• Regency

    His Innocent Bride by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #Contemporary #romance

    His Innocent Bride by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #Contempory #romanceWelcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Today’s guest post is by Kryssie Fortune, author of His Innocent Bride.

    Not Your Perfect Hero by Kryssie Fortune

    Harry Potter? Superman? Wolverine? Or Captain America? We all have our favourite heroes. Film boyfriends are great, but to me, book boyfriends are better. I can use my imagination to fill in the gaps.
    To me, heroes are always whiter than white with a strong moral compass and muscles to match. I blame it on my mother feeding me a diet of John Wayne movies when I was a kid. The thing is, they don’t make good reading.
    Where would Mr Darcy be without his arrogance? Remember the boyish Lawrie in Little Women–the one we all thought Jo would marry? How wise she was to choose her professor. Lawrie would have bored her to tears. How about Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon in the Da Vinci Code? He’s quick witted and a reasonable athletic, so damn perfect you could hate him. How did Dan Brown get around it? He made him severely claustrophobic. Even Indiana Jones is scared of snakes.
    Apparently, we like our heroes flawed.
    So, if you’re on the quest for your next book boyfriend, consider James, Earl of Deanswood in my book His Innocent Bride. He’s a survivor, the second son who never expected to inherit. He’s spent years fighting in the Peninsular war and again at Waterloo. He’s lost good friends and seen others maimed. He cares deeply for the army’s discarded veterans.
    Well respected and obscenely rich, he sounds perfect. Except, war has taken its toll. Add in that his farther and older brother drowned on a fishing trip the day the Battle of Waterloo started, and the man’s an emotional mess. He copes by checking and rechecking every detail and micromanaging his estate.
    When his mother demands grandchildren, he marries to please her. His need for control seeps into his marriage. Aletha is his to cosset, protect and spank.

    His Innocent Bride by Kryssie Fortune

    Publisher’s Note: His Innocent Bride is a stand-alone novel which shares the Regency-era setting of Wickedly Used. It includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
    Consummating her marriage shouldn’t be so hard.
    Raised in a dour religious sect, Alethea Allerton dreams of dancing, laughter, and love. She fell for the Earl of Deanswood within five minutes of meeting him. They married by special licence a week later, but he’d rather spend time with his mistress than bed his wife. Alethea has no idea how to seduce her husband. Desperate, she visits a house of ill-repute and hires a tutor. He agrees to meet all the costs as long as she remains blindfold throughout their lessons.
    The Earl of Deanswood, a Waterloo veteran, wed Alethea to father an heir. He steps in as her tutor but he teaches her as much about spanking as sex.
    Alethea survives an attempt on her life. Circumstances implicate Deanswood, and terrified, she flees London. He pursues her, and when he kisses her, she recognises the touch and taste of him. She’s hurt and humiliated by his deception.
    Deanswood sets out to win back her trust. Along the way, he teaches her about ropes, spectators in the bedroom, submission, and sex toys. Only one thing mars their happiness. Someone wants Alethea dead.

    Where to buy His Innocent Bride

    Amazon USA https://amzn.to/2waZmpG
    Amazon UK https://amzn.to/2OO3nYN
    Amazon Canada https://amzn.to/2vRZWcw
    Amazon Australia https://amzn.to/2MzN0S0
    or read free on KindleUnlimited

    Kryssie Fortune Social Media

    Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae, or BDSM loving dragons.
    Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life – or Kryssie – throws at them.
    Kryssie’s pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliff hanger.
    Her books are all standalone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.
    Website http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssie
    Blog http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune
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    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/2hA0ZVO

  • Is It True,  Regency

    Is It True: When the Marquess Returns by Alanna Lucas @alannalucas27 #RLFblog #RegencyRomance

    Is It True: When the Marquess Returns by Alanna Lucas @alannalucas27 #RLFblog #RegencyRomanceWelcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Let’s play Is It True with today’s guest, Alanna Lucas, author of When the Marquess Returns, a Regency Romance. This is a game with yes and no questions. Writers can elaborate on answers as much as they choose.

    When the Marquess Returns by Alanna Lucas

    Genre Historical Romance-Regency
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG-13
    A Marquess in Waiting and the Cursed Heiress…
    The ton is abuzz and mamas are lining up their daughters; identical twins Maximus and Lucius St. Albans are making their entry into society. But they’re not just eligible–they’re the missing grandsons of the Duke of Warrington, stolen as infants.
    However, Maximus doesn’t relish the battle with his cocky, reprobate brother to be the next Marquess. And he has no time for the simpering misses now vying for his attention. Only Miss Sabina Teverton has his interest.
    She was resigned to life as a spinster but from the moment Sabina meets Lord Maximus, her heart is torn. She dreams of a match with him–but how can that be when she’s been branded as cursed…and she knows secrets of that night long ago when Maximus and his twin were snatched from their cradles?

    Is it true:

    this is your first book?
    No – number 12!
    this book is part of a series?
    Yes- it is part of a multi-author series, but each book is a standalone.
    you lost sleep while writing this book?
    Yes! In addition to the twin brother’s in the story constantly arguing in my head, my family and I were selling one house, moving into my mom’s house while the new—well, new to us—house was going through escrow, moved again, then just when we were down to last five boxes, a plumbing disaster struck (rooms gutted, new plumbing throughout…just a mess!).
    you did research for this book?
    Yes
    some characters in this book are not human? (pets for example)
    No
    this book has more than one genre?
    No
    you speak more than one language?
    Sort of. I studied in Paris, France *mumbles into her hand how many years ago* and became quite proficient in speaking French, but I rarely get the opportunity to speak it now. My kids have just started taking French this semester, so I’m hoping it comes back to me.
    you grew up where you live now?
    No
    you love to read?
    OMG Yes!! I love books! (Does anyone answer ‘no’ to that?)
    you are never late?
    Ha! I have a teen daughter. Of course we’re always running late!
    you love pizza?
    Yes—my husband makes the best pizza, all from scratch.
    you love sushi?
    Yes
    you have a pet?
    Yes—Josie is a very sweet German Shorthaired Pointer.

    Where to buy When the Marquess Returns

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/When-Marquess-Returns-Legend-Love-ebook/dp/B07G2TH8CR
    Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-marquess-returns-alanna-lucas/1129319943
    iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1427801768
    Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/when-the-marquess-returns

    Alanna Lucas Social Media

    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. Alanna makes her home in California where she spends her time writing historical romances, dreaming of her next travel destination, and spending time with family.
    Website https://alannalucas.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/alannalucas27
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAlannaLucas/
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    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Alanna-Lucas/e/B00HPC0MYU
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  • Regency

    To Be a Debutante by Jessie Clever @JessieClever #RLFblog #Regencyromance

    To Be a Debutante by Jessie Clever @JessieClever #RLFblog #RegencyromanceToday’s featured book is To Be a Debutante, a Regency romance by Jessie Clever.
    Fans of both historical romance and historical women’s fiction will love this smart, witty, and suspenseful series from bestselling author Jessie Clever. If you like Lauren Willig, Deanna Raybourn, or Amanda Quick, you’re going to fall in love with this author.
    Lady Emily Black is used to getting her way. As the daughter of the Duke of Lofton, she’s grown accustomed to privilege and comfort. So when an ordinary shopping trip turns deadly, Emily is forced to adjust to the truth of what it means to be the descendant of a family of spies. But when such adjustment includes the Marquess of Evanshire, she suddenly finds it’s not quite so difficult even if the marquess is already taken. Because Lady Emily Black always gets what she wants. Always.
    The short stories in the Spy Series:
    1.To Be a Spy
    2.To Be a Duke
    3.To Be a Lady
    4. To Be a Debutante
    The Spy Series short stories take place after the conclusion of the Spy Series.
    Genre Regency romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): PG
    Publisher Someday Lady Publishing, LLC
    Amazon http://amzn.to/2apQ6CA

    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/29KhlqS

    Kobo http://bit.ly/2apQT6K

    Smashwords http://bit.ly/2qZKb28

    Jessie Clever Social Media

    Jessie decided to be a writer because the job of Indiana Jones was already filled.
    Taking her history degree dangerously, Jessie tells the stories of courageous heroines, the men who dared to love them, and the world that tried to defeat them.
    Jessie makes her home in the great state of New Hampshire where she lives with her husband and two very opinionated Basset Hounds.

    Website http://jessieclever.com
    Blog http://jessieclever.com/blog
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  • Regency

    A Countess Most Daring by Jessie Clever @JessieClever #RLFblog #RegencyRomance

    A Countess Most Daring by Jessie Clever @JessieClever #RLFblog #RegencyRomanceToday’s featured book is A Countess Most Daring, a Regency romance by Jessie Clever.

    Fans of both historical romance and historical women’s fiction will love this smart, witty, and suspenseful series from bestselling author Jessie Clever. If you like Lauren Willig, Deanna Raybourn, or Amanda Quick, you’re going to fall in love with this author.
    Katharine Cavanaugh, the Countess of Stirling, has always lived according to the expectations of her heritage. The daughter of a revered naval captain and accomplished British spy, Katharine has always done what others expected of her without ever wondering what she expected of herself.
    American mercenary Matthew Thatcher has spent his life running away from every expectation he has for himself. Fleeing from a tragedy he believes his careless youth caused, Thatcher is more than willing to offer his services to the highest bidder, no matter the danger.
    But when their latest mission from the British War Office goes wrong and they find themselves trapped behind enemy lines in Naples during Napoleon’s last push for European domination, they must decide if they dare to realize the greatest expectation of all: the expectation of love.
    The books in the Spy Series:
    1/2. Inevitably a Duchess (A prequel novella)
    1. Son of a Duke
    2. For Love of the Earl
    3. A Countess Most Daring
    4. To Save a Viscount

    Genre Regency romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    Publisher Someday Lady Publishing, LLC
    Amazon http://amzn.to/Nz0Wck
    Barnes and Noble http://bit.ly/1cqSx13
    Kobo http://bit.ly/1bD2fmN
    Smashwords http://bit.ly/1lExyRV
    CreateSpace http://bit.ly/2rzp5nM

    Jessie Clever Social Media

    Jessie decided to be a writer because the job of Indiana Jones was already filled.
    Taking her history degree dangerously, Jessie tells the stories of courageous heroines, the men who dared to love them, and the world that tried to defeat them.
    Jessie makes her home in the great state of New Hampshire where she lives with her husband and two very opinionated Basset Hounds.

    Website http://jessieclever.com
    Blog http://jessieclever.com/blog
    Twitter http://bit.ly/1IM6UPJ
    Facebook http://on.fb.me/1foelMH
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    Amazon Author Page http://amzn.to/2pSRmcE
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  • Free Book Friday

    Free Books to Read by Mary Martinez and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    Free Books to Read by Mary Martinez and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog It’s #FreeBookFriday on RLFblog! Join us for a collection of free downloads and great books to read. All genres and heat levels. This week’s featured book is Meet Me In Fantasyland by Mary Martinez. Bookmark this site so you don’t miss a thing.

    Books to Read on FreeBookFriday

    Each week, you’ll find free books to download and read. Some are straight up giveaways, some KindleUnlimited, others are Kindle Select, and some are free with newsletter sign up. Always a mix of genres and heat levels. These free deals may be limited in time, so please be sure to check prices before clicking the final buy button.

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    Meet Me In Fantasyland by Mary Martinez

    After twenty years of marriage, Rissa Tate’s husband has left her for Blondie of the big Boobs. Can she rebuild a life for her and her children with a childhood friend?
    Rissa isn’t as surprised as she should be that her husband left her. She’d had an idea for a few years he wasn’t being faithful. She’d buried her head in the sand for the sake of the twins. He left her four month’s earlier, and now he’s asked her to clear all of his possessions out of their home and do with them what she wants. As she boxes everything for Good Will she comes across her old diaries. In them she finds her entry of the pact she made with Robert, Bobby, Graham to meet in Twenty-five years. That date is in two weeks. Would he be there?
    Rob Graham has loved Rissa for as long as he remembered. When they’d been in high school she’d only thought of him as a buddy, the brother she never had. Would she remember their pact? If she did, would she be there?
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    Her Gilded Prison by Beverley Oakley

    Free Books to Read by Beverley Oakley and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    She was determined to secure the succession, he was in it for the pleasure. Falling in love was not part of the arrangement.
    When dashing twenty-five-year-old Stephen Cranbourne arrives at the estate he will one day inherit, it’s expected he will make a match with his beautiful second cousin, Araminta.
    But while proud, fiery Araminta and her shy, plain sister, Hetty, parade their very different charms before him, it’s their mother, Sybil, a lonely and discarded wife, who evokes first his sympathy and then stokes his lustful fires.
    As Stephen introduces Sybil to every pleasure she’s been deprived of, duty and passion become a deep and mutual love. But with the unexpected arrival of a contender to the estate, Sybil realizes that what she’s set in motion to save the family might have tragic consequences.
    Her Gilded Prison is Book 1 in the Daughters of Sin series, a Regency-set ‘Dynasty’ that follows the sibling rivalry between Viscount Partington’s two nobly-born and his illegitimate daughters as they compete for love during a London Season. Her Gilded Prison can, however, be read as a stand-alone.
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    Free Books to Read by Carly Carson and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog Seducing the Law by Carly Carson

    Scarlet is on the run from her cheating fiancé, when he sets the law on her. Making a choice that is either the smartest thing she’s ever done, or the dumbest, she runs straight into the law, in the form of one hot-as-sin Southern sheriff.
    Who better to protect her than the sheriff? That is, until her cover is blown and the sheriff discovers that he has the chance to play on a hot Southern night…with this captivating woman who’s been teasing him since she blew into town. Only one of them can win this sexy tug-of-war – and the sheriff has the handcuffs…
    Being a bad girl has never been so much fun…
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    When Hairy Met Sally by Chris ReddingFree Books to Read by Chris Redding and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

    He must find his fated mate or be exiled from the den.
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    What I thought was going to be a routine fix of a porch netted me my fated mate. She was stuck in a broken step when I arrived. It didn’t take me long to be smitten with her, but she wasn’t interested. If I don’t convince her that we were made for each other then I get to live my alone in the woods.
    Sally
    The last thing I needed was a man in my life. I’d just extricated myself from an abusive relationship. I just wanted to fix up my bed and breakfast and get it running. But he was relentless. He fixed everything. Including my broken heart.
    Then my ex returned and I figured my life was over.
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    Free Books to Read by Erica Ridley and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog Lord of Chance by Erica Ridley

    Disguised as a country miss, Charlotte Devon flees London, desperate to leave her tattered reputation behind. In Scotland, her estranged father’s noble blood will finally make her a respectable debutante. Except she finds herself accidentally wed to a devil-may-care rogue with a sinful smile. He’s the last thing she needs…and everything her traitorous heart desires.
    Charming rake Anthony Fairfax is on holiday to seek his fortune…and escape his creditors. When an irresistible Lady Luck wins him in a game of chance—and a slight mishap has them leg-shackled by dawn—the tables have finally turned in his favor. But when past demons catch up to them, holding on to new love will mean destroying their dreams forever.
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    Endure, Illustrated Quotes of Pietas by Kayelle AllenFree Books to Read by Kayelle Allen and other authors #FreeBookFriday #RLFblog

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    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.
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  • Regency

    Regency Romance by Anna Durbin: King of Swords @TheAnnaDurbin #RLFblog #Regency

    Regency Romance by Anna Durbin: King of Swords @TheAnnaDurbin #RLFblog #RegencyAnna Durbin, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.

    King of Swords by Anna Durbin

    Genre Romance
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    A fiercely independent spinster who desperately needs assistance . . .
    Lady Cassandra Gardner will inherit fifty thousand pounds when she turns thirty—and just in time. She has a special purpose for her money, one no man could understand. But when her brother the duke tries to cheat her out of her fortune, she has no choice but to accept the help of the man who shattered her heart years ago.
    A gallant nobleman who can’t resist rescuing a damsel in distress . . .
    Lord William Poniard is looking for a wife, but the last woman he should consider marrying is his archenemy’s sister, the woman who hates him with a vengeance. Yet, when she is compromised by her brother’s nefarious scheme, he sees an opportunity not only to rescue the lady by marrying her but also to exact revenge on the duke for his past betrayal.
    Will she accept his offer of help and at what cost?
    Despite the long-standing animosity between Cassandra and William, sparks fly when their attraction to one another ignites into a passion neither saw coming. Will one night of rapture unite them or drive them apart? Can she forget past wounds and let him back into her heart? And can he convince her that she is the only woman he wants?

    Where to buy King of Swords

    Amazon https://www.amazon.com/King-Swords-Kings-Tarot-Book-ebook/dp/B072KFYXQV/

    Anna Durbin Social Media

    Anna Durbin is the author of charming tales of the Beau Monde. Having grown up reading sagas of chivalry and romance, she began crafting her own elaborate stories in her imagination at a young age. It was only natural that she would one day write them down. Her first novel, King of Swords, was a 2012 Golden Heart® finalist.
    Despite years of study in the biological and physical sciences, her true love has always been the literary arts. Inspired by her favorite author, Jane Austen, Anna adores the Regency Era and writes period pieces set during that time that show love conquering adversity. Oddly, for all her love of science and history, she is a faithful devotee of the New Age. She discovered tarot cards in a New Age shop in Minneapolis during a high school class trip one year and has been enchanted with them ever since. She enjoys weaving the symbolism of the tarot deck into her storylines.
    Anna has lived in ten different states throughout her lifetime, from California to New Jersey. A Midwesterner at heart, she was born in Kansas and raised in Iowa. Currently, she lives in Wisconsin with her husband and works as a technician for local government.
    Website https://annadurbinauthor.com/
    Twitter https://twitter.com/TheAnnaDurbin
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AnnaDurbinAuthor/
    Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16946965.Anna_Durbin
    Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Durbin/e/B072N25NR4/