Showing posts with label historical romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historical romance. Show all posts

Saturday, March 30, 2013

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My Little Texas Tornado ~ .99!


Colt Daniels is a Texas rancher known for his award winning steaks. The king rancher has known his good neighbor and vintner, Mr. Moon for years. In fact, he recommends the Moon Wines as the ideal label paired with his mouth watering steaks. When Mr. Moon dies and leaves the vineyard to his long lost niece, Savannah Moon, Colt offers to show her the ropes since the California girl is clueless, not only about Texas but about wine. Even his Southern Charm is lost on the snob who doesn't even have the decency to thank him for saving her life her first day in town.

Thing is, he ain't cut out to train someone he can't stand, even if Mr. Moon was like a grandfather to him. But there's no denying it, the Moons know how to grow 'em...wine and women. Savannah isn't a woman he can easily forget. Bitchy or not, he finds reasons to teach her about grapes, among other things. And while he's finding reasons to stomp the grapes with his new neighbor, a plan is brewing to bring the wine heiress down.

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Circle City: Lord of the Wolfen ~ Book I: ~ .99!

(WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!! ULTRA DARK HORROR EROTICA! This is NOT your Grandma's Romance!)

Blurb: WELCOME TO AXL WOLFDORN'S WORLD WHERE THE WOLFEN HAVE LIVED AND THRIVED IN UNDERGROUND CAVERNS FOR 1500 YEARS...

On the edge of civilization, there is a place called Circle City, Alaska. The last town before the Yukon Flats gives way to frigid desolation.

DON'T TAKE IN STRAYS IN CIRCLE CITY...

When Zoe O'Brien, a secluded widow, kills a crazed mother wolf and saves the only cub from sure death, she ignites a war between the Wolfen Clan and the Kontar Clan. The wolf people have been enemies of the dog people for centuries and the cub she takes in is heir to the Wolfen throne.

CAUGHT AND IMPRISONED BY WILD CREATURES WHO CARE NOTHING FOR HUMAN LAW...

Taken prisoner by the Wolfen for murder and kidnapping, Zoe is forced to see and do things with creatures she never knew existed, held against her will in a world she both desires and fears.

A MAN ON THE EDGE OF TURNING INTO A BEAST...

Axl Wolfdorn is coming of age, ready for his Unleashing and on the hunt for his Moonswan, the female he will choose for the Chase and the royal Feral Consummation.

A WOMAN WHO SHOWED COMPASSION....

But how can he consider bonding with a mate when the only scent deep within his nose is the tangy scent of the woman who saved his life, the very woman who forced his clan into war, the woman he must now kill to avenge his mother's death?

CIRCLE CITY: LORD OF THE WOLFEN ~ BOOK I
How much wild can one woman take? Do you have enough wild in you to make it to The End?

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Uncaged: ~ 99! (Interracial Paranormal Romance)

Abused and cast off as a dirty blackamoor, Wren Whittier meets a white man who soothes her pain and leaves her breathless with desire.

Fifteen years have passed since a captured African lion has lived life as a man. Time enough to forget, but when Bruce Remington meets, Wren Whittier, a lovely quadroon, the scent of a woman comes flooding back to him.

Returning to Africa is no longer an option, not when the lion-man is hell-bent on claiming Wren as his wife. But when his new love is captured by a lynch mob and jailed on charges of witchcraft, Bruce must use all his animal powers to rescue her before she's burned at the stake.

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Tusk: ~ .99! (Ice Age Adventure for All Ages)

Blurb: Two Ice Age kids are orphaned and left to survive alone in the wild after their parents are killed in a bear attack. Tusk and his sister, Flint, discover ancient cave paintings with a horrific warning and instructions on how to survive a deadly meteor headed their way. Tusk is a natural born leader and believes only he can warn others and lead the clans to the land bridge and the New World. Flint has secrets of her own and a plan with a woolly mammoth to unite the animal kingdom before their world is blown away.

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Deadly R&R: ~ .99! (Steamy Romantic Thriller)

Blurb: Shay Reynolds was raised solely by her father and abandoned by her mother at an early age. Old enough now to take the reins of her father's business, R&R Advertisting in Palm Springs, Florida, she's about as happy and as successful as a modern woman can get without a mother. Engaged to handsome Chase McMillan, an anchor on the popular national morning television show in New York City with her ads regularly nominated for the prestigious Clio Awards, she's a woman accustomed to life handing her roses. Her good fortune takes a nose dive when her fiance dies mysteriously. Falling into a deep depression, Shay confides in her chauffeur, Tommy Smith and agrees to hire his father's private eye service to investigate. Afraid to be alone, Shay shares her thoughts and broken dreams with Tommy. A serial killer is on the loose. Bad timing for Tommy who has always had it bad for his boss. Hot on the trail of a sicko who enjoys the shock factor of cryptic messages and creepy packages sent to the object of his affection, Tommy fights to shield the only woman who has never treated him like a hired hand.

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Voodoo Moon: ~ .99! (Steamy yet Scary Ghost/Shapeshifter Romance)

Blurb: When London rock star, Tammie Palmer inherits the historic plantation, Rose
Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, she decides to make it her new recording studio, moving her band, Witch Storm, to the haunted mansion. Tales of her ancestor, Annie Palmer have been floating around Jamaica for nearly two centuries. Horrifying acts of slave torture, black magick, Haitian voodoo and murder are part of the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall.

Ancient spells conjure a powerful houngan from the 1800's. A voodoo priest who performed black magick to shift into a wolf in order to save his wife, Daisy from the White Witch. Now he's alive again, hell-bent on revenge against the witch's ancestor. But how can the shifter voodoo-king punish a woman whose scent reminds him of his former love? Can he confront his past and survive in this new world as a beast, without falling in love with his enemy?

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The Wooden Nickel: ~ .99! (Sweet Romantic Historical Set in WWII)


Blurb: When Louise steps into a bread line in the middle of a dusty Texas town, the last thing she expects to find is a filthy hobo-boy taking pity on her. But when Cliff offers her his last piece of change, a worthless wooden nickel, her life changes forever. The Depression era coin proves to be worth far more than the five cents etched beside the wooden buffalo as it becomes a symbol of faith, hope and love, weaving in and out of their lives time and time again.

The Wooden Nickel is an emotional gripping tale about a bond between two young lovers trying to find their way in the world. An intense drama, unfolding amid the backdrop of war torn Europe and a naive America, desperately in need of new hope, The Wooden Nickel is an unforgettable romance full of mesmerizing characters, deep longing and eternal hope.

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The Hour Glass Witch: ~ .99! (Steamy Romantic Time-Travel)

Blurb: Travel back to the Salem Witch Hunt when a wicked glance could have you hanging from the gallows, convicted of lustful witchcraft! Accused of being a witch, Clio, the Muse of History is thrown in prison by a former lover from another life. To escape the gallows, she flees back in time, to the Italian Renaissance, where she becomes a courtesan for a famous Italian painter, living a life of luxury while pining for her lost love. Her favorite god and good friend, Dionysus, is living it up in Tuscany. He invites her to a wild party at his palace where she runs smack-dab into her destiny, only to be separated once more by the Queen of Gorgons. While the sands of time run out, she travels to Hades to face the hounds of Hell in search of her love. Can she salvage her one true love, please the gods and save the lost souls of Salem?

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Nocturnally Vexed: ~ 99! (Steamy Vampire/Shapeshifter Romantic Thriller)

Blurb: King’s Cross Station, London, England, 2006
-“He’s killed again, Vex.” Vex stared at the grainy black and
white photos, taken one hundred and eighteen years earlier, comparing them to
the full color photos taken overnight. Detective Red O’Malley had no choice but
to ask for his help. Vex was their last resort. He was used to dealing with the
undead, whether it be of the blood sucker variety or the elusive shifter-rapt,
after all, he was a combination of the two.

Vex Savaker works as special detective for the Metropolitan Police and has been called to work on the recent Whitechapel killings. The murders resemble the autumn killings of 1888 when Jack-the-Ripper terrorized London. Chastity “Chass” Bartholomew is a seasoned investigative reporter working for London’s newspaper, The Daily Mirror. Chass’s virgin status is far too dangerous with a modern day Jack-the-Ripper on a virgin killing spree. Nunhead Cemetery is a hotbed of paranormal activity and unexplained phemomena but Chass is just too good of a reporter to stay away. Can Vex protect her from the night creatures of London and steer the killer away? Can he protect her from his own dark side, from the beasts within?

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Canyon Wolf Bride: ~ .99! (Steamy Werewolf Romance Nominated for Best Romance of 2007 at Night Owl Romance!!!)

Blurb: The long awaited re-release of Alisha Paige's debut novel has arrived! Canyon Wolf Bride was awarded Recommended Read at My Book Cravings, Reviewer's Top Pick at Night Owl Romance and nominated for Best Paranormal Romance of 2007 at Long and Short Reviews!

When Olympic ski champion, Sean Wilson, takes his best friend’s widow, museum curator, Paige Wellington, on a vacation to The Grand Canyon, he’s attracted to more than the beauty of his companion and the magnificent scenery. Sean discovers an entire pack of werewolves thriving in a canyon paradise. The Havasupai, known as the people of the blue-green waters, share his genetic defect, the werewolf gene. Paige learns the secret of the wolf tribe and struggles with her decision to end their relationship, unable to imagine herself married to a half-man, half-wolf creature. Sean wars against the beast within. Even as the werewolf, he is an intelligent and keen animal, never losing touch with the man lurking beneath the fur and never losing sight of the woman he loves. Will the wolf gene keep them together or tear them apart?

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Monday, January 2, 2012

How to seduce a girl in the 1930's.


Come on, beauty queen, we better get going,” Cliff said as he led Louise to the front door and out into the February night air.
Louise smiled to herself as he helped her into her father’s sparkling Tin-Lizzy. He always said the sweetest things. No one had ever called her a beauty queen. Always the charmer, she thought to herself. No wonder the women were coming in droves.
Cliff whistled as she pulled her leg into the car. He had never seen her wear stockings and he instantly hardened at the sight. God, he had always thought of Louise as a little girl, but lately, she didn’t look like one so much. In fact, she looked darn right delicious in that red velvet dress and her hair all done up in a bow, revealing that creamy, delectable neck of hers that just went on and on.
Cliff had never been tempted by all the women that flung themselves at him, practically on a daily basis. He was waiting for Louise, but it stunned him that he no longer had to wait for her to grow up. Louise had become a stunning woman and though she was only sixteen, he was going on twenty and he wondered how much longer he’d have to hold off. He told himself to drive straight to the dance. One kiss on the side of the road could be dangerous and he didn’t want to risk it. My, she was a vision and he couldn’t wait to show her off.
“Tell me something, Louise,” Cliff asked, squeezing her hand.
“Yes,” Louise asked, batting her eyes at him in the moonlight. She knew for sure that she was beautiful tonight. Even she felt it and she could tell that Cliff was pleased. He reminded her of a hungry wolf and in a way, she liked it, though she was a little afraid to explore her feelings.
Lily had already been with a man, but Louise was in no rush. It didn’t sound too fun to her, but Louise didn’t see how it couldn’t be grand with Cliff. Lily wasn’t picky and never in love with any of the boys. Louise figured love might make all the difference in the world.
“When did you decide to grow up?” he asked, cutting her a devilish grin.
“Whatever do you mean, Cliff?” Louise asked, smiling even more wickedly than he, sending his male mind whirling.
Cliff couldn’t help it; he pulled over to the side of the road and turned the engine off.
“Oh, baby, you’re so beautiful,” Cliff breathed softly as he cupped her face gently in his palms, not wanting to muss her hair or her make-up.
Louise noticed his hands shaking and his hot breath fogged up the windows in an instant.
“You like my dress?” Louise asked sweetly.
“Oh, honey, I like you and I think you know how much,” he added as he kissed her softly on the lips.
Louise closed her eyes and was in her perfect place with the perfect boy. She never wanted to leave. This memory would definitely be colored candy apple red. She kissed him back gently and could tell it took a lot of effort for him to hold back and not mess up her lipstick or her powder that mama had so carefully applied. His breathing was ragged and it made her heart race. His tongue teased her tiny lips and she opened them just enough for him to graze past her small teeth and touch the tip of her tongue. The mere hint of her taste sent a whirlwind through Cliff.
Oh, how he wanted his woman-child, but he knew he had to hold back. Suddenly he felt guilty for steaming up her father’s car, even though he knew Bill would never know and probably wouldn’t care. Shoot, Cliff was nearly twenty, how long was he expected to wait? He sighed deeply and touched his forehead to Louise’s. Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw at her temples, tendrils of blonde locks bouncing. He was so close to her that he could feel her heart beating. It was beating so fast it was causing her curls to bounce. He was touched as he took her face in his large hands again and kissed her fully on the mouth, forcing her mouth open. He tasted her, devouring her warmth and perfection. Louise pushed gently on the lapel of his overcoat and he released her softly.
“I’m sorry, sugar. I didn’t mean to make a mess of your lipstick.”
Cliff put his hands on the wheel and started the engine. “I couldn’t help it. You’re better than homemade ice cream.”

Want to hear what happened next to Lousie and Cliff? GO HERE TO FIND OUT
~LOVE BIG!
Alisha Paige

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Ebook Santa Strikes Again!


Happy Saturday to all my readers and writer friends!
I had a blast playing Santa yesterday while I gifted over 1,000 copies of Deadly R&R to my loyal readers! So much fun in fact that I've decided to play the jolly old elf again and give away my newest release!

Fire up your Kindles, baby! Today I'm giving away my historical romance, The Wooden Nickel! This book is most dear to my heart, loosely based on my grandparents' experiences growing up during The Great Depression and living through WWII. Though the story is fiction, the undying message of hope and love comes from the love my grandparents shared. My beautiful, strong grandmother is still with us today but my beloved grandfather, Poppy left for heaven October 10, 2001. This book is dedicated to the memory of their love and in memorium of my grandfather. They had a love like no other that transcends beyond death. I hate that my grandfather never read The Wooden Nickel since the 1st Edition was published in 2008 but I feel sure he is watching from above.

The Free Link will go live Saturday, December 17th, at approximately 12:00 am PST through 11:59 pm and will be good at all Amazon stores in the US, UK, Germany, France, Spain and Italy.

AMAZON US STORE ~ FREE COPY OF THE WOODEN NICKEL

AMAZON UK STORE ~ FREE COPY OF THE WOODEN NICKEL

I'll leave you with the blurb and the book trailer. Enjoy!

Blurb:

When Louise steps into a bread line in the middle of a dusty Texas town, the last thing she expects to find is a filthy hobo-boy taking pity on her. But when Cliff offers her his last piece of change, a worthless wooden nickel, her life changes forever. The Depression era coin proves to be worth far more than the five cents etched beside the wooden buffalo as it becomes a symbol of faith, hope and love, weaving in and out of their lives time and time again.

The Wooden Nickel is an emotional gripping tale about a bond between two young lovers trying to find their way in the world. An intense drama, unfolding amid the backdrop of war torn Europe and a naive America, desperately in need of new hope, The Wooden Nickel is an unforgettable romance full of mesmerizing characters, deep longing and eternal hope.



~Merry Christmas!
Alisha
www.alishapaige.com
Twitter: @Alishawriter (Be my Tweetheart! xoxo)

Saturday, December 6, 2008

An Interview with Keena Kincaid and A Contest!


Please welcome Keena Kincaid to my blog today!

Alisha: Can you tell us a little bit about your childhood? Favorite memories?

Keena: I had a great childhood. I grew up on a farm slightly to the left of nowhere, and spent many afternoons playing "pretend" in the backfield or nearby woods. There was the perfect tree that the druids worshiped, Robin Hood's camp with a log bridge over the “creek” and a lilac bush with branches that formed an arch, making a perfect hideaway. Those days were the fuel for the imagination.

Alisha: I can certainly see why such a childhood would insprire a young writer's mind! Tell us about the hero and heroine in your latest release.

Keena: Anam Cara is first and foremost a story of atonement and grace. Bran and Liza are bound by love, separated by betrayal, and trapped on the wheel of time by vow to atone for a crime many would consider beyond redemption.
My hero, Branwyn ap Owen (Bran), suffers a fate of his own making. His hell is to live again and again until he fulfills his vow to right an ancient wrong. He has loved one woman over a thousand years and multiple lives, but no matter how hard he tries to make things right between them, he fails. Worse, he always remembers his past lives and failures. He is, as you would suppose, standoffish and slow to make friends, but he is also as determined as a river to get it right this time.
Liza, my heroine, remembers nothing of the past or the vow trapping her in Bran’s repetitive cycle. Yet she is as fiercely independent as any of her earlier incarnations and almost OCD about keeping a clean house. She defies the conventions of 1161 society to live on her terms as a brewer and innkeeper. When she meets Bran, her instant attraction to him unnerves her. She instinctively knows the wandering bard will forever change the life she loves if she lets him get too close.

Here’s an excerpt:
Bran frowned at the bite in her voice. “I do no’ ken yer anger with me, Liza. No’ even the Scots are this combative. Do I remind ye of yer husband or a lover who ill-used ye?”

“I have had no lover but him.”

“Perhaps that ‘tis the problem. Ye want what ye can no’ have.”

She made a sound between disgust and laughter. “Oh, I am quite certain I can have it if I but ask.”

“Aye, ye could.”

She stared at the river.

“Liza.”

Her name on his tongue pulled her agitation into a sharp-pointed need. She ached.

“I can no’ offer ye the morrow. Even if I ne’er leave Carlisle, this moment is all that is mine to give.”

She made the mistake of looking at him. He claimed her attention, kept it. Heat sparked between them. Nervousness swarmed like excited bees in her stomach. Wulfric had never made her tingle with expectation, and Aelric for all his sweetness never caused her body to knot like a Celtic brooch. Bran did both just by breathing.

Alisha: Good lordy! I'm sipping the wine, posting this just before I go to bed and now I'm fanning myself. How will I ever sleep! This sounds scrumptious, Keena! If you were granted three wishes by a genie, what would they be?

Keena: Ooh… good question. OK, they’d be:
1.) The ability to time-travel. I love doing primary research, and I can’t think of a better way to research my medieval historicals than being there;
2.) Enough money to live on without worry so I could write and travel (through time and otherwise) without scheduling both around the day job; and
3.) To make even one person’s life better. Even if it’s only by giving them a smile on a bad day. I want my being here to make a difference.

Alisha: All fabulous wishes! I particularly love #1! Now why haven't I wished for that before? If you could go anywhere tomorrow, where would you go?

Keena: I should warn you, this is something that changes by the day. Today I would go to Paris. I’m in the mood to wander the left bank and the antique stores along the Rue Voltaire (not that I can afford anything in those shops).

Alisha: If you could see anyone tomorrow (dead or alive), who would it be?

Keena: I would love to meet my maternal grandmother. She died when my mother was 17 (long before I was born). Toward the end of her life, my great-aunt would mistake me for her sister, and then reminisce about events and people from when she and my grandmother were young women in the Roaring 20s. It always sounded fun to me.

Alisha: Reading that gave me goosebumps. Wow. If you could choose six people to spend one week on a desert island, who would it be and why?

Keena: Assuming this island was a tropical resort with all the amenities (just no other people) I think I’d pull together my group of friends from high school. We haven’t all been in the same place at the same time since graduation, and it would be fun to catch up. They would be: Traci, Judy, Heather, Barb, MaryLynn and Penny.


Alisha: Aren't best girlfriends the best? *Wink, wink, Michele* What word or phrase tingles in all the right places for you?

Keena: There’s a phrase in Anam Cara that I love. It doesn’t make me tingle, but from the moment I wrote it, it made me smile because it perfectly fits my heroine. It is: “Of all the things Liza would miss when dead, being gawked at by strangers wasn’t one of them.”

Alisha: Now that is a GREAT phrase. Says so much. If you had one day to spoil yourself, what would you do?

Keena: I would sleep late, and then go to the spa for a massage, facial, manicure and pedicure. The day would end curled up in the brain-sucking chair reading a good romance.

Alisha: If you could change one incident in your life, what would it be and how would you change it?

Keena: I would kiss the boy. My junior year in college, I finally went on a date with a man I’d known since we were 16. We were friends, first, but there was always that tension. After the date, we said goodbye with a hug. He was halfway down the steps, when I called him back, but my courage failed me and I didn’t kiss him like I wanted. Now I doubt if it would have changed my life in any real way—and it’s possible I wasn’t meant to kiss him—but I’ve always regretted my lack of courage in that moment.

Alisha: Oh Keena! That is so bitter sweet! What’s the sexiest thing a man has ever done for you or said to you or both?

Keena: This is one of those questions that make me wish I kept a journal. I’m sure there are a dozen contenders for “the sexiest thing” title, but at the moment I cannot remember any of them. The mind really is the second thing to go…

Alisha: LOL...I hear you! I'm losing it in my old age. Thanks for being my guest of honor today, Keena!

CONTEST: Leave a comment for Keena and you'll be entered into a drawing for an ebook of ANAM CARA as a prize. Good Luck!


Meet Keena Kincaid

Keena grew up on a farm slightly left of Nowhere, Ohio, where she made pets out of pigs, cows and a half-broke pony named Star. She learned to read by picking words out of an old history book of short stories about children: The Grecian slave boy. The girl from Pompeii. The English knight’s squire.

The stories stuck. She studied history in college and medieval history in graduate school. After honing her writing skills as a journalist, she switched to PR and fiction writing.

She inherited the family’s nomadic gene and has lived in Ohio, Indiana, New York, Missouri and North Carolina, with short stays in places from Colorado to the UK.

When not working or writing, Keena regales her niece and nephews with stories of quick-thinking ladies, mathematically challenged knights, and ill-mannered dragons that chew with their mouths open.


ANAM CARA by Keena Kincaid

Back of book blurb:

Branwyn ap Owen knows it’s appointed for men “once to die, then the judgment” but his hell is to live again and again until he rights an ancient wrong. Unlike other such souls caught on a karmic wheel, he remembers the past, and he always remembers her.

Liza knows nothing of the vow trapping her in Bran’s judgment, yet when he walks into her inn, she knows he could destroy the life she has carefully built over the years if she lets him get too close. Trouble is, Bran can’t take a hint, no matter how blunt she is.

Determined to repair the damage of his first betrayal, Bran uses the knowledge of a thousand years to woo Liza. Yet just as he begins to regain her heart, a fresh betrayal threatens their last hope for love.


Review:
“Keena Kincaid has written a masterful historical/paranormal romance in her debut novel,
ANAM CARA …” Katherine, Dark Angel Reviews


Buy it from: The Wild Rose Press, Fictionwise, Amazon