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titles from authors who write for my publisher…all RONE Award Winners and
Finalists! The RONE Award stands for
Reward of Novel Excellence, and it’s a very prestigious annual contest at InD’Tale
Magazine with three rigorous rounds of judging to get to the winners. Check out the gift buying guide below, and
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chaotic time, and reading is a proven stress-reducer!
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On to the list of InD’Tale
Magazine’s 2019 RONE AWARD Winners and Finalists ~ Happy Reading!
WINNER:
Paranormal – Short
The Haunting of Hillwood Farm by Kathryn Knight
For readers who enjoy heart-pounding
Romantic Suspense mixed with Spooky Ghost Mysteries…A dangerous ghost brings
them together…but will they survive long enough to find happiness?
After tragedy strikes, Callie
Sinclair is left with a gift she never wanted—the ability to communicate with
ghosts. But when a desperate widow begs for her help, she reluctantly agrees to
investigate the strange occurrences at Hillwood Farm. She quickly realizes
she’s dealing with a dangerous presence beyond anything she’s ever experienced,
and something else becomes equally clear—the only other living person in the
house, Mrs. Turner’s handsome grandson, thinks she’s a scam artist. While she’d
prefer to just ignore him, her heart beats a little faster every time he’s
nearby.
Luke Turner doesn’t believe in spirits. He’s moved back to restore the family farm, but living on the property serves a dual purpose—he can watch out for his grandmother. He’s not happy about the sudden appearance of a self-described psychic, or his inexplicable attraction to her. His initial suspicions crumble as evidence points to an actual haunting, but he’s still determined not to fall for Callie—the past has taught him it’s best to avoid relationships.
As Callie is drawn deeper into the mystery, she becomes the target of a vengeful spirit, and Luke can no longer fight his feelings for her. Unable to resist their desire, passion ignites…even as the paranormal activity escalates to a final deadly confrontation.
Also named BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE OF 2018 at N.N. Light's Book Heaven Reviews, a Top 40 Paranormal Romance of all time at Reedsy Discovery, and a Top 3 Best Books of 2019 and Best Paranormal 2019 at Read Free.ly
Luke Turner doesn’t believe in spirits. He’s moved back to restore the family farm, but living on the property serves a dual purpose—he can watch out for his grandmother. He’s not happy about the sudden appearance of a self-described psychic, or his inexplicable attraction to her. His initial suspicions crumble as evidence points to an actual haunting, but he’s still determined not to fall for Callie—the past has taught him it’s best to avoid relationships.
As Callie is drawn deeper into the mystery, she becomes the target of a vengeful spirit, and Luke can no longer fight his feelings for her. Unable to resist their desire, passion ignites…even as the paranormal activity escalates to a final deadly confrontation.
Also named BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE OF 2018 at N.N. Light's Book Heaven Reviews, a Top 40 Paranormal Romance of all time at Reedsy Discovery, and a Top 3 Best Books of 2019 and Best Paranormal 2019 at Read Free.ly
WINNER: Paranormal — Long
Debriefing the Dead by Kerry Blaisdell
For fans of television shows
like Supernatural or Constantine…Hyacinth has got one foot in the grave, the
other kicking ass...
The only thing Hyacinth wants
is her life back. Literally. She and her sister were murdered by Demons,
leaving her young nephew, Geordi, to his father’s family in the brutal Sicilian
Mob. Then Archangel Michael offers her a deal: recapture a powerful rock the
Demons stole, and she can live long enough to find Geordi a safe home. Refuse,
and she’ll continue up (or down) to the Afterlife.
So, slightly more alive than
dead, she heads for Turkey and the Demons, taking Geordi, her mysterious
neighbor Jason, and a sexy dead guy only she can see with her. But the hardest
part won’t be battling Demons, meeting Satan, or dodging Middle Eastern
customs—it will be later, when Geordi is settled, and Michael rips her away
again. How can she abandon her nephew? Or can she outwit the Angel of Death
himself, and stay with Geordi forever?
FINALIST: Contemporary Romance — Sweet
Six Months by Mona Sedrak
For readers ready to share an
emotional and heartwarming journey…When you've lost everything, it takes
courage to forgive, rebuild, and learn to love again…
For twenty years, Mikala
Jacobson had it all: loyal friends, a precious little girl, and a man who
adores her. Then double tragedy strikes and her perfect world shatters.
Good friends, Rena and Jake
are instantly by her side, protecting her from her husband David's sordid
secret life and his final drunken confession.
With their help, Mikala finds
strength to rebuild and redefine her life. As her spirit and heart heal, she
not only finds closure, but the beauty of a new love built upon an old
friendship.
FINALIST: Contemporary Romance — Steamy
Sworn to Forget by Maria
Imbalzano
For readers who enjoy steamy romance with a strong heroine who has an eclectic group of girlfriends and a hero who just won't give up...
By all appearances, Nicki
Reading is a star. PR director at a major music label, Nicki is sharp,
successful, independent, and confidently calls the shots. She dates whom she
wants, when she wants, with no strings attached. But beneath that shine,
loneliness flickers. Events from her past prove love leads only to pain.
Commitment is not an option.
Until Dex Hanover, a classy,
principled, and prosperous CPA, enters the picture. Undeterred by his unhappy
childhood, he has an amazing capacity to be both caring and generous, giving
his free time as a mentor for a child from the projects. Dex wears his paternal
yearnings on his sleeve, and he is at a point in his life where commitment is
the only option.
Despite their opposing views,
Nicki and Dex ignite each other. But will events from their pasts ruin their
challenging relationship and prevent them from experiencing everlasting love?
FINALIST: Fantasy Romance
Trial of a Warrior by Mary Morgan
For fans of forbidden love among warring races, treachery, and deceit...
A warrior sentenced to die.
On trial for breaking a
supreme Fae law, Fenian Warrior, Liam MacGregor has no regrets. He is prepared
to accept his sentence—even if it means his death. However, freedom comes in an
unexpected manner, and brings with it certain dangers as he travels through the
Veil of Ages.
A princess honor-bound to
remain hidden.
Princess Abela might be a
priestess and the daughter of royalty, but that doesn't prevent her from doing
the unimaginable. She sacrifices duty and honor to set free the man who
captured her heart so many years ago. No matter the severity of his crimes, she
cannot let Liam die.
A rescue that will bring about
a war and divide a kingdom!
In their quest to secure a
treaty to forestall Liam's death sentence, they must fight their desires for
one another, as well as the Fenian Warriors sent to capture them.
FINALIST: Young Adult
The Stone Awakened by Judith
Sterling
For readers who love Ireland
and the paranormal, with a Christmastime setting perfect for the season…
Since moving to Ireland,
Ashling Donoghue has tackled one challenge after another. Now the mystery of
her parents' disappearance seems unsolvable. Are they dead or only missing? No
one—not even the godlike Breasals—has a clue. Hope and fear war inside her, but
she's determined to find answers and stay strong for her siblings. Even as she
hones newfound powers, her banshee-in-training sister Deirdre needs her
support.
Ashling could use a little
help herself. She's struggling to navigate her first romance, and while Aengus
Breasal stirs her body, mind, and soul, his nemesis Lorcan does too. Both men
harbor secrets about her past life as Caer. One has ties to Aoife, the scheming
wind demon whose influence is on the rise.
As the Stone of Destiny
awakens, so does the conflict within.
FINALIST: Historical: Victorian – 20th
Centry
Out of Splinters and Ashes by Colleen L. Donnelly
For readers who love "did
she or didn't she" plots…
Cate is a runner. She prefers
to help her fiancé run his New York senate race, but she finds herself running
instead to fix what’s broken between her grandparents before he finds out—her
grandmother has moved out of the family home, and her grandfather is accused of
a pre-WWII relationship with a woman in Germany.
Dietrich is a German
journalist with a spotless reputation. He prefers facts, but he finds himself
lost in a world of fiction instead to prove his novelist grandmother couldn’t
possibly have been the lover of a US runner in Berlin’s 1936
Olympics—especially when that runner’s granddaughter is Cate, a stubborn
obstacle he should but can’t ignore.
Cate runs hard to cover up
what Dietrich uncovers, until he shows her how it could have been—and how it
could be again—that one can indeed love an enemy.
FINALIST: Thriller/Suspense
Thirty-Three Days by Stephen B. King
For readers who like romance
set against a race against time to save the future of the world…
Jenny is a lonely university
lecturer who's consciousness has traveled back in time to her younger body to
try to save the future of the world. A young microbiologist is going to release
a genetically modified wheat that will mutate and ultimately destroy all plant
life, leaving nothing but barren windswept dust bowls.
In the past, Jenny finds a
love that has been missing from her life; the kind that comes just once in a
lifetime. But Jenny can only stay in that time period for thirty-three days.
Meanwhile, in the future,
fearful Jenny will fail, plans are made to send another back in time--an
assassin. How can she choose between saving the man she loves or saving the future?
FINALIST: Paranormal — Short
Eye of the Eagle by Sharon Buchbinder
For fans of Supernatural and
Children of A Lesser God…
Anomaly Defense and
shapeshifter Bert Blackfeather doesn't need a boss with no experience. So what
if she's beautiful or gives him a jolt when she shakes his hand? He never plans
to get seriously involved with another woman—not in this lifetime.
Phoebe Wagner, an empath with
psychometric abilities and an advocate for the deaf, gets more than she
bargained for with Bert. One touch and she relives his IED injuries. So what if
he's handsome and hot? She doesn't need to add his secrets to her own. Phoebe's
are bad enough.
When his niece goes missing,
from Hotel LaBelle, Bert goes to Montana to help, and Phoebe decides to go with
him. Can these two hard-headed people share their darkest secrets in order to
work together? It may be the only way to save an endangered child—and their own
hearts when Bert's past rears its ugly head.
FINALIST:
Audiobook: Paranormal/Mystery
Magic of the Loch by Karen Michelle Nutt
For readers who enjoy stories filled
with curses, mystery, and romance with a dash of nostalgic hope for a future—this
twist on the Loch Ness Monster legend is the perfect tale to spark the
imagination…
Michaela Grant travels to
Scotland for a holiday, knowing this vacation is her last. A medical condition
threatens her life and any chance of a future--until she meets Alan MacLachlin,
a man forced to exist between two worlds.
Alan is the legendary Loch
Ness Monster. Once every fifty years he returns to human form in search of his
soul mate, the one woman who can break his curse. He believes he has found
forever with Michaela, but to claim it he must figure out how to save her life.
Michaela and Alan vow to take
what time has to offer, but another threat looms. A sinister shape shifter with
a vendetta against Alan is making Loch Ness his personal hunting ground. Now
he's threatening Michaela. Alan must discover who the shifter is and stop him
before it's too late.
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