• Regency

    Schemes Gone Amiss a new #Regency by @Collette_Author #RLFblog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Bestselling, award-winning Historical Romance Author, Collette Cameron, pens Scottish and Regency Romances featuring rogues, rapscallions, rakes, and the intrepid damsels who reform them. Mother to three and self-proclaimed Cadbury chocoholic, she’s crazy about dachshunds, cobalt blue, and makes her home in Oregon with her husband and five mini-dachshunds. You’ll always find animals, quirky—sometimes naughty—humor, and a dash of inspiration in her novels. Her motto for life? You can’t have too much chocolate, too many hugs, too many flowers, or too many books. She’s thinking about adding shoes to that list.

    Interview with Collette Cameron

    Why did you write this book?
    Schemes Gone Amiss is the second book in my Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper series.
    Readers met Blythe Culpepper in the first book, Wagers Gone Awry, when she and Lord Leventhorpe butted heads from the moment the met.
    I couldn’t wait to tell their story.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    I love historical romances, especially anything medieval, Scottish, Victorian or Regency.  I got hooked at an early age, and though I read other genres on occasion, historicals remain my favorite.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
    I’m rather partial to both Jamie Fraser and  Ross Poldark. See, more historicals!
    What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    I’m working on Scandal’s Splendor, the 4th book in my Highland Heather Romancing a Scot Series. I hope to complete the 6 book series this year as well as write the 3rd book in the Conundrums of the Misses Culpepper series and another Waltz with a Rogue novella.
    I’m going to be very busy!
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Intrepid and outspoken, Blythe Culpepper is dragged against her will to London for a Season. To her dismay, her guardian enlists the devilishly attractive Lord Leventhorpe, the one man she detests, to assist with her Come Out. Since their first encounter, hostile looks and cutting retorts have abounded whenever they meet, yet she cannot deny the way her body reacts when he’s near. So perhaps it’s no surprise that upon overhearing another woman scheming to entrap Tristan into marriage, Blythe risks all to warn him.
    Haunted by childhood trauma, Tristan, the austere and controlled Marquis of Leventhorpe, usually avoids social gatherings. So why, against his better judgement, does he agree to aid his closet friend in presenting the Culpeppers to the ton? Might it be because one Culpepper stirs more than his interest? Blythe taxes him to his limits with her sharp wit and even sharper tongue. Yet, he cannot deny the beauty fascinates him. However, when an old enemy comes calling, using Blythe to settle old scores, Tristan must decide if protecting his honor is more important than winning the heart of the woman he has come to love. 

    About the Book

    Title Schemes Gone Amiss
    Genre Regency Romance
    Author Collette Cameron
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This Book

    Publisher   Blue Rose Romance LLC
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Schemes-Amiss-Conundrums-Misses-Culpepper-ebook/dp/B01A0E42HW/
    Barnes and Noble  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/schemes-gone-amiss-blue-rose-romance-llc-collette-cameron-author/1123187324?ean=2940152792430
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    Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/schemes-gone-amiss/id1071497195?ls=1&mt=11

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  • Historical

    Exile’s Return a new historical romance by @AlisonStuart14 #RLFblog

    This quick interview includes info about the author, and
    introduces the story.

    About the Author

    Award winning Australian author, Alison Stuart
    learned her passion from history from her father. She has been writing stories
    since her teenage years but it was not until 2007 that her first full length
    novel was published. A past president of the Romance Writers of Australia,
    Alison has now published seven full length historical romances and a collection
    of her short stories.  Many of her
    stories have been shortlisted for international awards and BY THE SWORD won the
    2008 EPIC Award for Best Historical Romance. 
    Her inclination for writing about soldier heroes
    may come from her varied career as a lawyer in the military and fire services.
    These days when she is not writing she is travelling and routinely drags her
    long suffering husband around battlefields and castles.

    Interview with Alison Stuart

    Why did you write
    this book?
    This book has been a long time in the writing. It is the
    third in a series called Guardians of the Crown series, set in the English
    Civil War and following the lives of three young men following the final defeat
    of the royalist cause at the Battle of Worcester in September 1651. I wrote
    Books 1 and 2 (By the Sword and The King’s Man) quite some time ago and they
    had a couple of early incarnations before being picked up and re-released by
    Escape Publishing as the Guardians of the Crown series.
    My publisher felt that while both the previous books had a
    ‘Happy for Now’ resolution the series arc required a ‘Happy Ever After”
    culminating in the Restoration of the King in 1660.
    As I had left Book 2 with the fate of the hero’s brother,
    Daniel, hanging in the air, he seemed the natural hero for Book 3 so Book 3 is
    Daniel’s story and brings to a ‘happy ever after conclusion’ the stories of
    Jonathan and Kit.
    What is your favorite
    genre to read?
    Mysteries… particularly historical mysteries.
    Who is your favorite
    character from fiction (not including your own)?
    I have so many favourites, but I’ll go right back to my
    first love, Jane Eyre. I was 11 when I read this book and I just fell in love
    with the gutsy, put upon, Jane. My much battered copy has literally followed me
    around the world.
    What are you working
    on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?
    As I mentioned, I am playing with a historical mystery
    series set in Singapore in 1910 (the Harriet Gordon Mysteries). Book 1 (Blood
    Red) is almost done and, all going according to plan, will be out by the end of
    the year.
    Beyond that I have a number of other projects burbling on
    the back burners – a time travel series, more stories linking some of my other
    books… so many ideas, so little time!
    Please tell us about
    your latest book.
    Exile’s Return (Book 3 in the Guardians of the Crown series)
    The breath-taking conclusion to Alison
    Stuart’s English Civil War trilogy introduces a heroine with nothing left to
    lose and a hero with everything to gain…
    England, 1659: Following the death of Cromwell, a new king is poised to
    ascend the throne of England. One by one, those once loyal to the crown begin
    to return …
    Imprisoned, exiled and tortured, fugitive Daniel Lovell returns to
    England, determined to kill the man who murdered his father. But his plans for
    revenge must wait, as the King has one last mission for him. 
    Agnes Fletcher’s lover is dead, and when his two orphaned children are
    torn from her care by their scheming guardian, she finds herself alone and
    devastated by the loss. Unwilling to give up, Agnes desperately seeks anyone
    willing to accompany her on a perilous journey to save the children and return
    them to her care. She didn’t plan on meeting the infamous Daniel Lovell. She
    didn’t plan on falling in love.
    Thrown together with separate quests – and competing obligations –
    Daniel and Agnes make their way from London to the English countryside, danger
    at every turn. When they are finally given the opportunity to seize everything
    they ever hoped for, will they find the peace they crave, or will their
    fledgling love be a final casualty of war?

    About the Book

    Title  Exile’s Return
    Genre Historical Romance
    Author Alison Stuart
    Book heat level: R

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Exiles-Return-Guardians-Crown-Book-ebook/dp/B01AL792A0
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/au/book/exiles-return/id1068055035?mt=11

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  • Historical

    Dancing Around the Truth by @alannalucas27 #RLFblog #historicalromance

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media
    contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is Dancing Around the Truth by Alanna
    Lucas.
    About the Book
    Title     Dancing Around the
    Truth
    Genre Historical Romance- Regency
    Author Alanna Lucas
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings G, PG, PG13, R): R
    Dark secrets,
    lies, and a far too enticing widow threaten to destroy the orderly world
    Benjamin Weston, the illegitimate son of the late Baron Albryght, has made for
    himself…and Mrs. Philippa Keates might just also hold the key to unlocking his
    heart.
    Secrets &
    Lies
    Mrs. Philippa
    Keates thought she’d found her happily-ever-after when she eloped, but two
    years and no children later she is named a widow. Then a woman claiming to be
    her late husband’s wife appears, and Philippa demands answers.
    And Love
    Benjamin
    Weston, the illegitimate son of the late Baron Albryght, has made a name for
    himself conducting investigations for those willing to pay a high price for
    discretion. When a childhood friend shows up on his doorstep, begging for his
    assistance, Weston fears most of all that she will discover the truth…and thus
    bring further scandal to herself, the only woman he has ever loved. But as he
    unravels her mystery, as secrets of his own begin to come to light, soon it
    becomes clear that there is more at stake than just Philippa’s reputation—and
    nothing less than her heart.
    Buy This Book
    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Around-Truth-Alanna-Lucas-ebook/dp/B012GU9USE/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dancing-around-the-truth-alanna-lucas/1122403321
    ARe
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    Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/dancing-around-the-truth
    About the Author
    Alanna Lucas
    grew up in Southern California, but always dreamed of distant lands and bygone
    eras. From an early age she took interest in art, history, and travel, and
    enjoys incorporating those diversions into her writing. However, she believes
    that true love is the greatest source of inspiration and is always an
    adventure.
    Alanna makes
    her home in California where she spends her time writing historical romances,
    dreaming of her next travel destination, spending time with family, and staying
    up too late indulging in her favorite past time, reading.
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  • Historical

    The Bride Tournament by @ruthkaufman #RLFblog #historical

    Cover Love includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social
    media contacts for the author. Today’s featured book is The Bride Tourmanent by
    Ruth Kaufman.

    About the Book

    Title The Bride Tournament
    Genre historical romance
    Author Ruth Kaufman
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Lady Eleanor de la Tour’s life turns upside down on her
    wedding day. Instead of her betrothed, she must wed the new earl, to whom the
    king has given his title and lands. Though Richard Courtenay is handsome and
    intriguing, she wants the man she loves and chose. And Richard pursues alchemy,
    anathema to her because the obsession to turn base metals into gold is
    destroying her father.
    Richard needs and wants to stay wed to Eleanor to uncover
    her father’s alchemy secrets. He vows to win her even as she arranges a bride
    tournament to find him a better and willing wife. Can they attain what they
    most desire?

    Buy This Book

    Publisher Ruth J. Kaufman
    Amazon http://amzn.com/B016YZEW0
    CreateSpace http://amzn.com/0990846962

    About the Author

    Ruth Kaufman is a Chicago Amazon bestselling author, on-camera
    and voiceover talent, freelance editor and speaker with a J.D. who enjoys chocolate
    peanut butter milkshakes and singing in a symphony chorus.
    The Bride Tournament, the third standalone book in her Wars of
    the Roses Brides series, joins At His Command and Follow Your Heart. Writing accolades
    include Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® winner and runner up in RT Book
    Reviews’ national American Title II contest.
    She’s had roles in indie features, web series and national TV
    commercials, and has voiced hundreds of explainer videos, e-learning courses, commercials
    and assorted characters.

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    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/141wfVE
  • Gay or MM

    Interview with Beloved Unmasked Author, @britaaddams #RLFBlog #GayRomance

    A book release includes a book cover, blurb, buy links,
    short questionnaire, and social media contacts for the author.

    Interview with Brita Addams

    Why did you write this book?
    I have a deep
    interest in the history of New Orleans, having lived there for many years. I
    wanted to write a story about a part of New Orleans that no longer exists.
    What is your favorite genre to read?
    When
    researching, I read histories, biographies, and real-life stories. For
    recreation, I enjoy historical romance. I very rarely read contemporary
    romance.
    Who is your favorite character from fiction
    (not including your own)?
    Hands down,
    my favorite character is Sydnam Butler from Mary Balogh’s Simply Love. His
    broken, dark life has stayed with me for years.
    What are you working on at the moment, and
    will see from you in coming months?
    I am
    finishing up Cedar Grove, the story of Emile Dauterive, who readers met in
    Beloved Unmasked. I’ll have it submitted by the second week of January. Then
    I’m diving into the finale of Tarnished Souls, but I’m itching to start work on
    a Civil War era story. We’ll see.
    Please tell us about your latest book.
    Born to a spiteful prostitute in Storyville, the red-light district in
    New Orleans, David comes into the world as Picayune, meaning “of little value,”
    or, as his mother reminds him, “nothing.” In the early 20th century brothels
    and clubs, his love of music sustains young Pic until a life-changing meeting
    places him on the road to respectability, and Pic reinvents himself as David
    Reid.
    As David realizes happiness for the first time, conscription forces his
    friend and first love, Spencer Webb, into the Great War. While he pursues a law
    degree, letters from Spence connect David to his hopes for the future. After
    staggering news at war’s end, David must find a way to move forward. Under the
    tutelage of his benefactor, David’s career prospers, but specters from
    Storyville threaten all he’s worked so hard to achieve.
    The past holds both pain and love. Will facing it head-on destroy David
    or give him everything he’s ever dared dream?

    About the Book

    Title –  Beloved Unmasked
    Genre  Historical Gay Romance
    Author  Brita Addams
    Book heat
    level (based on movie ratings): R

    Buy This Book

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    Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Unmasked-Cherished-One-Book-ebook/dp/B015VNYQE6/

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  • 5 Easy Questions,  Historical

    Alanna Lucas author Wish Upon a Waltz @alannalucas27 #RLFblog #historicalromance

    Alanna Lucas author of Wish Upon a Waltz answers five easy questions
    to help readers get to know her better.
    Author Bio
    Alanna Lucas grew up in Southern California,
    but always dreamed of distant lands and bygone eras. From an early age she took
    interest in art, history, and travel, and enjoys incorporating those diversions
    into her writing. However, she believes that true love is the greatest source
    of inspiration and is always an adventure.
    Alanna makes her home in California where she
    spends her time writing historical romances, dreaming of her next travel
    destination, spending time with family, and staying up too late indulging in
    her favorite past time, reading.
    What’s your favorite
    down-home family style meal?
    Anything with pasta!
    What is your go-to meal
    when you dine out?
    In-N-Out! Best hamburgers…ever! And dipping the fries in a vanilla
    milkshake is good too!
    Describe the perfect
    vacation.
    An all-paid trip traveling through Europe with my family visiting
    museums, castles, and historic sites. Plus a couple of shopping sprees. Oh, and
    first class would be nice ;-)
    When you read for
    pleasure, what kind of books do you choose?
    I love to read historical romances :-)
    If the hero of your latest
    book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
    I Miss You
    Blink- 182
    About the Book
    Title Wish Upon a Waltz
    Genre historical romance
    Author Alanna Lucas
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
    ONE
    NIGHT, ONE DANCE, ONE CHANCE
    At twenty-five, Anastasia Quintin has
    resigned herself to live in quiet seclusion as companion to Miss Albryght, but
    one lost wager by her headstrong bookworm of a mistress soon requires
    Anastasia’s return to the society from which she hides. Her first event in
    eight years is to be a house party in honor of the recently entitled Earl of
    Huntingdon, hosted by his haughty old grandmother.
    Having come to his title by tragedy, the
    handsome Huntingdon is new to the ton, but he is not new to Anastasia. Dante
    St. Clair is the very man who long ago stole her heart and thereafter dashed
    all her hopes and dreams. He is the man she must never let discover her
    identity, but whom she can no more avoid than a moth can a flame. One waltz
    will destroy her, and for it, Anastasia will risk everything…and win.
    Buy
    This Book
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wish-upon-a-waltz-alanna-lucas/1122692409
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