Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Today I review Highlander's Castle, Book One in the Highlander Heat series, by Joanne Wadsworth. Pages -  152 Published -  February 16, 2014 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Series -  Highlander Heat Book 1 of 7 Genre -  Historical Romance, Scottish, Time Travel Language -  2/5 Sexual Content -  5/5 Narrative -  3rd P Traveling through time...for a Highlander. Anne MacLeod's identical ancestor has made a wish on the Fairy Flag at Dunvegan Castle, one which sees the two young women swapping places in time and leaving Anne set to handfast with the very man her ancestor wished to escape. Only Anne sees the possibilities, because now she could change the future and ensure her parents never perished in the inferno which took their lives. Highland warrior Alex MacDonald has made an agreement to handfast with Anne in order to bring a halt to the feud raging between their clans. The last thing he expects though ...

Hello, everyone! Welcome to Week 20 of the MFRW Author Blog's 52-Week Blog Challenge . This week, our topic is: My Favorite Social Media Platforms, and Why . *sigh... The most fun I tend to derive from these posts is creating the Banners for them. LOL IF Social Media worked the way I think that it should, I would be enamored of them all. However, all social media networks cater to the wealthy, the affluent, the successful, and the almighty popular people. Just like it works with people in real life. If Social Media sites worked in an inclusive manner FOR ALL, I would choose them all, but they don't and do not work for me. Goal-setters probably love Social Media and strive to gain recognition there, so I commend those types, believe me. For me, it is like whipping a dead horse, but that is because I am (currently) a nobody without a following. My content is seen by no one and easily lost among the more prominent, popular, and successful among us, so ...

Hi, everyone! Welcome back to Week 19 of the MFRW Author Blog 's 52-Week Blog Challenge. This week, the topic is: My Most Romantic Memory . Is it cheating or bad form to participate when you don't have an answer? I hope not, because I'm thinking -- I joined this year's challenge hop, so I must participate regardless. Also, I don't want anyone to think I'm being lazy or facetious because it is beyond pathetically true! I have No Memory of any Romantic Memory , and yes, I was married once and have two, grown children to prove it. So, what am I supposed to say this week? One of the big reasons why I write Romance is because I have never experienced true romance. I married someone I practically grew up with and was close friends with in middle and part of high school, so it kind of just happened. Yes, my ex bought me things, but not  just because , and often quite grudgingly, including my birthday and for Christmas. Eventually, it boiled ...

Today I review Heartbreak and Honor by Collette Cameron, Book Three in the Highland Heather, Romancing a Scot series. Pages -  257  Publisher -  Soul Mate Publishing  Published -  December 2, 2015 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Genre -  Historical, Regency Romance Series -  Highland Heather, Romancing a Scot #3 of 6 Language -  2/5 Sexual Content -  4/5 Narrative -  3rd P Would you risk your life to rescue a woman you don't know? Abducted by a band of renegade Scots, Highland gypsy Tasara Faas blackens her rescuer's eye when the charming duke attempts to steal a kiss. Afterward, Tasara learns she's the long-lost heiress Alexandra Atterberry and is expected to take her place among the elite society she's always disdained. Lucan, the Duke of Harcourt, promised his gravely ill mother he'd procure a wife by Christmastide, but intrigued by the feisty lass he saved in Scotland, he finds...

Hello! Welcome to Week 18 of the MFRW Author Blog's 52-Week Blog Challenge . This week, our topic of discussion is: How I Work Up Character/Setting Profiles . If I'm not mistaken, we've discussed this before, only it was worded differently. And, if I'm not mistaken, this is asking me to discuss how I create or devise my characters and/or setting for each novel I write. Before I begin, let me apologize to those of you who participate, because, for the past few weeks, I've been suffering far more than usual with seasonal allergies. It affects a strip of my face and head that is crucial to writing and reading... the ears, the eyes, and the nose. Plus, I cough a lot, which causes a sore throat. Anyway, my eyes are crossed, blurred, double vision, and constantly itchy, making it nearly impossible to see, much less read. Then I get headaches from trying to read or stare at a screen, so... *Sigh, enough with the problems and on with the show. S...

Today I review Taken by the Highlander by Julianne MacLean, another Highlander Historical Romance. Pages -  225  Publisher -  Julianne MacLean Publishing Inc.  Published -  December 26, 2015 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Genre -  Historical, Highlander Romance Series -  The Highlander Series, Book 5 Language -  2/5 Sexual Content -  4/5 Narrative - 3rdP A WARRIOR WITH A SECRET Logan MacDonald, fierce warrior and bold scout for Angus the Lion, hides a shameful secret. When he arrives injured at a crofter’s cottage in Campbell territory during a secret mission for his laird, he is immediately suspected of treachery….  A WOMAN WITH A VISION When Mairi Campbell stumbles across the mysterious wounded Highlander in a moonlit glen—a member of an enemy clan—she is strangely beguiled and cannot resist the desire to unearth the secrets of his darkened soul. Soon, Mairi surrenders to forbidden pa...