Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Not going to apologize to anyone for this particular post. Then again, I can't recall having ever apologized for anything I've ever written in a blog post of this nature (meaning, my having discussed something others may deem as butt-hurt inappropriate and anti PC). 😉 Today someone pressed my last-straw button and so here I am... venting. It was this... Which is a far more common occurrence than one might think, along with remarks such as this... I'm thinking at this point that anyone possibly reading this Post might not be as quick to jump up and down crying foul now, am I right? And I know what you're thinking... that I'm not being fair and considering ALL of the possibilities and circumstances surrounding such thoughtless instances as these, right? Yes, yes I am, actually! Seriously, on what planet is it acceptable and common knowledge to offer up 1-star (not rotten apple or devil face, mind you) as bein...

Genre: Contemporary/Adult/Fantasy Sexual Content: 3/5 Release Date: July 5, 2015 Pages: 276 Syndication: EPub/Self On Amazon: Kindle At Smashwords: Others List: $3.99 Blurb A chance encounter at the airport is innocent enough, but it sets in motion a chain of calamitous events that leave photographer, Kaisa Dalen, badly shaken and jet pilot, Perry Lindstrom, reluctantly determined to protect her at all cost.  She believes in fate and that an ancient curse still affects the women in her family, but Liv is determined to find a way to break the spell and finally experience true love without the fear of that love being destroyed by tragedy.  He believes in vicious cycles but is determined to live a better life than the heartless, cruel one his father and grandfather taught him. Perry refuses to fall prey to the cruelty gene, so Love is out of the question . . . until his resolve is put to the test via a series of unfortunate events that force ...

Remember when I posted that it would be a long, LONG time before I ever downloaded another freebie on Amazon to read? Ever again? Well, I didn't exactly say never, ever again . . . And, thanks to my brilliant decision to sign up at Book Bub , the game changer, and meeting a lot of new and friendly Romance Novel authors on Facebook and at Triberr, the eBook count on my Kindle increases by the hour. RIGHT NOW, I'm in the midst of a really good eBook: The St. Nicholas' Day Wager by Em Taylor As the clock in White’s hallway chimes midnight on St Nicholas’ Day morning, Lord Nicholas, Viscount Eastden makes a stupid wager. Somewhat foxed, he agrees to a wager which states that he can marry the spinster sister of the Earl of Thornwich by Christmas eve. If Thornwich wins the wager and Eastden fails in his quest to marry her, he will get ten thousand pounds and vice versa. Having grown up on neighbouring estates, Nicholas can’t figure out why ...