Weekend Reads: His Misplaced Countess by Davida Ann Samenski

 Enjoy a historical romance this weekend!

 

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The young bride he abandoned. The mistress he can't live without. What happens when he discovers they're one and the same?

About the Book:

The Bride He Didn’t Want 

Abandoned by her husband shortly after her marriage begins, Caroline Fitzwaller runs away to London, assuming a new identity as a dressmaker and artist, living her new life in peace until the day her past comes back to haunt her. 

The Woman He Can’t Live Without 

Phineas Fitzwaller is obsessed with the woman who resembles his dead wife. Determined to possess her body and soul, he sets them on a course full of passion and deceit, eventually leading them to the truth. 

Reunited, the lovers must fight to stay together, while outside forces try to tear them apart. Will their love survive or will they be separated again—this time forever. 

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About Davida:

Davida Ann Samenski learned about romance at the tender age of four while watching Gone With The Wind for the very first time. 

An avid romance reader and writer, she loves writing about imperfect women and the equally imperfect men who love them—helping them along their way to the Happily Ever Afters. 

Wife to one, mother to many (including the four-legged variety) and grandma to five (for now), she spends her days caring for her mother and babysitting the hunyocks, and her nights writing and bingeing on her favorite tv shows on Netflix. She's bingeing Lucifer now. Who knew the devil could be so sexy?

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Weekend Reads: A Rebel and Her Rogue By Susan Varno

Cozy up with a historical romance this weekend!

 

Susan is offering a FREE COPY of  A REBEL AND HER ROGUE.  (Shady Side of the Law Series, Book 1). Visit https://susanvarno.com/ and sign up for her 4-times a year newsletter, and she will e-mail you a copy of the e-book.

 

 

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After Blake thwarts Cassie’s scheme to rob him, he wants to marry the diabolical damsel. Can these two hell raisers tame each other?

 

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England, 1815 

Do you like adventure with a dose of fun? 

Cassie Valient tries to scam the scandalous rogue Lord Rayneford out of 600 pounds, which was a lot of money back then. He should be outraged! Instead, he’s intrigued. Since he returned from the War, he suffers terrifying memories. So many died. Why did he survive? This diabolical damsel may be the distraction he needs to get back to living again. 

You’ve heard of beauty taming the beast. Here, both hero and heroine need taming. Cassie and Blake dive headlong into adventure, thwarting blackmail and kidnapping schemes while they enjoy a proper London Season. 

Will their reckless behavior lead to lasting love or deadly danger? Or both?

 

About Susan

        When I was eleven, I saw Walt Disney’s Peter Pan. The message of the movie is you have to get taller and older, but you never have to give up make believe. And I never have. Later, I realized all my “Wendy Darling” fantasies were romances. I wrote and published romantic short stories for a while. For twenty-five years, I wrote columns and reviews for Video Views Magazine. I’ve seen almost every new movie release, especially romances and anything with a historical setting. 

Historicals have always been my favorite romance genre. Take me to another time, show me how people lived and loved. What intrigues me most is what women had to endure in a male dominated world. How women in the past survived and gained power. My favorite romantic conflict is between a powerful woman and the man who wants to tame her.  

 

I married the quintessential bad boy and tamed him, though I didn’t mean to. We have two sons. My husband died three years ago. I miss my hero every day. I’ve finished my next book in my series The Shady Side of the Law and have begun the third book in the series.

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.varno

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Varno/e/B08CCF8NC3

eMail: svarnoauthor@gmail.com

Weekend Reads: Breakwater Beach: Book One in the Unfinished Business Series by Carole Ann Moleti

 

Cuddle up with a paranormal romance this weekend!

 

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What if you got a second chance?

 Liz Levine is convinced her recently deceased husband is engineering the sequence of events that propels her into a new life. But it is sea captain Edward Barrett, the husband that died over a century ago, who has returned to complete their unfinished business. Edward’s lingering presence complicates all her plans and jeopardizes a new relationship that reawakens her passion for life and love. What are Captain Barrett’s plans for his wife, and for the man who is the new object of her affections?

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Mike and Liz thought they'd gotten control of the specters haunting the Barrett Inn. But things get very complicated when they're the ghosts from your past life. The Category Five Hurricane bearing down on Cape Cod appears to be headed directly for them--or has it been spawned from inside them?

About Carole

Carole Ann Moleti lives and works as a nurse-midwife in New
York City, thus explaining her fascination with all things paranormal, urban fantasy, and space opera. Her nonfiction focuses on health care, politics, and women's issues. But her first love is writing science fiction and fantasy because walking through walls is less painful than running into them. Carole's work has appeared in a variety of literary and speculative fiction venues Short stories set in the world of her novels are featured in several of the Ten Tales anthologies. The Unfinished Series Haunted, Beltane, Seers, and Bites. 

Excerpts of Carole's memoirs, Someday I'm Going to Write a Book: Diary of an Urban Missionary and Karma, Kickbacks and Kids range from the sweet and inspirational in This Path and A Quilt of Holidays to the edgy and irreverent in Not Your Mother's Book: On Being a Woman and On Being a Parent.

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http://Twitter.com/Cmoleti 

https://www.facebook.com/CaroleAnnMoletiAuthor/

http://caroleannmoleti.com

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Weekend Reads: An Accidental Love Affair by: Davida Ann Samenski

Enjoy a Contemporary Romance this weekend!

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Feel free to fall over me any time you like.

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Hollywood ‘It Boy’ Reece Collins, runs into aspiring author Nicole Delancey in the airport—literally and sparks fly, especially when every tabloid in the world picks up the story. 

Heading to London to compile research for her novel, Nicole is bowled over by Reece as they both run to catch their flight. Joining him in first class, they discover an attraction that will carry them through months of romance and heartbreak, especially when his brother steals her manuscript in a bid to further Reece’s career. 

Reece is used to being in the camera’s spotlight, but tries to keep his personal life private, which becomes hard for him to do when he falls for Nicole. Will he be able to protect her from the bright lights of his fame or will he step out of the light and be the man they both wish he could be?

 

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The Author:

Davida Ann Samenski learned about romance at the tender age of four while watching Gone With The Wind for the very first time. 

An avid romance reader and writer, she loves writing about imperfect women and the equally imperfect men who love them—helping them along their way to the Happily Ever Afters. 

Wife to one, mother to many (including the four-legged variety) and grandma to five (for now), she spends her days taking care of her mother and babysitting the hunyocks, and her nights writing, and binge watching her favorite shows on Netflix. She's on a Lucifer kick right now. Who knew the devil could be so sexy? 

She is a member in good standing with both Romance Writers of America and the Heart of Carolina chapter of RWA. 

Connect:

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Weekend Reads: In Mage We Trust by Heidi Vanlandingham

Indulge in a Paranormal Romance this weekend!

 

 A daughter who wants her family back. A demon without hope. A tangled web of deceit, chaos, and murder.

 

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Dragged into a magical realm, a sassy college student’s magic surfaces when an emotionally hardened demon gifts her part of his soul to save her life. Johnna longs for her family, but when a rogue mage goes on a killing spree, her internal alarms are buzzing—and not just because of her growing attraction to the demon. 

When murders plague his realm, the head demon enforcer is ordered to stop them, but Niki can’t concentrate on tracking the rogue mage when the rebellious Johnna wreaks havoc during their hunt. She insists she can help, but it’s all he can do to avert destruction—and not kiss her senseless. 

Together they must learn to trust each other and work together or the realms of Dark World and their true mate bond won’t survive as this magical ‘Alice’ goes up against a demon queen of hearts.

 

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About Heidi:

Heidi Vanlandingham writes sweet, action-packed stories that take place in the Wild West, war-torn Europe, and otherworldly magical realms. Her love of history finds its way into each book, and her characters are lovable, strong, and diverse. Heidi’s stories transport the reader to a different place and time for understanding, compassion, and most of all, love. 

Growing up in Oklahoma and living one year in Belgium gave Heidi a unique perspective regarding different cultures. She still lives in Oklahoma with her husband and youngest son. Her oldest son is in the autism spectrum and is working toward his own dreams. Heidi’s favorite things in life are laughter, paranormal romance books, music, and long road trips.

 

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Website: https://heidivanlandingham.com

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Heidi-Vanlandingham/e/B00BI5NPA8  

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Weekend Reads: Storm Watch: Book Three in the Unfinished Business Series by Carole Ann Moleti

Cuddle up with a paranormal romance this weekend!

The Category Five Hurricane bearing down on Cape Cod appears to be headed directly for Mike and Liz–or has it been spawned from inside them?

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About the Book

Mike and Liz thought they'd gotten control of the specters haunting the Barrett Inn. But things get very complicated when they're the ghosts from your past life. The Category Five Hurricane bearing down on Cape Cod appears to be headed directly for them--or has it been spawned from inside them?

About Carole

Carole Ann Moleti lives and works as a nurse-midwife in New
York City, thus explaining her fascination with all things paranormal, urban fantasy, and space opera. Her nonfiction focuses on health care, politics, and women's issues. But her first love is writing science fiction and fantasy because walking through walls is less painful than running into them. Carole's work has appeared in a variety of literary and speculative fiction venues Short stories set in the world of her novels are featured in several of the Ten Tales anthologies. The Unfinished Series Haunted, Beltane, Seers, and Bites. 

Excerpts of Carole's memoirs, Someday I'm Going to Write a Book: Diary of an Urban Missionary and Karma, Kickbacks and Kids range from the sweet and inspirational in This Path and A Quilt of Holidays to the edgy and irreverent in Not Your Mother's Book: On Being a Woman and On Being a Parent.

Connect With Carole

http://Twitter.com/Cmoleti 

https://www.facebook.com/CaroleAnnMoletiAuthor/

http://caroleannmoleti.com

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Weekend Reads: A Widow's Guide to Scandal by Hallie Alexander

 Cuddle up with a historical romance this weekend.

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About the Book

Henrietta Smith was fifteen when she stole a kiss from Marcus Hardwicke. Over a decade later, she’s still waiting to be kissed back … 

Henrietta learned the hard way that when you get what you pay for you might end up with a British soldier quartering in your home threatening your friends, an enormous dog tracking mud through your house and stealing the chickens, and Marcus Hardwicke disrupting your uncomplicated life by trying to improve it. And to think she just wanted her roof fixed. 

Marcus, wickedly handsome carpenter and rebel rogue, fell off Henrietta’s leaking roof. He can’t leave until his broken ankle heals, giving him plenty of time to consider his past mistakes, including Henrietta's indelible kiss from a lifetime ago. But Henrietta could lose more than her home if she doesn’t encrypt British secrets, and the latest puts Marcus in the crosshairs.

About Hallie

Hallie Alexander's debut, A Widow's Guide to Scandal, was published in 2020 by Soul Mate Publishing. It was a finalist in the 2019 Cleveland Rocks Romance Contest. Hallie writes steamy, American historical romances with noble heroes and strong heroines determined not to fall in love, until they do. Expect lush history and lots of smooching. And, if there is an element of humor and hijinks, or a fraying in the fabric of the patriarchy? Even better. Hallie is a Northerner living in the South with her husband, three children, and Doodles of Mayhem™, Bruno and Willow.

Connect With Hallie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorHallie 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorHallie 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorhallie/ 

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Weekend Reads: A Rebel and Her Rogue by Susan Varno

 Cuddle up with a Regency Romance this weekend~

Falling in love is the most dangerous adventure.

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Sherwood Forest, 1815 

Cassiopeia Valient storms, “Sir, is this any way to conduct a kidnapping?” 

When Blake Forester rescues her from her crashed carriage, Cassie mistakes him for “The Gentleman Bandit” she hired to kidnap her and split the ransom.

Blake is her intended victim. He should be outraged! Instead, he’s intrigued. Since he returned from the War, he suffers terrifying memories. So many died. Why did he survive? This diabolical damsel may be the distraction he needs to get back to living again.

After Blake reveals who he really is, Cassie’s life shatters. She vows to cease her wild, reckless behavior. This time her actions went beyond dangerous. If she has to bite back words and squeeze out smiles, she will act like a proper lady.

Thwarting her resolve, this lord dares her to join him in glorious adventures. She can’t avoid the rascal. He’s lending her father money to repair their flood-damaged estate. Demanding his cut of the cancelled ransom, the real Gentleman Bandit threatens blackmail and kidnapping. Blake and Cassie chase the culprit only to discover the most dangerous adventure is falling in love.

 

About Susan

Like many readers and writers, I watch stories inside my head. When I read a Regency romance, (like the one I’ve written) I imagine myself dancing at a London ball or racing through Sherwood Forest. When I write, I imagine an intriguing scene, always one with action and attraction. I watch how my hero and heroine act. That’s how I discover who they are and what they care about. Before I’ll write their story, they must surprise, titillate and even upset me. I love researching their time and place in history almost as much as I love inviting these “strangers” inside my head.

For twenty-five years, I wrote columns and reviews for Video Views Magazine. I’ve seen almost every new movie release, especially the romances and anything with an historical setting. Though I was born and raised in Chicago and its suburbs, I married a country boy from rural Ohio. Richard insisted we retire to the hinterlands of the Arkansas Ozarks. Our post office was so remote, you couldn’t find it on most maps. While we lived there, I interviewed more than a hundred people for articles in magazines and newspapers. My focus was Ozark people, culture and history.

My husband died three years ago. I miss my hero every day. We have two grown sons and one grandson. I now live in a Chicago suburb. I volunteer in the local schools and help at my church. Last year, I discovered cruising. I’ve visited the western Caribbean and the western Mediterranean. When we can go out again, England here I come. 

Connect with Susan

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susan.varno

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Susan-Varno/e/B08CCF8NC3

Weekend Reads: Posey - Brides of New Hope Book 2 by Jo-Ann Roberts

 Cuddle up with a sweet historical romance this weekend~

Can a U.S. marshal's steadfast love along with his dream for a home and a family be enough to heal a schoolteacher's wounded heart?

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Posey Campbell couldn’t understand why her love life, or lack thereof, was of such interest to her family and friends. Having endured one ill-fated relationship, she resigned herself to living out her days as New Hope’s spinster schoolteacher…until an unkempt U.S. marshal with inviting grey eyes and a kiss-me-smile came to town turning her well-ordered life off-kilter.

Glad for a temporary assignment keeping him in one place, Grayson Barrett never expected to find love, let alone a wife, a set of orphans, and a life he’d feared had passed him by.

When a secret from Posey’s past comes to light will Gray’s steadfast love be enough to convince her he is the right man? Or will an old nemesis put an end to their love before it begins? 

About Jo-Ann

Born and raised in western Massachusetts, Jo-Ann Roberts was fascinated by America’s Old West and always felt she was
destined to travel on a wagon train following the Oregon Trail. With her love of history and reading, she began reading historical romance during high school and college. Victoria Holt, Jude Deveraux, and Roseanne Bittner were among her favorites. Influenced by her father, she fell in love with John Wayne, James Garner, and her all-time favorite, James Stewart and grew up watching Wagon Train, Bonanza and Rawhide.

A firm believer in HEA with a healthy dose of realism, Jo-Ann strives to give her readers a sweet historical romance while imparting carefully researched historical facts, personalities, and experiences relative to the time period. Her romances take her readers back to a simpler time to escape the stress of modern life by living in a small town where families and friends help one another find love and happiness.

When she isn’t creating believable plots and relatable heroes and heroines, Jo-Ann enjoys spending time with her husband, children and grandson. She also enjoys baking, quilting, and eating way too much chocolate.

After 38 years in public education in Connecticut and Maryland, she now calls North Carolina home. She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Heart of Carolina RWA.

Connect with Jo-Ann

Jo-AnnRobertsAuthor.com

jrobertsauthor@yahoo.com

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Weekend Reads: Scandal's Promise by Pamela Gibson

Cuddle up with a Regency Romance this weekend.

Seven years ago Andrew mysteriously walked away from their betrothal. Now he wants her back. But first Emily wants answers…or does she?

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Haunted by questions and her own insecurities, Lady Emily Sinclair longs to discover why her betrothed abandoned her and married another. Seven years have passed, but the pain of his betrayal still lingers, buried beneath layers of humiliation and mistrust. When he returns after the Napoleonic Wars, she vows to avoid him. If only her foolish heart felt the same. Broken and addicted to his medication, widower Andrew Quimby, Lord Cardmore, rattles around his ancient manor, oblivious to his deteriorating health and state of mind. When he learns the woman he was forced to abandon remains unmarried, he vows to try to win her back, even if it means returning to a society he despises. But Andrew soon discovers he has a secret enemy. Threatening notes appear and sinister accidents put those in his inner circle in danger. Can he overcome his demons in time to keep them safe or will everyone and everything he loves disappear forever.

About Pamela

Author of eight books on California history and fifteen romance novels, Pamela Gibson is a former City Manager who lives in the Nevada desert. Having spent the last three years messing about in boats, a hobby that included a five-thousand-mile trip in a 32-foot Nordic Tug, she now spends most of her time indoors happily reading, writing, cooking and keeping up with the antics of Ralph, the Rescue Cat. If you want to learn more about her activities go to https://www.pamelagibsonwrites.com and sign up for her quarterly newsletter and occasional blog. 

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Weekend Reads: Storming Time by Claire Davon

Cuddle up with a paranormal romance this weekend~

His weather manipulation saved her life. Her secret gift is slipping out of her control. Someone’s setting her up to fall—straight into Whisper’s trap.

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About the Book!

Rescuing compromised Universe agents is nothing new for Zared Hersh. A fast car, a little rain-and-fog manipulation to cover his tracks, and his job is done. But when Hannah Nickels dives into his front seat, something about her aquamarine eyes strikes him like lightning. 

Thank God she’s not psychic, or she’d be reading his hormones like a book. 

Hannah’s been groomed to join Universe practically from the moment her time-freezing talent emerged. But recently, her power’s been glitchy. She knows she’s in trouble, and the last thing she needs is her instant attraction to Zared’s solid body and dark good looks. 

When their escape is almost derailed by someone with a strange new light-manipulating gift, only Hannah’s chrono talent gets them safely back to Universe HQ. In the relative safety of Richmond, their relationship grows. But Hannah has a second, more dangerous power that few know about. And as her control slips, someone with a hidden agenda sets her up to fall—straight into Whisper’s trap.

About Claire

USA Today Bestselling author Claire Davon has written on and off for most of her life, starting with fan fiction when she was very young. She writes across a wide range of genres, and does not consider any of it off limits. Her novels can be found in the paranormal romance and contemporary romance sections, while her short stories run the gamut. If a story calls to her, she will write it. She currently lives in Los Angeles and spends her free time writing novels and short stories, as well as doing animal rescue and enjoying the sunshine.

Connect with Claire

Website: www.clairedavon.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaireDavonindieauthor/
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