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    #FreeBookFriday Join Pamela Ford @pamelafordbooks and other authors for free books #RLFblog

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    Love on the Lane by Pamela Ford

    What if changing your name is all it takes to change your life?
    Return to her ten-year reunion as a lowly traffic manager? No way. Izzy Gordon is determined to become a filmmaker by creating a documentary about the gangster history of an old lodge. But her parents own the property and want to sell – and the lodge owners are fighting to stay open. So Izzy decides not to tell anyone who she really is.
    Gib Murphy, globe-trotting photojournalist, is home recovering from an injury he got on a deadly assignment in Afghanistan. All he wants is some peace. Instead, he’s landed in the middle of his grandparents’ battle to keep the lodge they’ve run for forty years. And then he meets Izzy – and it’s lights, camera, action! But when he discovers her real identity, will their blockbuster beginning become a box-office flop?
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    The Mad Monk’s Treasure by Kris Bock

    The lost Victorio Peak treasure is the stuff of legends—a heretic Spanish priest’s gold mine, made richer by the spoils of bandits and an Apache raider. When Erin, a quiet history professor, uncovers a clue that may pinpoint the lost treasure cave, she prepares for adventure. But when a hit and run driver nearly kills her, she realizes she’s not the only one after the treasure. And is Drew, the handsome helicopter pilot who found her bleeding in a ditch, really a hero, or one of the enemy?
    Erin isn’t sure she can trust Drew with her heart, but she’ll need his help to track down the treasure. She heads into the New Mexico wilderness with her brainy best friend Camie and a feisty orange cat. The wilderness holds its own dangers, from wild animals to sudden storms. Plus, the sinister men hunting Erin are determined to follow her all the way to the treasure, no matter where the twisted trail leads. Erin won’t give up an important historical find without a fight, but is she ready to risk her life—and her heart?
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    #FreeBookFriday Join Kristina Knight and other authors for free books #RLFblogThe Saint’s Devilish Deal by Kristina Knight

    Esmerelda Quinn has been looking for a place to belong since her parents were killed in a car crash when she was young. The closest thing to home has always been Aunt Constance’s villa in Puerto Vallarta, so after a string of dead-end hotellier jobs, she’s coming home to run the villa.
    Santiago Cruz has called the villa home for as long as he can remember. In between surfing events, Constance has always had a room for him. Color him surprised when Constance decides to retire – and leaves a joint interest in the villa to both Santiago and Esme.
    Esme isn’t thrilled to share ownership of the villa with the the youngest Cruz brother – especially when she learns Santiago’s brother has been after the villa for years. But Santiago has grown up while she’s been away at school and soon she finds herself falling for the rich boy down the hall.
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    Second Chance Heart by Marie Lavender#FreeBookFriday Join Marie Lavender and other authors for free books #RLFblog

    After a wild storm forces her to take shelter in a small town inn, Dana Nelson thinks that all she has to worry about is a brief stay before she heads back to the city. She gets far more than she bargained for…
    The last thing she expects is to run into an old flame, and even worse, the man who broke her heart twelve years ago. She’s sure that the only thing remaining between them is a strong attraction for another.
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    The more time she spends with Vince Reynolds, the more she begins to believe she can trust him again. But, can she put her faith in the one man who captivates her, body and soul, or are some wounds too deep to heal?
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    #FreeBookFriday Join Rachel Leigh Smith and other authors for free books #RLFblogMy Name is A’yen by Rachel Leigh Smith

    They’ve taken everything from him. Except his name.
    The Loks Mé have been slaves for so long, freedom is a distant myth A’yen Mesu no longer believes. A year in holding, because of his master’s murder, has sucked the life from him. Archaeologist Farran Hart buys him to protect her on an expedition to the Rim, the last unexplored quadrant.
    Farran believes the Loks Mé once lived on the Rim and is determined to prove it. And win A’yen’s trust. But she’s a breeder’s daughter and can’t be trusted.
    Hidden rooms, information caches, and messages from a long-dead king change A’yen’s mind about her importance. When she’s threatened, he offers himself in exchange, and lands on the Breeders Association’s radar. The truth must be told. Even if it costs him his heart.
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    Character Interview: A’yen from My Name is A’yen @rachelleighgeek #RLFblog #SciFi

    My Name Is A’yen 

    About the Book

    Title My Name Is A’yen
    Genre: science fiction
    romance
    Author Rachel Leigh
    Smith
    Book heat level: PG-13
    They’ve taken everything from him.
    Except his name.
    The
    Loks Mé have been slaves for so long, freedom is a distant myth A’yen Mesu no longer
    believes. A year in holding, because of his master’s murder, has sucked the life
    from him. Archaeologist Farran Hart buys him to protect her on an expedition to
    the Rim, the last unexplored quadrant.
    Farran
    believes the Loks Mé once lived on the Rim and is determined to prove it. And win
    A’yen’s trust. But she’s a breeder’s daughter and can’t be trusted.
    Hidden
    rooms, information caches, and messages from a long-dead king change A’yen’s mind
    about her importance. When she’s threatened he offers himself in exchange, and lands
    on the Breeders Association’s radar. The truth must be told. Even if it costs him
    his heart.

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    Interview with A’yen

    Tell us about yourself, please.
    Well, I’m thirty-one,
    an only child, have no clue who my dad is, and I’m a slave. That’s what the law
    says anyway. Thing is, though, I refuse to be one. I’m a person, same as you. Doesn’t
    matter I’m a different species. I still have a brain, intelligence, and dreams.
    Just like humans. I damn well never gave my permission to humanity to make me a
    slave.
    What is it that you want, but cannot have? Authors
    call this the conflict of the story.
    To be free and make
    my own choices. I can’t have it because I’m a slave, and the only way for my species
    to not be a slave is to be dead. It’d break my mom’s heart if I died, though when
    my story opens I’m tired of life and don’t want any part of it.
    Then there’s the whole
    bit with Fae pushing at me and me not being ready to let go of my dead lover. She’s
    so different from him, and doesn’t always see me as a person. When she started uncovering
    things that prove this planet once belonged to my people, someone in the expedition
    started threatening her. Me being the idiot I am I did the only thing I knew how
    to do: sacrifice my choices to save her.
    What’s your internal limitation? Meaning, what
    is it about you that makes it so you cannot do what it is you need to do during
    this story?
    I’m invisible to most
    people. Then there are a handful who I wish didn’t see me. See, I’m viewed as less-than.
    Something for others to play with, with no regard for my feelings and needs. So
    I’m a bit of a recluse, to keep people from seeing me and wanting things from me
    I have no intention of giving them. I know I need to stand up for myself, but that
    doesn’t mean it’s easy.
    I’m also not used to
    standing on my own. For the last twenty years I hid behind the man who owned me.
    He was also my lover. He wouldn’t let anyone mistreat or abuse me, and he loved
    me with all his heart and soul. I was a person to him, the person who held his heart.
    Then he died protecting me. I don’t like being alone, but I also don’t want people
    around me. I think you humans call that being stuck between a rock and a hard place.
    I don’t trust easily,
    because humans see me as a thing to possess. The men of my species are both feared
    and lusted after. By everyone. I chose of my own free will to sleep with a human
    male, but most of us don’t have any choice at all about whether we warm a human’s
    bed.
    What’s your external complication? In the story
    world your author created, explain what it is you fear most.
    Ooh, lady. You go deep
    here. What I fear most? Being alone. See, I know what it is to be loved to the point
    of sacrifice. And I won’t settle for anything less. But to do that I have to let
    people get close to me. Which I’m not good at, as evidenced by the many ways I push
    Fae away from me and try to lock her out of my heart.
    The one time I let someone
    all the way into my heart, I lost him. With him I was never alone, even when it
    was just the two of us.
    I also fear being used.
    It steals your heart and soul one piece at a time. The expedition members see me
    as dangerous. They don’t care I have skills they need. They try to put me into their
    box of what my species is supposed to be: free labor. Except I have a skill and
    a trade they need.
    You can probably guess
    at this point what I do in the story. I isolate myself and let myself be used. To
    keep my loved ones safe. Because they’re worth it. Love means nothing without sacrifice.
    Tell us about your significant other, that person
    who makes living worthwhile.
    Ah, Fae. She’s everything
    light and beautiful in my world. She’s an archaeologist and one of the few who think
    I should be a free man. It’s a beautiful thing. When she looks at me I feel real,
    more than property. Like I matter. I’m not invisible to her, nor is she afraid of
    me.
    What would that person say about you?
    That I’m stubborn, don’t
    know when to keep my mouth shut, and that I complete her.
    Are you happy with the way your story ended?
    Why or why not?
    I totally am! I got
    the girl, found the planet my people once called home, met my dad, learned to stand
    up for myself. And the story’s not over. Finding our home is the first chapter.
    Getting it back is the real struggle.

    About the Writer

    You have the length of a tweet (140 characters)
    to describe yourself as a writer. Let’s see what you can do.
    I write romance for
    the hero lover.
    Why did you choose to write about this character?
    I didn’t! He chose me
    then wouldn’t leave me alone. I dreamed him one night and the very next day dove
    into his story. I haven’t left it since.
    Was there anything you discovered about this
    character that was a surprise to you?
    Yes. He’s bi. I suspected
    it when I was working on the opening chapters, but it still surprised me when he
    confirmed it and showed me how much he loved Wayan Mesu.
    Why do you write?
    I can’t not write. Stringing
    words together is as important to me as oxygen. I went through a dry spell a few
    years ago, because of circumstances in my life, and it was awful. The not being
    able to write made everything so much worse.
    What do you want to write next?
    I’m finishing up the
    first draft of A’yen’s Legacy #4, Heart of Winter. After that I have edits on book
    three. After that’s done I’m diving into A’yen’s Legacy #6, Essence of Loyalty.
    Are any sequels planned for this book?
    Not just planned. Written.
    Book two, The King’s Mistress, releases January 20, 2015. Book three, To Save A
    Life, will be out in the spring. Four and five are written, and I’m brewing on six,
    seven, and eight.

    Author Bio

    Rachel Leigh Smith writes romance for the hero lover. She lives
    in central Louisiana with her family and a half-crazed calico. When not writing,
    which isn’t often, she’s hanging with her family, doing counted cross-stitch, or
    yakking about life, the universe, and everything with her besties. There may also
    be Netflix binging . . .
    She’s an active member of the Science Fiction Romance Brigade
    and Romance Writers of America. You can sign up for her newsletter at her website.

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