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Bah Humbug

by eileentroemel, posted in Writing

This book took two years to write. It started as a short story and took me two years to convert it into a full length novel. I love that she’s the grump about the holiday. I struggle with holiday grumpiness and I definitely related to Elena. Additionally, this is set in Milwaukee, WI so I got to bug my family who live in the area for different aspects of the story.

Blurb

Elena Latimer loves her gingerbread cottage and her quiet neighborhood. But her next door neighbor’s excessive holiday decorations turn their neighborhood into chaos with all the gawkers. Past holidays held many tragedies, does she really need to tolerate his shenanigans year after year?

Luke Buckner enjoys living next door to alluring Elena Latimer for most of the year. However, starting in November, Elena turns into Scrooge. She complains about his holiday lights, snowmen and women, and anything Christmas related. She glares at him as he decorates his own house. Can Luke turn Elena’s Bah Humbug into a Happy Holidays?

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Secret Magic book 3

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by Eileen Troemel

Secret Magic

With this story, I had so many ideas running through my head and I couldn’t get them down on the page. I set up the story to go one way and after years of struggling to finish this book I realized I made the wrong choice so switched it up. Once I did, the book fell on the page.

Secrets – kept will protect but revealed can be deadly

Blurb

Mallory must discover the secrets in Lins or Lord Exferd will take her life in his quest for ultimate power.

Prophecy drives Lord Exferd in his plot to kill Mallory in order to strengthen and ensure his rule for all eternity. The prophecy threatens Mallory, her unborn child, and her new found family.

To atone for his betrayal, Ovra must keep his secrets as he joins enemy forces in Lins. If his secrets are discovered, Mallory will fall victim to the prophecy.

Will Ovra be able to redeem himself or will his secrets cost him everything?

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Hostile Magic book 2

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by Eileen Troemel

Hostile Magic

Hostile Magic took me two or three years to write and fought me with every word. In the end, it turned out better than I thought. The characters were quite contentious.

Family – can’t pick ‘em, can’t kill ‘em.  Or can you?

Blurb

Tensions rise between the leaders of Linos and Scons. Linos increases their soldiers at the border. War looms on the horizon.

Refugees flee from hunters into Scons. Garlen wants to protect them but prophecy warns of danger and betrayal.

Garlen sets aside his lingering distrust of magic and Mallory to protect his new daughter, Arial and his province.

Family – is it those you’re born to or those you love? Mallory meets her blood family. Anger clouds her judgement. Will her emotions cause harm to the family of her heart?

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Wild Magic book 1

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by Eileen Troemel

This book was inspired by the geography between Wisconsin and Indiana. My middle daughter lived in Indiana and for my weekend visits, I drove through and noted the different geographical things like the quarry in Illinois.

Prophecy – must be followed, even if it kills you.

Blurb

Forbidden and outlawed, Magi – magic wielders – are hunted down.

Mallory dares to enter Lins province to risk her life for another. If the villagers find out she’s Magi, they’ll kill her for the bounty. When forced to choose, she saves another and exposes her Magi skills.

Joining forces with travelers from the northern province Scons, Mallory flees Magi hunters. She knows her fellow travelers want something from her.

Can she trust these strangers?

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Crossroads

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by TK Lawyer

A young, college student- there wasn’t much Clay didn’t enjoy in life.

He liked women: avidly savoring their soft skin and indulging in their lush lips, entertaining him during random, lonely nights.
Females were never in short supply.

A long-term relationship?  Naah. The words were not in his vocabulary, or on his agenda.

Yet, when a stunning beauty steps into his life, championing for causes he, too, believes in, dating one woman doesn’t seem like such a bad idea, after all.

Marisole was special. One of a kind.
She was also Clay’s best friend’s friend. A man who warned Marisole about Clay.

Still, Clay wants a chance with Marisol, but Marisole doesn’t want to date him.

How can Clay prove to Marisole he is different from the others?
That he is serious about her?

Will Clay’s reputation keep her at a safe distance from him, with no chance of blossoming into anything beyond friendship?
Or will Marisole give him the chance he craves?

PUBLISHER NOTE: New Adult, College, Contemporary Romance. M/F. HFN. Cliffhanger. Prequel to the story “New Home” found in the book, Angels and Diamonds, also by TK Lawyer. All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0867661SB
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0867661SB/
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0867661SB

B&N:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossroads-tk-lawyer/1136698046
Kobo:  https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/crossroads-190
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1476771
PB, Wide:  https://books2read.com/u/4AzayA

Amazon audiobook:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTXLP9VF
Audible:  https://www.audible.com/pd/Audiobook/B0CTX6JGMG

Secret Love

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by F Burn

Francesca, a learning support assistant, accepts a post at a prestigious boys’ catholic school. She manages to form a bond with a challenging student named Richard, but the lines begin to blur as they become closer. Francesca experiences an internal struggle as she grapples to control her feelings. The passion they develop for one another consumes them and they enter a world of forbidden love and desire. Is it true love or a simple case of lust? She must make a decision: give in to Richard and face the consequences or let him go.

Teaser

I knew I had a hold over him, but in many ways, he had a hold over me. He was a complicated person and I wanted to throw myself into his complex universe full of twists and turns. I could spend a lifetime exploring him, forever entangled in the thorns. He harboured a darkness that responded to mine. I didn’t want to be free.

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Jingle Bear

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by TK Lawyer

Is the woman to jingle Gabe’s interest his best friend?

Of all the people in Gabe’s life, Arabelle meant the most.
Chasing her across the playground, he used to call her Belly, and pull her pigtails.
They became best friends, but that was long ago.

He holds a secret not even she knows.

Sweet, caring, and different, Gabe did things, said things that left Arabelle confused and crossed the unspoken line beyond friendship.
Yet, Arabelle crossed that line, long ago, getting her heart stomped.

She wasn’t going through that again.

Still, there is something about Gabe she cannot resist.
Will his secret undo their special friendship, or will she realize Gabe is that one man worth fighting for?

Publisher Note:  Paranormal romance, M/F, stand alone, bear shifter, BBW, HEA, best friends to lovers.  All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

https://mybook.to/JingleBear
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HWSGNJF
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09HWSGNJF
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09HWSGNJF
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B09HWSGNJF

B&N:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/jingle-bear-tk-lawyer/1143929051
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1452242
Wide:  https://books2read.com/u/3LxlEM

The Blues of Atlantis

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by Patricia Elliott

For as long as there have been men, there have been myths. And as long as there have been myths, there have been dreamers. Dreamers who wonder what else is out there.

Nerina Winters is no different. She lives a fantasy life as a mermaid, putting on daily shows at the aquarium. Until one day, she finds herself sitting in the doctor’s office. The revelation of what’s ailing her reveals a family secret she isn’t supposed to know about until her thirtieth birthday.

But it’s too late. The secret is out. Now she’s on the run with a husband she no longer trusts, who harbors a secret of his own. Her husband quickly learns that secrets are perilous by nature.

Some swear by them.

Some die from them.

But who will live, and who will die?

And will they live long enough to find out?

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Picture Imperfect

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

by TK Lawyer

He claimed her cover. Can he claim her heart, too?

A brand new book with no cover
A graphic artist, in the hospital

When Natalie is faced with inevitable doom
Nate steps in and accepts the job.

Handsome, suave, and genuine,
Nate likes Natalie.
Yet, Nate is a seductive, hot model.
A man never lacking for female companionship.

Will meeting Nate fill a void Natalie didn’t know exist?
Or will Natalie walk away from Nate- a man that seems too perfect?

Publisher Note: Contemporary Romance. M/F. BBW. HEA. Standalone story. All characters depicted in this work of fiction are 18 years of age or older.

Excerpt

“Wait. How did you get a copy of it when it’s not available?”

“I signed up for her- what do you call it- ARC team and got a copy for free for my honest review.”

“Oh lord… Is it bad? Tell me, please.”

She snorted. “She has you in all kinds of sordid scenes, if you know what I mean.”

He went silent. What in the hell did that mean? Was the book an erotic romance? Good gods! Did she place him in precarious situations? Granted it was pure fiction so why should he care. Yet, the fact that his mom read Off Limits- the only book, so far, that had his half-naked body plastered all over the cover- He slapped the palm of his right hand against his forehead, and uttered a strained sigh. Holy shit. This was embarrassing.

“Mom, remember I was placed on the cover after the book was written.”

“Yeah but don’t authors search for a type of man that resembles the character they’re writing about?”

She had a point- a very bad one- but still, a point.

He peered over at the back of the door, concerned with the length of time that had passed, and wondering what his temporary roommate was up to. He didn’t know her, at all, solely bringing her to his home, for the night, to engage in carnal pleasures. He hoped she wasn’t taking the opportunity to steal from him. He’d watched too many movies where that happened with strangers. He decided to cut the conversation short so he could find out what was going on back in the bedroom. “Look, I don’t know what she wrote but I have to get back to what I was doing before. I’ll call you, later.”

“Oh, you’re not curious? I can tell you about one scene that peaked my interest.”

He knew his mom liked reading explicit sex scenes, but he wasn’t really interested in hearing any of them. He’d seen enough hard-bodied men, and soft, enraptured women romantically intertwined across the covers of her books adorning the coffee table of their old house when he was growing up. It had him both curious and embarrassed at the same time as his friends ventured over. He imagined what she had read in Natalie’s apparent scathing book.

“I’ll just say this. It has you, and your girlfriend in an interesting position over your desk.”

He slapped a hand across his eyes, covering them, completely. Then, he groaned.
“Okay, mom. Well, I gotta go now. I love you.” He ended the call before she had a chance to reply.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BY7BK79S
B&N:  https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/picture-imperfect-tk-lawyer/1144018869
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/picture-imperfect-16
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1459770
PB:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1HZ5MCK
Wide:  https://books2read.com/u/4jBxJX

Even in Madness

by eileentroemel, posted in Book Tour

Our world is a depressing place sometimes. Just watch the news.

Ah, but in another world …!

In another world, a werewolf might go on the hunt for a human mate. In another world, the stars might shower us with sexy cowboys. Perhaps a pair of serial killers will fall madly in love, or a crumbling manor reveal itself as the gateway to another reality. Perhaps a fallen ‘goddess’ will seek refuge in the mortal world, or maybe a mysterious redhead will save her people from certain doom. Hell, Frankenstein’s monster might even re-emerge from the shadows!

Welcome to a kaleidoscopic collection of tales by the bestselling, award-winning author Virginia Wallace. For even in madness there is often an element of love, and love itself would soon become meaningless without the necessary contrast of horror …    

Renewing Forever

Orion

They Always Fall for Ruby

The Ritual 

Behind the Wall of Sleep

The Monolith

Talitha

Beginning Forever

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