Raine Balkera - Romance Author

The Reluctant Bride Collection #1 Pages -  256 pages Published -  June 12, 2012 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Genre -  Historical, Regency Romance Language -  n/a Sexual Content -  3/5 Series -  The Reluctant Bride Collection, 1 of 4 Stand Alone -  yes SYNOPSIS Olivia Blakesley, self-proclaimed spinster extraordinaire, is quite happy with her life. She has her studies and her duties, what need does she have of a husband? With five sisters married she knows the reality does not live up to the promise, and does not need to personally experiment with the state to know she would be ill-suited to it. However, she finds herself envious of at least one aspect of marriage. But to experience the physical side of marriage, one doesn't need a husband, all one needs is the right man...  Nathaniel Jenkins knows his duty. Marry a young girl from a respectable family and father an heir, no matter how cold the endless par...

Marrying Winterborne Pages -  416 pages Publisher-  Avon Published -  May 31, 2016 Sold by -  HarperCollins Publishers Amazon -   Buy Link Genre -  Victorian, Romance Series -  The Ravenels #2 Sexual Content -  4/5 Language -  a few F-bombs SYNOPSIS A ruthless tycoon... Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to ensure she marries him, so much the better . . . A sheltered beauty... Helen has had little contact with the glittering, cynical world of London society. Yet Rhys’s determined seduction awakens an intense mutual passion. Helen’s gentle upbringing belies a stubborn conviction that only she can tame her unruly husband. As Rhys’s enemies conspire against them, Helen must trust him wit...

Cold-Hearted Rake Pages -  419 pages Published -  October 27, 2015 Publisher -  Avon Sold by -  HarperCollins Publishers Amazon -   Buy Link Series -  The Ravenels #1 Genre -  Historical Romance/Regency Language -  2 F-bombs Sexual Content -  4/5 SYNOPSIS A twist of fate . . . Devon Ravenel, London's most wickedly charming rake, has just inherited an earldom. But his powerful new rank in society comes with unwanted responsibilities . . . and more than a few surprises. His estate is saddled with debt, and the late earl's three innocent sisters are still occupying the house . . . along with Kathleen, Lady Trenear, a beautiful young widow whose sharp wit and determination are a match for Devon's own. A clash of wills . . . Kathleen knows better than to trust a ruthless scoundrel like Devon. But the fiery attraction between them is impossible to deny—and from the first moment Devon holds her in his arms, he vows ...

In my never-ending effort to figure out this Show v Tell conundrum I've been forced to have to wallow in and wade through since the beginning of the year (practically) there is one thing I know for sure: WAS is a bad word. And, I'm super upset about this tiny bit of info (with its major impact). Had ANYONE said this is the answer MONTHS ago, I wouldn't still be sitting here trying to figure out where it is I'm going wrong, why it is everyone sees it but me, and how it is all of the supposed expert advice purported to be offered online failed to reach me until now. The last place I'd think to go to 'learn' anything online is Youtube, and yet there I was today, watching a few silly videos that said the same thing yet still managed to teach me the difference between Tell and Show in writing. WAS  (erm) was the key word. So, I opened AutoCrit, plunked down the first 1,000 words of my latest WIP, and went for the count on WAS . Turns out...

16Personalities.com My son is currently teaching at a Language Camp on a Minnesota lake and has to figure out how his students will behave/respond over the next few weeks. He sent me and his sister the link to a Personality Test and surprisingly, my daughter and I are more alike than either of us ever realized or care to admit. Not surprising at all, my son is the complete opposite. When I took the test, I went into it like I do all of the others . . . with a semi-lackadaisical attitude and a surefire hunch the results wouldn't perfectly match me and who I really am (or, more to the point, who I perceive myself to be). From the picture above, the answers resulted in my being termed a Mediator, and I'm sorry, this just couldn't be more wrong. The "I like to mediate and make sure everyone is happy" part. That is my son and somewhat my daughter, AND me until I was in my thirties, but definitely not who I am today. The rest of the explanations, th...

#3 Castle Brides Series Pages -  358 pages Publisher -  Soul Mate Publishing  Pub Date -  May 27, 2014 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Genre -  Regency Romance Series -  Castle Brides, Book 3 Language -  N/A Sexual Content -  3/5 SYNOPSIS She won't be tamed A fiery, unconventional Scot, Adaira Ferguson wears breeches, swears, and has no more desire to marry than she does to follow society's dictates of appropriate behavior. She trusts no man with the secret she desperately protects. He can't forget Haunted by his past, Roark, The Earl of Clarendon, rigidly adheres to propriety, holding himself and those around him to the highest standards, no matter the cost. Betrayed once, he's guarded and leery of all women. Mistaking Roark for a known spy, Adaira imprisons him. Infuriated, he vows vengeance. Realizing her error, she's appalled and releases him, but he's not satisfied with his freedom. Roar...