Raine Balkera - Romance Author

A review of Highland Spring by Elizabeth Rose, Book One in her Seasons of Fortitude Series Pages -  277 Publisher -  RoseScribe Media Inc. Published -  May 18, 2017 Sold by - Amazon Digital Services LLC Series - Seasons of Fortitude Book 1 of 4 Genre -  Historical Romance, Scottish Highlands Language -  1/5 Sexual Content -  3/5 Narrative -  3rd Spring has been raised as a warrior, always trying to please her father of Viking descent. Through the years she's tried to be the son he wished her to be. At a young age she's chosen the bow and arrows of a dead man as her weapon, and now she's mastered the skill. Growing up without a mother, the only skill she hasn't mastered is how to be a lady and someday a mother. But now her father decides to marry her off to their enemy, Shaw Gordon, in order to get inside the castle walls. Wanting to be a part of overtaking the castle, she goes along with the plan. Shaw Gordon, ch...

The cover is all that is enjoyable about this book. Pages -  335  Publisher -  Oliver-Heber Books; 9 edition Published -  January 15, 2014 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Series -  Guardians of the Stone Book 2 of 5 Genre -  Historical Romance Narrative -  3rd Person Sexual Content -  1/5 Language -  1/5 The year is 1123. Scotland's King David seeks an alliance with the fierce mountain Scot, Aidan dun Scoti. But only one woman will tempt Aidan--the accursed beauty whose father once betrayed his clan ... Offered in marriage by David of Scotland as a guise for peace and cursed by Aidan's people for the sins of her father, Lìleas MacLaren is the one woman Aidan believes he is immune to. Alas, she is also the one woman who might bring the fierce chieftain to his knees. I had a very difficult time engaging with this one. And, I'm guessing this was likely written for the Middle S...

Pages -  224  Publisher -  Ink Lion Books Published -  June 18, 2014 Sold by -  Amazon Digital Services LLC Series -  My Notorious Aunt Book 3 of 3 Genre -  Clean & Wholesome Regency Language -  0/5 Sexual Content -  0/5 Narrative -  3rd Person Aunt Honore is up to her old tricks, only now she’s meddling in her mysterious nephew’s life… Why does the powerfully built, golden-haired, Lord St. Evert dress like an overdone Dandy? His outlandish wardrobe belies the hard unyielding lines of his face. Whoever he is, he’s ruining Elizabeth Hampton’s desperate scheme to secure a rich husband. Terribly vexing, to arrive at the most fashionable Breakfast Party of the Season wearing a perfectly stunning Chinese silk gown, only to discover Lord St. Evert is clad in unmentionables cut from identical cloth. Humiliating. And insufferable! Why, the devil, must he show up in fabrics Elizabeth searched so dilig...

Pages -  178 Publisher -  Dream Cache Publishing Published -  April 19, 2016 Sold by -   Amazon Genre -   Victorian Romance, Clean & Wholesome Western Language -  0/5 Sexual Content -  0/5 Clara Stewart has every intention of marrying Ivan, her mail-order groom, but her plans fall apart when he dies before her arrival—leaving not one fiancé but nine! When the female-starved town offers them Ivan’s home and claim, Clara steps forward and promises to do whatever necessary to see to the women’s future, regardless of her own attraction to the town’s sheriff. Sheriff Sawyer Morrison had one goal: to protect his town. But when nine women arrive, all claiming to be mail-order brides for the same man, his once quiet life is thrown into chaos. Safeguarding them from aggressive suitors is nothing compared to the inner battle he faces over Clara, a woman who heats his blood… but can never be his own. But when Clara is kidnapped by the ...

Pages - 303 Publisher -  Amber House Books, LLC Published -  July 7, 2015 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Series -  Free Fellows League, Book 1 Genre -  Historical Romance, Regency Language - tame Sexual Content - extensively vulgar Narrative -  3rd P Can a lady tempt a Free Fellow to surrender his heart? As a founding member of the Free Fellows League—a group of four gentlemen who signed a pledge to never wed when they were lads—Griffin, Viscount Abernathy, swears that he will put off marrying as long as possible. But when he is suddenly called off to war, he has no choice but to obey his father’s wishes and find a wife… Just days later, he marries the lovely Lady Alyssa. For a man committed only to his freedom, she seems a perfect—and perfectly undemanding—bride. Intelligent and self-sufficient, Alyssa craves her independence just as much as Griffin loves his. But as the irresistible attraction between them flourishes w...

Pages -  238 Genre -  Contemporary, Romantic Comedy Series -  Mangrove Island 2 of 7 Publisher -   Tropic Turtle Press Published -  Nov 19, 2014 Sold by -   Amazon Digital Services LLC Narrative -  3rd Person Language -  tame Sexual Content -  3/5 Caspian Warwick, the Marquess of Pembroke, has been enjoying life on Mangrove Island, hosting lavish parties on his yacht and getting a taste of the local female flavor. When his old friend and political adviser arrives to woo him back to public office in England, they hatch a plan to rehabilitate his image, starting with his scandalous love life. Public relations guru Rebecca Laughlin has fled to Mangrove Island from New York after a disastrous affair with her womanizing boss. She's sworn off charmers and takes an instant dislike to Lord Warwick. In desperate need of money, however, she agrees to help him resurrect his defunct political career by finding ...

The Brides of Paradise Ranch - Spicy Version (left) Genre -  Historical Romance, Victorian, Mail-Order Bride Pages - 181 Published -  December 25, 2015 Sold by -   Amazon Series -  Book 1 of 5 Language -  clean Sexual Content -  1/5 Narrative -  3rd For Corva Collier, life as a mail-order bride in the quirky town of Haskell, Wyoming, is her last chance for escape. She longs for a peaceful life away from the darkness of her past, where she can create the paintings that are close to her heart, and where she hopes she can grow to love her husband. But how do you love a man who was persuaded to marry you against his will? Franklin Haskell never planned to marry. What woman would want a man who was crippled due to his own arrogance? But when he is offered the chance to help a woman in crisis, he agrees to wed. Corva is so much more than he expected, and when a baseball game gives her the chance to shine, he loses his heart. ...