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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Free Seducing the Chef #MFRWHooks #BWLAuthor #Romance #Contemporary #magazine #editor #chef

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Seducing the Chef - Allie Blakefield, editor of Good Eatin' wants to do a feature on Five Cuisines a restaurant across the river from NY City. Her father forbids the feature and won't say why. She's not one to sit back and be ruled by someone. She borrows a friend's apartment.

While leaning over the balcony she sees a handsome dark haired man doing a Yoga routine. He looks up and she is struck by the Blakefield curse. Love at first sight.

The pair start a hot and heavy romantic interlude. She visits the restaurant and is recognized by Greg, the chef's mother. The woman goes ballistic and the affair is broken. Can Allie learn what's going on and rescue her love?

EXCERPT:

Morning sun streamed through the wide windows of the lower floor office of Five Cuisines. Greg Ramsey typed the last item on the week’s menus. He checked the list of supplies needed and sent orders to the various venues. Monday mornings when the restaurant was closed had become his planning day.

He loaded the heavy paper in the printer and began the process of producing the menus for each of the five rooms. As the papers slid from the printer he heard a light tapping at the door.

“Come in.”

When his mother entered he rose and lightly hugged her. “Your timing is perfect. Just finished creating the menus for the week.”

Stella Ramsey, tall, slender with a gray streak in her dark hair, kissed his cheek. “How is my handsome son?”

“Pleased with our success.” Six months ago they had opened the restaurant and they were on their way toward becoming a profitable venture. For the past month there had been few empty tables at either evening seating. Even on Wednesday and Thursday they’d been solidly booked. The weekend brunches were gaining the attention of people who came to browse in the antique shops and other unusual stores in the Hudson River village.

He reached for the letter that had arrived last week. The offer could make or break his dream. He knew little about the magazine Good Eatin’ other than a spread was eagerly sought by the nation’s restaurants. As his silent partner, his mother had a voice in whether they should chance a bad review.

“What was so important you asked me to cancel my lunch date?” She smiled. “Please tell me you’ve found a weekend hostess.”

He shook his head. “The job is yours until you say you’ve had enough.”

“Might be soon.”

He arched a brow. “Something serious happening in our life.”

She laughed. “You’ll be the first to know. What about you? Have you met the woman of your dreams and the one who will make me happy?”

“When do I have time?”

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Tuesday's Writer's Tip Contrasts and similarities #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #writing #contrasts #similarities

Contrast is an effective way of writing. Using two characters or two situations that are totally different can add to the tension in a scene. Also effective are startling similarities. Using then and now similarities or differences can add to a story. These can be effectively used in stories with little plot. Contrasts that are real or are only almost are effective in writing stories.

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Monday, June 27, 2022

Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Reading #Writing #Thoughts

Meander 1 - Reading - Finished reading the last of the Dick Francis Books I have downloaded. Enjoyed reading them again.

Meander 2 - Thoughts - The concervatives have won a battle I hope they finally leave. Having been a nurse during the days when abortions were illegal and having seen some of the results of these i fear this is our future now. I saw women riddled with disease caused by unsterile procedures and saw deaths that were anything except good deaths. The odors remain in my head. I pray someone will take action to undo this and also to protect other rights that are now threatened. There is one justice who should not be on the court and he should be dumped soon.

Meander 3 = Writing - Still ahve one chanpter to finish the rough draft of the book.

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Sunday, June 26, 2022

Sunday's Book Children of Fyre #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #fantasy #dragons #fyrestones #swords

In this return to the Island of Fyre, each of the heros and heroines of the three previous books have children. Lorton is the youngest son of the Wizards of Fyre and he has bonded with the yellow dragon.

The dragon through the magic of the stones has been rejuvenated and is now green. Dragon sends Lorton to travel to where the Dragons of Fyre are raised. There he meets Arkon son of the hero and heroine of the Dragons of Fyre.

There have been four eggs laid and there must be two young men and two young women found to bond with them. On the island where the evil wizards were exiled, Cerene has grown up as little more than a slave. She can use all the fyrestones unlike her father. She learns about the kidnapping of Riara, daughter of the hero and heroine of the Temple of Fyre and vows to save her.

The four must unite with their dragons and finally destroy the evil.

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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Saturday's Blurbs feature books by Christina Lynn Lambert #MFRWAuthor #shifters #romnce #paranormal #Bear #wolf #strange creatures

Blurb for Bear’s Dream (Haven Forest Resort book 1):

She had every reason to hate him.

Aiden “AJ” Shepherd’s mistake during a Shifter Army Enforcement rescue mission cost Ellie Ortiz’s brother, Marco, his life. Ellie hates AJ with a burning passion until a chance encounter with him on New Year’s Eve reveals he’s not the cold, heartless man she once thought him to be. Her attraction to him takes her by surprise, and she vows to ignore her feelings. When a new job puts her in contact with him every day, the heat building between them threatens to flare out of control. Her resolve to keep the sweet, sexy man in the friend zone is weakening by the day.

He’s convinced she’s his mate, but a secret could ruin everything.

Whether they’re fighting off fanatics who target shifters or working together to get his shifter resort, Haven Forest, ready for the grand opening, AJ can’t get enough of Ellie. Convincing her to give him a chance, more than the one-night-of-fun idea she’s proposed, might be impossible, but he’s fallen too hard for her not to try. During a disastrous assignment with Shifters United, AJ uncovers some information that changes everything. Keeping the secret from Ellie is killing him but he might lose her forever if he tells her the truth.

When Ellie ends up at the heart of a reporter’s plot to prove the existence of shifters, she and AJ must fight their way to freedom. The survival of shifters everywhere depends on it.

Purchase Link:

Amazon US

Blurb for Wolf’s Challenge (Stranger Creatures book 1)

When Sydney left Seattle two years ago, she was scared, traumatized, and done with men for good. Now she has a good job, a hobby that's fast becoming a second career, and best of all, she's adopted a little girl named Angel. Life is good and Sydney's not about to let charming lawyer Derrick mess that up, no matter how sexy he is, or how sweet he seems.

Things aren't always as they appear in the town of Great Oaks, Virginia. Derrick isn’t the ladies’ man Sydney thinks he is, but he does have a few secrets, such as his ability to transform into a powerful wolf at will.

Can Derrick convince Sydney to give him a chance, something more than her elusive maybe? More importantly, should he? He's still trying to forgive himself for being at the wheel during the accident that killed his son. Losing Sydney when she learns the truth might break him, but he's pretty sure not having her in his life would be just as bad.

A troubled woman running from her guilty conscience has Sydney and Derrick in her crosshairs, and she’ll do whatever it takes to win her game. Will Sydney and Derrick survive long enough to be together?

Buy Links for Wolf’s Challenge:

Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Wolfs-Challenge-Christina-Lynn-Lambert-ebook/dp/B07JCSLVBJ

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolfs-Challenge-Stranger-Creatures-Book-ebook/dp/B07JCSLVBJ

Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wolfs-challenge-christina-lambert/1124676509?ean=2940161888049

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/wolf-s-challenge-1

Google: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Christina_Lynn_Lambert_Wolf_s_Challenge?id=UOB1DwAAQBAJ

Apple Books: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/wolfs-challenge/id1441052967

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/900526

Blurb for Bear’s Edge (Stranger Creatures book 2):

A boss can't date her employee—simple as that. No matter how much Shayla wants to unravel a few of Grant's mysteries and take her friendship with the shy, sarcastic man to the next level, she's determined to keep her fantasies of him to herself.

After bear shifter Grant lost his girlfriend and three best friends in a fire, he did his best to shut himself off from everyone around him. Falling for Shayla wasn't part of his plan, but after a kiss that leaves them both speechless and hungry for more, Grant can't keep his desire for his boss under wraps any longer.

When things between the two of them get hotter than he could have imagined, Grant wonders if some of his darker desires will be too much for Shayla or will she embrace the needs he’s kept hidden for so long?

An obnoxious reporter and Shayla's bitter ex have teamed up to chase down conspiracy theories that could destroy Shayla's business and worse, put her life in danger. To find their happily ever after, Shayla and Grant will have to trust in each other and find a way to crush all the obstacles standing in their way.

Bear’s Edge purchase/book links

Amazon US:

https://www.amazon.com/bears-edge-stranger-creatures-book-ebook/dp/b07kb78g9k

Amazon UK:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bears-Edge-Stranger-Creatures-Book-ebook/dp/B07KB78G9K

Barnes and Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bears-edge-christina-lynn-lambert/1127154505?ean=2940161778401

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Christina_Lynn_Lambert_Bear_s_Edge?id=GcZ2DwAAQBAJ

Apple Books:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/bears-edge/id1441668063

Kobo:

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bear-s-edge-1

Smashwords:

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Friday Christina Lambert is visiting and talking about Characters #MFRWAuthor #writing #characters #Heroes #Heroines #Villians

Day 1 Characters

1. Heroes, Heroines, Villains. Which are your favorite to write?

Villains are so much fun to write. I can make them range from single minded in their goals to the point of being harmful or I can make them sadistic and twisted, but always, I give them a reason to be who they are. Still, heroes and heroines are my favorite to write.

2. Heroes and Heroines. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or plain imagination create the man you want every reader to love? Do they come before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?

The main characters often come to me before the plot of the story. For me, the starting point is always the characters, and creating these imperfect people who are good at heart and truly deserve love. Sometimes stars in movies or music videos give me ideas for what the characters will look like, other times, the characters appear in my mind, clearly, and I have to write everything down before the thought and memory fade.

3. Villains or villainesses or an antagonist, since they don’t always have to be the bad guy or girl. They can be a person opposed to the hero’s or heroine’s obtaining their goal. How do you choose one? How do you make them human?

The villains and antagonists I create tend to have a goal, one they pursue with a selfish, singlemindedness that harms others. They have forgotten that the suffering they cause to prove their point of achieve their desires can be just as horrific as the problems they think they are solving.

4. What is your latest release? Who is the hero, heroine and or the villain?

Bear’s Dream (Haven Forest Resort book 1) is my latest book, which is Ellie Ortiz and AJ Shepherd’s story. Ellie makes decisions quickly and sometimes worries that she’s being impulsive. She is an amazing cook and kind-hearted. She has a giant dog named Curtis who she found tied to a tree and starving when she was on a hike with a friend.

AJ is quiet and serious. He spent a lot of time in the Shifter Enforcement Army and saw a lot of horrible things which have weighed on his mind. He and his brother decided to work on opening a resort so shifters can have a place to celebrate things and run free without worries.

5. What are you working on now?

I am working on book 2 in the Haven Forest Resort series. This book will feature Rob, the leopard shifter Head of Security at the resort who had a small part in book 1. I will also be working on completing my Stranger Creatures series as well as publishing some poems in different magazines and anthologies.

6. How can people find you?

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Christina-Lynn-Lambert/e/B01MCYK0K7

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/christina-lynn-lambert

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christinalynnlambert

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15900423.Christina_Lynn_Lambert

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christinalynnlambert

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chris4lamb

Wordpress: https://christinalynnlambertwordpress.com

7. Who are your favorite authors?

Here’s a few of my favorite books and the authors.

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Half Resurrection Blues by Daniel Jose Older

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Heartless by Gena Showalter

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

Jennifer Government by Max Barry

Necklace of Kisses by Francesca Lia Block

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Thursday Meet the Characters from Wizards of Fyre #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Romance #fantasy #wizards #dragon

Lorana was sold by her father to the wizards. She is now a slave and is valuable because she has an immunity to the poison from the fyrethorns. She brews the poisonous brew and longs to escape. During her dreams, she encounters a voice and learns a yellow dragon wants to help her,

Arton was adopted by one of the wizards who cannot have children. He has learned the ways of the wizards but he feels like a slave. This is not his usual place in the world. During his years of training he has found an enemy, Cregan, the son of the head wizard.

Cregan decides he will have Lorana and he sets out to take her. He and Arton fight. When she escapes captivity, both he and Arton follow.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Wednesday Confrontations #MFRWHooks #BWLAuthor #fantasy #affinities # Book 4 #swords #magic

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Ash, Bran, Ky and Jay along with their friends have now mastered their affinities. They now control their ability to use Earth, Air, Fire and Water. The time has come for them to face Dom Senet and He Who Walks with Evil. They have learned a disturbing fact. He Who Walks With Evil is able to exchange an old body for a new one. Dom Senet wishes to obtain the secret and he is willing to sacrifice even his own son to gain this power. The four sets of companions set off to rid the doms and domas of Dom Senet’s bonds and to defeat the two evil men. Can they or will they become pawns to evil?

Excerpt:

The time has come. Ash bolted upright. Her heart pounded with a beat reminiscent of one created by a mad drummer. Her gaze swept the room. She saw the other young women slept. Had someone spoken on the winds or had the words been part of a dream she couldn’t remember? When her racing heart slowed she cautiously opened her senses to read the winds of the keep. Using her affinity for Air she searched. The only person awake was the doma and the cry hadn’t arisen from the elderly woman.

Fingers of moonlight slid through the shuttered windows. She moved to the edge of the bed and pushed her feet into her house boots. Ash crept to the window to peer outside. She knelt on the stone bench and opened the shutters a crack. A gasp pushed past her lips when she saw the birds, one light and the other dark. The pair circled the keep.

She rubbed her arms to banish the chill of the late winter night. “Mama, Papa,” she whispered. “What does your arrival mean?”

Since the destruction of the Wesren henge the birds had appeared at auspicious moments. Sometimes the pair signaled safety and other times they brought a warning of danger. What was the meaning of this sighting?

“The time has come.” Softly she whispered the words. Like a jolt of lightning a thrill of excitement swept through her. Did that mean her and her halfling companions were ready to leave the safety of the keep and venture forth against their enemies? There were more opponents than she cared to face. She considered the number of doms and domas who followed Dom Senet, the four halflings he’d trained plus Zand’s former step-mother and her two sons. A shudder rolled through her body. There was also the voice of evil she’d heard on the winds.

Two years and a season had passed since the return from the quests for the remaining halflings, the heirs and the talismans. The sixteen companions had worked hard to gain mastery of their affinities of the elements. Four whose element was Air, four Fire, four Earth and four Water united in four mixed quartets. A sliver of fear stabbed. Were they ready? She fought a desire to return to her bed and pull the covers over her head.

As the edge of the sun appeared above the distant mountains Ash closed the shutters. She thought about the birds and knew hiding was as impossible as a return to sleep. Not while her emotions rose and fell in waves. Should she wake the others and tell them about the birds? She frowned. If she did Ky, her younger sister, would scold and rouse everyone in the keep.

Ash grabbed her clothes and dashed to the necessary to wash and dress. Before she stirred the others into action she had to speak to Doma Jandia. Perhaps their teacher could interpret the meaning of the words and the arrival of the birds.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Tuesday's Writer's Tip Allegories #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #writing #beyond plot #allegory

Another type of story that moves beyoud plot is allegory. This type of story has that something that shows something beyond the surface. Of course, myths are often allegories and we've all read Aesop's fables. Those are simple. In a novel to write an allegory takes a lot of effort. Often each character plays a certain role. The wounded hero, the bright one, the money man.

Oneof the dangers in using allegory in the story is that the message can take over and turn the characters into cardboard figures. Another problem is that the symols must make sense at all times. Still, a loose type of akkegory is found in many literary stories.

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Monday, June 20, 2022

Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Reading #Writing #Thoughts

Meander 1 - Reading - For the pastweek I've been re-reading many of Dick Francis' jockey and horse mysteries. They're as great as I remember.

Meander 2 - Thoughts - Down for a second time. I once had COVID before anyone realized whatit was almost this was in January 2020. Not that sik at all and bounced back quickly but a few months later had a massive hair loss. Vaccinated and had a booster. Then my oldest daughter brought it home when she came for a visit. Had to go have an infusion at the hospital since the oral meds weren't good for my kidneys. What a boring time. Toom them at least two hours to mix the stiff. ten minutes to unfuse me and then I had to sit for an hour.. Let's hope this will signal the end that way my first bout signaled the befinning.

Meander 3 - Writing - Moving fast but typing is going slowly. Have to push myself there starting on Monday.

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Fantasy story, complete with wizards and dragons.

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Sunday's Book The Wizards of Fyre #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Fantasy #dragons #wizards #romance

Lorana, sold by her father to the slavers, resides in the harem in the citadel of the wizards. Her desire is to escape before she is given as a reward to one of the two wizard trainees who are competing for a spot on the council. She knows how to brew a cordial from firethorn berries and a poison from the thorns. When Arton, one of the young men is poisoned by the thorns she must care for him. She feels an attraction to him but she must escape. One night she hears the voice of a dragon. She thought the wizards had destroyed all the dragons on this side of the mountains. When the wizards leave to collect men to sell to the slavers, she takes the opportunity to escape with few supplies and a determination to reach the dragon. Arton is a fledgling wizard and is about to be tested for the council. His mentor has died. His mentor wasn’t his father. The wizard purchased Arton from the slavers years ago. The present chief wizard would like to thwart Arton’s quest because he wants his son and trainee to join the council. Arton and his rival are evenly matched. The escape of Lorana becomes a quest. Which of the young wizards returns her to the citadel will win the competition and gain her as a reward. Cregan the rival decides to search on the desert. Arton chooses the hills. Because of Lorana’s care of him when he was poisoned he is attracted to her and he still craves a seat on the council. Can Arton find Lorana first and will he make her a prisoner or allow her to remain free?

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Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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This is the story of Lorana and Arton who join forces with a dragon to defeat an evil wizard and his son. The book is well written and the story interesting enough to keep me turning the pages even though this isn't my preferred genre.

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