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Rourke a new #paranormalromance by @mjohnstonwriter #RLFblog
This quick interview includes info about the author, and introduces the story.About the Author
Marie Johnston lives in the upper-Midwest with her husband, four kids, and an old cat. Deciding to trade in her lab coat for a laptop, she’s writing down all the tales she’s been making up in her head for years. An avid reader of paranormal romance, these are the stories hanging out and waiting to be told, between the demands of work, home, and the endless chauffeuring that comes with children.Interview with Marie Johnston
Why did you write this book?The series started with Demetrius. He appeared in my first series, The Sigma Menace, and as soon as I wrote him, I knew he had a story. As that series progressed, the sexy vampires demanded their own series. That Demetrius had to be the first book was obvious to me, and as I wrote each vampire told me their order. Rourke said he was next, and I was excited to write him.What is your favorite genre to read?Hands down—paranormal romance. I started out reading fantasy and when I realized I kept scrounging books, looking for the romance, it dawned on me. Why not just read romance? I cruised through every genre and settled on paranormal although I do dabble in contemporary. However, a well written romance captures me no matter the genre.Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?When I was young, I l-o-v-e-d The Blue Sword. It had such an impact that decades later, I’d have to say the heroine Harry Crewe is my favorite. Stolen young girl trained to be a warrior and falls in love with the hot dude who stole her. Lots of tropes and I loved all of them.What are you working on at the moment, and will see from you in coming months?After The Sigma Menace, I decided to take my world in two directions. I don’t know that it was the best decision, though. When I finish one book, I’m so hyped to write the next in the series, buuuut I’m flip-flopping back and forth. Now that Rourke, book 2 from the New Vampire Disorder, is released, the next book is Ancient Ties from Pale Moonlight. I do enjoy writing the Pale Moonlight books because they are standalone reads in the same world with familiar characters.Please tell us about your latest book.Grace Otto was a vampire child adopted by humans and raised in a secluded but loving environment. When she stumbles across their murders, she comes face to face with Rourke, the male who’s haunted her nightmares, who might have killed her birth family. It’s not long before she realizes the mysterious male is not the one responsible for her parents’ demise, but their pasts are irrevocably linked and she’s forced to leave the human world to find out how.Around Grace, Rourke dares to think of a better future, one that can overwrite his traumatic history. Until she unwittingly commits an act of betrayal that threatens her and their entire species. To save Grace, Rourke will need to hunt down the demons of their past.About the Book
Title RourkeGenre Paranormal RomanceAuthor Marie JohnstonBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RBuy This Book
Publisher Self-publishedAmazon https://www.amazon.com/Rourke-New-Vampire-Disorder-Book-ebook/dp/B01JF2I49M/Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rourke-marie-johnston/1124265884?ean=2940153153131Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/rourkeSmashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/655127Author Social Media
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Dragon Tears by @Laurel_R_books #RLFblog #urbanfantasy
Today’s featured book is Dragon Tears by Laurel Richards.About the Book
Title Dragon Tears (Elementals #2)Genre Urban Fantasy / ParanormalAuthor Laurel RichardsBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13After losing his parents and suffering abuse at the hands of his human stepfather, Matthew Drake has lost his grip on reality. He is well aware that there is something wrong with him, but he must stay on the move to keep ahead of his past. Wandering the streets of Paradise City, Matthew uses his power as a Fire Elemental to avoid or kill those who threaten him.It isn’t until Lucius Brant, a powerful healer and fellow Fire Elemental, enters his life that Matthew starts to feel like he can think more clearly. But Lucius isn’t the only one taking an interest in him. A killer is on the loose somewhere in the city and is trying to frame him. Can Matthew trust Lucius to heal his mind? Can he find out who the real killer is and clear his name? He has to survive long enough to find out.Buy This Book
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Laurel Richards is a fiction author with a passion for shifters, space travelers, and other memorable characters. She has gathered inspiration from lots of different sources throughout her life and is here to share her imagination through storytelling. Laurel writes sci-fi/fantasy, paranormal, and funny mysteries, with various degrees of romance mixed in. You can find Laurel at http://www.author-laurelrichards.com.Author Social Media
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#Cancer one day at a time @liviaquinn #pinktober
Livia Quinn is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate
Cancer Awareness Week 2016.Much has changed in the last twenty-five years since my
father died of lung cancer. Less than a month after he passed away it was
discovered that my mother had ovarian cancer. Here are some of the words from
the doctor when she came out of surgery…”It’s really too bad, she’s a
beautiful lady. It was everywhere. We couldn’t get it all. I give her a 30%
chance of living two years WITH chemo.” He patted her on the hand and
said, “You’re going to be okay with a little chemotherapy.” She
smiled.To say I was berserk knowing the truth and having to pretend
like everything was going to be okay while she went around relieved is an
understatement. But I don’t even know if he’d told her the truth if he could
have kept her positive attitude at bay. She told me years later she just kept
pretending it was happening to someone else and just took each step as
something she had to do. She never ever gave a thought to giving up. She lived
seven and a half years after her diagnosis, giving our family many extra years
of chances to heal relationships and prepare. I’m so so grateful for that.I admire the strength and determination and denial it takes
to get through a big C diagnosis and treatment and everything that comes with
it. But people I know who have been through it often tell me that now they see
it as just another of life’s challenges. I hope I get to see the cure in my
lifetime, don’t you?I believe we’re close.About the Book
My character Jack Lang has gone through a series of
challenges right up to this latest one in Take These Broken Wings.Title Take These Broken Wings, Destiny Paramortals, Book 5Genre Paranormal RomanceBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13Destiny. Is it Mayberry or Middle Earth?Jack Lang knows first hand about Destiny’s secrets. Turns
out he was one of them. On Mardi Gras Eve he and his unlikely band of heroes
defeated some particularly nasty creatures intent on taking advantage of the
Paramortals’ vulnerability during the Chaos. They called it Chaos because the
word “Armageddon” was already taken. Destiny survived with the help
of their dragon and some special friends, then Jack received the biggest shocks
of his life. And that was saying a lot.He’d chosen this town the year before for the normalcy and
safety it could provide his teenager after a life of upheaval with his ex. He’d
been looking for Mayberry. Instead he’d found, not a town, but a world full of
magical beings, odd occurrences, and scary creatures. There’d been one shock
after another and yet, instead of leaving and taking Jordie somewhere “safe”…
he’d stayed.He suspects he felt the pull of this special place long
before he’d known it existed. But that hadn’t been the only reason. It had all
begun the first time he’d seen Tempest Pomeroy. That was when his world had
turned upside down—along with half the town. He’d surprised himself with his
acceptance of the supernatural. He’d even almost accepted this latest blow, but
that had been before he found out he no longer belonged anywhere. Not with
humans, and not among supernaturals. Something had gone haywire in his family
DNA.Now he’s abandoned the women in his life, his
responsibilities–everything except for the need to quench the gnawing hunger
in his gut and this compulsion to jump off the highest levees in the parish. He
was just sorry there were no mountains in Louisiana.About the Author
Livia Quinn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in
Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South,
it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a
place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of
the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let mortals see you use your
magic.).Buy This Book
Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
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Sucker Punch @jordankrose #cancer #pinktober
Jordan K Rose is helping Romance Lives Forever Blog celebrate Cancer Awareness Week 2016.
I’d like to start by thanking Kayelle for inviting me to participate. Having the opportunity to talk about my experience will hopefully help others who find themselves in the terrifying position of receiving an ovarian cancer diagnosis.
This past July I was diagnosed with an early stage of a rare form of ovarian cancer, specifically- a granulosa cell tumor. To say the news was shocking is an understatement. We received it during a post-op visit where had anticipated hearing great results about a surgery and anticipated a routine recovery. We did not plan to hear, “We think you should have the other ovary removed and have chemo.”My husband described that visit as “it was like being punched in the nads.” I’d heard men say that expression before, but never had a reference point until that meeting. Apparently, ladies, the “nad-punch” experience is mind-numbingly painful and can cause you to forget any other thought.We’d been warned not to Google ovarian cancer and get worked up over what we read because this type of cancer was so different and so rare. Of course we Googled, but we Googled granulosa cell tumor. We narrowed our search and we searched high and low and came up with not a whole heck of a lot of data.Granulosa Cell Tumors make up about 4% of ovarian cancers. There is not a great deal of research to share because of this. Unfortunately, most of the data is “after the fact” sort of information because the cancer is not well known. There is not a central repository for doctors to link patients and share information on what’s happening, when it happened, types of treatments, what worked or didn’t. There’s not a standard protocol for measuring hormone levels in advance of surgery, which would be very helpful for every patient.This is a cancer with high probability of recurrence, though a great prognosis if detected early with women living many years past the original diagnosis. It’s a slow growing cancer with definite indicators of potential recurrence like monitoring the Inhibin and AMH levels quarterly, then every six months after the first few years.There are great resources for women through the Granulosa Cell Tumor Research Foundation and the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. There is also a Facebook group of GCT Survivor Sisters! (you must have a diagnosis of GCT to be a member of the FB group).If you find yourself in the unfortunate position of receiving this diagnosis, please utilize the groups above and feel free to contact me at contactjordan@jordankrose.com. I’m more than happy to share what I’ve learned or to lend an ear and be a support to you.I sought a second opinion at the Dana Farber Institute in Boston. I encourage anyone receiving a cancer diagnosis to receive a second opinion before deciding on treatment.After all my research I decided against chemo or surgery as there was no indication any cancer remained in my body. Thus doing something drastic “just in case” made no sense. But everyone’s decision is personal and patients need to make decisions that feel right to them.At the Dana Farber Institute I’ve signed up to participate in a research study to allow them to better understand the genetics of this cancer, thus leading to a cure. I’m happy to participate and hope other patients will consider doing the same to help find a cure.Below please find the information on one of my free books, Her Vampire’s Promise, Novella One in the Romance In Central City Series. Losing myself in books has gotten me through some difficult times and I wanted to share a book that everyone can afford. As well, if you sign up for my newsletter, you’ll get the second novella in the series, The Vampire’s Partner for free.Wishing every cancer patient all the best in diagnosis, treatment and recovery.Jordan(reprinted from 2015)Her Vampire’s Promise
Reade Hayes knows better than any vampire that nothing good ever comes out of Central City. So he isn’t surprised the beautiful blonde he meets in the dive bar is crazy. What does surprise him is how fast she moves, how hard she hits, and the fact she’s wearing a ring he last saw two decades ago on the hand of his dead friend.Was this the little girl he swore a blood pact to protect? Why had her uncle lied about her death? And what had he done to make her so lethal?Buy This Book
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Jordan loves vampires. She also loves to laugh. And if you know anything about Jordan, you know her vampires will make you laugh.A few years back Jordan received a copy of Twilight from her husband as part of her anniversary gift. By the end of that week she’d read the entire series and moved onto Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Eight weeks and eighteen vampire books later the idea for her first book came to her followed very quickly by Eva Prim.Having lived in Rhode Island for most of her life Jordan uses the state as a backdrop for all her books, though many of the cities and towns and businesses (especially the ones run by vampires) are all fictitious.When she’s not writing about one vampire or another Jordan enjoys spending time with her husband, Ken and their lovable Labradors, Dino and Enzo on the beautiful beaches of New England.For more free books join Jordan’s newsletter at http://bit.ly/1Vk2TWnAuthor Social Media
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Double Feature with @LiviaQuinn #PNR Fantasy #RLFBlog
“Love happens, when you least expect it”Author BioLivia Qu
inn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South, it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let the mortals see you use your magic.)Storm CrazyTitle Storm CrazyGenre Urban Fantasy Paranormal CozyAuthor Livia QuinnBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13To say I was having a bad day would be like saying Katrina dropped a little rain on the Gulf Coast. I’m Tempest Pomeroy, a mail carrier and a Paramortal like my family. Or I’m supposed to be. If I didn’t have a few little talents, I’d think I was adoptedI’ve denied my heritage for too long. Now, my mother’s out of pocket, my brother’s genie bottle is missing and the sheriff thinks one of us is guilty of murder. I think he’s following me. Is it any wonder I’m calling this the worst MALE day of my life?Oh, and the sheriff? He thought he’d settled in a normal small town to raise his teenage daughter. Like Mayberry. Not…Things better settle down soon ‘cause I’m about to go Storm Crazy.Buy Storm CrazyIt’s Perma-free! with a bonusSign up for my news letter and get the bonus set Storm Crazy and Cry Me a River FREE. http://eepurl.com/W94bb
Publisher Campbell Hill Publishing
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UndoneTitle Undone (A Sexy Romantic Adventure)Genre Contemporary RomanceAuthor Livia QuinnBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RWhen Aussie gem hunter Cass McKay appears unexpectedly on Elektra’s design shop doorway, her reasons for sending him away a year ago suddenly seem…complicated, their passion for each other and the secret, intricately entwined.One year ago on the eve of Carnival, Elektra broke their engagement after the “Blood” opal was stolen. No one steals from Cass, especially not when it cost him the woman he loved.Elektra’s reason for breaking their engagement has now come back to bite her. Cass intends to return to Brazil, putting himself in danger to retrieve her opal, in hopes that Elektra will give their relationship another chance.Staying out of Cass’ bed isn’t an option if she’s going to keep him safe, but coming clean might make things worse. Elektra is walking a tightrope between desire and deceit, and the truth will endanger not only their love, but their lives.Buy UndoneAmazon http://amzn.to/1K9EbD8
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Take These Broken Wings by @LiviaQuinn #RLFblog Paranormal #giveaway
Today’s featured book is Take These Broken Wings by Livia Quinn.About the Book
Title Take These Broken WingsGenre Paranormal CozyAuthor Livia QuinnBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13Jack Lang knows first hand about Destiny’s secrets–turns out he was one of them. Five months ago he and his unlikely band of heroes defeated some nasty creatures intent on taking advantage of the Paramortals’ powerlessness during Chaos. After surviving the Chaos with the help of their resident dragon, Jack received the biggest shock of his life. And that was saying a lot.He’d chosen Destiny for the normalcy and safety it could provide his teenager after a life of their own kind of chaos with Jordie’s mother. He’d been looking for Mayberry. Instead he’d found not a town, but a world full of magical beings, odd occurrences, and quite frankly, monsters. Think, Middle Earth. There’d been one shock after another and yet, instead of leaving and taking Jordie somewhere “safe”… he’d stayed.Looking back, everything had started when he met Tempest Pomeroy. That was when his world turned upside down—along with half the town. He’d surprised himself with his acceptance of the supernatural. And he’d almost accepted this latest blow, but that was before he found out he no longer belonged anywhere. Not with humans, and not among supernaturals. Something had gone haywire in his family DNA.Now the women in his life feel he’s abandoned them. Actually, he’s abandoned everything except for the need to quench this gnawing hunger in his gut and the compulsion to jump off the highest levee in Laccasine Parish.Too bad there were no mountains in Louisiana.Get a free book
All four Destiny books are on sale now and one commenter will receive a free copy of the Destiny book of your choice in epub or mobi.Preorder Take These Broken Wings Now – Release day Oct 2nd!Publisher Campbell Hill PublishingBuy This Book
Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/take-these-broken-wings/id1118777289Nook http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/2940153209159Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/take-these-broken-wings-2Createspace Available October 2016AllromanceEbooks Available October 2016About the Author
Livia Quinn is a DC native who’s lived on the bayou in Louisiana for thirty years. After experiencing weather disasters in the South, it was only natural that they would play a part in her Storm Lake world, a place where supernaturals and mere-mortals co-exist (but on different ends of the lake. That’s one of the rules. Never let the mortals see you use your magic.)Author Social Media
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