#MFRW Author Diana Rubino’s passion for history and travel has taken her to every locale of her stories, set in Medieval and Renaissance England, Egypt, the Mediterranean, colonial Virginia, New England, and New York. Her urban fantasy romance, FAKIN’ IT, won a Top Pick award from Romantic Times. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the Richard III Society and the Aaron Burr Association. She lives on Cape Cod with her husband Chris. In her spare time, Diana bicycles, golfs, plays her piano and devours books of any genre.
FOR LOVE AND LOYALTY
Genre Time Travel Romance
Publisher The Wild Rose Press
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England, 1476: A wizard’s charm sweeps Richard, Duke of Gloucester, far, far away.
England, 2012: The Richard III Society’s annual séance doesn’t go quite as planned.
Julianna Hammond believes their mysterious visitor really is Richard. As a loyal Ricardian, she feels obligated to educate him on past and present. In dismay Richard learns of his destiny in a certain battle, and his depiction in a certain play. Julianna and he wonder: can history be rewritten? Back in the Middle Ages, Richard’s brothers King Edward and George Plantagenet are determined to find him--wherever he is--with the help of a little magic conjured up by a wizard. Since the wizard can’t say no to money or a lady, Edward-infatuated Elizabeth Woodville isn’t far behind them.
Changing one’s destiny is complicated. So is falling in love. When the two collide, three brothers, three women, and history will never be the same.
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13 Things That Inspired me to write FOR LOVE AND LOYALTY
1. Picturing Richard III in modern times blow drying his hair
2. The Richard III Society
3. Middleham Castle, Yorkshire
4. Blackadder (historical British sitcom)
5. The concept of time travel
6. Séances
7. Our modern conveniences such as zippers, computers, cars
8. Richard III
9. Richard’s brother King Edward IV
10. Richard’s other brother George, Duke of Clarence
11. The Three Stooges
12. Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in The Honeymooners
13. The discovery of Richard III’s remains in a Leicester car park
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#MFRW author Caroline Clemmons is an Amazon bestselling and award winning author of historical and contemporary western romances. A frequent speaker at conferences and seminars, she has taught workshops on characterization, point of view, and layering a novel.
Caroline and her husband live in the heart of Texas cowboy country with their menagerie of rescued pets. When she’s not indulging her passion for writing, Caroline enjoys family, reading, travel, antiquing, genealogy, and getting together with friends.
AMANDA'S RANCHER
Genre Historical
Publisher Kindle World
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One desperate young woman.
A chance meeting.
A life-changing outcome.
Growing up in a brothel, Mara O'Sullivan battled public disdain and contempt, but always remained kind-hearted and gracious. After testifying against vicious bank robbers, her life is threatened and Mara must find sanctuary far from everything she knows.
One train ride changes her life as she fatefully meets a half-sister and a niece she never knew existed. But when circumstances end her sister's life, Mara makes a promise that she'll raise her niece as her own and take her sister's place as Preston Kincaid's mail-order-bride. As Mara and Preston grow closer, their marriage no longer seems like a ruse, but a relationship of love, passion, and desire.
Mara's past comes back to haunt her and she finds herself in danger—will her new husband forgive Mara's deceit and protect her as his own? Buy link Amazon
Thirteen books that influenced me:
TALE OF TWO CITIES, Charles Dickens - the hero doesn't always get the girl
PRINCE CHARMING, Julie Garwood - I reread this about once a year
FOR THE ROSES, Julie Garwood -- I also reread this once a year
Anything by Louis L'Amour - what an amazing author
THE PROMISE OF JENNY JONES, Maggie Osborne --the heroine doesn't have to be petite and ladylike
LORD PERFECT, Loretta Chase - For her descriptions as well as the story
LOVE RELEASED, Women of Courage, Geri Foster - I thought I hated serials until I read this powerful series with emotional impact
Brides of Beckham series, Kirsten Osbourne - what a great concept for a series
THE SWEETHEARTS KNITTING CLUB, Lori Wilde - the power of a secret even when it's not really one
THE TEXAN'S TOUCH, Jodi Thomas - loved the book and author and the concept of western historical romance
Nancy Drew series, Carolyn Keene - opened me to the idea of an ongoing series
IRISH THOROUGHBRED, Nora Roberts - Made me think I might be able to write my own book even if it wasn't as good as hers
SWEET LULLABY, Lorraine Heath - made me want to write like her
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#MFRW author Clare Dargin is a multi-published romance author. She has written for several publishers in different genres, including erotic romance, military romance, contemporary, paranormal, and sci-fi. She lives in the mid-west, and when not surfing the web, she is hard at work writing her next romance novel. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and Amazon.
Wolf's Blade- The Paladins 1
Genre Paranormal, Contemporary, Shifter, Erotic Romance
Publisher Liquid Silver Books
Blurb
Samantha Dixon is alone. Her life of alienation is the result of a broken heart. When her husband died ten years ago she didn’t think she’d ever find love again. But when she rescues a fellow wolf shifter who’s close to death in the woods near her home, an act of mercy draws her into a dangerous chain of events that will change her life forever.
Now that Eryx has set his sights on Samantha, Callum is faced with the challenge of a lifetime--rescuing the woman he loves and saving all of wolf kind.
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13 sentences from Wolf's Blade:
As much as he loved and admired his twin brother, Callum knew he was a bit of a hothead. Most of the pack members didn’t care for his brother’s style of leadership either, and because of that there were rumblings about a possible change. Eryx shared that view, but unlike the others, he acted on his feelings and stole the Kheta Dagger to accomplish his goal of ruling.
“Eryx, come out, I know you’re here,” he said, peering around.
His wolf sight helped him see in the dim light. He flared his nostrils and scented the air.
There you are. He took slow deliberate steps toward the direction of the smell.
A wolf howled in the distance. It echoed through the night, bouncing off the tree trunks, traveling over the grassy ridges, finally stopping in front of him. He knew it came from a female by the way the pitch shifted up as she sang out her “oo” sound. He stopped. Her call pierced his heart. It was filled with a type of longing that only another person who’d survived an equal amount of pain could understand. She’d endured the pain and made it out alive. Every note in her defiant voice gave evidence to that. It awakened the heat inside of him.
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