Raine Balkera - Romance Author

A review of Highlander's Bride by Lexy Timms, a time-travel Historical Romance set in the Scottish Highlands. YES, he actually says Birthday Suit. Pages -  265  Publisher -  Dark Shadow Publishing Published - October 10, 2016 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Genre -  Historical Romance/Time Travel/Scottish Highlands Series -  Moment in Time Book 1 of 5 Language -  0/5 Sexual Content -  4/5 Narrative -  3rd She shouldn’t be here… She can’t even recall how she got here. Except for the dream. Mya Boyle remembers the dream. She knows it’s somehow connected to her past, her present and the future. Mya woke one morning in a field, a stag grazing close by as if it didn’t even notice her. She lay bare, like a babe from the womb, except for a wool blanket wrapped around her tightly. A grown woman with no memory, no family, no money, nothing. Kayden McGregor found her while hunting. He was after the s...

Hello again, and welcome back to another installment of the MFRW Author Blog 52-Week Blog Challenge ! Week 47 here, and the topic today is: My Writing Space Not ashamed to admit to being a nosy person, but I think it also needs some clarification for those of you who instantly gasp and start thinking all manner of awful things about me in retaliation for said remark. Gossip ≠ Drama When it comes to "drama", I define it much differently than most and don't agree that Hollywood hi-jinx, catty-bitch 'reality' TV staged show-downs, and who's sleeping with whom apply (because I just don't give a damn). Someone is crying, confused, upset, lost, or overjoyed, and I want to know why! That kind of nosy. I'm always curious to know what other people are doing, how they think, what they like and don't, how they feel about issues or the mundane, and although I can honestly say I've never had an inkling to secretly peek into anyone's...

Hello! This is week 46 of the 52-Week MFRW Author Blog Challenge, and the topic today is: Let Me Brag for a Minute... Sorry to say this, but as a Catholic, this particular personality trait was beaten and shamed out of me from an extremely early age. I do remember one time during a job interview for a Bank, I had to drive downtown (Detroit) and had the sadly mistaken impression that it would be where I'd be working... in that building, in downtown Detroit -- two things that super-appealed to me at that time. I was upbeat, excited, and eager to impress (I think), and while I don't remember anything I said, I will always remember the interviewer smiling at me and saying, "Wonderful! I love the way you beat your own drum to such a down-to-earth rhythm!" Now, as mentioned above, my initial reaction was, "OMG, I just blew it! She thinks I'm bragging!" Because, as stated, bragging has always been a bad thing to my rigidly molded mind....

Welcome to the  April Showers Romance Blog Hop ! This fun and quick hop will take you on a journey to meet some fantastic authors who write some amazing stories! PRIZES $50 Amazon Gift Card  $25 Amazon Gift Card $10 Amazon Gift Card Increase your chances of winning by visiting all the stops listed below, and leave a comment with your email address. Don’t forget to check out the MEGA April Showers Giveaway https://app.viralsweep.com/sweeps/full/560403-17727&framed=1 And have fun with the April Showers authors by joining them on April 21st for their Facebook Party! https://www.facebook.com/events/701339710027137/ Thanks for hopping with them… have fun… and away we go!  Visit all of the stops in the blog hop by using the list below… Nicole Morgan   http://nicolemorganauthor.blogspot.com Vicki Batman   http://www.vickibaman.blogspot.com Kayelle Allen   https://kayel...

Pages -  276 Publisher -  Rustic Studio Publishing Published -  March 9, 2015 (1st ed.) Sold by -   Amazon Series -  Grayson Brothers series Genre -   Historical Romance, Victorian Language -  irrelevant Sexual Content -  0/5 A Marriage Of Convenience... And Undeniable Romance. The last thing Amelia wants is to marry her father's business competitor, Kyle Grayson, the man who rejected her youthful flirtation, especially when she’s still smitten with him. But dire circumstances force her to marry Kyle, a man she knows little about. She senses he has been wounded and keeps his emotions locked inside. Can she break through Kyle’s staunch business demeanor and show him that laughter and love are possible? Yes, that is a 5-star review, but to be honest, I almost wanted to give it 4.5 because I can't find the Unclean (lol) version anywhere. But, I know that would be wrong and unfair to the author and her potent...

I'll jump right in on this one because it's been on my mind for a while now and today encountered another 'trigger' instance that pushed me to write about it. I'm talking about Romance Reader / Reviewer reviews again. It's obvious (to me) that there are quite a few Romance readers (perhaps readers of other genres, too) who are very narrow-minded and live in-the-moment so as not to be taken seriously. However, when they under-rate a novel based on that way of thinking/believing, it does the author no justice -- which is why I've decided to speak my mind on the topic. If you follow me (lol) then you're aware of my having read a number of novels in a variety of genres. However, my favorite remains Romance novels, and I write Contemporary. On a daily basis, I browse this category in search of new reading material and will habitually scroll down to the reviews section and read them. I'll admit that most reviewers are honest when they...

For whatever reason, I have this uncanny ability to bump into these types of posts well after the fact, and although I'm too late to the party, I have left instructions (below) for you to start this hop at its real beginning and follow through from there. IWSG (Insecure Writers Support Group) has a monthly Blog Hop which occurs on the first Wednesday of each month. This month, the question posed is:   When do you know your story is ready? Never. Even when I feel 98% sure it is a go, I suffer heart palpitations, anxiety, and self-doubt as I upload the formatted material online. An indicator that I'm through messing around and ready to launch is a gut feeling, but the meter never reaches 100% regardless of the stage at which I feel like it is time to put the baby to bed. I work with two incredible BETA readers, and their helpful and candid advice has made me feel lots better about myself as a writer and about my writing, but I am not yet to the point of being able...