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

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Three Books by Gayle Irwin are featured on Saturday's Blurbs Sweet romance #Pet rescue #dogs #marine biologist #animal sanctuary #lost dog

 


BLURB – PAWS-ITIVELY LOVE:

Will a chance at new love open their hearts or will a family member’s revengeful plot tear them apart?

Brittany Christiansen knows heartbreak and isn’t ready to take another chance on love. Her focus is her career as a marine biologist. However, when she encounters Gary Anderson, a man she met years ago, the bricks around her heart begin to fall. Can she trust and love again?

Gary first met Brittany years ago while volunteering at a Wyoming animal sanctuary. He never forgot her although her heart belonged to someone else. When he returns to his friends’ Montana ranch, he learns Brittany is no longer romantically attached. Should he take the chance this time?

Just as they allow the armor to slip and expose their vulnerability, Gary’s unscrupulous uncle returns to Montana, seeking revenge on those who put him in jail years before. That includes Brittany’s aunt and uncle. Will the man’s ruthless tactics tear Brittany and Gary apart or will love, and the law, prevail?

Paws-itively Love: A Pet Rescue Romance Novella (Yellowstone Country): https://books2read.com/u/31BDMW

 

BLURB – RESCUE ROAD:

Broken hearts and coveted lands divide them – can fences and lives be mended?

Freelance writer Rhiann Kelly gave up on romance years ago. Her dream of starting an animal sanctuary takes deep roots when she finds the perfect location in southwestern Montana, land once owned by her grandmother's family that she purchases for back taxes. Without her beloved Grams beside her, however, Rhiann questions her decision.

Levi Butler, Colter Montana's beloved EMS supervisor, knows his elderly friend, George, left the property to him in his will. Levi anxiously awaits the finalized probate so he can plan his retirement and begin his dream of raising and selling horses.

When Rhiann and Levi find each other at the ranch, sparks fly - and not the romantic kind. Yet their mutual attraction deepens as they spend more time together, especially when unscrupulous land developer Dallas Patterson sets his sights on obtaining the ranch.

Can Rhiann and Levi find a solution in which neither needs to give up their dream? Will their broken paths, and broken hearts, allow them to travel the rescue road together?

Rescue Road: A Pet Rescue Novel (Yellowstone Country): https://books2read.com/u/4DE9Oe

 

BLURB – IN THE SHADOW OF MOUNT MORAN:

Will the grandeur of the Teton Mountain Range and the discovery of a lost dog help two people wary of love open their hearts once more?

 

Two months after her divorce finalizes, Rachel Baker escapes to the GBarN Ranch and Resort in western Wyoming. A winter vacation of outdoor activities and quality time with her younger sister amid the majestic Teton Mountains is Rachel’s holiday gift to herself. While on a cross-country ski trek, she spies what she thinks is a wolf. She is fascinated and mystified by her discovery. Additional discoveries await her during this holiday vacation.

 

Nature photographer and outdoor activities coordinator, Nick Fenton, is skeptical of Rachel’s sighting of a wolf. When he and Rachel see the animal a few minutes later, he realizes they’ve found London, a husky lost during a dog-sled training race earlier in the season. Together, they help reunite the dog with his owner. Like Rachel, Nick carries his scars from a previous marriage and is hesitant to let his guard down.

 

Can Rachel and Nick set aside their hurts as they discover more than a lost dog in the shadow of the glorious Mount Moran?

In the Shadow of Mount Moran: A Pet Rescue Holiday Romance (Yellowstone Country): https://books2read.com/u/mqqBRZ

 

 

Friday, February 23, 2024

Gayle Irwin is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #author #education coordinator #sweet romances #Pet Rescue series

 

What Were You Before

Day 1

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

 I worked in a variety of jobs prior to becoming a fulltime author and freelance writer. I served as a volunteer and education coordinator for a cultural interpretive center and, prior to that, at an wildlife sanctuary. I’ve also been a reporter and an editor for various newspapers. I’ve been a writer for nearly 40 years, in various capacity.

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

I primarily write sweet romance that weaves pet rescue and adoption into the love story. I’ve also written children’s stories and Christian devotions. I enjoy entertaining readers with overlays of life lessons.

3. What is your latest release?

Paws-itively Love published on Valentine’s Day. It is the seventh, and final, book in my Pet Rescue Romance – Yellowstone Country series, a sweet romance book series set in the area of Yellowstone National Park.

4. What are you working on now?

I have two stand-alones planned for 2024, a sweet billionaire romance set in western Montana called Pawprints on My Heart, and a Christmas story titled Tails of Love, set in central Wyoming. These stories also weave pet rescue and adoption into the love story.

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

With books, yes – I prefer sweet, clean, and/or inspirational romance and cozy mysteries. For my freelance writing career, not really – I take assignments given, but I also pitch ideas to the editors for whom I work, and sometimes they accept those ideas and sometimes not. I’ve written on a variety of topics, from stories about war veterans and about energy development in Wyoming to nature essays and a piece on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, for which I won an award from the Wyoming Press Association.

 

6. Where can we find you?

Website: https://gaylemirwin.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayle.irwin.12 (personal) and https://www.facebook.com/GayleMIrwin (author page)

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

Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/gaylemirwin

Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/author/gayleirwin

Friday, June 4, 2021

Friday Kris Bock is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #Romantic suspense #Sweet romance #Mysteries

 

What Were You Before
 
Day 1
1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

I first studied photography, but I quickly learned I didn’t want to be a professional photographer and switched to writing. I wrote my first novel, The Well of Sacrifice, shortly after finishing grad school, while I was looking for work as a magazine editor. I loved books such as Julie of the Wolves and Island of the Blue Dolphins growing up and wanted to do a similar young adventure story. The novel is set in Mayan times, inspired by a summer I spent traveling through Mexico and Central America.

 

Astonishingly, I sold the book! This gave me the mistaken impression that having a writing career wasn't so hard. I had some bumps along the way, but I've managed to make a career of writing by doing a lot of work in educational publishing.

 

Around 2008, I was feeling restless and wanted a change. I had mostly been reading adult romantic suspense novels, so I started writing those under the name Kris Bock. Later I switched to contemporary sweet romance, and I have a mystery series launching next year.

 


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

I write fiction and nonfiction for children and adults – literally a little bit of everything. Sweet contemporary romance, romantic suspense, mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, ghost stories, biography, nonfiction about science and history… I’ve even been paid for poems and very short play scripts. I have over 80 published books across genres and age ranges, plus I’ve written for magazines. The variety keeps me interested!

 


3. What is your latest release?

Cupcakes and Confessions at The Cat Café is book 6 in the Furrever Friends Sweet Romance series. It’s a sweet contemporary romance with mature characters.

 

A chance meeting changes three lives …

 

Two years ago, computer genius Sean Gorsuch had a health crisis and sold the tech company he built. Now he works at a cat café, dishing out hot drinks and sweet treats to customers, and lavishing attention on cats. At fifty-two and never married, he might be a little lonely, but how can he find someone who gets his quirky way of seeing the world?

 

Twenty-three years ago, Fiona Jones gave up her baby for adoption when her teen fiancé abandoned her. Since then, she has spent most of her life alone. A chance meeting with Sean on a plane leads to a startling revelation: his coworker, Holly, looks like a younger version of Fiona. Could Fiona have a second chance with her daughter, now grown up?

 

Sean helps steady Fiona through the emotional roller coaster of getting to know Holly. Fiona’s life is too complicated for romance, and Sean doesn’t want to get between mother and daughter. Still, something sparks between them. Should they stay just friends or risk their hearts?

 

The Furrever Friends Cat Café helps people find furry forever friends – and just might lead to romantic true love too. If you enjoy friends to lovers and mature romance, check out Cupcakes and Confessions at the Cat Café. You’ll also find rescue cats with plenty of personality and their own ideas about what love is.

 


4. What are you working on now?

I’m writing a series with my brother, scriptwriter Douglas J Eboch, who wrote the original screenplay for the movie Sweet Home Alabama (yes, the movie starring Reese Witherspoon). Our new young adult comedy series features “Felony Melanie,” Jake, and their friends a decade before the events of the movie. It’s a lot of fun to work with a writing partner, especially one I’ve known my whole life.

 

Book 1 involved a beauty pageant with a mystery and book 2 had Melanie desperate to participate in the local demolition derby. We are now writing book 3, which involves a high school prank war. Readers called the first two books “Laugh out loud funny,” so I guess the fun we have writing it is coming through.

 

Find the first two books at Amazon US or other e-book retailers. You can check out the series for free if you sign up for our Rom-Com newsletter and get Felony Melanie Destroys the Moonshiner’s Cabin. These first two chapters from the novel Felony Melanie in Pageant Pandemonium stand alone as a short story. In the future, you’ll get fun content about upcoming Felony Melanie novels and other romantic comedy news and links.

 


5. Do your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

Actually, I’ve been reading a lot of historical romance lately, sometimes with mystery or paranormal twists. I don’t have any interest in writing it, and I think that lets me enjoy it as a reader instead of analyzing it as a writer. Meanwhile, I still get immersed in the emotions and plot rhythms, which helps me keep in tune with what makes a good story.

 
6. Where can we find you?

I’m everywhere! Well, actually, I’m in a small town in New Mexico, but you can find me everywhere online.

 

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Kris Bock Blog: The Southwest Armchair Traveler

Visit Kris Bock’s Amazon US page or Amazon UK page. (For other countries click here.)

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Kris writes for children under the name Chris Eboch. Her novels for ages nine and up include mystery, suspense, historical fiction, and historical fantasy. Learn more at https://chriseboch.com/ or her Amazon page

 

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sunday's Book - The Doctor's Dilemma #MFRWauthor #contemporary romance #sweet romance #medical romance


Take one doctor who’s made a career of temporary positions and avoiding commitment. Add a nurse who dreams of security and a settled life. Stir in infant twins bequeathed to him by his dead foster sister. Pour them into a small Texas town that wants the doctor to stay. To Dr. Neal McKay, it’s a prescription for a dilemma.


By Rad-Reader on September 9, 2012
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This was a really fun read. The main characters wear believable, endearing, vulnerable & loving. The supporting characters were funny, nosy, busy bodies & totally in your face but in a loving way. Once again this is fiction if an author were to research every single thing that they said/wrote in passing no book would ever be published they would all be in school learning the correct procedures. Holy cow people. FICTION! Remember creative licensing. Enough said. All in all a cute storyline with solid characters.


By Liispet on January 5, 2012
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I loved this book! The storyline was well thought out, characters were believable. The book is very well written, easy to understand even if English is not your first language


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A strong well thought out love story. good characters. Back to people living and making choices based on the needs and back issues. Life is not easy, but everyone has choices and each is their own 


on January 2, 2012
This book was free. I enjoyed the plot. I would have paid to read it. I would read other books by this author.