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

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Take Two: A Collection of Second Chance Stories



Title: Take Two: A Collection of Second Chance Stories Writers On The River Charity Anthology Genre: Second Chance Romance Release Date: July 18, 2020 Cover Designer: J M Walker with Just Write. Creation and Services. Image Donated By: Eric McKinney of 6:12 Photography Model: Jon Salvador Hosted by: Buoni Amici Press, LLC.
A huge thank you to Eric McKinney, Jon Salvador, and JM Walker! The image was donated by Eric McKinney of 6:12 Photography.
 
Take Two: A Collection of Second Chance Stories
Take Two: A Collection of Second Chance Stories is an anthology of from the authors of Writers on the River. Love and life get another chance in these tales that will warm your heart and make you fall in love again.
The proceeds of this anthology will go to Thistle Farms, a non-profit organization located in Nashville, Tennessee that helps women survivors of violence, sex trafficking, prostitution and addiction.
Some stories guaranteed are by the following authors with many more authors joining mission:

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Monday, June 3, 2019

Meet me in South Dakota


I'm heading to Deadwood SD this week. We're getting the motor home ready to roll. We (meaning hubby) cleaned the the windows, changed the windshield wiper blades and added washer fluid.

Last week I took it in and had the air conditioning checked, the oil changed, an overall engine check and an alignment done. It may be old, but it's in great shape. We're excited to be taking it out for our first run this year.

So, if you're in Deadwood this weekend come on over to the book fest! June 8th from from 11-3:00 pm at the Deadwood Mountain Grand.

Here's the books I'll be bringing:
     


Friday, December 1, 2017

Christmas Romance ~ A Saint's Salvation


All he wants for Christmas is a second chance.

A Saint's Salvation

Corporal Nicholas 'Saint' Santiago needs to go home to reclaim the man he used to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring Freedom slowly hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget the courageous woman he fell in love with.

Petty Officer Angelina Jones' life changed the moment Saint saved her life. She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that she will never be whole. She can’t believe that anyone would want her the way she is now. Digging up her courage, Angelina moves forward hoping against hope that she can live a full life again.

Crossing paths again brings their emotions to a full boil. A coincidence that will have them both reaching for their dreams.

Universal Link: https://books2read.com/A-Saints-Salvation

Excerpt

“Thanks. Where are you heading?” Doc settled back in her seat, putting her crutches next to her with a sigh.
“I’m heading home for Christmas. Wisconsin. What about you?” Nick moved to get out of the aisle. He was in the row behind her. Nick stood leaning over his seat to continue their conversation. Nick blinked, his attention captured as he looked down. Doc was wearing a very pretty, low cut sweater. From this angle he had a perfect view of her red lacy bra and the curvy flesh it hugged. Nick reached down and quickly adjusted himself. He’d been at attention since he hugged her.
“I needed a break. I’m visiting Chicago, heading to see a VA doctor there about a new prosthetic, before I go back home.”
“Home being where?”
“San Diego.” Doc looked up at him and glared when she saw where his gaze was. “What do you think you are doing?” She snapped her fingers in front of his nose, breaking his line of sight. Nick grinned unabashedly at her.

“Admiring the view.”




Monday, March 6, 2017

A Saint's Salvation

A Saint’s Salvation

Corporal Nicholas 'Saint' Santiago needs to go home to reclaim the man he used to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring Freedom slowly hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget the courageous woman he fell in love with.

Petty Officer Angelina Jones' life changed the moment Saint saved her life. She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that she will never be whole. She can’t believe that anyone would want her the way she is now. Digging up her courage, Angelina moves forward hoping against hope that she can live a full life again.

Crossing paths again brings their emotions to a full boil. A coincidence that will have them both reaching for their dreams.



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Thursday, July 7, 2016

Nailed it!

Okay, okay! I finished it though! A Sailor's Delight edits are done! Woo hoo!

A Sailor’s Delight

Coming July 23, 2016

Lee Santiago went from one mistake to the next. When a friend dies, exposing his mortality all too well Lee’s family steps in to force him to make something of himself. He can’t be a party boy all his life and if he wants to sign his life away, it will be on the dotted line. He doesn’t even have time to say goodbye. Anyway it was only a drunken one night stand.

Isabella was always the good girl. Until that night. When the man she’d always worshiped finally noticed her. She couldn’t say no. She’s heartsick to find out he doesn’t remember it. Isabella’s life crashes around her when the results are in. The truth comes out and she has nowhere to turn. She looks for Lee, but he’s gone.

Will he be man enough to step up and face the consequences when he learns the truth? 

A Sailor's Delight will be up for preorder at ebook retailers. It will also be out in paperback.

Release day will be July 23rd and I'll be having a book signing that day in Beaver Dam WI. Everyone is welcome to come! No charge to attend the meet n greet. It's at a coffee house and the first thing I do is order a cup, lol.



Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Sizzling Summer Reads!

Heading into summer, here's some sizzlers!
Sizzling Collage

TripleDDude Ranch_fullresTriple D Dude Ranch

Blaire is a freelance photographer on assignment. She is heading home to Texas, armed with her camera to do a photo feature for the Tribune. Taking photos of the dude ranch, she gets an eyeful of an uninhibited cowboy through her lens. The summer heat of Texas has nothing on the heat he generates in her.

Dan was expecting a photographer but not the sexy urban cowgirl that arrived. He knew it was hot out, he just hadn’t expected the hot and sexy woman to make him burn the minute he caught sight of her. One look and he had to quench this fire inside.

One touch between Dan and Blaire sparks a wildfire that burns hotter than the Texas summer and is just as hard to put out.

Currently available on Amazon. Coming soon to ebook outlets everywhere!



Touched by the SandmanTouched by the Sandman

A lonely woman's torrid sexual dreams and fantasy partner await her as a dominant reality in another dimension.

The sandman visits those that need him, assisting them to sleep. Until one night he meets a woman that he cannot help but return to time after time.

She is lonely. He comes to her as she drifts off to sleep, the man of her dreams. Awake or asleep, which is her reality?

He knows she is the one meant for him. He will find a way to make both of their dreams come true.

Available:

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Dragons' Mate


They had been searching for their mate, but when they find her she is traumatized and scared to be around strange men. They must get her to accept them before they reveal their true natures. Will their love be strong enough to break down her barriers? Could she truly be destined to love two dragons?

Today Annie’s dragons will shift and fulfill her every desire, which means a fiery threesome—and true love.

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3d rendering of a young woman who dances in the dark, mystical forest as illustration

Lightning Strike

For generations Levi’s family had guarded a sacred glen in the mountains. Still far from man this isolated area was a favorite spot of his grandfather. Levi grew up listening to his tales and fell in love without ever having stepped foot there.

Now Levi’s family, led by his grandmother, wanted to sell the land. With only his grandfather and Levi against it, Levi has to prove to the rest of the family why they needed to continue their guardianship. Believing in his grandfather’s tales despite himself, Levi went armed with his camera and his well-known expertise behind the lens and headed out for proof.

Providing that proof and protecting the secrets of the glen from the world, Gaia needs to convince Levi to continue that protection. Daphnaie, the embodiment of his every dream, is sent to show him why, stealing his heart in the process to save her world.

Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited


_MG_3315fbBio:
Beverly Ovalle dabbled with writing on and off for years when her best friend finally dared her to submit a story to a writing contest. Beverly decided she had nothing to lose and since she’d always wanted to be an author sent it in and agonized for months waiting to hear back. Contract in hand she has never looked back.

Beverly has been obsessed with dragons and romance since she was a young girl, collecting dragon books and reading everything she could find on them even down to the care of real life dragons. She’s always been slightly panicked that the world as we know it will end, so has prepped for it, haunting survivalist pages and prepper projects she felt she needed in the event SHTF.

An avid fan of all romance, Beverly’s goal is to share her love of the written word and write the hot and erotic romances that she enjoys. She writes what she loves to read and it was only a matter of time before her obsessions crept into her writing for her to share. She hopes you enjoy her tales as much as she loves writing them.

A Navy Veteran, Beverly has traveled around the world and the United States enabling her to bring her settings to life, meeting and marrying her husband of twenty five years along the way for her own romance. Reading romances since the fourth grade she’s followed as the genre changed and spread into the vast cornucopia of romance offered today.


Contact Links:

LinkedIn:  http://www.linkedin.com/BeverlyOvalle

Saturday, March 19, 2016

A Saint's Salvation ~ Available now!

Corporal Nicholas 'Saint' Santiago needs to go home to reclaim the man he used to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring Freedom slowly hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget the courageous woman he fell in love with.

Petty Officer Angelina Jones' life changed the moment Saint saved her life. She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that she will never be whole. She can’t believe that anyone would want her the way she is now. Digging up her courage, Angelina moves forward hoping against hope that she can live a full life again.

Crossing paths again brings their emotions to a full boil. A coincidence that will have them both reaching for their dreams.

This is a re-written and re-released novella! It has doubled in size and you now get to see Angel's POV (point of view). Saint just might not be as charming as he thinks!

Excerpt 1:

Angel smirked at the look of eagerness in Saint’s eyes as she ran her fingers across his hardness. She laughed, closing the bathroom door in his face. Her abdomen clenched in desire. Angel tingled, wanting to once again feel Saint’s hardness filling her. If she let him in she wouldn’t get clean. The ache in her leg was another reason all together.

Angel needed a shower. Regardless of how tempting it was to have Saint come in and wash her back, Angel needed to do this by herself. She needed the heat of the shower on her leg, and she didn’t want to take her prosthetic off in front of him.

Angel flipped down the toilet seat and sat. She unbuckled the leg, grabbing it with both hands and setting it on the sink vanity. Next she rolled down the protective liner. Shuddering she gazed at what was left. Her leg was healing, though red scars crisscrossed her skin. Shiny in places and, Angel’s lips tightened, ugly, just ugly to look at. Bruises from her prosthetic marred her skin, the obvious grafts from multiple surgeries were plain to see.

Taking a deep breath, determined to keep her tears from falling from her stinging eyes, Angel tossed her liner on the vanity. Her stump tingled as her circulation once again flowed easier with the liner off. She didn’t want it wet. The others she had were in her suitcase, in her room. She wouldn’t, couldn’t let Saint see her without her leg. It would be obvious that she wasn’t a whole woman anymore.


Excerpt 2:

Angel scowled and slapped his hands away. “Let me.” Angel slowly rolled down the liner on her leg, looking at him before she had it completely off. “Are you sure?”

Nick leaned over and kissed her. “Yes, now hurry up.”

Angel sighed heavily and rolled the liner all the way off. She kept her head down as she tossed it on the nightstand.

“Hmm.” Nick said nothing more until Angel looked up, uncertainty in her eyes before she once again dropped her gaze. “Well, it looks a lot better than the last time I saw it. It’s not mangled and spraying blood.” Nick heard a watery giggle. “It is naked. I like naked.”

Angel lifted her head and smiled at him.

Nick grabbed Angel and pushed her to her back, crawling over her, shuffling around until they both lay in center of the big bed, his knees between her spread thighs.

“I really like naked.” Nick leaned down and kissed her. “I really, really like naked.” His voice was hoarse.







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Thursday, March 17, 2016

Love Me Forever


Love Me Forever

by Beverly Ovalle

Digital List Price: $2.99

ISBN: 9780996797306


Staff Sergeant Liam McGregor doesn’t know what hit him. Sent home to recuperate from an IED blast, Liam is stuck in a wheelchair and is sentenced to surgery and physical therapy before he can walk again.

A physical therapist, Abby Worth has loved Liam McGregor since she first noticed boys. It’s too bad he’s her brother’s best friend. She has always been firmly put in the baby sister zone no matter how hard she tried to catch his eye.

Liam sees Abby and when she goes home with him doesn’t know how he can keep his hands off of her. She’s now old enough to touch and the fire in his blood and the combination of pain killers make him lose control. Abby can’t help but take what she’s always wanted.

Together they have to overcome their fear of being left behind to grab what they have always wanted-each other.


Available:

Friday, October 2, 2015

Rewriting

A Saint's Salvation

I'm rewriting A Saint's Salvation hoping to have it out later this year. The original story only was told from Saint's point of view. Now I'm adding Angel's.

Here's a snippet of her world. Unedited so bear with me!


Angel cursed the dust that seem to cover every inch of sick bay. She’d like one day where the first thing she didn’t do was have to clean up just to get everything all dirty again. There was a line sick bay, as usual. Minor injuries, sometimes the result of horseplay and sometimes they were more serious.

There were three corpsman that served on this little out-of-the-way base in Helmand province. She was one of the few women on the base and had actually been the first one to arrive. When she had finally convinced her parents that the Navy was her choice placating them with the fact that she was going into the medical field, Angel had no idea she’d end up in a combat zone.

She’d treated more shrapnel and gunshot wounds than she’d ever dreamed she would. She was proud to be one of the first women in combat, at least officially. There had been reports of women dying in combat since Desert Storm. The American people had turned a blind eye and ignored those deaths, pretending women hadn’t been out in front for decades. To be one of the first officially assigned to a combat zone was an empty honor.

Angel sighed as she heard gunshots. Hopefully they would not result in any wounds. She or one of the other corpsman would be called if necessary. The Navy corpsman had little to do with the scuffles around the perimeter of the base other than patching up the Marines.

She looked around sick bay. It was as clean as it was going to get. It was time to start calling in the first of the injured. She checked the sign in sheet and glanced at the waiting room. She’d go on order unless there was blood.

“Private Schuster, follow me.”

One Marine stood up and sheepishly followed her, limping as he walked. Great, she thought, this one was probably injured lifting weights. Rolling her eyes she gestured towards the examining room. Hardheaded every last Marine on the base had nothing better to do than lift weights and play pranks. This one had probably done both. Shaking her head Angel headed into the room behind him.

She heard the radio crackle as she entered. It was never silent. Sick bay kept it going just in case they were needed. There wasn’t always a Marine around to send to run to get a corpsman in case of a serious injury. The sound of gunshots echoed as a Marine screamed into the open channel.

“Fuck! Medic! Man down!”

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Bats? Ruining writing time?

Saving Wisconsin's bats

Bats are a vital part of many ecosystems. They help control pests and are pollinators and seed-dispersers for countless plants. As predators of biting insects, bats may also play an important role in reducing risk of insect-borne diseases, such as the West-Nile Virus. For now, Wisconsin's bat population is stable. But a deadly fungus is racing through cave-dwelling bat populations in eastern states causing extensive mortality, and unfortunately reached the southwest corner of the state in spring 2014.

For more of the story check out:
Why bats?
They are causing the lack of writing time in my household. 
Say what?
Truth! My daughter and granddaughter (the cuteness!) have bats in their apartment. It is illegal to remove bats when they might be nesting. Early spring and late fall is the time they can be moved. 
How do I know? :) How do you think? I had to have my house bat proofed! They managed to find their way into mine and out into the rooms! A man and a large bill later and I've been bat free for 4 years.
So, since the bats aren't moving, my daughter did - back home. A six week old darling keeps grandma here busy! Too darn busy to touch the keyboard. I'm having to sneak in writing time and it's proving almost impossible! 
Thank goodness I have one story coming out in a box set on 9/19/2015, another in edits coming out in October and I'm working on following up my beta readers suggestions on another to get that story submitted.
No time for writing anything new.

No Heart Left Behind is the name of the box set.
Join us on Sept 19 at 10:00 am central time for our release party. Lots of fun and twelve authors in all to meet and greet. I'll be on at 6:00 pm central time, but please join sooner!


Tuesday, August 4, 2015

No Heart Left Behind

 Reporting for Duty September 19 2015!

No Heart Left Behind

War is hell, but a heart under siege is worth the battle.

Featuring seven military heroes by Amanda Clark, Tamara Hoffa, Lydia Michaels, Beverly Ovalle, Debra Parmley, Sandy Sullivan and Natasza Waters.

80% of the royalties will be going to Operation Troop Aid. 


Love Me Forever by Beverly Ovalle

Staff Sergeant Liam McGregor doesn’t know what hit him. Sent home to recuperate from an IED blast, Liam is stuck in a wheelchair and is sentenced to surgery and physical therapy before he can walk again.

A physical therapist, Abby Worth has loved Liam McGregor since she first noticed boys. It’s too bad he’s her brother’s best friend. She has always been firmly put in the baby sister zone no matter how hard she tried to catch his eye.

Liam sees Abby and when she goes home with him doesn’t know how he can keep his hands off of her. She’s now old enough to touch and the fire in his blood and the combination of pain killers make him lose control. Abby can’t help but take what she’s always wanted.

Together they have to overcome their fear of being left behind to grab what they have always wanted-each other.


The Soldier’s Surprise Baby by Amanda Clark

Davey returns to the small market town in the Lake District, on a mission. To claim the woman who rocked his world two years ago. He is in for the surprise of his life. Being a father to Jake has become his new objective.

Danni’s world was turned upside down the day she met Davey, after one hot and steamy week together, breaking her own rules. She is left with a permanent reminder, their son Jake. Danni let her past rule her future once before, will she do it again?

Now Davey has returned, Danni must conquer her fears, if she wants to win back the man she loves. But can Davey forgive her?

Will their love survive the secrets and betrayal?

Changing Tides by Tamara Hoffa

When Marine widow Monica Montgomery’s son tore his ACL sliding into home plate, the last thing she expected to find at the base hospital was a second chance at love. But the six foot six orthopedic surgeon tempts her to play doctor.

Too bad her teenage daughter is hell bent on keeping the Navy Lieutenant Commander’s love boat anchored in port.

Dr. Jason Knight has patched up military men and women from Afghanistan to Okinawa. Now he faces his greatest challenge, filling the hole in the lives of this broken family.



Why We Go by Lydia Michaels

Sarah O’Neil has waited three long years for her husband’s return. With the end of the Civil War her circumstances are distressing and her trust in others beyond shaken. When a man she does not recognize at first glance approaches and knows her name, she is filled with fear. There would be only one reason for her brother in law to travel all this way. She is as she feared, a widow of war.

Jack O’Neil returns home to honor his brother’s dying wish, but the task is no chore as he’s always held a fondness for Sarah. As her sorrow threatens to consume her, he struggles to show her there is still joy to be found in living. His vow to stay and protect her is not easily accepted, but he is determined to show her how to love again.

Check Out by Debra Parmley


When Marine veteran Nash Ware walks into the library where shy librarian Betsy Bobbin works, she’s intimated by the handsome man who wears an eye patch and an attitude. Her car has a flat in a storm and Nash comes to her rescue. A fight outside a bar between an angry Nash and a drunk frightens Betsy. She’s fallen for him but is it safe to fall in love with a wounded veteran with PTSD?

Nash has found the girl of his dreams, but his wounds run deep. His ex-fiancé was repulsed by his eyes patch, and manufactured drama like bees do honey. However, real drama surround Betsy, when a stalker comes after her sister.

Betsy is torn. Will love and trust win out over her fear before it’s too late?


Love After All by Sandy Sullivan

Coming soon


SEALed with a Weekend by Natasza Waters


Blind dates suck, but a blind date weekend? In the forest! With a team of SEALs! Let the chase begin.

Vanessa Langara is the Chief Editor of Luna magazine. Pitching an idea for an article, her staff breaks new ground by inviting a team of Navy SEALS to participate in a blind date weekend. A call to N.A.B Coronado and a terse conversation with Lt. Seth McKnight, who makes it clear love is ridiculous, but agrees to the exercise, she prays the girls won’t be canoeing back from the San Diego high country in one day if they’re all like him.

Seth doesn’t believe in forever. With one divorce under his belt, women are the enemy. He wants to annihilate his best friend who tricks him into the weekend fling in the woods, but when he sets his eyes on Vanessa, there’s enough spark to start a forest fire.

No Heart Left Behind – reporting for duty September 19, 2015