Liza Street's Blog: not your grandma's romantic fiction, page 18
August 23, 2017
Savage Heartache Soundtrack
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Here’s the soundtrack for Savage Heartache! Here’s the link to the playlist on YouTube.
Tom O’Dell, “Can’t Pretend”
Diana Krall, “There Ain’t No Sweet Man…”
Feist, “My Moon My Man”
Florence + the Machine, “Hurricane Drunk”
Love and Rockets, “Haunted When the Minutes Drag”
Portishead, “Sour Times”
August 16, 2017
The Rose King!
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The Rose King is a little novelette I decided to write for my newsletter subscribers. They’ve been getting one installment each month, just a chapter or two, over the past few months. While I do plan to publish an edited version, I’m still inviting people to join my mailing list in order to get these installments and read it for FREE.
That said, maybe you need a little more convincing to join my newsletter (despite the fact that my newsletter is never spammy and you get free books in addition to The Rose King and you sometimes will get to hear about awesome book deals and see photos of my kitten…), so I’ll point you to the first part of The Rose King. You’ll recognize the heroine and hero, Gemma and Rex, from Book 3 of the Corona Pride, Savage Heartache, where they help Nina and Jameson on their journey to luuuuurve. ❤
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August 9, 2017
Savage Bliss Soundtrack
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I’ve really loved coming up with these soundtracks! Some of the songs fit so, so well. Here’s the soundtrack for Savage Bliss! In case the video doesn’t embed correctly, you can click here for the playlist on YouTube.
Florence + the Machine, “Raise It Up (Rabbit Heart)”
Straight No Chaser, “I’m Yours”
Madison Avenue, “Don’t Call Me Baby”
Hooverphonic, “Mad About You”
Moby, “Extreme Ways”
Bishop Briggs, “Like a River”
August 2, 2017
The Corona Pride: The Complete Series
Now that all these bad boys are available, I thought it would be time to put them together so you can have them all in one spot!
The Corona Pride: The Complete Series, is now available on Amazon!
There are series that when they end I sit back and think – yeah, that was good. Then there are those that are more difficult to say farewell to, the ones that feel more like saying goodbye to friends than fictional characters. That is my feeling today. …I am extremely lucky to have discovered The Corona Pride series. —Marsha from Shifter Haven
July 26, 2017
The Riders (duology) by Veronica Rossi
Riders was the kind of book that I really could not stop reading. Once I started, I didn’t want to stop, and heaven help any poor soul who tried to interrupt my reading. Chores didn’t matter, I think I ate whatever food was easily made while the book was open on the counter, and I literally could not sleep until I’d finished the novel. I both hate and love books like this. I love them because I fall completely under their spell. I hate them because I get absolutely nothing done.
Riders is about a boy, Gideon, who literally dies but comes back to life as War, one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse. He soon meets the other three horsemen, as well as a girl, Daryn, who has a mysterious ability to find them and bring them together.
I don’t want to spoil any of the mysteries in here, but let’s just say the writing is flawless, the plot fast-paced, and the characterization takes my breath away. This was a beautifully written book.
Seeker was also un-put-downable. I started it early in the afternoon and ignored everything around me just so I could keep reading! I love Gideon so, so much, and Daryn, too. I really needed this glimpse into her head. The ending was surprising and fulfilling, and man, Rossi’s dialogue. She’s a master.
I highly recommend these books to any lovers of contemporary fantasy.
July 19, 2017
Savage Thirst Soundtrack
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There were so many songs trying to get on this list, but I like to keep my soundtracks pretty short. I kept us down to seven, but it was tough. If the video doesn’t embed correctly, you can also click here for the playlist on YouTube.
Bob Marley, “I Shot the Sheriff”
Milky Chance, “Stolen Dance”
Radiohead, “Exit Music (for a Film)”
Echo & the Bunnymen, “The Killing Moon”
Smithereens, “Blood and Roses”
Rufus Wainwright, “Hallelujah”
Sturgill Simpson, “All Around You”
July 5, 2017
Savage Bliss, Available Now!
Hired to protect her, he can’t ignore the desires of his body…and his heart.
Mountain lion shifter Viviana Corona, one of the youngest in the pride, has been coddled her entire twenty-two years and groomed to take over the alpha position once her mother steps down. When her rebellious streak nearly lands her in the hands of hostile vampires, her mother hires a bodyguard…a human.
Seth Hudson was raised in a pack—his stepdad was a wolf shifter. When his widowed mother accrues astronomical gambling debts, Seth will take any good-paying job he can find to work off her debts and help her get well again. He didn’t count on falling in love with the sexy little mountain lion shifter he’s hired to protect, but when he faces the prospect of losing her to a crazed vampire, he realizes he’ll risk anything to get her back.
Savage Bliss is available through Kindle Unlimited, and you can find it here on Amazon and AmazonSmile!
June 28, 2017
Secrets of a Soprano, by Miranda Neville
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This little gem of a book was a delight! It’s about an opera singer and the guy she fell in love with years ago. Teresa Foscari, the heroine, is serious about her art and performing. She’s well-known and admired, and her presence in any opera house would elevate that house in reputation and earnings.
Her former flame, Maximilian Hawthorne, both resents and yearns for her. His internal conflict, and hers, at being thrust together once more are simply delicious.
And the historical detail! Wow! I read this some time ago and I’m still captivated by the setting–I might have to give this one a second read, just to return to those opera houses and the music, and the side characters who made my heart happy.
Trigger warning–the heroine suffered some sexual trauma before the start of the novel.
June 21, 2017
A Few Recent Reads!
June 7, 2017
Savage Thirst, Available Now!
Revenge doesn’t have to taste like blood.
One of the younger vampires in the Corona Mountains, Gracie Jane Moseley has still had over a hundred years to thirst after revenge for her lover’s murder by the local sheriff, Cormac Rhees. When she learns one of his descendants is living right here in Belnedge, Montana, she can’t wait to sink her fangs into him and sate her rage…and her thirst.
Mountain lion shifter Frasier Rhees has been wishing for a mate for years because no woman yet has been able to handle his fierce appetites. But Gracie Jane captivates him, body and soul. Determined to overcome his pride’s loathing of the vampires, Frasier’s willing to do whatever it takes to keep Gracie Jane close, even if it puts him in danger.
Savage Thirst is available through Kindle Unlimited, and you can find it here on Amazon and AmazonSmile!
