Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Such a busy past week that I forgot to sign up for the Tuesday Blog Hop via Romance Writer's Weekly . I've included a link to the first hop-stop at the bottom of this post for your reading pleasure. I've decided on a title for my second novel ( Love Over Time ) and have purchased a cover as well. Both should be featured here soon.  After five rounds of edits, proofreading, and changes to this, my second manuscript, I feel relatively confident about uploading the file (soon). If interested, I've included the first three chapters in my Excerpts category above. I hope you find the time to check it out and maybe offer some constructive feedback. I also found the time to go through my Writing Articles folder and thinned out the content. Aside from a few helpful posts about show versus tell, description, and killer plot twists, that folder is now at a much more manageable level. I could recall my reasons for saving those posts in the first place, but then after ...

Hello again, and thank you for hopping over from J.J. Devine 's blog. This week, Victoria Barbour wants us to 'show' the cast of our most recent book or WIP. For those of you who don't know, I'm not into Hollywood or modern movies aside from the Marvel series, and my television experience includes nothing more than The Musketeers, Vikings, and Project Runway (not exactly Hollywood). I have watched all of the 007 movies, and I do have a few favorites from the 80's, but I am more inclined to watch TCM than anything modern, hip, or today. Heck, if someone from Hollywood or the music scene were to bump into me on the street, I wouldn't know them from Adam's off ox. When I conjure up characters, they are usually people I know and whom I then embellish or make worse than they are in reality. That ISN'T to say I don't partake in the joyous pastime known as Pinterest and all things hunk, muscle, eyes, hair, etc. :D I've created a Mal...

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...

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'...

Thank you for hopping over after visiting with Dani Jace .  While you were there, I hope you checked out her Books tab. Besides an upcoming release this summer, Hot as Blazes   is still available on Amazon . When the Heat Gets Started . . . JoAnn Mercer was on the verge of surfer stardom when her career took a nosedive thanks to a backstabbing ex. Now she’s back home in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, staying clear of men, desperately in need of a job. Joining the local firefighting squad seems like the perfect solution, until she realizes one of her coworkers is an old crush. It Will Never Stop . . .  Ray Andrews never runs away from a fight. He served his country in Iraq, and he’s battled more fires than he can count. But what he can’t fight is the desire burning between him and JoAnn Mercer. He’s wanted Jo for as long as he can remember, but a promise made years ago has kept them apart. Finally free of obligations, Ray is ready to prove he’s the only man for...

I hope you hopped over here after visiting with J.J. Devine . T his time I'd like to plug an anthology she's involved with through her publisher, SoulMate.  The title is A Soulmate for Christmas , and by clicking on the title, you'll be taken to the author support page. J.J.'s story, A VAMPIRE FOR YULE, is about " . . . Two lonely hearts come together during the holidays and discover their destiny." Sounds sweet! Brenda Margriet is back just in time to set the task of asking: How do you choose the setting for your book? Does where you live inspire you? This can apply even to books set in paranormal worlds - what do you use from "real life"? You can find one of her novels, Mountain Fire , up for review on Goodreads , with links to buy. " A mountaintop mystery leads two conservationists to dangerous obsessions and violent passions " Both featured novels are in my TBR pile :D Now to answer Brenda's questions....

Thank you for hopping over from J.J. Devine's post. Her novel, Into the Darkness , is available at Amazon. Vampires and Witches: Are they mythical creatures or something that walks amongst us every day without our knowledge?  To Raven, a twenty-five-year-old, extremely sheltered woman, they are nothing more than something to be read about in a book. To Dragon, an eight hundred-year-old vampire, they are a way of life.  Raven truly believes she is going mad. Erotic dreams fill her nights, causing her to question her sanity by the light of day. They lead her into a world she never knew existed and a heritage that can only be found in nightmares.  Dragon wants nothing more than to own the mortal soul of the beautiful Raven, a woman who can make his ancient scars disappear, proof that she is far from mortal.  Together they seek out the dark heritage of her past. What they find is much more than either of them bargained for. A destiny lies at her doors...