Category Archives: Contemporary Romance

Exciting News & Another Summer Special

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Hi everyone! Exciting news. BOTH Tristan and Highland Steel have made it through to the finals of the RONE Awards. I am thrilled and want to thank each and every one of you who have taken the time to vote. Now, fingers crossed, hopefully at least one of my book boys will win this prestigious award.

 

Now, on to the weekly 99c Summer Special. This week you can pick up Thief of Olympus from my Greek Myth Series on kindle countdown for only 99c. (KU reads the entire series free.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This series was one of the first I ever wrote, and inspired by Xena and Hercules tv shows from the late 1990s. Lysandra is an Amazon warrior princess who has come of age and is paired up with King Zarek, hoping she can conceive a girl baby. But when the baby is born and stolen by the goddess Artemis, Zarek and Lysandra are pitted against each other and must steal back from the gods the most precious gift of all.

Be sure to pick up the other books of the series, Kyros’ Secret, The Oracle of Delphi and The Pandora Curse. Each book features gods, goddesses, mythical creatures, magic, and strong heroines and brave heroes.

One last message, Doubting Thomas is now available in audiobook form. I am so excited to finally start getting my favorite series of all time into audio. Watch for more of the Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series coming to audio soon.

Until next time – Elizabeth Rose

Super Summer Specials!

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Hello, and greetings from my writing hammock in my secret garden where I am working on my next release, Trucker Daddy! Now that the sun is out and the days are nicer, I decided I wanted to do something special for my readers so you will always have an affordable book to read all summer long! 

Welcome to my Super Summer Specials where I will be offering one of my books on kindle countdown for 99c each week starting today, and going throughout the summer. The books will go on sale each Monday thru Sunday. Each week I will also be posting a fun summer recipe or a tip or tidbit of information, relating to the book on special.

That said, I’m going to kick off the Super Summer Specials with one of my all-time favorite books, Saving Simon – Book 5 of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series. 

My hero, Simon Taylor is one of 12 brothers. He is an ex-navy officer and now a security officer aboard a cruise ship. When he saves Piper Westbrook who gets knocked  overboard, he never dreams he’d end up being attracted to the woman. Then again, neither does he expect her to show up in his little hometown of Sweetwater, Michigan, threatening to close down the mariner that is such a big part of his life!

This book was inspired by my husband’s love of water and sailing. I, on the other hand, am more like Piper and don’t care that much for the water. Doing research for the story, I learned to sail with my husband, and in doing so discovered the magic of gliding over the water and life on the docks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Growing up visiting my grandparents in Michigan I often spent time at the lake where they lived, and this entire series is based on places, people, and things from my own life. At the end of each story I tell a personal experience that ended up getting written into my book. In Saving Simon, Simon takes Piper peach picking in the orchards (another thing I did in my life.) In each book my hero and heroine makes a quick easy meal and all the recipes are on my website. One of my favorites is what Piper (or Pippa as Simon calls her) makes for him – Grilled spiced peaches with vanilla bean ice cream and fresh mint. Click HERE to see the recipe.

Be sure to pick up a copy of Saving Simon, and experience a sail boat race and life on the water as Simon and Piper fall in love. It is only 99c on kindle countdown from now thru Sunday, June 6th. (If you belong to Kindle Unlimited you can read the entire series for free.) Also, watch for the audiobook of Doubting Thomas – Book 1 to be released sometime next month.

Check back on my website each Monday for the new Summer Special. Be sure to sign up for my blog on the top right of my website to get the updates each week. Or you can stop by my facebook author page where I will post the specials and recipes as well.

Happy Sailing!

Exciting News & A Free Book!

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Hi everyone! First the exciting news. I have two books nominated for the RONE awards this year – Tristan and Highland Steel. But being nominated doesn’t mean I’m in the finals yet. I need your votes to push me through to the finals since only 4 authors will make it.    The voting for Highland Steel isn’t until May, but this is the week to vote for Tristan in the Ancient Historical category. You’ll need to SIGN IN to the Ind’tale page first before they’ll let you vote. If you don’t already have an account you can make one for free. Then on the top right, click on RONEs 2021, and click on Historical to vote for my book Tristan. Thanks in advance! 

Next, today is the LAST day to get Doubting Thomas for FREE! This is Book 1 of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series. Murder, Mayhem and Romance set the scene. 

This is a 12 book series, and I am also offering books 2-4 on kindle countdown thru the 18th for 99c each. The books are Luring Levi, Judging Judas and Seducing Zeb. Click on the photo to get them or learn more. Kindle Unlimited.

The prequel to the series, Tarnished Saints Christmas is always free. It is the backstory of the 12 Taylor brothers as children, and shows you how they earned the title of bad boys, and Tarnished Saints.

This is my favorite series I’ve ever written since it is based on people and things in my life. This year, I’ve decided to start putting the series in audiobook form. Doubting Thomas will be in available in audio sometime this May or June.

Elizabeth

Mardon Is Here! Plus a $500 giveaway.

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Mardon, Book 2 in my Pirate Lords Series is now live! The second of the pirate brothers continues the search for buried treasure, with their feisty grandmother on board to keep Mardon and the others in line. When a nun in a tavern takes his interest, he realizes that the girl isn’t all what she claims to be.(KindleUnlimited.)

Pick up your copy today for only $2.99 before the price goes up. Mardon is also available in paperback and soon to be in audio as well. Watch for Aaron, Book 3, the final book in the series to go on preorder after the first of the new year.

 

 

 

 

I am also having a HUGE sale on my Tangled Tales Series right now. (KU reads free.) If you love fairy tales with happy endings, than this is for you. Seven twisted, tangled, romantic retellings of your favorite fairy tales starting with a FREE book thru the 7th, Lady and The Wolf (Red Riding Hood.)

Then I’ve put the rest of the series on kindle countdown for 99c each thru the 9th. These books are: Just a Kiss (Frog Prince), Beast Lord (Beauty and the Beast), Touch of Gold (Rumpelstiltskin), Lady in the Tower (Rapunzel, A Perfect Fit (Cinderella) and Heart of Ice (Snow Queen.)

Be sure to pick up the audiobooks afterwards on amazon for more than half off the original price!

How would you like to win a $500 amazon gift card, and get another free book? I am offering Tarnished Saints’ Christmas, the series prequel to my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series for FREE! Click on the graphic to see other deals on books, and to enter the contest sponsored by The Kindle Book Review.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking for some more Christmas reads? I have Hired Heart, My Christmas Soldier, Destiny’s Kiss, and Mistletoe and Chain Mail that all have Christmas themes.

Stay warm by the fire and curl up with a book this winter. I wish each of you a healthy, safe, happy and relaxing Christmas and holiday season.

 

FREE and 99c Books

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Just a quick note to let you know that Highland Storm is FREE through the 28th. (Be sure to pick up the audiobook afterwards for more than half off the original price.)

Highland Spirit – Book 2 (Raven Awards WINNER) is only 99c on kindle countdown through the 30th.

 

Contemporary lovers, Meet the Bad Boys of Sweetwater. (All new covers.) The prequel, Tarnished Saints’ Christmas is always FREE. (Audiobook also available.)

And through the 28th you can pick up Doubting Thomas – Book 1 for FREE as well. I also have another great deal for you. For the first time EVER, I am offering the rest of the 11 brothers’ stories for only 99c each on kindle countdown thru the 30th. So you can pick up the entire series for under $11.  (KindleUnlimited)

This is my favorite series of everything I’ve written, and is based on places and people in my life.

Enjoy!

Elizabeth Rose

A Bad Boy Romance Special!

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Hi everyone! I just wanted to drop in to tell you about a special I am running. Since it was Father’s Day, I decided to focus on my Taylor Twelve who are fathers in one way or another.

From now through June 25th, you can pick up Doubting Thomas for free! This is a murder mystery romance about a widower with six young sons.

A few more of the Taylor men with children are featured as well. On kindle countdown for only 99c through the 27th (US & UK) is Luring Levi, Judging Judas, and RONE Award Finalist Igniting Andrew.

And of course Tarnished Saints’ Christmas, the series prequel is always free! If you belong to Kindle Unlimited, you can read the entire series free!

Later this week I have a fantastic special for medieval readers coming up so watch for the news.

Enjoy!

Elizabeth

FREE and discounted books!

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The Baron’s Quest – Book 1 of my Barons of the Cinque Ports Series is FREE thru the 12th of May. Afterwards, be sure to pick up the audiobook for only $7.49, more than half off the regular price.

Some bittersweet news: My parents are moving back from Michigan to Illinois. The good part is that they will be closer to me. The bitter part is that my siblings and I will all miss Michigan and the lake where my grandparents and then parents used to live and where we grew up vacationing in the summer. Through the years, my family has BUILT two houses there, and it is also the inspiration for my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This series was inspired by people, places, and events in my life, focussed around the lake and small town in Michigan. If you read Book 1, Doubting Thomas, the bed and breakfast is my parents’ house. (My parents were my inspiration for creating the old couple who own it, but don’t tell them!) Levi’s house, right across the channel of water from his brother, was really my grandparents’ house. And Thunder Lake (fictional name in the book) is featured in all the stories as well. I’ll be talking more about my inspiration for the 12 Taylor brothers and their surroundings this weekend, so watch for my live video on facebook!

In the meantime, to celebrate this special place and time in my life, I’ve decided to offer Books 1-5 of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series on kindle countdown (US & UK) for only 99 cents through the 14th. This set is normally $9.99, so don’t miss this deal. Find out all about the Taylor brothers, Thomas, Levi, Judas, Zeb and Simon for only 99c. I guarantee you will want to read about the rest of the brothers, James, Pete, Philip, John, Andrew, Nate and Thad as well. Sons of a preacher but far from saints, these men are nothing but trouble. (KU reads entire series free.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget to also pick up the FREE prequel to the series, Tarnished Saints’ Christmas, to learn about the men as boys and what paved the road to their stories. (Audiobook only $5.95 afterwards.)

And don’t forget this is the last day (the 8th) to get Forgotten Secrets: Book 4, Secrets of the Heart Series for only 99c! This is one of my FAVORITE books, and also a RONE Award nominee from InD’tale magazine this year. If you’d like to vote for it to help the book make it to the finals, you can do so thru the 10th at InD’tale magazine by clicking HERE. I appreciate each and every vote. My dream is to actually WIN this award this year.

Stay safe and healthy and I’ll be getting back to the writing hammock and my secret garden soon.

Elizabeth

Send off to Winter Sale

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The Chicagoland area has been having crazy weather lately. One day I’m laying in the sun in my hammock, and the next day we had about six inches of snow. Then two days later it is sunny again. All I can say is Goodbye Winter! And to celebrate the arrival of spring I have a few great deals for you. First off, in my Send Off to Winter Sale, I am featuring a few of my winter books on kindle countdown (US & UK) for only 99c for the next 7 days. (KU reads free). Be sure to pick up your copy of Heart of Ice (Snow Queen) from my Tangled Tales Series, Silent Knight: Alexander from my Second in Command Series, or my contemporary island/Christmas romance, Hired Heart that features some of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater.

Afterwards, you can get the audiobook of Heart of Ice for only $7.49 or Silent Knight for only $5.99. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And to welcome in Spring, I’ve put together a collection of four full-length books that take place in Spring. Spring Romance at the Castle includes International Digital Awards finalist, Highland Spring from my Seasons of Fortitude Series, Lord of Illusion from my Legacy of the Blade Series, RONE Award Nominee 2020 Forgotten Secrets from my Secrets of the Heart Series and May Queen: May Day from my Holiday Knights Series.

You can purchase the ENTIRE set for ONLY 99c . . . for now. But hurry because the price will change soon. If you are a kindle unlimited member, you can read the set for free.

Happy Reading, and hopefully the sun is here to stay!

Elizabeth

A Call of the Wild

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This weekend starts the Iditarod – the annual trail sled dog racing competition in Alaska that lasts up to a week or more. With that and also the Call of the Wild movie being released, I thought I’d jump into the ring and offer my sled dog racing book, Loving John for FREE from March 7th – 11th.
John Taylor’s dream is to run the Iditarod with his team of sled dogs. But when an accident occurs and he injures his leg, he is forced to return to his hometown of Sweetwater instead. There he meets the beautiful divorced doctor, Addey and her troublesome son who need him in their lives as much as John needs his dogs. But can a man with the call of the wild in his heart put down roots when all he wants to do is run?

Loving John is Book 9 in my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series, but these are all stand alone books and can be read in any order. If you’d like to learn more about the Iditarod, here are a few links that I hope you’ll enjoy: Click HERE and HERE.

Did you know John is one of the 12 sons of a preacher? But these Taylor men are far from saints and nothing but trouble!

From March 7th – 13th you can also pick up Teaching Philip and Playing Nate for only 99c each. (US & UK) And don’t forget Book 1 – Doubting Thomas is always 99c, and the series prequel – Tarnished Saints’ Christmas is FREE! Kindle Unlimited members can read the entire 12 book series for free as well.

I’m excited to tell you that May Queen: May Day – Book 3 of my Holiday Knights Series is now available as an audiobook. My UK narrator, Kevin E. Green does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life. This book centers around the ancient traditions of May Day, and you’ll learn how it all got started. In my Holiday Knights series, each book features the origins of a holiday, most of them starting back in medieval times or even earlier. Watch for more Holiday Knights coming soon. You can purchase the audiobook of May Queen or listen to a sample HERE. I am also giving away a copy of the audiobook along with a $10 amazon gift card. At the end of this post (on my website) you can enter through the rafflecopter.

If you’re new to my books, or if you just like a deal, I put together a series starter collection of first books of some of my series. It’s called Medieval Knights and Warriors and has a collection of six full-length books in a boxed set for the low price of $5.99. This is Volume 2 of my series starter collection. If you like boxed sets, be sure to pick up Crowns, Swords and Shields – Vol 1 as well. Kindle Unlimited members can read both for free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And historical lovers, remember today is the last day to pick up Lady Renegade – Book 2 of my Legacy of the Blade Series for FREE or Lord of Illusion – Book 3 for only 99 cents.

So mush forward and start reading today!

Elizabeth

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Christmas Stocking Stuffers

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With only a few days until Christmas, you might need a few extra gifts. What better gift to give than the journey of a story where you can get lost in history, culture and love?

If you need a stocking stuffer or simply a few more Christmas or winter reads to fill your kindle for the holidays, I have some deals for you.

First, be sure to pick up your FREE copy of Tarnished Saints’ Christmas, and pick up a copy or two for your friends as well. This is the prequel of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater: Tarnished Saints Series that was inspired by people and places in my life! (Audiobook available at a discount on amazon.) (Ebook available on all venues.)

If you’re in the Christmas spirit, or still trying to get into it, here are a few Christmastime books for 99c . . . but only for now:

Mistletoe and Chain Mail – Discover how the holiday traditions got started as Sir Adam cooks his way into Lady Eva’s heart.

Destiny’s Kiss: A medieval Christmas with the birth of the king’s bastard triplets. This is the prequel to my Legendary Bastards of the Crown Series.

The Gift: This book is about Christmas with the bastard triplets and is included in Behind the Chain Mail – a look behind the scenes of writing the Legendary Bastards of the Crown Series.

Silent Knight: Alexander lives his life as a mercenary, born lame. But on his father’s deathbed, he’s told that he is really the son of a noble.

Winter’s Flame: Lady Winter is skilled at the forge, mistaken as the blacksmith’s daughter by Sir Martin de Grey. He wants the sword he’s commissioned made of Damascus steel, and she is the only one who can construct it. 99c through Dec. 24th.

If you feel like a contemporary short story, be sure to pick up My Christmas Soldier. Or Hired Heart will take you to a tropical island for Christmas where you can soak up a little sun while your fantasies come true!

And if paranormal is your thing, you don’t want to miss Heart of Ice: Snow Queen, a retelling of the fairy tale, for 99c but only through Dec. 24th!

Like boxed sets? My Holiday Romance collection includes several of the books I’ve mentioned, as well as Loving John – Book 9 of my Bad Boys of Sweetwater Series. Experience winter on a dog sled with John! $1.99 or KU reads free, but only through the holidays, so get it before it’s gone.

And don’t forget, most of these books are also available in audio. So treat yourself this Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! – Love, Elizabeth Rose