BOOKS BY MY FRIENDS HOLLY BARGO, K. S. JONES, RON ROMAN & REBECCA YORK
MARCH 14, 2024
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Welcome to Books By My Friends! Today we are featuring
HOLLY BARGO
K. S. JONES
RON ROMAN
REBECCA YORK
BOOK: Single Stroke
AUTHOR: Holly Bargo
GENRE: Science Fiction/Alien Romance
BLURB: Kidnapped and left for dead by the Sivuul, Louella Jefferson defies the odds by surviving her horrific fate. Her chance for escape presents itself when the Sivuul come under attack, but a rescue mission thwarts her hasty plans. General Superior Yas'kihn of Ahn'hudin cannot believe his luck. He has rescued the lost human bride and is convinced she's his perfect match. However, Louella is far from submissive; she's fierce, brave, and unafraid to challenge him. Louella has battled relentlessly for everything she has. Adjusting to a culture that coddles its women—offering privileges, not rights—goes against her independent nature. Bound by his high status, Yas'kihn faces societal pressures regarding his new union, and he's committed to not letting his people down. Someone must compromise. A lot. Note from the author: Perhaps 3.5 to 5 chili peppers
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I detest cliffhangers and won't inflict them on readers. I think soffritto is a major food group, but only if you add garlic. I prefer cats to dogs, but I have and love both.
BOOK: Tastefully Texas
AUTHOR: K. S. Jones
GENRE: Contemporary Western Romance
BLURB: With a Culinary Arts diploma as proof that a cosmopolitan lifestyle awaits her, Mia Ellis sublets her Houston apartment and buys a plane ticket to New York City, only to get a call to come home to the Hill Country. Her mother has been in an accident. With no intention of ever going home again, Mia finds herself completely unprepared for the small town and the people she has outgrown. Her salvation is cooking—it’s the only thing that has ever separated her from her hometown country roots—but now that New York is on hold, she needs an income while her mother recovers. Unfortunately, a job as a dishwasher at an out-of-the-way bar and grill is all that is available. It isn't until Mia reconnects with Jace, her old high school sweetheart and heir to a Texas Century Ranch, that she realizes she may still have a taste for Texas after all. Note from the author: Warm Romance. (More than a 2, less than 3 on a scale of 1-5)
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Karen (K.S.) Jones is a multi-award-winning author living in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, where she writes American Historical Fiction and Contemporary Western Romance. In 2014, Southern Writers magazine awarded Karen their grand prize for “Best Short Fiction” of the year, and soon after, her first two novels were published. Her work has garnered numerous literary awards, including the WILLA Literary Award, the Chaucer Award, InD’tale magazine’s RONE Award, and twice she has received the Literary Classics International Book Award. In 2021, Women Writing the West awarded top honors to her Western short story, “The Pretender.” Her newly released books include the Depression-era novel, Two Sides of Truth; her Contemporary Western Romance novels, Tastefully Texas, Once In A Bluebonnet Moon, and Lone Hearts of Topaz; and her Gold Rush novel, Change of Fortune, which rose to #30 on Amazon's list of Top 100 in American Historical Romances. She was recently presented with a prestigious Will Rogers Medallion.
BOOK: Of Ashes and Dust
AUTHOR: Ron Roman
GENRE: Thriller (Sub-Genre: Doomsday Thriller)
BLURB: At the time of the Millennium three people struggle for survival in a small New Hampshire town as the world spins into chaos, not realizing that each harbors secrets that will eventually pit them against one another. The story evolves from the U.S. Government’s earlier two classified secret projects during the Vietnam War (the USAF’s revelation about UFOs and Project Sixty-Seven). Of Ashes and Dust is a no-punches-pulled apocalyptic tale of mesmerizing intrigue and gut-retching survival told as an alternate-history thriller during the Last Days of a global Armageddon culminating in a totally unexpected and explosive ending.
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 1) Recently retired (2020) as Assoc. Prof. of Engl., ESL, & Humanities who taught w/Univ. of Md. Global Campus (UMGC - Asia) all over the Pacific since 1996; 2) Currently lives in Korea where he writes & has acted in numerous Korea TV dramas & motion pictures, like Operation Chromite, as Adm. Forrest Sherman opposite Liam Neeson as Gen. Douglas MacArthur; 3) Of Ashes and Dust recently named a finalist in the 2023 Global Thriller book awards by Chanticleer International Book Awards (CIBA).
BOOK: Life Force
AUTHOR: Rebecca York
GENRE: Romantic suspense
BLURB: Matthew Carter has changed his name many times over the past 500 years. Born in an English village where everyone else died from the plague, he has no idea why he survived. At a Las Vegas medical conference, Matthew meets and falls for researcher Olivia Stapler. But dying billionaire, Jarred Bainbridge is desperate to discover the secret of Matthew’s longevity–no matter what painful experiments it takes. Worse, Bainbridge takes Olivia hostage. Note from the author: hot!
3 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rebecca York showed early interest in romantic suspense when she made up stories where her girl action figure dolls were kidnapped by pirates. She has traveled wildly and collects rocks from around the world. She is devoted to the HEA. No matter how much peril surrounds her characters they always end up happily ever after.
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New York Book Festival, Honorable Mention, Writer Wellness, 2020.
Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Finalist, Writer Wellness, 2021.
Northeast Ohio Romance Writers of America, Member of the Year, 2020.
Northeast Ohio Romance Writers of America, First Book Award, 2020.
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Excited to see this here. Rebecca