• Know the Hero,  Sports

    Know the Hero from Before the Whistle by Linda O’Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromance

    Know the Hero from Before the Whistle by Linda O'Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromanceLinda O’Connor, 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 hero, but first, tell us about the book.

    Before the Whistle by Linda O’Connor

    Genre Sports romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
    Jordyn Kendra is a talented designer and savvy businesswoman. Spending eighteen hours a day establishing and running a successful business doesn’t leave much time for pursuing a relationship, and frankly she hasn’t really missed it. But when an invitation arrives that could help her fulfill her career dreams, she has to make a decision. What’s harder: going to a gala without a date or finding someone to ask?
    Ben Matthews, head athletic therapist for the wildly popular Clarington Quakes hockey team, tends to stand out in a crowd. When Jordyn doesn’t recognize him, it puts a dent in his ego, but he catches her attention when he jumps in to save a life.
    She’s a queasy bystander, cowering at the sight of blood, and he’s cool, calm, and confident, which she finds irresistible. With a little prodding from her spirited aunt, Jordyn realizes that she and Ben might be the perfect mismatch.
    Before the Whistle – when cool and calm in an emergency is totally hot.

    Know the Hero from Before the Whistle

    It’s late, he’s bored. What does he do?
    Goes to the gym or kicks back and watches the sports highlights from the day.
    What kind of food would he impulse buy if hungry?
    Street meat – hot dog or sausage with the works. Quick and easy.
    Describe the kind of clothes he prefers to wear.
    Khakis, collared shirt, and a Clarington Quakes team jacket.
    Does he know how to fix things?
    His handyman skills could use a little work, but he’s great to have around in a medical emergency. Cardiac arrest? Respiratory distress? That he can fix.
    He tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
    He was tired of his tiny place close to the arena. It was time to find a new place, preferably with a view of the Charlebois River. He found a little house, but the deal fell through. Enough. He asked a realtor for help, and now he has the lead on a condominium – with a great view and even better neighbors.
    How does he act around children he doesn’t know?
    Doesn’t daunt him – he’s outgoing and happy to meet Quakes fans of all ages.
    What is he like first thing in the morning?
    When the alarm goes, he’s up out of bed and ready to roll.
    Can he use chopsticks?
    Why would he when a knife and fork are so much faster? Unless he was dining out with the elusive Jordyn Kendra. Then he’d be in no rush to finish the meal, and he’d fumble with chopsticks one grain of rice at a time.
    Does he drink coffee? If so, how does he take it?
    Yup. Large double double at the drive-thru on the way to work.
    What apps would he have on his phone?
    ESPN, theScore, SHARKdocs, SportsMed, ATReports
    Android or iPhone?
    iPhone
    Beard or clean-shaven?
    Clean-shaven
    Earrings/piercings/tattoos or unadorned skin?
    Unadorned skin
    Personal vehicle or public transport?
    BMW X6 sports car courtesy of the Clarington Quakes
    Recycle or toss?
    Recycle. Always.
    Thanks for helping us get to know your hero!

    Where to buy Before the Whistle

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HFQGXSM/

    Linda O’Connor Social Media

    Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances – with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.
    Website www.lindaoconnorauthor.wordpress.com
    Twitter https://twitter.com/LindaOConnor98
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LindaOConnorAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/795688.Linda_O_Connor
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Linda-OConnor/e/B00S7CNLEA
    Newsletter http://www.lindaoconnor.net/contact/

     

  • RLF Gems

    #Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top blogger Michelle M Pillow @MichellePillow

     #Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top blogger Michelle M Pillow @MichellePillow Be sure to read What is RLF? Romance Lives Forever in 2018 and discover great new opportunities for authors and readers.

     

    The RLF Gems announcement last month was in the top ten. You are why I do this!

    Top Blogger for this month is Michelle M Pillow, who wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Top Blogger of 2017 was Vicki Batman, who won a year of free advertising for 2018.

    Top Blogger Michelle M Pillow

    The top bloggers are judged by page visits. Congratulations!
    Other authors in order by page visits are:
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    Zara West
    Tina Donahue
    Linda O’Connor

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  • Know the Heroine

    Know the Heroine from Beyond the Face-Off by Linda O’Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromance

    Know the Heroine from Beyond the Face-Off by Linda O'Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromanceLinda O’Connor, 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 the book.

    Beyond the Face-Off by Linda O’Connor

    Genre Sports romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
    Kelly Danali has a big personality. She runs a pharmacy by day and lights up the local theatre scene by night. There’s nothing she craves more than a spot in the limelight. Jake Ross is a homegrown hockey star. He’s been traded back to the Clarington Quakes and spends most of his time avoiding the press and hockey-crazed fans.
    Kelly wants to curb an alarming trend of drug abuse in local teens, and Jake, with his athleticism and sex appeal, would be the perfect spokesperson. Except there’s one problem – there’s nothing Jake craves more than privacy and solitude.
    Jake finds Kelly irresistible and skates around the possibility of falling in love, but is she more attracted to hockey, fame, or him?
    There’s more to love…Beyond the Face-Off.

    Know the Heroine from Beyond the Face-Off

    Here are some fun questions to help us know your heroine.
    It’s late, she’s bored. What does she do?
    Text a friend. She loves people.
    What kind of food would she impulse buy if hungry?
    A sweet dessert from Bebbington’s Cafe – Yum.
    Describe the kind of clothes she prefers to wear.
    Classy but casual – just like her!
    Does she know how to fix things?
    She does. She just bought a house. Lots to fix up..thank goodness for Youtube videos!
    She tried to do something and it went badly. Tell us about it.
    She’s having trouble with her current role acting opposite her ex as her love interest. The chemistry just isn’t there. She asked Jake to help her practice the love scenes. *wink*
    How does she act around children she doesn’t know?
    Always outgoing and friendly
    What is she like first thing in the morning?
    Up and wide awake, ready to face the day
    Can she use chopsticks?
    If she’s hungry enough.
    Does she drink coffee? If so, how does she take it? If not, what does she drink instead?
    Coffee – black
    What apps would she have on her phone?
    Wunderlist, CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties), UptoDate, Mobile Banking, iPerform, ProPrompter
    Android or iPhone?
    iPhone
    Earrings or unpierced ears?
    Earrings – big dangling colourful earrings are her favorite
    Tattoos or unadorned skin?
    Unadorned skin – she has fair skin typical of redheads
    Personal vehicle or public transport?
    Her own red Chevrolet Spark – all paid off.
    Recycle or toss?
    Recycle (always!)
    Thanks for helping us get to know your heroine!

    Where to buy Beyond the Face-Off

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G6XMD6B

    Linda O’Connor Social Media

    Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances – with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.
    Website http://www.lindaoconnor.net
    Blog https://lindaoconnorauthor.wordpress.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/LindaOConnor98
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LindaOConnorAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/795688.Linda_O_Connor
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  • Contemporary,  Is It True

    Is It True: Behind the Bench by Linda O’Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromance #hockey

    Is It True: Behind the Bench by Linda O'Connor @LindaOConnor98 #RLFblog #sportsromance #hockey Welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Linda O’Connor, author of Behind the Bench, a hockey romantic comedy. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    Behind the Bench (In the Game Hockey Romance, Book 2) by Linda O’Connor

    Genre hockey romance

    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG 13
    Dr. Danni Angelo is the team physician for the Clarington Quakes hockey team. She’s worked hard to earn the players’ respect, but the new coach, Trey Mason, is stirring things up, and Danni’s worried her job may be in jeopardy.
    Trey finds Danni…distracting. Beauty, brains, and sexy moves on the ice have him uncomfortably attracted. He’s the new guy on the block. He has a reputation to build and a standard to set. The last thing he needs is a complication.
    When the team spirals out of control and Danni and Trey get caught up in a drug scandal, things heat up on and off the ice. It’s a whole new game plan…Behind the Bench.

    Is it true:

    this is your first book?
    No – my 8th!
    this book is part of a series?
    Yes – they are all stand-alone stories
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    No – but I do some of my most creative thinking in the middle of the night.
    you did research for this book?
    No
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
    No pets
    this book has more than one genre?
    Yes – it’s a sports romance about hockey and a medical romance about doctors.
    you speak more than one language?
    Yes – English, Medicalese – the language of doctors, the language of love. :D
    you grew up where you live now?
    No – I grew up in a small town population 1500
    you love to read?
    Yes
    you are never late?
    Yes – I’m never late.
    you love pizza?
    Yes – I love pineapple of my pizza!
    you love sushi?
    Yes – I even tried my hand at making it. Not as pretty as the professionals, but it was delicious!
    you have a pet?
    No

    Where to buy Behind the Bench

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FTWRR9N

    Linda O’Connor Social Media

    Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing a few years ago when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at the local home décor store. It turns out she loves writing romantic comedies and has a few more stories to tell. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic (well, even when she is writing she’s a physician, and it shows up in her stories :D ). She hangs out at www.lindaoconnor.net.
    Laugh every day. Love every minute.
    Website http://www.lindaoconnor.net
    Blog http://www.lindaoconnor.net/news-muse-and-interviews/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/LindaOConnor98
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LindaOConnorAuthor
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/795688.Linda_O_Connor
    Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Linda-OConnor/e/B00S7CNLEA
    Newsletter http://www.lindaoconnor.net/contact/

     

  • Free Book Friday

    #Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top bloggers Seelie Kay @SeelieKay and Keta Diablo @ketadiablo

    #Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top bloggers Seelie Kay@SeelieKay and Keta Diablo @ketadiabloBe sure to read What is RLF? Romance Lives Forever in 2018 and discover great new opportunities for authors and readers. The RLF Gems announcement last month was in the top ten. Thank you! You are why I do this.

    Top Blogger for this month is Seelie Kay, who wins a month of free advertising on the blog. Top chatter is Keta Diablo. Top Blogger of 2017 was Vicki Batman, who won a year of free advertising for 2018.

    Top Blogger Seelie Kay

    The top bloggers are judged by page visits. Congratulations!
    Other authors in order by page visits are:

    Caroline Warfield
    Veronica Scott
    Effrosyni Moschoudi
    Kayelle Allen

    Honorable Mention: Viviana MacKade and Vella Munn

    Top Chatter for the Month

    The person who gets the most comments in a month is not always the person who gets the most page views. For that reason, I instituted the Top Chatter Award. This award is for the bloggers who receive the most comments.
    This month’s winner is Keta Diablo.#Romance Lives Forever on #RLFblog Meet the top bloggers Seelie Kay@SeelieKay and Keta Diablo @ketadiablo

    Authors of #FreeBookFriday

    Adriana Kraft, Bonnie Edwards, Cara Bristol, Edna Curry, Effrosyni Moschoudi, Holly Bargo, Jana Richards, Jenna Ives, Kayelle Allen, Liese Sherwood-Fabre, Linda O’Connor, Linda Rae Sande, Mageela Troche, Michelle M Pillow, Nina Piece, Pauline Baird Jones

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    Readers – bookmark the blog and come back every day for good books. On Fridays, every book we offer is free. Look for the #FreeBookFriday hashtag on Twitter and Facebook.

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    Who wants a free book? Nab a few good reads on #FreeBookFriday @lindaraesa #RLFblog

    It’s #FreeBook Friday on RLFblog! Want a free book? Join us for a new collection of free reads and downloads each week. All genres and heat levels. Bookmark this site so you don’t miss a thing.

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    A sensual tale-within-a-tale of a baron, a book, and a bride-to-be. Lady Evangeline is about to buy the book, ‘The Story of a Baron’, when Baron Sommers appears with the same intention. With only the one copy available, they agree to read it together — despite the impropriety — Evangeline’s reputation as a bluestocking could use a bit of scandal. When life begins to imitate art, though, Evangeline wonders about the true identity of the author, Anonymous. What will she discover when she reads between the lines in The Story of a Baron?
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    Palace of Deception

    Helena Fairfax
    “The type of book I just love to read…Pure romance.”
    A Mediterranean princess disappears, and actress Lizzie Smith is forced to take on the role of her life as her stand-in. But when Lizzie arrives at the Royal Palace, she finds mystery and danger lurking. Why does the sinister housekeeper insist Lizzie remains in her rooms? And what has become of the princess?
    As Lizzie learns her role, her only confidant is her quiet bodyguard. Lizzie begins to fall for Léon…but what secrets is he keeping from her?
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    Perfectly Honest (Perfectly Series #1)

    Linda O’Connor
    You never know where your words will take you…
    When Mikaela Finn agreed to be Sam’s ‘fiancée’ for a weekend, she probably should have told him that she’s a doctor. Sam O’Brien, aka ‘Dr. Eye Candy’, is trying to shed his playboy reputation and convince a small town hospital that he’s ready to settle down. But when his ‘fiancée’ helps deliver a baby in the middle of the meet and greet, it’s a bit of a shock. If he’d known the whole truth, he might have done things a little differently because somehow his ‘fiancée’ ends up stealing his job and his heart. Not exactly the change he wanted.
    Lies and deceit – it’s a match made in heaven!
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    An Uncommon Love

    MJ Schiller
    Princess Adriana had her life all figured out…
    Or, to be more precise, she had her life all figured out for her. Before she was even born she was betrothed to Garin, and that was perfectly acceptable as he became her childhood friend, and then, eventually, the person she would swap kisses with inside the palace gardens. She never questioned it, never had a reason to, until the day a commoner was brought before her father, the King, to be punished.
    …until the day her eyes conncected with blacksmith Seth Hobb’s across a stone courtyard.
    When he creeps into the castle at night to thank her for freeing him, they begin to build a relationship with one another that is often as explosive as it is endearing. But fate ends up separating the two and they must undertake a long and arduous journey to be reunited.
    But with everything against them, can an uncommon love like theirs survive?
    Even then, can Adriana make Seth see her for herself and not as the princess he imagines? And if she does, will she ever be able to convince her father that, despite his objections over Seth being a commoner, there is nothing “common” about him at all?
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    Married to the Cyborg

    Cara Bristol
    Glitz. Glamour. Danger.
    Anyone who is anyone attends the annual Association of Planets gala, the largest, fanciest soiree in the galaxy. Escorted by her husband Brock, Penelope “Pia” Aaron attends the event, to mix and mingle with the galaxy’s power elite to further her career as an AOP ambassador.
    Brock Mann isn’t there to serve as his wife’s plus-one. A cyborg and a field agent with the covert force Cyber Operations, Brock knows the glitzy, glamorous evening isn’t going to end happily for one individual. An intercepted partial communique has revealed that one gala attendee will be the target of a kidnapping. Who the intended victim is, why the person is being taken and by whom—that’s what Cy-Ops must find out to stop the abduction.
    And then Pia is taken.
    Without knowing who or why she was targeted, Brock must race against the clock to find his wife before she’s killed.

    Saving the girl and the galaxy just got personal.
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    Endure, Illustrated Quotes of Pietas

    Kayelle Allen
    Illustrated Book
    What does the most dangerous man in the galaxy have to say about enduring?
    Known to other immortals as the Bringer of Chaos, Pietas is the most powerful of all the Ultras. This 7′ tall warrior has platinum hair and eyes the color of raw turquoise. His beauty is legendary. So is his prowess at war. A scientist, brilliant strategist, and passionate lover, this immortal understands the need to accept what life throws his way, to embrace change, and take destiny into his own hands.
    Thirty beautifully illustrated quotes.
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