Showing posts with label Denyse Bridger. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Letterbox Love Stories Vol I: Int'l Romance Stories by #WRWBuzz #Romance


What if a life-changing letter arrived in today's mail? Now imagine it leads to love and adventure! From the northern British Isles, across the mainland of Europe, and on to Turkey, nine international Award-winning and Multi-published Romance Authors share spellbinding love stories told across time. This collection includes contemporary, historical and futuristic time travel romances touched by magic. And each begins with a letter...

MORE THAN WISHES by Rose Anderson
Raised on a sailor’s tales of adventure and eager for her own, Stella Cunningham answers an advertisement for a traveling companion to the Orient. There she purchases an ancient bronze lamp with a secret. In the land of flying carpets and genies, Stella is about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

ALL OR NOTHING by Denysé Bridger
Casino Coranthos is a playground for wealthy, bored people, but for some, it’s also a place where dreams and promises change lives forever. When a letter becomes part of an unexpected inheritance for Ryann Thomson, her aunt’s past brings her face to face with Ariston Katsaros, a man haunted by loss and driven by anger. As the attraction between them sizzles and grows, can Ryann convince him she isn’t looking to rob him or his father, or will she become a casualty of Ari’s vengeance? In this dangerous game of all or nothing, her heart and future happiness are at stake.

SEALED WITH A KISS by Lynn Crain
In 2084, time travelling detective, Tandi Reynolds, tipped off by a letter, needs to stop an assassin before he kills a newly elected leader. When she finds him in 1874, Vienna, it’s clear a cold blooded killer is only one of her problems. Time is fleeting, so falling in love with her contact, the charismatic Count Leopold Radetzky von Radetz, is a bad idea, but keeping her feelings in check is not easy when she relies on him for her every need.

COME DATE ME IN PARIS by Helena Fairfax
When a letter arrives telling Alice she's won a place on a TV blind date show, she should be excited - only trouble is, the show involves cooking for your date...and Alice can't cook. Forced to throw herself on the mercy of her chef neighbour, Edmond, Alice asks him for lessons. But will she be cooking up a romance...or cooking up disaster?

ABANDONED TREASURES by Gemma Juliana
What do a reality TV star and a Sardinian billionaire have in common? Sophie Hayes buys and sells the contents of abandoned storage units. When an invitation arrives out of the blue to personally deliver an antique desk to an exotic island, she decides on a whim to spend what would have been her honeymoon with the famous Rico di Carlo. Can Rico convince Sophie in one short week to stay forever?

SONS OF THE WIND by Marie Laval
Provence 1826. Ten years after her brother disappeared in the marshes of the Camargue, Venetia Rigby receives a letter suggesting he is alive. Will Philippe Dantès, half-gipsy master of Terres Mortes, help her find him when he has his own demons to fight?

CURATING LOVE by Cara Marsi
A letter inviting Chloe Decker to curate the art collection of the wealthy DiMarco family of Ravello, Italy, lets Chloe begin to picture a new beginning for herself after a tragic loss. But she hadn’t included her employer’s sexy grandson, Matteo DiMarco, in that portrait. Chloe’s not ready for a relationship, even with a fine Italian masterpiece of a man like Matteo, but can he convince her to paint a new life that includes him?

PLAIN HARRY by Lindsay Townsend
Recovering from a brutal marriage, Esther is living quietly as a widow when a letter from her brother Sir Stephen destroys her contented life by ordering her to marry Sir Henry—but who is this “Plain Harry” and how will he treat her? Set in medieval England when women had few rights, this story shows how love can flourish between the unlikeliest of people.

THE MINSTREL BOY by Jenny Twist
In 1936 a band of students went off to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. Only one came home.


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And don't forget to visit the other stops in the tour:

7/11 - Sensuous Promos

7/12 - Nicole Morgan

7/13 - Andrew Jericho

7/14 - Nicki Day

7/15 - Darkest Cravings

7/16 - Get Cozy

7/17 - The Book Pub
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7/18 - Characters Behaving Badly
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7/19 - All my Book Finds

7/20 - Nikki Noffsinger

7/21 - Bound by Passion

7/22 – Trishelle G (The Stupor)

7/23 – Colleen S. Myers

7/24 – Nic’s Book Nook
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Entice Me: Luscious Love Stories brought to you by @RomanceBooks4Us #Amazon #KU #Romance




Welcome to the Book Tour for Entice Me, the Romance anthology from the talented authors from Romance Books 4 Us. This 9 author compilation offers something for all readers of the romance genres, leaving everyone feeling satisfied but perhaps wanting more but in the best possible way. Along this tour you'll learn more about these luscious love stories so don't miss a single word as we offer you peeks into this enticing boxed set! 



This sweet through hot collection of love stories includes contemporary, period, and historical romance, otherworldly romance, and romance with a touch of magic by Award-winning and Bestselling Authors: Cindy Spencer Pape, Marianne Stephens, Jean Hart Stewart, Janice Seagraves, Gemma Juliana, Denyse Bridger, Rose Anderson, Paris Brandon, and Cara Marsi. 

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In 2010, author Marianne Stephens started Romance Books '4' Us (All Romance, All Genres) as a Yahoo Group. She soon enlisted the help of 19 other authors and shortly after started the RB4U blog. The Romance Books '4' Us website followed in 2011. On both sites, Marianne and her 19 Member Authors host the romance industry's finest authors and industry representatives. Some of the names have changed over time, but the quality of writing continues. Nine of Romance Books '4' Us’ Member Authors have stories in this first RB4U anthology. We sincerely hope you enjoy reading them.




Heart of Stone by Madeline Archer
The story opens with the notorious witch hunts in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts. 
As formal education for women lacks substance in 1904, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland to attend Radcliffe women’s college in America. Shy and introverted, Neila passes her lonesome hours making sketches of the Harvard grounds and sending them home to her father. A chance encounter with a kind, elderly Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old, unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens. 

Excerpt~
Setting the Stage:
Attending school in a new country isn’t easy for shy Neila Flannigan who passes her 
solitary hours between classes sketching pictures to send home to her father. One 
afternoon an elderly woman sits down beside her and inspires Neila to sketch a statue in 
an old unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and 
feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens.

In this scene, Neila first meets Mrs. Maguire and explains how hard it is to make friends 
because she’s painfully shy.  Over the course of the conversation, she learns of a statue 
tucked away in an unused building. Neila has made several detailed sketches of the 
Harvard landscape. Odd, she’s never seen that building before…


“I’m not one to fit in easily. I’m terribly shy and stumble over my words whenever 
someone tries to engage me in conversation,” Neila explained. “I know it’s foolish, but I 
just never know what to say.” She looked around at the people laughing and talking in 
pairs or groups and shook her head. “I don’t think Americans are burdened this way.”

Waving Neila’s comment off, the woman said, “Oh, ye’d be surprised. There’s all sorts 
here just as there are back home. In me long life I’ve noticed it’s not so much fear o’ 
talkin’ that makes people shy. It’s just that shy people have trouble with talkin’ easily. So 
they don’t. Other folks see that an’ think they’d rather not be bothered. Isn’t that the way 
of it for yerself?”

Neila blinked. The elder’s words summed up her life perfectly. “Yes, that’s exactly the 
reason. I’ve never found it easy, talking with strangers.”

“An’ because it’s not, ye don’t. Isn’t that right?”

Neila nodded. Making friends wasn’t easy. Only Mary Kay and Teagan understood that 
truth. The three of them had been best chums since first year in primary school, when 
Miss Blackwell purposely put the three shy girls together rather than see them each 
standing alone in the play yard. And wouldn’t you know? They weren’t shy with each 
other. “Thick as thieves” Da said, every single time he saw them together. She shared 
her thoughts with the kindly stranger.

The elder laughed. Patting Neila’s arm, she said, “An’ ye see that? Ye weren’t shy 
together! There’s yer proof, dear. Ye can make friends. Easy conversation just takes 
practice, is all. I’m sure once ye get used to talkin’ to people here, ye’ll make good 
friends.” She tapped the sketch of the bird again, and said, “Just talk, even if it’s to the 
beasts ye sketch. It’s good for ye to share yer day an’ to hear your own voice.” Leaning 
in with a smile twinkling in her green eyes, she whispered, “But if ye talk with the critters 
an’ statues, best be sure no one is lookin’ when ye do, or they’ll think yer daft.”

Neila laughed. It felt so good to laugh.

They talked about home for a while, then the old woman pointed out the window toward 
a building. “Have you been there yet, to that far buildin’ in the distance?”

Neila followed her gaze and looked twice, surprised by the red-bricked building standing 
there as bold as day. She’d sat in this same seat for the last two weeks and never once 
noticed it across the courtyard. In fact, she had drawn the courtyard landscape and that 
building had somehow missed her attention. Voicing her surprise, she pulled the sketch 
from her portfolio and showed the woman.

“How about that? Ye completely missed sketching it altogether.”

“I don’t see how I could have ….”

“I’d think it’d be easy enough to miss when yer mind is full of yer studies an’ such.”

Neila looked from sketch to building and back again. She shook her head, bemused. 
“But it’s right there!”

The old woman laughed. “People generally don’t see it.”

“They don’t see it?” Neila repeated, confused. She slid the drawing back inside her 
portfolio.

The elder waved her hand. “Oh, ye know how most people are, they miss things unless 
they’re right under their noses! But don’t ye worry, dear, you’re not losin’ your faculties. 
It’s only the wear of a new place an’ people on your mind. Your thoughts have simply 
been elsewhere.”

Neila nodded. “I suppose they have. What is that building used for, do you know?”

“I don’t rightly know what it was intended for, but it sits unused now. Harvard was built in 
the year 1636, ye see, an’ that buildin’ was put up in those early days. I heard it was just 
built an’ forgotten shortly after. I suppose the other buildings suited their needs better. 
It’s not much to look at on the outside, but if ye go up the stairs you’ll find a foin statue to 
sketch.” Tipping her head to the bland figure out the window, she added, “So much 
nicer than that oogly thing.”

The woman’s accent warming her inside, Neila bit back a laugh. It was rather ugly. “If it 
isn’t in use, then I assume it isn’t open.”

“For you it will be. No one ever goes in there, not fer years an’ years. I promise ye won’t 
be disturbed an’ ye’ll not be disappointed.”




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