Saturday's Blurbs feature Books by Jan Selbourne #MFRWAuthor #Historical #Blurbs #Books #Historical romance

 

Perilous Love

 

As war looms over Europe, wealthy businessman Adrian Bryce is ordered by the British government to leave his mistress and accompany his estranged wife Gabrielle to Belgium.  They require proof Gabrielle’s uncle is supporting the German Empire.  What Adrian discovers plunges him and Gabrielle into a nightmare of betrayal.  Forced to run for their lives as Germany invades, they must trust each other in the midst of danger, brutality, and injury. 

Gabrielle enjoys her role of mother of their two children. Wanting only to be with her lover, and now fearful of exposure, she readies herself and her children for a difficult trip.  With no way out, Gabrielle knows the visit with her aristocratic family will be a trial, and Europe is on edge.  She had no idea the danger she, Adrian and her children would be in.  

Will Adrian and Gabrielle reach safety? If they do, are they out of danger or will the intrigue and treason follow them back to England?

 

Perilous Love - Kindle edition by Selbourne, Jan. Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

Lies of Gold

 

Their love affair ended in anger and painful consequences.

In Regency England, Lady Katherine Ashford has guarded a secret through years of abuse from her husband and now, after his death, from his brother who is also guardian to her children.
Hard living and fighting wars has numbed Julian Ashford, Lady Katherine’s former love. Then, as so often happens, fate steps in.
A traitor is smuggling gold across the Channel to Napoleon Bonaparte, and Julian is ordered back to Halton Hall and Katherine, the woman he’s tried for years to forget. It's her secret and their increasing danger that rekindle the love they once shared.
Even when a murder reveals the shocking truth of the gold smuggling, nothing can prepare them for the devastating betrayal that awaits when they finally face the mastermind behind the sordid operation. Will they survive—and will their love?

 

Lies of Gold: A Regency romance of intrigue and smuggled gold - Kindle edition by Selbourne, Jan. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

 

The Proposition

 

They met on the eve of a battle. One enlisted to avoid prison, the other enlisted to avoid the money lenders. On the bloodied fields of France, Harry Connelly collapses beside the corpse of Andrew Conroy. It is a risk, a hanging offence—and his only hope for a future. Harry swaps identity discs.

Now as Andrew, he is just another face in post-war London until a letter arrives with a proposition. Accepting is out of the question, refusing pushes him into a nightmare of greed, blackmail and murder. To survive he must live this lie without a mistake. Then he falls for Lacey and her secrets. Will the truth set them free or embroil them even further in the webs of deceit that surround them.

 

The Proposition - Kindle edition by Selbourne, Jan. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

 

 

 

 

Thank you very much Janet.

 

 

 

Friday Patricia Bates is Visiting and Talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #Imagination #Historicals #Contemporary #Paranormal

 

What Were You Before

 

Day 1

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer? Before I became a writer - I've always written but before I was published I was in school. Taking business courses. No, it didn't influence me. I've always been playing with writing from the early ages. It was a way for me to escape and let my imagination fly. 

 

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

 I tend to be genre specific when I'm writing. When I'm writing historicals I stay in the historicals, if I'm writing contemporary then I'll spread out a little and include mystery or paranormal or suspense elements. I write what the characters and the story demand of me lol. 

 

3. What is your latest release? My latest release was Elf in the Globe a short Christmas story in the Have A Romantique's Christmas anthology. It came out in December but I do have another book coming out within the next few weeks - a full length Dark Historical Romance.

 

4. What are you working on now? Final revisions for my historical romance Shadows of Rome and a contemporary suspense pararnomal romance. 

 

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career? I don't think so, I tend to read a little of everything and most of it has never made it into my writing lol. Of course certain aspects I absolutely love have made it in and that makes it more fun. 

 

6. Where can we find you? You can find me on my website, www.patriciabates.com, on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PatriciaBatesauthor and on IG at www.instagram.com/patriciabatesauthor. 

Friday Gianna Simone is Visiting And Talking about Writing #MFRWAuthors #Vikings #Paranormal #Historical

Day One

1. Do you write a single genre or do your fingers flow over the keys creating tales in many forms?

I primarily write in the historical and paranormal/fantasy categories, and I even combine those two whenever possible. I really love writing in some of my favorite historic periods. Plus, I tend to be on the lazy side, so I love to imagine what it’s like to have magic make life easier! lol

Does your reading choices reflect your writing choices?

I do tend to prefer reading historicals, and like in my writing, am I partial to the Dark Ages and Medieval eras. I am way behind though, the TBR pile/list keeps getting longer, but someday, I’ll catch up (said no reader ever).

Are there genres you wouldn’t attempt?

I definitely would not attempt any inspirational/spiritual stories. It’s not who I am and I don’t think I can portray it well.

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

Well, since my heroes tend to have borderline villainous behavior, some more than others, writing heroes is kind of like the best of both worlds! My heroes are basically good guys, who have been driven to behave the way they do because of past events. Most of the time they’re a bit stubborn, you know, typical men, and it takes them time to admit what they knew all along.

As for villains, well, they’re fun to write, especially if I can make them especially vile. And then I usually get to kill them! lol

I hate saying heroines last, but honestly, they are the ones who come the easiest to me, and I like them simply because of that easiness.

3. Heroes. 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?

I freely admit that much of the inspiration for my heroes does come from pictures, or some form of popular culture, whether it be books (fiction or non), TV shows (so many these days set in my favorite eras/places!), and other places like social media, of course. I won’t deny having favorite actors and models who resemble the hero I am writing at the time.

Generally, I tend to picture my hero and start the questions. Who’s he? Where did he come from? Invariably, one of the myriad plot ideas stored on a bazillion spreadsheets will sort of align itself with him.

4. Heroines. How do you find them? Do pictures, real life or imagination create the woman you want the reader to root for? Do they appear before the plot or after you have the idea for the story?

Very similar to finding heroes, frankly. And sometimes she pops up first, actually, more often than not. And she tends to raise even more questions, because my heroines often end up in situations not exactly advantageous to them, in many ways. How they deal with their particular situation changes of course, but there is a commonality of strength in every one of them. 

5. 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?

I like watching a particularly vile villain get his comeuppance in movies, etc., just like everyone else. In making them human, I give them the opposite of the hero/heroine. They are greedy, narcissistic, and view others as either beneath their “station,” or simply there to serve them. (They still exist today – we’ve all encountered a “Karen” in the wild!). Their selfishness makes them foolish. And while the reality of today’s world is often as unbelievable as fiction, at least in my worlds, they can pay for that foolishness.

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

“Graeme,” part of the Vikings! Anthology released this summer. This was a fun collaborative project that involved several authors creating a singular shared world, where the characters of each story often interacted and was part of all of the other stories. (*warning – many of the tales involve elements of kink and domestic discipline) But ultimately, it was about a village on the verge of being utterly demolished by their enemies. Their only chance to save their village and their lives was to make a bargain with invading Vikings, who, in turn are intrigued by the chance to possibly improve their lot with the land involved. And of course, women, right?

I am in some amazing company, with Emmanuelle de Maupassant, Ashe Barker, Sky Purington, Felicity Brandon and more! Vikings! has consistently been an international Best-Selling Viking Romance since it released in July.

7. What are you working on now?

I am working on a couple of things. First is the fifth book in The Norsemen Sagas. I’m still futzing around with the title, it’ll come to me eventually. This is another one with some interesting twists that popped up right from the start.

I also have begun work on the beginnings of the fifth book in The Magiste Chronicles, this one also set in 13^th century – in what eventually becomes Louisiana. Before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.  Think Harry Potter meets Fifty Shades of Grey in New Orleans!

8. How can people find you?

Everywhere! Here are my links:

Website: https://www.giannasimoneromance.com/

Blog: http://giannasimone.blogspot.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Gianna_Simone or @Gianna_Simone

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

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/gianna-simone

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