Books To Go Now Spring Fling and Blog Hop: Love's Destiny by Elizabeth Mayette

Books To Go Now

Spring Fling!

For your chance to win one of many prizes, you must stop by one of the participating blog hop stops (March 7-11, 2014) and tell us how you celebrate Spring! 

To increase your chance of winning you are welcome to visit EACH blog and comment.

We are going to offer two Grand Prizes!!  In order to take part, you must leave your comment and email address on today's post. 
Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than March 15, 2014. 
1st Grand Prize: (1) Paperwhite Kindle
2nd Grand Prize: (1) $25 Amazon Gift Card

More Romance Please Spring Fling Recommendation for a heartwarming adventure ~ 

Love's Destiny
Book 1
Elizabeth Meyette

Publisher: Crimson Romance
Genre: Historical

About the Book:

The simmering rebellion in the American colonies is the backdrop for this smoldering romance.  When Jonathon Brentwood, captain of the Destiny and committed patriot, comes into the life of Emily Wentworth, a young English woman, divided loyalties and desire to honor a father’s dying wish cannot hold their passion at bay. But their pasts and the future of a young country stand in the way of their destiny.

Our Rating:

Our Review:

Love’s Destiny is a compelling read. The characters are clearly drawn and complex, and the journey we’re taken on is rich in history, as well as insight. Pain, delight, understanding or lack thereof, attraction, sorrow, deceit, passion, evil, and of course, abiding love – it’s all there and wonderfully portrayed. Elizabeth Meyette did a terrific job painting an era and its stresses, while bringing together two people the reader comes to care about deeply. Well done.

Love's Spirit
Book Two
by Elizabeth Meyette

Publisher: Crimson Romance
Genre: Historical

About the Book:

As the Revolutionary War breaks out the story of  Jonathon and Emily continues. Both face danger: Jonathon from the British who want to hang him for treason, and Emily from the woman whose love for Jonathon has driven her mad. While the impending birth of their baby is cause for celebration, threats from the British and from evil lurking at Brentwood Manor present obstacles to their love.

Our Rating:

Our Review:

The heartwarming love story that began with Love’s Destiny continues its rich historical narrative in Love’s Spirit. Emily and Jonathan are a beautifully matched pair, and the tenderness they share is compelling . . . but can they overcome danger, conspiracy and evil at every turn?? This story is by turns soft and sweet, then heartbreakingly dangerous and fast-paced. It has something (quite a lot actually) for everyone, and shouldn’t be missed. Well done.

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About the Author:

Poet, blogger and believer in dreams-come-true, Elizabeth Meyette’s journey has taken her through a career in education to a career in writing. Elizabeth put her first novel, Love’s Destiny on the shelf for 30 years while she taught English, Journalism and Library Science/Technology.

Upon retiring from teaching, she dusted off Love’s Destiny, polished it and submitted it to Crimson Romance, who published it in June 2012. Unlike her first novel, the sequel, Love’s Spirit took only seven months from inception to submission, and was published in April 2013.To coin a friend’s phrase, she didn’t retire, she “refired” and loves her second career as a writer. Her latest novel, The Cavanaugh House, is a mystery.  She has also published poems and freelance articles. Elizabeth’s current projects include a play, a chapbook of poetry and children’s books. 

Elizabeth and her husband Richard live in the Great Lakes Bay area of Michigan. They made an agreement that she cannot cook on writing days after he endured burnt broccoli and overcooked chicken.  Fortunately, Richard is an excellent cook. Elizabeth becomes so absorbed in her writing, crying at the sorrows of her characters, rejoicing in their triumphs, that she laughingly describes herself as a “snapdragon” at interruptions, “not like the pretty flower, but like a dragon that snaps.” 

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**More Romance Please is also offering a giveaway to one lucky visitor to this site (chosen at random) - A Signed Paperback copy of Christmas is in the Air and Valentine's Romance, anthologies featuring books 1 and 2 of Cary Morgan Frates's Red Soles Series. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Books To Go Now Spring Fling and Blog Hop: Book Review: The Heart Teaches Best by M.J. Schiller

Books To Go Now

Spring Fling!

For your chance to win one of many prizes, you must stop by one of the participating blog hop stops (March 7-11, 2014) and tell us how you celebrate Spring! 

To increase your chance of winning you are welcome to visit EACH blog and comment.

We are going to offer two Grand Prizes!!  In order to take part, you must leave your comment and email address on today's post. 
Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than March 15, 2014. 
1st Grand Prize: (1) Paperwhite Kindle
2nd Grand Prize: (1) $25 Amazon Gift Card

More Romance Please's offering as a fabulous read for a blustery Spring evening ~

The Heart Teaches Best

By M.J. Schiller

About the Book:

Cooper Sullivan is the cop in charge of investigating a murder outside of a Los Angeles night club.  The famous romance author, Sydney Essex, has been found strangled in the parking lot.  When the young officer returns to the scene of the crime the night after the murder, he gets involved in a fight in order to protect a woman, who he realizes afterward, is the victim’s sister.  Soon he finds himself torn by his attraction to the irresistible blond teacher, and his need to maintain a professional distance.                                                    

Laney Essex is distraught over her sister’s death, so the high school English teacher returns to the bar where the crime occurred to find answers.  To her dismay, she is only left with more questions, many centered on her developing relationship with Cooper Sullivan.  Is the pull she’s feeling towards him reciprocated, or is the handsome detective only showing her professional courtesy, or, perhaps, even pity? 

When Laney receives a threatening phone call from Sydney’s murderer, it quickly becomes evident that the man who killed her sister is after her, too!  Can Cooper figure out who the killer is before it’s too late?  And if he does solve the case, will it just be another file stamped “CLOSED” in red and locked away in a drawer, or will the sparks that have been flying between the two finally ignite?

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Our Review:

This story is by turns, heartrending and heartwarming, and well worth the read. Laney Essex, a teacher, and Cooper Sullivan, a homicide detective, are thrown together when her sister is brutally murdered. Their bond grows tighter when it becomes clear Laney may be a target, as well. I felt I knew and liked these two from the outset (a testament to the author’s skills), and that feeling never wavered. The writing is as strong as both the relationship and the tension MJ builds, which is more than enough to keep the reader engaged and invested right up to the happy ending. Well done. 

-Cary Morgan Frates 

About the Author:

MJ is a lunch lady in the heart of Central Illinois. My gosh, can you get more folksy than that? She met her husband at the University of Missouri-Columbia and now she has an nineteen-year-old (how did that happen?) and seventeen year old triplets! She loves to read, karaoke (where she can pretend she is a rock star) and spends WAY too much time on Facebook. She grew up in St. Louis and still has family there.

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**More Romance Please is also offering a giveaway to one lucky visitor to this site (chosen at random) - A Signed Paperback copy of Christmas is in the Air and Valentine's Romance, anthologies featuring books 1 and 2 of Cary Morgan Frates's Red Soles Series. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Books To Go Now Spring Fling and Blog Hop: Love, Eternally by Morgan O'Neill

Books To Go Now

Spring Fling!

For your chance to win one of many prizes, you must stop by one of the participating blog hop stops (March 7-11, 2014) and tell us how you celebrate Spring! 

To increase your chance of winning you are welcome to visit EACH blog and comment.

We are going to offer two Grand Prizes!!  In order to take part, you must leave your comment and email address on today's post. 
Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than March 15, 2014. 
1st Grand Prize: (1) Paperwhite Kindle
2nd Grand Prize: (1) $25 Amazon Gift Card

Blogger's Choice Spring Fling Read.  
Since Spring weather can often be problematic for days on end, More Romance Please would like to suggest a longer read - how about a trilogy?
Morgan O'Neill's Roman Time Travel Trilogy ~

How do I rate this series?

 (Full Disclosure - I am co-author of this work)

Love, Eternally
Book One
by Morgan O'Neill

Pubisher: Crimson Romance
Date Published: July 2012

About the Book:
**LOVE, ETERNALLY RECEIVED A DOUBLE FINALIST WIN IN THE 2013 BOOKSELLERS' BEST AWARDS CONTEST, IN THE PARANORMAL CATEGORY AND THE BEST FIRST BOOK CATEGORY**
Semifinalist win in the 2011 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for After the Fall (published as two novels - Love, Eternally and After the Fall)!

A witch's ancient curse propels talented flutist Gigi Perrin back to A.D. 408, to the court of the depraved Roman Emperor Honorius and his admirable sister, Princess Galla Placidia. There, Gigi grapples with her disbelief about what has happened, and with the strange, new world of violent politics, social upheaval, and Visigoth barbarians straining at the very gates of an empire. Through it all, she must struggle with her powerful attraction to a pagan senator and military commander, Quintus Magnus, a man exotically different from anyone she has ever known. On the brink of a dark and war-torn age, Gigi joins forces with Magnus, battling to save a princess and her people, and ultimately finding love amid the chaos, before the fall of Rome. Sensuality Level: Sensual
Amazon | BN

After the Fall
Book Two
By Morgan O'Neill

Pubisher: Crimson Romance
Date Published: Oct. 2012

About the Book:
Semifinalist win in the 2011 William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for After the Fall (published as two novels - Love, Eternally and After the Fall)!
After the Fall ratchets up the tension as time traveler Gigi Perrin and her husband, the Roman warrior Quintus Magnus, join forces with the Visigoth King Alaric to march on Rome. There waits Princess Galla Placidia, the admirable sister of the despicable Emperor Honorius. About to be forced into an arranged marriage by her brother, Placidia fears a bleak future, trapped in a loveless union. In an attempt to save Rome from barbarian invasion, Placidia puts aside her troubles and meets with Alaric's delegation, which includes Gigi and Magnus, and the king's second-in-command, the Visigoth prince, Athaulf. The attraction between Placidia and Athaulf is instantaneous and overwhelming, but theirs is a forbidden love, destined to fail because of implacable politics and impending war. Bound by a friendship that transcends time, Gigi and Placidia must do whatever they can to protect the men they love, after the fall of Rome. Sensuality Level: Sensual
Amazon | BN

Return to Me
Book Three
By Morgan O'Neill

Pubisher: Crimson Romance
Date Published: Dec. 2012

About the Book:
The third novel in the Roman Time Travel series, Return to Me finds time traveler Gigi Perrin happily settled into twenty-first century life with her husband, the former Roman senator and military commander, Quintus Magnus. Gigi has resumed her successful musical career, playing the flute for her adoring fans, while making her first foray into Hollywood by creating the musical score for a feature film about the Roman emperor Nero. At the film's wrap party, Gigi is presented with a gift to commemorate her work: an ancient Roman ring depicting the goddess Victoria. Stunned, she and Magnus recognize it as the very ring that brought them together, and the one subsequently stolen from her and lost in A.D. 410. How did it make its way back to them? Magnus believes the answer is clear; Victoria sent it as a warning about their dear friend, Princess Galla Placidia. They start researching what happened to Placidia after Gigi and Magnus time-traveled from the barbarous fifth century. To their shock, they discover Placidia's life took a series of terrible turns, culminating with the murders of her children. Realizing they have no other choice, Gigi and Magnus prepare to embark on a perilous quest to go back in time and rescue them. But one ominous question remains - how can they save the children without altering the course of history? Sensuality Level: Sensual

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About the Authors:

A chance meeting at a writers' conference brought Cary Morgan Frates and Deborah O'Neill Cordes together, two award-winning authors who connected because of a mutual love of time travel fiction. Collaboration ensued, the search for a pen name the first step in their working relationship. Their maiden names provided the solution - and "Morgan O'Neill" was born.

Cary and Deborah's backgrounds are uniquely suited to writing stories steeped in atmosphere and history: Deborah has a Master's Degree in history and is a dedicated genealogist; Cary is a talented linguist in French and is currently a student of Latin. They've traveled to Europe's ancient and medieval sites many times, with Cary living on the Continent for five years.

The Morgan O'Neill time travel novels have received a number of literary awards, including two finalist wins in the Booksellers' Best Awards, two semifinalist wins in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition, first, second, and third place wins for the Mainstream Novel with Strong Romantic Elements category of the Golden Rose Contest, a top ten finalist award in the Pacific Northwest Writers' Conference Zola Awards Literary Contest, and a top ten finalist win in the Orange Rose Contest.

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**More Romance Please is also offering a giveaway to one lucky visitor to this site over the five day hop (chosen at random) - A Signed Paperback copy of Christmas is in the Air and Valentine's Romance, anthologies featuring books 1 and 2 of Cary Morgan Frates's Red Soles Series. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Books To Go Now Spring Fling and Blog Hop: Red Soles Series by Cary Morgan Frates

Books To Go Now

Spring Fling!

For your chance to win one of many prizes, you must stop by one of the participating blog hop stops (March 7-11, 2014) and tell us how you celebrate Spring! 

To increase your chance of winning you are welcome to visit EACH blog and comment.

We are going to offer two Grand Prizes!!  In order to take part, you must leave your comment and email address on today's post. 
Two winners will be chosen at random and notified no later than March 15, 2014. 
1st Grand Prize: (1) Paperwhite Kindle
2nd Grand Prize: (1) $25 Amazon Gift Card

More Romance Please's Book Suggestions for a Lovely Spring Fling, no matter the season ~

Christmas is in the Air
A Christmas Anthology to warm the heart year-round

ebook | paperback

About the Book:
A holiday anthology of four sweet Christmas stories for every reader. 
Red Soles at Night Christmas Delight: An unknown dog has just launched Audrey Wells’s expensive Louboutin shoes into the lake, her girlfriends have bailed on attending the Christmas Ship Parade aboard her boat, and now she’s all alone for the holiday – can there possibly be an upside to all this misery? 
Yuletide Bride: Every couple that gets married at the "Magic of Christmas" festival is a perfect match. The whole town believes that it is fate, but reporter, Mary Simms, is out to debunk the fraud. Will Mary uncover the sham, or will she learn that having a little faith is exactly what she needs? Join Mary and James this Christmas as they discover a new tradition. 
Christmas Gift that Keeps Wagging: Julian Barrows has his hands full working and being a single dad to his kindergarten, special needs son, Gabe. Julian is introduced to seizure dog trainerHanna. Does Santa and a four-legged ‘elf’ have love in their plan for this family? 
One Horse Open Sleigh Race: A traditional earl and an outspoken clergyman's twin sister find the way to true love with the help of a Christmas sleigh race and a match-making Scottie.

Valentine's Romance
An Anthology not just for Valentine's Day

Paperback | eBook

About the Book:

Four sweet holiday romances to warm your heart. A collection of our choice for best short story Valentine romances from your favorite best-selling authors. 
 The Wife Project: Enigmatic software genius A.J. Remington needs a wife to seem more accessible to potential clients, but love cannot be a part of the equation. Having been burned, he knows that love is complicated and painful. A.J. is resigned to a life without love.Friend and personal chef Katy Walsh has also tasted her share of heartbreak thanks to a failed marriage and she’s determined to avoid that kind of pain, thank-you-very-much. But when Katy agrees to help Alex to choose a suitable woman for the role of wife, an unlikely recipe for romance consumes them both. Can it be that the perfect woman is standing in his kitchen? And will either of them be willing to risk falling in love as they work on… The Wife Project? 
 Love Comes for Valentine's Day: At Christmas, Kara Hayward makes a pact with her girlfriends. She’s going to wear a headband of mistletoe until a man kisses her. The problem is it’s now Valentine’s Day. Will Kara be stuck wearing the headband of shame the rest of the year, or will she find Mr. Right in a place she never expects? 
 Red Soles in the Morning, Valentine's Soaring (Story 2 in the Red Soles Series): In book one of the series, Red Soles at Night, Christmas Delight, Audrey Wells and Mack Hargrave meet on Christmas under inauspicious circumstances, when his dog, Winston, knocks her very expensive shoes into Lake Washington. Disaster quickly turns to attraction and love, but Mack must return home to Texas. As book two opens, Audrey’s shoes have survived their dunking, but her heart may not survive Mack’s departure. Very much in love, the two are determined to pursue what they have started, but the very high-powered careers that force them to live in different states, keep thwarting their plans to reunite. Finally, in a fit of desperation, and with some prompting by her girlfriends, Audrey decides a surprise trip to Texas will be just what they need.Will it be everything she hopes it will be…or are the cards of separation and mischance still dealt against them?  Jessica's Valentine Diary: Tom is handed a lost diary and, against his better judgement, he begins to read it. The deeper he reads, the more he starts to fall in love with the owner, Jessica and he sets out to find the unknown girl who has stolen his heart with her words. If Tom finds Jessica can he convince her of his love? How will she react to the stranger who has read her deepest secrets? Is there a happy ever after to this story?

Red Soles at Night, 
Christmas Delight
Book 1 of the Red Soles Series
Short Story
By Cary Morgan Frates

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About the Book:

Successful, beautiful, outgoing, and . . . alone for Christmas. What’s a girl to do? One thing Audrey Wells will not do is compromise. She has solid friends, a great career in real estate, and a treasured sailboat passed down to her from her father. And it is aboard this boat that she intends to share a portion of her holiday with her friends. Her gift to them will be taking them out on Christmas Eve and participating in the Christmas Ship Parade on Lake Washington – something she has done many times, but not since her father passed away three years ago. However, her carefully laid plans quickly turn sour when a dog, owned by her new, and as yet unknown neighbor at the marina, playfully greets her by accidentally knocking her very expensive present-to-herself Louboutin shoes overboard. This crisis leads to a series of events Audrey could never have foreseen, and a Christmas filled with more hope than she could ever have hoped.

Red Soles in the Morning, 
Valentines Soaring
Book 2 of the Red Soles Series
Short Story
by Cary Morgan Frates

eBook

About the Book:
Story 2 in the best-selling series Red Soles: In book one of the series, Red Soles at Night, Christmas Delight, Audrey Wells and Mack Hargrave meet on Christmas under inauspicious circumstances, when his dog, Winston, knocks her very expensive shoes into Lake Washington. Disaster quickly turns to attraction and love, but Mack must return home to Texas.

As book two opens, Audrey’s shoes have survived their dunking, but her heart may not survive Mack’s departure. Very much in love, the two are determined to pursue what they have started, but the very high-powered careers that force them to live in different states, keep thwarting their plans to reunite. Finally, in a fit of desperation, and with some prompting by her girlfriends, Audrey decides a surprise trip to Texas will be just what they need.Will it be everything she hopes it will be…or are the cards of separation and mischance still dealt against them?

**More Romance Please is also offering a giveaway to one lucky visitor to this site (chosen at random) - A Signed Paperback copy of Christmas is in the Air and Valentine's Romance, anthologies featuring books 1 and 2 of Cary Morgan Frates's Red Soles Series. a Rafflecopter giveaway