Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Thank you for hopping over from Carolyn Spear . This week, Veronica Forand wants us to do some Flash Fiction - 100 words - using spring, coffee, and lizard. Way Back When . . . It seems like only yesterday that I traveled out west for high school Senior Break. Dad had arranged that trip, but I had wanted to do what everyone else did: head down to Daytona Beach. Lake Havasu was cool. The London Bridge was there, and I'd liked to have walked across it, except that if my Aunt Anne asked and I said yes, then it meant no. I saw my first lizard while I was there. Lots of them, actually, along with a few road runners that didn't resemble the cartoon depiction whatsoever. We drove to Long Beach via the desert, and in spring it was a sight to behold. Along the way, we stopped at an honest-to-gosh roadside cafe with tumbleweed, cactus, and medieval gas pumps outside. Not being a coffee drinker, I opted for a can of Coke to get me through the last few hundred miles ...

Romance Writer's Weekly (RWW) has a website  with its own blog , and a newsletter . There is also a  Facebook  page, and the Twitter handle is @LoveChatWrite . I hope you've arrived here after having visited with Mishka Jenkins . An author buddy whom I met approximately two years ago, Mishka graciously introduced me to RWW and an even larger group of like-minded, helpful, friendly, and fun romance authors. I am forever in her debt as a result. One of Mishka's novels, The Magic Spark , is available on Kindle here . Successful businesswoman Alex is content with her life in London, and any ideas of romance have been left on the back burner. But when her fairy godmother, FG, waltzes into her office one morning announcing she has come to help Alex rekindle a passion for life and love, she is about to check herself into therapy! The fairy godmother’s incessant wand-flicking soon lands them in the isolation of the Scottish highlands, where Alex’s next client, Mal Ros...

Every Tuesday, the members of Romance Writer's Weekly (RWW) get together for a blog hop. We are a terrific support group for fellow Romance Authors and love to share our experiences, give and receive help with our writing dilemmas, and promote one another's work. Romance Writer's Weekly also has a website  with a blog , where we spotlight, promote, and post interesting articles about writing via our members. We also issue a newsletter  and can be found on Facebook  and Twitter @LoveChatWrite. If you arrived here after having visited with  Carolyn Spear , I thank you. This week, Betty Bolte says - It's St . Patrick's Day ! and wants us to tell if and how we celebrate it, or how we'd like to. I don't celebrate the holidays. Any of them. Including my birthday, which also happens to fall on a major holiday. March 17th is a Feast Day in honor of St. Patrick, who wasn't Irish at all but Scottish. Born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in S...

Hello again, and thank you for hopping over after having visited with S. C. Mitchell . It is his question we feature this week, too! If you forgot to check out his published work while you were at his website, Steven's latest novel,  The Blarmling Dilemma (Hearts in Orbit Book 1), is available through  Amazon . Hearts in Orbit — Volume 1: THE BLARMLING DILEMMA is a science fiction romance set in the far-flung space traveling future, and sets a new course across the galaxy that leads to love and adventure.  An intergalactic circus, vicious space pirates, and a planet full of backtechers cross paths as two hearts go into orbit to save a pair of adorable Blarmlings. And, the question Steven posed to us this week is:  Describe   Y our Perfect Writing Retreat . The Writer's Retreat Amtrak Express When it first came up as a hot topic last year, I figured there couldn't possibly be a better place to write than on a train bou...

Title: 스웨덴 세탁소 / Seuweden Setakso Genre: Comedy, fantasy, romance, family Broadcast network: MBC Every1, MBC Drama Net, MBC Music, MBC QueeN Broadcast period: Nov-2014 to March -2015 Episodes: 16 A lot of new faces in this one, and with some stiff acting on a few parts, but overall, I gave this a high score because of the interesting story line. Lee Yong Yi as the grandmother and Bom were like-able. Hwang Young hee as the mother is too pretty to be a bitch omanee, but she still pulled it off in ostensible Korean-drama style. Chang Jo as Yong Soo chul, the supposed love interest who ended up being more of a side-kick or extra than a real lead that could have resulted in this being a true romance . . . he was okay but could stand to gain a bit more skill/polish under his belt. Sweden Laundry is about a young woman who doesn't seem to fit in right with her fatherless family. The oldest brother is a bookworm who continues to fail the bar exam and the youngest is a stuck-...

Hello, and welcome to another Tuesday Blog Hop via our host, Romance Writer's Weekly . I hope you arrived here after having visited with Dani Jace . This week I'd like to feature her published work,  White Doe [shapeshifter romance / romantic suspense]. which is on sale for only .99c on  Amazon . Hawk shifter, and bad-boy biker, Shane Cheveyo has spent years trying to outride his secret life and erotic memories of his first love who left without a word. When his great-grandfather, the legendary chieftain of their tribe passes to his next life, Cheyenne is drawn back home to the Outer Banks of North Carolinaout of respect for her heritage. Rekindled passion reveals their true nature, but will the magic of the white doe save them or separate their destinies forever? This week's question comes to us from Elizabeth Janette , who's novel Redemption for Liars is also available on Amazon  and in publication through Soul Mate Publishing. Welcome to Hill'...

Cursed be the Wicked [ Kindle Edition ] Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing (March 3, 2014) ASIN: B00ISBVAJI Genre: Mystery, Paranormal, Romance J.R.'s Blog Space Synopsis: Cooper Shaw lives his life under a pen name and enjoys the anonymity it provides during his journeys across the globe as a seasoned writer for a travel magazine. When his job lands him in his hometown of Salem, Massachusetts, to cover the famous Festival of the Dead, he soon realizes that he can't stay invisible forever as he faces ghosts from a past he's been trying to forget ever since he left. The city represents nothing but bad memories for Coop until he meets Finnley Pierce, a quirky young woman with an old soul and curious insights. While she acts as his tour guide through a town he thought he knew, Finn helps him unearth the truth of his childhood and might even begin to open up his heart. By unraveling the mystery of his father's murder, Coop may finally accept who he is, where he ca...