Promo Spotlight: Blood and Fire by Tori L. Ridgewood

Tori L. Ridgewood's paranormal romance, Blood and Fire, book 2 in The Talbot Trilogy has just been published. Take a look at the following promo on the book, find an excerpt and the author links.

A few months ago, I also featured book 1, Wind and Shadow, alongside a guest post from the author on my blog if you'd like to check it out. Click HERE for the post.

Blood and Fire

(The Talbot Trilogy #2)

Tori L. Ridgewood

What chance does one witch have against five vampires? Alone, not much. But Rayvin’s allies are gathering…

The battle between good and evil supernatural forces heats up in the long, cold November nights of the former mining town. But how will Rayvin’s motley crew of spellcasters and shapeshifters cope when they discover the threat they face is even greater than they imagined?

The Talbot Trilogy

Prequel:  Mist and Midnight

1. Wind and Shadow

2. Blood and Fire

3. Crystal and Wand

Buy Links:

Amazon | Smashwords | Lulu

Promo Spotlight and Giveaway: Banished Love by Ramona Flightner

I'm featuring a promo of Ramona Flightner's debut Historical Romance, Banished Love (book 1 in the Banished Saga), as a part of the VBT. Scroll down to find the book and the author info, as well as an excerpt. There's a giveaway, enter via rafflecopter below!

My own review of Banished Love can be found HERE, if you're interested and don't mind spoilers.

Ramona Flightner will be awarding a $50 Amazon/BN.com GC to one randomly chosen commenter during the tour. Two randomly chosen hosts will also each receive a $25 Amazon/BN.com GC.

Banished Love

(Banished Saga #1)

Ramona Flightner

Free-Spirited…
Clarissa Sullivan dreams for more from life than sipping tepid tea in stifling parlors in Victorian Boston. She defies her family’s wishes, continuing to teach poor immigrant children in Boston’s West End, finding a much-needed purpose to her life.

Radical…
As a suffragette, Clarissa is considered a firebrand radical no man would desire. For why should women want the vote when men have sheltered women from the distasteful aspects of politics and law?

Determined…
When love blossoms between Clarissa and Gabriel McLeod, a struggling cabinetmaker, her family objects. Clarissa’s love and determination will be tested as she faces class prejudices, manipulative family members and social convention in order to live the life she desires with the man she loves.

Will she succeed? Or will she yield to expectations?

BANISHED LOVE follows Clarissa Sullivan on her journey of self-discovery as she learns what she cannot live without.

Buy Links:

Amazon | Amazon (paperback) | Kobo

Banished Love by Ramona Flightner

Banished Love
Banished Saga #1

Ramona Flightner
Historical Romance
Published in 2014 [requested review]

H/h - Gabriel McLeod/Clarissa Sullivan
Setting: Boston, 1900.

Read in Feb, 2014.

My rating:

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Debut author Ramona Flightner’s Banished Love was an interesting read. Neat in writing and storytelling with interesting setting and characters, this book had it all. While I was reading, I could hardly tell that I was reading a debut author!

I would recommend this story for anyone who is looking for something different than the usual. The story is told from first person POV, of Clarissa’s. I’m generally not fond of that perspective, but I can sincerely say that the author pulled it through so well that I could connect with Clarissa, be it in her rebellions, through her distress or happiness.

Return to Poughkeepsie by Debra Anastasia

Return to Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie Brotherhood #2

Debra Anastasia
Contemporary Romance
Published in 2013

H/h - Beckett Taylor/Eve Hartt
Setting: Poughkeepsie and Maryland, Present time.

Read in Feb, 2014.

My rating:

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Return to Poughkeepsie was the much anticipated sequel to Poughkeepsie, a book I stumbled upon rather accidentally in 2012, yet ended up enjoying very much. Debra Anastasia was an unknown author to me prior to that. The storyline was very different than my usual read, as was the writing but the best was, I got hooked right from the beginning till the end.

In Poughkeepsie, we meet three ‘brothers’ Beckett, Blake and Cole. I put brothers inside quote because they’re not connected by blood but by circumstances, yet their shared bond for many years have proven to be stronger than any blood relation out there. All three were either abandoned or orphaned as a child, passed on into various foster cares as they grew up. This is also how they met. Lots happened since then. Beckett, the bigger and the stronger one, has always been the one to protect his brothers from harm. Blake is the one who seems more vulnerable because of his psychological problems. He’s not entirely crazy mind you, but some incidents can tick him wrongly, thus making him unstable. But he’s also very talented with a piano. Cole is the cool and calm one; the resident voice of reason.