Raine Balkera - Romance Author

This is Week #9 of the Challenge and I am late to the party so am not included in the Blog Hop list below. Which is fine (I hope?) I actually don't care for the word WORDS (werdz) because it just sounds weird. However, As writers (so I'm told) we're supposed to love all (the) words. Not me! As linguists, we're also supposed to love (but especially accept) all (the) words. Uh-uh , says moi ! This is one of those slippery slope occasions where someone is bound to get their knickers in a bunch and cry foul at least once, but yeah-no , I'm still game! As a READER, words are more powerful than they are as a WRITER, and here's why. I'll begin with the obvious and work my way down to personal pet peeves , but all BOLD words are included in my list of ICK words. What is likely to be #1 on nearly everyone's list of hated, moist-hated words and I'm one of them is... MOIST   It conjures up so much disgusting, reviling, squir...

If you are a regular to my blog, you know that for months now I've been reviewing-for-research Book Reviews of Romance novels. More often than should be occurring, I find reviews that make me wonder what the reviewer read or if they actually read at all. Sometimes the review makes me wonder why that person chose to post a review, and other times, they compel me to share their review with you. Here are three that made the cut and deserve to be poked fun at here. #1 The Agenda Reader To be fair, Amazon Customer has a point. However , the premise of the novel had to do with an abused housewife who then sets out on her own to fulfill a dream and eventually find real love. #2 The Confused Reader Why is this person reading Romance Novels? One-star, mind you. This is thoughtless and cruel. However , nothing says cruel like ... #3 The Clueless Reader This occurs far more frequently than you might believe. 1 comment   beat me to the pu...

I pronounce it with the L, but whatever A woman is at the club with some friends when she notices a guy staring at her, and he smiles. Minutes later, the guy approaches the woman and asks if she'd like to dance. The woman politely declines and the guy walks away. Stalker stalking? No. A woman is at the gym and a guy in another section notices her, makes eye contact, smiles, walks up to her and asks how she's doing, is she single, and would she like to go out sometime. The woman smiles to be polite, says she's seeing someone right now, but thanks for the compliment. The guy says No problem, he's getting together with some friends later on, and if she's interested, here's where the party is at. He then leaves. Stalker stalking? No. A man on a bus/subway train/plane notices a woman seated nearby and is instantly attracted. After summoning up his courage, he approaches the woman, asks her if she'd mind if he sits beside her -- or he a...

Pages -  193 pages Publisher -  Tule Publishing Published -  October 9, 2015 Kindle -   link Genre -  Contemporary, Romance, Cowboys Series -  The Canadays of Montana series #2 Language -  tame Sexual Content -  3:5 SYNOPSIS The Copper Mountain Rodeo has returned to Marietta and cowboy reputations aren’t the only thing at stake… Marietta Kindergarten teacher, Kate Canaday, is doing perfectly well without the ex-love of her life mucking up her intention to stay gloriously uncommitted. So what if she’s become—according to her sisters—a serial dater? If pro-bullrider Finn Scott's untimely defection six years ago taught her anything, it was that men come with an expiration date. And she’s more than happy to oblige them. Trouble is, the sexier-than-ever Finn, now a devoted single father, has just moved to Marietta with his adorable five-year-old twins. He’s in an unexpected custody battle with his ex and too proud to ask Kate fo...