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By Caroline Clemmons

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Kindred Spirit by Julia Firlotte

 

 

Mankind’s day of reckoning is coming; A young Wicca must learn to harness the elements and reconcile old friendships if she is to save mankind from Mother Nature’s wrath.

 

Kindred Spirit

by Julia Firlotte

Genre: SciFi Dystopian Romance

 

A plague for a plague, to make the human race pay
For the destruction of a planet which was not theirs to slay

Mankind’s day of reckoning is coming and all hopes lie on the shoulders of one young Wicca. Only Cady Leigh can harness the elements and reconcile old friendships if she is to save mankind from Mother Nature’s wrath.

Set three hundred years in the future, the impact of global warming has divided the nation into two opposing societies. Cady Leigh’s family are Wiccans and the healers of their underground traditionalist community, so when a craft from the opposing technologist’s society crashes near her home, Cady saves a wounded technologist teenager Drew Kemp and brings him to live with her family.

Like all technologists, Drew has a nanochip implant and uses it to spy on the traditionalist villagers to root out the terrorists who attack the metropolis he calls home. However, he falls in love with the independent and spirited young Wicca, Cady. When he reveals the truth to her, she feels betrayed and rejects him, so he returns to his city alone.

Some years later, due to the damage inflicted on the Earth by humans, mother nature unleashes her displeasure on mankind in the form of a dangerous virus. Passionate about healing, Cady travels to the technologist’s city in search for a cure. But in a world of science and fact, Cady’s Wiccan roots start to reveal themselves at the worst time and her paranormal abilities to harness the elements evokes fear and oppression in the technologists around her.
When Cady discovers her abilities are more significant, that she is in fact the final hope to redeem mankind, she must turn to Drew to help her navigate this new world and find a cure.

  

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‘As long as Cady wants me here, I’ll be taking over as head of the Leigh family, and Cady can damn-well choose her own future. Are you following me?’ 

Kegan jerks his head back, enough to loosen my grip on his jaw. 

‘You won’t be her head of family! You’re an outsider. The elders will never…’ 

I press my knee further into his knuckles, twisting it on his joints until he groans. 

‘That group of weak-kneed idiots! You think they’re going to tell me what to do?’ I laugh. ‘Like you, you mean?’ I press my thumb into the nerve endings that run under his teeth that I learned in a ranger combat training load, and he squeals like a pig in heat. 

This is just too easy. 

I’ve mastered so many martial arts and physical defence classes in my mind. Now the opportunity to bring things to a head with Kegan has finally presented itself, the ease with which I could beat him is almost disappointing. I wonder if that makes beating him to a pulp the right thing to do, though, just because I could, then I decide couldn’t care less! The reasons for hurting him are the right ones, even if my actions aren’t. 

‘Let’s just make something really fucking clear. She’ll never be yours, Kegan, because she doesn’t want to be. Do you understand?’ 

Kegan grunts and nods, so I ease back and let him up. He rises slowly to his feet, one hand pressed over his face and then turned in a flurry of movement, his free hand coming forward to punch me in the stomach, but I pivot, swinging one leg back in a semi-circle, and trapping his wrist in the other hand, twisting his wrist into a lock. It’s like taking toys from a baby. It’s that fucking easy with so many years of training in my head and years of physical training chopping wood. I apply just enough pressure so that he can feel that I can snap it if I choose to, and then I hold it there until the sweat is running down his forehead, and he’s gasping obscenities at me, bent over and immobilised with pain. 

‘You hurt her, and I’ll hurt you. Are we clear?’ I tell him. 

‘We’re clear,’ he growls at me. 

After a lifetime of reading romance novels, Julia Firlotte started writing her own novels in 2018. As soon as she started, she knew she'd found her passion.

Julia is inspired by the world around her, often coming up with the opening scenes of a novel and the characters in them and then later developing a plot line. Julia's stories always have a focus on the role trust plays in a relationship and the twists and turns love takes when this is brought into question.

Julia is also a romance blogger and reviews books on her website.

Her favourite authors are Jaine Diamond, Sylvia Day, Chrystal Kaswell, EL James and Kendall Ryan.

Please do subscribe to her mailing list on her website and be so kind as to leave reviews. As a self funded / self published author, the role readers play in supporting new authors is crucial to allowing them to write more books and reader support is valued above all else.

When she's not writing, reading, blogging or editing, Julia works at her day job in Logistics, shipping other people's books all over the world. Julia is married with two children and five fur babies and lives in West Sussex, Southern England.

  

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Just In Time For Christmas Tales Of Romance Anthology

 

 

 

Keep warm this season with these 4 tales of holiday romance!

Just in Time for Christmas: Tales of Romance

with stories by

Shay Lacy, Constance Phillips, Denise Lynn, Mila Winters

Genre: Holiday Romance Anthology 

A Fiery Flamingo Christmass by Shay Lacy

What will ignite when a protected witness with a flamethrower meets the hunk next door?

The mob located Gina Weston two days before Christmas, but she refuses to run any more. Except maybe into the arms of her next-door neighbor after he extinguishes her burning flamingo Christmas tree. But are her gun and flamethrower enough to protect her from the lure of this sport hero playboy?

Former home run king Stone "Sledge" Hammer had been bored in the baseball off-season. Meeting Gianna has given him the chance to be a hero again, if she lets him in. While he's showing her the true spirit of Christmas, can he get inside her defenses to show her the importance of home?

It's no game they're playing, and it's a must-win against the mob.

Christmas Memories by Denise Lynn

When Kelly's missing husband unexpectedly shows up with amnesia right before the holidays, will the miracle of the Christmas season help restore his memories and what they once shared?

Family Reclaimed by Constance Phillips

Is their new fragile love strong enough for these first tests?

Kayson and Jack swore eternal love to each other. Now all they want is some time alone to explore the meaning of Christmas as a new family. But the hustle of the holidays while building their dreams at once is testing the strength of that vow. Everybody wants a piece of them.

If they give all their time and love away to others, will they have enough left for one another and their young son?

What She Wants for Christmas by Mila Winters

When Leann's hopes for spending Christmas with her daughter are dashed, she licks her wounds by indulging in a fling with Ben, the cute guy she meets at a bar.

All Ben wants for Christmas is to romance the beautiful woman he's had a crush on for years. If Leanne learns all his secrets, she might not give him a chance to prove they can be great together.

Now, only Leanne can decide if Ben is really what she wants for Christmas.

 

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Shay Lacy lives in Ohio with her husband and cat GG.

She writes romantic suspense and erotic fantasy romance. Shay sees story ideas everywhere. Even something as simple as a sequin can spark a new romantic suspense. Many times a story has emerged from her musing, “You know, somebody could die from that.”

When not writing, she loves to bake, people watch, and shop flea markets and estate sales.

Shay enjoys hearing how couples met and what they love about each other. You can find more information about Shay, her books, and how to contact her at her website, www.shaylacy.com.

 

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Denise Lynn lives in NW Ohio with her husband, son and an ever-changing number of 4-legged kids.

She writes medieval romance for Harlequin/Mills and Boon Historical and whatever she feels like writing for herself. Having read romance novels since she was far too young to do so, she enjoys having the opportunity to share her own stories with readers.

In her spare time, she gardens, sews, and basically putzes around with any craft project she can get her hands on. 

Visit website at www.denise-lynn.com for more information on her books. Links to her social media pages, to the Denise Lynn Newsletter and contact information are on her site.

 

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Constance Phillips lives in Ohio with her husband, daughter, and three canine kids.

She writes contemporary and paranormal romance novels.

When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance loves spending time in the garden, with her pups, or cooking with her fresh from the garden produce.

If she leaves the house, it’s to spend time with good friends or family…or go to an eighties pop concert.

 

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Mila Winters loves romance. Be it written between the pages of a book, larger than life on the big screen or residing in her home. So, of course, she writes it too. That is, when

she’s not working with teenagers or hanging out with her wife and their dog Toby.

 

Creating likeable (and sometimes unlikeable) characters makes her do a happy dance and she hopes her readers enjoy them too. To learn more about Mila, her other stories and how her writing brain works, visit her at www.milawinters.com.

 

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Liar by Nora Roberts

Liar

by Nora Roberts

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I really like Nora Roberts' romantic suspense books.  I am reading this one.  It is an older book, from 2015, but it is very good.  I think this book is just right for a rainy day where you snuggle in a chair by a fire and read all afternoon.

Book Blurb

Shelby Foxworth lost her husband. Then she lost her illusions…
 
The man who took her from Tennessee to an exclusive Philadelphia suburb left her in crippling debt. He was an adulterer and a liar, and when Shelby tracks down his safe-deposit box, she finds multiple IDs. The man she loved wasn’t just dead. He never really existed.
 
Shelby takes her three-year-old daughter and heads south to seek comfort in her hometown, where she meets someone new: Griff Lott, a successful contractor. But her husband had secrets she has yet to discover. Even in this small town, surrounded by loved ones, danger is closer than she knows—and threatens Griff, as well. And an attempted murder is only the beginning...

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A Garland at Bitterbark Creek by Tammy Mannersly

 

 

 

His Secret Holds the Key to Her Lost Memory

 

A Garland at Bitterbark Creek

By Tammy Mannersly

Genre: Rural Romance 

He’s found a new home with her family while his own holds secrets to her past…This heart-wrenching 300+ page rural romance novel will have you gasping and keep you guessing as mysteries unravel, and as Jack and Sophie discover whether their love for one another can survive the deepest of wounds and darkest of betrayals.

Had it not been for her cousin’s wedding, Sophie Wendall would never have returned to Bitterbark Creek—her aunt and uncle’s idyllic farm-stay on the outskirts of town. Twenty years ago, tragedy stole everything from her including her memory, leaving only secrets and lies. Now that she’s back, there are just two things on her mind: to find out the truth of what really happened to her that day at the dam and to steer clear of the wicked Garland family and their charismatic son—the boy who broke her heart.

Jackson Garland is one of the few people who know what really happened to Sophie all those years ago, but he’s terrified of sharing the truth. To do so would jeopardize his happy sanctuary and newfound home at Bitterbark Creek. Upon reconnecting with Sophie, he realizes that while her extended family may have accepted him as one of their own, she’s going to take a little more convincing. Although he tries to charm and distract her to keep his secrets safe, it isn’t long before he’s at risk of falling under her own tantalizing spell.

As children, their love for one another kept them close until a car accident took one life and hatred tried to steal another. But dark truths can’t be hidden forever when ghosts from the past step into the light. Might the revelations be too daunting for them to handle? Or will Jack and Sophie finally put aside their family history and let love guide them into a future together?

A GARLAND AT BITTERBARK CREEK is about heartbreaking loss, rediscovering love and the healing ability of forgiveness and acceptance. If you love reading the novels of Mandy Magro, Alissa Callen, and Rachael Johns, then you will adore this heartfelt, second chance love story by award-winning author, Tammy Mannersly.

 

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“I’m fine.” Sophie winced. “But don’t expect me to make conversation.” 

“Don’t be antisocial.” Laura hugged Sophie’s narrow waist. “I know he’d love to catch up. He’s always asking about you.” 

Sophie pushed out of her cousin’s embrace. She knew Laura meant well, but Jack’s opinion of her hadn’t meant anything for a very long time. “Well, he can just keep on asking. I’m not walking down memory lane with that jerk anytime soon.” She thrust a hand towards her mother. “Please just give me my bags.” 

Frowning, Angelica opened the trunk with a click of a button and handed her daughter a hefty duffle bag and a wheeled suitcase. As Sophie lifted the sliver handle free from the luggage case and turned on her heel, she collided with a damp, rigid wall of masculine muscles. Recoiling in horror, she stumbled backwards until the heels of her boots hit the side of her suitcase. As she wobbled, a solid arm slid around her waist, keeping her upright. 

“Whoa, there. I’ve had women fall for me before, but not usually this quickly.” 

The smooth male voice dragged Sophie’s attention to a familiar gaze. Jack’s cool blue eyes, like the winter sky at dawn, held her captive. The memory of a gentle, secret kiss beneath the shelter of a weeping willow played across her mind, until the beat of his pulse shook her to her senses. 

“Hey there, Soph.” 

Embarrassed that she’d allowed herself to linger in his embrace, Sophie swiftly withdrew. His hand stayed on her hip, emanating an unsettling but strangely pleasurable tingling, so she smacked it away. “I can stand by myself, Jackson.” 

“Just trying to help, Soph.” His stubborn square jaw tightened around the words.  

 

Tammy Mannersly is an award-winning Australian author frequently praised for her heart-warming stories full of romance, dedicated friendships, and stunning Australian locations. All her books ensure a great Happily Ever After and a love story that will sweep you off your feet. Tammy has a Bachelor Degree in Creative Industries majoring in Creative Writing from Queensland University of Technology. She lives on the coast near Brisbane, Queensland and loves to write about her favorite Australian destinations.

You can find more information about Tammy and her work on her website: www.tammymannersly.com or by visiting:

 

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Thistle in the Mistletoe by Margaret Izard

 

 

 

A kiss under the Mistletoe brings good fortune, but can a Christmas wedding stop a deadly feud?

 

Thistle in the Mistletoe

A Stones of Iona Holiday Novel

by Margaret Izard

Genre: Holiday Historical Paranormal Romance 

A kiss under the Mistletoe brings good fortune, but can a Christmas wedding stop a deadly feud?

 

The soft beauty beside him at the altar would make the perfect bride. Roderick MacDougall would do anything to stop the feud without more bloodshed. Too bad the gorgeous woman is the daughter of his greatest enemy who murdered his da. Trust in a Comyn is hard won, even if she tempts his senses.

Mary Comyn only wants to stop the wars and live a life of peace and goodwill. Tricked by her father and forced by the English king to marry her clan’s enemy, Mary fears she’s scarifying finding true love for peace. A Christmas wedding sounds romantic, but why would the handsome MacDougall laird, her greatest clan enemy, love her?

 A man conflicted by duty charged to find peace. A woman whose father betrayed all. When betrayal looms from within, can enemies find love and forge a new future for both clans?  

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Margaret Izard is an award-winning author of historical fantasy and paranormal romance novels. She spent her early years through college to adulthood dedicated to dance, theater, and performing. Over the years, she developed a love for great storytelling in different mediums. She does not waste a good story, be it movement, the spoken, or the written word. She discovered historical romance novels in middle school, which combined her passion for romance, drama, and fantasy. She writes exciting plot lines, steamy love scenes and always falls for a strong male with a soft heart. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and adult triplets and loves to hear from readers.

  

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE HEROES

 

By Caroline Clemmons

Welome Sheriff Jesse Cameron as our guest character today, the hero of JESSE AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE. Jesse, thank you for agreeing to our interview.

Thank you, ma’am. I’m honored to be invited, though I dinnae ken why your readers would be interested in the Harrigan County Sheriff.  

I know you’re a Texas sheriff, but I detect an accent in your speech. Would you tell us from where you’ve come?

Aye, I came from Scotland. First, I worked as an indentured sailor for seven years to pay for my passage to America. I started my indentured service at fourteen—almost fifteen—because I could pass for eighteen, you ken? I was that tall for my age.

What was life like growing up in Scotland?

My family lived on a farm not far from Kelso. We raised sheep. Mum also had chickens and a few goats for milk. She made and sold her goat cheese. We also had a couple of cows. You can tell I didnae escape caring for the animals. We lived in a small cottage, but we enjoyed one another. I had a grand time growing up. I didnae mind working with Da on the farm, but that wasn’t what I wanted to do with my life.

Your leaving must have upset your parents.

Aye, they worried about me leaving so young. Mum and Da are great parents who understood my wish to leave and live in America. In fact, they will join me here after my Gran dies. She’s a grand lady, so no one is eager for that day to come.

What brought you to send for a mail order bride?

Several months back, I helped fight a grass fire on a local ranch. Volunteers barely saved the house, but much of the grass and some cattle were destroyed. A couple of people collapsed from the heat and stress. If not for a sudden downpour, more would have been lost, including men exhausted from fighting the fire. The sudden danger presented to so much land and so many people reminded me how fleeting life could be. I evaluated my life and realized it was time to settle down. I bought a house and sent for a bride. My best friend is my deputy, and he decided to send for a bride from the same matchmaker. Turned out our brides are cousins.

That sounds like a good result. Are you each pleased with your bride?

Aye, the plan worked out grand. My bride, Rosalin, is beautiful, regal, intelligent, and works hard to please me. I couldn’t be happier—except I feel like there’s something she’s hiding from me. I haven’t worked out what it could be, and she insists there’s nothing. She brought her nephew, who’s 8. He’s a good boy, but he has a lot of nightmares. My deputy is sure pleased with his bride, who is a pretty chatterbox.

Ma’am, I appreciate you having me here today, but I have to get back to work. Tell your readers if they’d like to learn more about me, check out my story in JESSE AND THE MAIL ORDER BRIDE at Amazon.

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