Raine Balkera - Romance Author

Well, I've decided to do something silly this year as far as Reading goes. While browsing my extensive Kindle library the other night, it occurred to me that a few patterns emerged both Title and Content-wise. A running theme that caught my eye had to do with HIGHLANDERS and SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER ROMANCES. And no, I've neither read nor watched the Outlander series. That doesn't mean a few of my Highlander-themed novels won't be about time-travel, but all will be about Love and/or Romance to some extent. Because that's what I read and write about... Romance. While 2017 started out promising for me, and I had worked hard on my 3rd Romance novel (of the Contemporary variety), about a 1/4 of the way through (say around April or May) I stopped writing and starting reading in earnest. 2018 has to be different, and I want to switch that around to read this year I will WRITE far more than I read... even if I do read every night before bed. I just need to ...

Pages: 288 pages Device Usage: Unlimited Publisher: Potatoworks Press Published: February 4, 2014 Sold by: Amazon Digital Genre: Regency Romance Sexual Content: 3-5 Language: doesn't apply Voice: third P but Emma's story Synopsis Miss Emma Harlow hasn’t earned the reputation as a hoyden for nothing, so when the Duke of Trent discovers her in his conservatory stealing one of his orchids, he’s isn’t surprised—charmed, delighted and puzzled, yes, but not surprised. It is Emma who is amazed. She has naturally concluded that the man reading in the conservatory must be the country cousin (who else in London would actually read?) and is quite vexed to discover that he is the Duke of Trent himself—imagine, stealing the duke’s prize Rhyncholaelia digbyana under his very nose! But her vexation doesn’t last long. For Emma is a practical young lady with a mission: to end her dear sister Lavinia’s engagement to the villainous (and dreadfully dull!) Sir Waldo Windbou...

It's been awhile since I last posted anything, and I feel bad about that (even if no one reads my posts), but I also feel sad, and for other reasons besides not blogging much of late. I've never been one to self-diagnose an illness, but there were plenty of times when I'd suggested to others that they maybe look into a reason why they either behaved or felt the way they did. As for myself, I take it all as it comes and most-often hope or will away whatever it is that ails me. I've also known for a few decades now that it is entirely likely that I am a depressed person, or that I suffer from some form/type of depression. Back in the 00's, and for a very brief time, I started taking Cortaslim tablets thinking that I might lose some weight that way, and while it did help me to shed a few pounds, what it actually did was enhance my mood. In fact, it worked so well that I can remember telling myself that I had probably never, ever felt so good in...

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 ...