• All in for Love: A Boxed Set by Six Award Winning Authors @sbuchbinder #RLFblog #contemporary
    Boxed Sets,  Contemporary

    All in for Love: A Boxed Set by Six Award Winning Authors @sbuchbinder #RLFblog #contemporary

    All in for Love: A Boxed Set by Six Award Winning Authors @sbuchbinder #RLFblog #contemporaryToday’s featured book is All in for Love: A Boxed Set of Contemporary Romance by Six Award Winning Authors

    Read All in for Love and you’ll find six award-winning authors who bring you six *sweet to sensual* romances filled with suspense, thrills and maybe even a ghost or two—for less than the price of a cup of coffee—99 cents.

    Welcome to La Bonne Chance Resort and Casino!

    With thousands of people passing through the casino’s doors on a daily basis, it’s no surprise that a variety of lives and loves are on the line there. It’s said that you’re more likely to lose your heart at La Bonne Chance than a hand of poker. Whether you are the Director of Casino Operations or the guy who created its software, a jilted bride or a black jack dealer, a past guest’s ghost or a sous chef–when it comes to love, the stakes are high.

    Thank goodness what happens at La Bonne Chance, doesn’t always stay at La Bonne Chance….

    Ready to roll the dice?

    An Inn Decent Proposal, Sharon Buchbinder
    Can an hotelier with a past and a chef with a future revive the grand dame in a neglected old inn?

    Perfect Odds, Lashanta Charles
    When a jilted bride meets the man of her dreams, will she embrace the new plan, or cling stubbornly to the old one?

    A Ghost To Die For, Keta Diablo
    She didn’t believe in ghosts…until one showed up in her room.

    Raising Kane, Kat Henry Doran
    Funny how a night in jail will change a woman’s outlook on life.

    For Money Or Love, Margo Hoornstra
    She’s the one woman he can’t afford to lose.

    Take A Chance On Me, M.J. Schiller
    Who do you count on when the chips are down?

    All in for Love, Contemporary Romance

    Book heat level PG-13
    Publisher Indie
    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071V94BWM

    Sharon Buchbinder Social Media

    Sharon Buchbinder has been writing fiction since middle school and has the rejection slips to prove it. An RN, she provided health care delivery, became a researcher, association executive, and obtained a PhD in Public Health. When not teaching or writing, she can be found fishing, walking her dogs, or breaking bread and laughing with family and friends in Baltimore, MD and Punta Gorda, FL.

    Website http://lucky6authorsblog.blogspot.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/sbuchbinder
    Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/allinforloveanthology/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35052000-all-in-for-love

  • Historical

    Give Your Characters Dimension @ketadiablo #RLFblog #sweetromance

    Today’s guest is author Keta Diablo, author of Sky Dreams (Book 3) a sweet historical romance.

    Give Your Characters Dimension

    Let’s talk a little about characters today and why some are
    one-dimensional, two-dimensional and three-dimensional.
    Have you ever read a review where the reviewer points to
    *shallow* characters in the novel? I know I have, and that’s why I feel it’s so
    important for writers to allot their characters depth. So what is depth, and
    what do you mean by “dimensional” characters?
    It’s crucial readers understand who the characters are; what
    makes them tic, and particularly what the character’s identifying features are?
    I’m not necessarily talking about physical features, but consistency and manner
    of speech, body language and internal thoughts on how he/she views the world. A
    character is not merely a gorgeous person with eyes of blue. He/she is a
    composition of many events that has made him/her what they are today.
    Their emotions are multifaceted and often conflicting. They
    could come from troubled backgrounds or perhaps were born with a silver spoon
    in their mouth. Whatever the case, in order for readers to understand and
    relate to your characters, writers need to delve into their history to make
    them likeable and real (or not so likeable in the villain’s case). It’s also
    important the readers believe, and can picture, the character existing before
    your story even began, thus the history.
    Shallow characters (one-dimensional) have no real story, no
    identifying aspects to their personality. They’re merely walk-ons in your novel
    and won’t make lasting impressions. Readers will soon get bored with reading
    about someone they can’t identify with or like, and will no doubt put the book
    down. This is the last thing we want them to do.
    Two-dimensional characters might have one identifying trait
    or a smidgen of history, but why stop there? Write your characters as if they are
    a person you’d love to know, in fact, you’re so fascinated by their thoughts
    about life, their opinions, you long to know everything about them, including
    their past.
    If your hero or heroine lacks depth or dimension,
    reviewers/readers might refer to them as *cardboard characters* another term
    you want to avoid at all costs. This means they’re typical ordinary,
    forgettable people who are par for the course in motives and goals. While
    writing about them, you might have hinted about a like or dislike they possess,
    but there you stopped, leaving the thought underdeveloped without explaining
    why they dislike the color purple or why they adore women in hats. What’s the
    history behind their abhorrence, fetish or passion?
    One of the great things about writing is that you, the
    author, have control over the portrayals of your characters. Make them bigger
    than life; exaggerate their habits, annoyances, likes and dislikes. Make every
    aspect about them memorable in the reader’s mind.
    You won’t regret giving a little dimension to your
    characters’ personalities.
    Here’s an excellent article from The Writing Tools Blogspot
    about Writing Character Bios for your stories. Why don’t you try it? http://thewritingtools.blogspot.com/2009/07/character-bios-why-and-how.html
    Happy writing and reading!
    ~ Keta

    About the Book

    Title Sky Dreams
    Genre Sweet Historical Romance
    Author Keta Diablo
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings) G
    In Sky Tinted Water (Book 1) and Sky Dance (Book 2) you met
    Dawson and Rory Finch and shared in the journey of their love. Now, in Sky
    Dreams (Book 3), meet their daughter, Haven.
    In 1893, Haven Morgan is a young widow. Heartbroken and
    alone after her husband’s tragic death, she travels to Cobb’s Grove, Minnesota
    to teach at the country school.
    Her curiosity is piqued when she meets the handsome
    supervisor of the local lumber mill, Cade Kincannon, but the trauma of her
    husband’s death haunts her days and torments her dreams.
    Can Cade break through the veil of darkness shrouding Haven,
    forge a path to her heart and convince her it’s all right to love again?

    Buy This Book

    Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N0M17K6

    About the Author

    Keta Diablo lives in the Midwest part of the United States
    on six acres of woodland. When she isn’t writing or gardening she loves to
    commune with nature. A lifelong animal lover, she also devotes her time and
    support to the local animal shelters.
    Keta’s a best-selling Amazon author who writes in several
    genres, including western romance, historical romance, paranormal romance and
    the occasional gay romance. Her books have received numerous Top Pick, Book of
    the Month and Recommended Read reviews.

    Author Social Media

  • Gay or MM

    Sin Eater’s Prince @ketadiablo #RLFblog

    Sin Eater’s Prince 
    Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a
    book and includes a cover, blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the
    author. Today’s featured book is The Sin Eater’s Prince by Keta Diablo.
    The sin eater has been shunned by the local villagers all
    his life, except by Andras Maddock, the local physician. In love with the one
    man he believes will never return that love, Owen is shocked when Andras saves
    him from death at the hands of a vampire.
    Dagan, Dark Lord of the Underworld, vows to avenge his
    father’s death and obtain the Prince of Wales’s mystic sword from Andras. The
    claymore’s power holds an immunity the vampires have coveted for centuries.
    Star-crossed love, sorcery, and bloodlust collide on a
    vengeful path where only one side will remain victorious.

    Buy links:

    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/LxNxus
    Kobo http://bit.ly/MoF14k

    Find Me Here

    Website: http://ketaskeep.blogspot.com
    Blog: http://ketadiablobooks.blogspot.com

  • RLF Gems

    RLF Gems: Blog Stats for Feb 2013 #RLFblog

    RLF Gems

    In February, Romance Lives Forever introduced two new
    features. Cover Love is a short intro to a book and includes only a blurb, buy
    links, and social media contacts for the author. We use it if one of our scheduled
    authors is unable to appear, and no other material is on hand. If you would
    like to submit your book for this feature, see the FAQ page for more
    information. The other was a full week dedicated to one publisher. There will
    be four this year, including Liquid Silver Books
    in June, and JMS Books LLC in September. For
    February, it was the Boroughs
    Publishing Group
    , “Where Story Matters.”
    There were 7 posts by Boroughs, 17 author interviews, 3 book
    releases, and 1 article for 28 posts in a 28 day month.
    There were unusual ties this month. Jerrie Alexander and Keta Diablo
    shared a spot because their posts went up the same day. Boroughs took first,
    third, and fourth place, and three people had even numbers of hits for fifth. Here
    are the top posts (judging by page hits).
    1. Boroughs Publishing
    2. Jerrie Alexander / Keta Diablo
    3. Boroughs Publishing
    4. Boroughs Publishing
    5. Vicki Batman
    5. Allie Ritch
    5. Donna Cummings
    Authors who guest with us are promoted on Facebook, via
    Triberr to over 549k potential readers, are featured front page in the daily Romance Lives Forever Paper.li ezine,
    and the blog has its own hashtag (#rlfblog) on Twitter. This year, we also
    created the Booklover’s Guide to Romance
    Lives Forever
    with links to guest authors’ books and social media. It is
    110 pages crammed full of who to follow and what to read. The FAQ page provides
    updated downloads of optional interview questions, and a guide to the blog. You
    can also grab our button to promote your visit.
    My thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance
    Lives Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.
    Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
    name are:
    Ashlynne Laynne, Brita
    Addams, Chris Karlsen, Helena Harker, Janet Elizabeth Jones, Jennifer France, Kara
    Leigh Miller, Lorrie Struiff, Lynda Kaye Frazier, Paloma Beck, Raine Delight, Serena
    Zane, Tara Fox Hall, Vicki Batman, Victoria Blisse

    Sister Blogs for Romance Lives
    Forever Launching Soon

    Pure Hearts Romance
    — Sweet Romance, Spunky Authors
    Books at Lunch —
    Your Lunchtime Hangout for Great Books
    Gay Romance Lit — Never
    the Same Romance. Always the Same Sex.
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  • Historical

    Sky Tinted Water by Keta Diablo @ketadiablo #RLFblog

    Cover Love at Romance Lives Forever is a short intro to a
    book and includes only a blurb, buy links, and social media contacts for the
    author. Today’s featured book is: Sky Tinted Water by Keta Diablo.
    Genre: Sweet Historical Romance
    Familial bonds, malevolent schemes, and passion collide in
    this sweet historical novel. Set in Minnesota
    during the Civil War and the Sioux uprising, this is the story of Rory Hudson,
    the exquisite Irish lass with an unbreakable spirit and the enigmatic Dawson
    Finch, a man bound by honor, duty, and loyalty.
    When Dawson
    enlists in the army to bring peace to nation divided, Rory’s world plummets
    into a tailspin. War, distance, and time separate them, but nothing can dispel
    the haunting memories of their love. Not even death can destroy their fierce
    passion or a love so strong it beats the odds of the impossible.

    Buy links:

    Barnes and Noble: http://bit.ly/UjeU4W
    Kobo: http://bit.ly/11xUc3e

    Find Me Here

    Keta’s Keep, http://ketaskeep.blogspot.com
    Keta Diablo Books: http://ketadiablobooks.blogspot.com
    The Stuff of Myth and Men, http://thestuffofmythandmen.blogspot.com
  • Modern Western

    Why Keta Wrote Holding on to Heaven @ketadiablo #amwriting

    Holding on to Heaven.

    Please welcome Keta Diablo as she takes over Romance Lives Forever for the day.

     – – –

    Hi everyone, and thank you so much for stopping by Romance Lives
    Forever.

    Some readers have asked me why I wrote Holding on to Heaven
    so I thought I’d speak to that here. I’ve always loved history about the Civil War
    – the battles, the thousands of lives lost and the boundaries that were often crossed
    when family members choose sides. It wasn’t uncommon to find cousin fighting against
    cousin or neighbor against neighbor. The Civil War was a deeply personal war for
    many, and yet in the end, many didn’t know why they were fighting. I can’t think
    of anything more horrible than to have our country divided over ideals, beliefs,
    or principles to the point we take up arms against our brethren.
    Dark Night of the Moon
    Imagine drawing a line across the United States – the top half of the
    states fight for one side and the bottom for the other. And suppose you had family
    down in Texas when you live in Wisconsin? I’m sure you can
    see what the Civil War was one of our darkest times in history.
    Holding on two Heaven is, in essence, about a woman
    named Lauren McCain who was raised in the deep South and moves to the North just
    before the war broke out. Her loyalties are divided. She’s fallen in love with a
    Northerner, carries his child, and yet her father and family hail from North Carolina. Now, toss
    in the Dakota Sioux uprising in Minnesota
    at the same time and the entire country is ablaze with fire and terror.
    Holding on to Heaven is an emotional story about
    betrayal, grief, fate, and abiding passion. If you like reading about the Civil
    War, I think you’ll love the story of brothers who love the same woman and yet,
    love each other too (note: this is not a ménage and not a gay fiction). Oh, yes,
    and there are a few twists and turns in the story. There is a happily-for-now ending,
    but here’s the good news: Dark Night of the Moon, the sequel to Holding on to Heaven
    was released January 2012. I promise there is a happy resolution to
    the continuing saga.
    “Comanche Ghost”
    Namaste, Keta
    Buy the book at http://amzn.com/B0073TYAKC/

    About the Author

    Keta Diablo lives in the Midwest
    part of the country on six acres of woodland. When she isn’t writing or gardening
    she loves to commune with nature.
    Keta is a multi-published author in both erotic romance and gay
    fiction. Her latest paranormal novel, Where The Rain Is Made, has been nominated
    for a Bookie Award by Authors After Dark in the Best e-novel category. Keta’s books
    have also received numerous Top Pick, Book of the Month, and Recommended Read awards
    from the top professional review sites.
    You can find her on the net at the following places:
    Keta’s Keep, http://ketaskeep.blogspot.com
    Keta Diablo Books: http://ketadiablobooks.blogspot.com
    The Stuff of Myth and Men, http://thestuffofmythandmen.blogspot.com