Calloways of Rainbow Bayou Preorder books 1-4 now #99cents

It's exciting! After working hard on this series all year, the first four books now available for preorder on all eretailers. If you love Nora Roberts, Jill Shalvis, Robyn Carr or Marie Forcebooks, you'd like this small town family romance series. See links below each book or check out my Books2read page to see all my books and your favorite store links for each.

What is the first thing you think of when you see a rainbow?
Many things come to mind for me:
Hope – "somewhere over the rainbow"
Renewal – after the rain comes the rainbow
Second chances, new beginnings. In the Native American legends it stood for a kind of magical serendipity.

Rainbow Bayou was named for the colors its movement reflects in the local sky whether its a sunrise, blue sky or the storms the frequently roll through the Louisiana landscape.

The Callaway-Larue family novels are stories of life, love and community – of hope and second chances, and they reflect my belief that love happens out of the blue, when we least expect it, or want it.

I hope you enjoy the series which has been largely revised and rebranded with new content to reflect its true genre, a contemporary family romance series. This family knows about sacrifice, commitment and love. I hope you love them as much as I have when writing them.

Though the first four books have been revised and rebranded with new content and characters woven in. The last four which will be published by the end of the year are brand-new.

When the Right One Comes Along 

https://books2read.com/whentheright1 

Buffy Calloway is finally coming home.

Love happens when you least expect it even for these two professionals, one who doesn't have time for love and the other who has the benefit of an inherited prognosticator known as the Calloway Curl.
Former international model and photographer Lana Calloway is attending the DC romance convention to find the perfect model, the “one” whose face and body could make her new business venture a success. At a conference event she finds him – an unwilling and unlikely candidate. Turns out his appearance was a fluke, but the Calloways have a history of getting their man, or woman, and she doesn't intend to be the last.
Her prospect is a CEO  meeting with Congress about veterans issues; in other words, he’s got higher priorities than being a cover model. It will take creative measures to convince him that her goals could benefit his mission of making life better for wounded veterans, and oh, by the way, that they are meant to be together.
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GMW5D6R
Amazon CA. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07GMW5D6R
Amazon UK  https://www.amazon.com.uk/dp/B07GMW5D6R
Amazon AU  https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07GMW5D6R
Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1431549772
Nook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-the-right-one-comes-along-livia-quinn/1129351066
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/when-the-right-one-comes-along-6

Too Good To be True

https://books2read.com/toogood

Love happens when and where, and with whom you least expect it. . .as Officer Delilah Burke finds out.

As an experienced police officer Delilah Burke is no pushover. She prides herself on her instincts but when she arrives at the scene of a convenience store robbery she finds herself unwillingly intrigued by the tall dark and handsome perp dressed in a mercenary uniform and armed with fake weapons which begs the question - what else about him is fake?
Luc seems too good to be true, but his huge, surprising family embraces her and when he’s threatened they join in Delilah's efforts to protect him. Delilah is drawn to him like no other but can she keep him safe so they can have a future together?
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GMVTQP8 
Amazon CA CAhttps://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07GMVTQP8
Amazon UK  UKhttps://www.amazon.com.uk/dp/B07GMVTQP8
Amazon AU AUhttps://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07GMVTQP8
Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/too-good-to-be-true/id1431548338
Nook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/too-good-to-be-true-livia-quinn/1129350719
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/too-good-to-be-true-57

Only the Heart Remembers

https://books2read.com/onlytheheart

Love happens. . .when you least expect it! Out of the blue... or the night.
Brenna has only been home to Rainbow Bayou a few months when the first storm of the season delivers a surprise. A very bad feeling and when that happens, she pays attention.
When a stranger trieds to enter her cabin during the night, she whacks him with a fireplace iron creating a bigger problem—he awakens thinking she and this handsome burglar are a couple.
As images from his past surface and their feelings intensify, Brenna finds herself hoping the clues don’t mean what she thinks they do and her new love can last forever.
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/product/B07GMRZ5T3
Amazon CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/product/B07GMRZ5T3
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/product/B07GMRZ5T
Amazon AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/product/B07GMRZ5T3 
Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1431548326  this works
Nook https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/only-the-heart-remembers-livia-quinn/1129351063
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/only-the-heart-remembers

Christmas Wishes

Books 2 Read https://books2read.com/Christmaswish 

Love happens when you least expect it and sometimes delivers surprises and long-awaited second chances.
As the Calloways and Larues gather at the Romanos’ on Christmas Eve, Buffy prepares some surprises for her husband. Meanwhile, her cousin Beau is home from Hollywood and Maddie is nervous about seeing him again. Samantha’s baby is over due and no surprise to Buffy, her ex-boyfriend Jed shows up unexpectedly. Then there’s Luc, who’s is starting to believe maybe Delilah has changed her mind about spending the rest of her life with him. But with the first Christmas miracle, Buffy knows eventually her friends will get their happily-ever-after. A Calloway always knows.
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GNS81D8
Amazon CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07GNS81D8
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.com.uk/dp/B07GNS81D8
Amazon AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07GNS81D8
Ibooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/christmas-wishes/id1433692784?mt=11
Nook
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/christmas-wishes-28

Books 5-7 release dates:
At Long Long Love October 15th
It Had to Be You    November 2nd
Christmas Vows   November 30th

What is a hero? #NFLhonors Men of Honor by @LiviaQuinn #integrity #selfless

It's a big weekend in the Quinn household. Super Bowl LII,  NFL Honors and the release of my Men of Honor box set. (And by the way there are women of honor here, too!)

Growing up in DC as my daddy's tomboy, I went to many a Redskins or University of Maryland game. Football is in my blood. Now that I'm in Louisiana, my team is the Saints... but I've been thinking naturally about what a hero is lately.

Surrounded by so many veterans and law enforcement professionals, I've seen the values shared by these men and women - integrity, commitment, duty to country, community...and family - our larger global family.

One of the things I love to watch is the Man of the Year awards during the NFL Honors, which is on tonight on NBC, 7PM EST. It's of course cool to watch all the celebrities show up on the red carpet as well. Last year Hugh Jackman brought his hunky self along with Mark Walberg and so many others.

My idea of a real hero is someone like any of the men up for Man of the Year through their foundations and work in the community, none of them for their own personal glory or enrichment.

One of my favorite heroes:

Benjamin Watson, an ex-Saint with his organization One More partnered with the International Justice Mission (IJM), the world's largest international anti-slavery organization working to combat human trafficking, modern day slavery and other forms of violence against the poor, the Watsons joined the global fight to end the scourge of sex trafficking. This effort was highlighted in April during a three-day trip to Lebanon, where Benjamin witnessed firsthand the Middle East's refugee crisis. Additionally, he and his wife, Kirsten, traveled to the Dominican Republic in June to begin formulating plans that combat sex trafficking.  

What I love about Benjamin, in these days of people using the Flag demonstrations to be down on the NFL, is that he uses his platform to create dialog between all groups and individuals he speaks too - to bridge the divides. 

J.J. Watt, the popular Houston Oiler and former Offensive player of the year who started a fundraiser in Houston after Hurricane Harvey hoping to raise $200,000. He raised $33 million!! All this when the team had suffered depressing losses, his own and their super QB's season ending injuries. It raised the spirits of the Houston people, and once again his motivation wasn't seen as heroic by him, just something he was moved to do for his community.

All of these Man of the Year nominees are deserving of the title hero and yet none would call themselves that. Isn't that the definition of heroic? Someone who puts others before their own needs. 

In researching my Men of Honor books I'm constantly confronted with this mentality by our military personnel, past and present as well as my local law enforcement. They not only don't want thanks or glory, they resist it.

Some of the most courageous heroes this year are women. Do you know of heroes in your own sphere? They are everywhere. Let's give them some love.

My books are available on all stores. You can purchase Men of Honor here.

#Whatmakesahero #Veterans day is the perfect time to recommit to our #soldiers and their families. #IARTG #MFRWauthor

 

My dad in China Burma Campaign I saw a twitter post about a BBC project with the tag #whatmakesahero. 

The video called "What Makes a Hero" by veterans and produced by the BBC is here. As you'll see, there are some  military men and women who are uncomfortable being called heroes. It's complicated, for them and for those of us who didn't choose to, or were unable to, serve.
I need to say thank you to men and women I admire, who have the qualities and courage to put themselves between me and someone who’s intention it is to harm me or my country, even if they feel like they're just doing their job. I feel the same way about firefighters, law enforcement, and social service personnel.

The most important thing this Veterans Day, is to re-commit to donate our time, efforts or funds to making sure these dedicated men and women have a rich normal life, like we all deserve, when they come home, and for their families while they are serving.

As the veteran Senator said on the video, "We don't want parades and celebrations, we just want someone to give us an opportunity when we get home."

There are so many ways to help.

• Be there for a veteran or family member when they need it. 
• Write your congressmen about issues involving veterans. 
• Donate money or time to organizations that make a difference. You may know of some, if not, there’s a partial list on my          Vet Links page

IF YOU ARE A VETERAN and know of an organization that works, please leave a link or the name in the comments so others can benefit.


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This month all sales from Her First Knight go to veterans charities.

In my fictional contemporary romance, the Under-Cover Knights series, Knights Production Inc. is a studio where images and videos are produced for use on book covers, ads, media campaigns and where the actors and models might even be used as movie extras. One of the owners of KPI, Ridge Romano, was responsible for the creation of a consortium of private companies that’s taking over the care of veterans. Ridge has made it part of their mission at KPI to hire vets and other men and women of integrity and service. They are not only former military but their regard for and dedication to humanity is intrinsic to their everyday lives. 

So far we’ve met Luc Larue in Hard Days Knight, who is not only a veteran but whose teencenter in Larue is changing the lives of disadvantaged youth, and Ridge, from Her First Knight. 


Let’s make a difference this year. The need is greater than ever.