Rachelle Ayala's Blog, page 45

#NewRelease CHANCE FOR LOVE: Boxed Set of Dangerous Romance #kindle #nook #kobo

High Stakes, Danger,
and a Chance for Love.

*** 99c for a LIMITED TIME ONLY *** Regular price $4.99 
Three romances fraught with danger from bestselling author Rachelle Ayala. 
Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, Kobobooks, Smashwords
Broken Build - Exciting Romantic Suspense/Technothriller set in Silicon Valley. A female engineer hides a horrible secret. Can she escape discovery, a killer, and a broken heart? 
Hidden Under Her Heart - A heartfelt romance sizzling with controvers...

#BookReview THE BEST MAN by Kristan Higgins #romance #chick-lit

The Best Man by Kristan Higgins
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Levi Cooper is the best man. He's strong, silent, gruff and not given to sweet words, but his actions show him to be a caring man, a police chief in a small town who spends his time helping out his neighbors and caring for his younger sister after his mother died.

Yes, he has issues, PTSD, abandonment, and a hot, exciting ex-wife who found his small town ways a tad boring. But he is honest and willing to stick his neck out, even to break up...

#BookReview INTERIM GODDESS OF LOVE by Mina V. Esguerra #chick-lit #fantasy

Interim Goddess of Love by Mina V. Esguerra
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What an extremely original concept, combining Philippine mythology with a students at a small, college campus. This story is fun and easy to follow. Hannah has a crush on Quin, a mysterious guy who seems to be shining all of the time. It turns out he's the Sun God and he chooses Hannah to fill in for the goddess of love.

He doesn't exactly tell her what her duty is, but gives her the ability to see into people's memories. She he...

My Writing Process Blog Tour - Rachelle Ayala #romance #mywritingprocess

Since I became a writer, I've always been curious about how other writers write: how much time do they put into each draft, whether they plot and plan or free write, how they approach revisions and editing, and of course, whether they are ever blocked and what they do about it. Therefore, when Natasha Brown, author of the Shapeshifter Chronicles, asked me to join the Writing Process Blog hop, I eagerly accepted.
1. What am I currently working on?
Whole Latte Love is my sixth novel. It is an opp...

#NewRelease Sexy Story: TAMING ROMEO by Rachelle Ayala #NewAdult #romance

Passionate, raw and sexy.

Evie Sanchez is recovering from heartbreak by working at her parents’ Filipino restaurant when in walks Romeo Garcia, the boy she left behind. Only now, he’s a hot movie star surrounded by gorgeous actresses and adoring fans.
Bad boy Romeo Garcia never understood why Evie stood him up at the prom. When he rescues her from a flying coconut in the dumpster, he is determined to dig into her heart for the reason. Their mutual attraction and unresolved feelings ignite in a...

Favorite Indie Author Blog Hop - Mina V. Esguerra - Writing Instructor #filipina #chick-lit

Mina Esguerra is a prolific indie author who writes fun and exciting romances. She's also a generous writing instructor who offers online classes for free to new and aspiring writers. I became acquainted with Mina through one of her students and have since read several of her stories, Welcome to Envy Park , Playing Autumn, and That Kind of Guy . I'm also looking forward to reading her complete Interim Goddess of Love Trilogy .

Last year, she led an online #romanceclass that provided the basics fo...

How I Wrote and Published a Romance Novel in 25 Days #selfpublishing #amwriting

Remember my Steamy Story in a Month class with Mina Esguerra? The story I wrote, Taming Romeo , is now published and live on Amazon, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.


Title: Taming Romeo
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
Heroine: Evie Sanchez, medical student on temporary leave of absenceHero: Romeo Garcia, Filipino soap opera actor on location in San Diego for three weeksPrimary Setting: Evie's family's Filipino restaurantTrope: The One Who Got AwaySteam Level: Three----
I took the challenge twen...

#NewRelease Dark Sentinels Prequel by Dariel Raye #paranormal

In response to readers' questions and requests, there's a new addition to Dariel Raye's award-winning "Dark Sentinels" series! "Dark Sentinels Prequel" is LIVE. Here's the cover and blurb for the new release as well as information about other available books in the series.

“Dark Sentinels Prequel” Sometimes a girl has to go the extra mile to capture the man she loves, especially when she’s a sentinel wolf shifter from Washington state with no possible mates for miles.
Orphaned in childhood, D...

#BookReview FOOLS RUSH IN by Kristan Higgins #romance

Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Millie Barnes is a stalker. She spent 16 years stalking Joe, a gorgeous blond carpenter in her hometown. However when she finally gets him as her boyfriend, she's not sure all her efforts are worth it.

Meanwhile her brother in law is divorced from her sister and is a sensible and kind hearted man, and late in the book, like the last forty pages, she realizes she was always in love with him.

The story dragged through all of Millie's machinat...

Sexy Story in a Month finished in Two Weeks #amwriting

My steamy story in a month project is finished! Two weeks ago, I took the challenge from Mina Esguerra's #buqosteamyreads class to write a complete story in a month. The only requirements were that it had to be 5000 words or more, adhere to one of the romance tropes (assigned) and commit to a STEAM level (I chose 3).

Little did I know when I started the story that I would overshoot the 5000 words ten times. The story exploded out of the gate and each time I tried to rein it in, my hero and her...