another ballet, a fellow dancer had her doubting her ability and Avery’s devotion.
While searching for additional dancers for the corps de ballet, ballet master, Avery Parsons DuBois, watched Cosette dance and was captivated when she performed a grand jetè that soared further and higher than anyone he has ever seen. Mesmerized, he was drawn to the dancer and fell in love with her. He offered her a position in the ballet, but when she began to doubt her ability and his love for her, he had to do something. He gave her red slippers and told her they were Marie Camargo’s dance shoes… filled with magic.
Did the red slippers hold the magic that made her a great ballerina or was it Avery’s love?
Why did you write this book?
I was attending the Authors and Dancers Against Cancer book event. The group was developing an anthology, the funds to go to Dancers Against Cancer. Several of my friends have been impacted and I have lost family members to cancer. I knew I had to be part of the event and the anthology.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I love to read historical fiction, primarily romance. I also enjoy historical mysteries. This story is very different. My readers know to expect mysteries or murders within my love stories. The Red Slippers is very different. This is romance, a love story of a woman for her dancing profession and for the one man who believes in her abilities as a dancer and a woman.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
You may laugh, but its Dirk Pitt, the hero in the Clive Cussler stories. My favorite female action heroine is Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. On the more sedate side, Lady Emily Ashton in Tasha Alexander’s Lady Emily series.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am currently working on book 4, The Lady and Her Barrister in my The Ladies of Sommer by the Sea series. I love this series about women with special skills who have graduated from the same female seminary in the town of Sommer by the Sea in northeast England. You just may see more from these ladies.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
Aside from The Lady and Her Barrister, I am working on a new series, Barrington’s Brigade. Stories about veteran officers of the Peninsular War who take turns helping their former commander police the village of Sommer by the Sea as the men work to integrate back into society and are determine to find their heart’s desire, whomever she may be.
Where to buy The Red Slippers
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJTJJNX4
Where to buy The Red Slippers
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Ruth A Casie Social Media
Ruth A Casie is a USA bestselling author. She writes historical adventures from the shores of medieval Scotland to the cobblestone streets of Regency London. Her stories embrace strong woman and the men who deserve them. Within the pages you’ll discover ‘edge-of-your-seat suspense, mind boggling drama, and heart melting emotions. Grab your favorite cup of tea, or an ale if you prefer, and join her heroes and heroines as they race across the pages to find their happily ever after. Ruth hopes her stories are your next favorite adventures!
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