Tag: Romance

Book Brief: The Royal Wizard

The Royal WizardThe Royal Wizard (Dragonborn, book 1)
by Alianne Donnelly
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Word count: 103,000

The kingdom of Wilderheim stands bastion between the world of humans and the Otherlands. It is ruled as much by people as it is by creatures Other and as such, it must always have a wizard at the right hand of its king. Nico has seen three generations of rulers sit the throne; he knows he will not see the fourth. Desperate to find a worthy apprentice, when Nia appears like a godsend in his path he wastes no time taking her under his wing as his last sworn duty to the young king Saeran.

But Nia and Saeran have many trials ahead of them. With destinies converging toward an inevitable battle for power, countless lives hang in the balance, including theirs. As love brings them together, so strife tears them apart and as the balance between justice and magic shifts, the royal wizard and her king get caught in a maelstrom of colliding forces. Nothing is ever as it seems with a trickster hiding in the shadows. When the gods begin to play, mortals tremble…

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Featured Selections from Nicole McGehee

Glamourous, sexy page-turners best describe Nicole McGehee’s romantic novels. Though not a series, both feature strong heroines who are ground-breakers for their eras. McGehee tackles tough subjects – personal tragedy, racial prejudice, sexism – with an approach that involves the reader in the moment.

You will laugh, cry, and recognize aspects of your own life as you immerse yourself in the dramas created in McGehee’s Regret Not a Moment and No More Lonely Nights. You’ll travel the world, from Virginia horse country to sultry New Orleans; Paris to post World War II Egypt.

McGehee’s motto is, “Escape and enjoy!”

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Available from Amazon.

If you love Downton Abbey, REGRET NOT A MOMENT will take you to the Virginia version of grand estates and blue bloods in the year 1930. This romance spans three decades and three continents as you follow heroine Devon as she discovers great love, challenge, and heartbreak. [/ezcol_3quarter_end]

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Available from Amazon.

Nothing in Dominique’s sheltered, aristocratic upbringing has prepared her to be stripped of all her privilege and forced to fend for herself. She flees a revolution via an arranged marriage only to find that her husband is a fraud, and she must strike out on her own in America. This romantic saga takes you New York, New Orleans, and Washington, DC, as Dominique finds new love and a new life.[/ezcol_3quarter_end]

Featured Book: Life First

Life FirstLife First
by RJ Crayton
Genres: dystopia, thriller, romance
Available from Amazon.

Strong-willed Kelsey Reed must escape tonight or tomorrow her government will take her kidney and give it to someone else. Kelsey enlists the help of her boyfriend Luke and a dodgy doctor to escape. If they fail, Kelsey will be stripped of everything.

Excerpt:

“Maybe, if I go willingly, there might be an opportunity for me to escape.”

“No one’s ever escaped from a holding facility,” Luke spits. Then he pauses, reconsiders. “At least, not the way you mean.”

I close my eyes. Suicides. Those have been the only escapees. And that was only in the beginning. Most inmates in long-term holding facilities go insane and are kept heavily sedated or straight jacketed. They can’t stand the waiting, the knowing that at any moment, without notice, they’ll be told they’re dying today. That their heart is needed for a transplant to someone who puts life first. That their time here is done. That Life First, the mantra drummed into their heads since childhood, means nothing. The hypocrisy alone would drive one mad, let alone the prospect of being the human parts drawer society reaches into to cure its neediest patients.

What others are saying:
“It gripped you like King Kong and would not let go until you had finished the book.” – BestChicklit.com

 

Featured Book: Sand Dollar

Sand DollarSand Dollar
by Sebastian Cole
Genre: Romance/Fantasy
Available from Amazon.

Robin’s love saves Noah by inspiring him to stand up to his powerful parents and reclaim his true self at all costs. But Robin harbors a devastating secret. Is it enough that two soul mates have found each other, or are the forces that would tear them apart too great?

Excerpt:

“Because for me, the sand dollar represents how fragile life really is. What was once so very precious, suddenly and without warning, disintegrated and vanished before my eyes. Seemingly solid and secure in our hands, the blessings we have in our lives today are easily shattered tomorrow.”

“The lesson learned: Never take your loved ones for granted. And if you’re ever lucky enough to find that one person in life who makes you love more than any other person could possibly make you love, you treat every day together as if it were your last. You cherish every moment.”

“However, for me, this lesson came too late, for she was already gone. And there was nothing I could do to put the pieces back together. I would spend my life wishing I could somehow travel back, back in time, to the day I first laid eyes on that precious beauty…”

What others say:
“So to the hopeless romantics out there I say, Highly Recommended – have at it, this is a must-read. To the snarling cynics like me who mentally have their arms akimbo and their eyebrow raised, I say pick up Sand Dollar: A Story of Undying Love and surprise yourself by discovering the romantic in you.” – Bookideas.com